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VOL. LXIX. No. 2 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1922 



40 PAGES 



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JOE LEBLANCS TICKET PLAN 



KAMELESS" NON-HEADLINE BDi {CENTIiliL TICKET 



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KEITH'S PAUCE EXPERIMENT 



Advertised and Played During This Season — Result 
of Observation of Grosses for Shuberts' Units — 
New Future Standards of Comparisons 

I 

A "nameless" and non-headline Oftfl ArUQD^ APPI V 
IblU will be advertised and played ^VV AVlUIliJ Al I lil 
at Kelth'« Palace, New York, dur- m^ ra* > imnrr DAI TC 

Ing the present season, to test the ||| f |lJj IIIKUj KULbU 

conviction of the Keith offlcials that 
an eatablished vaudeville house 
backed by the Keith organization 
dots not require name* or head> 
liaera to draw. 

The experiment Is prompted by 
tlM failure of former Keith acts to 
attract patronage to the Shubert 
TandevIIle units. After taking stock 
Pt th« unit srossea the vaudeville 
bookers felt that many acts they 
had considered buainess getters In 
tlie past were overrated. 

The strict adherence to the salary 
HiBltatlonfl laid down for each Keith 
bouse this season is one of the re- 
•ults of the study. Last season the 
Bhubert circuit played straight 
(Continued on page 3) 



S^AUENAQTAX 
DEDUCTED BY THEATRE 



Keith Office Issues Preventive 

fnstructions to Local 

Managers 



The Keith office has instructed 
all of ita house managers to deduct 
8 per cent, from the salaries of all 
alien acts, beginning Jan. 1, 1923. 
The money deducted represents in- 
come tax aliens must pay the U. S. 
Ooremment, and the Keith office 
In collecting the 8 per cent, is act- 
ing In co-operation with the In- 
ternal Revenue Department, to 
Which the money is turned over 
weekly. 

The reason for the action of the 
_Keith office in collecting in( omo 
taxes from aliens at the source is 
because the theatre Itself ia held 
liable in the event an alien fails to 
pay taxes on a given eng.iRfment, 
In the event such alien Bhould earn 
a taxable amount durinff the year. 

All of the Keitb agents received 
notices last week requesting them 
to furnish the Xeith office with a 
complete Usl of aUeu acta booked. 



Rush Came with Casting of 
''Old Bill"— Real Lord 
in Cast : 



When the caatins was completed 
laat week at the Belmont, New 
York, for "Old Bill, M.P.," the 
Balmsfather English play, 290 ac- 
tora applied although there were 
but three parts open. The excep- 

(Continucd on page 3) 



SUNDAr VICTORY 

Rev. /. E. Russell Loses Hit Sunday 
Violation Suit 



Binghamton, N. Y., Nov. 29. 

It took a trial Jury j"9t fifteen 
minutes to liberate Harold F. Al- 
bert, recreation director of the Bn- 
dicott-Jofanson corporation, tried 
for a Tiolation of the local Sunday 
blue laws in connection with the 
Sunday Sousa band concerts given 
here on November 12. 

The complaint in the case was 
made by Rev. James Klhert FtussoH, 
pastor of the North Presbyterian 
Church. 

An interesting bit in the trial was 
the Questioning of Mr. Allt>ert by 
Harry K. Henne&sy, his attorney. 

"What did you do before you be- 
came recreation director for the 
Bndlcott- Johnson corporation?" he 
asked. 

"I was a choir leader in a church." 

*Tfou mean to say you got your 
living that way? ' 

"Yes." ^ — 

"In what churcFf ~ 

"The North Presbyterian Church. ** 
This i» the church in which Hev. 
Hus^ell preaches. 

"You got paid for singing on Pun- 
day?" 

"Yea." 

In his testimony Mr. Alb'^rf s:a(od 
that the concert resulted In a n<i 
Ios» of I73S.25, 





TO 




Believes He Has Solution of 
Manage rial DifFiculty 
with Speculators — Guar- 
antees Experiment Shall 
Cost Managers Nothing — 
Will Standi All Expenses 
and Organize Systexn — 
Treasurers Not to Be l^is- 
turbed 



CUT RATES INCLUDED 



A comprchen9ive plan for the 
handling •( all ticketa for Broad- 
way's legitimate theatres in a cen- 
tralized offlce is reported to have 
been submitted within the week by 
Joe Leblang to the Producing Man- 
agers' Association. 

The plan Is said to be elastic 
enough to include Leblang's c^wn 
cot rate ticket agency as an aside 
to the larger ofHce, In order that 
the managers, besides exercising a 
supervisory direction over the cen- 
tralized agency, shall have a simi- 
lar say in the business matters per- 
taining to cut rates and the the- 
atres. 

It is said to be Mr. lieblang'a 
idea that ff the Broadway theatre 
owners and producers really want 
(Continued on page 4) 



MRS. ALEX CARR ALLEGES FRAUD 
BY HUSBAND AND AnORNET 



Ciril Order of Arrest Served on Actor — Breacli of 
Promise Suit Started by Frederick E. Goldsmitli 
for Mrs* Carr 



SHEA'S GiLSEY HOUSE 
AT CONEY ISLAND SOLD 



Open for 30 Years— Volunteer 

Entertainment at 'Irish 

Cabaret" 



Coney Island lost one of its old- 
est resort keepers as a resident and 
cabaret operator last week when 
Paddy Shea scraped the sand of 
Coney from his feet and left for 
California, where he will make his 
home. 

Shea's Gllsey House on the Bow- 
ery was sold by him about 10 days 
Ago. The place flourished for some 
30 ycara with an entertainment and 
clientele original with itself. It was 
known as the "Irish Cabaret," and 
the bulk of its patrons were Irish 
or of Irish descent. Shea's success 
was In allowing the customers to 
entertain themselvee. Although the 
Gilsey House always had two or 
three paid entertainers, usually a 
Jig dancer, pianist and accordion 

(Continued on page 3) 



MRS. FRAZEE'S SETTLE- 
MENT LARGEST KNOWN 



One-Third Interest in All Fra- 

zee's Property, $40,000 in 

Cash and $1,000 Monthly 



$750 NOT ENOUGH 



Robert Warwick "Can't Live on It" 
— "To Love** Moving Out 



H. H. I'razec's financial settlement 
upon hi.s v.ife, Elsie Fraxee, former 
show girl in the Chicago company of 
"Madame Sherry." I.«! one of the 
largest known In theatrical circles, 
according to account. "Mm. Frazee 
was grant<d nn absolute divorce 
recently, naminR: B^lizabeth Nelson 
as cor( .sr>»r»rt**nt. The latter was 
once a cliorister, .ind a'so played 
(Co?itinn«d on page 3> 



'To Love," the French comedy 
adapted by Grace George and pro- 
duced by W. A Brady, leave* the 
Hijou for the road Saturday. It is 
a three i>erson play with Miss 
George starred and Norman 1'revor 
and Robert Warwick featured. The 
latter will be replaced by William 
Boyd for the road. 

Warwick's withdrawal dl.icloscd 
an unusual salary angle, he stating 
he "could not live on |750 a week" 
on the road. That sum was War- 
wlok'e eontracted salary in New 
York. He is reported having asked 
for 10 per cent, of the gross. Mi.ss 
George and Trevor are receiving 10 
ptr cent., with the former guaran- 
teed 1 1.000 we4>kly. ' 

"To Love" will open on tour at 
PhilaUelphia Monday. 



Legal actions in plenty have been 
started against Alexander Carr, 
through Frederick E. Goldsmith, the 
attorney, repreeentiny Mrs. Mar/. 
Carr, former wife of the actor. 

Among the suits Is one for |60,M9 
for alleged breach of promise to 
marry. It Is intermingled with the 
charges of fraud Mrs. Carr made 
against her husband and his attor- 
ney. Harry Saks Heckhelmer, in an 
affidavit presented by Mr. Qoldemith 
In his application for a reargument 
and the granted application for a 
civil order of arreet against Carr. 
The latter, pleaded for on the 
ground Carr was about to leave the 
state with "Partners Again." was 
grant£d hy Justice Faber in the 
Supreme Court of Brooklyn, N. Y.. 
last Saturday. The court's order 
directed the defendant (Carr) to 
file a bond of $5,000 to guarantee 

(Continued on pa#e S) 



CHICAGO DANCE HALL 
PAYS $3,000 FOR BAND 

Trianon, on South Side, Open* 
ing with Society Event. 
$150,000 for Advertising 



Chicago, Nov. 2f. 
The Trianon, a million - dollar 
dancing palace on the South Side, 
which will open Dec. 5. will have 
Roy Bargy and bis orchestra. Con- 
tracts have been signed for 62 
weeks with Ernie Young under the 
terms of which the musical organi- 
zation Is to receive $3,000 per week. 
The Roy Bargy orchestra passes 
from the direction of E. C. Benson 
Dec 31 to that of Mr. Young, who 

(Continued on page 4) 



COSTUMES 

"EVKRYTUma" 

ForonioMt Mukors of Star* 
Attlr« for Wumva and Mea 

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VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE 



CABLES 



8 St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square 

2096 Regent Friday, December 1, 1922 



LONDON'S DECEMBER CHANGES 
OF REVIVALS A?!D NEW PLAYS 



•^Charlie's Aunt'* at Royalty After 30 Year*— 
Originally There — ^Matheson Lang Producing 
Sutro's "Great Well" at New Theatre 



London, Nov. 29. 

December changes in the legit 
theatres will see the revival of 
•Charlie's Aunt" at the Royalty, 80 
years after that piece was originally 
produced there. It will open Deo. 19. 

The interest is centering upon 
liatheson Lang's production of Al- 
fred Sutro's new play, "The Great 
Well," to open Dec. 19 at the New 
theatre, succeeding Sybil Thorn- 
dyk's "Cancl." 

James Bernard Fagan's adapta- 
tion of "Treasure Island" will go on 
at the Strand Dec. 23, with Arthur 
Bourchicr, producing, playing the 
lead. 

"Dear Brutus" concludes at 
Wyndham's Dec. 1€, followed by a 
Du Maurier revival of "Bull Dog 
Drummond." 

Sir Alfred Butt la producing 
•Blossom Time" at the Lyric, Dec. 
18. 

"Rockets" closes Dec. 9 at the 
Faladium. after having played twice 
daily in that house since February. 
"Spangles" will succeed it for three 
weeks, when vaudeville will b« re- 
sumed for one month, prior to the 
production for the Paladium of An- 
other big revue. #<* 

The Savoy on Feb. 4 will past to 
Robert Courtneidge who has taken 
over the remainder of the Irving 
lease on tho house, which haa 11 
years yet to run. 



ARLISS, AFTER 20 YEARS 

Reappearing in London in "Qr^^n 
Goddess" Next Fall , 



London, Nov. 19. 

Through an arrangement reached 
with Gilbert Miller. George Arliss 
will play "The Green Goddess" over 
here at the St. James next fall. 

It will be a reappearance here for 
Arliss, after an absence from the 
English stage for 20 years. 



UME. RASIMI*S REVUE 

Paris, Nov. 19. 

Mme. Rasiml, having returned 
from her tour in South America, 
where she presented her Parisian 
revues, has resumed the manage- 
ment of the Ba-Ta-Clan, and la 
giving a "Festival des Vedettes^' (or 
bill-toppers) in the form of scenes 
from revues by Rip. who personally 
comments on the acts aa a sort of 
lecturer. 

The Tedettes comprise Raquel 
Meller. Lina Tyber, Nina Myral, 
Pauley, Suzanne Raymond, Messrs. 
Milton, Slgnoret, Morton, Randal, 
etc. . 



AMEKICANS LEAVIHG BERLIN 

Berlin, Nov. 19. 
. With the German mark hitting 
a new low exchange rate, 10,000 for 
an American dollar, a national crisis 
la momentarily expected. American 
film people who have been abroad 
have deserted the German capital, 
where some picture producing was 
being undertaken backed by German 
money, under American direction 
and methods. 

Tom Walsh has left Germany, 
Where he was directing for the 
Sascha Film Co., and In company 
with Pat Powers is heading for Ire- 
land. Some film proposition may 
eventuate from the Emerald Isle 
visit, although plans are currently 
Indefinite. 



"PASSION" PASSIVE 

London. Nov. 29. 

Ths Negri picture. "Passion." at 
tho Bcala failed to evoke any undue 
attention this week either way. 

Picture experts claim portions of 
tho film have been duped. 



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"WOMEN" FARES POORLY 

Loopold Marchand's New Play at 
Paris Vaudevillo 



First three days. Poll's, Sophie Tuck- 
er's home town ; last half. Poll's, Bar- 
num and Bailey's home town. Va- 
cant Monday next. Between Union 
Hill and Hoboken. Have own stage 
settipgs and can close with front 
cloth. 

Direction, EDWARD S. KELLER. 

Till Thursday, Bond Hotel, Hart- 
ford. 

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 
Stratfleld Hotel, Bridgeport. 

FRANK VAN ICE HOVEN 



ACTORS STRIKE FOR 
HIGH AND LOW MARKS 



Want Minimum 60,000 Marks 
Not Over 80,000 Dur- 
ing December 



Paris, Nov. 19. 

After a short run of Brieux's 
"L'Avocat," the Theatre du Vaude- 
ville gave "Femmes" ("Women") 
Nov. 21. This new work by Leo- 
pold Marchand fared badly. It has 
much poor dialog and is lacking in 
action. It has a flne cast, but the 
roles are unfortunately distributed. 

The play concerns the adventures 
of two wives during a summer va- 
cation. Coquettish Therese actual- 
ly deceives her husband, but con- 
ceals the Intrigue and* gets away 
with it. The honest Constance is 
only mildly indiscreet, but is driven 
by conscience to confess she no 
longer loves her husband. Feri^er- 
and, but does love his rich young 
partner, Tessier. 

Fernerand Is dismayed until he 
learns that Tessier is Indifferent to 
Constance, who suffers from un- 
requited love. Tessier and Fer- 
nerand are off on a business trip 
together when news comes that one 
has been killed in an automobile 
accident. Fernerand returns to find 
Constance frankly mourning Tes- 
sier, but he forgives her weakness. 

Marchand is the young author 
who collaborated last season with 
Mme. Colgate in the risque com- 
edy "Cheri," produced at the The- 
atre Michel. "Femmes" Is Mar- 
chand's first important play, and it 
misses, although produced at the 
fashionable Vaudeville. 

Jean Wormes plays Tessier and 
Mme. Geniat is effective as Con- 
stance. Arquilliere is only fair as 
Fernerand. 



NATIVE CAST CHOSEN 
FOR ENGLISH REVUE 



Stoll-Robey Show at the 
Alhambra, London — 
> British Chorus : ./:■- 



•Tou'd Be Surprised* has been 
selected as the title of the Ameri- 
revue in which George Robey will 
be featured, with the rest of tho 
cast composed of Americans, and 
which will open at the Alhambra« 
London, Jan. 22. 1923. Among thoso 
engaged and scheduled to sail Jan. 1 
are Harry (Zoup) Welch, Adolo 
Adaire, Jack Edwards, Ada l^a^ 
Weeks, Cook and Rosevere, Jimmy 
Dunn. 

Sir Oswald Stoll will sponsor iii4 
show and Jean Bedini will stage It. 
Seymour Felix will put on this 
dance numbers. M. S. Bentham en- 
l^ged the American cast which will 
support Robey. 

The chorus will be English. ' , ' 



AMERICANS BEST :V 

Engh'sh Magiciana Most Invsntlysi 
but Americans Get More '.^| 



London, Nov. 19. ', 
At a meeting Nov. 26 of the Ma- 
gicians' Club the statement WM 
made that while the British ma- 
gician is foremost In inventlvo 
genius, the American magicians, 
through better production and With 
better advertising, usually mako 
'more out of British creations. 



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P0RLI6N FILM STARS MARRY 

London, Nov. 29. 
Ouy Newall and Ivy Duke were 
married Nov. 26. Both are tho stars 
of tho George Clarl^ Film Produc- 
tions. 



RUSSIANS IN PARIS 

Paris, Nov. 19. 

The Balagantchik, otherwise 
translated the Moscow Fair theatre 
troupe, are opening at the Paris 
Alhambra, Nov. 81. 

The organization has In its per- 
sonnel certain players who formerly 
appeared with the "Chauve Sourls." 

Another engagement for the Al- 
hambra is that of Stacia Napier- 
kowsky, opening Dec. 16. 



jrOISON, LONDON RUMOR 

London, Nov. 29. 
The rumor is around Al Jolson 
may appear over here in tbe spring, 
In concert or production. 



*fiAILIN6S 



Dec. 1 (from Cherbourg), Jacques 
Edelstein (Paris). 



CHARLES FAWCETT DIES 

London, Nov. 29. 
Charles Fawcett, 70, died sudden- 
ly Nov. 23. He was a prominent 
oharacter actor over here and at 
the time of his death appearing with 
Albert Chevalier. 



DELYSIA IN "LULLABY" 

London, Nov. 29. 
The new Edward Knoblock play 
for Alice Delysia and called 
"Lullaby" will be produced next 
fall. 



Erka Chief Sailing 

Paris, Nov. 29. 
Jacques Edelstein, manager of 
Erka Films, is sailing for New York 
Dec. 2 on the Paris. 



"Phi Phi'' Closing at Pavilion 

I^ndon. Nov. 29. 
•Phi Phi" will close at the 
Pavilion, Dec. 2. 



THE TILLER SCHOOLS 
-—OF DANCING — ■ 



143 Charing Cross Road 
LONDON 

Director, JOHN TILLER 



RHINESTONES 

THE LITTLEJOHNS 

t26 West 46th St., New York 
Fhooe BUY ANT 4337 



Eccentric Club Dinner 

London. Nov. 19. 
The 32d antiiversay dinner of the 
Eccentric Club was held at the 
Hotel Cecil Sunday, with 300 mem- 
bers and friends attending. Charles 
Hawtrey presided. 



London, Nov. 29. 
Reports reaching here say the 
actors in Berlin have gone on strike. 
They demand a minimum weekly 
salary of 60,000 marks, with man- 
agers offering 66,000 weekly. The 
managers demand In addition an 
undertaking be filed that the weekly 
salary for December shall not ex- 
ceed 80,000 marks. Actors have re- 
fused to commit themselves on the 
later proposition, nor will they sub- 
mit conditions for the future. 



Quotations on German marks In 
exchange this week were around 
8,000 marks for one American dol- 
lar. 



LONDON 






Theodore Dugdale, a professional 
exhibition dancer, will dance no 
more, at least for 21 months. Dur- 
ing that period he will be doing 
hard labor and will receive 16 lashes 
with the "cat-o'-nlne-talls" In ad- 
dition. Both these important en- 
gagements were made for him by 
Justice Lush when he was con- 
victed of having persuaded a girl 
of 17 to elope to London with him. 
At one time siie was giving him 
£500 a year. The girl was bound 
over on a charge of stealing from 
her father to finance the honeymoon 
trip. 



''Daredevil Dick" Closing 

London, Nov. 29. 
"Daredevil Dick," the meller at 
the Apollo, closes Saturday. 

"Hawleys of High Street," pro- 
duced by Walter Ellis, will follow it. 



Wallaco Morgan Traveling 

London, Nov. 19. 
Wallace Morgan will sail for New 
York December 27, first touring on 
the continent. He came over here 
with "Lawful Larceny" and re- 
mained to play ii« pictures. 



First Revolving Stags in Francs 
Paris, Nov. 19. 
It is at the Grand, Lyons, where 
the first revolving stage kas been 
installed in France. It is due to a 
young engineer, now deceased, Gus- 
tave Girrane. 



*'First Year" in London 

London, Nov. 29. 
Negotiations are reported on to 
send "The First Year" over here 
with Frank Craven. John Golden 
is doing the dickering from your 
end. 



Mundorf Going to Germany 

London, Nov. 29. 
Harry Mundorf, representing the 
Keith office, New York, who has 
arrived here, shortly will go to 
Germany. 



— Original Peter Pan Married 

• ■ London, Nov. 29. 

Nina Bouclrault, the original 
Pi'ttT Pan, was married Nov. 25 to 
Donald Smith. 



Theodore Kremer Still Very III 

London, Nov. 29. 
Theodore Kremer is .still serious- 
ly ill at Cologne as he has been for 
10 weeks, with no immediate pro-s- 
pect of rcoovei-y. 



DESTRUCTION 

Paris. Nov. 15. 

Such Is the title of a four-act 
melodrama by Pierre Briance pro- 
duced at the Theatre Albert I. It 
was hardly worth co.isldering the 
day it saw the footlights, but this 
was due mainly to restricted mount- 
ing on a small stage. The result 
may have been otherwise at the 
Chatelet, for after all the plot is 
just as sensational as the majority 
of the shows at that large theatre 
in tho French capital. 

Maharajah Akbar Is a Hindu 
prince adopting Western customs 
and attire, although he considers 
them a badge of servitude. Still he 
assumes them while paying court to 
a woman he wishes to possess. She 
Is Marthe, wife of a French en- 
gineer. Pierre de Souvigny, who is 
building a railroad in the back 
country of India. 

The villain exerts his Influence 
over Souvlgny's servants in Cal- 
cutta and secures their assistance 
in his evil designs. He is better 
assi.sted, however, by the jealousy 
of Pierre, who finds a man on his 
wife's balcony, and leaves her 
stranded. 

Akbar Is, nevertheless, still 
spurned by the honest Marthe, and 
her husband later learns the man 
on the balcony was her good-for- 
nothing brother, who had called for 
relief. The brother is now working 
on the railroad and Is the best hand 
that Pierre has. The brother is re- 
formed and Marthe is proved inno- 
cent. Another engineer, also work- 
ing on the railroad, reproaches the 
husband for his behavior, and Is 
sacked by Pierre for speaking too 
frankly. 

Then all back In France, where 
Marthe and IMorro are on intimate 
term.s, and the Maharnjnh has plvcn 
hor up a.s an Imposslhlo victim. 
The husband loads his wife home 
from the pafnbling Casino, and they 
take a path at the ed^'o of a preci- 
pice, with their inevitable "destruc- 
tion." 

IMcrrc Juvonot,- Gaston Dubosr. 
\>rlo'/„ RoK»'r Viticcnt. Farina, and 
Mme.s. Marthe Sarl»el an<l Yoraka 
form a good troupe for thp melo, 
which is a.s.sured a very short life 
at 'whe Albert I in I'aris. 

Kcndiew. 



It Is understood the gross amount 
of the late Marie Lloyd's estate ban 
been returned at £7,334; aKso that 
the small amount of £1 19s 4d is 
payable in death duties on the 
estate. This indicates the net value 
of the unsettled property left by 
the comedienne docs not exceed 
£300. 



time to time and chosen from tbo 
casts of popular West End muaicii 



successes. 



Richard Percy Burton has ac- 
quired the rights of a play which 
Is a big success in Paris. This is 
"L' Insoumise," which, literally 
translated, means "The Disobedient 
One,'* by Pierre Frondae. It is now 
running at the Theatre Antoine. 
The action takes place In a modern 
French and Arabian atmosphere, 
and two of the acts are laid in a 
harem. The story tells of the strug- 
gle for supremacy between an Arab 
sheik and the white woman he has 
married, . 



Toward the end of this month 
Herr Gruder-Guntram will arrive 
here to make arrangements for the 
visit of the Vienna Volksopcr early 
next summer. Among the operas to 
be produced will be Joseph IIol- 
brook's "The Children of Don." A 
London season with a provincial 
tour is being arranged. 



The J. H. Benrimo and associates 
tenancy of the Ambassadors ap- 
pears to be coming to an end after 
the revival of "Charles I," and the 
production of Conrad's "The Secret 
Agent" seems to be finishing with 
the taking off of the latter show. 
"Glamour,'' having been produced 
at the Apollo, will have to leave 
NoV. 11 to make way for Moscovitch 
who reopens at the Ambassadors 
Nov. 13. 



Gilbert Miller will revive "Petof 
Pan" at the St. James' for a Christ- 
mas matinee season Dec. 19. As re-* 
ported, Edna Best will play the tUl« 
role once more. Captain Hook will 
be played by Lyn Harding, Sylvi* 
Oakley will again be the Wedny. 
Many of the supporting cast havo 
played their parts for years. Thoso 
include Donald Searle as Slight, and 
George Shrtton as Smee. Gordon 
Carr will play Nana, the dog; Ur- 
sula Moreton the First Twin, and 
Dorothy Lynne the Second; Joan 
Maude-Price as Tootles, Jill Es- 
mond-Moore as Nibbs. The last 
two names convey the carrying on 
of the traditions of two famous 
stage families. 



Maeterlinck's "Blue Bird" will bo 
revived as a Christmas attraction at 
the Duke of York's. The scenery 
and costumes will be the same ai 
used at the Kings (Hammerstein) 
revival last Christmas. Norah John- 
stone, who is responsible for tho 
revival, will be seen at Night, and 
Ernet Hendrie and Norman Pago 
will play their old parts of the "Dog 
and Cat, respectively. 



Another holiday revival will bo 
"Alice in Wonderland." Stedman's 
Academy will be responsible for 
this, as usual, but up to now DO 
theatre has been found. 



The cast of "The Laughing Lady,* 
which Sir Charles Hawtrey pro- 
duced for Marie Lohr at the Globs^ 
Nov. 17, Includes Godfrey Tearlo^ 
Herbert Ro.ss, Brian Gilmour, Julian 
Royce, Violet Vanbrugh, Henrietta 
Watson, Edith Evans, Kitty Gor- 
don Lee, and Marie Lohr. 



The O'Mara Opera Company, with 
a very big following in the bi|r 
provincial centers, will produce a 
new opera by Frederic Tolkin, at 
Leeds, Nov. 20. This Is entitled 
"Lola Descartes." 



As the result of the London 
County Council's recent decision to 
give the producers of the Hotel 
Metropole cabaret more rein, a new 
show will bo put on Nov. 27. Andre 
Chariot and George Grossmlth will 
produce the show, and Carl Hy.son 
will be rospon.sible for the ensem- 
bles. Eight girls will comprise the 
chorus and thrr*' will be four prin- 
cipals, who will be changed from 



Politics have very little Intorost 
generally for members of the tho- 
atrical profession; even the finan- 
cial side flphts shy of Parliament, 
although all sorts of names are por- 
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— NOW TOl'RINO EUROPE — . 

The Most flpeotarular Exhibition of Aerial 
Daring Ever Attempted on the Stage 

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Friday, December 1, 1922 



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AS MARKET STAGES RALLY 



Orpheum Touches New Low, Whole Jtest of List Re- 
bounds 1 to 6 Points — Gossip About Pools — Loew 
and Orpheum Contradictions 



''MERTON'' IN LONDON 



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The amusement stocks failed gen- 
erally to participate in the brli»k 
rally that came into the market with 
the beginning of the week. At th« 
P«ak of the Tuesday buying Or- 
pheum came out in a few trades 
around 19. Elsewhere in ^the list 
everything was up from 1 to 6 
points. The western circuit was 
utterly neglected. Loew did very 
little better, standinfj at 18 at its 
best for the day on moderate trans- 
actions. ^,, ■ ,, .^ ■ 'i. ■'v., "■ - /'/■<■ 

Famous Players made the best 
ghowlng and in borh. cases the ten- 
dency was a direct contradiction of 
what trade observers had looked for. 
The expectation had been all along 
during the gloomy days of falling 
prices from Oct. 1 until the turn 
seemed to have come Monday, that 
Loew and Orpheum would be the 
fli'at to respond to betterment, while 
Famous Players would lag behind 
iai the present. 

Dope on Pools 

Tiie way the dopesters figured it 
out was that the Famous Players 
pool would have a lot of trouble 
ca;rrying on during the bear market. 
With the film stock marked up as 
high as 107, it was argued the pool 
wou'.d have to make pretty heavy 
commitments with the banks to 
finance their campaign. One of the 
things that was believed to have 
brought on the severe reaction was 
the demand of the hankers that 
|MK>Is liquidate their holdings and 
take up loans. It was reported that 
a, dozen or so pools were forced out 
of action by the calling of loans. 

The argument took it for granted 
tdAt a high priced stock like Famous 
Players would require a dangei^ous 
amount of pool financing and would 
be the first to respond to a clearing 
out of banking loans. whilA th6 
Loew and Orpheum pools had done 
a considerable amount of their ac- 
cumulation at low levels all the 
way from 17 to 25 In the case of 
Orpheum and 14 to 22 in the case 
of Loew. On this basis Famous 
Players should have been exhausted 
and the other two fresh for a new 
start at the U)w prices of Monday, 
whereas the opposite proved to be 
the case. Famous Players got up to 
90 H Tuesday afternoon, or more 
thap'3 points better than its bottom 
of the previous session on a fair 
turnover, while nobody seemed in- 
terested either way in Orpheum and 
l^oew. 

"The Famous Players pool people 
should worry," one ticker fan said. 
••After two years or so of manipula- 
tion there must be a lot of pool In- 
siders who own stock paid for out 
of profits." 

Advance Temporary? 

At this writing (at the Tuesday 
close) Times Square speculators re- 
irard the upturn as a momentary 
covering movement by professional 
shorts in preparation for the holi- 
day. The market was sold to a 
standstill last week and the short 
side pretty well extended during the 
three of four weeks of continual de- 
cline. There was little uptown buy- 
ing for the turn. Forty-second street 
players looked for a period of nar- 
row swings close to the November 
lows, extending over the first two 
weeks of December at least and 
probably until the end of the year. 

The expected market exploitation 
of Technicolor coincident with the 
first exhibition of a full-length fea- 
ture by the new color process at the 
Rialto did not materialize. Dealings 
in the "when issued" stock con- 
tinued in small volume on the Curb, 
with prices unchanged at 25 it share, 
Which is expected to be the •over- 
the-counter price. The management 
of the new company is high-class, 
and the impression grows that its 
campaign of di.strlhution will be 
conservative if outside sharpshoot- 
ers don't intorfirt'. The hi.story of 
sensational market manouveri; for 



new picture flotations discourages 
picturesque operations. The lesson 
of Triangle stands as a horrible ex- 
ample still. One lot ot Triangle was 
reported on the Curb late last week, 
by the way. totalling 10.000 shares 
at prices between 8 and 4 cents a 
share, tue stock's closest approach 
to zero up to date. Reports of 
liquidating the company have been 
in the air for several weeks. 
Griffith at ZVz 
One round lot of D. W. Griffith 
also was reported on the Curb at 
IVi, also a new low. A new Griffith 
production impends and |)rob!iJ>ly 
involves new financing, and. an 
usual, negotiations for loans un- 
settles stock prices. The quotation 
of 2H* is understood to represent 
only an urgent sale, and probably 
does not reflect a very definite esti- 
mate of value. It has 'oeen esti- 
mated that the Griffith stock could 
liquidate for much more than that 

price. 

The rummary of transactions Nov. 2S to 
20, incluBlve: 

' STOCK EXCHANGE 

Thusday— Salea Hlfh.Low. Last. Chj. 
Fam. Play.-L.. '-MOO W>% 80% 90 

t;ol(lwyn 200 X,\ 5S V% — '4 

i.o?w. Inc.... i.ario 18^; 1»>., Igt^ -% 
Orpheum 400 10«4 19 10 — ^ 

Friday— . 

Fam. Play.-L.. l.OOn W>i W>*i 89^ -% 

l>o. pf 10« 07V, OT,", »:V4 -I- H 

Goldnyn 700 Vu 54 51,, _ v, 

I.04»w. Inc 4.000 1S>» l«H IS'i 

Orpheum 100 \^\ 10\ 10*. + K 

HoBton »old 210 Orpheum at lir v^Tl^^i- 

Saturday— ' 

Fam. Ptoy.-L.. 8.400 8ft% 87*i 88% -IVi 

Go;dwyn 200 r.H S% Mfc 4- H 

Loew. Inc 1.000 18% 18',i 18^i — «i 

On>heuni 100 M» 19 10 — % 

Itoat<.-n sold 200 Orpheum at 10. 

Monday — 
Fam. Play.-L.. O.COO 89 87% 884 + H 

Do. pf ,100 U7vi 07 irrvi 

Ooldwyn 700 5V, 54 ri% -f % 

Loew, Inc a.W«0 IS^^ 17^ 17% — 4 

Orpheum SOO 18% 184 W4 — ^ 

Boston sokl 500 Orpheum at 18*4618%. 

Tueadny— 

Fam. Play.-L.. B.500 00% BH% 00% -fl% 

Do. pf 100 U8 08 08 -(- Vt 

Goldwyn 2.100 04 5% &% 

Loew, inc 1.100 1B% 17% 18% -4- % 

Orpheum ' «00 19% \» 19% -fl% 

tNe curb 

Thursday— 8alea.Hifh.Low. Last. Chr. 
Triansle 10,000 *8 4 B -ft 

Friday— 
Technlcol., w.l. 600 25 *4%- 25 -|- % 
D. W. Orl%th.. too 2^ 24 2% 

Saturday— 
Technlcol.. w.l. 100 2$ 20 28 

Monday— 
Teohnicol.. w.l. 100 »» » 

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tional response to the call at t!;ls 
period of the season is indicative 
of ttle oversupply of professional 
talent. 

"Old Bill" takes form as one of 
the unusual presentations th's sea- 
son. There are 17 scenes In the 
production, perhaps the bii^gcst set- 
ting that used for the flooding of a 
coal mine. The play is a sort of 
sequel to "The Better 'Ole," pre- 
sented over here by the Coburns. 

Lewis & Gordon are producing 
"Bill." although it was flrst under- 
stood the presentation here would 
be made by Sam H. Harris, who 
secured the rights through Al Lewis 
(of the firm) with Mr. and Mrs. 
Coburn in mind. The latter are 
appearing in the Chicago company 
of "So This Is London." 

A special representative Is on the 
way from Lopdon to take charge of 
the "Bill" production. The play 
will be directed by Percival Knight, 
who, however, will continue his ap- 
pearances In "Thin Ice." 

At least two actors from the orig- 
inal English company will be in the 
American cast, Harry Wenmin, who 
will play the lead( he has been 
playing "Old Bill" in London), and 
Lord Lyvedbn. who is really a titled 
Englishman. Charles MacNaughton 
will play "Bert." which character he 
had in "The Better 'Olo' here, the 
others being Jolin Park. Herbert 
Evans, Leo Stark, Charles Cardon. 
Rnlph Sumpttr. Cliarles Brown, 
George Harcourt. Harold Christie. 
Ali':'e Belmore. Olive Beovrs-Smith. 
Frances Homer, Betty r'.«'lla:r s. 
Alisfi Carewe-Carcwe and Hart'.ey 
Power 



Robert Courtneidge, ths London 
producer, has secured the E}nglish 
rights to the Kaufman-Connelly 
dramatization of tha Harrr I«eon 
Wilson story, "Merton of Chei 
Movies." The contracts were signed 
Tuesday by Cieorge C. Tyler and 
Hugh Ford, owners of the play, and 
Herman Fellner. American repre- 
sentative for Courtneidge. 

Glenn Hunter will not play the 
title role In the English production, 
although the London manager tried 
to secure his release from Tyler and 
Ford, who have a contract with the 
actor for the run of the play In 
America. 

Tyler is to select another Ameri- 
can player for the role and Hugh 
Ford Is to go abroad to stage the 
play. 

Courtneidge Is the lessee of the 
Shaftsbury, London, and it is pos- 
sible that the London premiere will 
take place In that house shortly 
after the first of the year. 



NON-TOP BUL 

(Continued from page 1) 
vaudeville using "names" from pro- 
ductions when possible and "names" 
from vaudeville. The failure of the 
"names" to ilraw patronage away 
from the Ke(th brand of vaudeville 
and the belief that salaries were 
suffering from the wartime inflation 
induced the determined stand on 
the salary question. 

The Keith organization started 
the current season in the face of 
opposition and gambled it was 
right. Act after act was given a 
top figure, which if not up to ex- 
pectations was raised by the op- 
position. In many cases the acts 
taken by Shubert units received 60 
per cent, more than their highest 
Keith salary. 

The willingness of the unK cir- 
cuit to pay higher salaries induced 
some "names" and feature turns to 
sign up with the new venture. 
Other acts, knowing they could sell 
to the opposition at top figures, re- 
fused sH^t Increases on Keith 
routes and deAianded a generous 
raise. 

The drawing ability of these turivi 
rated on the unit grosses and the 
salaries asked and received from 
the unit producers was away out 
of proportion, the Keith people be- 
lieve. Added attractions of "names" 
which the Shuberts have been using 
lately to bolster up business with 
unit shows, disproved and shat- 
tered many former stimulators. 

The Palace experiment will have 
a definite reaction in future stand- 
ards of comparison. The house will 
advertise and stress the fact that 
the bill that week will feature no 
one in particular, being framed as 
a good strong average Keith vaude- 
ville bill minus a headUner. 



FRAZEE SETTLEMENT 

(Continued from page 1) 
parts in several farces produced by 
Frazee. ^ '• 

The settlement, arranged by 
Nathan Burkan. attorney for the 
wife, calls for $40,000 ia cash, it is 
said, to be made In two payments 
within two years. Mrs. Fraxee also 
receives a one-third interest in 
everything possessed by the man- 
ager, including his holdings In the 
Boston American League Baseball 
Club, his theatre interests in the 
Cort, Chicago, and Frazee. New 
York, and in addition sha is to re- 
ceive $1,000 monthly for the remain- 
der of her life. 

It is believed the settlement was 
acceded ta In order that Frazee 
would escape being haled into court 
to show his assets. As a guarantee 
that he will follow the provisions of 
the settlement. Frazee is required to 
place in escrow one-third of his 
stock holdings in all the ventures in 
which he is concerned. 



NOVEMBER'S SIX BEST SELLERS 



VICTOR RECORDS 

''Gallagher and Shaan" 
"Chicago" and ''Early in the Morn- 
ing Bluaa" 
*^Wh«n tha Laavas Come Tumbling 



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Down" and "Zenda" 



eRUNSWICK RECORDS 

'nr ricks'' and "Dancing Fool" 
"'Way Down Yondsr" and 
"True Blua Sam" 
"Panorama Bay" and "Thru* ths 
Night" 



"Three o'Clock" and "Oriental Fox "Blue** and "Haunting Bluas" 

Trot" "Ara You Playing Fair" and "Say 

"For the Sake of Auld Lang Syna" It While Dancing" ^ ' 

and "Call Ma Back, Pal o' Mina" "Call Me Back, Pal o* Mina" and 

"Suez" and "1 Wish I Knew" "Mary Daar" 

'■• "^ '.■".. 'Q. R. S. ROLLS '^^'''' ■ - \ 

"Tricks" "Sunshina AileyV 

"True Blue Sam" "Ji-Ji-Boo" 

"Suez" "Cow Bells" 

Again, for optimistic reasons. It proves an impossible task to select 
the six biggest sellers in view of the large number of songs going 
equally as strong lust now. Xh^ following are unusually popular: 
"Homesick," "Blue.' "Tomorrow," "Gallagher and Shean," "Why Should 
I Cry Over You." "Say It While Dancing," "Carolina In the Morning." 
"Love Sends a Little tlift of Roses." 

The next group are either month-old favorites still going strong or 
brand new numbers, first hitting their stride: **Three o'Clock," "Lost — 
A Wonderful Girl." "Nobody Lied." "November Rose," "Loving Sam," 
"Suez," "Who Cares." "Mary. Dear," "Japanese Moon" (potential hit, 
judging from the response for this comparatively new^song), "When 
the Leaves Come Tumbling Down," "Through the Night/' "Way Down 
Yonder in New Orleans," "Panorama Bay," "Picture Without* Frame." 
"All th* World Is Waiting for the Sunrise." "Who Did You Fool After 
All." 

Production music still has its "You Remind Me of My Mother" and 
"Nellie Kelly." from "Little Nellie Kelly"; "Parade of the Wooden 
Soldiers" (stronger than ever), from "Chauve Souris"; "When Hearts 
Are Young," from "Lady In Ermine"; "Syncopate," from "Molly 
Darling"; "Kiss In the Dark," from "Orange Blossoms"; "Four Leaf 
Clover" and "Stairway to Paradise," from "Scandals"; "You Are My 
Rainbow." from "Greenwich Village Folliea"^ "Journey's End," from 
"Up She Goes"; "Just As LoAg As I Have You." from "Giotham Oirl"; 
"Crinoline Days" and "Lady of the Evening." from "Music Box Re- 
vue," and the Ziegfeld "Follies" trio. "South Sea Hooo,*' "Radio" and 
"Rambler Rose." 



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petually mentioned as being pros- 
pective candidates, but their o^'ners 
generally change their minds before 
the election day arrives. However, 
we have Sir Walter de Preece up 
for re-election and Sir Alfred Butt 
is another "winner." The freak 
candidature of Kycle Bellew came 
to nothing owing, it is said, to doc- 
tor's orders. The authors have been 
better represented, A. E. W. Mason, 
Mr. Hemmerde. K. C, and Francis 
Neilson. authors of "The Butterfly 
on the Wheel." have all represented 
popular constituencies. Reginal 
Berkeley, author of "French Leave," 
is up as the Liberal candidate for 
one of the Nottham divisions. The 
kinema world takes much more in- 
terest in politics than does either 
t^e legltinmte or vaudeville. It Is 
somewhat surprising that neither 
Albert Voyce or Monte Bailey, the 
two high lights in vaudeville organ- 
ization are conteating seats. James 
Seddon, who Is fairly safe to be re- 
turned^ is the big supporter of the 
kinema people and has also done 
yoeman service for other branches 
of the show world. 



In collaboration with Bertram 
Davis. Robert Courtneidge is hard 
at work on a new musical play, 
"The Little Duchess." This is 
scheduled as a Glasgow holiday at- 
traction. Mark Lester will be the 
"star." 



"Polly." the sequel to Gay's "The 
Beggar's Opera," will be seen at 
the Kingsway, Dec. 30. It was sup- 
pressed in 1728, but a version was 
produced at the Hay market, July, 
1782. . 



Despite the many comments on Its 
supposed old-fashlonedness Sir Ar- 
thur Wing Pinero's "Mid-Channel" 
has settled down to a successful run 
at the Royalty. Later Leon M. Lion 
win send the play on tour. 



Old P.ill. ^\.V." wlM open in citlior 
Toronlo or Montreal Chiistnias 
Monday, not Ining tli:c into New 
York until litt^ January. 



IN AND OUT 

Smith and Troy did not '^iiow at 
Loews Stale, N»'W York, tho last 
half of last week because of illness. 
' L. Wolfe Gilbert substiiuttd. ^^ ^.^ 



GILSEY HOUSE SOU) 

(Continued from page 1) 
player (who were real attractions), 
the paid entertainers always en- 
couraged volunteers, as Shea him- 
self did. 

Many an exhibition of fancy Jig 
and reel dancing were given by pa- 
trons as an adjunct to the "show." 
The show was continuous from 
noon until well after midnight, ac- 
cording to the regulations obtaining) 
on the Island during any particular 
political regime. Shea and Dennis 
.Sullivan, brother of the late "Rig" 
Tim .Sullivan, as his partner at first, 
+»«t laler bought him o^*^- 

A few years before the advent of 
l>rohi)>ition, Shea had a couple of 
imitators but it never affected his 
business. The dry law eventually 
(leciileil liim to give up, following 
last season, the poorest the Island 
h;id had for years. The proj)erty 
will be renovated and it is said 
made over into a hotel and res- 
taurant. 

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Famous throughout British vaude- 
ville as "The White-Eyed Kaffir," 
G. H. Chlrgwin died in London. 
Nov. 14, from dropay. He had been 
ill for some time and his death was 
prematurely reported some time 
ago. He was born In 1854 and made 
his first appearance at the age of 
six In a long demolished hall off 
Regent street, known as the Swal- 
low Rooms. He and his brother, 
as the Brothers Chlrgwin. were a 
popular double turn until 1877. In 
the same year he made his first 
appearance at the Oxford as a sin- 
gle turn and soon became an estab- 
lished favorite. For many years 
he was one of the little band of 
artists of whom the audiences at 
the Oxford, the TivoU. and the 
Pavilion never tired. Throughout 
all this time he hardly ever made 
any changes In his act and he was 
never allowed to leave the stage 
without singing "The Blind Boy." 
His famous "white eye" was the 
rcKuIt of an ai^cldent. One day 
while singing at a gala, he was 
doing an ordltiary black-face act at 
the time, a particle of grit flew Into 
his I'ye. He rubbed it and the audi- 
ence roared; he rubbed again and 
the laughter grew. Later he dls- 
coverfd that he had rubbed a dia- 
mond -.•ilm|K>d patch clean In his 
make-up and from that moment the 
White e^ c became as famous as the 



black alt^vether tightf and the hlfk 
tophat. A . <> 



Tim O'Connor, ona of the prin- 
cipala in the Cabaret Follies at tha' 
Queen's Hall, dislocated his ankle so 
seriously. Nov. 11, that despite tiM 
attendance of the famous bon«-set« 
ter Sir Herbert Barker he was un- 
able to carry on. Jack Hylton. tho 
director of tha cabaret, has engaged 
Lupino Lane and his pardnar, Betty 
Blythe, to deputize in O'Connor*! 
absence. 



Captain Bruca Balrn«fathar will 
make his vaudeville debut at tha 
Victoria Place. Nov. 20, in a sketch 
entitled "Old BUI and Me." In thia 
he will explain how his famous 
caricature of the British "OM Con- 
temptible" came into being. Two 
companies of the Lyceum play "Old 
Bill, M.P." will shortly go on tour. 

"Polly." adapted from the original 
Gay play by Clifford Bax. will ba 
produced at the Kingsway, Dec. SO. 
Nigel Playfair will be the producer 
and the company includes Adrienna 
Brulne, Muriel Terry. Pitt Chatham, 
Percy Parsons. The orchestra will 
be directed by Eugene Goosscns. 

"If Winter Comes" will be seen 
In the West End at thu St. James* 
toward the end of January. Tha 
play will ba presented by Frank 
Curzon, Owan Nares, and B. A. 
Meyer, by arrangement with Gilbert 
Miller. Nares will play his original 
part of Mark Sabre. The Australian 
rights of the play have been secured 
by the Williamson organization. 

Sybil Thorndyka brings the run 
of "The Scandal " to an end at tha 
New, Oct. 27. The last fortnight 
of her season, which ends Dec. f, 
will be occupied by "the poet SheU 
ley's play, "The Cenci," which sha 
produced Nov. 18. This production 
has been hailed as the most per- 
fectly artistic seen In London for * 
long time. 



Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who la 
appearing in the suburban houses 
in Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler," will 
shortly put a new play into re- 
hearsal. This will be dona first of 
all In tha provinces, after which it 
will be brought to the West End. 



A company from the Adelphl will 
start touring at Christmas with tha 
lately produced "All -British" mu- 
sical show. "The Island King." It 
will open In Edinburgh, where It 
stays a month, and will then do a 
fortnight each at Glasgow and 
Newcastle, before proceeding to iha 
big Northern and Midland cities. 

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TTLEB BROOKE'S SECOND TRIP 

The "Baltic" Saturday carried 
Tyler Brooks away from New York, 
bound for London, where he may 
appear in the Charles B. Cochran's 
production over there of "Llttla 
Nellie Kelly." ' 

Brooke returned to New York a 
couple of weeks ago after scoring a 
personal success In tha revived 
failure of "Angel Face" In England. 
He had gone over there to take hit 
original role in that piece. 



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VAUDEVILLE 



Friday, December 1, 1022 



INJUNCTION AND CONTEMPT 



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ACnONS AGAINST 'COPY ACTS' 



Tom Brown Legally After C. L. Brown, Billy Mark- 
with and Others — P&ntages Playing One Act — 
V. M. P. A, Interested 



Chicago, Nov. 29. 

The hearing of the injunction 
case of Tom Brown against C. L. 
Brown, who has three acts touring 
picture and vaudeville houses, often 
billed as "The Original Brown Sax- 
ophone Six," is set for this week, 
and Judge Carpenter is expected to 
hear it. 

It is declared by attorneys for 
Tom Brown that the . management 
of the Rivoll, Toledo, was notified 
Nov. 19, warning him not to play an 
act wearing clown costumes or 
using a name confusing to the 
theatregoing public to the extent 
that it would be misled into believ- 
ing the Six Brown Brothers were 
billed. 

It is further declared that the 
VaudeviHe Managers' Protective As- 
sociation has also issued an order 
on the request of Charles Dilling- 
ham which complains of the C. L. 
Brown act advertising that the sax- 
ophone six in question has made 
records, claiming such Is not the 
case. The complainants allege Billy 
Markwlth was in the Saxophone 
Sextet, which made four or five 
records for the Columbia Phono- 
graph; Billy Markwith is with one 
of the acts advertised as the "Orig- 
inal Brown Saxophone Six." 

Ton* Brown filed a petition In the 
United States District Court asking 
■why C. L. Brown and Billy Markwith 
should not be fined for contempt of 
court under the injunction issued 
Nov. 19. 1921. It is said by Harry 
Munns, the Chicago attorney, that 
<nanagers of picture houses may find 
themselves in contempt of court 
through having p'ayed the act. 
Three acts are booked under the 
same management. One was at the 
Rex, Oshkosh, Wis., recently and it 
has Billy Markwith In it. Another 
was at Louisville last week. The 
third, which has C. L. Brown in it, 
is playing the Pantages eastern 
time, and was at Toledo last week. 
?.'he acts f t^e b'l'ed with a one-sheet 
which reads "Original Brown Saxo- 
phone Six" and there is special 
effort made in newspaper ads to an- 
nounce the coming of a "Brown" 
act. The attorneys have a copy of 
the Minneapolis "News" of Aug. 26, 
In which one of these acta was 
billed at the State, a Finkclsteln & 
Hubin house, and a cut in another 
part of the paper had a line under 
it. "Tom Brown and his brothers." 

C. E. Hodkins, personal represent- 
ative of Alexander Pantages, says 
that he had heard nothing of the 
V. M. P. A. attempt to stop the act 
at Toledo and emphasizes that the 
act is bi'led on that circuit as the 
"Brown Saxophone Six." 

The Six Jolly Jesters, another six- 
man brass and saxophone sextet, 
has been playing the Blank picture 
theatres In Iowa. It has as come- 
dian Lew Gould, who was formerly 
with the Six Brown Brothers act, 
but who is careful, so it Is said, to 
avoid conveying the impression hiM 
act is in any way similar to the 
Brown brother's. 



'^MOVIES" COMPLAINT 



Five Acts with Same Title — Befoi 
V. M. P. A. 



Joe Ward and Tom Madden, pro- 
ducers of a "Making Movies" act, 
have filed complaint against Will V. 
Hart and his "Movie Tests" turn. 
Tom Britt wrote the complainant's 
act and Harry Crull originated 
Hurt's routine. Crull Is now New 
Fngland manager of seven Keith 
houses with headquarters in the 
E. P. Albee theatre. Providence, R. I. 

Britt, who wrote the Ward-Mad- 
den act, appeared before Pat Casey 
in the V. M. P. A. as Hart's wlt- 
nes.s, stating the act is still his 
property because of royalty arrears. 
Britt testified that the Hart act is 
entirely different from the one he 
wrote. 

Hart's contention is that four 
others besides Ward and Madden 
have acts of the same title, "Making 
Movies." They are Joe Siden. J'red 
Ferguson, Palmer Rider anJ George 
Solomon. 




MARIK — ' —PAUL. 

KAVANAUGH and EVERETT 

TRENTON BVBNINO TIMES, 
Nov. 17, 1922 

"Marie Kavanaugh and Paul Everett 
give a classy touch to the bill with a 
song and dance revue, in which ap- 
pear also the Caprice Sisters and 
Jack Humphrey. The act is styled 
"Danceology." 

Direction; MARTY FORKINS 

MISS BURKHART'S RETURN 



Persuaded by Alex. Pantages to 
Reappear 



TWO UNITS STOP 



Two Shubert vaudeville units 
closed Sunday. They were Arthur 
Pearson's "Zig Zag," following the 
engagement at the Harlem opera 
house, and George Gallagher's 
"Broadway Follies,'' also off the cir- 
cuit, following Detroit. 

The "Broadway Foil es" is said to 
have lost about $30,000 outside of 
the production cost. De Haven and 
Nice, and Joe Fowel, vaudeville 
artists with the production, were in- 
terested in the unit with Gallagher. 



UNIT ACT AT LOEWS 

"Max and Moritz," the monkeys 
that played two weeks at the Cen- 
tral, New York, as added attraction 
with the Shubert vaudeville units, 
have been booked by the Locw cir- 
cuit, opening Nov. 30 jp.t the State, 
New York, for a fell week engage- 
ment. 

J. H. Lubln signed the monks, | 
wanting a "name" for the State, i 
The State's policy is to add a 1 
"name" to tho regular bill from time j 
to time. Eva Tanguay, the most re- 
cent big turn to play the house, 
proved the efficacy of this by break- 
ing the house record. 



Lillian Burkhart, after 12 years' 
absence from the stage, has returned 
to vaudeville in a sketch, "Mother 
Is Here," after opening for a flte- 
week engagement. Miss Burkhart 
was signed by Alexander Pantages 
for five months. Miss Burkhart 
visited New York for a day last 
week, prior to her opening on the 
Pan time. 

It was while appearing at a chari- 
table affair in the went that Miss 
Burkhart, who had retired from the 
stage, met Pantages. His sugges- 
tion she return was not taken seri- 
ously at first, but Mr. Pantages 
became Insistent and Miss Burk- 
hart finally agreed to stage a new 
act. Its success- prompted her to 
continue and now she has decided to 
remain In her former field of activi- 
ties. 



TURNS DOWN PALACE 



Ben Bernie Saya New Act Weekly 
Too Hard 



MISS KAY FINDS "BLONDE" 

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice 
Faber last week signed a divorce 
decree in favor of Marjoiie Kay in 
her suit against Holbcook Bonncy. 
Miss Kay in private was Mrs. Mar- 
jorie Griflfln Kay Boimoy. 

The Rialto Apartments, New York, 
and a blonde figured in the proceed- 
ings. 



Ben Bernie and Band turned down 
a third week at the Palace, New 
York. Bernie is booked into the 
Alhambra and refused to double, 
ciuiming the strain of producing an 
entirely new act for the Palace au- 
dience each week was too much for 
him. 

Bernie produced his present act 
in the face of severe discourage- 
ments. He was advised by keen 
showmen and booking oflftce officials 
not to undertake the band venture 
as the field was fast being over- 
crowded. He persisted, however, 
and got an aggregation together, 
headed by himself, that created as 
much of a furore as "Gallagher and 
Shcan." 



•SING SING'S "HONEY GIRL" 



Prieonere Playing Show Dec. 5-8— 
Admission %\ 



Osslning, N. Y., Nov. 29. 

Prlsoncis of Sing Sing will present 
"The Honey Girl" Deo. 5-8, In the 
evenings, at the prison, with the 
public admitted at $1, top scale. 
Tickets may be secured from the 
Show Committee, 351 Hunter street, 
Ossining, N. Y., by mail, or pur- 
chased at the door. 

It's the annual entertainment of 
the institution with the former Sam 
H. Harris' success reproduced, In- 
stead of the usual vaudeville enter- 
tainment, with the Mutual Welfare 
League in charge of the perform- 
ance. The proceeds go to the funds 
-of the league, 



Auburn, Nov. 29. 
The Ooorge M. Cohan Revue will 
be reproduced by the Mutual Wcl- 
faro League of Auburn prison on 
l^erember 4-6. The show is being 
c.-.tensively advertised. The first 
tv.o nights will be set aside for Au- 
l/M.niuns and the last night for 
fc • '.urana ard other outside pa- 
eons of the prison plays. 



$3,000 DANCE HALL BAND 

(Continued from page 1) 

negotiated and arranged this en- 
gagement. 

The Trianon management has 
appropriated |1 50,000 for an adver- 
tising campaign, which will intro- 
duce the new dancing palace to 
Chicago, For six days at the open- 
ing an extra feature, in addition to 
Roy Bargy's 15-piece orchestra, will 
be Paul Whiteman's band of ten 
piecf's. (Bargy and I.«hnm Jttnes are 
the big favorites of the Chicago 
dancers as Whiteman is of the New 
York crowd.) 

Paul Sternl)erg, who has "Ampli- 
fied Syncopation," with 27 men at 
the I*alacc Inst week, -organized 
the orchestra with a view of play- 
ing the Trianon, but he goes Into 
Woodlawn theatre Instead, which 
is under tiie same managt ment. It 
Is reported that Rargy took seven 
men from the Sternberg organiza- 
tion. 

The Trianon will open with a 
"charity ball" under the auspices of 
the real society set of Chicago (Mrs. 
'Potter Palmer et al.), and It will 
be the first time that such an affair 
as this ha.«i ever been held on tho 
South Side. 

Pat Campbell, formerly press 
agent for (Jeorge C. Tyler, is en- 
gaged as exploitation manager for 
tho new venture. 



MOORE'S CONDITION SERIOUS 

Menlo Moore was again removed 
from his home last week to the 
Lenox Hill -Hospital. He recently 
was discharged from the institution 
and was convalescing at his home 
when a recurrence of stomach 
trouble perturbed his physicians. 
Early this week it was reported 
Moore was in serious condition. 



FLORENCE JOHNS DIVORCING 

Florence Jackson, profes.sionally 
Florence Johns. Is suing Myron L. 
Jackson in New York for absolute 
divorce^ The action Is undefended. 
Jackson is a U. S, army aviator. 
They were married a little over a 
year ago. The action is based on 
the usual statutory grounds, with 
the ro-respondent an unknown 
woman. 



STOCK SELLING SCHEME 



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FOR SHUBERT VAUDEVILLi 



Stock to Be fiffcrcJ Patrons — ^trying It After HoH- 
days — Similar to Loew's— First Choice Given to 
Stockholders -'^ ^ 



■■' J "■ V , 



BOBBY HIGGINS SIGNED 

Bobby Higglns, who recently 
closed with the Shubert vaudeville 
unit, "Hello New York' (Singer's), 
has been signed by the Shuberts 
for their now legitimate attraction, 
•Virginia." 



"Bluthing Bride" Unit 
Among the new unit shows pro- 
posed for the Shubert vaudeville 
time Is a con<tensed version of 'The 
Blushing Bride," In which Lean and 
Mayfield will be starred. They were 
with the original production. 



LEBLANG TICKET FLAK 

(Continued from page 1) 

a solution of the managerial difli- 
culty so often reported in connec- 
tion with ticket speculating, his 
plan is it. He is reported to have 
offered to guarantee the managers 
the experiment will be made by him 
in conjunction with them or the 
P. M. A. aa a body, without any one 
sharing any portion of the initial 
expense other than himself, as evi- 
dence of his faith in the proposal. 

Leblang has worked out the plan 
in detail, according to the story. 
The Le Blang ticket selling scheme 
is reported to encompass all of the 
sale of theatre tickets of the Broad- 
way houses, outside of the' box of- 
fices of the theatres, but it leaves 
the treasurers of the theatres in 
their present positions and capaci- 
ties without disturbing any of tliem, 
the Leblang idea being that the 
centpal office and the theatre shall 
work in perfect harmony. 

According to the report, the prac- 
tical side of the Leblang proposi- 
tion is that all tickets in the central 
ofllce shall be sold at the box office 
sale only, with "First Come, First 
Served" to be the trade mark of 
tlte business. It is claimed Le 
Blang's plar> will take up a card 
system for which a nominal charge 
of |1 yearly will be made. 

Leblang is said to have pro- 
posed to the P. M. A. that its mem- 
bers become stockholders in the cor- 
poration forming and operating the 
centralized ticket ofllce. that ia to 
have branches in all sections of the 
city, besides others in the suburban 
towns. The stockholders are to 
share in any profits, including those 
of the cut-rate adjunct, while being 
absolved from any expense attend- 
ing the successful or unsuccessful 
organizatk}n. 

To those who have some under* 
standing of the Leblang proposal, 
which, According to report, was sub- 
mitted to the P. M. A. in detail, it 
appears to place the Broadway 
managers in a position where they 
would be obliged to go on record 
as to their attitude in seeking a 
solution of the speculating evil. . 

Leblang, beat known in New 
York for his cut-rate ticket agency, 
has been familiar with theatres for 
30 years. His reputation relieves 
any base for belief he Is not thor- 
oughly in earnest and his financial 
standing is'such that any guarantee 
he makes is substantial. 

It is said Leblang has Informally 
stated he would not object to the 
introduction of tho recognixed ticket 
agencies as arms of the central of- 
fice, to be included aa parts of it 
and under Ita direct control. 

The Leblang cut-rate ayatem, so 
much discussed by managers, would 
be eliminated as an independent 
business through its connection with 
the central office corporation, with 
the combination virtually irlving 
managers the complete control of 
every ticket for their theatre, either 
through the central office, the box- 
office or cut rates. If they should 
decide upon cut ratea for any of 
their houses. 

On^ Idea of Leblang's is reported 
to be that he thinks through such 
a central office as he proposes, that 
the balcony trade for Broadway the- 
atres may be re-established, mak- 
ing his prediction on that point from 
experience gained by him In the 
pa.st, with the balcony trade to be 
restored at the regular scale rates 
for upstairs. 

Leblang's offer to cast In his cut- 
rate business Into a ticket selling 
pool speaks with what confidence 
Leblang has submitted his t'jket 
.•jelling plan. The Leblang agency in 
cut rates at the present time thinks 
nothing'-t>f selling 10.000 tickets for 
Broadway theatres in a single day. 
It is estimated the seating capacity 
of tho 60 or so mid-section legit 
theatres in New York reaches about 
80,000 per performance. 

No one was located In tho early 
prirt of the week who could speak 
for the P. M. A. on the matter, nor 
had any member of that association 
who was asked up to Tuesday, heard 
of Leblang's proposition having 
been read before a regular meeting. 
It was expected to come up befo«i 
a P. M. A. meeting later this week. 



The Shuberts have been quietly 
working on plan to syndicate their 
vaudeville houses on a stock sellinir 
basis. The general outline of the 
plan calls for stock to be sold to i 
patrons, with an arrangement giv- 
ing the holder of stock first Choice 
on seats weekly. 

The stock selling idea was to ihave 
been promulgated this week,, but 
will be held for the present until 
after the holidays. The plan had 
not progressed to the point where 
a capitalization had been agreed 
upon up to the current week, every- j 
thing pertaining to it being specu- 
lative and formulatlve. t 

It is understood a campaign sim-i 
ilar to the Loew stock selling plan 
is to be followed, the stock to be of- 
fered by salesmen in the Shvibert^ 
vaudeville houses in the same man- 
ner as the Loew stock was sold* 

The Shubert stock selling report 
as applied to the Shubert vaudeville 
houses does not call for participa- 
tion by the Affiliated Theatres Cor- 
poration, the latter being the book- J 
Ing 'corporation, which books 'an<lj 
routes the Shubert unit shows. The 
Shubert vaudeville exchange routes 
the vaudeville bills. , 
^ 

TEMPESTUOUS UNIT 

Marx Bros' Show Reported Chanfl* 
ing Once More 



Chicago, Nov. 29. '\ 
It is reported the Marx BrotherC 
and Kranz and White are to tak» 
over the Shubert unit often 
designated as the Finkelatein A 
Rubin show, though put our by 
Jimmy O'Neal and W. R. Mo^an- 
stern. Eugene Cox, who provided ■ 
the scenery, left Chicago last week 
for the eastxwith the announced 
determination of bringing matters to * 
a head. 

Jimmy O'Neal is now managing j 
"Plantation Days," a colored show, 
and Norman Friedenwald, who left 
Chicago In advance of the Marx 
Brothers unit. Is In advance of that 
show. W. R. MorgaVistern, who left 
Chicago recently to succeed Frieden- 
wald in advance of the unit show, 
is no longer connected with it. 

The career of this unit has been 
tempestuous from the start. It had 
Joe Whitehead as principal comedian 
when first organized. He is now 
back in vaudeville. Kranz find 
White, who were with the original 
company, have stuck. The- Marx 
Brothers came into the show when 
It was reorganized. Olga-Mishka 
company were with the show from 
the start until after it left Chicago, 
after playing the Engelwood. 



UNIT GROSSES 



$7,800 at Central, New York; $2,000 
at State, Cleveland 



The State. Cleveland, continues to 
lead the Shubert unit stands, gross- 
ing fl2.000 with. Arthur Klein's 
"Hello Everybody" (Gertrude Hoff- 
man) last week. Next In line came 
the Chestnut Street opera house, 
Philadelphia, getting $10,600 with 
Barney Gerard's "Town Talk* 
(Nora Bayes added). Tho next 
largest gross was obtained by Jack 
Singer's "Hello, New York" at the 
Shubert, Cincinnati, $10,200, with 
Wesley Barry as an added attrac- 
tion. 

•Troub'es of 1922," the Davidow 
& Le Maire unit, got $9,500 on the 
Ask)ria, L. I.-Boro Park split. Other 
grosces were "Reunited," Aldine. 
Pittsburgh, $8,500; Gallagher**! 
'Broadway Follies,' $7,900, at De- 
troit; I. H. Herk's "Stolen Sweets" 
(Watson Sisters), $7,800 at the Cen- 
tral, New York; "Spice of Xife.' 
$7,500, at the Crescent, Brooklyn; 
Arthur Pearson's "Zig Zag," $7,100. 
at the TTarlem opera house, Ntnv 
York; "Stepping Around, $7,400, at. 
Keeney's, Newark; Jack Rcid'i 
"Carnival of Fun," $7,500, at the 
Englewood, Chicago. 

The lowest grosses were the "^Oth 
Century Revue' at the Majestic, 
Boston, $5,500; "Midnight Round- 
ers," Belasco, WashlngtQii, $5,000; 
and "Echos of Broadway," Criterionj 
Buffalo, $5,000. 



-w Friday, December 1, 1022 



VAUDEVILLE 



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DNIT ACTS FOR VAUDEVniE 
J DECEIVING CUT SALARIES 



Also Must Pay Transportation — Former Shubert 
Vaudeville Contract Used — ^Two More Cities Qet 
Straight Vaudeville (Shubert) Next Week 



a 



The Shubert agency la nlgning: 
acts for the Shubert straight vaude- 
ville bills, replacing the unit vacan- 
cies on the circuit, from dlscon- 
tljiued units, cutting the acts' 
salaries paid by the units by $100. 
more or less, for the vaudeville bills, 
and oblif^tig the acts to pay their 
own transportation. With the units 
the acta were furnlsheT^ transporta- 
tion. :.:•:• ,' 

The Shubert office buys the art- 
ists' transportation, deductingr the 
equivalent from the weekly salary. 
This la understood to be a man- 
euver of protection. The artist ac- 
cepting transportation for a jump 
can be held legally responsible if 
he doesn't appear at the house 
designated, unless prevented from 
so doing by unavo:dable circum- 
stances. _ 

The acts for Shnbert vaudeville 
are being given the former Shubert 
vaudeville contracts, replacing those 
held by the turns for unit prcduo- 
tions. A scarcity of vaudeville ma- 
terial Is reported for the proposed 
Shubert straight bills. Many of the 
acts leaving units have signed with 
Loew's or Pantages*. Th s will 
cause, it is said, a number of repeat 
engagements, acts returning in 
vaudeville to the cities whore they 
previously this season appeared 
With unit' shows. 

Two more towns will take on 
Straight vaudeville next week, 
AcadAiy, Baltimore, and Aldine.. 
Pittsburgh. ,The straight or unit 
policy will not be continuous at any 
Shubert unit house, it Is said at the 
Affiliated. The units will be played 
whea available and straight vautle- 
vllle when a unit is not showiog. 
The Shubert people expect when the 
unit circuit is reduced to its mu^t 
that there will be about 12 unita 
playing, plus any other unit shows 
that may be meanwhile formed, and 
with the remainder of the Shuberf 
unit circuit playing stra'ght vaude- 
ville bills. T'.ie total of the number 
of theatres the Shubert vaudeville 
circuit expects to operate for the 
remainder of the season has not 
been stated. 

Christmas week the Orpheum, 
Montreal, starts with Shubert 
vaudeville (or unit) and is to re- 
main a fixture on the wheel, it is 
said. The next addition is expected 
to be the former Century, Kansas 
City, now being remodelled. The 
unit shows were tried at the Shu- 
bert, Kansas City, early this season 
but discontinued through lack of 
patronage, though Kansas City at 
the time believed the Shubert re- 
verted to the road shows through 
popular demand. 

The Academy, Baltimore, was to 
have closed its season last wrck but 
a last-minute change of plana sent 
"The Rose Girl," the Shuberts* own 
revived unit, into the house. 

It was recently reported in Vari- 
etur unit producers had attempted a 
salary cut among acts and artists 
In their shows. The amount of the 
cuts then asked, and in many in^ 
stances agreed to by the artists, is 
said to be the amounts of the pres- 
ent cuts asked by the Shubert 
agency for the straight vaudevi! e 
contracts. 

The 12 remaining units, according 
to report, on the Shubert time will 
be those representing the Shuberts, 
Herk & Beatty, Arthur Klein, Grctn 
A Jones, and Davidow & Le Mai»o. 

The latest vaudeville road show 
at Pittsburgh the current week in- 
cludes Georgle Price, Adele Oswald, 
George Rosner, Mason and Kecler, 
Nelson company, Flo and Ollie Wal- 
ters. Chapelle and Stlnctte revue. 
Horlick and Sarampa Sisters and 
Nathal. 

This show replaces George "Gal- 
lagher's "Broadway Follies," whic'.i 
closed last Sunday. i ., 

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SIR JOE'S "OTHELLO" BY 
BULLING SHAKESPEARE 



Dinner Framed for Great Imi- 
tator to Meet Great 
Author 



J^s 




-€LARA MACKIF'S TEETH 

Chicago, Nov. 29. 
Mackln, formerly leading 



Clara 
lady of Leo Ditrlchstein, ha.^ brought 
suit apruinst Dr. Eugene Vigneron, 
Chicajio dentist, alleging imperfect 
dental work, which impaired her 
enunciation and lessened her earn- 
ing nhiiity. 

l>itrlchstein supports ♦'•r claim by 
depositions. 



The Great Sir JTJseph Ginsberg's 
grouch was partially satiated this 
week with a thrill, a double-bar- 
relled thrill and one that is only 
topped by the thrill he occasioned 
when Willie and Eugene Howard 
elevated him to Knighthood. 

It happened through the sudden 
success of Arthur Hopkins* produc- 
tion of "llamlet." Sir Joe saw the 
performance and hastened to Ms 
adviser, Willie Howard, with the 
suggestion that maybe he could get 
the same author to write something 
for him. If so then Sir Joseph said 
he would forego his Idea of a con- 
cert tour, musical comedy or cab- 
aret and conflne his spare evenings 
to after dinner walls. 

Willie Howard advised him a 
few days later that he would prob- 
ably arrange a little dinner Sun- 
day night for the Great Joe and 
Willie Shakespeare and allow His 
Highness to make definite arrange- 
ment!?. It Iook9 as though Sr Jo- 
seph will shortly play in "Othello," 
assuming the role of lago, the 
Hunchback. Sir Joseph figures he 
can handle the part by stuffing pil- 
lows down the neck of his com- 
plaint coat. 

To a Variety reporter the Oreat 
Joseph confided the details. He 
will stage the reception at Freeman's 
Reartaurant late at night. After Wil- 
lliB Howard has the party are s«t His 
Highness proposes to stroll in non- 
chalantly In his trick derby and com- 
plaint suit (wearing the pewter med- 
als) and act as though he was Just 
dropping In to Inhale some coffee 
and munch on some blitzens. At a 
cue from Willie Howard, His High- 
ness will walk over and pounce in a 
seat beside Mr. Shakespeare. Once 
he gets the author's ear, the rest is 
easy, for he figures to stun him with 
his flawless imitation of Harry 
Lauder, and after that it's Just a 
case of signing the name on the 
dotted line. 

"You see," says the Great Joseph, 
"by^'reeman's I go every night and 
those kibctzera won't think maybe 
its something Important. And then 
mine landsman Mister Gans Is the 
8chammu9 by Freeman's and mfiybe 
he will have some nice portion of 
Kloyshkci left from Thanksgiving 
Day. I like that achammua Gans, 
o6cr he ain't so good looking. I laugh 
to myself whenever I look at his 
schnoohcl, for then I thinks, when 
Gans can get for himself a sweetheart 
with such a schnoohel, there is 
chance maybe some nice girl would 
like to be the Great LAdy Ginzberg. 
"If things by this Shakespeare go 
all right, then maybe I have a big 
dinner In P'reeman's, ober none of 
those kibctzcra will I invit^. Maybe 
Gans can get me a nice dinner with 
Kloyshkaa and borsht or some nice 
gcdamfcd broost and with coffee 
cake they can dunk In the coffee and 
have a nice time. Myself I don't 
dunk, but coffee I like, sometimes I 
drink as many as six saucers full. 
Foi such a feastel I could get ten, 
mnybe eleven, plates at 50 cents a 
plate hnd if those achnorrcra at 
Freeman's want more, then to Lln- 
dy's I go where we can only get four 
in a booth." 

Consequently Sunday night will 
mean the climax of Sir Joe's pro- 
fessional career. He la now busy 
being rehearsed by Willie Howard 
In a routine of commercial gab 
such as one would except from a 
Knlcjht discussing details of a play 
with an author. 



SomoA^ here In tropical America there 
are bunches and bunches of bananas 
training to go on the stage. Some- 
wheres in this country there are 
stage-hands, actors and musicians 
who will pilfer and steal those ba- 
nanas when they finally appear. 

The bananas will play vaudeville 
handled by 

ROCKWELL and FOX 



SINGER UNIT GROSS 
$10,000-L0SE MONEY 

$1 ,900 Deducted from Show's 

Share — Singer Wants to 

Pay Up and Close 



"Hello New York," the Shubert 
vaudeville unit, grossed over $10,000 
last week at Cincinnati and lost 
money on the week. The unit'^as 
charged J1.250, half of the Wesley 
Barry salary,^an added/attraction, 
with 1650 deducted for the salary of 
the Bobby Hlgglns act which doped 
with the unit in Chicago, makin^f a 
total of $1,900. 

Jack Singer was notified of the 
deductions In New York city, where 
he is at present trying to induce 
the Affiliated or Shuberts to take 
the unit over or advance him 
enough money to close the show and 
pay salaries In full to date. 

"Heilo New York" is one of the 
few units that hasn't asked the 
members to accept a cut in salary. 
It is understood the cut will be re- 
quested next week before the at- 
tractrt>n goes into the Englewood, 
Chicago. 

I. H. Herk bankrolled the Singer 
unit. It Is understood Singer in- 
vested nothing but his time and ex- 
perience as a producer. As the unit 
artists were engaged by the individ- 
ual producers, Singer is liable for 
the salaries and other expenses in- 
curred. He is asking the Shuberts 
to take title to the unit to relieve 
him of this responsibility. 



MRS. CARE'S CHARGES 

(Continued from page 1) 
the payment of nis former wife's 
alimony. 

Deputy Sheriff Murphy served 
the order of arrest on Carr Monday 
at the Selwyn, but let him play the 
night's performance. He is out 
under $5,000 bail. 

Another of the kctlons Mr. Gold- 
smith is instituting against Carr is 
to void the general release of all 
alimony claims by Mrs. Carr. which 
was presented to Justice Lewis in 
the Supreme Court Nov. 22. Judge 
Lewis, after reading the general re- 
lease, dismissed the motion made by 
Mrs. Carr to have Carr punished 
for contempt in not paying the 
amount then due to her, as she al- 
leged. $17,933.31. 

The charges of fraud made by 
Mrs. Carr are based upon the gen- 
eral release, which she claims was 
obtained by her husband and his 
attorney, Heckheimer, in Heck- 
heimer's office without her own at- 
torney present MraJ Carr in her 
affidavit said that it was represent- 
ed to her the paper she signed was 
necessary in order that Carr might 
sell his home at RockviUe Center, 
L. I., and that she accepted their 
statements, signing the paper with- 
out reading It, and receiving no con- 
sideration at the time. The paper, 
later, she swore, came before the 
court as a general release of all of 
her claims for alimony against her 
former husband. 

Another action Mrs. Carr's coun- 
sel has started Is in the common 
court to recover the arrearages of 
alimony, made necessary through 
Judge Lewis' dismissal of the 
motion when the release was pro- 
duced. Judge Lewis, however, 
granted a motion for a rehearing, 
which is to come /before him today 
(Dec. 1). 

Mrs. Carr's breach of promise suit 
is alleged because of Carr's failure 
to keep his promise to remarry her 
after he had disposed of the Rock- 
viUe Center property. At the time. 
Mrs. Carr xilaims. Carr told her he 
\^ould dispose of the RockviUe 
Center property and they would re- 
marry when he would purchase an- 
other home. 

The Carrs have been in the courts 
several times through the wife seek- 
ing to secure alimony due ^ her. 
When Mrs. Carr obtained her di- 
vorce, Oct. '17, 1919, the court 
allowed her $850 monthly. This 
operated until Oct. 31, 1921. when it 
was reduced to $433.33 a month. 

The civil order of arrest was given 
to the sheriff Monday and Carr 
taken into custody at the Selwyn 
theatre, where "Pa.tners Again" is 
playing, that same night after the 
performance. The show is due to 
leave the city to open an engage- 
ment at the Selwyn, Chicago. 

A few days ago, when Mark 
Fisher, a process server In the 
Goldsmith law office, served an 
order upon Carr at the theatre, the 
young man, aged 19 and weighing 
100 pounds, claims he was badly 
beaten up by the actor. 



NEW KEmi'S, DAYTON, 
LEADSMINCITY 



Stands Atone, Like Keith's 

Palace, Cleveland — 

Opened Monday 



t^f 



Whitewan Orchestra on Loew Time 
Paul Whiteman is presenting the 
Alex; Hyde orchestra in a tour of the 
Loew circuit. The billing roads, 
"Paul Whiteman presents Alex. I 
Hyde's Romance of Rhjjhm 
chestra." 




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MAYOR CURLEY and JACK OSTERMAN 

During a vi.slt to the latter's muthor, Kathryn Ostcrman, who is with 
Or- j "The Bat," Mayor James M. Curley entertained Jack Ostcrman and 
presented the young com^ian with a key to Boston. 



Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 2f. 
B. F. Keith's newest theatre, for' 
a city like Dayton, with its popula- 
tion and many theatreV, makes local 

history. It stands alone in this city, 
as Keith's Palace does in Cleveland. 
Although not as elaborate, it is still 
pretentious, and shows the personal 
attention of E. F. Albee to a minute 
degree. , 

This house was built by Rapp ft 
Rapp, ihe same architects whc^bullt 
the^ new Cleveland house, besides 
many others. 

The Keith's here seats 8.000 and 
cost $2,000,000. It has also a slz- 
story office building In colonial style. 
The theatre has two entrances, with 
two floors. Every convenience for 
patron and artist has been provided. 
The interior decorations are gor- 
geous. 

Back stage the same care has been 
shown for the artists' comfort. Ektch 
dressing room ie equipped with 
shower and lounge. 

The opening show of seven acts 
went over beyond expectations, each 
act scoring individual honors. The 
bill ran in the following order: 
Ed Jgmes Revue, Hager and Good- 
melr. "Stars of Yesterday," Claude 
and Marion, Hegedes Sisters and 
Reyes, Van and Corbett. Eva Shir- 
ley. Adler's Orcheetra. 

Judge Baggott waa master of 
ceremonies, and in a humorous ad- 
dress introduced Raymond Hitch- 
cock and Mayor Hale of l>ayton. 

The house will be booked by Olea 
Burt, booking manager of the Chi- 
cago B. F. Keith's office, under the 
personal supervision of C. S. Hum- 
phrey/. Keith's Western general 
nvinager. 

Several hundred out-of-towkers. 
Including Mr. and Mrs. Albee.^Mr. 
and Mrs. J. J. Murdock, Mr. and 
Mrs. B. S. Moss, Mr. and Mrs. EL O. 
Louder, Dr. and Mrs. Neary, Mr. and 
Mrs. Sam Schadel, Joseph Rhlnock. 
Senator J. Henry Walters, Pat 
Casey, Harry Davis, and from Chi- 
cago were C. S. Humphrey, Marty 
I^orkins, BUI Cunningham, Frank 
Stander, W. S. Butterfleld, Frank 
Rickson, W^alter Desmond, Harry 
Sprlngold. Max Halprln, John Bills- 
bury, Ez| Keogh, Harry Danforth, 
William Jackson, Warren Jones, 
OUle Strauss and Mr. and Mrs. Gus 
Sun^ 

James Weed; manager of the old 
Keith house, will manage both the- 
atres. 

A banquet was held after the 
opening performance, when It was 
stated there would be three new 
Keith's within the next year, at 
Brooklyn, Boston and Columbus. 

The New Yorkers left here Tues- 
day; as did the Chicago contingent 



ENGAGEMENTS 

Maud Eburne, Flavia Arcara, 
George Trabert, Lionel Pape, Tiarry 
Whitcomb, Edward Lester, Victor 
Cassimore ("The Little Kangaroo'') 
to Gilbert Emery, Courtney Footo, 
Orlando Daly ("The Painted L.ady')^ 

Nirska for "Facts and Figures"; 
Ryan Sisters for Johnny Ford's act; 
Finley and Swift for Calvert and 
Shayne's act; Ruby Howard for 
Anton ScIblUa's "Yankee King"; 
Alfred Stobbi for Freeman Benton's 
act (all booked by Leona Splel- 
berger). - >.; / ■, • -v...-., -,•,/. .:■• 

Charles Derlckson, Charles Schb- 
fleld, William Gordon, for "The 
Clinging Vine." 

Irving Edwards for "Genevieve" 
(Jack Lalt's new show). 

Millie Butterfleld, "Johannes 
Krelsler" (Sclwyns). 

Edna Hlbbard, Jose Ruben, Fred- 
erick Perry for "Gringo." 

George Nash, Effle Shannon for 
"Zeno." 



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BIBTHS 

^ Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Amey. at their 
home in New York City, Nov. 14, 
son. 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles King, Nov. 
14, a son. The father Is at present 
with "Little Nelly Kelly." The 
mother is professionally known as 
Lelia Rhodes. 



Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freeman, at 
the RockviUe Center sanitarium, 
Nov. 24, son. The mother was for- 
merly Amelia Caire (Felix and 
Cairo). "Chuck" Freeman is agent- 
ing. The new arrival makes him the 
papa of a male quartet. 

Mr. and Mrs. I, Jay Fagin, Nor. 
17, son. Mr. Fagin is an executive 
of thA Hoseland dance hall and * 
song writer, . , 






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Friday, December 1, 1022 



CHICAGO AGENTS MAKE CHARGES 
AGAINST PANTAGES' BOOKER 



Inform Circuit Head That They Will Withdraw Un- 
less "Conditions Change" — Charge Acts Arc 
Booked Direct at Larger Salaries Than Asked 



Chicago, Nov. 28. 

Th« war between Independent 
agents of Chicago and Charles E. 
Hodklns, Alex Pantages* personal 
representative with offices in Chi- 
cago, has reached a point where a 
round robin has been addressed to 
Alexander Pantages to the effect 
that, unless "conditions change" by 
Dec. 10, all Independent agents In 
Chicago will avoid that office. A 
meeting of Independent agents was 
held last Saturday afternoon at the 
ofHces of Sam Kramer In the Ma- 
■onic Temple, and attended by Sam 
Kramer, Charles Mack, Sam Roberts, 
Louis HoUeb, Earl Girdeller, Miles 
Ingals, Sidney Schallman, Hyman 
Bchallman Leo Schallman. Harry 
Bantley, Jack Pine, Al Weston. 
Frank Gladden, Elm^r Jerome, 
Harry Markham, Allen Bummers, 
Billy Cahan. Emery Ettelson and 
Mort Infield. It is declared that the 
signature of each and every one of 
these agents was signed to th^ com- 
munication sent to Mr. Pantages. 

The Independent agents assert 
that they are approached to obtain 
acts for the seven weeks of Pan- 
tages' time in the mid-West terri- 
tory, and that they are expected to 
coax the acts into playing the time 
under the representation that the 
time is not opposition, and that aft- 
er this usually the Pantages book- 
ing department steps in and books 
the acts for the circuit proper over 
the heads of the agents and leaving 
them "holding the bag." 

The letter to Pantages was fol- 
lowed up with letters to the man- 
agers which are supplied with Pan- 
tages' bookings in this mid -West 
section, which asserts that these 
agents will not do business longer 
with Hodkins. and that endangers 
their supply of acts. The move will 
also affect Harry Beaumont of the- 
Aschcr interests, who depends upon 
agents for bookings for the Chateau. 
West Engelwood and other outlying 
houses. 

The independent agents are able 
to make serious charges against 
Hodklns. They point out in the let- 
ter to Pantages that Earl Fuller and 
band was submitted to the Pan- 
tages office here for $700, and that 
the act was booked independently 
and is getting $850; that Pierce and 
Goff were subfhitted by an agent for 
$225, and are now on the circuit at 
$250; that The Ziras submitted for 
$200 are playing the circuit under 
th« name of Penman and Lillian, 
and getting $225; that Bixley ahd 
Lerner were booked for certain time 
at $250 on a telegram dictated by 
Mr. Hodkins for an agent with the 
understanding that this salary would 
not affect their salary for the circuit, 

(and that Hodkins later changed his 
mind and ordered the artists' rep- 
resentative out of the office. 

The agents assert In letters to Mr. 
Pantages, Charles Olson, L. G. Sour- 
bler, Harry Beaumont and others 
that Mr. Hodkins nor no one fnom 
that office attends the performances 
at the West Engelwood theatre, 
which is the try-out house for Pan- 
tages here, and that the people in 
the Chicago-Pantages office sees few 
acts, but depend upon the eyes of 
the artists' representatives. 

The booking situation of the Pan- 
tages circuit was never further up 
in the air than at present. There 
Is a big force of bookers in New 
York on whom the circuit depends 
mainly, but many acts mupt be 
filled in from Chicago and seven 
weeks in the mid-West is practically 
filled from Chicago. Charges E. 
Hodkins, who enjoys the wildest au- 
thority that Alexander Pantages has 
ever conferred upon one of hio em- 
ployes, is declared to be "drunk with 
power" by the agents. Not long ago 
he took over the bool?s, but with 
his other work this was out of the 
question for him to handle, and ho 
is said to have returned the books 
— to Miss Nan lOlliott, who has been 
with the office for many years, upon 
the suggestion of Mr. Pantages who 
emphasi;:ed that Hodkins had too 
many responsibilities to add book- 
ing to the list. 

The I'antages eastern business is 
handled from the Chicago office, and 
salaries In both the New York and 
Chicago agents are paid by Mr. 
^gdkius, wliili) it lifm with him to 



acquire new theatres and to Inves- 
tigate the many financial proposi- 
tions which are put to Alexander 
P.'intages regarding theatres in 
mid-West territory. 




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SYNCHRONIZED PIANOLOG 



Tri«d at Colonial This W««k- 
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LOLA (Girlie) 
of LOf.A ffn^ S'^N'A 

in -TERP8ICH0REAN TID-DITS" 
Now Enroute to Australia 



Having your picture printed over 100.000.000 times la called publicity m 
the show business. That has happened to Harry Von Tilzer, and tha 
number may even greatly exceed the big amount. As a song writer for 
many years and the publisher of his own and other hits, the name and 
face of Harry Von Tl'ser are known throughout the world. This stand- 
ard and perpetual publicity induced Von Tilxer some years affo to become 
the first of the famous songsmiths to take to Hammersteln's Vlctor.a, 
where he appeared with much trepidation. His successful engagements 
there though led to other composers going In the twice dally, until It has 
grown to bo so common that many a song -writer now acts as pianist 
only in some turn. The popularity call has sounded again though for Mr. 
Von Tilzer and he "broke in" a new turn last week at Keith's Green- 
point, Brooklyn. He Is about in readiness to acc^t a route on the big 
time that will not too seriously Interfere with his attention to the Harry 
Von Tilzer music publishing business. Mr. Von Ti'zer is asking $1,600 
weekly for vaudeville. 



An innovation for vaudeville was 
introduced this week on the initial 
Johnny Collins booked bill at the 
Colonial, New York. The new stunt 
Is a synchronfred pianolog and pic- 
ture witnessed by the Keith booker 
recently at an Aeolian Hall concert 
and immediately booked. 

The piano appears in "one" with 
a spotlight on it. The picture 
shows the musician making his en- 
trance and the fingering on the key- 
board, during the rend tlon of Ma- 
zurka (Second) Opus by Kudolph 
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TV/0 wm' inwrr 

FOR HOLD-OVER ACTS 



Keith Office R'lllni— Benefit 

of Out-of-Town 

Houses 



"The Breakaway Barlows with their Society Band" was the offer made 
by Tim O'Donnell to the Keith bookers the other day. Going forward bi 
his facetiousness, Tim added, "But you can have Lester and Vincent, 
with or without a band." . \ 



The Keith office has promulgated 
a ruling aimed to do away with 
It is the intention of th-i Keith ' acts being he'd over at a New York 



A Ford c^r is a tmto of the Ftrorrr and Mann act, which was to have 
played the Straml, Hoboken. When the practical ^uto reached the theatre 
no door was la^e enough to admit it. * ^ 

In the party of executives from the Keith ofllce who made the trip 
to Dayton to attend the opening of the new Keith house Nov. 27 were 
five men now associated with the Keith office, who got their start in 
the show business at Dayton. Harry and Herman Weber, heads of the 
Weber agency, are from Dayton; "Dooley" Donovan, now with the V. M. 
P. A., was formerly manager of Keith's, Dayton; Walter Neal. assistaut 
manat^er of the Paiacc. New York, was a stage hand at Keith's. Dayton, 
and Ralph Farnum, of the Eddie Keller office, got in the business as an 
usher in Keith's, Dayton, at the timo Donovan was manager. ^ 



office to secure pictures and piano 
records by Paderewski, Irving Ber- 
lin and other famous musical per- 
sonalities. The delicate synch oni- 
zation between the picture and the 
piano record Is patented. 



house over two weeks. It will give 



A single woman act recently called in to substitute for another single 
woman, in mentioning it in a letter, said, referring to the act retirlnK 
from the bill: "So, you see, Miss Blank Is a smart showworaan," jeaving 
the inference Miss B!ank )cft the bill because of a flop on her part, and 
that the letter writer was called In to hold up the show. About three 



out of town houses the benefit of aays afterward It beranie public just why the single woman had to 
new acts and features that hereto- I >ave the bill, leaving the old woman knocker to make the best explana- 
fore have been kept in Greater New li'^n she could of her underhanded comment. ; -f 

The nirture fpitur«» makes tf noB- ° ^^u ^ ^ ^ ^ m. ^^ A /• ^^^ Harris, who booked the old Young's Pier. Atlantic City, isn't active 

sibirtffonow tie intricate finder- I ^^*^°"- V^ °'''*^'* '^"^ ^"^'' ^^"*^" ! '» ^^e theatre these daysr. instead, he spends most of his time in the 
ing of the artists much better than . P^^y^"^ ^"^ Palace, jMew York, and quotation room of the Astor hotel brokerage office, supp'ylng pessimlstio 

other acts that have been booked ! views on market movements. When steel got down to par and an eighth 
for runs at this and oiher Keith ' Monday, Ben w^anted to bet it would go under 100 before the close. Thefro 
. I were no takers, so Harris shifted his book to the proposition that steel 

°^ ^' I would get to 97 before Saturday. Loney Haskell dropped in to see how 

Ben Bernie and Band, the latest \ much nearer he was to a margin call, and got an earful of Harris* glooB?. 
musical turn to "wow ' them at the , "if Harris is betting on the decline," he observed." a rally must be near/? 
Palace, New York, was to have re- 



if he were physically present. • 



DETBOITEB IN JAM 

Chicago, Nov. 29. 

Don Pennock, Jr., vaudeville pro- 
ducer and author of vaudeville 
sketches, is alleged to have disap- 
peared from his offices in thie Shu- 
bert-Detroit opera house in Detroit, 
leaving several complainants who 
have been to the prosecuting attor- 
ney for warrants. John M. Lillis 
charges that Pennock sold him a one- 
thlrd interest in a vaudeville busi- 
ness for $1,000. 

Several other Detroit chaps in- 
vested In "producing rights" of 
vaudeville sketches which Pennock 
claimed to control to the extent of 



mained at the house four weeks 
but will only remain two. It is un- 
derstood that his third week will 
take him into an out of town house. 
Out of town managers are re- 
sponsible for the ruling. TI.ey read 
about acts being held over and re- 
quested the bookers to secure the 
act. The booking men find the acts 
are booking from week to week in 
the New York houses and unwilling 
to leave town unless as a last 
resort. 



$5,000 more, according to statements ' , Another reason put forth Is the 

large number of acta that play In 
and around New York where the 



Will Rogers, aside from his appearances in Zlegfeld's "Fo'lies," is In 
great demand for after-dinner addresses. As a humorous commentator 
he is regarded as without a peer. So many rcQuests for his appearances 
but for financial remuneration in consideration of his professional stand- 
ing have been received that Rogers has turned over all such engagements 
to Al Sanders, who is engaged in club entertainment booking. 



attributed to the prosecutor. 



WESTON CIRCUIT ENDS 

The Ted Weston combination tab- 
loid and vaudeville circuit which 
was to have embraced the states of 
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New 
York came to an abrupt ending with 
the opening of the first house on the 
circuit, Supreme, Brooklyn, last 
week. The Supreme was oponrd 
with a Sunday concert. Pbor busi- 
ness coupled with the failing heallli 
of Ted Weston led to the decision 
the circuit should be closed. 

Harry Codare. general manager of 
the former circuit, is now with the 
Famous Players. 



houses are adjacent to each other. 
The New York vaudeville patron is 
demanding new faces. The practice 
of placing one or more big time 
acts on a pop bill also tends to take 
the edge off the acts when they got 
into a big time house. 

In several cases acts have played 
two consecutive weeks at houses a 
few blocks from each other. 



The Scotch Brew concern advertised in all New York dallies last week 
that anyone asking for a bottle of Scotch Brew on Wednesday could have 
it without charge. The advertisement mentioned Sir Harry Lauder's 
endorsement of the beverage in large type. It is said Liauder consented to 
the use of his name in return for the Brew concern taking a page adver* 
tisement in the program for William Morris benefit for the Saranao Day 
Nursery. The Day Nursery benefitted to the amount of $9,049 by th« 
recent Sunday night performance given under the management of William 
Morris at the Lexington. New York. 



Irish Band Future Act 

The Irish Regiment Band recently 
at the New York Hippodrcme is i York cabaret of that name). 



KEITH'S TAKES DOLLYS 

The Dolly Sisters have been 

booked for eight weeks in the Keith 

houses, opening at Keith's, W-ash- 

Ington, Dec. 4. The sisters will be 

assisted by Harry Richmad and 
their brother, Edward Dolly. Fol- 
lowing the Keith engagements the 
Dollys go to Monte Carlo, the for- 
eign watering resort (not the NeW 



listening to vaudeville offers via 
Alf Wilton of the Keith office. 



HART AFTER COMMISSION 

Max Hart has begun suit in the 
New York Supreme Court against 



MARRIAGES 

Catherine Brecn (Breen Family) 
to George Hanneford (Hf^nneford 



Jim Burton to enforce a contract Family) at the Little Churcn Around 



The Marlnelli offloe arranged the 
Keith bookings, and the foreign 
Marinelli office the Monte Carlo en- 
gagement. 



whereby Hart Is to receive 10 per 
cent, of Barton's salary for services 
as ascnt. Through Eppstein & 
Axman, Hart alleges he signed Bar- 
ton when the latter was unknown 
and was responsible for securing 
salary increases until they total $800 
to $900 currently. 



MODEST COLUMBUS 

The Keith booking ffice in New 
York has Informed agents that 
Columbus, O., has banned bare feet 
and legs upon its stages. 



UNIT NOTES 



Libby and Sparrow, who closed 
with "Town Talk" lant wenk, and 
the Arco Brothers have been ad<lo(l 
to the "Rose Girl," which reopened 
at Baltimore. 



Richard Tant. manager of the 
Central, New York, has gone to 
Baltimore to take over the Shubert 
unit house (Academy). During his 
absence I^awrence Woods will have 
harge of the Central. 



Tho Shubert booking office says 
the Astoria, Astoria, L. I., and the 
Boro Park, Brooklyn, now a split 
week on the circuit, will not leave It. 



the Corner, New "irork. 

Dave Ferguson (vaudeville) to 
Vera Bayles Cole on Nov. 21 in 
Chicago. Mrs. Ferguson is tho 
prima donna of "Bombo" (Al Jol- 
son show), now at the Apollo, Chi- 
cago. 

Elaine Bernstein to Eugene Bohn, 
non-professional, of Cincinnati. Nov. 
16. Miss Bernstein Is the daughter 
of Louis Bernstein (Shapiro, Bern- 
stein & Co., music publishers). 

Edward C. Raftery to Marie 
Titus, Brooklyn society girl, Nov. 
23. Mr. Raftery is a nephew of 
Dennis F. O'Brien, the theatrical at- 
torney, and connected with tho law 
firm of O'Brien, Malevinsky & 
Dr'scoll. 

Esther McQuade to Joseph Wag- 
ner, Nov. 20. Mi.«s McQuado was 
formerly with James Montgomery, 
playwright, and before that of the 



Bellit and Brooks DIssol\^ed 
Henry Bellit and Walter Brooks 
hajyjjjlssolvcd their producing part- 
nership. Bellit will retain the 
vaudeville acts produced by the 



NEW ACTS 

Charles Orr (Orr and Hager) and 
Alma Braham, formerly of "Sally,* 
two-act. 

Charles and Sadie McDonald and 
Co., in a new comedy skit with spe- 
cial set. 

Mace and Worth, double act. 

Rainbow Girls Quartet. ■."»'. 

Lou Edwards and Jack Beasley, 
two-act. 

Roy Atwell and Co. In "The Goat 
Gland Baby" (Coast). 

Edwin Stevens and Tina Marshall 
In "The Gray Fedora" (Coast). 

Jay Dillon and Betty Parker In 
a new edition of "Knick-Knacks.*' 

Revival of the Barry and Wolford 
act by the principals, augmented by 
the addition of Harry, Florence and 



firm., Brooks is interested in the 

new colored show "Liza" at the 63d George Barry Wolford, Jr., to be 



Stre-t. He takes over Bellit's inter- 
est in the attraction. 



ILL AND INJURED 

Jean Middleton, violiniste, is re- 
covering in the Manhattan square 



sanitarium after an operation. 

Mme. Emmy (Emmy's Pets)* Is at i Fred Barnes— In "A Rooming Hou8« 



called "The Past, Present and Fu- 
ture Generation of Vaudeville."* 
Barry and Wolford have been in 
retirement for four years. 

Tom Dingle and Patsy Dclaney 
in a new art by Paul Gerard Smith, 

"That Quartet"— George Jones, 
Harry Sylvester, Harry Ellis and 



St. Mary's hospital, Pa.«?salc Park, 
N. J., recovering from an operation 
and will be confined there for some 
weeks. 

Loul.«!e Bowers Is recovering at 
Lakewood, N. J., from an oiferation 
lately performed in New York. She 
expects to resume with the "You'd 



Cohan & Harris staff. The roiTple . Be Surprised" production about 
are at home at Winfleld, L. I., after New Year's. 

^^^- '• Anna Stack, auditor of the B. F. 

Lotto Gadski Tnu.«^chcr, who is in I Keith Western office, was operated 
San Franci.s'co with her mother, Mrs. upon at Mercy hospital, Chicago, 



Johanna Gadski, on a concert tour, 
announced her engagement to Ernst 
Tusch, scion of the St. Louis brewer. 
The wedding is to be celebrated in 
Berlin next June. The couple will 
make their homo in Berlin, where 
Buscb is in businesa. 



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for appendicitis, but at last reports 
was on the road to recovery. 

Walter Perclval and company 

were forced out of tho State-I^ike 

bill in Chicago last week owing 

to Mr. I'erclval suffering from lar- 

I yngltis. 



Rumpus." 

Alexander Sisters. 

Sarah Padden and Co. (3), sketch 
"She Takes Tea." 

The Love Twins formerly with 
the Harry Carroll act on the Or- 
pheum are rehearsing a new double. 

"The Girl from Toyland," with 
Vera Calhoon. 



Fay Thomau Trio. 

Drum Kiddies," with 



"The 



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kiddies. 

McAvoy and Brooks in "Hal- 
loween." 

Nickolie Do Pasquall. single. 
Zellraan and White, two act. 
Saxo Four — two men, two women 
— Spanish ftaxophone players. 



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MEW YEAR'S EVE SHOWS 



rival of Rite in New York and fol- 
lowing a conference between Rife 



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Alin I\rr 01 ClflinlV'*"*' ^^^ Columbia offlclals, it was 
Arlll ll£v« ul| oUriUAl agreed to permit the show to make 



Burlesque Managers Figuring 
^Possibilities for Third or 
One Performance 



' Burlesque managers in cities like 
New York, Brooklyn. Boston and 
Phi'adelphra, wner^ Sunday bur- 
lesque shows are not permitted, 
generally get a bad break this year 
as regards the extra money usually 
.grossed on New Year's week through 
New Year's Eve this year falling on 
Sunday. In New York and Brook- 
iyn. the burlesque houses run Sun- 
miay vaudeville shows and in Boston 



the changes via morning and be- 
tween show rehearsals, while con- 
tinuing on its route. 



QUESnON OF CHORUS 
DANCER'S aOTHES 



Publicity Man Arrested 
Cleveland — Dance Not 
Permitte'd 



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COLUMBIA'S BEST CARD 
IS 'BEAUTY REVIEW" 



Jimmie Cooper's Show, In First 

Columbia Season, Leading 

Wheel 



BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



Cleveland. Nov. 29. 
Wllllnm Dowdell, publicity agent 



jind Phllly no style of entertainment for the Empire, local burlesqtle 
is permitted in the burlesque houses j house, upset the dignity of ClevJ- 
on Sundays. Baltimore in also dark 
.6ui!(lays. 

''"The suggestion has been made 
and is under consideration by the 
Columbia people that the burlerque 
shows give a performance a few 
Minutes after midnight on New 
Tear's Eve (Dec. 31), which wou'd 
make the performance legally fall 
On Monday, Jan. 1. In New York 
Vnd Brooklyn, the plan calls for the 
Sunday vaudeville show to be given 
as usual Sunday, with the burlesque 
show as the extra midnight per- 
formance, after midnight. 
'' In Boston and I*hilly the house 
^•Urould have to be closed until mid- 
t»Ight, with the performance given 
by the burlesque show after. In that 
■way. the producers who sponsor the 



land's council and stirred up a t«n- 

pest of more than teapot proportx>ns 

when he succeeded In ^retting a 

chorus girl into a private dining- 
room of a downtown hotel, where 
the Republican members of that 
austere body were holding a caucus 
and dinner. One of the so^oAs had 
his wife and daughter at the din- 
ner, and the sudden app<»arance of 
the allowed pcautlly-clad iluucer in 
the august prrsonce caused imme- 
diate remonstrance. The fair 
chorine refused to leave on request, 
claiming; that she hnu been engaged 
to dance at a stipulated price, and 
she would '"deliver the goods" in ac- 
cordance with the asrecment, but 
the hcstility of the ia'vmakcra /Was 



Idea wou'.d get the extra money that ( too fitnmir, and she was compelled 



' goes with one show, anyway, they 
figure. 

Jt is not known whether the Bos- 
ton and Phil'y authorities would be 



to l^ave without displaying her art. 

The quantity of her costume is 

still a moot question. One paper 

reported that she had even omitted 



■ agreeable to the extra m dnlght I the hitherto lndi.Mpens»abJe tl^Thts, 



•how early Monday morning. \Vhile 
the plan appears legal, objections 
were raised several years ago in 
Boston and other cities not pcimlt- 
tlng Sunday shows to burlesque 

-operating after midnight on the first 
day of the year, when Sunday fell 
on the 31st. the same as this year. 
The «nly shows affected would be 

'those in the east, most of the Colum. 

"bia stands opening on Sundays. If 
the plan mentioned is followed by 

^ the Columbia, the Mutual and stock 
burlesque houses will probably 
adopt the same method of giving 
one- extra show after midnight, or 

.^ on Monday, Jan. 1. 

The three shows on New Year's 
Bve in a week that has the holiday 
ove falling on any day but Sunday 
usually meaps a clean-up for the 
burle.sque shows. The Columbia, 

•Kew York, record receipts of some- 
what over 116,000, captured by 
**Town Scandals" two years ago, 
Were made possible through an extra 
heavy gross on New Year's Eve, 
with three performances on this 
«ay. 

The Columbia eicecutives are 
Working the New Year's thing out, 
and will announce a decision as to 

:« bow it will be handled. 

The Sunday vaudeville show at 
the Columbia, New York, is operated 
by burlesque people connected with 
the ownership of the hous» and 
Columbia Amusement Co. The Em- 
pire and Casino. Brooklyn, are 
operated by independent showmen 
on Sundays, a vaudeville bill being 
fiven. There has been some ques- 
tion as to whether the people having 
the houses Sunday haven't a sort of 
option on the midnight show, which 
In that case would be vaudeville. 
That is another of the points the 

. Columbia will pass on. 



but the press agent maintains that 
hor costume was the resjulitllon ap- 
parel worn by the chorus on the 
stape. The ambitious promoter was 
arrested on a charge of disorderly 
conduct, and a similar warrant was 
Issued for "Jane Doe," the offending 
dancer, who suddenly disappeared 
when legal action seemed imminent. 
Dowdell sturdily maintains that 
a councilman arranged with him for 
the dance, but he refuses to disclose 
the name of the jovial city father. 
The affair was front-paged for four 
days by the papers, although the 
name of the theatre did not appear 
In any of the accounts. However, 
the theatre ads reproduced head- 
lines, promising patrons that "she 
will dance for you. too," and stating 
that "she" is "the second from the 
right In the front row." 



MUTUAL APPROACHED 
BY OTHER PRODUCERS 



Former Burlesque and Unit 
Managers Suggest 
- Expansion 



WILLIAMS' SHOW ORDER 

Columbia 



Orders Recasting 
New Book 



and 



Following several Inspection of 
the Mollie Williams' Show at the 
Columbia. New York, last week by 



The Mutual Burlesque circuit has 
been approached by former Colum- 
bia and American wheel burlesque 
producers with a view towards ex- 
panding the Mutual to include the 
burlesque men who have left the 
Afniiated circuit operating the Shu- 
bert vaudeville units. 

According to the report, the Mu- 
tual heads are ready to grant 
franchises to the*burlesque men, but 
whether they will accopt the ex- 
pansion proposal is problematical. 

I. U. Herk is said to have con- 
ferred with the Mannheim-Vai peo- 
ple toward the expansion of the 
Mutual by additions of houses that 
Herk and his a.iaociates control and 
the raising of the standard of the 
Mutual attractions. 

The Columbia burlesque circuit 
ofncials have intimated that they 



the Columbia censors, orders were 

Issued to George Rife, owner of the ^o"*' ^«*^e back any of the unit 



Williams show franchise to practi- 
cally recast the attraction and 
equip It with an entire new book. 
The revamping order likewi.se car- 
ried with It instructions to gener- 
ally reshape the numbers and im- 
prove the costume and scenic ar- 
rangements. 

The Willinnifl show had been re- 
ported adversely upon 
reached The Co^uml 



producers who left burlesque to ally 
with the Amiiated. 

The future plans of the Shuberts 
for the Affiliated circuit seem to 
leave the burlesque produoers, with 
the exception of I. H. Ilork and 
K. Thomas Beatty, out of the run- 
ning. :. 

Deatty controls the Enplcwood, 
innu before it j Chicago, and Herk (with Max 
'la >>'o\v York. ' ^P^'T^'O the Criterion, Buffalo, both 



Jimmie Cooper's "Beauty Review" 
tops the list of Columbia wheel 
shows as regards grosp rece'pts to 
date for the current season. 
"Chuckles" of 1922 is second. Bar- 
ney Gerard's "Follies of the Day" 
and "Sliding" Billy Watson's show 
are neck and neck for third place. 

The Cooper show has consistently 
led the field from the beginning of 

the season, never having been dis- 
placed to date from the top posi- 
tion for receipts. "Chuckle*" and 
"Follies" have see-sawed, changing 
plates once or twice. "Sliding" 
Billy Watson's show has also passed 
the contendere and was second for 
a ^^eek or *(o since the season 
started. 

The difference between the leader 
(Cooper show) and the other three 
contenders is considerable. Cooper 
having a safe lead. Just a short 
distance behind "Follies," "Sliding" 
Billy Watson and "Chuckles" are 
Sim Williams' show and Ed Daley's 
"Broadway B.evlties," boih new 
shows on the Columbia wheel this 
season. 

Cooper, like Daley and Whilams. 
is playing the Columbia wheel with 
his own show for the first time this 
season, all three being recruits from 
the American wheel. Cooper led 
the American for the last three 
years it operated. Lena Daley's 
show, operated by Ed Daley, and 
Sira Williams were also up among 
the first five each season regularly 
in receipts when playing the Ameri- 
can wheel. Lena Daley is the star 
of the "Broadway Brevities" 

Following ^the six shows named 
about 15 of the rest of the Colum- 
bia's 36 shows are practically 
bunched in the matter of rer'elpts. 

A thing that has hurt some 
shows' business this season more 
than any other in years is the 
handicap placed on a good show 
following a bad one. In certain in- 
stances a bad show has done con- 
siderably more gross business to 
date than the good one following it, 
the Columbia patrons in Uie dif- 
ferent towns falling to* respond for 
a week after a bad show had 
played a given house, on the prin- 
ciple that if one show was bad the 
next one must be bad also. This 
falling off is always noticeable more 
on the first three or four days of 
the week, but by the time the news 
gets around the town that the Co- 
lumbia show is a good one the lost 
business occasioned by the impres- 
sion left by the poor show cannot 
be made up. 

Business on the whole In the Co- 
lumbia to date in the matter of 
gross for the circuit figures about 
(500 to 1700 better than last year 
for the corresponding period, etart 
of the season to date. 



KEEP SMILING 

(COLUMBIA BURLESQUE) 

The (Jroom Hert I-ahi 

Tho Vlllakn Harry Ka>- 

Th9 Vamp Harry Meltou 

The lirtde Lillian RocUley 

The Pep itabe LiiFay 

The Bridesmaid ...Kmily Dyti 

The ne»t Man Joe Wood 

1'he Hmiler «^..Uave Wo<k1:j 

The Grouch.... Leo Pel'.etler 

The Quest Dick Pritchard 



Bert Lahr. featured with James 
E. Cooper's "Keep Smiling," 
achieves the seeming impossible 
with this Columbia wheel show. 
Practically unaided, he carries the 
entire comedy burden for the full 
length of the show, keeps the 
laughs popping and exploding like 
an old-fashioned Fourth of July 
fireworks celebration r'ithout a let- 
down from a few minutes after the 
start to the tag line, and although 
on view almost continuously, never 
tires the hou.ie, or, what would ap- 
pear more 1 gical, himself. 

Talk about your one-man bands — 
Lahr is a one-man symphony or- 
chestra, a Sousa and Whitcman 
combined. A master of all the 
comedy tricks that burlesque under- 
stands and likes. Lahr adds to the 
general list of familiars with a com- 
edy technic of his own that is sure- 
fire for burlesque. 

The idea of having a single comic 
practically give the whole show, 
however, is not a good one. While 
Lahr gets away with it as few bur- 
lesque comics that come to mind 
ever have, it would add value to his 
work to have at least one. or pos- 
sibly two other low comedians 

CContinued on page 8) 



MISCHIEF MAKERS 

(MUTUAL WHEEL) 

.Stralrht Man Arthur tannine 

>*omlc George Ha it 

>'umic Hube FuM'-craon 

Soubret • Roae Gordoa 

Ingenue...* Flo Wagner 

I'rttna Jean Hart 

Team .^ Lubln and Welsh 



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Tom Sullivan's "Mischief Makers,'* 
at the Olympic this week, is a bad 
.show — bad even for a Mutual show 
— and that means it's terrible. Just 
a waste of time with a cast that 
essays about a half ounce of talent 
to the ton. and a show consisting 
of a tiresome and stupid collection 
of blaa that maintains a perfect 
average of mediocrity. 

As a rule if a Mutual show is shy 
of talent or material it manages to 
partly camouflage its lack of either 
or both with blueness — but the 
"Mischief Makers" hasn't even th« 
doubtful honor of being funny 
though dirty. 

It's clean enough — although that 
isn't the show's fault. There's a 
try for the blue several times — the 
intent is there, but somehow the 
performers didn't seem to be able to 
convey what they were trying for 
to the audience. 

And whAn that 14th street bunch 
can't plclc up a suggestion of double 
entendre it's either a question* of the 
stuff being too obviously unfunny 
to register— or it's sold eo clumsily 
it can't be understood. 

The old time concert halls of 
Coney Island's Bowery like Connor's 
used to perpetrate some pretty 
wicked entertainment under the 
label of burlesque, but Connor's or 
Wilson and Kojen'e or any other 
Coney emporiums of the nineties 

(Continued on page 8> 



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SUNDAYS m JEE8EY CITY 

The MaJeatic, Jersey City. Colum- 
bia wheel, started playing Sunday 
for the first time, this season, with 
the opening attraction "Folly 
Town." The Sunday efxperlment was 
tried for a few w^eks last season. 

The playing of Sunday shows was 
brought about through a tie-up with 
the Firemen's Relief Association of 
Jersey City, the organisation buy- 
ing out the house on Sunday for the 
next six weoks. 

The shows will be routed from 
Paterson to Jersey City, opening 
there on Sunday instead of Monday, 
the same as in the west. 



COLUMBIA MEN DECIDE 
ON UNIT PRODUCTIONS 



Meeting This Week-— Gerard 

Seems Certain — Pearson 

and Singer Possibilities 






BEFORE AND AHER CUTS 
GO FORWARD ON WHEE 



Columbia Orders Managers to 

Keep Each Other 

Informed 



$2 •'B00K"--$25,000 SUIT 

Chicago, Nov. 29. 

Harry J. Ashton has started suit 
against Izzy Wcingarden for $25,000. 
alleginc that part of a "book" writ- 
ten by the plaintiff was used in the 
Star and Garter burlesque show of 
1919 by the defendant. 

It is claimed by Harry Munns. at- 
torney for Woingarden. that Ashton 
advertised scripts for sale for |2; 
that Howard Paden. who produced 
the show, bought one; that he u.ied 
some of its material, and that this 
is the foundation for the suit. 



by the ccn.sorship committee. I Paying the Shubert vaudeville 

^Vhilo n,;t afl-nillrd at ; • ..,::-m- ""•»'' Acconlinc: to insi.lor.M. the 
bia omco:-. it i.s un.ler.lo a tl..= lirst ' A"i'i-it< <1 onfacts with tho houses 
decision v.as to order the Hh )'.v off "" ""''' ^P"*'' ^' 
for a cc^rple of weeks to make tho I ^he Mvtr.il rirruit as now oper- 
neccsr.arv rena'ra With the ar- f^^-"^' ^^ soiling the attraction.'^ to 

I the houe.s for $1,600 weekly. The 
Krade of attractions wonM have to 



ROAD MANAGEKS TRANSFER 

A shift in the Hurtig & Scamon 
road managers this week places 
Harry Shapiro with the "Social 
Maid.s," and transfers Frank Parry 
from the "Social Maids" to the new 
"llockets" show, which opened Mon- 
day (Nov. 27) at Newburgh under 
the title of "Girls from Happyland." 

The show will take tho "Itockets" 
title after tlie Empire. Brooklyn, 
engagement, Dec. 4, the original 
* Hockel.s" having played the Em- 
Hire seven weeks ago, when the 
kIiow was fir.st produced by BcUinl 
&. llernstein. 



'c.r 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 

"'//./- HB FOVNL> OS PAOB 
TitriUy-cight in This Issue 



T 



be ral c<l con3i<lerahly, which wcuUl 
autoninticary eliminate Kome of the 
present Mutual prcduccrs. thus 
making room for the newcomers. 



Judgment Against Sam Howe 
i^nm Howe did not defend a f;uit 
for $il.C(iG iJazian's Theatrical Em- 
porium. Inc., started against him a.s 
a result of whirfi full Judgment has 
been entered in favor of Dazlan'.s. 
The action is on an aHsignert not*' 
from H. Mahieu & Co., theatrical 
cnstumers. 



A new ruling regarding the cuts 
and eliminations ordered in Colum- 
bia wheel shows by local censors in 
the different wheel cities, the Colum- 
bia's own censors and house man- 
agers along the circuit route, calls 
for the resident manager in each 
stand to forward to the next house 
a complete list of the cuts ordered, 
together with the list that the man- 
ager will receive weekly from the 
town preceding him on the wheel. 

In this way, through the method 
mentioned, each house manager will 
be equipped with a complete list 
of the "don'ts" that other managers 
on the circuit have ordered. This 
does not mean that every house 
manager, however, is to apply the 
full list to his own particular town 
and house, the list merely supply- 
ing the house manager with what 
has been objocted to in the show in 
other cities. 

Inasmuch as some cities permit 
gags, business, etc.. in a show that 
other cities object to. and vice 
versa, the local manager is instruct- 
ed by the Columbia Amusement Co. 
to use discretion in utilizing the list 
of eliminations, as applied to their 
own local situation. 

It is expected the list, however, 
will cause a tightening of the shows 
generally, through the local man- 
agers naturally taking it for granted 
that If a dance or bit has been 
banned in one town there must be 
.some rea.son for it. 

The effect of each manager hav- 
ing a complete list of elimination^? 
is calculated according to Informed 
producers to malce the manager 
more parti' ular in making hi.s own 
eliminations than he would he other- 
wise, through having bits, etc. 
pointed out to him that might other- 
wise escape his attention, 

Tho new ruling went into effect 
this w(ek, a circular letter describ- 
ing what the Columbia p^'ople de- 
sired, going out to all houso man- 
agers 



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A meeting of the Columbia bur- 
lesque circuit board of directors 
was held Wednesday to determine 
what action they will take upon 
accepting applications for rein- 
statement from former Columbia 
producers who went over to the Af- 
filiated circuit and produc ' Shu* 
bert units. 

• Several of the former Cokmnbia 
producers directly and indirectly 
are alleged to have made ap- 
proaches to Columbia ,ofncials to 
And out how they atand as regards 
future productions and franchises 
for the Columbia. 

The heads of the Columbia circuit 
seem divided in their feeling toward 
their former allies. One of the 
triumvirate who control the Co- 
lumbia seems inclined to let dov.n 
the bars, taking the stand that per- 
sonal feeling should be submergiid 
for the good of the circuit. 

Another of the big three ex- 
pressed himself strongly about one 
or more of the producers, but inti- 
mated the applications of the others 
might be regarded favorably. 

Ono producer who seems certain 
of a berth is Barney Gerard, who 
produced the "Follies of i' '» ay" 
in conjunction with the Miner Ks- 
tate. Gerard is legardcd as hav ; z 
gone out with .. clean slate ' las- 
much as he didr 't operate his own 
francTjise. 

Jack Singer and Arthur Pearf-on 
a:*e also figured to be back in the 
Columbia fold, as both h.ivc pro- 
duced consistently good shows fop 
the Columbia circuit in the past. 






SIGNING FOR REHEARSALS 

A new regulation governing re- 
hear^«aIs has been placed I . effect 
by several Columbia wheel shows. 
It calls for the actors to sign a slip 
acknowledging a rehear.sal call 
when notified. The slip signing was 
brought about through the mem- 
bers of one company chronically 
denying having been notified of 
after performance rehears.alj«, with 
the result it was unable to serure 
a full quota. Several other Colum- 
bia shows hearing of the innovatioa 
decided to take it up. 



Mutual and Holyok^, .>. '' 

The Holyoke, Hulyoke, Mass., be- -■ 
come.s a three-day stand on the Xu- ,' 
tual clrcui«t next week. The house "^ ■ 
playt'd Amerir^nn wheel show^f fiy* 
several .Mcasons ^ 

The Mi:;tial will also add ucv <k- 
houseM in Watorbury and Bridge' ^% 
port. 






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OUTlX)OR AMUSEMENTS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^y^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Friday, December 1, 1922 



INDOOR CIRCUS SUCCESS 



OPENING UP NEW FIELD 



Hagenbcck-Wallace Business in Two Cities May Be 
Followed by Summer Circuses "Under Auspices." 
Big and Profitable Trade in Milwaukee 



. . • Chicago, Nov. 29. 

A« euccess of the "winter edi- 
tion" of the Hagenbeck-Wallace 
circus at Milwaukee and that it is 
making money In Chicago have 
opened up a new. field for fraternal 
organizations seeking benefits. In- 
dications are that next summer It 
will be a circus which will be pre- 
sented under the auspices of some 
local organization, and not a car- 
nival. The impression has pre- 
vailed in the smaller cities that a 
cirbuB was too "big" to be offered 
under local auspices, but the recent 
development of the winter circus 
Idea has opened up the new field. 

The Hagenbeck-Wallace show 
played Milwaukee seven afternoons 
and seven nights under the auspices 
of the D. O. K. K., a branch of the 
Knights of Pythias corresponding to 
the Shrlners of the Masons, and had 
capacity after the first Monday. The 
circus played to betw^een $48,000 and 
$50,000 and made so much profit for 
the D. O. K. K. of that city it Im- 
mediately signed for next season 



KEEP SMH.TNG 

(Continued from page 7) 

shooting for laughs in co-operation 
with him. 

"Keep Smiling" itself is a straight 
burlesque frolic, with the usual bits 
and numbers, but also having a 
slight thread of continuity — a tale 
about some stolen wedding presents. 
The "plot" may have been a bit 
more prominent at the beginning of 
the season, but it doesn't obtrude 
enough now to Interfere to any ex- 
tent. 

In addition to Lahr's distinctive 
method of laugh-getting, there are 
several other outstanding points in 
the show worthy of comment — 
Barry Melton, for instance, a slender 
singing comedienne, who stopped 
the show cold at 10:40 at the Em- 
pire, Brooklyn, last week with sub- 
dued jazzy vocalizing, and who reads 
lines and handles situations in a 
way that stamps her as an artist 
miles above what usually passes for 
"principal" women In burlesque. 

Then there's Babe LaFay, a 
human dynamo if there ever was 
one — a little dancing brunet who 
literally dances her head off. Miss 
LaFay has Improved her vocal 



;Whil.In Milwaukee t^^e stream of I -Jhod^ greatly^o^v^ev ^pr^^^^^^^^^^^ 






Offers from fraternal organizations ««y«^^ ^^^ ^^^.^ ^ ^^^^^^, ^^^^^^ 



a blank, working to the boxes most- 
ly and putting pep Into the show. 
Jean Hart pleased with ballads, 
making the most of a strident so- 
prano. Flo Wagner, th^ ingenue, 
completed the list of. women prin- 
cipals. 

The old lemon game disguised as 
a sort of shell game with eggs, a 
telephone bit, table scene and the 
business of the two comics kidding 
a cop were among the comedy en- 
tries. The cop thing was well done 
— most of the other bits were long 
drawn out and ended nowhere. 

Some imitations of Belle Baker, 
Mary (Jardefi and Lew Fields were 
so bad they were excruciatingly 
funny, but the Olympic didn't catch 
the humor. A "pick-out" number, 
with the choristers each doing a bit, 
brought forth considerable kidding 
by the house, the ushers and special 
cop having quite a busy ten minutes 
patroling the aisles and admonish- 
ing the unruly ones to behave. 

Mile. Fifl Is the house added at- 
traction and cooched it like the 
proverbial bowl of Jelly for the usual 
hefty returns. 

Tom Sullivan's other show, "Monte 
Carlos," was at the Olympic last 
week. It classes as a go:id ^i^tual 
show. If the "Mischiefs" are fol- 
lowing the '•'Montes" all over the 
circuit, they're getting a real break, 
but if the playing order should ever 
be reversed it looks a« if It's goi.ng 
to be tough on the "Montes." Quite 
a few seats short of capacity Mon- 
day night. Bell. 



COLUMBIA'S LOWEST 



../• 



OBITUARY 



KATE RYAN 
Kate Ryan, aged 65, one time 
member of the old Boston Museum 
stock company, died at the Trum- 
bull hospital in Brookline. Mass., 
November 27, after an ilhiess of 
about three months. At that time 
she suffered a shock. Born in Bos- 
ton April 23, 1857, it was said of the 
deceased that she neva^ went to a 
theatre until one Sunday evening 

when her Sunday school teacher 
took her to \ performance at the 
Boston Museum. She saw "The 
School for Scandal," and was so 
impressed she decided to become an 
actress. She was then 15 years old. 



ERMINIA MIGNATTI 

In memory of my dear departed 
mother, v/ho left me to aHcend «; 
hiKher plane November 29th, 1921. 

Her memory will keep green an>l 
fertile until we meet again. 

Qod rest 'her soul in peace.' 
Her adoring non. 

JOSEPH P. MACK 



Williams Show Did $7,156— Casino, 
Boston, on Top With $8,500 



After much dlfflculty, she got a 
hearing from H. M. Field, the man- 
ager of the company, and was 
finally given a trial. 

Eventually she made good and 
after that played many roles. £^rly 
this month a testimonial benefit was 
given at the ^t. James theatre, Bos- 
ton, for her benefit. "■" 



began pouring Into the ^show, and 
the Chicago engagement Hl» served 
to foster that interest. 

The season at the Coliseum |n 
Chicago has not been so succeesfi^l 
as the Milwaukee engagement. Tht 
business Is running about $28,000 
a week here with an expense of $20,- 
000. The Chicago engagement is un- 
der the auspices of the Builders for 
Boys, a Masonic organization, and 
the failure to measure up with Mil- 
waukee can be explained by the fact 
that the Chicago engagement has 
not been handled so well as the one 
at Milwaukee. 

The Hagenbeck-Wallace winter 
edition circus now at the Coliseum 
is a clean show. There are no con- 
cessions, no wheels, iro side shows, 
no objectionable features whatever. 
The show is owned by Mugivan, 
Bowers & Ballard, who are prom- 
inent In the outdoor amusement 
field, operating a number of tent«d 
enterprises. 



K. C.'S EXPOSITION BUILDING 

Kansas City, Nov. 29. 

This city's newest exposition and 
amusement building, the Royal Au- 
ditorium, was formally dedicated 
and opened Saturday with the first 
Kansas City appearance of the 
Llndsborg Chortis in "The Messiah." 
The event also marked the opening 
of the American Royal Live St09k 
Show which is the big event among 
breeders in this part of the country. 

The new building cost half a mil- 
lion dollars, covers two-thirds of a 
city block, and seats 12,000 in its 
auditorium. 



needing nothing additional to get 
her over. The Three Jolly Bache- 
lors, a singing trio, with each of the 
three men Cv mposing it possessing 
strong resonant voices containing 
real music, figure importantly In the 
olio with their specialty. One of 
the trio, Dick Pritchard, also plays 
several bits with ability. 

Harry Kay Is a tramp in the first 
part, but has litt!e to do. There 
would appear to be numerous other 
types he could handle better. Kay 
shows genuine talent in the second 
half in a finely conceived dope fiend 
character. Emily Dyer is a satis- 
factory prima donna, and Lillian 
Rockley a pretty Ingenue with an 
averaging singing voice. 

The numbers are just numbers, 
the chorua striking a fair average 
on looks. '^ 

Several new bits have^ ifeen added 
since last year, but the "Greenwich 
Village" scene, in which Lahr does 
his familiar eccentric "nance* 
Dutchman in the guise of a cop, is 
still the same wov,- it has been for 
the last couple of seasons. 

"Keep Smiling" did capacity 
Thursday night. On the way out 
the audience were talking about the 
show, and the opinion was unani- 
mous it was very good. The audi- 
ence was right. Bell. 



Barnes Wintering in Texas 

Los Angeles, Nov. 29. 
The Barnes Show is not to winter 
here this season, but will have its 
quarters in Dallas, Tex. In the 
meantime the 

winter quarters here will remain 
Idle. No reason for the change of 
location is given. 



MISCHIEF HAKEBS 

(Continued from page 7) 

would have to extend themselves to 
grab the brown derby from the 
"Mischief Makers" of the current 
.season for first prize in the turkey 
handicap. 

Speaking of turkeys — this Is 
Thanksgiving Week! 

When a show is as bad as the 
"Mischief Mak»n-8' it's hard to dis- 
cern any good in it, the bad points 
being so numerous and so irretriev- 
ably bad the few good points are al- 
most snowed under. Arthur Lan- 
ning, who wrote the book, is as 
competent a straight man as there 
is In all burlesque — he has presence, 
personality, and a method that be- 

ha'lf-'miliion-dollar tokens ripe experience— but Lan- 
nair-miiiion uoiiar . ^^^^^ ^^ practically lost in the .show 



The Columbia, New York, hit one 
of the lowest marks of the season 
last_week, the Mollie Williams Show 
grossing about |7,155 on»the week. 
The previous week "Maids of Amer- 
ica" was also low for the Columbia, 
with approximately $7,500. 

The top notch business of the 
week for the Columbia Circuit was 
at the Casino, Boston, "Chuckles of 
1922'' doing about $8,500. Last week 
was the first of the current season 
that the Casino topped the Gayety. 
Boston, the latter doing $8,150 with 
"Knick Knacks." 

The Columbia's weakest stand 
last week was the Majestic, Jersey 
City, again, with "Temptations of 
1922," grossing $3,500. 

V. 

WHO BUMPED MABATSKEY? 

No trace of the stick up crew that 
bumped Louis Maratskey, the 
jeweller, over the head last week 
and robbed him of $3,500 worth of 
Jewelry last week in the Hotel De 
France, New York, had been turned 
up, up to Tuesday. 

Maratskey, who lives in Hudson, 
N. Yr, received a message to call at 
Freeman's restaurant. When he 
reached Freeman's another phone 
message called him to the Hotel De 
France. Arriving at the De France, 
Maratskey on entering a room was 
severely thumped on the head with 
the butts of a cod pie of revolvers 
held by two stick ups. who grabbed 
his jewel case and. left Maratskey 
bound and gagged. 

Maratskey is well known among 
the burlesque fraternity, having a 
big trade in that field in diamonds 
and jewelry. . •* 



WILLIAM T. KEOUGH 

William T. Keogn (Davis & 
Keough, producing managers X^ died 
at the home of his sister, Ida F. 
Keough, In Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 23. 
The deceased was 60 years old and 
is survived by three brothers and a 



IN MEMORIAM \ 

CHARLES W. KEOUGH 



Who Departed This Life Norcmber 23rU. 
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE 



1922 



sister. Interment was^ in Charles- 
ton. S. C, his home town. 

Mr. Keough was an old-time theat- 
rical man, manager or tne Academy 
of Music in Charleston, and later 
associated with the Shuberts and 
William A. Brady. 



atre was built and the Keith Inter- 
ests took over local big time vaud«« 
ville he continued In the same ca* 
paclty. " ' -.'^ 

The deceased was actively en* 
gaged In newspaper work practlcalw 
ly throughout his entire career, be* 
ing at one time editor of the Wash* 
Ington, "Times," and in various othi» 
er capacities with the other publi* 
cations here. He published the Keith 
theatre program and was owner of 
the Washington Printing Company. 

DAVID W. MAURICE | 

David W. Maurice died at his 
home In Lafayette, Ind., November 
21. He was the founder of the Fam^ 
lly theatre In that city, and had 
been a leading vaudeville manager 
of the Middle West for years. His 
death was due tq a complication o|^' 
diseases. His age was 64. ; v * 

\>ii- : 

EDWIN H. 6ERGMEIER 
Edwin H. Bergmeler, known on 
the stage as Edwin Beryl, 28 years 
old, an actor of New York, died at 
the home of his parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. John F. Bergmeler, In Cin- 
cinnati. Sunday night. Bergmeler 
was a member of the New York 
cast of "The Passion Flower." -**^ 

' ■ ^■'*!' ' 

FRANK O'BRIEN '' 

Frank O'Brien died at his homm. 
ih Freeport, L. I., Nov. 22, of a lln* ''. 
gerlng Illness. The deceased wa» 
about 67 years old. For many years 
he was Identified with Jacobs Sc 
Jermon's shows. A wife and two 
sons survive. » ; .i^ij 

JOHN H. GILMOUR > ->* 

John H. Gilmour, 65, died at hla 
home in Yonkers, N. Y. He was a 
veteran of the mtage and formerly 
well known though not having done 
active professional work for the 
past ten years. He had been in 
poor health for a. year. 

/■'" -r'-y ; 1 

WALTER 8ANF0RD ^,* 

Walter Sanford, theatrical man- 
ager and 47 years of age,*dicd at 
White Plains, N. Y.. after an Illness 
of five weeks. He Is survived by bis 
wife and was a graduate of the 
University of Kansas. 



OUTDOOR ITEMS 

Willett Roe, who 'was manager of 
Galveston Beach last summer and 
formerly a carnival agent and con- 
test promoter, is now in New Or- 
leans, where he Is arranging an In- 
door promotion to be held at the 
Gypsy Smith Auditorium week 
commencing Dec. 4. 

The De Kreko Brop. Shows arc 
playing their third week in New 
Orleans under the auspices of the 
local lodge of the Theatrical Mu- 
tual Aid (T. M. A). The shows 
move from the Crescent City to 
Morgan City, La. 



Laalr's Mighty Doris Shows are in 
winter quarters at St. Louis. John 
La«ir, manager, is now at his home 
at Kansas City. 



J 



--> The Lachmann Exposition Shows 

''^ are In winter quarters at Lieaven- 

worth, Kan. It is said that the 

•how will be enlarged for next sea- 



TT. ^ttiycA , *^ I <.iA*^;i4 k*\ ^ • i 



He c\n blame the author of the 
•book" principally, and what can't 
be blamed on the book — and it's 
enough — is the fault of tl^e poor ca.st 
lie's surrounded with. 

Rubo Fulkerson and Ocorge HarT 
have the comedy assignments. Ful- 
kerson "does at" an eccentric 
"Dutdi " role, but out.sidc of the dia- 
lect never gets within ten miles of 
it, and the dialect isn't i«o forty 
either. Conceding the material to 
be tortuously inept and annoyingly 
unfunny Fulkerson, Judging by his 
performance at the Olympic Mon- 
day night, appeared to lack even the 
elementary requirements of a come- 
dian. 

George Hart, on the contrary, dis- 
played real possibilities as a comic, 
doing a stage tramp that in make- 
up and general outlines seemed to 
have been modeled after Billy Ar- 
lington. Set properly in a show and 
with material Hart would be an 
asset. Lubin and Welsh, a colored 
man and woman combination, did 
an olio specialty that was below the 
small time average, but It was a 
headline contribution compared to 
tho talking skit done as another olio 
act by Fulkerson and Wagner. 

Rose Gordon, a chunky little 
brunet soubret, furni.«hed one of the 
exceedingly few redeeming features 
with number leading that had her 
out In front of the sixteen choristers 
a number of times. Rose never drew 



CORRECTING ERRORS 

Through an error two weeks ago 
Variety listed the Casino, Phila- 
delphia, as one of the Columbia 
houses running below last season'.s 
weekly quota. The Cisino has been 
going along at an average Increase 
of $500; $1,000 over last season's 
business for period beginning Sept. 
1, to date. 

It was also inadvertently stated 
in the same issue Gerard's "Follies 
of the Day" did $S,500 at the Colum- 
bia, Chicago. Instead it should have 
read Star and Garter, which was 
the house the "Follies" played the 
week in question. 



WHITMAN OSGOOD 

Whitman Osgood, publicity man 
for Keith's, died November 24 after 
an Illness of a month from diabetes. 
When Chase's first opened In Wash- 
ington he handled the publicity for 
the house-, and when the newer tbe- 



GRACE PROCTOR 

Grace Proctor, who played In sev^v^ 
eral vaudeville sketch organizations, 
among them the Walter V. Milton 
company, died In Oklahoma -re- 
cently after a long illness. 



The mother of Nina Davis died at 
Lynn, Mas.<«., aged 69. She was tha 
mother of 10 children who survive. 



WITH THE WOMEN 

By THE SKIRT ^ 

."The Awful Truth," at the Miller Is indeed awful, starring Ina Clalro. 
The Frohman staff must have been sadly In need of a play for Miss 
Claire. 

That sterling actor, and of America's test, Bruce McRae, is wasted ia 
this piece. 

Awful Is also the word for Miss Claire's gowns. A tea gown of lace^ 
smothered In pink chiffon, showed an intelligent hand. A gold tissue 
dress in the first act was so ugly It Is difficult to imagine a star accepting 
it. The front of the dress was just what an Egyptian dancer would wear, 
with the belt and sash edged with fringe. As though there weren't 
enough trimming, a bunch of ribbon hung at one side. Miss Claire's 
second dress, of purple velvet, had a tight bodice and full skirt. The 
elbow sleeves were edged with cerise ruffles al^d hanging from the 
elbows were loi^, full loops of white tulle. Nothing uglier has ever 
been shown on the legit stage. 

Cora Witherspoon, In a secondary role, dressed to perfection. Her 
first evening gown was a lovely shade of green velvet made with the 
elongated blouse and just a touch of sliver. Her second street dress 
was of a light shade of chocolate brown, made after this season's most 
popular model, full at the skirt and blouse. Grey was worn by Miss 
Witherspoon in the last act. The full skirt had three wide bands of 
velvet in the same shade. 



Port Huron is Regular Stand 

The experiment of playing Sunday 
shows at Port Huron, Mich., by the 
Columbia has proved successful 
after a couple of weeks, and begin- 
ning next Sunday Port Huron goes 
on the route as a regular one day 
stand. 

It will break the jump between 
Detroit and Toronto. The "Mimic 
World" starts Port Huron on a 
wheel stand. 



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fv 



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fk/;-/ 



ELSIE JANIS DENIES 

Philadelphia, Nov. 29. 
Elsie'Janis, playing for two weeks 
here as a headliner at B. F. Keith*.«?, 
denies absolutely the story of her 
engagement printed In a New York 
paper. The story named nobody, 
and Miss Janis characterized the 
whole thing as imaginative. 



Jobyna Howland, In "The Texas Nightingale," at the Empire, tried so 
hard to convey the idea that she was a grand opera star, but Miss How- 
land was just her own lovable self, big, boisterous and amusing, the 
same as she was in "The Gold Diggers," minus the fat lines of that play. 

Percy Welton at first threatened to be an awful nuisance, but ^^ 
walked away with the play at tho opening performance. ^ •' 

A Model Kitchen was the second act set and what a housewife's d€* 
light it was! But that's all there was. Nothing really happened In the 
kitchen. 

Take it all in all, "Tho Texas Nightingale" was a boro of an evening. 
"Enter Madame" Is too fresh in memory to allow the "Nightingale" » 
chance. ^ 

Miss Howland had courage to make her first entrance In a simple 
black coat and skirt. Her long fur scarf and muff were of black and 
white. In the kitchen Miss Howland appeared in a gorgeous silver wrap 
lined In bright green velvet. The gown underneath was of white, soft 
satin; the skirt beautifully draped. The long waist was embroidered IvT 
crystals and held with a hip girdle of jewels. Very nice was a short 
chinchilla coat worn In the last actv Underneath was a graceful gown 
of grey with silver tassels hanging from Ion,? ends at the shoulders and 
waist line. Miss Howland's hats were the small close-fitting turban 
model. 



Mollie Williams was back at the Columbia, slimmer and more ambitloui 
than ever. The show remained very much the some as last year, with new ^ 

<Continued on Page 10> • •' » - 



Friday, December 1, 1922 



VARIETY 



CABARET 



For th* first t!m« the Palace 
ttotel, Saa Francisco, haa a grrl 
■bow appearing in the Palm Court. 
It i« Qorham's "Folliei of 1923." 
tirouffht to San Francisco from the 
Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles. 
Tb« revue, a pretentious produc- 
tion for a hotel to stage, had Its 
opening last week and because of 
its merit has been crowding the 
Palm Court. Three shows are 
^iven. at 8:30. 10:30 and 11:30. A 
|2 couvert charge prevails during 
the run of the show. 

The opening number la "Hello, 
Everybody," two girl pages making 
their appearance in a sort of prolosr 
axid accompanied by "The Travel- 
ing Man" (Jess Mendolson), one of 
the cleverest juveniles on the coast. 
The introduction number clores 
with an ensemble in which all of 
the girls participate. 

Mile. SuE-ette in a "D.inse Orie:i- 
tal," No. 2, went well. She is clover 
flAd easy to look t>pon. Anton 
Yarotski and Ania Karonina in a 
Gypsy dance were next an^^ scored. 
Anita Sullivan, a soprano, formerly 
with Kolb /t Dili, was down for 
No. 4, but switt hed to No. 5. Sha 
has a voice cf power and tone, 
which she ably Jemonstrated in 
"Gianina Mia." "Doris," a cute 
number next, staged by Mendolson 
and Doris Eaton, supported by the 
girls. It tells a story in song. Miss 
Eaton, an exceedingly pretty artist, 
with a voice that i:< small yet ap- [ 
pealing, makes her first appearance 
as one of the girls. The song is 
about Doris being in the chorus and 
lamenting she is not given a chance 
to be featured. The girls finally 
#bove her to the front and she goes 
Into a number v. ith Mendolson, 
ending with a short dance. This 
number was a real winner, and 
should be, since the idea was lifted 
from "Sally." 

David Murray and Mile. Suzette 
presented a ballroom number, well 
flone and much liked. "A Little 
Offering" which followed was a 
buck dance by Miss Eaton. "My 
Rosa of a Thou.sand Dreams" Is 
rAther pretentious with Ricardo 
Montlel and the girls. This was 
Montlel's first appearance and he 
came in for something of an ova- 
tion. 

After an Intermission was "One 
Thousand One Nights," with Mon- 
tlel as a singer and Miss Karenina 
as a dancer. It was spectacular 
and an eyeful. The remainder of 
tha program Included tha Novelty 
Fox Trot by Murray and Suzette; 
"Dancing Fools," by Mendolson and 
two girls; dance specialty by Miss 
Karenina and Yarotsky; "The Royal 
Fallow." with Miss Eaton and the 
irlrls; "My Jewel of Love," spec- 
tacular number with the girls cos- 
tumed to represent various rare 
yams, led by Mendolson and Miss 
fiuUIyan; Indian Dance, by Suzette; 
''South Sea Isle" (Miss Eaton) and 
•Tia Pera La Victoire," In which the 
•ntira comply appeared for the 
flnala. 



hailed as a waits hit. Next In Una 
of Importance is Frances Williams, 
a veritable bundle of versatility. 
She does three song numbers, 
"Tootsie, Good-Bye," ''Apple Sauce" 
and "Caroline." She also does a 
soft shoe dance that is a gem. 
Frisco Nick In on the bill with. his 
funny dance specialty and other 
principals Include Mile. Nita Susoff, 
Miss Woodrow and Mon. Collins in 
a dance number, and Gay Foster. 

One of the outstanding features 
of this Fanchon and Marco Revue 
is the chorus. The girls are really 
above the chorus grade. They each 
do a specialty that would do credit 
to the average cabaret principal and 
in their ensemble numbers score re- 
I)eated encores. 



Alcohol valued at from $75,000 to 
$100,000, .delivered, was destroyed by 
Deputy United States Marshal 
fjeorge Andrews at Rouse's Point 
last week in the presence of several 
hundred spectators. The deputy 
marshal knocked bungs from four- 
teen hogshead.s and allowed 100 gal- 
lons of the white-colored liquor to^ 
flow down the gutters of the Point 
into Lake Champlain. Destruction 
of the alcohol. F'ederal agents say, 
is the culmination of one of the 
most brazen attempts to smuggle 
liquors Into this country from Can- 
ada since the passage of the Vol- 
stead act. Customs ofllcers stationed 
at Rouse's Point who seized the 
alcohol last spring estimated Its 
value at $20,000 in Montreal and 
from $75,000 to $100,000 if it had 
reached Philadelphia, the point of 
consignment. The shipment was 
made from Montreal early last 
sprirg by freight and was billed via 
Rouse's Point to a chemical com- 
pany at Philadelphia. It was in- 
voiced as "paint remover." Customs 
oflflcers at the Point were suspicious 
of the shipment and took samples 
from each barrel, a cursory exami- 
nation of which showed the con- 
tents to be alcohol and ammonia. 
An analysis made by a government 
chemist revealed the fact that the 
barrels contained only a few ounces 
of ammonia and the remainder was 
pure alcohol, 19§ proof. The analy- 
sis also showed that, if allowed to 
stand In open vats for a few hours, 
the ammonia would entirely evapo- 
rate, leaving the alcohol unharmed 
for beverage purposes. 



DISK REVIEWS 
POPULAR 

THE WORLD 18 WAITING FOR 

THE SUNRISE (Fox Trot) — 

Market's Orchestra 
WHEN THE LEAVES COME 

TUMBLING DOWN— Same — 

Okeh 4676 
The first number, a truly beautiful 
ballad, will outlive scores of fiash 
pop Bonga. Although primarily a 
slow waiiz number, the fox trot ar- 
rangement even scintillates. It is 
an undeniable charm and sympa- 
thetic melody that intrigues with 
repetition. 

"Leaves" (Richard Howard) Is a 
smooth fox with a snatch of the 
"Spring Song" in the body of the 
chorus w.hlch will "make" the gong 
If anything will. 



SPORTS 



The judges at Madlaon Square i feat by Harvard at New Ilavgn 
Garden who are doing their best to while playing almost an Identical 
kill boxing In this state had another { offensive game as shown against 
great night last Friday. In the I Princeton the Saturday previously, 
semi-final between Joe Welling, the [ A world of power In the central po- 
veteran lightweight, and Andy sitions of the field, but no wallop 



Thomas, the young Italian -Amer 
lean sensation, tha "guessers" 
opined Thomas won. It was one 
of the worst decisions ever made. 
Welling never fought better in his 
long career. By no stretch of the 
imagination could a dispassionate 
Judge have given him worse than 
a draw. He dropped Thomas for a 



when It was needed. There's been 
an abundant discussion as to Just 
wherein was the fault of the bull- 
dog's driving power, but no ona 
seems to arrive at a conclu.sion. 
Superfluous speed In the backfield 
fronted by expansive poundage in 
the line, but no punch at the right 
time. The most logical solution it 



To Bil|^ Simon and Mike Lyman, 
well known in the cafe world, par- 
ticularly In Los Angeles, goes the 
credit of restoring to San Francisco's 
downtown district a cafe as fine If 
not batter than anything the city 
l(new in the "good old days." This 
new temple of good food and amuse- 
ment is called the Palais Royal, and 
U housed In the three-story build- 
ing formerly known as Talt's. The 
new owners have spent a world of 
money In dolling up and rebuilding 
the structure along the most modern 
lines. It is really three cafes in 
one. The ground floor Is devoted 
to the Palais Royal Coffee Shop, 
the second to the I'alais Royal Cafe 
and the third floor to "The Planta- 
tion. There is no music or enter- 
tainment in the Coffee Shop but on 
the second floor Chris Mann's Or- 
chestra suppliog rhythmic dance 
music amid soft lights and a color 
scheme of blue and gold. This floor 
In John Tait's day was known a.s 
"the porch." The new owners 
bridged over the opening upon which 
"the porch" faced, put in a dance 
floor and made it fie))arate. Up- 
stairs, above the I'alais Royal, is 
The Plantation, formerly known as 
The Little Cluh. The scheme of 
decoration hero is entirely Dixie 
stuff like the Plantation in New 
York. Fanchon nn<l Marro hood a 
special revue with Rube WoiHs Jazz 
orchestra lor Ww niuj^io. 

There are two shows staged in 
"The Planiati( II." th«> first at 11 
o'clock and ih*.- .«*iM-on(l .'j 1 o'cloclv 
In the morning. Tlio ahiow is a 
real hit. Fanchon and M.irco are 
leading the numbers with a special 
dance in wliicli they .'<ing at the 
same time a now' composition of 
their own entlilea After the I'arty,' I 



That the wet and dry situation 
Is receiving so much attention by 
administrations Just now may not 
be altogether the result of the No- 
vember elections. It must have 
been brought to the attention of 
ofldcials, by wet propaganda If noth- 
ing else, that the U. S. Is becoming 
a nation of drunkards. Only pro- 
hibition Is to be blamed. The se- 
crecy of liquor, made criminal to 
possess, carry or consume. Is the 
sole cause. Prior preparations to 
have liquor bring It out in quanti- 
ties. It Is everywhere. In the 
pocket. In the car and In the office. 
Drinking goes on continuously, one 
drink leads to the next and to In- 
toxication. People with no Inten- 
tion of drinking, no thought of 
liquor and no Inclination, have it 
forced on them at unexpected mo- 
ments. This condition, while more 
to be found at the moment In the 
cities. Is spreading to the towns. It 
is affecting not only men and 
women, but boys and girls. After 
years of prohibition, there Ijs now 
an oversupply of Jiquor In this 
country. Some of It Is good, but 
most of It Is bad. Prohibition Is 
not only making the U. S. a country 
of drunkards, but it will also make 
It a nation of Invalids. Whatever 
purpose behind the original promo- 
tion of prohibition and despite sta- 
tistics on labor that may be pro- 
duced, prohibition from any angle 
is not alone a dismal failure but it 
is the terror of the century. 

It's singular how certain places^ 
seem marked for soiling. Other 
places do busino.«is openly, but cer- 
tain places are hounded even after 
they have given up to fix previous 
"violations." The other evening in 
New York a restaurant manager 
said he was expecting a "visit" any 
moment. Asked why. he stated he 
did not know. As the restfiurant 
had been in trouble but a shf)rt time 
before, the mannf^ti- u.i^^ askfd if 
the inii)endi'ng ^■I.sit w,i« a follow- 
up of the first. He said no, that 
the first had been squared, that 
they stood ready to t'lke care of 
;ni.\()no, but thr-y kn«'W the "visit" 
was comiiifr. Ask<Ml how they 
knew, the man igor said they had 
been tii)ped to it by .'•omoone in the 
same ofllce ordering ihe "visit."' 
Even places giving up from $400 to 
(Continued on page 3i)> 



DIXIE HIGHWAY— Marion Harris 
BROTHER'N-LAW DAN— Same- 
Brunswick No. 231S 
Last month this con.edlenne had 
the assistance of Isham J ones in her 
recordings. Currently she is is per- 
forming alone, probably having 
proved her mettle sufficiently not to 
require strong orchestral a.ssistance. 
Not that the musicians here are 
negligible, but Miss Harris is al- 
lowed greater scope in individual 
expression. "Dixie Highway" (Kahn- 
Donaldson) Is a rhythmic number, 
the title suggesting the theme fully. 
The reverse is a colored comedy 
song which Miss Harris handles ; 
perfectly as to dialect and lyric in- j 
terprt'tation. ■. •■ i 



nine-count In the second round, the ; that the fault was In the forward 

line, where there was plenty of 
weight but no drive. It was a fact 
Harvard was getting the Jump on 
the Blue forwards all afternoon. 
Another Idea presented Is tljat tha 



bell saving Jimmy Kelly's boy from 
a sure K. O. 

In the fifth Thomas began get- 
ting to Welling with long overhand 
rights. The veteran feinted a bit 



until the button showed, then picked i Ell elevent were a greatly overrated 



COW BELLS (Fox Trot) — Hsrry , 

RADERMAN'S ORCHESTRA 
MY SOUTHERN HOME— Same- 
Edison No. 51032 
"Cow Bells" (Al Piantadosi) per- 
mits for numerous instrumental ef- 
fects such as mooing, bell clanging, 
chimes, etc., which lends color to tlie 
recording. The "Southern Home" 
(Polak-Eastman-Heltman) number 
gives away the Dixie idea, which 
naturally Is the cue for a medley of 
Dixie interludes. A two piano effect 
is also a striking feature of tiie re- 
cording. 



NELLIE KELLY (Waltz) — Hazy 

Natzy and His Orchestra 
LOVE'S LAMENT— Same— Hudson 
Pavilion Orchestra — Gannett 
Record 
It's a far cry from George M. 
Cohan to the continental Piquet, yet 
both extremes are coupled on this 
record. Both are waltzes, but 
Cohan's Is American, paprikaed 
with a dash of Irish ginger, while 
"Love's Lament" Is amorous and 
as Impassioned as the title. Still a 
waltz is a waltz, whatever the motif, 
and for dance purposes probably the 
foreign composition has a little the 
best of it in melody. 

The Hudson Pa%'Ilion Orchestra Is 
directed by Jack Lawson. Lewis 
James sings a vocal chorus in the 
course of the rendition. 



Thomas out of the air with an In- 
side right that again sat him down. 
Welling discounted Thomas's youth 
and strength by masterful ring 
strategy, tieing him up In the 
clinches and smearing his face up 
with a left jab. 

Welling tired In the last Ave 
rounds, but at no time lost his lead. 
The only way Thomas could have 
evened the score was by dropping 
Joe, which ho failed to do. 

The partisan crowd consisting of 
the entire Thomas neighborhood 
roared encouragement throughout 
the battle. Every time Thomas tried 



team, and while that may sound 
plausible to those who haven't seen 
the New Haven boys In action, one 
flash at that outfit was enough to 
convince anyone there Is overbear- 
ing strength In the squad, but no 
headwork. 

The Crimson got its break on 
O'Hearn's punt, which hit a Har- 
vard end coming back ahead of hla 
opponent to keep him out of tha 
play, but Owen picked It up to run 
64 yards on as brilliant an open naMl 
piece of work as has been seon thl« 
season. They reall7ed on It and 
scored. Yale reco cred the next 



IF YOU DON'T THINK SO YOU'RE 
CRAZY— Harry Blake and Rob- 
ert Judson 
8TRUTTIN' AT THE STRUT- 
TER8' BALL — Same— Pathe 
No. 20838 
Blake and Judson, tenor and bari- 
tone, are one of the best two-man 
"canned** vaudeville combinations In 
the field. They have the right Idea 
in putting over a vocal number, em- 
bellishing the lyrics with vocal In- 
tonations, the only thing they can 
depend upon for distinction, where 
the singer in the flesh has the ad- 
vantage of visible "personality." 
The "crazy"^umber (Turk-I^obln- 
son), for example, conjures up the 
spectacle of the twain romping and 
strutting and "nutting" all over the 
stage were they appearing In vaude. 
vllle. The "strut" number Is ap- 
propriately dlalected In keeping 
with the colored "Miss Mandy and 
her dandy*' idea. 



SUEZ (Fox Trot)— Clyde Doerr and 
Orchestra r^- 

I WISH I KNEW— Sam^-Vlctor 
No. 18947 

"Suez," a majestic Oriental fox 
trot, is the work of Ferdie Orofe, 
Whiteman's pianist -arranger, and 
Peter DeRose, which Doerr inter- 
prets soothingly and calmly with In- 
tefl*mittent whistle and other effects. 
"I Wish I Knew" (Spencer-Ander- 
son-Bryant) Is a west coast favor- 
ite and a nice even dance. 



I'LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO 
PARADISE (Medley Fox Trot) 
— Carl Fenton's Orchestra 
TRULY- Same — Brunswick No. 
2316 

The annotation on the di.sk label, 
"Buescher instruments u.^ed." Is 
liable to as.<4ume «oHie sort of signifi- 
cance if it is plugged suincient'y. 
Whether the layman comprehends 
that the dulcet clearnes.'i of the re- 
cording has anything to do with the 
make (tf instrument empltjyed is 
problcmatic.il. but it is a f.irt thit 
rv«-y Brunswick disk thus far re- 
vl»'wed in which Bucsrher is con- 
cerned sr)und3 so much better. 

"i'aradise" is nif'<II«'\ i-d with 
"Four I>f>af Clover" (DoSylva- 
Francis - ( Ici sh win ). bo'h from 
c;cor«c WhitoH ' Sf'aiKl.ius." "Truly" 
is an iiitcr.iti.itirik' daruc tune by 
Vincent ICo.se to whi'-h iJcnriy Davis 
fitted words, although it is really 
tlio mrlu'ly that count;;, Fcnfftn's, 
orchcstrst doe5 both exct'<-'ding'i*' 
well. 



It missed or landed. This may have 
influenced the "homers." Another 
factor may have been the odds 
which installed Thomas a favorite 
over the ChI?ago boy. It Is almost 
uncanny the way the poor Judgment 
of the Judges at the Garden saves 
the "wise" money. Once or twice a 
coincidence may be — but for break- 
fast., dinner and supper — "the 
worlcs." 

Nearly every week the Incom- 
petent grocery clerks and ex- 
butchcrs who are supposed to Judge 
the Garden and other local club 
bouts pull a bone. 

The week before It was Jack 
Bernstein of Yonkers who was 
cheated out of a well-earned vic- 
tory. Before that it was Al Norton, 
the welterweight, who fought one 
of Leo Flynn's meal tickets and got 
the rawest deal seen in seasons. 
Next week it will be some one else 
and so on and so on, until the blue- 
nosed boys are a'gain in the saddle 
and the grand old game confined to 
the sticks and the small towns, 
where they seem Inclined to pre- 
serve their eyesight. 

It is next to Impossible for an 
out-of-town fighter to get an even 
break at the Garden when boxing a 
local favorite. Welling has had two 
doses. When he fought Leonard at 
the Garden he weathered the tough- 
est 13th round in ring history and 
carae up almost as fresh for the 
next session as the ann-weary 
champion. The big dough was rid- 
ing on a knockout. In the 14th 
Leonard couldn't hurt Welling, so 
weak was he. yet at the psycholog- 
ical moment the bout was stopped 
and Benny credited with a technical 
K. O. Welling; told the writer after 
the bout that after the I3th Leon- 
ard's punches were like cream puffs 
and he could have stayed indef- 
initely. 

Kid Kaplan, a pocket edition of 
Tom Sharkey, won easily In the 
main bout from Kid Sullivan, re- 
cent conqueror of Sanunf Sieger. 
Kaplan, a rugged tearing boy with 
a wicked left hook, had Sullivan in 
distress several times but the latter 
was too tough to go down. Sul- 
livan substituted for "Pepper" 
Martin. 



a punch tfle gang screamed, whether ' klck-ofC on Hammond's fumble, du|f 

out 20 yards for two first downs, 
then flopped, and had to try for & 
field goal, which failed. ; > 

Line plays made up the ofTensIve, 
which took the ball over those 25 
yards before the kick was tried, and 
In the beginning of the next quarter 
the Blue team pulled as beautiful a 
forward pass from a kick formation 
as could be executed. O'Hearn 
faked the kick so perfectly he sucked 
the entire right side of the Harvard 
eleven in and then tossed to Neid* 
linger, who completed a 20-yard 
gain before he was stopped. What 
that play would have done on a 
fourth down when the Blue was at 
the other end of the field and within 
easy striking distance of the HUr- 
vard goal line Is guesswork, and sec- 
ond guessing is always an Idle 
pastime, but It leaves something to 
be regretful about. 

A Williams man, who played 
against Yale earlier In the season, 
said the EH linesmen were woefully 
lacking In knowledge as to how to 
use their hands when on the de- 
fensive. Such an assertion may 
bear out the reasoning that the 
Blue's forward wall was at fault In 
other things as welf^ though that 
has no bearing on the team when 
carrying the ball with the use of 
hands then restricted. 

Harvard played hard, clean and 
heady footbaU. Hammond, a sec- 
ond string back, was partlcu'arly 
prominegt when carrying the ball 
and promises plenty of trouble for 
his opponents next fall. Gherke, 
Owen and Buell need no Introduc- 
tion or odes to their ability. And 
again the Yale ends were outplayed, 
as at Princeton. Before game time 
the betting was generally at 10 to 7, 
with Yale on the long end, and In 
some Instances odds of 2 to 1 were 
In evidence. The name Ya^e is 
magical. 

It was noticeable throughout the 
contest that Neidlinger practically 
never carried the ball, and then only 
when on th© recely[pg end o^ q 



When Gabe Kaufman, who man- 
ages Electric Park, Kansas City, In 
the summer time and promotes ath- 
letic events during his winter "va- 
cation," returned from a short trip 
to the east, he brought with him 
permission from the Royal Mounted 
Police of Canada, for Wallace Dugld 
and George Walker of the Montreal 
force, to appear In a wrestling show 
at K. C. Kaufman was advised by 
the "wise ones" In New York he 
would find it impossible to get thA 
two athletes away from their com- 
mands, but decided to try It and 
was successful In getting them 
10 days' furlough. lie Immediately 
arranged for Dugid to meet Edward 
I-ewis. the champion, In Convention 
Hall. Kanffis City. i:)ec. 8. The 
Canndian w^'i^hs 1115 pounds and Is 
claimed to be a wonder. He de- 
f*»ated F'mil Map.TU, the winner of 
the Frcnfb wrestling tournament, 
in two qui* k fiills. The match here 
will be two f.ills out of three, with 
two hours and L'.'i minutns time limit 
and a derision if neresisary. 



A radical cTiaTlfire 'frfthi the affair Irt 
Jersey, where he was a constant 
menace to the peace and quiet of the 
Princeton side of the field. It mny 
have been because of O'Hearn, who 
incidentally gave the most hcndy 
exhibition on the field, playin.f? con- 
sistently, but whatever the reason 
his offensive value was as nothing 
against Harvard. The overliead 
work of Yale at the finish, when 
Neale and Bench were sent in, 
gained considerable yardage, but the 
time was too short, and the Cam- 
bridge boys knew what to expert 

Harvard won on Its merits and 
the ability of Owen to pirk open- 
ings when let loose In a broken field. 
The contcot itself could not be 
termed good football, if c(»nside; ing 
It technically, but a game that has 
so much tradition attached to it 
needs not the the meciianiral per- 
fection to make it stand out -and 
next yifH^ ban another fall r fason. 



Yale closed Its season with a dt- 



Billy Gibson is to succeed Tc.t 
Pickard as matchmaker and fight 
impresario at .Mndi.son Square Gar- 
don .'iffer the fir.^t "f the >»'ar. ac- 
cor(iing to aijtiiorifativo sourer;-*. A 
chaiiRo in the I^>xiri,'.c Coninii;^slon 
will be in order about the sjino- tlni?, 
Areordlng to rhe >^fory. Vt'iiUcn 
MuKloon Is to be supplanted. kj» 
(Continued un i age Sl> 



is 



EDITORIALS 



Friday, December 1, 1^22 



SK 



niETY 



Trad* Mark R«Klat«r«i] 
PBbli«h«d WMkly bj VA&IBTT. Im. 

Sim* BllTMrnan, Pr«Bldent 
2S4 Waat 4Cai etra«t Naw York City 



•UBBCRIPTION: 

Ane«al |7 i Forslva.... ft 

Sincla Coi>l«« >• Caata 



VOLi. LJCIX- 



Na. t 



Variety w«nt to prees Tuesday 
nli^ht of tbla WMk, owing to the 
holiday. 



Th« N«w York "Evonififl WoHd" 
conducts ft "What Did You B^T' 
dopartment, with Its readers in- 
vited to forward otorioc. I'rizet are 
given weeJcIy. and last week the 
first prixe of a Dort car was won by 
18-year-oId Etiiel M. Vitoch of Say- 
vlllo. It. I., who turned in the fol- 
lowing story, published in the 
"JCvening World": 

The Goat 

Bayville now has two moving 
picture establishments. One of 
them, the No%'elty, has been with 
Its for years and is under the 

management of Mr. G . Not 

long ago, Mr. 8 , proprietor of 

a retail clothing store, leased the 
opara house and announced that 
lio too would show pictures. In 
the beginning his prices were 
•omewhat lower. He showed good 
pictiu«a. • • • The crowd be- 
gan coming, prices went up and 
Mr. B Introdurced the "coun- 
try store" Idea. Every Wednesday 
night he gave away coats, suits. 
dresses, rugs, furs, etc. This 
brought immense crowds. • • • 
Well, the enterprising manager of 
the Novelty wasn't going to be 
left behind, and he began giving 
us the "country store" also on 
Wednesday nights. TMs week his 
offerings included a live goat, two 
live geofse, a barrel of flour, a ton 
eC coal, and the like of that. 

• • • All well and good. 
Wednesday night cama^ I was at 
the Noveltyi Tb«-e waa a big 
crowd. A boy won the goat. 

• • • Thursday morning I went 
to th« villago and saw Mr. Goat 

In the show window of Mr. 8 's 

clothing store! Mr. S had 

bought the goat from tho lucky 
boy. There was nothing else ia 
the window except the announce- 
ment pasted on the glass, "I Got 
a •» Goat," • • • More later. 



Harry Wooten, vaudeville and 
picture editor of the "Times-Des- 
patch," Richmond. Va., visited his 
home town, Leland. Fla., last week, 
after an absence of several years. 
The landlord of the only local hotel 
recognized Wooten, but refused to 
acknowledge he was the original 
Jlenry, since, as the hotel man in- 
formed the visitor, the original 
Henry Wooten had been burled with 
appropriate ceremonies several 
months ago, and they weren't going 
to have all of their first fuss marred. 
The next morning Mr. Wooten 
•walked out to his grave, read the 
Inscription and admitted everything 
had been done in proper form, but 
insisted his name be removed from 
the slab that denoted he had died 
doing his duty with four companions 
of tho same town, In the infantry 
regiment he was with in France. 
The landlord, assuming his office as 
the constable of the village, would 
not permit the removal, stating the 
parson said Henry Wooten was dead 
when they buried him and as far as 
Deland was concerned, Henry was 
just as dead as the others around 
him. As the town had several wit- 
nesses to the fact that he was dead, 
said the offlcer, and Wooten was the 
only one to speak for himself, the 
constable ordered Henry off the lot. 
Henry, now back In Richmond, does 
not know what the outcome will be, 
for in Deland he's still dead by 
official inscription. 



FINESSE— AND THE COO-CLUCKS 

Tha stag* and the church aro Interested in aach othar. always have 
been and probably always will be. For the last several seasons the pulpit 
took exception to the tide of risqut dialog and situations that washed in 
on a wave of bedroom farces and things from the Franch. What the 
clergy had to aay about Broadway was not complimentary. The aasoci- 
ations for the advancement of the dranxa formed a sort of liaison with the 
church, and stage cansorship waa proposed. There Is said to ba * volun- 
taxy censorship machine with a panel of SOO or so civilian jurors to alt 
la Judgment of Broadway's "bad things." but there have already been 
produced between 10 and 70 new plays this season and nothing heard 
from the censorship machine, though all the returns aren't in. 



This aaaaon it looks like a reversal of tiie usual procedure of bon mots 
between tha pulpit and tha footlighU. At least three plays have drawn 
so much favorabla mention from the cleigy, the praise from that source 
constitutes a novel angla to the season's activities. Sunday night tha 
Rev. Dr. W. John Murray of the CUiurch of the Healing Christ delivered 
a lecture on "The Fool." and the Selwyns, who produced the play, sup- 
plied the minister 2,000 specially prepared folders distributed to the 
congregation. "Loyalties" has drawn uniforro praise from tho pulpits of 
several denominations. "The Merchant of Venice" Interested the clergy 
of Baltimore, with arguments pro and con, which will likely obtain h«re 
when the Belftsco presentation arrives. 

Along eomas "Haln,^ one of the most vivid dramas In years. One of 
the leads is a man of the cloth, a missionary to the far corners of the 
earth. It looks like a bit of finesse on the manager's part, changing the 
usual situation by winning plaudits instead of pannings from the church. 
From a manager's standpoint he'd take it either way from the clergy. 
Perhaps it is more to be desired to have the clergy using the hammer. 
That is surer of publicity, and public attention Is the healthiest thing for 
the box office. But if there is nothing to "steam up" the clergy, the 
second cbolcs of praise from it is welcomed. Looks like finesse. 

And tho reversal In favor of Broadway now crops up unexpectedly. 
Th«-e is Dr. John Roach Straton. Last season he was frequently in the 
reformers' line-up, in fact, often at the top so far as the theatres were 
concerned. Dr. Straton has a little situation of his own to contend with. 
It's about the Ku Klux Klan, or the "Coo- Clucks," more properly. The 
evangelist of the doctor's church was disclosed as the general representa- 
tive of the Coo-Clucks, and admits It. Dr. Straton said it wasn't so. 
But the clerical gent who admitted his Klan connection has his name on 
Dr. Straton's "call board" at the church and right under the doctor's own 
name. But Dr. Straton must know what he is talking about. 



draped to one hip. Ona Ions ball >!••▼• waa adgad with grey fox. Thlg 
was followed by a Spanish drass of black lace, having no lining. Th# 
hem was wired. A red mantilla was draped over a high comb. 

The chorus throughout tho show waa well dressed in all the numbers. 
The first act opened with the girls in short dresses of all colors and 
doslgns. The seoond curtain found tha girls divided in two sets of oos« 
tumao — ^half in black and white and others in white dresses draped t^ 
yellow. The romper numt>er remains the same as last season. Margie 
Barron was her bast in silk rompers. Also nioe was a short dancing 
drass of mauve made entirely of tiny ruffles. From the waist line huotf 
narrow rose ribbons. Miss Barron'a first red soubrette dress was spoils^ 
by orange under- dressing. 

Georgia Eknmett wore a peach colored dress made entirely af tint; 
tucka A black net dreas had silTer-embroidered panels faced in red. 

EOla Corbett shimmied her way through the ahow ia a gold dress maM 
with a broad panel at the hack facad in green. 



"banned fuel** sounds like a recommendation for itself. Stern o Canned 
Heat comes in a compact little can with instructions. It Is claimed for 
It that the canned fuel will furnish heat at a moment's notice, in or ooti 
of doors. Its manufacturers say it may be used for cooking, boiling, 
ironing, heating make-up. for ironing or obtaining hot water quickly^ 
and that It is smokeless, odorless and clean, always ready for usSk 
Canned heat might be a long-looked-for comiianlon to traveling people. , 



Coo- Clucks certainly describes the "invisible empire," charged with 
terrorizing the Southland. Strictly a coin-getting scheme, a fact disc-osed 
by one of the metropolitan dailies months ago, "solicitors" getting mem- 
bers get commi.sslon. The more members, the more dough and cooing for 
Cluck membership right in New York's churches; cooing for initiation fees 
and dues, and the new members permitted to cluck under a white robe. 
Perhaps the under-minlster of Dr. Straton's church has been proselytizing 
for the Coo-Clucks for altruistic ends. Then who gets the commish? Slips 
passed around among the congregation suggesting Joining in with the 
Clucks. Candidates to attend a meeting In a funeral parlor and if they 
pass muster, kick in with the coin. Nice little idea. Anyhow, the doctor 
has something within his own house to attend to and will probably have 
little chance to notice the theatres for a time. 



Raformers thrive on agitation backed by some authority^. The authority 
that favored the reformers for two years up in Albany was voted out of 
office early this month. Al Smith, the re-elected governor of New Tork, 
had no time for the long-haired crowd when in office before. He isn't 
built that way, and the reformers will have to play die or at least go it 
soft pedal. Without Albany's smile the civic leaguers will not have the 
support of officialdom and -that may make it tough to get dough, for the 
reformer has to have the coin to operate, just like any other agitators. 



The clergy may be lying low until some of their own brethren who done 
gone wrong are forgotten by the newspapers. This may have been so 
far a good season for the theatre recommendations, but it has been a bad 
one for the ministers. Too many have had their names on the front page 
for one reason or another. That glass house quotation (Doc Steincr 
knows it— letter perfect) is Just about hitting the clergy right In the 
center of their publicity seeking. Now they want to hide instead of glow. 



PLAYING SHAKESPEARE ON MARGIN 

Managers do love authors and authors do love manaRers — each of them 
before rehearsals start. After that what they think of one another never 
could be published. 



Which may or may not be the rea-son for the Shakespearean ru»ih that 
looks due for this season. It is a well known fact that Shakespeare died 
some time ago. Even the managers know that. And they have been 
rewriting this plays ever since. Some say they don't dare to play the 
original script of some of them and some didn't dare to play any of them 
until someone else did. -^^ 



But it isn't that Will would have interfered even if he had not died, 
that is Inducing the producers thia season to read Shakespeare's lines 
over again. Maybe Warfield and Barrymore are the incentive, but there 
is only one Warfield and but a few Barrymores. 



• Edmond Jarrett, American, was 
recently condemned to one month's 
imprisonment in the Paris police 
court. During the performance of a 
clown at the Nouveau Cirque, whose 
net consisted of Juggling with lighted 
torches, Jarrett seated in the bal- 
cony, after having broken the dry 
law, attempted to Juggle with 
matches. They fell on people boJow 
and caused protestn. Whon the 
'lice tried to e.xpe« Janet t he re*- 
elstcd and it v.as for "lebcllion" and 
violence towards the oJficers of the 
X>caco that h"- r."*".!-. td fici.cCi.ce of 
a month on t'.i'? water ua;;on. 

Tommy Mead, formerly a Jockey 
and also on the et.ige, has saHed for 
Bumanla. ^Lure ho win train and 

^id«> hoiAGS, 



Unless you arc a producer you can't appreciate what it means to figure 
up at the bottom of the statement that 5 per cent., 7^ per cent, and 
often 10 per cent., Just for the author, the guy who wrote the play. It's 
like buying an auto on the Installment plan, having the machine stolen 
without insurance and being obliged to keep up the Installment payments. 
What doe* an author do? Only writes the play. And the manager only 
produces it; always wrong, too, says the author. 



With Sharkespeare dead, there is no royalty due, and hasn't been for 
several years. In the»e days of large and small grosses, 5 per cent, or 
10 par cent, on a run of four years means something. Every play before 
it opens is to run four years. Some don't, and the author blames it on 
the manager, with the manager blaming it on the backer. 



Playing Shakeepeare on a margin of 10 per cent, saved Is not a bad 
scheme, maj't^e, to the manager, though it may be called a dirty idea. 
And with no author around to tell the manager to tell tho director to tell 
the actors how tg play their parts, the manager naturally believes he has 
a chance to get it over, remembering Mantell and others have been get- 
ting along quite nicely for years without sending any statement to the 
author. 



The authors may retaliate — like Equity — and go Into the show pro- 
ducing business on thoir own. Just to teach the nianngci-.s a)id leUuce 
their bank balances in the same way. 



WITH THE WOMEN 



"The Pride of Palomar," at the Rivoli, was such a good book It waa 
disappointing to have it prove a poor picture. Forrest Stanley should 
never have been cast for Don Mike; he is too pretty. And Marjorie Daw 
.wasn't the Ray of the book.* 

Miss Daw wore several simple dresses not of the new models. 

More applause than George Dilworth, Edgar Falrchild and Herbert 
Clark, at grand pianos, received has never been heard in a picture house. 



(Continued from Page 8) ' ' ' ' — 

specialties for MolUe. A sketch went in for the mysterious and was 
badly done by Mlsi^ Williams' support. The grey drees and cape and 
small hat worn by the star wero very smart. 

For her second act ppeclalty sho appeared In rcdOghtg and velvet tops 
to matrh, A Rtove-plpe hat n^so was In red. The girls backed this 
number in black tights and satin roat«, faced In wlilto with white oollars 
and rovers and red tlca They also wore white stove-pipe hata The 
afCcct was most striking. 

Miss WUliamB (as of yore) changed on tlit ptn^e to a long silver frock. 



There are 38 men on the Palace program this week — and five women. 
Another ungsual occurrence is there are two sketches. Holbrook Blinn's 
might have been an added chapter to that remarkable bofk. "Through 
the Shadows," by O. Henry. Whyi doesn't Mr. Blinn give vaudeville a 
real thrill by putting on 'The Black Mask," the one-acter he did at tha 
Princess a few years back? It is one of those things, once seen, you 
can never forget. 

And Wellington Cross has in "Wives" a playlet that will live long In 
vaudeville. In less clever hands what a mess could have been made of itti 

With Mr. Cross are Gretchen Sherman, Loila Brooks and Elaine Ivans. 
Miss Sherman was in an evening gown of turquoise blue trimmed at 
the belt with rhinestones. Miss Brooks' gown was all silver with no 
trimming. Miss Ivans was girlish in a white chiffon dress. Ona Munson 
displayed a nice wardrobe. Her first dress of ooral brocade velvet waa 
very oddly made inasmuch as it was a dress and coat combined. Th« 
trinuning was squirrel. A Quaker dress was the inevitable gray very 
prettily trimmed with white lawn. A patriotic dress had the skirt in bluei 
tulle, silver bodice and a white cape lined in red. Then there was a 
black dancing frock trimmed in silver. Miss Munson changed her foot« 
wear with each costume. 

Blanche Klaiss (with Ed Presaler) appeared first In a messy velvet 
cape trimmed with white fur. Underneath was a dress of yellow heavily 
embroidered in pearls. A peach colored chillon embroideured in violet 
followed. 



Catherine Dale Owen, as the daughter in 'Tha Bootleggers." at tMI 
S9th Street, has four very good looking dresses. A gray cloth three-piec« 
dress and coat had orange trimmings on the sleeves and had summer 
ermine at the collar and cuffs. An afternoon dress was of green with aa 
embroidered girdle. A hat was of brown velvet. Underneath a wrap of 
yellow chiffon and chinchilla was an evening gown of pale green chiOoa. 
Rust color was the last act dreas, made in the now familiar lines, lonif 
and full. 



TOMMY'S TATTLES 

By THOMAS J. GRAY 

Woman w^s a United States Senator for one day. If they can booV 
Senators for one day only, actors should not worry about playing split 
weeks. 



It Is hardly worth while for her to study the part for such a shorl 
engagement. You have to furnish your own wardrobe also. 

r 

Next time she will probably ask for a **run of the play^ contract. ■' 

It's funny. The day after one of France's greatest statesmen arrived. 
In America somebody started to advertise a "French Students'" balL 

Standing in tha Photograph League * 

Prince of Wales 964 

Lloyd George 952 

Clemenceau 95% 

Babe Ruth , 333* 

•Time off for vaudeville foul. 

Sultan of Turkey wired to English general to find out how his wivei 
were doing. Ouess the old ruler heard some moving picture actors wer^ 
in town, and he didn't want to take any chances. 

Out-of-town vaudeville theatre has a novelty bill this week. Theri 
Isn't any band on It. 

Newest theatre has a play room for the children of the artists on th4 
bill. It's going to be tough to make the baby get off a hobby horse to gdi 
out and take that bow. 



It's all right If it's an animal act; they can take the horse right oul 
with them. 



Friars gave a dinner to the three czar.*; — Thomas, Landls and HaysL 
Rival clubs may try to top this by giving a dinner to 'The Four Horse- 
men." 



"What the Acts Say to Their Agents" 
(SugKcsted by Pete Mack. 'Tho Layoffs' Friend") 
Casting Act: "How high is the stage there. Can we get all the llnoi 

up?" 
Animal Act: "Is there a good animal room there fur 'he dogs? Is It 

damp?" 
Comedy Talking Act: "How Is the 'one' there? Deep? Has the 6tag« 

a wide apron, or can we get right down to thrm?" 
Full .Staf^e Sketch; "Our act calls for a lot of sofa pillowa Is there 

a good projxu ly man there?" 
Jazz Kond: "What band played there \nn* wf^k?" 
SiRiei- Act: "Is that nice niiinager still at that tlicatre?" 
Dancr.i- Act: ♦'Is there a good stage tho: e. or will we bring the mat?* 
Posinir Art: •'Don't forget to tell them that we want the stage boxed 

■In While we're on." 

Magic Act: *as there any way for me to got out Into the audienceT^ 
Any Act: "See what you can do about the week following." 

Shakespeare Is back on Broadway, and seems to be er.joying hlmsel& 

Co*s been on the road ^•HPk >>• hardly knew the old places 

For the first time In a long time he's getting acquainted with t^t tic 

speculator* .■,<>■ 



Fdday» Dectmbcr 1, IMUI 



LEGITIMATE 



fi 



12 SHAKESPEAREAN PRODUQIONS 
PROMISED IN GREATEST VOGUE 



" HAMlEr mJSICAL"- 
SAYS MUSICAL UNION 



Four Juliets, Two Rosalinds, Two Hamlets and Three 

. Shylocks Listed for N. Y.— Ames' Drama, •'Will 

Shakespeare/' Also—^Due to Barrymore Success 



The profusion of plans Broadwajr 
manac^ers unfolded within the last 
week to establish Shake.speare as 
the most prolific playwright of the 
season was regarded in some quar* 
ters as "Much Ado About Kothing." 
But every producer named verified 
the correctness of the announce- 
ments. 

Variety forecast a vogue of 
Shakespeare some weeks ago, but 
according to the intinerary New 
York theatres will be splashed with 
the blank verse ar.d rhyme of the 
Immortal Bar more copiously, for 
there are listed at least twelve 
presentations of famed Shake- 
spearean plan's. 

Inspection of the Shakespearean 
fleluge point to four "Romeo and 
Juliets," two of "As You Like It," 
two "Hamlets" and three "Mer- 
chants of Venice," besides half a 
dozen other Shakespearean plays. 

Two supposed definitely arranged 
preeentations are for Ethel Barry - 
more and Jane Cowl, both to be 
•Juliet" and both due^about the 
bolldays under the respective man- 
airements of Arthur Hopkins and 
the Selwyns. It wat first stated 
IClta Bamrmore would succeed 
^"tioBe Bemd" at the Ijongacre with 
•As You Like It." Reports are she 
may still carry on and appear as 



"Rosalind." The Theatre Guild 
rides with the Broadway bunch by 
announcing Margalo GUlmore and 
Joseph Schlldkraut in "Romeo and 
Juliet." 

The success of John Barrymore in 
"Hamlet" at the Sam II. Harris Is 
believed to have had much to do 
with diverting managerial attention 
to Shakespeare. The attraction's 
first full week drew a gross of over 
$19,300. That the matter of royal- 
ties enters, is also figured, fo:' there 
are no royalties on Shakespeare. 

David Warfield in Belasco's pro- 
duction will be the second of the 
big Shakespearean presentations in 
"The Merchant of Venice," being 
listed for debut at the Lyceum De^ 
cember 18. George Arlisa is named 
to aiu>ear, too, as Shylock for the 
Ekiuity Players after his tour in 
"The Green Goddess," which would 
time the Arliss appearance in the 
spring. That is approximately the 
period which John Craig and Mary 
Young will enter with "Hamlet," 
while April is named as the date 
for Emanuel Relcher in "King Lear" 
and the "Merchant." 

The wave of Shakespeare is tak- 
ing the place of the usual seasonal 
•zcursion in revivals, and is akin 
to the latter in the matter of 
(Continued on page 33) 



CARROLL MUST ANSWER 



Befors-trisl Exarninstlon Allowed 
''Strut Miss Lizzie" 



In the 123.000 suit begun by Strut 
Miss Lizzie, Inc., against tho Elarl 
Carroll Realty Corp., Justice Mc- 
Avoy has denied Earl Carroll's mo- 
tion to vacate an order for his 
examination before trial. Accord- 
ingly, Carroll will be examined next 
week to testify why he allegedly 
refused to deliver possession of tho 
Earl Caroll theatre to the plaintiff 
and pay the "Strut Miss Lizzie" 
owner ^ all receipts in excess of 
13,400 the week of July 10 last; why 
he refU3 mJ to account to the plain- 
tiff; w^et'.ier or not he "maliciously 
consi)ire<r' to deprive the p!aintiff of 
the theatre, and also to testify ancnt 
an alleged secret arrangement with 
Henry Creamer (Creamer and Lay- 
ton), one of the authors of the shoNV. 

Strut Miss Lizzie, Inc.^ is suing 
for the $25,000 damages through 
Kendler & Goldstein on the charge 
it was deprived of certain receipts. 



TREASURERS' MORNING AFFAIR 
< PLEASES MEMBERS AND GUESTS 



JTreasurcrs* Club Holds Annual "Speechless" Mid- 
night Supper — Will Rogers and Benny Leonard 
On Bill 



The Treasurers' Club of America 
held its annual ".«ipeechless" mid- 
night supper in the east ballroom 
of the Hotel Commodore early Sun- 
day morning. It was a great laugh 
racket, louder than President Harry 
Nelms ever figured it could be, amd 
successfully satisfying to every one 
•f the 350 Broadway box offlc*j men 
and guests. 

Broadway was deserleJ of the 
converging football bugs who came 
on from rhiladelphia after the 
Army-Navy Igame, and New Havon 
from the Yale-Harvard contest, 
when the treasurers decided to 
Tsmp with the deadwood. 

The program suggested that 
"those who are not sure they can 
And their way home are requested 
to phone Cain's Transfer." The 
club warmed members it would not 
bs responsible for guestj left after 
to days. 

Will Rogers, ndm'tted to be the 
theatre's foremost afrev-dinner 
humorist, was tho trump of tho en- 
tertainment. He arrived in tow of 
Lenny Bergman (AmstO'.dam), who 
had been told not to appear wiihout 
his man. Rogers was snatched 
away from a Iambs' Gambol re- 
hearsal. He started the lauci;htcr by 
wishing he could sing; in fact, he 
was willing to give »- thousand 
hucks to be able to warble, for he 
thought there wasn't any mord 
chance of talking to the "gang of 
lighted diners" than he hal of gel- 
ting the right change back. 

"This is a unique affair," said 
Rogers, "because it's a cinch the 
dinner is being paid for by '.he 
speculator.*?. I have been piomised 
a seat in the balcony next May for 
a certain hit, and I flqured it out 
that if I didn't come over here to 
chew the rag to you buzzards that 
ticket would call for a K'.'at behind 
a post. There are mere tuxedos 
showing above the tables ani more 
overalli* undorneath t^an any^'here 
In the world" (which was a rich 
conuncnt on the practice of d.e.is- 
ing in the box afflcesj. Holers 
lini.'-lKMl wiih m bull's-oyr, sayinj? he 
had talk..1 to .tf ITU- of the most dis- 
tinrjuis'.ifJ nndi'Mues in the wo'-ld, 
I'U. l\\v Iv. ;» .iH'.x were di.' Rustingly 
ricli. 
n Al 1>jv::j:2 ;iri4r.<Ui«i-d ihe ti*ltul 



DOOLEY. 'BUNCH AND JUDY' 

Joe Cawthorn Remains in Philadel- 
phia» with injured Knee Cap 



When Charles Dillingham pre- 
sented his new production of 
"Bunch and Judy" at the Globe. 
New York, Tuesday night. Johnny 
Dooley remained in the role created 
in the show In r.hiladelphia. 

A cabaret scene was also in- 
serted into the performance, with 
the Six thrown Brothers and Grace 
Hayes In it. 

Mr. Cawthorn tore the' ligaments 
in his knee when taking a bad fall 
last Wednesday on the stairs lead- 
ing to his dressing room in tt)e 
Philadelphia theatre. Mr, -Dooley, 
called upon from New York in the 
emergency, rehearsed steadily and 
the show, which was forced to close 
after the matinee, reopened Friday 
night. 



from his place at the officials' table, 
but he had small chance of dojng 
anything more than the mere an- 
nouncing. A chap in make-up at 
the table was finally introduced &s 
the offleial tailor, present to Inspect 
the tuxedos. He began a speech in 
Yiddish, but was choked olT by 
Darling. The fellow was made up 
to look like a Yiddish cantor. ^ 

Willie and Eugene Howard 
started the show with a song duet 
that brought such persistent plaud- 
its Willie "encored." His bit was 
an imitation of the Great Sir Joseph 
Ginsberg giving an imitation of Sir 
Harry Lauder, and it was one of 
the morning's best laughs. 

Benny Liconard. the lightweight 
champ, soon to appear in a new 
show at the Winter Garden, proved 
himself qualifled to be an actor. He 
spoke briefly and cleverly, surpris- 
ing the gathering by the manner in 
which he sent his stuff across. 
Eddie Dowling closed the laugh- 
making section of the show, tickling 
with a dialect yarn of Yiddish street 
corner protest against the "Coo- 
Clucks." Edd4e said K. K. K. meant 
"Kill the Catholics, kikes and 
coons." 

Signs decorating the walls were 
funny combinations of show titles. 
Perhaps the best was "Good Morn- 
ing, Dearie. It's a Boy." although 
that mixed a hit with a flop. A map 
showing the territory favored by 
treasurers for their summer vaca- 
tions was especially devised by a 
scene painter. It had several direct 
routes from Broadway to Montreal. 

The menu listed Bronx, Manhat- 
tan and Martini cocktails, with "re- 
printed from {in old menu card of 
a dinner given Chauncey M. Depew" 
in parentheses. The fish course was 
varied with "free pass crabs," "war 
tax crabs." "wrong end of the line 
crabs." "end seat crabs," "center 
aisle crabs," "Just crabs." For 
, "nuts' were suggested William Jen- 
nings Bn*an. A. J. Volstead and 
flrst-nighters. 

Lyrics and woi-ds for the program 
were contributed by Felix Adler and 
Tommy Gray. Applicants for mem- 
bership to be conaidered a thorough 
box office nian mu»it agree that his 
favorite color is the long green; the 
J,,., ... (Coatinued on i>««e 17) t 



*TOR GOODNESS SAKE" DONE 

Chicago, Nov. 29. 

"For Goodness Sake," the musical 
comedy which had a turbulent sea- 
son at the Oarrick in this city some 
time since, has run into hot water 
on the road. Tho tour was aban- 
doned at Springfield, III., last Thurs- 
day and It Is reported here the peo- 
ple had to wait there a coupls of 
days for salary. 

The show was backed at the start 
by three Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) mil- 
lionaires, one of whom was the chief 
of police of^hat city. The show is 
said to show a big loss. 



Which Makes Scale $57 In- 
stead of $45 — Brady's 
Show Also Classed 



COHAN'S PLANS ABROAD 
NOT MADE DEFINITE 



May Lay Groundwork for Ex- 
tensive Theatrical ' 
Operations 



William A. Brady's production of 
"The World We Live In" at the 
Jolson. and Arthur Hopkins* "Ham- 
let," in which Jack Barrymore is 
starring at the Sam H. Harris, have 
been ofBclally declared "musical 
comedies" by the Associated Mu- 
sicians of Greater New York, better 
known as Local No. 802 of the 
American Federation of Musicians. 

The musical union's rating of the 
two shows as musical comedies is 
ba^ed on a union rule which places 
a dramatic show that holds as much 
music as a musical comedy in thfe 
latter class. This means musicians 
playing both shows must be paid 
according to the musical comedy 
scale, which is $57 weekly. Instead 
of the dramatic scale of |45. 

The rules classifying musical and 
dramatic shows does not call for a 
larger number of musicians for mu- 
sical comedy than required by 
dramatic shows, which is a mini- 
muna of four musicians. ^ 

The musical union figures the 
average musical comedy to contain 
at least 45 minutes of music. Both 
"The World We Uve In," which is 
a sort of dramatic fantasy, and 
"Hamlet," which has generally been 
considered a tragedy by the world's 
most learned scholars and the public 
at large, have considerably more 
than the 45 minutes of music, in 
each instance consisting principally 
of music cues and incidental music. 



NO. 3 "BLOSSOM TIME" 



Another Company of Operetta Soon 
Going Out 



A No. 3 "Blossom Time" is being 
readied by the Shuberts and will 
open at Syracuse Christmas Day. 
The managers are giving the at- 
traction exceptional advance work, 
with May Dowling, the champ 
agentess, out five weeks In advance. 

"Blossom Time" promises to 
outdo "Maytime" as an operetta 
success. Tho No. 1 show Is playing 
to excellent business In Philadel- 
phia, while a No. 2 company con- 
tinues the Broadway run and is 
averaging a good gross weekly at 
the Century. It Is in its 57th actual 
playing week here and tops the list 
in point of run. 



George M. Cohan, who sailed on 
the "Majestic" Saturday, will first 
visit Paris with his family for a 
rest bofors engaging in London 
stage activities. Although a num- 
ber of plays were marked for direc- 
tion by him in the English metrop- 
olis, It Is rather definite that he will 
not personally appear in "The Tav- 
ern" there as intimated. 

When asked as to his foreign 
plans Mr. Cohan laughed and his 
answers were quiszical, the impres- 
sion conveyed being that he might 
lay the groundwork for extensivs 
theatrical operations dated within 
the next couple of years. Upon his 
visit abroad last winter he made 
arrangements with C. B. Cochran, 
the London manager and sports- 
man, for a program of associated 
producing there. Plans then made 
were postponed by cable when, upon 
Cohan's return here, he was induced 
to remain in America. 

Cohan had announced definite re- 
tirefiient as a manager following 
Equity's program of a closed shop 
In tho theatre and attacks by Equity 
upon Cohan. His offices were given 
up, companies withdrawn (with the 
exceptioi. of "The O'Brien Girl." 
which pre-dated the "Equity shop" 
idea) and most of his theatrical 
properties disposed of. When ur- 
gently requested by prominent show, 
men to again produce, he rejoined 
the Producing Managers' Associa- 
tion, from which he withdrew at the 
time he became president of the 
Actors' Fidelity League. • 

"So This Is London!" will be pro. 
duced In London In association with 
Cochran, Cohan directing the pluy. 
Cochran will present "Little Nellie 
Kelly" alone over there, that prob- 
ably applying to "The Tavern." 
The manner of staging "So This Is 
London!" in England has aroused 
conjecture whether the play will be 
switched about and be called "So 
This Is New York!" or whether the 
piece will be presented exactly, as 
here. 

In the Cohan party were his 
mother, his son, and Edward Dunn. 
Cohan's wife went abroad about a 
month ago to place their two daugh- 
ters In a French school. 



FUHB BENEFIT AT EASTMAN 

Rochester, N. Y., Nor. 29. 

If Daniel Frohman has his way, 
and If present plans materialize, the 
Eastman theatre will be the scene 
of a mammoth benefit performance 
for tho Actors' Fund of America 
la January. Mr. Frohman was here 
last week to Inspect the Eastman 
and broach his plan. 

As Geo. Eastman is at his North 
Carolina estate no final decision was 
reached, but it is believed that 
tentative plans will be put through. 



TESSA KOSTA IN ' VIEGINIA" 

Tessa Kosta is to bo starred by 
the Shuberts in "Virginia," a musi- 
cal play, to be produced by the Shu- 
berts. The managers purchased the 
rights for "The Little Dutch Girl" 
with Miss Kosta in mind, but that 
oi)eretta is postponed. The latter 
piece has a score by Emmerich Kal- 
man and was presented in Vienna 
and London. 



*Mes Bound'* for Harris 

"Ice Bound" by Owen Davis will 
be produced this sea:^on by Sam H. 
Harris. He will have among his 
associates in the production Lewis 
A Gordon, who procured the play 
this week from Mr. Davis. 



Keenan Scores 
San Francisco, Nov. 29. 

"Peter Weston," presented for the 
first time on any stage last week 
at the Aicflsar. with Frank Keenan, 
l>roved a good drawing attraction 
iind is held thi.<< week. 

The sudden illness of May New- 
corab, playing opposite Frank Kee- 
nan, gave Hope I>rown, a newcomer 
in the cast, an opportunity. Miss 
l^rown assumed the part on short 
notice and handled it welL ,,,«.,,<,, 



O'NEILL'S HAIRY APr aOSES 
AFUR CHICAGO ENGAGEMENT 



Blasphemous Drama Fails on Road, After Stirring 
Broadway Last Season — ''Anna Christie*' Doing 
Better 



The HaliT Ape," Arthur Hop-' 
kins' presentation of Eugene 
O'Neill's vividly languished drama 
which caused a stir on Broadway 
last spring, was closed Sunday, the 
tour ending at the Studebaker, Chi- 
cago. As a road attraction the 
"Ape" was a fliv. It started off 
weakly in Philadelphia, and the bal- 
ance of the road time was said to 
have been played principally in 
order that tho show have a try at 
a Chicago run. It remained in the 
latter city three weeks, and al- 
though opening to smart business, 
the manager decided to recall It. 
No time further than Chicago had 
been booked, it being the manager's 
policy not to play small stands. 

"The Hairy Ape" was first put on 
at the Neighborhood Playhouse, be- 
ing brought to Broadway at the 
Plymouth by Hopkins five weeks 
later. Uptown, the show drew top 
heavy business with the balcony de- 
mand demonstrating the play's ap- 
peal to radically inclined residents 
of the East Side. Its average was 
about 18,000 weekly, a spurt follow- 
ing a roadinf? of the play by Chief 
Magistrate MrAdoo. The ofTlrIM [» j 
said to have calhd for the hoript t 
upon the ba.sl.s of a complaint filed 
with him by the police. He returned 
the script without comniont and tho 
threatened police inturfrrerue f;id(>d. 
"Whether It was a publUlty fclunt, 
rone in the Hopkinja »';r,in!2r>il..>n 
,,. Would n-iy, bui it pivtwiauj ti\jt\l 



page publicity and business at the 
Plymouth Increased for a time. 

The interest in the "Ape " by the 
Drama Leaguers because it was an 
"O'Neill work," was calculated to 
provide strength on the road, but 
the measure of support from that 
quarter appears to have been over- 
estimated. 

"Anna Christie," the O'Neill play 
produced by Hopkins, which did a 
smaller measure of busineiis on 
Broadway, has proven one of the 
best dramatic attractions on tour 
this season, with $12,000 weekly got 
In many bigger stands. 

Tho Hopkins production store- 
house at Ninth avenue and Forty- 
seventh street was on fire late last 
week. All productions thei;e were 
virtually destroyed, either by fire 
or water. Among the settings lost 
were "Richard in." "The Jest." "Re- 
demption." "Daddy." "Tho Deluge," 
"Good Gracious, Annabelle" and 
"The Gypsy Trail." The first three 
named productions were considered 
the most valuable as the manager's 
1)1 ins fall for rej>ertory with John 
and I^lom 1 Barrym ore later on. 
Tli'-ro was no inslirance. 

Mel Raymond, who directed th€ 
tours and road i)ubllclty for the 
Hopkins flttractloTTf!. has resigned. 
James Jay Brndy Is now ahead of 
">>nna Christie." which opens at the 
V.'aljiut, rhiladeli>hla, following the 
pros* n I d.'it*» at the Plymouth, Bos- 
i"n. .,. _ i .... 



u 



LEGITIMATE 



Friday, December 1, 1922 



i! 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON LEGIT • V 

The boxing fans are groaning through the gyp by the specs on the flght 

tickets for Madison Square Garden. The VIlla-Goldsteln flght was 
lopped at $7.70 at the box offloe, with no tickets on sale there. Specs 
fot as hi;;h as $20 for the $7 seats and as much as $15 for the |5 
ones, single tickets In earli Instance. A similar condition Is alleged for 
any bout of note held in the Garden. The constant patrons of the fights 
are a.sking questions why the box ofllce has none and the specs so many. 
They charge the Boxing Commission, which places much emphaasis on 
the gambling evil of the tights, which concerns a very fow people, is 
doing nothing about the ticket speculation gouge that affects everj'body. 
The ticket men of Times Square are fully aware of how the specs secure 
their Garden supply and how the whole thing is handled or manipulated. 
Fighting in New York as permitted is not aided by this ticket traffic that 
is displeasing thou.sands of flght fans, who, sooner or later, will make a 
protect that may threaten the game. liut no one interested directly prob- 
ably carts anything about that, while the getting is good. 



The right.s to "Rain," the new dramatic hit produced by Sam H. Harris 
at the Maxine KUiott, were owned by John D. Williams, and the latter 
ha.s an Interest In the show. Williams Is again in the Frohman office. 
lie submitted the play to Gilbert Miller who somehow permitted It to 
slip away. It wa.s said after "Rain" landed Mr. Miller, under pressure 
of other productions, had never gotten around to a reading through 
of the script. Al Lewis and Max Gordon alJ'o have an interest In the 
Harris hit. They also are interested in Harris' "Six Cjlinder Love," "It's 
a Boy' and were in on "Welcome Stranger." 



Frank Bacon's untimely death In Chicago sets at naught the long-laid 
plans for the star's special appearances in "Llghtnin'.'* When the record 
making comedy left Broadway for Chicago, 14 months ago It was agreed 
between Bacon and John Golden the manager that certain city stands 
were to be saved for the original company and the star. There were 
some changes necessary because of the long stay In Chicago and the 
company headed by Milton Nobles played most of the week-stand terri- 
tory. Boston was one stand, however, that was held for Bacon, and for 
that reason the Hub has not yet seen "Llghtnin*." The show will open 
next month as scheduled, however. All territory west of the Mississippi 
was also held out for eventual Bacon appearances, that including the 
coast points where the actor-author began his stage career and where 
he was long a stock player without dreams of starring on Broadway. 



Hugh Ford, after many years In picture production, appears to have 
returned to the legitimate permanently. He is concerned with two of 
Broadway's current attractions, having produced "The Romantic Age," 
with Frederick Stanhope, at the Comedy, last week, and possessing a 
considerable Interest In "Merton of the Movies," which also arrived last 
week. The latter attraction is under the management of George Tyler 
and is at the Cort. Ford is considered one of the most expert stage 
directors on Broadway, his recent activity also taking in the managerial 
fide of production. 



"The Texas Nightingale." opening at the Empire, New York, last week, 
had Chicago's opinion of the play (called "Greatness") entirely reversed 
by the New York critics. The reviews in the Ntw York dallies, almost 
without exception, were favorable, while in Chicago the reviews, without 
exception, were adverse. Zoe Akins, the author, spent a week in Chicago 
while the piece was running and looked over her play, but was said to 
have made very slight alteration. The most Important point that appealed 
to Miss Akins, according to the account, was whether Jobyna Howland, 
the featured player, in the kitchen scene (during which there is much 
dialog about cooking), should not actually cook. It appears to have 
been decided in the negative, as Miss Howland did not cook anything 
at the Empire premiere. If "The Texas Nightingale" gets over in New 
York, It will be as complete a reversal of Chicago's opinion as has 
occurred between the two cities In years. Chicago turned down the play. 
In its third and final week there it virtually played to nothing but paper 
at the Olympic, which held the show. 



probably have come back on the advance for the En^IIsb rights, which 
have already been bid for by two firms. 

William A. Brady appears to be getting a little of a break at last. His 
"World We Live In," at the Jolson, la climbing, despite a bad start It's 
creating a little talk around, a very good sign, though the location Is a 
tough one for a climbing show to overcome. Last week It did $14,000 
and is holding an Indicative advance sale for over five weeks ahead. It's 
a class piece, and that's another handicap, being obliged to reach a 
certain class of theatregoers who are not always the regulars before 
getting them all. 

Brady's musical piece, "Up She Goes," at the Playhouse, is another 
comer, reaching $10,800 last week, and could hit capacity if the balcony 
and gallery get going. The balcony and gallery in New York, like those 
In Chicago, are starving. The reason for Chicago is told in a story in 
this week's Variety, but no reason has been advanced for the New York 
condition. Some say It is cut rates, but that is an opinion. 

However, it was the cut rate thing which brought Mr. Brady to the 
condition of mind where he thought It advisable to send "To Love." with 
Grace George, to the road. That three-people show had been doing 
between $8,000 and $9,000, showing a weekly profit, but the buy ran off 
and Mr. Brady preferred the road for his wife rather than the cut rate 
sale In New York. "To Love" wasn't the big money maker the casual 
reader might believe of a play with three people doing $9,000. The royalty 
reached 10 per cent, on a sliding scale, while Miss George and Norman 
Trevor each received 10 per cent, of the gross, with Robert Warwick's 
straight salary of $750 weekly. Miss George additionally receives a 
guarantee. 

Mr. Brady was at Atlantic City this week resting up. He deserves a 
break, for he has with.stood them for a couple of years or more without 
a murmur, taking all kinds of chances. He put on the Insect piece to the 
cost of $130,000 before opening, not knowing any aaore than you did what 
it could do, as it was a novelty production. . 



STOCKS 



Alfred Cross and company opened 
In stock &t the Broad way -Strand t^ 
San Diego, Cal., the house having 
been formerly a picture theatre, 
known as the Broadway. It has « 
seating capacity of 800, all on ona 
floor. The opening p'ay Nov. 18 waa 
"The Champion." Kay Hammond la 
leading woman with Mr. Cross aa 
male lead. JImmIe Dillon, Ida 
Maye, Marie Vantassel, Agnes Akera, 
Rex Cherryman, Sydney Harris, 
Murray Bernard, J. S. Angelic 
Richard Harding, Frank Graham. 
Hugh Morgan, William Russell and 
Fred Short arie the other members. 
The Broadway is under the man- 
agement of G. A. Bush of the BusU 
theatres of San Diego. Its scale la 
5S-99 nights, including war tax. 
Three matinees weekly. Cross and 
Dillon were members of the stock 
which played at the old Strand, San 
Diego, before its demolition early in 
the year. 



Georges Clemcnceau, the "Tiger" of France, who Is visiting America, 
has been a great deal interested In the stage and at one time tried his 
hand at playwrighting. That was the period during which he edited the 
"Figaro" in Paris. A number of his works were staged there, though with 
what success Is not known here. At least one Clemenceau play was done 
in English, presented at Crosby Hall. London, by Phillip Carr. The piece 
was called "The Veil of Happiness." It had a Chinese background and 
was a special production, given but one performance. The London per- 
formance of the Clemenceau play occurred about 12 years ago. That was 
verified by Clarence Derwent, an English player now appearing In "The 
Last Warning" at the Klaw, New York. Regarding the "Warning" play. 
It was reported that several players In the cast were financially inter- 
ested. Mr. Derwent, however, is the only one In the cast with that good 
fortune. 



"The Bootleggers," which had its premiere at the Montauk, Brooklyn, 
last week, and which opened at the 39th Street Monday (after a privata 
performance given the evening before), has one of the most interestlair 
histories of current plays. Madison Corey is presenting the piece, but tlM 
real producer Is Charles Capehart. of the well-known theatrical advv- 
tislng agency. Prior to prohibition Capehart was not known to favor the 
fluids that Volstead's law prohibits, but like many Americans his taste 
veered about when the Eighteenth Amendment was rung Into the Consti- 
tution. To Capehart was unfolded a story by a bootlegger. It was so 
unusual the advertising man saw dramatic possibilities and engaged 
Will Page to fashion the yarn into a play. During the wriUng Capehart 
became so enthusiastic he declared Page in for a piece of the show*. 

There are a number of amazing publicity angles which may soon center 
attention on "The Bootleggers." Corey's Interest has a war connection 
that may apply in that direction. There are 50 in the cast, and the oper- 
ating expense Is said to be greater than the possibilities for business at 
the limited capacity of the 39th Street, It la understood the show must 
gross $10,000 weekly to break even. 



"Emperor Jones," the O'Neill drama, with Charles Gilpin, the only] 
colored dramatic star, has been doing exceptional business In the Middle' 
W^est. The draw in one nightcrs which have failed to respond to a 
majority of attractions has been noted. At Topeka "Joned" got $1,138; 
at Wichita the evening's gross was $1,100, and in Lawrence, also a Kansas 
town, it played to $1,23S. The attraction had traveled back a bit from 
Denver, where It grossed $7,000 on the week. Sunday last "Jones" opened 
at St. Paul to $478 and jumped to $800 on the second night. Some shows 
have tried to dodge the stand entirely, the average first night there this 
■eason being between $200 and $300. 



"La Tendresse" got off to a favorable start on tour, opening at the 
Broad Street, Philadelphia, last week to $11,800. The attraction, like 
others, was favored by the crowds which piled into Philly for the Army 
and Navy game, and drew $4,500 Saturday. The business is said to be 
the best the house has had this season. The Henry Miller-Ruth Chatter- 
ton show is charging $2.50 top on the road aa against $3 on Broadway. 
Its run at the Empire here averaged $10,000 weekly. 



Corliss Giles, a native of Provi- 
dence, five years leading man with 
Bonstelle stock companies In Buf- 
falo and Detroit, has been engaged 
by Miss Bonstelle as leading man 
for her Providence company. Ha 
opened Monday night at the Opera 
House in "The Man Who Came 
Back." • .;-:.> 



•1 



The Hal Mordannt Players opened".^ 
this week at the Mozart. Jamea*'' 
town, N. Y., for a stock run, wltll 
"Three WlJ% Fools" current. Peter- 
son A Wood own the hoaea. which 
haa beaa plajrinff pop Taadevnia» 
Kalth'a vandairUIa at Shaa'e obliged 
tha ahaaga at the Mosart 

Tba Hannr leweCt repertory com« 
pany. vhloli haa been playing m 
Northampton, liaaa^ alnoa they oalt 
the Fine Arta theatre, Boston, a few 
weeks ago, are due to open at their. 
old house. The Copley, next week* 
The old house has been moved and 
enlarged and will now seat about 
1,000. The company made money at 
the house in other seasons and ex->j 
pects to repeat, having a monopoly, 
on the presentation of their partic- 
ular sort of shows (English playfl 
around here. 



"The Dover Road " was literally shoved into a date that furnished it the 
best week since it opened In this country. The engagement was in 
Toronto several weeks ago, when $13,000 was grossed on the week. 
Guthrie McCIintIc produced the comedy here, but no rights to Canada 
were mentioned in his contract with A. A. Milne, the author. It was 
necessary that $1,000 be paid in advance before any Canadian time be 
played. The sum was to count as advance royalties, and also carried 
with It all Canadian rights to the play. The royalties earned for the 
Toronto week actually amounted to $1,036. At fir.st the manager did not 
care to play the Dominion. Further time is to be laid out for the show 
there. 



John Barrymore is said to have taken exception to the critical comment 
on "Hamlet" in one of the New York afternoon dailies to the effect that 
"Other players in the cast will agree their performance cannot be men- 
tioned In the same breath with Mr, Barrymore's." The star is reported 
having posted a notice at the Sam H. Harris stating the opinion was 
preposterous. Also he took occasion to thank the players for their fine 
support. For some reason the Barrymore note was removed shortly after 
being posted. 



Fortune Gallo's San Carlo Grand Opera Company Is piling up a business 
record for its class of attraction. The season was started at the Century, 
New York, where In four weeks it Is claimed the Gallo operatic venture 
played to a total gross of nearly $140,000, beating the previous season at 
the Manhattan by a con.^idcrable margin. The success of the attraction 
may lead to Gallo booking a spring season in New York. Gallo's com- 
pany, for the week played at Eastmann. Rochester, is quoted as drawing 
a $54,000 gate. The organization is due into the Metropolitan. Philadel- 
phia, next week. The advance sale there is said to be 25 p»r cent, over 
luMt year. Ila two weeks at the Boston upc-ru house gruaatd $74,000. 



A leading mnn In a Broadway play Is burdened with fal.-^e teeth. At 
the climax of the performance he has an Impassioned speech to do, with 
gesture.". At a recent matinee, while in the midst of his speech, the plate 
flew out of his mouth, but as he was gesturing at the Instant, he grabbed 
the plate on the fly with his right hand, continuing to gesticulate with 
his left, although for the remainder of the arraignment he spoke with a 
lisp. The mishap was noticed by many xn the audience. 



Several Inpldors had a chance to buy In on "Tlaln," which hns become 
the racing dramatic hit of the day In New York, with sents snhl sol id 
two montlis In advanre. The production l.s not a heavy one, and the in- 
vestments passed up were comparatively small. It Is even said that the 
members of a firm which has been itlentiLod in participation with Harris 
In several lf;:itlniate eucce.'^sen were ready to pull otit after tin* l';r,i:>- 
delphla opening. The piece did not create a furote in Philadoliliia. 1; 
Is probable that a ten per cent slice c 
hour before the curtain Went up at th 



In the Equity Deputy report (bulletin), posted last week, the following 
appeared: 

"It cannot be too strongly emphasized that Equity Players and the 
Actors' Equity are distinct, both legally and financially; and even if 
Equity Players were ^p lose money in its venture, the treasury of the 
A. E. A. would not be affected even to the extent of one penny." 

The next Friars dinner may be given to another triumvirate of notables, 
this time to the baseball world and confined to the prominent members 
of the executive staffs of the Yankees and Giants, who are also Friars: 
Hueston, Ruppert and Stoneham. The dinner is set to be held Dec. 10 at 
the Hotel Commodore, New York. The Hays-Landis-Thomas dinner at 
the Hotel Astor a couple of weeks ago was the most successful, financially 
and for publicity, the Friars ever held. The radio broadcasts the speeches 
to at least 1,000,000 people. During the while the speeches were being 
made, wires were received at the Astor from people as far away as St. 
Louis, stating they were listening to them. 



;ou'd have been cut off for $1,500 an 
e Maxine Elliott. That much would* I 



The 11 weeks' run of "Getting Gerties Garter" ia stock at the Lyceum 
(formerly Albaugh'). Baltimore, has started talk in New York A H 
Woods /eceives 10 per cent of the gross weekly In a guarantee of'notless 
than $500 on the week. Those terms were made with the prospect of 
"Gertie" remaining one week in the Baltimore stock. Since then It has 
averaged about $7,300 weekly, and Woods has received as his share over 
$8,000. He would have sold the southern stock rllfhts to the play for less 
than one-quarter of that amount. The Lyceum (Marshall) stock will 
probably make this the final week for "Gertie" and follow It with an- 
other Woods show, "The Demi-Virgin." It Is said the "Gertie" engage- 
ment has netted the company $2,000 weekly and the theatre, $2,500. 

The role with a German tinge Augustln Duncan haa assumed In "Give 
and Take" is the first of its character Mr. Duncan is said to have tried 
The German accent portion Is but slight, according to report The show 
was to have opened yesterday (Thank.sgiving) at Scranton. with Sam 
Mann playing opposite the Duncan role. Max Marcin produced the show 
written by Aaron Hoffman. Duncan has been looked unon as a leirlt 
stage director. He directed both of the Equity Players' pieces at the 
48th Street, the last being "Hospitality," now current there. 

While "Captain Applejack" was at the Cort. New York, the house with 
the consent of the show's manager, Sam H. Harris, sold out the theatre 
for one nipht last week. Before the night came aroun<^ "ApphJack'^ 
moved out and "Merton of the Movies" (Geo. Tyler) moved into the Cort. 
The .«;oi;-uut was respected, of course, and that evening "Morton ",.iovI 
to $900 less than it would have done without the buy? . ^'''^"^'^ 

'■ ■■■' — — ^— -_ 

"Liza." the colored mu.«.lcal ..how which opened Monday at Daly's 63d 
Street theatre, has one of the Perrys, the Coney Island m^t. nV.r,J 1 , 
financially Interested. "Liza" showed at thr^fa^- ' a c olo J^i' tCure 
4fKHarl*^m's black belt, under the title of "Bon. B..n I>.".ddy jr^^ x?tZ 
dc^me<i possible by John Cort as a "Hhuffle Alon«" succei'sor jf amrro 
, 1 ately produced.- He Interested one of the younger Perrys. 

W:rx- b. 'ng In for a ?cnsnn*« stay at tho Elliott, the dre^slnt- rn,.r>, 
-^te of two room., and bath which were orlKinally In'tallorfor m'x 3 
L.l.ott arc being redecorated for Jean K;.;:]c.s. at a cost of sovcr ,i ih 
.^a..d dollars. Af^cr Mi.s Elliott retired from tho ctagc. oife of Vuc ^. 

>i • " / » I.N fi.i^i - . (Contiau«U on page 15>^., ,, ^, .. 



Oliver Morosco has secured tha 
stock rights to "Blood and Sand** 
for his Morosco theatre, Los An« 
geles. The production will be put 
on here shortly. Harland Tucker 
will portray the role pspayed by 
Skinner in the "legit" and by Valen- 
tino in the "movies." Rosamonds 
Joyzelle, a long time with McGroar* 
ty's "Mission Play," also is cast for 
the production. 



Ada Meade, leading lady of tha 
Proctor Playefs, will leave the stoclc 
this week, Succeeded by Mary Ana 
Dentler, who will make her debut 
next week in "Which One Shall I 
Marry?" , 



Dorothy Shoemaker opened this 
week as the leading lady with tha 
Duquesne stock, Pitt.sburgh, In 
"Smllln' Through." Jack Norworth, 
leading man of the stock since the 
opening of the season, left the com- 
pany last week. 



WAITING SOMERSET DECISION 

Washington authorities have taken 
no action as yet as regards an order 
of deportation for Pat Somerset, tha 
English actor, now of the "Orange 
Blossoms" cast, whose dlfncultiee 
with immigration authorities on 
charges of "moral turpitude" have 
been widely publicized. The hear- 
ings at Ellis Island were closed last 
week and the evidence referred to 
the capitol officials. -^ 

Edith Day. star of "Orange Blos- 
soms" and wife of Carle Carlton, 
figures in the proceedings. Margaret 
Bannerman, Somerset's wife, was 
granted a divorce decree in England 
naming Miss Day. Somerset has a 
suit against his wife for divorce 
also pending. 

A decision from Washington Is 
due within the fortnight. 



STODDARD WITH BRADY 

Dayton Stoddard Is now press 
ai,'ent for W. A. Brady's "The World 
We Live In" at Jolson's 59th Street*. 
Tho "In.'^cct comedy" has picked up 
In pace, with big trade at week ends. 



Lou Weed, Gen. M-^n. for Gus Hill 

Lmi V.'tH'l. f ri'ic ly .".dv.ir.oe man 

f'lr K\\\. \\..\, \v.\A I. < 11 riiijiointed 

y iHial m Uiiiaer of the llill enter- 

i ^ritics., , 



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Friday, December 1, 1922 



LEGITIMATE 



13 



HALF OF BROADWAY FLAYS 
ARE NOW MONEY DRAWS 



At Least 75% 'of Present List Money Makers — Cur- 
rent Season Near Record — Theatres Playing 
Twice Daily Xmas to New Year's — New Year's 

' Eve Arrangement Puzzling Managers 



Fifty per cent, of the total offer- 
ings on Broadway are money draws. 
That means that 25 attractions 
earned exceptional profits through 
November, while about half of the 
remainder enjoyed business of 
lesser volume, but appreciably bet- 
ter than an even break. The survey 
for the month discloses that busi- 
ness last week was almost as good 
As for Thanksgiving week of ktst 
year, with indications the current 
week (Thanksgiving) will exceed 
, that of last season. 

Though the forecast is for a dc- 
Acline dating from next Monday on. 
natural for the pre-Christmas 
weeks, and although there is no ex- 
pectation for January business to 
equal November's. the current 

* grosses arc in excess of last year at 
this time. They are claimed to be 
n^xt to the flood tid6 of business 
of the peak season. 1920-1921. It Is 
likely a better tone will bey noted 

, out of town, for* the road has not 
"y^t followed Broadway's better 
business lead as yet. 

* * 

Cool weather, which entered for 

'; the first time last week, is credited 

with helping Broadway's trade. The 

' low temperatures quickly made up 

for the slack after e'ection. The 

entrance of new succossea several 

weeks ago started the box ofTlce 

' tide with the weather counting as 

a strong aid. L^st week found four 

big nights with the passing to and 

fro of football enthusiasts supplying 

a theatre element. Saturday night 

was no( up to form, the football 

• audiences not reaching town in 
time. 

*»■; ^Hamlet," with John Barrymore, 
went ijito the non-musical leadMast 
week at the Sam H. Harris, the 



\ ■ • . V. ■ 

Shakespearean attracting over $19.- 
300 at $3 top. "So This Is London" 
more than held its pace at the Hud- 
son,' where it grossed over 117.000 
(top is 12.50). "Rain." the biggest 
of the dramatic calls, continued its 
over-capacity trade and beat $14,800 
at the Elliott. "Mcrton of the 
Movies." also a new non -musical 
success, bettered $14,000 at the Cort 
without selling out upstairs. "Loyal- 
tie?." an imported smash, charges 
$2.50 matinee performances now at 
the Cfaiety. and goes clean at" $1,777 
each show, with $14,000 and more 
totaled on the week. / 

"Merton" is the first attraction 
to decide on playing a daily matinee 
from Christmas to New Year's, but 
it is likely a dozen leaders will fol- 
low suit, with "So This Is London" 
certain of doing two a day then. 

The matter of holiday prices, par- 
ticularly New Tear's Eve. appears 
to have put the houses in a quan- 
dary. It is expected that several of 
the musicals will attempt a $10 top, 
but that would apply for the Satur- 
day before New Year's Day, which 
falls on Monday. -The holiday 
break Is against the theatres be- 
cuase of that, whereas in other sea- 
sons when New Year's Day fell later 
in the week the extra holiday scale 
applied then, with Saturday taking 
care of itself. 

Two new dramatic hits are now 
recognized as members of the elite 
leaders. They are "The Fool," at 
the Times Square, anrl "Seventh 
Heaven." at the Booth. "'The Fool' 
was regarded as "Impossible" by 
several managers. Its growth has 
been steady, and last week the gross 
went to $15,200, or virtual capacity. 

(Continued on page 17) 



HIRSCH STINGS 'EM 

Against 



Composer 



Given Verdict 
Yanks' Club 



KANSAS CTTY'S BEST GIMNS 



/ 



liUCKING THEATRE TRUSF 






Civic Propelled Kansas City Theatre Shows Much 
r Strength at Opening — ^2,000 Subscriptions at $5 
Each — Try-out for Talent 



Kansas City, Nov. 2f. 
"To Buck Theatre Trust," "Kan- 
sas City Is Bigger ThiUiAny Tlie- 

. atre Trust," "The People^Vant the 
Best," "They Will Produce It Them- 
selves,'* "Theatre Giuld Answers 
*Take What Wo Give You or Noth- 
ing,' " is the way the Kansas City 
"Star" starts one of its articles re- 
garding the organization of the 
Kansas City theatre, a civic theatre 

r movement which is showing 
strength in numbers. The move- 
ment has the backing of the leading 
clubs, institutions 'and organiza- 
tions and the undivided local press, 
which has devoted columns of un- 
purchasable space to the ent^prlse. 
It was the Intention of the pro- 
moters to call it the Kansas City 
Theatre Guild, but the later name 
has been dropped, it being claimed 

"•the Theatre Guild of New York ob- 

. jected to the use of the name in 
any other city. 

A mail and telephone campaign 
has been conducted for subscribers. 
at $5 each, with 2,000 members as 
the first objective. The inducements 
offered are the privilege of obtain- 
ing peats for productions two days 

. In advance of the regular sale and 
nt a GO-cent redtictioii from the res:- 
ular $2 scale. Marcus Ford, several, 
years ago was director of the Com- 

_J»dy (^lub cC Kansas V.Xy. will bo 
produ'Miit^ flii'Oftor . ' s'lf I'iiiir.<^ 
'The Tftilh" clioscn as thf lirst play 
to bo Ri\en Nov. 1.7. 'J lie Ivanlioo. 
in a M inonic tomp'e, in tlie resi- 
dence di;tiiot. fcatinfT l.SOO. i.; iif=fd. 
Th-^ velvet ion of ."Tlie Truth" for 
the iniliil offirin^ was .sojncuh.at 
of a .'airprise as the paper.s heralded 
tlie j^.ou nioveni'.-nt a?« oae wliicW 
gives the amusemenis lovers a 



chance to see "some of the latest 
successes." 

"E. B. G." dramatic critic for the 
"Star," in his own column said: 
"But the most assuring thing about 
the repertory-theatre guild-com- 
munity playhouse-independent the- 
atre idea is that the larger number 
of those wlio patronize the commer- 
cial theatres are dissatisfied with 
them. The people pay too much for 
what they get. They have no con- 
trol over bookings. They see plays 
In Kansas City after all the rest of 
the world has tired of them. There- 
fore, It Is only human nature to call 
for something different." /' ; v 

A special "try-ouf for talent was 
announce* and professionals and 
amateurs invited. Thirty aspirants 
were on hand. Among the 30 were 
only three men and a boy. Several 
professionals responded to the in- 
vitation but declined to consider the 
matter when Informed there would 
be no remuneration. 

Mr. Ford stated the policy of the 
Kansas City Theatre would not be 
that of an amateur show or a semi- 
professional stock, but a "decom- 
mcrcialized dramatic Instrument 
consisting of carefully trained home 
talent serving without poy." 

This is in direct contrast to the 
plan nearly put over last year under 
th e name of the Kepertory Theatre, 
which proposed to pro«ent new 
pia.\K with l>i^? 'n.'imos" at the head 
of the (a.^'t. Some 1.300 subscribers 
were secured for the enterprise, but 
it nns «lro;»p(.i during; the summer. 
l"i". iile Aidonon. an actor now di- 
recting a stock company in St. 
T..ouis, ^^a.'•• the originator of the idea 
and v.-n.'-. ar^sistcd by Donald M. Cal!. 
^Continue don page 17) 



A Jury before Justice Wasservogel 
in the New York Supreme Court 
Friday awarded Louis A. Hlrsch. the 
composer, Judjttnent for $750 against 
the American League Baseball Club. 
Hirsch sued for $100,000 damages 
bet^ause of his forced ejection from 
the Polo Grounds. May 20. 1920. 
when he changed his seat several 
times. The plaintiff set forth that 
because of this Jolt to his pride his 

nervous system suffered consider- 
able shock, which $100,000 alone 
compensate. 

Victor Herbert was HIrsch's char- 
acter witness at t^lal. The plaintiff 
testified ))e changed his seat once 
because of the pungent aroma of a 
questionable stogie which a nearby 
fan was fumigating. The second 
time he changed his point of vant- 
age. Just as Babe Ruth was clouting 
one out, was caused by the burly 
special policeman's spacious back 
expanse which obstructed his view 
completely. ^ 

The Yank owners* defense was 
that two special ofUcers who per- 
formed Jthe uncermonlous exit march 
with the composer between them 
did CO under general orders to curb 
grandstand gambling. All moving 
from ceat to seat Is frowned upon 
and deemed suspicious. 

Ttw? composer stated he will give 
the money to charity, to be distrib- 
uted among the Jewish Relief Fund. 
Actors' Fund, etc. Hirsch says he 
would have been satisfied with a 
six cents verdict onl^ to prove his 
point — and that of other fans, inci- 
dentally — that the special offlcers' 
tactics were a bit too high-handed 
at timei. 



BAINTER PLAY OFF 

Withdrawing 



This 
Repairs 



Week for 



William Harris' new production, 
"The Painted Lady," starring Fay 
Balnter, will be withdrawn from 
the road (Washington) at the end of 
the week for repairs. The piece has 
been out three weeks, and is cur- 
rent at the Garrick, Washington. 

Under the title of "The Lady Cris- 
tilinda" it was marked to come into 
the Ritz, New York, next Monday. 
When the manager decided on 
changes before a Broadway show- 
ing for the Balnter show. Sam Wal- 
lack's "It Is the Law," which created 
a favorable impression In Buffalo, 
was suddenly switched In aiuLN^e- 
lighted the RItz Wednesday. 



EALFE LOHO AGAIN ILL 

Ralph W. Long is seriously ill at 
his home in New York City with 
pneumonia. It is ths second attack 
the general manager of the Shu- 
berts has had of the same malady 
within a Tear. 

John Osborne Is now acting gen- 
eral manager for the Shuberts. 

The crisis in Mr. Long's illness 
will not be reached until early next 
week. 



SITOBEAVES RETURNS 

Beverly Sltgreaves is back in New 
York after four years of foreign ap- 
pearances. She Is shortly to head 
the cast of a new play designed for 
Broadway. 

Miss Sltgreaves went to Paris to 
Join SaVah Bemhardt's company. 
She subsequently played in the Lon- 
don ' presentation of "The Great 
Lover" and In the same piece in 
Australia. 



' '^VIRTUET COLD 

Lasted Ten Dsys on Bayes' 
Roof 



••Virtue?" a play written by Wil- 
liam Everett Moses, a southern law- 
yer, closed on schedule at the Bayes 
Saturday, sticking a week and three 
days. Continuance last week was 
accomplished only by a concession 
on the part of the Shuberts. who in 
c(5nsideration of the fact that rent 
had been paid agreed to allow the 
cast to share the total takings. An 
Equity representative was on hand 
in the company's Interests. The 
show is considered the worst flop of 
the season. .» 

The show grossed $1,606 on the 
week. Of that tickets to the extent 
of $1,300 were sold In cut rates and 
about $300 at the box office. The 
salary list called for about $2. GOO 
weekly. It is said that the $1,500 
which was supposed to have bevi 
posted with Equity was recalled by 
the consent of the players, Moses 
stating it was necessary fn order 
that the show open In New York. 

What the players received for the 
second week (three days at the 
Bayes) is not certain, though there 
was $1,000 in sight from the cut 
rates and $500 paid over to the play' 
ers by the Shuberts out of the ad- 
vance rent payment. It Is believed 
the players received less than one 
week's salary for the three weeks 
the shbw was in existence. 



B'WAY PEOPLE TURN TO 
FARMING IN LOUISANA 



"Mike 



''WHY MEN'' REMAINS 

Going 



Angelo" Not 
Morosco 



Into 



"Why Men Leave Home" is an- 
nounced by Wagenhals ic Kemper 
to continue at the Morosco, New 
York, for the balance of the season. 
"Mike Angelo," advertised last Sun- 
day to succeed the Avery Hopwood 
comedy next week, caused some 
surprise. The oddly titled "Why 
Men" took a substantial spurt last 
week and went to over $9,000 for the 
week. 'The attraction, though not 
among the big gross getters on 
Broadway, is considered a money- 
maker. 

"Mike Angelo." with Leo Carrlllo, 
was to have been the first Oliver 
Morosco production on Broadway 
this season. It is understood the 
piece will be removed for fixing, fol- 
lowing trial performances out of 
town last week. 



ELTINOE RECASTING SHOW 

The Julian Eliinge show, which 
was closed last week after touring 
for seven weeks, will again be put 
on. Several changes in the cast 
will be made and the show given 
a new title. That of "The Elusive 
Lady" appeared to give the wrong 
Impression of the type of attraction. 

Two weeks of one-nlghters Is 
blamed for losses that forced off 
the show. 



Ben Atwell and Bob Hall with 

American Agricultural Corp. 

Russell B. Smith, Too 

Broadway personages have turned 
to farming now and then as a sum- 
mer pastime, but that several should 
turn to the soil on a commercial 
basis Is a surprising announcement. 

What is known as the American 
Agricultural Corporation, which 
aims to place Into operation the 
largest farming enterprise yet un- 
dertaken, win direct the tilling of 
850,000 acres in Louisiana. There 
never was such a farm in all the 
world, according to Ben Atwell, who 
has accepted the post of advertising 
manager for the corporation, which 
will have headquarters in New 
York. V 

Atwell states that he has walked 
out on theatricals for good, but has 
taken good care to continue his of- 
fice right on Broadway. Russell B. 
Smith, a civil engineer, who has 
been concerned with the building of 
many theatres in various cities and 
who built several of Broadway's 
picture palaces (notably the Rialto 
and Rivoii). has entered Into the 
project with the American Agricul- 
tural Corporation. Smith recentlr 
completed the flve-mlllioh-doUar 
Eastifian theatre at Rochester, 
which house was under Atwelfs 
publicity direction until recently. 
Atwell latterly has been with Sanger 
& Jordan, but has resigned to as* 
sume his duties at an advertising 
farmer. Beji has handled press 
work of many big amusement enter- 
prlsei^, his i^ctlvltles ranging the en- 
tire field. But he is now convinced 
that there Is an artistic angle to . 
farming in Louisiana, 

Bob Hall, of the Smith forces, 
win be in active charge of shaping 
the gigantic farm. As Atwell ex- 
plains it. the idea Is to "bring the 
producing farm and the consming 
table Into a more direct relatTon." 
The company expects to market its 
products along the lines of the 
United Fruit Co., employing' its own 
marketing forces and transporta- 
tion sy»tem. It is also to compete 
with tile California producers, hav- 
ing the advantage ol being closer to 
the eastern markets and having 
seaport facilities at Morgan City, 
La., and New Orleans. 



\ 



BUL SHX VERY HL 

William Raymond Sill Is very 111 
at his home. Sill's Hotel, Broadway. 
In 1. The veteran press agent has 
trained nurses in constant attend- 
ance day and night. 

His daughter. Rosemary 8111, 
opened In the Oliver Morosco pro- 
duction. "The Little Kangaroo," in 
Stai^nford, Conn., Monday night. 



EQUITY NOW IN "CUT RATES" ' 
WITH ITS OWN "HOSPITALITY" 



V*' 



r 



Managers Look Upon Move as Organization's Recog- 
nition of Conditions — Increased Business $2|000 
Last Week at 48th Street— Did $6,500 



.x;jf^i.^. 



MART'S NEGRO GRAVEYARD | The placing of tickets for "Hospl- 
Chlcago. Nov. ?9. i tallty," the Equity Players' produc- 
Mary Beth Wilford, of the dancing 



HAILIE DIEAN LOSES JOHN 

Chicago, Nov. 29. 

Hallie Dlean, of "Up in the Air," 
was granted a divorce from John 
U. Fay, Philadelphia actor, whom 
she married June 26, 1917. 

Mrs. Fay told the Judge that she 
supported her husband and herself 
until he deserted her In May, 1919. 



Zicgfetd-Paintsr Negotiations 

Negotiations, which may have 
bceu closed during the week, have 
l>een on the tapis between Flo Zleg- 
feld. Jr.. and Eleanor Painter. 

Mr. Ziegfeld has a new play he 
would like to s r Miss Painter In. 



forces in the "Music liox i;f'vii(, 
has been advised by her attorney 
in Media, Tex., that her title to a 
Negro graveyard, inherited from 
her maternal grandmother, has been 
confirmed by the court, which may 
make her a rich woman, as the 
graveyard shows every Indication of 

OIL „''■■•■■■■ ■■': :•;.■:: ■[-■'■■■■'■■ 



"OENEYIEVF' CAST 

The cast for "Genevieve," the 
Jack Lait new musical comedy, 
started rehearsal Wednesday. The 
title may he changed before pub- 
licly produced around Xmas. 

In the company are Sadie Burt, 
William Ilalllgan, Vinton Freedley, 
Esther Howard. John R. Conroy. 
Lillian Conroy, Irving Edwards and 
a small chorus. 



"Crimson Glow" for One-Nightsrs 

Arthur Au.'jtin Is producing "The 
Crimson (;iow" for the one-nlght- 
ers. Austin wrote the play. Helen 
Hall and Harold Thtjmpson are to 
t>« fsatured in the cast. 
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tlon at' the 48th Street, In cut rata 
is Interpreted by some showmen to 
indicate that Equity recognftes the 
necessity of cutting down In pro- 
duction operating costs. That the 
move places Equity in the position 
of recognizing the probable neces- 
sity of cutting actors' salaries is 
now and then the logical conclusion 
of Broadway producers. 

"Hospitality" was able to better 
its business for the second (last) 
week $2,000 over the Initial week's 
gross, the addition coming entirely 
from the cut rates. Business re- 
mained the same, approximately 
12,000 In subsrription tickets and 
about $2,500 at the box office, giving 
the total for last week about $6,500. 
What the portion of the actual gross 
w«! /r<'»t'»n Jn acttial cash Is not 
certain. It being assumed that tha 
subscription money waj expended in 
the new production along with ad- 
vances from the guarantors. 

The second Equity production at- 
tempt is slated for one more week, 
giving it four weeks In all. Tha 
third try by the Equity IMayers la 
1 dated for I>ec. IL 



-mv:'. 



SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT 



LEGITIM ATE 

BOSTON BUSINESS 
CONTINUES NORMAL 



:>t' "::r. 



Friday, December 1, 1988 



Figur«s ••timat«d and comment point to som« attractions baing 
auccaaaful, whila tha sama gross accredited to othsrs might suggest 
mediocrity or loss. The variance ia explained in tha difference in 
house capacities, with the varying overhead. Also the size of caat, 
with consequent difference in necessary gross for profit. Variance 
in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic 
play is also considered. 



Town Is All Set for Hearty 

Theatrical Support Until 

March 



^Abie's Irish Rose," Republic (28th 
week). This summer hoHover will 
run through season la expected. 
Cool weather probabl'y aided In 
pood trade here last week, as with 
xno8t of list. Gross was 110.500 
or a little over. Some cut -rating 
for this attraction. 

"Better Times," Hippodrome (13th 
week). Big house ought to beat 
$60,000 this week easily. Thanks- 
giving always being good for boost 
in attendance and helping gener- 
ally from Wednesday on. 

"Blossom Time," Century (57th 
week). Got as high as $2,800 
nightly and is likely operetta will 
continue until first of year and 
may run through winter. Around 
$17,000 last week, with excellent 
profit, as company is not costly to 
operate. 

•Bunch and Judy," Globe (Ist week). 
Dillingham's musical comedy, 
Which opened In Philadelphia three 
weeks ago. Joseph (Hawthorne 
was injured and out of show after 
premiere here Wednesday of last 
week. Johnny Dooley replaced 
him and Ih in cast. 

•Cat and Canary," National (43d 
week). Pinal week for mystery 
play, which was one of last sea- 
son's hits. Made money this fall, 
but recently around $7,500 weekly. 
"Fnshlons for Men" succeeds next 
week« 

•Chauve-Souria," Century Roof (44th 
week). Morris Gest's imported 
novelty now in 11th month and 
riding strongly to astonishing 
draw. Will run through winter 
and may still be in going at Easter 
time. 

•East of Suez," Eltinge (11th week). 
Woods' drama moved upward last 
week, and although Eltinge Is due 
for new attraction about first of 
year "Suex" may remain In New 
York, with another house secured 
for it. Business around $11,000. 

•Follies," New Amsterdam (2«th 
week). For first time Zlegfeld re- 
vue will be on Christmas holiday 
card on Broadway; In other sea- 
sons it was due in Chicago. Still 
heads Broadway's money-getters. 
I^ast week over $35,000. 

•Greenwich Village Follies," Shu- 
bert (12th week). Virtually sure 
of running Into February and per- 
haps March, which management 
predict* Business best of series, 
that partly due to scale of $4 top. 
Takings last week. $23,000. 

"Hamlet," Sam Harris (3d week). 

« With John Barrymore magnet and 
at $3 top ($3.50 Saturday nl»ht) 
this attraction went into lead of 
non-musicals for first full week. 
Takings over $19,S00. Reported 
having advance sale of $18,000. 
Rig box-office trade. 

•Kiki," Belasco (53d week). Dra- 
matic smash of last season Is now 
on way to double season engage- 
ment. Remains with best money 
draws on Broadway and takings 
not far from $15,000. Selling 
mostly at box office. 

'Lady in Ermine," Ambassador (9th 
week). One of town's smart draws, 
and while balcony trade not ex- 
ceptional, business la satisfactory 
for operetta. Better last week, 
with gross between $16,500 and 
$16,000. Ought to stay until Feb- 
ruary. 

•Last Warning," Klaw (8th week). 
One of new winners and season's 
run In sight. I.ASt week pace 
picked up smartly, gross going to 
$13000, big money in this house. 

•Little Nellie Kelly," Liberty (3d 
week). Cohan's musical smash, 
which has strong call In agencies 
and also big box-offlro business. 
Went Into stride from premiere 
here. Last week $22,000 and a 
parallel with turnaway Boston 
gait. 
•Llia," Daly's 63d St. (1st week). 
New colored show and flr^t of kln'1 
this season. Around for several 
months, opening uptown originally 



the holidays. English show flrat 
reported booked for Selwyn. 

"Partnera Again," Selwyn ($Oth 
week). Final week for P. Jk P. 
laugh show. Has made money 
right along and accomplished 
good run. Ought to stay six 
months In Chicago. Clo.<;lng pace 
$10,000 weekly. House gets "Birth 
of a Nation" (picture) next week. 

"Passing Show of 1922," Winter 
Garden (lllh week). Final week 
for revue, which has had dis- 
appointing run. Goes to road di- 
rectly, but house goes dark for 
remodeling. Garden due to open 
first of year with new musical at- 
traction being readied by Shuberts. 

"Rain," Maxine Elliott (4th week). 
Broadway's dramatic demand 
leader; selling to standing room 
nightly, with gross in e.xcess of 
capacity. Looks cinch for balance 
of season at big money. Last 
week over $14,800. 

"Romantic Age," Comedy (3d week). 
Pleasing little comedy of English 
writing, attracting some attention 
but only fair business. Last week, 
$5,500. 

"Rose Bernd," longaere (10th 
week). Got about $7,000 last 
week. Business has been diving 
straight down for last three weeks 
and show may just last until 
Ethel Barrymore Is readied for 
"Romeo and Juliet." which Is to 
be Arthur Hopkins' next offering 
here with her. First planned to 
have her In "As You Like It." 

"R. U. R.." Frazee (8th week). The- 
atre Guild's novelty of foreign 
origin. Moved up here last week 
from Garrick, which has new 
show. Business stood up, takings 
claimed around $11,000, which Is 
near capacity in this house. 

"Sally, Irene and Mary," Casino 
(13th week). West upward last 
week, better weather and several 
parties counting. Current ;ireek 
sure of another jump with holiday 
visitors here. Gross last week, 
$13,600. 

"Seventh Heaven," Booth (6ih 
week). Took position with now 
dramatic success last week, xvhen 
business went to $12,200. Some 
doubt at first, but strength of t>ox- 
office trade makes show look 
winner. 

"Shore Leave," Lyceum (17th week). 
Two weeks more for the Frances 
Starr show, one of the earliest 
arrivals this season. David War- 
field in "The Merchant of Venice" 
to succeed. 

"Six Characters in Search of an 
Author," Princess (5th week). 
Something of dramatic novelty. 
Berthed in 289-seater, only small 
grosses can attain. Between $4,000 
and $4,500 weekly to date. Per- 
haps is breaking even. 

"So This Is London," Hudson (14th 
week). Jumped last week to over 
$17,000 and leads non-dramatic 
list, with exception of John Barry- 
more's "Hamlet." "London," with 
four matinees this week, will 
probably beat $20,000. 

"Spite Corner," Little (10th week). 
Making little money but never did 
build to proportions premiere 
promised. Takings around $7,000 
weekly, good enough for small 
theatre. Should stay until first of 
year and may hold out longer. 

"Springtime of Youth," Broadhurst 
(6th week). Thus far unable to 
attract strong business. Around 
$10,000 last week, under expecta- 
tions for new operetta, but re- 
ported building up. 

**The Awful Truth," Henry Miller 
(11th week). Holds steady to fine 
trade; takings last week a bit 
under $12,000. Balcony scale 
somewhat revised to attract busl- 
npss upstairs. Lowef floor virtual 
srll-out nii»htly. 
"The Bootlrngers," S9th Street (1st 
week). r^ama foundod on the 
expose of supposed bootlegging 



Boston, Nov. 29. 

Business at the legit theatres last 
week was just about normal. With 
the exception of "It's a Boy," which 
wound up at tne Selwyn, there 
wasn't a flop noted. On the other 
hand, none of the ahows In town 
did any startling business. 

They ran along at a pace only to 
be expected under the conditions. 
For the most part the returns 
showed losses over those of the 
previous week, net a strange condi- 
tion when it Is figured that, with 
the exception of "The Bat," there 
is no show in town that has a rep 
which would tend towards business 
building from week to week. The 
losses were not large. White's 
"Scandals" with a drop of a bit over 
$2,000 was the largest recorded. 
'This is enough to prophesy that the 
switch of attractions, due in the 
next couple of weeks, will not result 
in any of the shows going out doing 
a turnaway business. 

Judging from past performances 
and according to the calendar, Bos- 
ton should be now entering upon the 
period of the theatrical season when 
the cream of the theatrical busi- 
ness is noted. From no\<; until the 
first of March, with the exception 
of Christmas week, the town is set 
for theatricals. But with the rest 
of the country this city is Showing 
a disposition to give hearty support 
to the hits, or those the local patrons 
have taken unto themselves as hits, 
and let the others pull along as best 
they can. 

A musical attraction in town that 
can gross above $20,000 for the week 
is doing excellent business, and a 
dramatic offering that does close to 
$15,000 is fine. The balance of the 
shows are liable to pull along with 
receipts for the week between $12,- 
000 and $15,000 for the musical of- 
ferings and $7,000 to $9,000 for dra- 
matic shows. It is believed by those 
well acquainted locally that few, if 
any, shows in town this season will 
come out much better than the 
"Kelly" and 'TShuffle Along" shows 
or "The Bat" for the dramatic of- 
ferings. All of these shows came in 
early. "The Bat" is still doing good 
business. '^ 

There was but one change In the 
legitimate attractions. That was at 
the Boston opera house, dark for a 
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.fr ". Opened Monday. 

•Loyalties." Gaiety (10th week). 
One of foreign hits. English play 
rop.irdrd as one of finest In sea- 
sons and dolnpr all house will hold. 
Around $14,000 for elsrht perform- 
ance weeks. Matinee scale now 
$2.50 and all performances. $1,777 — 
complete ca?>ncitv. 

•Merton of the Movies," Cort (3d 
week). Another of new plavs 
which has clicked, and should ridf> 
season out. Not capacity upstairs, 
but snhstnntlal success Indicated. 
*14 00ft last week. 

•Music Box Revue," Music Box (6th 
week). Anroncy bn^'noss not as 
lanre as last season, but box-ofllr-o 
trade mu^'h sfronrrer and over ca- 



"The Fool" Times Souare (6th 
week). Moved upward into dra- 
matic elite and counts as one of 
real hits. Last week gross was 
$15 200. which means virtual ca- 
paoitv all porform.'tnTs. 

"The Gingham Girl," Earl Carroll 
(14th week). Now leader of $2.50 
ton mus'onls, with pace steady at 
around $1^,000 weekly, Oncht to 
rim .t-oriFTon out here. Ts first try 
of now productntr mnnfi^ers. 

"The Love C'i'd." Cohnn (31 week). 
.Srr-ond week of Woods y>roduction 
prave fnrthrr promise of landlnp. 
In'^rease in business for French 
;id.'« nf.it ion pla»"ed gross around 

ty rule, with nc:urcs ahead of "Th* Lurhy On'-." (^^rrick (Sd 



last season because atfTartlon 
started at $4 top. $6 now. Last 
week $2f» 200. 
•Orange Blossoms," Fulton (11th 
week). Fair business. This at- 
traction attracted carrlacre trade, 
but was off In balcony from start. 
Around $12 000 last week at re- 
duced scale of $3 50 top. "Recreta" 
reported listed to succeed around 



wcok). Tbon'r- r;it"ii'q --or >nd try 
not sn-^'TS'^fnI. thoiirrh It won 
rr^tbor ^ivonb'o no*lTs. Will be 
tn'^^n off nffor another two weeks 
and tbird production of season 
here mit on. 



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PlymoMth (IKth 



weeV>. Th's substantial comedv 
rponevmtVoi. moved nnwr»rd atraln 
with the favored attractions last 



week and the takings were better 
than $13,000. In for the season, 
on present form. 

"Tha Texas Nightingale," Empire 
(2d week). Broadway reversed 
Chicago's opinion of Zoe Akins' 
comedy. May not be heavyweight 
but unusual play, and ought to be 
good for several months. Night- 
ly business during first week saw 
Increasing gross with nearly $9,- 
000 in. 

"The Torch Bearara," Vanderbilt 
(14th week). Somewhat better 
last week, with totals about $7,- 
600. Will remain another two 
weeks, laying off week before 
Christmas, then opening on road. 
•!Glory," James Montgomery's new 
musical slTow, opens in Brooklyn 
Dec. 18 and succeeds here Christ- 
mas Monday. 

"The World We Live In," Jolson's 
69th St. (5th week). Management 
has faith in this foreign work. 
Business last week reported about 
$12,000, which is about even break. 
Strong week-end trade. 

•Thin Ice," Belmont (9th week). 
Takings again better than when 
attraction was at Comedy. Last 
week business was approximately 
$6,000, which makes a little money 
for house and attraction. 

"To Love," Bijou (7th week). Final 
week. Three people play going on 
tour, with Philadelphia first stand. 
Business was around $8,000 for 
first month, and around $6,500 last 
week. "Listening In" succeeds 
next week, guaranteeing house. 

"Up She Goes," Playhouse (4th 
week). Musical comedy adapta- 
tion of "Too Many Cooks" and, 
like many other story adaptations, 
bu.sinesa not strong. Around $9,- 
000 last week, which hardly af- 
fords even break. 

"Whispering Wires," 49th St. (17th 
week). Remains consistent at 
pace that is profitable. Last week 
takings were $8,000. Business has 
fiucluated between that figure and 
better than $9,000 since opening. 

"Why Men Leave Home," Morosco 
(12th week). Mado spurt last 
week and Wagenhals & Kemper 
announce It will be continued 
thr( ugh season. "Mike Angelo" 
was announced to succeed but will 
later find another house. Com- 
edy beat $9,000 last week. 

"Yankee Princess," Knickerbocker 
(9th week). Pulling fairly good 
business but did not make good 
promise of brilliant opening. Re- 
ported betwcLU $12,000 to $13,000 
weekly. 

"It Is the Law," Rltz (1st week). 
Latest mystery drama. Brought 
in by Sum Wallach Wednesday. 
House announced to get "The 
Lady Christlllnda," with Fay 
Balnter (also called "Painted 
Lady") which is due to lay off 
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to Football Crowds Thanksgiving Day — Threie 
Straight Dramas Due December 4 



Philadelphia. Nov. 29. 

Philadelphia hasn't had a week 
like last week, outside of holidays, 
for a number of years. The pres- 
ence of the Army and Navy game, 
brought back to Franklin Field. 
Jammed the houses on Friday and 
Saturday, and had its effect on the 
mid-week grosses. 

Coupled with the opening of some 
big musical shows it shot theatrical 
business to the high mark of the 
season. A syndicate -from Wat^hing- 
ton came on ahead and bought up 
large percentages of the downstairs 
seats in all the legit houses. In one 
case they were hard hit and tried 
to dump the seats back on the the- 
atre, which refused. The standard 
price asked (and generally secured) 
by this syndicate was $7.50 a seat. 

The fact that the town was filled 
with light shows, mostly musical, 
made it just right for the football 
crowds. Also, in the case of the 
single drama, "La Tendresse," it 
was fortunate since there proved to 
be a certain percentage in favor of 
something heavy, and they had no 
choice. 

The biggest demand for Friday 
and Saturday was divided between 
"The Bunch and Judy," the new 
Dillingham musical comedy at the 
Garrick; "Go.d Morning Dearie," 
opening at the Forrest, and "Tanger- 
ine," starting at the Shubert. 
"Blossom Time," which has been the 
surprise money maker of the sea- 
son here, was also well liked, and 
had the Jump on some of the others 
by virtue of virtual capacity Mon- 
day night, and big houses through- 
out the middle of the week. 

"The Bunch and Judy," which was 
hit a frightful wallop by the injury 
to Joe Cawthorn, necessitating the 
closing of the show Wednesday 
night and Thur.'^day matinee and 
night, because of no available un- 
derstudy, came back heavily Friday 
and Saturday, for the reason many 
of the New York crowd chose this 
show, having already seen "Dearie" 
and "Tangerine" during their long 
New York runs. Johnny Dooley 
was substituted for Cawthorn, and 
the Six Brown Brothers were added. 

It is rather hard at this time to 
get a real line on the respective 
possibilities of "Tangerine" and 
"Dearie" here. Th^re is a very spir- 
ited rivalry between the two com- 
panies, this being the first time this 
year that the Shubert has had a 
show which could compete in busi- 
ness with the Forrest. On the Mon- 
day opening, "Dearie" led "Tanger- 
ine"' by less than $300, the Dilling- 
ham show missing $2,000 by only a 
few dollars, while ''Tangerine" did 
about $1,760. On Tuesday, however, 
the Carlton muslcay comedy hit was 
a sell-out downstairs at the Shu- 
bert, and this situation continued 
all week, with every nook and 
cranny filled on Friday and Satur- 
day. "Dearie," on the other hand, 
did not reach capacity until the foot- 
ball crowds hit town. Especially 
was the balcony business off on 
Monday, Tuesday and WedneJ^day. 
In fact, this balcony business is 
worrying the Dillingham ofllces. 
Some vacant seats were expected, 
but on Tuesday entire sections to 
the side were gaping. 

The psychology in the case of this 
show was also very interesting. 
The Monday opener went with a 
bang, and the critics (second btring 
in all cases, as the dramatic editors 
all went to "La Tendresse") were 
glowing In their notices, some of 
i thrm claiming the show better than 
"Sally." 

On Tuesday, however, the audi- 
ence was apathetic, ''sat on their 
hand.s," and the performance slowed 
up. This lack of enthusiasm con- 
tinued until Friday, many of the 
show's best lines and songs failing 
to get more than a ripple of ap- 
plause. On the other hand, "T.inger- 
Ine" seemed to go with a bang. 

The first half of the current week 
is expected to show the natural re- 
action, but with ThankfjRivIng 
(aided here by the big football 
game) and the holiday crowds there- 
after during the week^ more big 
grcsses are contldently expected. 

A general feeling of opllmlsm 
prevail.*? here for the first time in a 
number of months. In point of fact, 
each line-up has had only a single 
wallop during the present season 
("Sally" and "IJlossom Time") but 
several o£ the houses are beglnninR 
to recoup early season loa.scs, and 
nice gioH.-o.s arc likely to be piled 
up by some of the shows In town 
now. 

The only opening this week was 
"Molly Darling." which keeps the 
number of musical shows in town 
up to four. This is In at the Car- 
rick, and is being watched as a slow 
picker, but due for somethinfir good 



after a week or so of word -of -mouth 
advertising. It has the bouse for 
four weeks. 

"Molly Darling." as well* as the 
two other shows at syndicate 
houses, 'Xa Tendresse" and "Go4iQ 
Morning Dearie," will give extnt 
matinees Thursday, but the Shuw 
berts are only taking a chance on 
the extra afternoon show for "Bloi^ 
som Time." "Just Married," ^t tbe 
Adelphi, plays Its regular Thursday 
matinee, and "Tangerine" will 
switch its usual Wednesday matinee 
to Thanksgiving, as will "The Gold- 
fish" at the Walnut. Surprise is es^- 
pressed at the failure of "Tanger- 
ine" to attempt the extra perform- 
ance, which, however, has beconr^e ^ 
comparative rarity here; 

After the deluge of musical and 
otherwise light shows, the week 
of December 4 will see three 
stra!«*ht dramas open In opposition. 
"Anna Christie" will begin a four 
weeks' engagement at the Walnqt, 
"To Love" starts a short stay at 
the Adelphi and "Abraham Lincoln" 
returns to the Broad for two weeks. 

"Just Married," which goes out 
of the Adelphi Saturday to make 
room for "To Love," has been a 
very iteal disappointment. It com* 
pleted four weeks, but at least two 
of them have been losses, and even 
the Friday and Saturday influx 
last week didn't prevent the lowv 
water mark of the engagement. 

"La Tendresse" was greeted with 
mixed criticism, and Its first few 
nights at the Broad were dismal, 
half houses downstairs being com- 
mon. Generally Henry Miller and 
Ruth Chatterton are big drawlni: 
cards locally, but it is evident that 
their present vehicle isn't popular. 
It is considered lucky the engage- 
ment is for only two weeks. 

It is now set "Tangerine" will 
stick around for five weeks, unless 
a terrible upset occurs, making way 
for "The Passing Show of 1922" at 
the Shubert Dec. 26. 

Estimates for last week: 

"La Tendresse" (Broad, ''second 
week). Disappointing houses until 
end of week, when fact of its belnir 
only serious show in town helped 
business with football crowds. In 
for only two weeks and makes way 
for "Abraham Lincoln," which 
played here first two seasons ago. 
Did $10,000. 

**Tangerina** (Shubert, second 
week). Went across with a bang, 
and seems to have got Jump on 
"Good Morning Dearie." This was 
one of two houses which sold out 
Saturday matinee, getting those 
disappointed in seats at Bowl. 
Grossed $23,000, with prospects of 
beating that this week. 

"Good Morning Dearie** (Forrest, 
second week). Monday night's 
gross was greater than "Tan- 
gerine's." but thereafter it trailed 
Carlton show, due to weak balcony 
play, until Friday. Did about $22,000. 

"Molly Darling** (Garrick, first 
week). Slips in all by itself and 
expected to build to nice business. 
"Bunch and Judy" in final week 
started none .too encouragingly. 
Cawthorn's Injury necessitated dark 
house Wednesday and Thursday. 
Virtual sell-outs at week-end gave 
show k chance to breathe, but 
week's gross didn't beat $9,000 for 
five performances. 

"Tha Goldfish'* (Walnut, fourth 
week). Bottom dropped out of this 
comedy, which showed great prom- 
ise In second week. Even with fino 
downstairs play Friday and Satur- 
day, business was low. Didn't 
reach $7,000. "Anna Christie" comes 
In Monday. 

"Blossom Time" (Lyric, sixth 
week). Achieved its biggest gross 
to date, within a few hundred short 
of $20,000, thanks to Monday sell- 
out, and demand at week-end. Had 
a good though not capacity Sat- 
urday matinee. Is now likely to 
stay until Christmas, with another 
big gross expected this week be- 
fore any falling off is noted. 

"Just Married*' (Adelphi. fourth 
week). Final week for this honey- 
moon farce comedy, which even with 
game crowds dropped to lowest 
level. Dldnt reach $5,000. "To 
liovo" Is sudden booking for Mon- 
day, and It is a toss-up whether 
this or "Anna Christie" pets the 
critics, though the latter will have 
the edge. 



James Madison disclaims any con* 
nection with a proposed Anti-Flirt 
.Society. He says a James Madison 
was mentioned In connection, but 
that h'^. as the stage material writ- 
ing James MadLson, is not the fel- 
low. "Too many reformers already," 
says Mr. Madison, "and my least 
desire is to become one of them.'* 



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Chicago, Nov. 29, 

Not the Broadway producers who 
.merely linger around the box-ofTlce 
And loop restaurants on brief visits 
liere 

..sot the advance agents and com- 
pany managers who only know Chi- 
oago by the loop area 

Not even some of the house man- 
agers who fail to make a survey of 
the speedy expansion of their own 
city for entertainment opportunities 
on the north and south sides 

BUT 

WxT shrewd individual, who digs 
In. hustles around and learns the 
probable cause of all reactions and 
Improvements in legitimate loop 
trade, alone held the only true solu- 
tion (or last week's happenings 
of 

(1) The"'^eason's most noticeable 
•lump in balcony business. 

(2) "Shuffle Along" breaking the 
house record at the Olympic. 

(3) Al Jolson throwing an extra 
•*thump" into the whirlwind busi- 
ness for "Bombo." 

(4) Monday and Tuesday nights 
being the worst "combined draw" 
alump the theatres suffered in many 
4reek8. 

«»- (5) Flop for all the Saturday 
matinees. 

It's easy to place the blame for 
the growing wretched balcony trade. 
Some of the show owners can't 
reckon the cause because they don't 
investigate in the right direction. 
3aIcony trade is usually drawn from 
the young folks of the middle 
classes — at least 'while the lower 
floor holds the present scale of 
prices. During the war enthusiasm 
the young fellow who had more 
money than brains ran elbow to 
^Ibow with the society chap "who 
gave box parties for his girl. Times 
have changed, and now the fellow 
who got a taste of so-called "high- 
life" by buying orchestra seats re- 
fuses to knock pride to one side 
and enter the balcony. Something 
must be done to educate this fellow 
to go back to the theatre location 
-where his bankroll permits. Instead 
of spoiling the illusion that he's an 
orchestra patron because of the 
"taste" that he got of the lower 
floor, the young fellow — thousands 
of young fellows — are treating the 
"best girl" to the entertainment that 
the mammoth dance halls on the 
south side afford. Nothing ails 
Monday and Tuesday night business 
at these dance halls. Any night in 
the week you'll find the young fel- 
lows there, and not at home because 
they are not at the loop theatres. 
Last summer Variety carried a story 
on how the dance halls here would 
"cut Into the balcony trade of loop 
theatres." It haa happened. 

Goinp deeper into the local situa- 
tion, which strangely the majority 
•f the house managers don't In- 
vestigate. It can't be said that Chi- 
cago people can be credited for 
giving various shows the huge 
grosses on the week. Towns within 
a radius of 50 miles of Chicago are 
deprived of show.s this season, more 
eo than ever. These out-of-town 
people are making it a Ug point to 
patronize Chicago theatres — Satur- 
day and Sunday. It's the gross re- 
ceipts on these two days that boosts 
the majority of the shows into the 
winning column. It's the out-of- 
town pjople who are keeping the 
hotel stands from adding to thelf 
losRes of the year. 

Chicago patrons are making Fri- 
day night alone stand out as a rep- 
resentative local night. Thursday 
night was always considered an "off 
night" and it still holds as such. 
Wednesday night isn't as good 
around town as It used to be. Mon- 
day and Tuesday nights are "ter- 
rible." Chicago people don't come 
Into the loop Monday and Tuesday 
nights like they formerly did. If 
you want to see where the people 
go, visit the south side dance halls 
on those nights and the entertain- 
ment opportunities up around Wil- 
son avenue. Something has driven 
the people out of the loop; many 
claim the dlaappointmonts at the 
box-offlces. but. whatever the rea- 
son Is. there Is a big reason and all 
these fants are merely a tip-off to 
those who ought to bo made ac- 
quainted with everything. 

The logical cause for any such 
Important change as has como over 
theatrical contTrtlons in the looi) 
can't be ascertained by .slttlnp 
around In a theatre box-ofTlce in 
the loop and wondering. Investiga- 
tion from chats with the "L" at- 
tendants proves the trafflr from the 
north side on Monday and Tuesday 
nights la way off. Same goes for 
the Illinois Central interurl)an traf- 
fic and the9ou,th ^Ide "L" patrpoafte. 

As conditions now stand. Chicaco. 



despite It Is the second largest city 
in America, has developed into a 
two-mghts-a-week capacity town. 
How ine balcony trade can be re- 
turned, even on the best nights of 
the week, is a matter that needs 
immediate attention, say those wha 
liiiov hi>w had It was last week. 

It was a balcony depression that 
kept "Music Box Revue" from sell- 
ing out at all performances at the 
Colonial. It was good business on 
the week that the big oi-janization 
did, but with the cancellation of the 
usual Wednesday matinee for the 
Thanksgiving matinee the Harris- 
Berlin wonderful array of fun-:^ 
makers won't be able to approach" 
the house record for the Colonial, 
sinte It will have only nine perform- 
ances. On average business for the 
length of its stay the "Music. Box 
Revue" will have to increase its ca- 
pacity speed to hold even with past 
"Follies" engagements. In making 
comparisons of this nature it must 
be remembered that the present Co- 
lonial attraction is enduring a season 
of less theatrical enthusiasm than 
was around when "The Follies" 
gained local record receipts. Under 
all conditions the "Music Box Re- 
vue" Is doing thunderously well in 
town. 

To Al Jolson, however, goes the 
choice palm of the loop. He's now 
told the local populace that he will 
eat his "turkey" here Christmas and 
his "goose" New Years, making the 
playgoers laugh all over again by 
the way he stated it. John J. Gar- 
rlty, general manager for the Shu- 
berts, deserves much creflit for the 
way he has handled the scaling of 
prices for the Jolson attraction, also 
the var*ous other things that keep 
aloft the enthusiasm for the show. 
Garrity has worked hard on this en- 
gagement, and Jolson, above many 
others, knows It. 

The populace Is falling all over 
Itself trying to get seats for "Shuf- 
fle Along." at the Olympic. Past 
records for this theatre are so deep- 
ly packed away that It is hard to get 
at them, but it is fair to .Hn.y last 
week's business broke the house 
record, since the scale of prices were 
quite different from those governing 
record weeks of other years. The 
Olympic was the most appropriate 
house In town fqr this attraction, 
and It pleases all to observe the 
happiness that the success brings j 
to George Wharton, disciple of many 
hard -luck weeks In the last two 
years. 

Two new openings featured the 
week — "So This Is London!" at Co- 
han's Grand, and "One of Us," at the 
La Salle. The former will do busi- 
ness here, but the days of the latter 
are numbered. Harry Ridings re- 
turned the Cohan atmosphere to the 
Clark street house with the prelimi- 
nary work for "So This Is London!" 
after the Fairbanks pictures, and 
while the present attraction opened 
light It Is Jumping nightly and Vill 
surely strike off big weeks once It 
becomes settled from the heavy 
campaigning It Is receiving. 

William Hodge didn't experience 
his usual success at the La Salle. 
The critics did some Jolting. The 
public promises to do the rest unless 
the present signs are conquered Im- 
mediately. The management essayed 
; to have Henry Ford's approval of 
the show draw the box-oflice atten- 
tion, for Ford's praises were feat- 
ured In all ads, allowing the punists 
to work overtime. 

The smalltown plot plays continue 
to have "The First Year" hi the lead, 
but the Woods show slackened Its 
pacemaking, but It will overcome 
the Blip-back last week with the 
Thanksgiving week business. "Six 
Cylinder Love" Is still tangled up 
with a "buy" not affording a chance 
to learn what window draw the 
piece has since the early weeks of 
the engagement drove many the^jtre 
patrons away when the good seats 
weren't at the *box oflice. "Thank- 
U" runs along on its merit, while 
"Kempy," despite its big Sunday 
night house, got hit hard on Monday 
and Tuesday nights and again Sat- 
urday matinee, but is doing better 
than It was thought in face of the 
adverse conditions offered by the 
piece arriving at the tail-end of the 
small-town plot plays, 

"At the End of the World" got its 
premiere Thursday at the Playhouse, 
but the j>rospocta don't brighten up 
Lester Bryant's feelings. "Field of 
Ermine" did miserably at Powors. 
"Hairy Ape" failed to make the four 
weeks' profit that the Hanks-Gnzzolo 
interests were pulling for at the 
Studebaker. but the limited engage- 
ment returned suffloient profit to 
support Mel Raymond's contention 
in booking the piece under the cali- 
bre of campaigning functioned. 

Most oC the attractions in town 
have canceled Uie.lr usual WednA«- 



dajr matins* to give a special 
Thanksgiving Day mallnee. The 
holiday promises to be the usual 
capacities, for in Chicago the 
Thanksgiving Day matinee is the 
best holiday matinee of the year. 
The Monday and Tuesday night 
slumps will deprive shows of what 
in the past have been called "ter- 
rific week's business" for Thanks- 
giving week. 

It's a great season of speculation 
in Chicago, with the pace becoming 
deadening for those who can't keep 
up with it by producing initiative 
in matters that the independent 
public is causing to be solved by 
patronizing shows Just the reverse 
of what the managerial slate in 
New York predicts. - 

The uncertainties are doing more 
to advertise Chicago, theatrically, 
than any clbster of affairs in the 
past. 

Last week's estlmat,es: 

"So This is London!" (Cohan's 
Grand, Ist week). Opened light but 
Jumped at ail i:^rformances, devel- 
oping enthusiastic promise for real 
business, from now on. As usual 
Cohan's 'presentation got the richest 
of newspaper reviews. Whipped out 
$13,000. 

"Onl of Us" (LaSalle, ist week). 
When the usual Williara Hodge fol- 
lowing pays its respects it is hard 
to guess where the patronage will 
come from. Not received gently by 
some of the critics. Hit off $6,000. 

"Music Box Revus" (Colonial, 2d 
week). If theatre isn't caught nap- 
ping by public thinking seats not 
available because of craze for ex- 
pensive revue, should hold high for 
remaining six weeks. With football 
season over, Saturday matinee 
should come closer to capacity. Re- 
ported at $33,400. 

"Bill of Divorcement" (Central, 
ith week). Doing some conserva- 
tive advertising and in all probabil- 
ity will now work for a Vun. Safe 
to average around 95,S00, 

"Hairy Ape" (Studebaker, 4th and 
final week). Went out with healthy 
$11,000, with Harry Lftuder opening 
Monday. Jack Lalt's "Spice of 
1922" big event at this theatre Dec. 3. 

"Green Goddess" (Great Northern. 
8th and final week). Another proof 
of valued literary plays not being 
able to stand more than six weeks 
in Chicago. Checked around $9,000. 
"Greenwich Village Follies" opened 
Sunday. 

-"Cat and Canary" (Princess, 12th 
week). Continues to draw big prof- 
its without great fuss. Has peculiar 
"draw" all its own. Three matinees 
this week will give record gross for 
engagement. Went over $14,000. 

"Six Cylinder Love" (Harris. 8th 
week). Col. Bill Roche's ideas 
shown In many ways overcoming ef- 
fect *'buy" had on this box oflice. 
Slipped somewhat la balcony but 
held around $12,000. 

"Shuffle Along" (Olympic. 2d 
week). "Try to get in" slogan of 
this big colored show hit. Batted 
out $22,600. Can go higher with 
better Saturday matinee. 

"Thank- U" (Cort, 13th week). For 
consistent business with anywhere 
near "smash hit," no house in Amer- 
ica compares with Herrmann dom- 
icile. Very good again with $11,- 
500. 

"Firat Year^ (Woods, 3d week). 
Rightly called "smash hit." with 
fear need only be entertained for 
Monday and Tuesday nights. Went 
nicely to $16,000, but plentj of 
chance to get more. 

"Kempy" (Selwyn. £d week). 
Didn't do as well a^ previous week, 
when all seats were at box office. 
Extra Sunday night perforniance 
over premiere week increased gross 
on week, however. Commissions 
brought gross to $9,300. 

"Bombo" (Apollo, 10th week). Let 
Jolson landslide of popularity be 
praised merely by reporting big hit 
probably checked up $35,600 for total 
receipts on the first 10 weeks. Won- 
der engagement. 

"Field of Ermine" (Powers, 2d 
and final week). Plouse biggest loss 
for sometime. Doris Kcane In "The 
Czarina" opened Monday night. The 
O'Neill show went out around $6,- 
500. 

"Lightnin'" (Blackstone, esth 
week). No performance until 
Wednesday after Frank Bacon's 
death Sunday. Beloved Bacon cre- 
ated record here that will stand for 
decade. 

"At the End of the World" (Play- 
house). Opened Thursday night. 
Mediocre newspaper reviews. Noth- 
ing to indicate any kind of run. 



winds up Saturday night, and 
"Bulldog Drummond " for the Hollis 
to take the place of "He Who Gets 
Slapped." There will also be a 
change of bill at the Shuffert when 
Eddie Cantor and his show pull out 
and the house Is taken by Frank 
Tinnoy In "Daffy Dill." 

Despite the death of Frank Bacon 
"Llghtnln* " will come into the Hollis 
Christmas day, as was planned. 
With Bacon in it, however. It was 
good for a run that would undoubt- 
edly have carried it through to the 
end of the regular season and per- 
haps well Into the summer. Now 
it will come in as a matter-of-fact 
attraction, depending on the busi- 
ness how long it will stay and not 
looked upon as a decldbd capacity 
.hit. 

i After a week of Cecile Sorel the 
i Boston opera house will have for 
two weeks the Russian Grand Opera 
Co. The house for the engagement 
of this company will be scaled from 
$1 to $3. 

The Arlington, the ill-fated up- 
town experimental house, which, 
since It ceased to be the home of the 
Craig stock company, has been more 
or less of a theatrical waif, with dif. 
ferent experiments being tried, has 
booked in Harvey's Minstrels for a 
two weeks' stay. This is an all- 
colored aggregation along strictly 
minstreHlnes, with no attempt being 
made to follow "Shuffle Along" and 
other all-cqlored revues. 

Estimates for last week: 

"He Who Gets Slapped" (HOllls, 
3d week). Business islipped off about 
$1,500 last week, bringing the gross 
down to around $7,000. Is not looked 
upon to have a chance to build up, 
and if it grosses as much will be 
considered doing well. Evidently no 
field for this sort of play here Just 
aow. 

"White's Scandals" (Colonial, Sd 
week). The show lost something of 
its punch last night and slipped off 
from -$24,500 the opening week to 
business just above $22,000, Is In for 
two weeks more, and during that 
time will probably hold what it is 
doing now. 

"Captsin Applejack" (Tremont, 3d 
week). While not building up any 
this show kept within $500 of the 
business done the previous week, 
with a gross of $11,600. 

"Make It Snappy" (Shubert, 4th 
week). Now on the final week. Did 
about $17;000 for last week, begin- 
ning to show the effect of the stay 
here and the opposition from the 
"Scandals," 

"Anna Christie" (Plymouth, 3d 
week). Due to pull out at the end 
of this week, with business last week 
off from that of the other two. Gross 
figured In the neighborhood of $7,600. 

"The Bat" (Wilbur, 13th week). 
While showing considerable strength 
this attraction went off a bit with 
the others in town and did under 
$15,000 for the week. 

Reports around town Monday 
night were that Thanksgiving would 
be one of the biggest theatrical days 
of the season, and the advance sale 
for the shows for that day had 
reached unusually large proportions. 



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' SHOWS IN BOSTON 

(Continued from page 14) 

weeU, which opened Monday night 
with Cecile Sorel and her company 
of French players for a week. She 
hit this town just right, coming here 
on the heels of Clemcnceau, and 
found the place made to order. 
There was a big house at the open- 
ing with the huuso scaled from 50 
rents to $5. 

Changes that are booked for next 
', ick are "The Dover Road" for the 
rivmouLh. where "Anna ChrlirtJe" 



"Summer Is a-Comin' In," Louis 
N. Parker's light comedy that has 
made a hit on the London stage, 
made its first appearance in aa 
American theatre when it was pro- 
duced by The Players in Talma 
theatre. Providence, Nov. 16. Tha 
play was happily cast and the act- 
ing was quite satisfying. Set In / 
Rosemoor, at Ipplcpen, Devonshire, 
England, the action revolves about 
a young bachelor who finds it enjoy- 
able to trifle with the charms of 
three attractive young women of 
high social position. Into the 
harassed life of the man comes an- 
other woman, different from tha 
others, and then the usual hap- 
pened. But at the same time the 
unusual happened in the appear- 
ance of a triple breach of promlsa 
suit which threatened to bring trag- 
edy in its train. 

Mrs. Irving Fulton Orr took tha 
leading part as "Sylvia," playing 
■opposite William P. Farnsworth aa 
Wllloughby Spencer. As the three 
bachelors, Vernon Llbby, W. Stan- 
ley Holt and Farrand S. Stranahaiv 
Jr., were effective, as were the three 
girls who ran away to escape their 
irate fathers. Miss Caroline Che*, 
ney. Miss Helen Capwell and Miss 
Amy Steere played the rolea Tha 
play was produced under the direc*^; 
tlon of Sarah Minchen Barker, as*; 
slsted by Mrs. William J. Storjr. 

Herman Lanfield, known In fight 
circles as "Kid" Herman is suing hia 
wife for divorce in California. Mrs. 
Lanifleld filed the first suit and the 
"Kid" turned around and filed a 
cross-complaint. 



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Walter Rast, English prodttoer, 
has made an arrangement with 
Frank C. Elgan whereby he will pro- 
duce plays at the Egan Little the- 
atre, Los Angelea Following the 
long run of Maude Fu4ton's "The 
Humming Bird," which Is now lit 
Its twenty -fifth week, a record for 
the pint-sised theatre. Hast will 
stage "Suspicion," by George Appell 
and Wheeler Dryden. Carmel Myers, 
the picture star, will be featured. 
Engaged for the other roles are 
Marjorie Meadows, at one time with 
Henry Miller; Wedgwood NowelU 
John T. Prince, Theodore Ton Elits, 
Charles Knealy and George Appell, 
Jr. 



Lawrence Deas says he had A. 

right to use two songs from "Shuffle 

i ATong" in the other all-colored show 

he is now with, "Plantation Dayat 

Both songs are published, says Mr. 

' Deas, and he was given orcheetra- 

1 tlons for them by their publisher 

I with a request that he use them. 



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was turned Into a green room. It will now afford a sitting and reception 
room for Miss Eagles. ' ' 



**Sally, Irene and Mary** gives promise of being a corking road attrac- 
tion, In addition to indications of a long run at the Casino. Around each 
holiday time, business has taken a marked Jump, that being understood 
to show the title's reaction on visitors who may think the show is a 
"three in one" combination. The title is fusing of the names of three 
musical comedy successes and produced by the Shuberts, who were not 
concerned in the producing of either of the trio. Broadway was a bit 
surprised that the original producers did not make a sign of protest 
about the three-way title. That might have happened a year ago when 
the show was then a vaudeville act. written by Eddie Dowllng (who is 
now featured In the piece). The Vanderbllt Producing Co. ("Irene") was 
inclined to go to court about It and wrote Flo Ziegfeld, the latter replying 
he wasn't Interested, although his "Sally" was in its prime oif Broadway./ 
When "finally" went to Bosft>n and was approaching the end of its stay 
there, Ziegfeld got an idea that as "Sally, Irene and Mary" had played 
there as a vaudeville act, it might have had some effect. Thereupon he 
wrote the Vanderbllt office, but the latter had lost interest. In fact, the 
latter expressed gratification for every mention of "Irene** (still on the 
road), George M. Cohan never bothered about it His "Mary" wae 
through. -^ , 'i 



Now that "Swlfty** has been here and passed on Its way, It may be 
safe to tell a story regarding the renaming of the production. Originally 
It was called "The Lady Killer" by Hale Hamilton, but he declined to 
appear In the piece while It had that name, and this brought the decision 
to change it. 

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A current story regards the "raiding" of the apartment of a musical 
comedy woman^ in an effort to obtain divorce evidence In behalf of the 
wife of the man who was supposedly Interested in her. Incidentally, the 
wifo is one of two sisters known to the stage as actresses, who has also 
written vaudeville sketches and plays. Her husband some time ago took 
abode apart from his wife. The raiders on entering the building where 
the musical comedy wonrvan lived, simply asked to be shown to "Mr. 
Blank's apartment." They were ushered Into the apartment of the 
woman who Is now named as the co-respondent In the action the wife 
has brought for a divorce. They didn't find the husband, but found some 
of his clothes in the apartment. 



— 'It's a Boy^* closed at the Selwyn, Boston, Saturday, and a picture le 
the attraction at the house, marking time while the Selwyns get "The 
Rear Car" ready for presentation there, about the holldaya The loss on 
"It's a Boy" totals around $40,000. Ram H. Harris had his usual group 
of associates Interestcd-ln It The failure of the comedy In the Hub was 
a good deal of a surprise. A profitable engagement of six weeks was 
expected instead of a flop In two weeks, WTien it could not draw. Harris 
believed the critical comment that it was too much like "Six Cylinder 
Love." But the latter attraction had not played Boston, which com- 
plicates the explanation of the failure. . . •• . 



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OUT OF TOWN REVIEWS 



END OF THE WORLD 

Beppo Emmet t Shack leford 

Kyd \vnilam Morrlf 

Tony Vinp«'iit Serrano 

}'aul. Alpboris KthUr 

Killipe Frederick Smith 

6am John I^ Ru> 

Marie Alexandra Carliale 



Chicago. Nov. 29. 

The Shuberta Jumped this play 
from Hartford, Conn., Into the 
Playhouse after three days* work 
on It. A report stated the show 
looked so good In rehearsal the Shu- 
berta hesitated about opening It 
"cold" around here, and. after the 
three-day break-in. added a couple 
of more rehearsals. The premier 
performance for Chicago took place 
last Thursday. 

The piece is adapted by Edward 
Delaney Dunn from the German of 
Krnest Klein. It tells of three men 
thrown together. They have de- 
cided to make the keeping of a light 
burning in a lighthouse their life's 
mission. The lighthouse is in the 
extreme southern portion of South 
America, with a relief ship coming 
every six months. The trio consists 
of an American, an ex-M. D., who 
wants to forget; a sailor, who is too 
quick with his knife, and an Eng- 
lishman, tired of the world. A 
woman Is cast upon the shore from 
a wreck. The Englishman and the 
sailor striving for her hand is the 
story, with the doctor hiding him- 
self behind duty, as greater than 
love. 

There are four principals — Alex- 
andria Carlisle, as the woman; Wil- 
liam Morris, the doctor; Vincent 
Serrano, the Englishman, and Al- 
phonz Ethier, the sailor. Three 
minor roles give the play a touch of 
color. The piece iJ in two settings. 
A living room which leads to the 
lighthouse tower that appears very 
massive, and actually appears to be 
of concrete, is the firs' The second 
reveals the light with its fenced-in 
turret and blue sky in the distance. 

The cast e denced careful selec- 
tion. Every character fitted, and 
the work of the -layers was superb. 

The play is talky in spots, al- 
though well presented. The ending 
is a well-rtaged fight and the de- 
nunciation of the woman by the 
doctor. While seeming the logical 
finish, still it happens a bit too 
abruptly. • 

The show should get money. In a 
small theatre and with a small cast. 
It should always be on the right 
side of the ledger. Granting that it 
may not startle the dramatic world, 
for the Playhouse it looks like a 
"natural," and with proper handling 
and appeal to dramatic clubs, may 
hang on at a profit for about eight 
weeks. 

George Henry Trader is the pro- 
ducer, with the settings done by 
Rollo Wayne. Loop. 



on reflection must be heart-break- 
ing. 

The outstanding weaknesses of 
the play seemed to be in the last 
two sc«ne8 — the hero's self-sacri- 
fice in the former smacking too 
strongly of mock heroics and the 
heroine's battle of wits with the 
villain in the latter with his sub- 
• equent unmasking being awkward- 
ly handled, due to cross -purposes 
and conflicting motifs. 

The story opens in the card room 
of an exclu.slve uptown club In New 
York. News of the pardon by the 
governor of a former club member 
now serving a life sentence for the 
murder of a friend comes to the 
members, and a warm argument 
ensues over the merits of the casA. 
A woman enters and is shown into 
an ante-room, followed by a re- 
porter bent on a story regarding the 
pardon. The door opens and the ex- 
convict enters. Suddenly a tall, full- 
bearded English accented clubman 
appears from the ante-room, the 
convict whirls quickly with an exe- 
cration, and shoots the newcomer 
down in his tracks. There is com- 
motion, and through it the district 
attorney announces that the ex- 
convict cannot be indicted for this 
second murder. The woman — the 
wife of the murderer — appears. To 
the newspaper man's inquiry of 
why, the district attorney bids the 
wife tell the story. She begins, the 
lights dim for the flash -back, and 
the story is unfolded. 

The honors go unreservedly to 
Mr. Hohl. 

Alma Tell plays the wife of the 
hero with rare Judgment. Ralph 
Kellard is the hero in a vocal and 
emotional tenor. The role is written 
in^ typical melodramatic fashion. A. 
H. Van Buren as the district attor- 
ney played smoothly. Alex Ons- 
low's was a careful study of de- 
praved criminality. Frank Wester- 
ton's Scotland Yard man. Hans Rob- 
ert as a newspaper reporier and 
Walter Walker's prison warden 
proved fine character bits. 

The success of "It Is the Law" is 
going to be measured by a single 
criterion — whether or not the pul)Iic 
at this time wants mbelodrama. At 
the least, Wallach deserves a ri.sing 
vote for his ca.st and production, 
and at the most Rice's play is a 
piece of writing he may well be 
proud of quite aside from whether 
or not it ever gets in the money. A 
fair guess is that it will. Burton. 



termined to free his hoy, H« t«n« 
of his power, hia money and bii 
ability, if nec«Mary. to whip Into 
line the chief executive of tho atate 
and hush the affair up. Durlns the 
next two acta his house begins to 
topple about hia head. Th« son 
whose money waa stolen takes to 
drink ; the daughter reveals that she 
is soon to become a mother of a 
child by the murdered man. and dis- 
aster after disaster piles up. 

John, the murderer, is convicted 
and sentenced to the electric chair. 
The drunkard son dies in the futttr. 
the unwed mother goes out to Cali- 
fornia and deserts her father be- 
cause she does not want her child 
when It is bom to be ruled by her 
father as she and her brothers were. 
Old Peter Weston, however. Is still 
fighting for the life and liberty of 
his son. The last act is the night 
before the dawn set for the execu- 
tion. Old Weston, tired and worn, 
is waiting in a half-darkened room 
for word from Albany, where he has 
sent his lawyers, that the governor 
had granted a pardon. The word 
finally comes, but it tells old Weston 
that all hope of clemency is lost; the 
governor is aft-aid to srant a re- 
prieve becaose of the people. 

Driven to the last wall Weston 
suddenly remembers that he has 
$1,000,000 In cashable securities in 
his safe. He has never been a 
churchman and never has given 
much thought to God or a hereafter. 
Now. however, in his great hour of 
trial he attempts to bargain with 
God as he would with a business 
man. He'll build churches, indus- 
trial schools — anythlng'-^if Qod will 
only hold back the dawn and five 
him time to start a new Une of at- 
tack to save his son. 

A clock strikes, and old ^l^^ton 
cautiously creeps to the curtained 
window to make stire it still is nicht. 
He draws aside the curtain, and the 
sunlight floods the room. A broken 
and whipped man, he staggers back 
to his desk and collapses into a chair 
gibl>erlng "John's dead, John's dead" 
as the final curtain falls. 

The performance of the suporting 
Alcasar company was splendid. Es- 
pecially fine work was done by Je- 
rome Sheldon as the drunkard son; 
Mary Newcomb as the daughter, 
Emmet Vogan as the murderer, 
Netta Sunderland as the wife of the 
murderer. 



BROADWAY REVIEWS 



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THE BOOTLEGGERS 

Madlaon Corey preaenta Willlani A- 
Pas**" ''UoMly oomedy." although the 
Pajre-Cape Prodvelnv Co.. Inc.. 1« the cor- 
porate owner. Frank McOormack ataged 
Ibe piece, which includes a caat of 64. 
'William T. Roaamore. a apeculator. . . . 

Robert Conneaa 

Nina Roaamore, hla dauchter 

Catherine Dale Owen 
Xjane, butler for Roaamore.. Aubrey Seattle 
Arthur LAceby, ex-CapUln, U. 8. A... 

Qeorce P. Collina 
Rev. Thomaa Laccby, of the Antl-Saloon 

Leacua Bmeat Howard 

LanahaQ. the fixer.... Letahton 8tark 

Creltfhton, the (O'between Edwin Kvana 

Morrison, head of the trucking squad.. 

John I-'S'ona 
MlKKins, of the Gopher Oang.. Albert Hyde 

Vlcarelli, of the Italian bunch 

Barry Townaley 

Tony, a Hl-5aeker Antonio tialerdo 

Judce UlltoB, of the Dlatrlct Court 

John M. Sullivan 

Martin.* Prohibition Commlsaioner 

Oliver Putnam 
Walab. hla chief of ataff....Uugh Chllvers 
Eoforcement Agenta— 

Lubetaky Loula Pelan 

Wolf Joaeph Burton 

Emmallne Kltoa, Martln'a secretary 

Joyce Fair 

Billy, head waiter. Club de Btanc 

Bryce Kennedy 

JeiTy, another walto- Phil Sheridan 

"Dandy PbU" Caalmlr. a apender 

J. Montayne Vandergrlft 
Show Olrla- 

Vlolet Vendome Beryl Collins 

Cleo de Courcelle Dorinda Adama 

Roaa Venturln, sweetheart of Vlcarelli. 

Lenore Alaaso 
Percy Hetheringtoiw a poet. Char tea llasklns 
"Pinkie" Dumont, a cabaret nlngrr... 

Norma Leslie 
"Pass'* Mantmovency, a show girl... 

Kathryn MacDonaM 
Hiram* Maglnnla, from Marietta. Ohio.. 

Walter Cowley 
Inspector Dawaon. P. D.. Walter Lawrence 

Sergeant Walker, P. D ICvan Edwarda 

Mulligan, a policeman John L.:,ona 

Show giria, patrona of the Cafe de Blanc. 
etc.. by Mlaaea Opal Easent, Qwynne 
L«nnon. Wera Dahl. Tova -Dahl. Alia 
D'Aasia. Anna Donahue, and Ursula 
Mack, and Measra. Edgar Wedd, Mariua 
RogatI, W. C. Woodall. T. 8. Jevona, 
Harry Kingsiey, and othera. 
Paul Specht 8 Grill Orchestra ofllclates in 
the third act uatiaret set, conducted by 
Al Epstein, with Nat Levick, .lulra Aron- 
owitx. Ix)u LomlKirvl ami Al Siva:e»e 
comprising Its penonne). Reviewed at the 
Montauk, Brooklyn. N. Y.. last week. 
Opened at the 8»th Street N^v. 27. 



IT IS THE LAW 

Buffalo, Nov. 29. 
"It Is the Law," Elmer L. Rice's 
latest drama, renamed "The Frame - 
Up" by a committee of local judges, 
is the Ossa-on-Pelion of the flash- 
back type of murder melodrama. 
Five years ago, when the climax- 
prologue, expIanatlon-play method 
was new, when "On Trial" by the 
same author was regarded as the 
latest word In dramatic construc- 
tion, this play could have been a 
world-beater on form alone. As it 
is now. with both stage and screen 
given over to myriads of flashback 
stories, "It Is the Law'* must depend 
on other and more substantial qual- 
ities. And these it has in abundance 
—in the originality of idea about 
which it revolves, in the sltlllful and 
facile handling of its story, in a 
flawless and superlatively excellent 
cast, in an artistically executed in- 
vestiture atJd in the conception by 
Arthur Hohl of one of the most per- 
fect heavy roles seen here in many 
se.TKons. 

The play. In three acts and seven 
scenes, is from a story by Hayden | Pleasure. The daughter, a fine type 
Talbot. Rice is said to have com- ; *^f S^'^l. is in love with the son of the 
pleted it only a few weeks ago, when ! "I'^n whom old Peter Weston chent- 
it waa immediately accepted for ^'^ "f pronerty 20 years before. The 



PETER WESTON 

San Francisco, Nov. 29. 
Frank Keenan returned as a stage 
star here last week in a brand new 
play, entitled "Peter Weston," staged 
for the first time at the Alcazar, and 
scored an emphatic hit. The piece 
is by Frank Dazey and Leighton 
Osmun, and is a tense but harrowing 
piece c>f playwriting. The story is 
full of drama, but there is a sordid- 
mess about it all that sends on^out 
of the theatre depressed. Its action 
is based upon what, at best, is an 
unusual case and by no means is 
representative of American life even 
in the case of a man as adamantine 
in his world of business as was 
Peter Weston. 

The story concerns the name char- 
acter, who has built up a great pump 
works in New York, has amas^sed a 
great fortune and a powerful name 
in the business world. He is a man 
of power. He has taken the lives of 
his children, two sons and a daugh- 
ter, and moulded them as suited his 
pleasure. One son, whose great am- 
bition was to be a painter and whose 
thought traveled solely in the world 
of art, is yanked out of his day- 
dreams and placed In his father's 
office. He is married and unhappy, 
but the will of the father has made 
him spineless. The other son is an 
idler li^i^ncr off a legacy left by his 
mother. The father Is letting him 
have his head and play a "man 
about town" because it suits his 



production by Samuel Wallach. for- 
merly of the William Harris forces. 
Between Wallach and Mike Oold- 
reier the Harris office looks like a 
germinating ground for embryo pro- 
ducers. 

Lester Lonergan did the staging 
and Livingston IMatt the settings. 
Tho show opened in Springfield, 
Mass., jumped to Binghamton, and 
then into Buffalo. The production 
is set for New York ready to leap 



former owner is now an employe of 
old Weston. 

This state of aff«frs Is developed 
during the first act and takes up 
practically the whole of it. Then 
suddenly and without warning in 
walked melodram.i and tragedy. 
John, the son who craved to be an 
artist and who has the management 
of his brother's legacy from the 
mother, is revealed as a thief. 

The news is conveyed by the youth 



into the first breach opened in the j In love with John's sister and whom 
wavering line of season's offerings sh*» wants to marry again.st her 
along the Rialto and which it un- ( father's will. This youth also works 
expectedly found at tho Ritz ' in the factory and hns learned aulte 



through the Bainter play's with 
drawal. 

"It Is the Law" is crackling, 
high-tension melodrama, combining 
a compellinpr story, masterly dra 



by neridf»nt that .Tohn has squan- 
dered the money, belonginor to his 
brother. He is 'partly responsible 
for the custody of this money, and 
corvfn intent upon revealinrr the 



THE PAINTED LADY 

Washington. Nov. 29. 

This new play. "The Painted 

Lady." with Fay Bainter starred, is 

a play of distinction, but as to its 

power as a box-office attraction, 
that is another question. Had not 
the author, Monckton Hoffe. done 
his work so extremely well, and had 
not William Harris, Jr., the pro- 
ducer, assembled such a remarkably 
good cast, the theme would have 
foundered and been lost. To coldly 
analyze it, one word seems to sum 
it all up — fantasy. 

In Baltimore last week, where the 
piece was first presented, the papers 
generally were adverse in their 
opinions. That is understandable, 
however, as "Getting Gertie's Gar- 
ter" has been, running there for 
some eight or nine weeks, and this 
is not the sort of a play that would 
appeal to that class of theatregoers. 

The first act has originality In 
conception and treatment. It Is a 
gathering of the notables of an 
English town, to accept a master- 
piece done by an old Italian master 
of the patron saint of the. church. 
It's here the author's assembly of 
character was a positive delicht. 
From this first act the story 
r;witches back to how that picture 
became a masterpiece and the im- 
planting of that certain something 
into it that goes to make master- 
pieces. 

The picture, which is not an old 
master, is the first inspiration 
brought to a young artist throngh 
his lovo for a circus rider, which 
he sells to a faker of antiques. Be- 
cause greatness had been implanted 
in the work it was only a matter of 
time before, through a little trickery, 
it was accepted as an old master- 
piece and presented to tho chnrch, 
where it was enshrined as the 
portrait of its patron saint. 

In Fay Bainter Is a wistful appeal 
of sincere simplicity. She was mag- 
nificent. Arthur Byron's perform- 
ance of the drunken father was 
splendid. The cast is mostly Sng- 
llsh. Among the other players were 
Ferdinand Gottschalk, Cotxrtenay 
Foote, Henry Daniell, Eugene 
Powers, A. P. Kaye, Orlando Daly 
and St. CTaIr Bayfield. Robert Mil- 
ton grasped his opportunities as the 
director. 

Mr. Harris is closing the piece 
here Saturday for a brief period for 
rephapinpT. This may result tn pro- 
viding that certain other attribute 
to as.suro a financial as well as 
artistic success. IfeaJHu. 



^matic treatment and a wealth of , truth to old Weston. A quarrel en- 
surc-flre character delineat'on. The i Hues between the vountr man and 

.pombination delivers a. wallop and i John, and rnrl.q with John shooting 
spelh^ an evening chock full of dra-'nnd klDinEr him. The shnotinir is 
matic interest and corkinj? enter- j ^\'itro<»«.od by a maid. Old Weston 
tainmenf. The story start.s with a I comes in and looks all the door.*?, 
bang (literally as well as flj^urative- j while he conches his son in a story 
Jy) and holds the attention from the ' whereby it Is to lie made to appenr 



out.set, an effect enhanced by the 
perfect performance of a unif<jrmly 
excellent cast. The producer has 
spared himself no pains, even tho 
smallest bits being done by thor- 
'#ugh artists — and at a cost which 



that the dead man committed sui- 
cide. 

Tho second act takes place the 
next :nornlng In the same setting, 
which is used for all four acts. Old 
Westn has taken charge and la de- 



George Rockwell (Rockwell and 
Fox), after paying his hotel bill in 
Philadelphia last week, found all 
stores closed. Nece.s.«tary to have 
a towel for wrapping up Some 
fraglTo article, he selected one of 
the hotel towels. Monday he sent 
a money order for 50 cents to the 
hotel management advising it was 
for tho towel he had lifted. Tues- 
day he received an acknowledge- 
ment together *with another towel, 
the hotel manager advising Rock- 
well the house towels oMt 21 cents 

«ach. 

• ■ . .■ i 1. — 



That's quite a production item — 
54 people. Looks more like a musi- 
cal comedy line-up. In truth there 
are about eight or nine couples who 
just fill in the picture in the third 
act cabaret scene and do nothing 
else. This does not include the five- 
piece orchestra and the rather large 
cast of puppets necessary to con- 
tinue the action, which is concerned 
with a feud between the King of the 
Blast Side Bootleggers and the King 
of the West Side Bootleggers. 

The piece is descril>ed as a timely 
comedy, although it approaches 
melodramatic farce constantly. Its 
timeliness is the prohibition ques- 
tion, with a few choice local 
references for good measure such as 
the arrest of the Salvation Army 
girl recently on tho doorstep of the 
Gaiety theatre. New York, and other 
things. The Salvation incident 
is mentioned to carry out U. S. Dis- 
trict Judge Hilton's point that be- 
fore the government attempts en- 
forcing the 18th Amendment it 
should concern itself with the 
others. 

The argument, a wordy, talky de- 
bate, undeniably Unadulterated sym- 
pathetic wet propaganda, takes 
place in Rossmore's home. Ross- 
more is the brains of a wealthy 
bootleg organization, and Judge Hil- 
ton is one of his close friends and 
patrons. Thusly the freedom of 
speech amendment is disproved by 
the Salvation girl's arrest; the sec- 
ond amendment privilege of carry- 
ing arms is refuted by the jurist by 
the Sullivan law ban on all such 
pocket artillery; the 15th Amend- 
ment, giving the negro full suffrage 
and equality Is refuted by the 
south's "jim crow" sequestration in 
public conveyances, et al. This in- 
troduction is" rather retarded and 
could be speeded up in view of the 
15 minutes overtime after eleven. 

The action really assumes the- 
atrical form when Nina Rossmore, 
the bootlegger's daughter, makes 
her appearance, just returned from 
Buropc. She has become betrothed 
during her absence to Capt. Arthur 
Laceby, ^hose father, tho Rev. 
Thomas Laceby, Is secretary of the 
Anti-Saloon League. Full advan- 
tage of the situation of a bootleg- 
ger's daughter becoming engaged to 
an anti's offspring is taken and not 
overdone. 

Rev. Laceby has secured a berth 
for his son as a special enforcement 
ag€nt. not a common cellar Rnlffer 
mind you, but one who is looked 
upon to employ his war experience 
in the U. S. Intelligence Dept. In 
tracking this unknown head of the 
bootleg ring (Rossmore, his pros- 
pective father-in-law). 

Act II is Kct in I»rohibitlon head- 
quarters, which, for ail tho suspi- 
cion and knowledge that even the 
most conscientious of our champ 
hootch detectors are not averse to 
looking the other way at times, is a 
farce. Everybody in the office is a 
corrupt grafter from lh« ei>i*f down. 
Only the stupid I'rohibition Com- 
mls.sioncr is iili.ssfully ignorant of 
the runj runners' doings right under 
his nose. And, of course. Capt. 
Laceby, who has just Joined the 
Starr. 

Doublc-cro.ssing and triple-cross- 
ing for bribes and graft are spoken 
of with the greatest calm and un- 
concern, not to mention audibility. 
tTcn though the commisb Is offlced 



right next door. The bootleggers' 
war is between Vlcarelli. king of th« 
lUlian or Kast Side bunch, and 
Rossmore. The former has way- 
laid a shipment valued at llOO.OOd 
ordered by Hossmore, who after 
caving the way with the ofilclala 
linds the Italians had Intercepted it 
on the Merrick road near Jamaica. 
Rossmore bribes a prohib. agent to 
discover where Vicarelll has cached 
it,' and in turn abducts the $100 000 
shipment plus some of Vicarelli'a 
own stock. Vlcarelli is now viaitln^ 
the agents' offices to bribe them 
again for information and thus steal 
it back. This develops into a "but- 
ton, button, who's got the button?" 
I shuttlecock situation. 

Rossmore's daughter and her' 
fiance have been neglected too long; 
so the action is swung to Act ILL 
the Club de Blano (a fair idea of the 
Little Club, New York, Interior). 
There Rossmore and his Italian » - 
ponent have arranged to meet and 
negotiate on business. The jaxs 
band jasses, the couples dance, an 
intended comedy bit with a hictt 
squawking at the check damage 
and the $8 per highball holdup 
are preludes for the climax. Tony, 
Vicarelli's henchman. Intends to 
double cross his employer, who with 
his affluence has won the hand of 
Rosa, the queen of Mulberry street 
or somewhere thereabouts. The 
double cross is intended via a bottle 
o^ poison hootch. Vlcarelli refuses 
to drink but Ross does. She is 
stricken blind and Vicarelll stabs 
Tony. Coincldently Nina Rossmore 
sees her father emerge from a pri* 
vate dining room and her suspicioQ 
of her father's source of affluence is 
confirmed. 

Act IV, back to Rossmore's home. 
Tony has a good chanco to live, 
which lets the wealthy bootlegger 
off easy and sidesteps any complica- 
tions of a murder charge. VlcarelH 
enters and departs after receiving a 
Mafia skull and crossbones threat. 
He exits under police guard but Is 
assassinated even though protected. 
Ro«^smore decides to reform. TTo 
tells Capt. J aceby, who has de- 
cided to resign from his spying posi- 
tion, to apprise headquarters where 
a quarter of a million dollar boose 
cache -is to be found for destruction, 
Nina apparently forgives her dad, 
and curtain. 

That's the gist of the plot. Sounds 
like a good groundwork for a sce- 
nario thriller. In play form it is 
interesting in average fashion. The 
title is a good commercial assf^t for 
the box office but on its* merits as 
out and out entertainment it ''oesn't 
compare with "The Old Soak, " an- 
other prohibition inspired opus. "Ths 
Bootlegger" as a title, however, is 
for popular "wet" appeal and means 
more than the Marquis appellation. 

The cabaret scene is a novelty and 
the injection of another entertainer 
or two besides the songstress who 
handles one vocal number cutely 
could be resorted to as a strength- 
ener. The cast itself Is average»v 
proficient with no one really given 
important opportunity. Barry 
Townsley as the debonair. Valen* 
tlnocsque rum runner made th« 
most of the choicest opportunity. 
Robert Conne.ss as Bossmore wa« 
convincing, as was Leighton Stark 
as Lanahan. AheU 



EAST-WEST PLAYERS 

DINNER 

n<^* WUllam A. RothohlJd 

""«'♦*•» Jene Johnatoa 

S^'^!*"'. • --i;:.- - • . .N«than Gale 

Doctor's WKe Sclina Oraae 

JVIvy Councillor Rot>«'rt J. I.ann« 

Privy CouncUJor'* Wlfa Diana Fcnten 

Yojinu Man Maurice Oreea 

PoJIce Arrnt Allen W. Nairle 

Gu«ita-H»Ien Grey, B«tty C. Clutch. All- 
lene Ix)«b. Uftty Vox, Mab«l Van«>t. Mau- 
rice Burk^, F«n FIncke, Michael M. Rosner. 
Frederick J. Spender. 8. I«. Wycl ofT. 

I^JcUoya— I.«H)nard Benbad, WillUira J. 
IT.»ckett. roMce— Saul I^aiare, Georre 
Mitchell. Gypsy Mualclana— John I'ransky, 
Norman Joy, Morrla Brodata, Oraaio Tal- 
lesrlno. 

PANCT PREV 

r^ncr Kllaabcth Bellalra 

■Alfrf^'i Fr«)«arleli J. .Spendar 

Kthf>Ibert John Alexander 

Delta Plorance V. Lae 

PROGRBSS 

Prof. ITpnry Corrle. D.Bc Qmrtav Blum 

Mm. McMon. hia alatar... .Mad»tine Mor«ll 

Hannah, a a«rvant Mabc) Vanet 

THB TURTUi DOTS 

^o''«« .^ Gaorf • Lamoat 

Chanr-Sut-Ten ...Mlehaal M. Roonar 

The Mandarin 8. R. Wyckoff 

Kwen- r.m -. Aniaav tAcb 

The God of Fate Ptadartak J. teefider 

The Property Man Ban Placlia 

The Gone Bearer WlUlam J. BaekaU 



■* i 



The East-West Players Is the 
nearest approach locally to what the 

Washington Square Players stood 1 

for when that organization under | 

Edward Goodman's was at the peak j 

of its existence. In some respects I 

the East-West group transcends the | 

other organization. For a "little | 

theatre" company it has done some | 

notable things the past few seasons ' i 

under Gustav Blum's direction. They J 
are unique alone In that they devoto™- 1 

Ihemgelvea exclusively to the pre- i 

sentation of the one-act play. The i 

ultimate ambition is the acquisition ! 
of a Times Square location for a 

one-act play repertory theatre. The £ 

program slogan sums It up: "What % 

the one-act play asks for it not an | 
advocate or a defender, it asks for 
opportunity for development." 

The first bill of this season's 
repertoire Inchidesitwo pieces Jkever 



i'S;*" 



fi.,':yn> .-* "? ..».T.*'' 



Friday, December 1, IMS 



LEGITIMATE 



tr 



^fore dontt In America. They are 
yerenc Molnarli "Dinner," a naive 
little comedj (tranalated by Charles 
Feleky), and St. John Brvlne'e 
tragedy ''Proffreu,** a dramatio ex- 
position against warfare. 

"Progresa" is one of the two high- 
lights. In it. Mr. Blum, the director, 
acquits himself in his usual finished 
manner, although he is ordinarily 
content more with the direction 

Cn the actual histrionics. Made- 
I Morrell handles the sympatheti- 
cally dramatic role to a nicety and 



James, plays and royalties; James fgenT bowed into the S9th Street 



F. Goodman, school of the drama; 
Miss Miriam Lechtman, member- 
chip; Allen Hinckley, music and 
pageantry; C W. Hardenbergh« 
finance; Louis W. Shouse, theatre 
and halls. 



TREASUBEBS' CLUB 

(Continued from page 11) 
card said. also, favorite hero. Joe 
Leblang; favorite heroine. Annie 
hints of poesibtlltiea professionally. I Oakley; favorite songs, "Good-bye, 
As the sister at the scientist who ' Little Buy, Good-bye," "Her© Comes 
has invented a bomb which will McBrlde." and "It's a Long, Long 



wipe put whole towns and villages 
and thus minimise the duration of 
war. she gives an excellent interpre- 
tation of the bereft mother who still 
grieves the loss of her son andhus- 
band. the victims of the war. when 
her scientist kinsman refuses to de- 
stroy the formula, she does so. 
When he brags it is lmpre<;sed on 
his mind she kilts the annihilating 
compound at the source, even at the 
expense of the inventor's life. 

♦•Fancy Free" by Stanley Hough- 
ton, is a polite triangle comedy that 
has possibilities for vaudeville if 
accelerated a trifle. Frederick J. 
Spender and John Alexander 
handled the two male roles 
oeedingly welL 



Line a-Winding." Also an appli- 
cant would be required to ^xpress 
preference of working at the New 
Amsterdam or the Music Box and 
explain why. 

Special songs sung held this gem 
to the tune of "Annie Rooney'*: 
She's my Annie, I'm her beau; 

Tickets we don't sell — 
Go to Joe. 

Joe's our buddy. 
He gets 'em after we start. 
But little Annie Oakley 
Is my sweetheart. 
The Adler-Oray ditties were 
ex- ' marked as sections to "Amendment 
IXVIIL" One to the tune of "Oh, 



' For the rest, the company deports! How I Hitte to Get Up in the Morn- 
Itself satisfylngly in q ilasi- prof es -' ing," ran: 



sional manner that shows painsiak 
ing directorial maneuvering. 

Realistic scenic presentation is 
eschewed probably more for 
economic reasons than artistic Not 
that the impressionistic set pieces 
do not sufflce— contrarily they are 
somewhat of a relief from ultra - 
realism — but if the organization 
Anally realises its dream of pos- 
sessing its own theatre, practical 
settings would be in keeping with 
the full-fledged professional grol- 
uation. ' Abel 



A. 



LIZA 



'^Tilza," the first colored show to 
inf Broadway this fall, after a sum- 
mer wherein a quartet of such at- 
trartiona bid for business in the 
theatre zone, opened at Daly's 63d ' ^^> 
Street Monday. -^ 

The piece or.'glna'ly played at the 

Lafayette, in the colored section of 
Harlem, in September. It was then 
called "Bon Bon Buddy, Jr." When 
it opened uptown managerial claims 
were that it had been framed for 
Broadway, but the presentation then 
was in need of much fixing before 
trying for a run downtown. 

Since then the show has drawn 
new backing. Few cast changes are 
announced, but a production has 
been supplied. The theme song 
"Liza" was recently adopted as the 
title. 

Irvin C. Miller and Emmett An- 
thony are the comic loads, with 
Gertrude Saunders the prima donna. 
Greenlee and Drayton are added 
players to the original line-up. The 
show will give a midnight perform- 
ance Wednesdays, fol'owing the 
practice established by "ShufTle 
Along," which ran €0 weeks at this 
house. 

"Bon Bon Buddy, Jr.* was re- 
Tlewed in Variety of Sept. IS, last. 



Oh, how I hate to count up in the 

morning! 
Why can't a treasurer pick his 

time? 
When you think the day's your own 
Then a voice comes o'er the phone: 
"Yoji got to count up! You got to 

count up — 
You got to count up this morning." 
I hope some day, vfhen I own a 

theatre. ••,v.r'' .;..•._ ^y-i 
All of the auditors will be dead; 
If you work for Lee and Jake 
You'll have a job that takes the 

cake — 
You'll never count up — whea^you 

should be in bed. 



To the tune of "Mr. Gallagher and 
Mr. Shean": 

Mr. Dillingham! Oh, ^Ir. 

Dillingham! 
DO you know the treasurers have a 

fund? ' 

They get twenty when they're 111; 
And five hundred when they're stillH 
Why can't you give a thousand on 

the run? 
Oh. Mr. Leo! Oh, Mr. Lee! 
A very cute idea just came to me. 
They can have the dough I've got. 
If I could kill 'em all on the spot — 
Absolutely, Mr. Dillingham, 
Positively. Mr. Lee. 



K. C. BUCKIKG TEUST 
(Continued firom page IS) 
now In New York. Like this latest 
scheme, it was given much publicity 
but its supporters let it drop and 
are now lending their influence to 
the new project, as are members 
of the Comedy Club, a rather ex- 
clusive dramatic organization which 
•x!sted as a social affair. 

The leaders of the Kanssui City 
Theatre, in their enthusiasm, are 
talking of incorporating in the new 
enterprise a school where members 
will be admitted to classes in dra- 
matic art, speaking, stage designing, 
lighting and scene painting; in fact, 
all of the allied arts of the stage. 
It is the Intention to present seven 
plays this season, and the plays 
committee has announced a list of 
24 plays from which seven will be 
selected. The list: "And So They 
Were Married." "The Yellow Jack- 
et." "My Lady's Dress." "Beyond 
the Horizon," "Captain Jinks," "The 
Great Divide," "Pomander Walk." 
"Lotty." "Strife," "School for Scan- 
dal," "The Winter's Talo." "Lady 
Windemere's Fan," "Twelfth Night," 
' "John Ferguson," "Jane Clegg," 
"The Doctor's Dilemma," "Man and 
Supcrftian," "The Power of Dark- 
ness." "The Inspector General." "The 
Pretty Sabine Woman." "The Mar- 
rinf?e cf Kitty." "The Hood Hipe," 
"Pillar.'* of Society," "The Sunken 
Boll.' 

The offlcers of the orp.inization, 
which will he inrori)orr\tfd, all 
prominr»nt in bu.'^inc-s nn<l prof»^a- 
"^ a'onnl circles, are: R Bry.son Jones, 
president; H^nry I). Ashley, firrt 
vice-propident; Mrs. CIcorece W. 
Fuller, second v^ce-prPHid'nl; Davi«l 
Ben.lamln, third vico-prcsirlnnt ; W. 
D. Hancock, secretary; Thornton 
Cooho, txca«<nrer: John T. Hardlntr. 
coun.'^c!; Arthur F. Ilrodic. jiuditor. 

Thn chnirmen of the c itrht com- 
mlttoo«» are: Marcus I-'ord. produc 



BBOADWAT STOBY 

(Continued from page 13) 
"Seventh Heaven" hung around 
110,000 for Its second and third 
weeks, then went to 112,200 last 
week, not much under actual 
capacity for the Booth. "The Last 
Warning" is very strong, with $13,- 
000 in last week. "The Love Child " 
showed something by jumping to 
nearly $11,000 at the Cohan, while 
"R. U. R." is nearly selling out at 
the Frazee. 

The musicals are still topped by 
Ziegfeld's "Follies." which beat $35,- 
000 last week; the new "Music Box 
Revue." which again beat $29,000 
for standee trade; "The Greenwich 
Village Follies," which is riding in 
third position, and got $23,000 last 
week, while "Little Nellie Kelly," at 
the Liberty,, is cleaning up, with its 
second week $22,000 and more. 
"Chauve-Souris." at the Century 
roof, clicks off $17,000 weekly right 
along. "Blossom Time," which tops 
the list in point of run, la doing ex- 
cellently at the Century, and last 
week turned a nifty profit with 
nearly $17,000 in, though the man- 
agement claims over $20,000. 

Next week lined up as getting 
five new plays but the incoming list 
was cut down to three, because two 
of the new productions have been 
held oflf for repairs. "Mike Angelo" 
was listed to succeed "Why Men 
Leave Home" at the Morosco, but 
the latter attraction took a spurt 
and is announced for all season, 
while "Mike" is to be fixed up for 
possible later presentation. The 
Fay Bainter show, variously known 
a# "The Panted Lady," "Painted 
Flapper," and "The Lady CriPti- 
linda." will not come into the Rltz 
next week. That house was given 
a sudden booking Wednesday (this 
week) in "It Is the Law." a mystery 
thriller. 

Going out this Saturday are "The 
Passing Show," which leaves the 
(Jardon empty for n^niodelinfi:; "The 
Cat and Canary," which w 11 he suc- 
ceeded at the National Monday by 
"I<\ifhlons for Men'; "To I.ovo," 
which will 1)0 followed u( the Bijou 
hy "l-istcnini? In," n!»d "I'artncrs 
AKaln," which gets two weeks of 
pi( turt'S and will proh.ihly 
tal<«> on Jane Cowl in "Romeo and 
.lullet." Next week's third premiere 
wMl ^e "Our Nell' (T)\TyiiK ns 'Tiie 
Hiiysccd ' this week in W.ishing- 
ton). whi<'h relitrhts the T'.aye.s. 

"The Hunch and Judy " opened at 



Monday and won a pasting from 
the reviewers. "Lisa," a colored 
troupe, entered Daly's 6Sd Street 
Monday and was very well regarded. 
The show was originally called "Bon 
Bon Buddy, Jr.," and has been con- 
siderably improved sinqe first show- 
ing uptown (Lafayette). 

The Comedy Francals did so well 
at the 39th Street that it will be 
brought back to town next week, 
playing four special matinees at the 
Century. Mme. Sorel is the star. 
For both weeks at the S9th Street 
the attraction bettered $16,000. 
charging $S top. The matinee scale 
advertised %m "popular prices" is $3 
top. 

"The Bat" easily beat the field in 
the Subway houses, it getting over 
$lB.30f at the Broad St.. Newark. 
"Daffy-DIll" at the Majestic. Brook- 
lyn, played to $12,500. under expec- 
tations. "The Bootleggers" at the 
Montauk got under $4,000 on the 
week, while "The Monster" at Tel- 
ler's, in the same borough again got 
nearly $10,000. "Mister Antonio" 
drew $8,500 at the Riviera, while 
"The Rubtoon" grossed $7,000 at the 
Bronx opera house. 

Buy Renewal Forced 

The advance price agencies and 
the John Golden office clashed last 
week over the renewal of the buy 
for "Spite Corner" at the Little 
theatre. The agency men did not 
want to continue the buy on the 
show after the original deal had 
been fulfilled, but the Gqlden ofitce 
maintained that if the agencies 
wanted to continue to handle seats 
for "The Seventh Heaven" at the 
Booth, one of the real hits for which 
there is a strong demand, they 
would have to Tenew on "Spite 
Corner." with the producer coming 
off victorious. 

Those attractions that have the 
real call in the agencies outside of 
the musical pieces are "Merton of 
the Movies," which seems to have 
hit the town between the eyes; 
"Rain" at the Maxine Elliott. "Loy- 
alties" at the Gaiety and "The Sev- 
enth Heaven" at the Booth. 

With the renewal of the buy on 
"Spite Corner" and the addition of 
"The Bunch and Judy" at the 
Globe to the list, the attractions 
that the agencies hold outright 
number 27, which is one more than 
last week, despite the fact that the 
"Yankee Princess" deal finished 
last Saturday night. 

A complete list of the buys in- 
cludes "The Lady in Ermine" (Am- 
bassador). "Kikr (Belasco), "The 
Seventh Heaven (Booth), "Aimer" 
(Bijou). "Springtime of Youth" 
(Broadhurst). "The Gtngham Girl" 
(Carroll), "Sally. Irene and Mary" 
(Casino), "The Love Child" 
(Cohan). "Merton of the Movies" 
(Cort>7 "Rain" (Elliott). "East of 
Sues" (Eltinge), "R. U. VU' (Frazee), 
"Whispering Wires" (49th Street), 
"The Bunch and Judy" (Globe), 
"Loyalties" (Gaiety), "Hamlet" 
(Harris), "So This Is London" 
(Hudson), "The World We Live 
In" (Jolson's). "Little Nellie Kelly" 
(Liberty), "Spite Corner" (Little), 
"The Awful Truth" (Miller's). 
"Music Box Revue" (Music Box). 
"Follies" (Amsterdam). "Up She 
Goes" (Playhouse). "The Old Soak" 
(Plyipouth), 'The Fool" (Times 
Square), and "The Passing Show" 
(Winter Garden). 

Cut Rates Drop Four 

The cut rate list fell from 19 to 
16 attractions offered at bargain 
prices this week, with the expecta- 
tion that the list would build up 
somewhat next week after the 
Thanksgiving holiday and the be- 
ginning of the usual pre-Chrlstmas 
slump. Those attractions oflTercd 
are: "Thin - Ice*^ (Belmont), 
"Springtime of Youth" (Broad- 
hurst), "Blossom Time" (Century), 
"Love Child" (Cohan), "Liza" 
(Daly's), "Texas Nightingale" (Em- 
pire). "Hospitality" (48th Street). 
"Fantastic Fricassee" (Greenwich 
Village), "The World We Live In" 
(Jolson). "Shore Leave" (Lyceum), 
"Yankee Princess" (Knickerbocker). 
"Why Men Leave Home" (Moros- 
co), "Up She Goc-s" (Pl.ayhouse). 
"Abie's Irish Rose" (Republic). 
"Partners Again" (Selwyn) and 
"Passing Show" (Winter Garden). 



BEDSIDE CHATS 



fiT NELLIE &EVELL 



tion; W, J., rerry, publicity? D., L. the Olobc Tuesday. TUeBootlej? 



Courts of Justice arc usually sym- 
pathetic towards the two week.s" 
cancellation notice as a theatrical 
custom, but the court In the Fir.sf 
Municipal Di.«(rict of Brooklyn did 
not uphold (Miss) Bobbie Hudson's 
claim for $60 against Harry New- 
man, owner of the "Bindbox Re- 
vue." a vaudeviMe act. Miss Hudson 
sued for her two weeks' .«5alary when 
then 'he was summarily dismissed in 
Hobokcn, where the act was plac- 
ing. Newmrin t'Stified tho girl was 
tardy for her nhow. The chorine 
explained sho wgi.s with a sick frifnd. 
which caused the delay. The judcc 
did hot deem that a very urRf-nt 
cause for missing her performpincc. 



"One good one makes up for several bad ones" was a term I once 
heard, but I understand it better now than I did then. 

All doctors are not nickel nursers. In fact, most all that I have met 
are very humane, sympathetic and understanding. You will perhaps 
recall the editorial that appeared in Variety a year ago about Dr. George 
D. Stewart's operation on me, and what he said to me when I asked for 
my bill. His reply was: 

"I wouldn't like to have your theatrical and newspaper friends think 
they are the only people who appreciate a good soldier. We soon find out 
when we get them on that table how much soldier is in them. You are 
a good soldier. I am glad to have been of service to you. You don't owe 
me anything." 

The other day a vaudeville actress, who has been a patient here, was 
leaving the hospital, fully recovered. She had an operation by Dr. 
Stewart. While she was in my room saying good-bye to me. Dr. Stewart 
came In. '• ' ^ 

"Oh. doctor," she said, "I feel terribly." 

"You shouldn't," he replied. "You sre going home, aren't you?" 

"Yes," she answered, "bet I haven't the money to pay your bill. X 
haven't been working, and have no work booked." 

This kind, wonderful man, who stands so high In his profes«lon that 
he is president of the Academy of Medicine and counted one of America's 
greatest surgeons, looked at this little pale girl, then patted her on the 
head and said: "Well, .well — is that what's worrying you? Just forget 
it, and get well and be happy; and the first chance you get to do a favor 
for someone who is in hard luck, do it. Than we will be square." 

I was thrilled and inspired. The Great Nasarene must have been 
pleased, 

I thank you again. Dr. George D.. as we affectionately call you. not only 
for the professional assistance rendered to the little vaudeville girl and 
myself, but for your friendship and faithful counsel. What a beautiful 
religion is yours! 



This roommate of mine persists in singing at all hours of the night 
No matter how much he is covered up or threatened with eviction, he 
indulges his love of unfolding "melodies in F." X. Y and 7L At 10 o'clock 
the other night he wanted to sing "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean." At S 
o'clock the next morning he wanted to imitate Van and Schenck. 

They tell me he is a "roller." if you get what I mean. I think he is in 
here as an emissary of some of my Christian Science friends who want 
to get me thrown out, thinking probably that is the only way I will ever 
get ou(. 

So some morning I expect to find myself sitting on the curb at Twelfth 
street and Seventh avenue with my bird cage under one arm and my 
plaster of parls cast under the other.. , . y , - / .. ^ y* 



One day last week when he hadn't let a peep out of him all day, I 
lying here talking to him, trying to cajole him into singing. I remarked: 
"All right for you, if you don't want to sing for me. I don't have to 
depend on yoqu I will ask Van and Schenck to come down and sing 
for me." 

While I was talking Tom Gorman came In and heard me trying to 
coax tho bird to sing. He said Van and Schenck were playing at the 
JefTerson theatre. He mentioned to them how near they were to the 
hospital, and Wednesday I was surprised with a concert. 

The boys came over and sang all of their new songs, and many of their 
old ones, to my delight and the edification of the nurses, nuns and other 
patients. And to hear them sing was Thanksgiving enough for me. 



While the attendants were attempting to get me Into a wheel chair, I 
sat down almost entirely without help. After the concert was over and 
they startech to go, Joe Schenck couldn't find his cap. An exhaustive 
search of th| room failed to reveal it. Joe had an idea where It was, but 
he was reluctant to express it. 

I began telling them how wonderful It was for me to be able to sit 
down alone — the first time in three years. 

"Well." Joe paid, "that's because you didn't have my golf cap to sit on. 
You're sitting on my cap." 

And I was. .'■■ "''■'■''''' 



Dr. Stewart came in the other day, looked at the bird and said: "Can he 
sing?" I said. "Sure, he can sing." _ ... ... ., 

"Can he cuss?" „ ■^.>^ ■'■■''■■>■•'". ^ .''■■^■•-. 

"No, certainly no," I replied. * ^ '.^ 

"Is he deaf?" asked the doctor. 

Now. Isn't that a nice way to talk about me and my bird? 

But I will say one thing for Ada Mae Weeks, who sent the bird to me; 
she was wise in selecting a canary instead of a parrot. 



Irvin Cobb came in one day last week and asked me how I felt. I told 
him I had a pain in my abandon. (I stole that from Tom Ryan's act.) 
He said. "Well, then, that means you are sick all over. How's the back," 
he inquired. I told him if I put my hand on both of my pains at once. 
I would be doing a sailor's hornpipe. While he was here E. F. Albee 
came in. 

"Can I drop you some place?" he inquired of Mr. Cobb. 

"No, thanks, I am just getting over the last drop I had some place." 
retorted the gentleman from Paducah. 

"Oh, come on. Take a ride in my Ford," urged Mr. Albee. The funny 
part of it was that the man who thinks nothing of building a $5,000,000 
theatre drives down here in a Ford. Mr, Cobb and he left the hospital 
in it. What do you suppose Henry Ford would give for a picture of 
those two in his car? 



If the chiropractor who wrote me protesting my article of week before 
last and wanting his letter printed wants any advertising in this paper, 
he must call ui/ Bryant 8153 and ask for the advertising rates. I know 
all about those space-stealing stunts. I invented half of them. 

I owe nothing to any chiropractor or their society, and I owe every- 
thing in the world to the theatrical profession. I even owe them for the 
bed I'm lying In, and I especially owe It to them to tell the truth when 
they ask me about my experiences with chiropractors or anyone else. 

As soon as I feel stronger I am going to write a story relating similar 
experiences of several other people that have been brought to my atten* 
tion since I have been here. 



Jack Lait wanted to send me a noiseless typewriter. But Roy Moulton 
tclKs nafi he has one and that it makes more noise than PMdlo Dunn's vest. 
He says it rattles when he Isn't even near it. - — — -^ - 



"Mussolini Demands a Quid Pro Quo. "—Headline in the New York 
"Times." ^ : *.. ■ -. 

V\\ take one of those, too — and a cup of coffee. 



ProoeodinRs for the lease of a Bopton heiress who was detained In an 
insane asylum on a certificate signed by two doctors have revealed the 
illuminating Information that anyone can be railroaded to an insane 
a.^ylum in the Htate of Massarhusctts if two physicians sign a certificate 
pronouncing them crazy. *• 

I will stay away from Boston They would lock me Up and throw away 
tlie key. 



This goes to press before Thanksgiving, so t can't tel! you about mf 
Thanksgiving dinner. 






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NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



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LEWIS and NORTON 

Talk 

17 Mint.; Two (Spoclal Set) 

6th Ave. 

In Feb.. 1921, according to Va- 
riety's New Act files, thia turn had 
a "8how:/T" at the Kedzie, Chi- 
cago, and was there reviewed by 
Its author. Jack Lalt. The only 
thing to ponder over is whether Mr. 
Lait really thought the skit was as 
good as , he stated. For he said 
plenty. And if imagination is nec- 
essary, as they claim it is. in repor- 
torial work, that guy Lait Is over- 
board with it. But a nice boy, and 
one of our esteemed check-paying 
luncheon companions. However, if 
he gets a flash at this notice, it 
looks as if we'll pay our own checks 
from now on — and like it. Hence. 
Charlie, if this gets by the "old 
boy' — E Plurlbus Unum and start 
digging. 

To describe the sketch we take, 
TerbatJm, the author's own words — 
•*The title is 'qost-to-Cost' and is 
In four episodes, each staged In 
a little arc of a skillfully draped 
curtain. The first is spring at 
Pasadena, the second la summer at 
Bar Harbor, the third is fall at 
French Lick, and fourth Is winter 
at Palm Beach. (Knowing Chicago 
thoroughly, this boio covers a lot 
©f territory.) 

In the first the man is a night 
clerk, in the second the manager. 
In the third the proprietor and in 
the fourth a retired millionaire 
tourist, cussing at the indignities 
▼Isited on him by clerlk.s. managers 
and proprietors. The woman is a 
resort hound who finds a season- 
able spa for each shift In the 
weather. Novelty (2) slides between 
the scenes help carry the idea and 
get individual laughs. 

Far be It from the author to 
converse about himself, but he 
modestly stated in his notite of his 
Qwn act. the dialog is the brightest 
he ever turned out, and quoted 
middle west i^anagers to verify 
that statement. All of which may 
be. We don't doubt the veracity of 
the gentleman, but we're here to 
state the identical dialog failed to 
wake up anybody in the Fifth Ave- 
nue last Thursday afternoon, with 
the only noticeable laughter coming 
in the initial scene and closing 
speech of the man. The subject of 
which was something new — mar- 
riage. 

To tefer, again, to the father of 
the playlet, he mentions gaiety in 
the form of songs and danccff in- 
cluded in the routine. 'Tis not so 
Sow and mayhaps 'twould not be 
Mffslde for the fair lady and gent to 
iwert back to the alleged mirth 
supplied by melody and the art of 
terpsichore. 

And no matter what the Chicago 
reviewer may think of this act or 
what he wrote about it, the way the 
act played at the Thursday matinee 
le no credit to the author or the 
players. It lacked the essential 
•nap that a cross-fire of this type 
Cies without, the dialog failed to 
eonnect for anything resembling a 
solid laugh and both the man and 
woman evidenced a moat half- 
hearted enthusiasm in delivering. 

It may be Ju.st that difference be- 
tween New York and Chicago, or 
blame it on the author's Imagina- 
tion — but, same time tomorrow, 
Jack? Skiff. 



. MINTO and BEERBOHM 
"Swank" (Comedy) 
14 Mins.; One 
Alhambra, London. ' 

London, Nov. 14. 

Dorothy Minto, of legit and musi- 
cal comedy fame, and Claude Beer- 
bohm have a smart little cross-talk 
akit called "Swank." written by 
Roland Pertwee. It gives them 
splendid opportunities for the crea- 
tion of cockney characterizations. 

Scene is suppo-sed to be in Hyde 
Park. London, with the young man 
flirting with t*e girl seated on a 
bench. 

Both pretend to be much more 
than they really are. In the end it 
develops they are employed in the 
same department store, in minor 
capacities. 

In the hands of less competent 
artists, the Interest in the duolog 
would hardly be sustnined, nor Is 
the theme new in the .States. 

Jolo. 



JEROME and FRANCE 
Piano and Songs 
16 Mins.; One 
Lotw's State 
; A man and woman singing and 
!^ piano team presenting a neat little 
routine fitted for the email time 
houses. Neither is particularly 
strong vocally, althoup:h the man has 
the more powvrful voioo. There is a 
medley opening. f#>r.owcd by lan 
operatic bit, after which the two 
• solo and double for the finish. The 
■lan also plays 'cello. 

A neat, dressy pair who will fit In 
%n Bfiost small time bills. Fred. 



DOOLEY and MORTON ' 
Comedy, Talk, Songs, Dances 
15 Mint.; One 
Colonial 

Gordon Dooley and Martha Mor- 
ton, the youngsters of each of the 
famous theatrical families, recently 
married, and are now in a two-act 
that will bring additional prestige 
to the Dooley-Morton clans. 

Martha is sweetly clever and 
makes an ideal foil for Gordon 
Dooley's famed knockabout comedy 
and neck-breaking falls. The turn 
is cleverly routined, showing Mar- 
tha in two fetching costume changes 
and allowing her ample scope to 
sell the dances that seem a heritage 
of all of the Mortons. 

Gordon Dooley wa.? never funnier 
than in this turn. Opening with a 
double song, the pair flash a dance 
in which Gordon cuts loose a couple 
of his funny falls, starting the 
laughs. 

A comedy song and dance next 
by Gordon, while Martha is chang- 
ing to short skirts for a song and 
dance solo that she puts over with 
a bang. An interruption bit follows. 
Martha atteippting a ballad with 
Gordon breaking it up with gags and 
comedy bits. A dive over the foot- 
lights to a neck-stand atop of the 
piano was a thriller in this portion. 

Another funny touch was Gordon 
alluding to their recent marriage, 
winding up with "Didn't your old 
man raise hell?" accompanied by a 
slap on her back, for which he gets 
a receipt in the shape of a punch 
in the jaw that sent him reeling 
into a series of falls. Gordon as a 
"dame" joins Martha in a comedy 
song and dance that goaled them. 

The pair and act can write their 
own ticket. Con. 



LOUISE CARTER and CO. (3) 
•*Over the Hills" 
Full Stage (Special Set) 
58th Street. 

Louise Carter has shown vaude- 
ville some excellent sketches in the 
past. Her mother role in this one 
is on par with former attainments. 
It speaks volumes for her ability, 
as the playlet is ultra-dramatic and 
emacks of th^ cheap mellers of a 
decade ago. 

Before the softest kind of an audi- 
ence. Miss Carter had to rise to her 
sublimest heights to keep them from 
giggling during the emotional mo- 
ments. It would require a wizard of 
situation and dialog to tell convinc- 
ingly the story of the rube sheriff 
who auctions off the old lady's fur- 
niture to pay the vil'age usurer his 
pound of flesh, saved mt the last 
minute by the appeainince of a 
young lawyer, who is a friend of her 
long-lost son. 

The story is one of the oldest 
themes of the hacks and gains noth- 
ing in the treatment by Edgar Allen 
Woolf. The return of the lawyer 
instead of the son may pass as a 
new version of an old book, but a 
small-time audience had hard work 
taking any of its dramatics serious- 
ly. It is more to be kidded than 
criticized, and that also goes for the 
borrowed title. 

The lead and support deserve a 
much worthier vehicle. Con. 



''DON CARLOS" (3) 

Dramatic 

33 Mins.; Interior 

Scala, London. 

London. Nov. 14. 

Preceding the screening of "Blood 
and Sand" at the Scala. the manage- 
ment endeavors to get the audiences 
Into the atmosphere of the picture 
by presenting a "powerful short 
play," the scene of whlct^ is laid in 
Spain. It waa written by Chester 
Bailey Femald, who achieved fame 
years ago as the author of the sen- 
sationally successful Chinese piece, 
"The Cat and the Cherub." The 
cast waa recruited from the ranks 
of British film players. 

A middle-aged Spanish man of 
noble birth, having frittered away 
his wealth, is reduced to practical 
poverty. He goes on a three weeks' 
drunken debauch, leaving his beau- 
tiful daughter to starve. The son of 
an old friend of the girl's father has 
"an affair" with the girl. When the 
curtain rises he Is bidding her good 
bye, explaining he cannot marry her 
as he could not bring so degenerated 
an Individual as her father into his 
social set. He offers the girl money 
and so on. She scorns the money 
and says she will kill herself, as she 
cannot live without her lover. Father 
comes home, is apprised of the sit- 
uation, and takes poison to eliminate 
the barrier between his daughter 
and her lover. What Is evidently 
intended to be brought out is that, 
low as the father had sunk In the 
social scale, he was still a noble- 
man, capable of the supreme sacri- 
fice for his child's happiness. 

Told In about 15 minutes, the 
sketch would have been far more 
effective. Every Situation, in its 
present form, can be readily antici- 
pated through being planted many 
minutes in advance by dialog. The 
three players are Campbell Gullan 
in tha role of Don Carlos; Charles 
Barrett as the lover, and Pauline 
Peters as the girl. The role of Don 
Carlos offers fine opportunities for 
dignified declamation and is capably 
handled by Mr. Gullan. Miss Peters 
is also competent to the lesser de-^ 
mands put upon her, while Mr. 
Barrett, as the lover, was atrocious 
at the opening performance. Jolo. 



THE EARLE8 

Trapeze 

8 Mins.; Two (Special Drop) 

Broadway 

"The Spider's Web" Is probably 
the billing of the Earles. the drop 
indicating a web. the principals ap- 
pearing in its center after an open- 
ing is made sufficiently large for 
them to exhibit their routine. 

The pair, in white tights, offer 
some rather nifty trapeze stunts as 
well as rope balancing, ending with 
a combination^ whirl around the 
horizont.'U bar. All the work Is 
performed upon a platform elevated 
from the stage proper. 

It's a rather nov.?t manner of in- 
troducing nuch a -specialty, some- 
thing away from the ordinary and 
something that places them In a di- 
vision by themselves. Rather unique 
to see a "dumb"' act nowadays with 
something original to work around. 
They went over big. Wynn. 



NED PERRY 

Talk and Songs 
9 Mins.; One 
23d St. 

The old style monologlst, song, 
talk, song and talk, here a parody 
sandwirhed in on "Alice's Blue 
Gown." Perry sounds as though 
he mipht have been English or came 
from Iho west. He first sing.: about 
hi.s mixtd-up family, so mixed ho 
can't identify himself, then talks 
about his father for quite a long 
while. an<l after the parody, with 
some more talk, sings a "Say Good- 
bye " number. Of fair appearance. 

Probably all right for the small 
time around here, as some of the 
father stuff Is sure-fire for those 



circuits. 



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jewell-fauli,:ner co. 

Manikins 

12 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set) 

Broadway 

This is Mme. Jewell of mani- 
kin fame, aided by Faulkner, a man, 
in the .manipulation of the little 
figures. In this, the manikins are 
worked on af small platform, set 
before a backing of a house with 
windows. Impressions of "Bringing 
Up Father," "Mutt and Jeff" and 
a number ^ of picture fltar». the 
figures representing the principals 
worked in the inimitable Jewell 
fashion to great results. 

A baseball diamond Is next shown 
with catcher, batter and umpire 
represented In action, the man add- 
ing dialog from back of the scenes. 
At the conclusion the drop parts to 
reve'al Mme. Jewell handling the 
strings from atop the small stage. 

It's a novelty as it iklways has 
been, away from the usual closing 
act and right up to the Jewell 
standard of former years, which 
says suflflcient. Wynn. 



ALEX. PATTY and CO. (1) 

Juggling 

12 Mins.; Full 

5th Ave. 

Straight Juggling routine with 
the woman acting as assistant but 
taking no part in the actual work. 
The man handles the usual props, 
plates, clubs, billial*d cues and 
balls. His best is done from a 
headstand. Other than that there 
was too much missing while per- 
forming the tricks. 

For a finish the headstand is re- 
peated and jumped down a flight of 
stairs. It was the most noteworthy 
bit, retained from his former act, 
and received just apreciation. Minus 
the super amount of "muffing" the 
act should shape up as an accept- 
able opener. Skiff. 



THE NORVELLES 

Ring Act 

6 Mint.; Full Stage 

Man and woman. A basket of 
flowers temporarily hides the rings, 
suspended from center ceiling. 
Adorned In artists' costumes they 
go through a short routine, the girl 
later appearing In black tights. She 
has a stunning figure and looks 
particularly pretty. The man per- 
forms some feats on a loop sus- 
pended from her neck. 

The finish Is a great /ash, the 
pair doing a whirl around a If ,.- 
zontal trapeze placed through the 
rings. Interlocking themselves for 
the twist. It earned them more 
than the usual applause granted 
openere. . . ' ■ Wj/nn. 



WAT80NJENKIN8 REVgE 
Songs and Dances 
14 Mina; Thre« 
23d St. 

The Watson Twins and Jenkins, a 
man, In songs and dances, the latter 
predominating, with the girls chang- 
ing for each number. The Watsons 
are of brunet type that might be 
considered attractive by some, pretty 
by others. Both are capable step- 
pers, but not over-supplied vocally. 
The man Introduced the ac^ with a 
lyric, followed by the girls' appear- 
ance, whereupon the trio dance. 

The drop carried a lattice door In 
the center. ci;-udely built, through 
which they pass to make their 
changes. In view of the audience. 
This is another crude Idea, looks all 
wrong and should be drdi)pedk A 
maid aids In the dressing. This de- 
tracts fi-om the man's number, and 
since the girls do nothing more than 
the changes, there Is no pictorial 
value to the scheme. 

A medley of dances, the girls al- 
ternating in Texas Tommy, minuet, 
fox trot, jazz dances and a trio, with 
the man a Frisco imitation, is the 
best of the lot. It's a. small time 
turn, and even for that should im- 
prove in Its method of delivery. 

Wynn. 



A 



HARRY STODDARD and Co. (9) 

Musical 

20 Mine.; full stage (special eye) . 
Broadway 

' Flanked on all sides by competi- 
tion, not only in names, but In 
genuine musical talent, Harry Stod- 
dard, late of Shanley's restaurant, 
brings his orchestra along for its 
vaudeville introduction at the 
Broadway this week. Stoddard has 
nine members, Jn full stage within 
a cyc^sing the card and easel sys- 
tem OT announcement. 

Perhaps Mr. Stoddard tarried a 
trifle, but if his Broadway show- 
ing Is to decide, this combination 
will fit in nicely in the big time 
orchestra list, for It's among the 
best aggregations of musicians, con- 
sidering its size, that have come 
along to date. Stoddard leads at 
the piano and aside from one num- 
ber, the "MedltHtion" from "Thaiis," 
his repertoire is of popular song and 
instrumental numbers. His members 
double on several instruments, the 
banjoist, aided by the violinist and 
^x in the encore, gathering the best 
returns when he introduces the uke. 

There Is no pause between selec- 
tions, and the ensuing harmohy Is 
plainly from thorough training. 
Golden "props" give the affair a 
neat touch and aids in the picture 
The sax player broke the routine by 
vocalizing a chorus, otherwise It's 
just a straight musical program. 

Stoddard can mark his name right 
up with the best, for he satisfiea 
His act stopped the show dead 
still at the Broadway without any 
jockeying and they were forced to 
render two encores and then black 
out the stage amid a torrent of ap- 
plause. 

This outfit looked destined for a 
big time run if the band thing holds 
up. Wynn. 



JOSEPHINE DAVIS 

Songs 

14 Mins.; Two (Spscial 8«t) 

23d St. 

Back in the metropolis with brand 
new character numbers, offered 
with appropriate changes, Joseph- 
ine Davis, a bannvr vaudeville at- 
traction Just a few short years 
back, now has a specialty that car- 
ries numerous opportunities which 
for some unexplalnable reason such 
a clever show woman tm Miss Davis 
overlooks. She works In a dark 
eye, th^ center of which carries a 
massive album cover, from which 
she appears and exits during a 
number of Intermissions. 

A male pianist accompanies, open- 
ing with an Introductory lyric, well 
built and reasonably 'well delivered. 
This chap, first of all, could disc .rd 
j the cheek beard, for they arc out ' 
of fashion for this type of spe' alty,* 
Four characters are intrr .need, 
the first being the old fc hloned- 
glrl of yesterday, with a special 
number probably titled "Pon't You 
Remember." The second ."3 a tough 
girl, costumed as the B wery typar' 
of the late 'SOs, which carries It a»- 
bit back for the preser: generation. 
A Jewish girl comes next and the' 
final, a "wop" In t -Idal costume. 
The Initial lyric Ir. ' far too long. 
This gives Miss Dr vis a slow starts 
One verse and a f .>g chorus would 
suffice, for the number lacks 
strength and Is .nerely an opener 
that should be r snstructed to glv^rii' 
the audience an idea of what foU* 
lows. The tovgh girl lyric is aT 
weakling. Here is a type that couldl 
be nourished In great shape, but- 
the costume handicaps and the lyri^^- ' 
' cripples it. V.hy not dress it jusit 
»a little fly, neat, up to date and a* 
trifle exaggerated, accompanied fiyj*" 
a flapper or fast chorus girl num^l^ 
her? The Jewish number was clev», 
erly handled and br-ught results,^ 
but tho closing number carried th«y 
act to what heights of success it ^ 
attained. J„ 

Miss Davis looks good, quite as 
good as ever, and her voice for this 
sort of act is right up to snuff. Buto 
she needs new numbers. With heiP^ 
ability as a chahacterlste MisSjt^ 
Davis Is expected to show far bet-.*, 
ter stage material than she is of-v;,, 
ferlng. For this girl is a big tiraerr 
and should stay there, but to returatf 
she will need something more sub- • 
stantlal^ than the current reper- 
toire. Wynn, 



DE MARLOS (2) 
Trapeze and Contortion 
10 Mins.; Full Stage 
Colonial ^ 

This act opens with a man In 
devil attire performing on trapeze. 
Antlnteresting and difficult series of 
aerial dislocations and contortions 
starts the act well. 

The girl good looking and beauti- 
fully formed, ei\ter8 for some 
ground contortions. The man de- 
scends for some excellent serpentine 
stuff on tho carpet. They finish 
with twin wrlthlngs on separate 
chairs. A scat atop a wobbly -look- 
ing pyramid of tin cans by the man 
got applause. 

They have unusual appearance 
for ilils tj.)e of act. both being per- 
fect physical specimens, intelligent- 
iy and tastefully costumed in black 
and silver striped tights. It's a big 
time opener or closer, away from 
the usual. (7^„ 

. ' — < 

MORSE and MILL8TEAD 
Comedy Variety 
14 Mins.; 0ns / 

Mth St. 

Tramp comedian In tattered 
clothes, crownlesH straw hat and 
turned up big shoo.''. A slender 
brunet in knickers does the stralght- 
Ing for his opening crossfire, which 
contains some excellent fly material. 

He monologs next, while she 
changes to bc^coming dreps and re- 
turns for piano accordeon and vocal 
rendition of "Gypsy Love," followed 
by a modify of popular airs, to 
which he docs an eccrntric dnnce 
and a .Spanish travesty with comedy 
props and a can containing objects 
which he rattU-s in lieu of ca.stincts. 

Both are capable artists and have 
a sure-fire vehicle and routine for 
the pop bills. ^c^: 



GARY and BALDI 

Talk and Songs *^ - '■ 

12 Mins.; One (Special Drop) 
23d St. 

Man and woman In "one" before 
a special drop with two openings, 
one the entrance to a garage; the 
other the entrance to servants* 
quarters of the house. The man !•* 
the chauffeur, the girl a housemaid^ 
both in appropriate uniform!*. 

There Is a routine of flirtation 
patter leading up to a comedy mar- 
riage proposal, ensuing talk about 
arrangement.*?, etc.. Interrupted by 
a song by the chap, while the girl 
makes a change. A double number 
is utilized for the finale. 

It is a specialty with a flrst class 
framework, two capable principals, 
an exceptionally good vaudevilla 
voice (the man's) and all the prop- 
erty essentials to a big time oflfer-r 
Ing, minus material and careful 
construction. 

The cross-fire talk has been hand- 
picked from here and there and the 
majority has long since lost its 
stage value. Such stuff as, "He 
died from sore throat, they hung 
him." "If the wife takes a bath 
without shades, the neighbor."* will 
buy the shades." have no place In 
this routine. And the reference to 
the fly In the soup Is too rough". 
The man makes a fairly good "wop" 
and the girl a good feeder, pretty 
and full of life. They should con- 
sult a script doctor and strengthen 
their turn with some bright, new 
material. Then they may qyalify 
for big time attention. Wynn. 



JIM JAM TRIO 

Abrobatic 

5 Mins.; Full Stags 

American 

A male acrobatic team which 
doubtle.'^s has been around for some 
time, althouRh the present billing 
appears to be new. They work In 
clown white face, sporting blacks, 
satin nicker.s and socks. The rou- 
tine is tumbling and head to head 
balancing. 

The feature rtunts arp hnad 
head. In one trirk the top mounter 
strums a mandolin while the under- 
stander and third member manipu- 
late small hoop5 bctw(*<E»n them. For 
tho finale the men are in V \y same 
relative positions, the topmounter 
catrhlnc; a flock of hoops with hi* 
feet. It Is an exceptional bit. As 
a closer for three-a-day the trio 
^01^ as here. Jhrr, 



Friday, December 1, 1922 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



19 



l.t 1 T 



PRANK and JOHN DUMAS 
Lift Act , 

t Mln«.| Four (Parlor) 
t3d St. 

Two men opening In golflng sutU 
that look very new, and in a parlor. 
■•t. There is a severe storm going 
on, according to the effects, but after 
the meh look out of the window, 
■without saying anything to the audi- 
ence or each other, the storm sub- 
aides. Then they do a couple of lift 
tricks, and after those they remove 
their coats. And after that they 
do some more lift tricks, one or 
two new twists among the familiars. 
And then for the finish they do the 
Begal and Moore Jumping up som- 
ersault with the bearer catching 
the flier by the heels. It was a 
good trick when Regal and Moore 
first did it and it Ftill is a good 
trick for whoever can do it. 

The only oddity here is that the 
understandor of the lift work be- 
comes the flier of the aerial trick, 
and the top mounter for the lifts 
Is the bearer, 'suapending himself 
from a trapeze concealed in lamp 
shade high up on the stage. 

Will go along on the small time 
through the linUshing trick, but need 
to pad out their turn to make It 
long enough to be in demai. ' for 
small time, v.hore they m<»asure by 
the yard In.stead of by ability. 
• ^ - ... 8lme. 



SHELDON, BAl LENTINE and 

HEFT 
Piano, Songs and Dances 
16 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Sat) 
Broadway 

Two men and a woman, In full 
stage within a special eye. A piano 
is utilized to adv.intaRe, one of the 
male members opening with a song 
at the instrument, followed by the 
other couple dancing. The male 
dancer does a corking Kiissian 
acrobatic routine that calls for In- 
dividual comment, while the girl's 
toe dancing and general leg work are 
of the very best. She is pretty, 
graceful, splendidly built and ex- 
ceptionally agile. The pianist has 
a novel solo to (ill in the change; 
a sort of alibi lyric, continually 
apologizing for his activity. It's 
one of the oddities of the season. 
Team and solo work are completed 
by the trio dancing the Anale. 

The turn has been cleverly 
routined and the girl adds some 
Taluable heft by her splendid work. 

This combination measures up to 
big time expectations and should 
make the connection Immediately 
Da their Broadway results. 

Wynn. 



TOM KELLY 

6toH«« and Songs 
16 MlM.1 One 
llroatfway 

Kally is back east with a 
ltln« of stories, all of Celtic 
few having preceded him, 
t>Bt , 9^ the whole all welcome, 
faultlessly delivered and productive 
of Individual "wows" each and 
every one. 

And Kelly, despite the years, still 
retains his Beau Brummel appear- 
ance, showing little physical or 
facial change since the days of 
Kelly and Violette of "Fashion 
Plate" fame during the days of 
Pastor's. 

Mr. Kelly open.s with an Irish 
ditty and proceeds right through his 
repertoire of stories, closing with 
"Lucky Jim" and exhibiting an un- 
usually strong and musical voice. 

Qood stories are always sure-fire 
In vaudeville when properly told. 
Kelly knows the art and has all the 
accompanying essentials that go 
with the delivery. He had them 
roaring at the Broadway, his 
mugging heli)ing immeasurably. He 
can't mis.s here or anywhere. 

Wynn. 



KELSO and DeMONDE 

Talk and Songs ) 

14 Mine.; One (Special Drop) 

Classy singing and talking act, the 
talking predominating in quantity 
and build around an Interesting 
little story that allows plenty of 
scope for good pointed dialog. 

Kelso Is a seasoned vaudevilllan, 
one wise to all the intricate tricks 
permissible before the apron and 
he passes no single opportunity In 
this skit. Miss DeMonde Is a strik- 
ing brunet, who exhibits unusual 
sense in dre.'^aing. 

A cloth drop depicts the exterior 
of a bungalow. Kelso Is an attorney 
calling to foreclose a mortgage. The 
girl goes through the conventional 
flirtation business and the talk un- 
folds a series of continuous laughs. 
The catch line has to do with 
"fathers secretary" and Is utilized 
for the finish, where, after prac- 
• cally winnni? the girl he learns 
"father's secie'ary" is her hu.sband. 
This is preceded by a fast dance, the 
young woman showing unusual 
agllHy, an attractive form and a 
flash of real big time speed. 

It's away above the average dou- 
ble act of its kind and should gain 
big time attention. They scored an 
unquestionable hit at the 5th Ave- 
nue. Wynn. 



MIDNITE REVELS 

Henry P. Dixon's Shube«rt vaudeville unit. 
Music and lyrlca by Vnughn da I<eath and 
Harold here. At the Central, New York. 
Nov. 27. Dan I>ody credited with revua 
dance starlns. Vaudeville acta: Billy Pur- 
rella and Kvelyn Kamaay, Three Chuma. 
Bayonna Whipple and Walter Iluaton. Claire 
l»ovln»'. aiM*u»i»'(l by lOiliot Jiiolii; «!torKe 
Mayo, Ralph lUggn and Katharine WItchie, 
with Mack Ponch, vlolinitit. Adriitlonal 
principala In the revue: Packey Callahan, 
Rthel Roiie, Juse Carter, Buck I.eo, PUU 
Doian, Tom Morriaon. Tubby Uarroo. 



COLONIAL 



LILLIAN HERNE and CO. (3) 

Sketch 

20 Mint.; Full (Special) 

Comedy playlet, around the tri- 
angle pre.«?ented by a company of 
four, equally divided as to sex. The 
skit is surrounded by a parlor set 
in drapes with a special drop of 
similar material fronting. 

At times the sketch script calls' 
for what practically amounts to a 
monolog by Miss Heme. It Is on 
the subject of how the boys will 
chase the girls whether tied up or 
not. It's in a comedy vein and while 
gaining more or less laughter, is 
nevertheless somewhat tedious. 

The cast boasts of nothing above 



JudglniT from previous reports 
Shubert vaudeville has been more or 
less of a bust generally. Keith's 
Palace, New York, directly opposite 
the Central, has not been given 
much cause for worry through com- 
petition, yet it will be interesting to 
compare this week's takings at both 
houses. "Midnlte Revels" is good 
eiinTUJinmem, and wjie'. iier the av- 
erage patron would rather pay $1.65 
for an orcliestra chair at the I'alace 
or $2.20 at the Central Is open to 
conjecture. As a matter of fact, 
however, "Midnite Kevels" more 
nearly approaches musical comedy 
extravaganza in some respects, and 
the comparison as concerns this unit 
is somewhat inconsistent, particu- 
larly as concerns the afterpiece. 

Whipple and Huston's "Time Will 
Tell," which has played Keith and 
Orpheum vaudeville, has been in- 
geniously strung out as the theme 
of the revue section, carrying the 
action through a number of scenes, 
concluding with a "while slave in 
Chinatown," set in the dungeon of 
Low Down Ciuy, with Claire Devine 
as the beautiful white slave captive. 
Walter Huston as Sherlock Holmes 
conducts the captive's sister (Bay- 
onne Whipple) to the dungeon. ' 
Watson, liolmes explains, is the 
father of the Watson Sisters (last 
week at this house in "Stolen 
Sweets"). 

The revue section is In nine 
Hcenes, in two of which George Mayo 
doubles in "one," with Claire Devine 
and Kvelyn Kamsay In turn. Sam 
Morris is credited with the author- 
pii.p of boUi turns -which depend 
cons Verabiy on Mn^ o's Hebrew low 
comedy work to click. 

The olio section Is pretty smooth 
vaudeville considering the lack of 
"names." Billy Purcella and Evelyn 
Ramsay start what develops to be 
a dnnce marathon, with some cork- 
ing buck-and-wing stepping. Dance, 



the average, though the role of the 

brother was made to predominate ^^a"';^^/^*"^^ Is the word thereafter 

K,. *u^* «„..fi^..i„.. ««^i.,-^..«i until the final curtain, 11:20. While 

by that particular Individual. »»..,. „^ i„ „„ ,.., ..i..- .'# tu^ » ^ «« 



by that partlcula 

The act did nicely at an afternoon 
showing and should fulfill its mis- 
sion of amusing throughout the 



there is an overplus of tlie terps in 
sum total it has i>een skillfully a: - 
ranged and does not bore. The Three 
Chums handled their vocal offerings 



smaller houses. Especially so if the nicely in their clubby atmosphere, 
running time, 20 minutes, were to i '^'h«,. ^V'hipple-Hu.ston ''l^nJon Bur 



be abbreviated. 



Bkig. 



BARR, MAYO and RENN 
B'mglng and Talking 
12 Mins.! One 

Two men and woman, straight 
maa. comic and soubret. Talking 
bit With bu.sinc.ss remindful of bur- 
iMquc The old badger game with 
ft tomewhat different twist starts 
the act. F«)llowlnK, the three get 
down to liusines.s for the meat and 
put over some of the pleasanteat 
close harmony luard around in a 
long time. Each of the three has a 
real singing voice, and blend per- 
fectly. 

The straight has appoaranre and 
handles talk above th<' average. 
Comlo does a sort of modified boot 
type and gets laughs without forc- 
ing them. Woman is a looker and 
handles talk and business very well. 
Ths comedy preceding the .«in«ing 
could be grently Iniprovud and 
padded out with i)ett( r niateri;tl. 

An excoii,.Mt turn as It stands for 
the nelghborht.od houses, with tal- 
ent that would send them ahead 
with a rush, with th«« comedy im- 
provement mentioned. , . 

Bel, 



ROMA DUO 

Dancing 

12 Mins.; Full Stags 

Man and woman, apparently re- 
cruits from a Russian dajpcing turn, 
in a series of doubles and singles 
usually associated with the Russ 
acts. Double for opening with both 
in wintery skating costumes. This 
introduces some skating steps. 
Double Russ folk dance next. Man 
singles with whirls and pirouettes, 
while woman changes costume. 
Woman In Russ hock stepping tof 
single, followed by man In some leg 
Over leg stuff and more hock step- 
ping. Change of costume by man 
for latter single. 

Double for finish, man pirouet- 
ting on one foot and woman doing 
familiar foot and leg gymnastics. 
Fair dancing turn of the ultra con- 
ventional sort. Acceptable as small 
time openers. 

BeTl, 



ATWELL and DRYDEN 
Songs and Talk 
18 Mins.; one 
Golden Gate 

San Francisco, Nov. 29. 

Dryden enters to make some In- 
troductory talk concerning his goat- 
gland baby followed by Atwell who 
appears on a toy tricycle attired as 
the infant. Following some more 
Introductory conversation Atwell 
goes Into a goat -gland song that 
offends as much as it entertains. 

The next entrance has Atwell In 
a wheelchair with Dryden as the 
attendant. The former offers talk 
to some appreciative laughter, 
thence suceeded by his famous 
bug song with verses galore. Too 
many. In fact. 

The act failed to get over and 
the characters assumed by Atwell 
seemed to detract more than any- 
thing elne. Wlih their present ma- 
terial the couple would do better if 
working straight. 



SUTHERLAND SEXTET 

12 Mint. Full Stage 



Mixed ^;(^\let of niUMirlana opening 
\yilh 8axt)plior.e nieilley of popular 
.song.H. One in blackface goes after 



) glar" skit was a comedy high-light 
which fitted In nicely. The twist at 
the finish, with the burglar's victim 
In the dentist chair and her nitrous 
oxide dream-burglar metamorphosed 
as the dentist performing the molar 
extraction was a surprise twist. 

Claire Devine bill.s herseK jis t*"^ 
"statuesque comedienne." She Is all 
of the former, a great big, iH-auuiui 
blonde girl. The comedienne end Is 
somewhat discounted by her reten- 
tion of the "Rex Beach summer 
resort" crack, although her bon mot 
anent "Schubert's Serenade" is for- 
givable wherein she brags she knows 
the two boys who wrote it quite 
well, Jake and Lee. "My Man" 
takes lisr off in full dramatic climax, 
the best ("hing of her routine. El- 
liot Jacob! piano accompanies in- 
telligently and does straight in 
some of the gagging effectively. 

George Mayo's low comedy "fun- 
o-logue" Is effective In its ingrati- 
ating shifting from point to point 
for interest sustaining. He flits 
from one comedy vein to another, 
now versifying, now gagging, next 
singing, then clowning, never pro- 
longing any one Idea unduly. 

Ralph RIggs and Katherlne 
Witchle closed the olio with as top- 
py a dance act as has ever graced 
any stage, vaudeville or production. 
The team has made Its mark too 
often in musical comedy to neces- 
sitate mention of its adaptability in 
that direction. In execution, evo- 
lution and presentation Riggs and 
WItchie have no dance peers. 

The afterpiece discloses a rather 
flat looking chorus which could be 
shown to better advantage with the 
nice costuming and mounting. 
Their slightness suffers by contrast 
to the several Amazonian show- 
girls. General tallness was proba- 
bly aimed for, with little considera- 
tion for t^ymmetry. 

This is the first Shubert unit 
reviewed by the under.signed, but. 
judging fr{>m intensive study of 
Variety's national reviews as they 
have come into the New York olllcc, 
this probably more nearly ap- 
proarhr.s the Shubert unit Ideal than 
anything yet noticed. The dreailcd 
and adver.sely burlefl«iue coinpai i.^'on. 
doubtlessly an odious parallel to the 
unit produrrrs, is attsent here, al- 
though the bit and number ide.i in 
rare spot.^ rcmlni.scrs of biirlesquc. 
The olio Is honest vaudeville in its 
fullest sense and the revue lean.'; 
ratbor more to the musical romedy 
extra\aganza side than burle.sque. 
Abfl 



The first week of the Colonial 
under the booking direction of 
Johnny Collins augurs well for the 
house. A nine-act vaudeville bill 
laid out like a fairway on a golf 
course Is as smooth as pre-war 
Scotch. The show built up like a 
pyramid with a leaning toward 
comedy. It was a perfect blend of 
vaudeville entertainment that 
pleased the three-quarter capacity 
crowd Monday. 

A slight rearrangement after the 

matinee moved Harry Burns and Co. 

up from after Intermission to No. 8. 

replacing Stephens and Hollister, 

who were billed but not present. 

Swift and Kelly moved up one notch 
Into the vacancy. 

The rearrangement proved o. k. 
Burns stopped the show In the early 
spot with his familiar, "wop" and 
musical turn. The act is a mixture 
of hoke and sure-fire musical in- 
strument playing, topped off with a 
Gallagher and Shean song imitation. 

The show started well, with the 
De Marios (New Acts), a corking 
trapeze and contortion pair, shoving 
off. Rule and O'Brien, second, tore 
off three popular songs, then landed 
them with "That's How You Can 
Tell They Are Irish" before a sym- 
pathetic audience. Another encore 
^-as demanded, the boys doing a 
fast 13 minutes and leaving them 
yelping. 

After Burns came "Janet of 
France." The French girl got to 
them early with her dialectic liber- 
ties with American slang. Tommy 
Tucker, at the piano, also straighted 
and sang. Neither was in good 
voice, which may be blamed on the 
weather. The crossfire and Intense 
love making of the girl were good 
for laughs and landed them safely. 

Gordon Dooley and Martha Mor- 
ton (New Acts) were fifth and 
scored one of the hits of the seaHon. 
Bobby McLean and Co., the cham- 
pion ice skater, closed the first half. 
McLean's act is preceded by a pic- 
ture showing his championship 
match in Norway. At the end of 
the picture Gordon Dooley staggered 
out with a pair of skates strapped 
on him. He addres.sed the house, re- 
marking that he was going to prac- 
tise a few epileptic strokes. Mc- 
Lean followed with his chair Jump- 
ing specialty and speed demonstra- 
tion. Between them Burke and Blue 
did some fancy skating that caught 
on. It's an interesting novelty and 
was spotted just right here. 

After intermission and topics a 
real novelty for vaudeville was pre- 
sented, though unprogramed. It 
was '"Motlon-Muslc," a mechanical 
piano, playing a record by Rudolph 
Ganz. A picture of the musician 
playing perfectly synchronized with 
the record so that the fingering 
technique could be followed much 
better than during a physical con- 
cert, was one of the interesting fea- 
tures. The house sat spellbound, 
following every move of the photo 
while a spot light was trained on the 
piano off to one side. The novelty 
holds extraordinary possibilities for 
vaudeville. 

Swift and Kelly followed In "Gum 
Drops" and copped. The artistic 
little crossfire idea followed all of 
the blatant rough comedy and 
scored strongly. Miss Kelly's sweet 
personality and Tom Swift's clean- 
cut facetious comedy made an ap- 
pealing combinajtlon. The double 
song at the finish and Miss Kelly's 
solo were high lights. They ran to 
a speech. 

The Four Mortons, next to clos- 
ing, got on about 10.28 and did 29 
minutes. Clara iClorton replaces 
Martha, and did her singing and 
musical specialty, topped off by a 
buck dance to her own piano ac- 
companiment. An old-time song 
and dance at the finish In silk coats 
and bowlers looked new. Gordon 
Dooley and Martha walked In on the 
act for some clowning and kidding 
about the recent nuptials. The Mor- 
tons were their usual panic. 

To make the walking In complete, 
the Castlllians, a posing act, closed 
with Sam Morton posing In the 
center of the bronze figures for the 
first pose. It has laugh and helped 
the poseurs to avert the walk. 

The Colonial has been a weak 
sister In the Keith family for the 
past two seasons. Judging by the 
opening bill Doctor Collins has the 
right prescription. He sent them 
home talking, and word of mouth 
advertising is all this neighborhood 
house needs. A sign thrown on the 
picture hheet announced the Colonial 
will .show the best in vaudeville. It 
pulled applause in the middle of the 
evening. C'on. 



tlon there waa also a Mutt and Jeft 
comedy and a news weekly. 

Following the Pickford picture the 
overture the orchestra played was 
composed of the hits of 1910, also 
12 years ago, and the audience 
heartily applauded such old favorites 
as "Alexander's Ragtime Band," 
"V\'altln' ftn- the Robert E. Lee," 
"Shade of the Old Apple Tree" and 
others. 

Opening the vaudeville section, 
Pickard's Seals (New Acta) got some 
applause and a few laughs. Jerome 
and France (New Acts), a mixed 
singing and piano team, got awRy to 
f.ilr returns. Cameron and 0'C#«nor 
had their old routine, almost as old 
as the Pickford picture. 

The house woke up with the ad- 
vent of "The Creole Cocktail." the 
all-colored mixed jazz and singing 
and dancing combination. That act 
was entirely to their fiklng. Kddle 
Foyer, who followed, had to wait for 
the applause to die out before ap- 
pearing. He suffered from a cold 
and was slow In getting started, but 
when he got to his routine of res- 
taurant gags he got the house, and 
the recitations held them to the fin- 
ish. Foyer Is at the house for the 
full week, headlined, as was Tan- 
guay for the entire seven days. 

Closing the show Eleanor Pierca 
and her two dancing boys pleased. 
Sight acts always do at this house, 
but Miss Pierce has two corking 
dancing boys with her, and although 
it is hard to get them In the prolog 
bit they make up for it when step« 
ping. Fred. 



RUTH and CLIFFORD 



iome.iy in a Tttann. r reminiscent of ff"^ and Dance 
this type of a<-t .1 decade ago. '''* '^'"» ' °"» 



125th St. f 

Nit<^. ai>pe,ir!ng ml.xrij colored 
tr-.'im in a fast sotig and d.ince rou- ] 



Popular en.senibles brokm up l-y 
a cornet and trombone nolo by the 
("ome<lian with the finish a .fpecia! 

arrangen-.tnt lirii\;;.s l.iuphs through I tine. Mi.^s Ktjfli luolcs nir<' in ah 
the "musical cro-'^.^^lirc" aimed at the | brevlated costtime and Clin'onrs j 
comedian. tux dre-^e.-j the turn up .'rn.trtiy. ' 

The .irt will d> nliv-ly for i,he Iq-lTh.^ dt"> ^''fr** sp(»tted .No. 2 ^it the. 
termediaie houses*. Con. IToih "Si. and aeon d. Abel 



LOEWS STATE 

The vaudeville section the first 
half got off second best, as far as 
entertainment was concerned. The 
picture Kortlon seemingly was more 
to their liking. Judging from the lit- 
{I<^ T(^turn that they gave the act.s on 
their efforts. MviiUay night the 
storm hent in a tulr'.y good-sized 
house by 7, and by 8.80 the entirg 
lower fioor was almost fiiled. 

The usual --iK acts, with ' Thelma," 
the feature picture, starring .lane 
XoN.ak. The r.ufsf.iTltUtig film feature. 
Iu)we\«'r, WAS the rj-yrr»r-i)M L'ni- 
vers.ai i'n whic h Mary I'ickforTI Kup- 
porte.l King ItaKKot. This was a 
howl to th« .S(ate audienre, they 
laughing their hf-ads off at the titllpg, 
which "kidded the piciure. Jn add)- 



CAPITOL, UNION HILL 

The Capitol Amusement Co. and 
Bill McCaffery held an opening 
across the river Monday night, on 
the occasion when the doors wer« 
thrown open within the new Twin 
Theatre building of Union Hill. The 
house Is unique In that the lobby 
serves Its purpose for both a vaude- 
ville and picture auditorium. That 
portion of the structure to be de- 
voted to screen offerings and named 
the State will not have Its premiere 
until Christmas day, but the blg« 
time half was formally launched on 
Its career Monday, a week beyond 
six months after the cornerstone had 
been laid. The tearing down of the 
old school building, which originally 
held the site and the erection of the 
present three-story ofilce and double 
theatre establishment consumed Just 
10 months. Which may or may not 
be a record, but is, nevertheless, 
speed. The same might bo said of 
the speakers at the premiere, one 
being Governor Edwards, who, in 
dedicating the house displaced just 
25 minutes before allowing the- pro- 
gram to get under way. Pretty fair, 
when it Is considered that there 
were half a dozen of them. 

The combined seating capacity of 
the Twins Is reported as 4,800, with 
the picture section holding 1,800 and 
the vaudeville 2,600. Done In old 
gold. Ivory and white, with a tre- 
mendous downstairs and a spacious 
balcony, the front of the house can 
hold its own with any New York 
twice-daily theatre as to appear- 
ance. The stage has a depth of 2S 
feet, with a 48 -foot opening and a 
14-plece orchestra Is installed In the 
pit. 

Frank O. Hall; who has already 
sponsored a few theatres In Jersey, 
Is credited with having put this twin 
theatre project across. The money 
was raised by subscription, having 
a heralded list of 1,000 local sub- 
scribers, for which they will enter- 
tain the life-long privilege of enter- 
ing cither of the theatres free. It Is 
claimed this amusement establish- 
ment will draw from a more or less 
neighborhood population of 100,000, 
and to that effect will Inaugurate a 
nine-act split-week policy. The 
State. Jer.«<ey City, is the other half, 
outside of the initial bill, which re- 
mains for the full week. The price 
list runs 25-S5-50 at the matinees 
and 60-75-11 evening, while the 
shows are to be booked from the 
Keith oflrtces, McCaffery oflfloiating. 
Fred W. Schroeder Is resident man- 
ager. 

As proverbial, the opening was life 
In getting started, due to an entirely 
Invited audience. The exact time 
was 9:30, when Lucas and Inez m.'tde 
their appearance. The enforced de- 
lay caused the elimination of liitHp- 
mission and forced much switch; tig 
of the running order. As originally 
lined up the show would have played 
with I..ucas and Inez. Dooley nnd 
Storey. (Jeorge Le Maire. Wells, Vir- 
ginia anti West, and Lopez's Orches- 
tral in the first h.ilf, with Davis .md 
Darnell, Yvette Rugel, Tom Patri- 
cola and Jo.sefsson's Icelanders in 
the latter portion. 

At that the show ran belter than 
would ordinarily be conceded und^r 
the existing circum->f ances, h.iving 
Lopez gaining the api>lauf«e hit of 
the evening Davis and Darn'dl and 
Tom Patricola were the wor.««t suf- 
ferers, due to the la t o n osn of the 
hour, though both came through to 
hold and do nicely with the specta- 
tors, who had been seated ."ince 
around 8 o'clock. 

TUc 9h'..iv iuiiloybtedly straiiirht- 
cncd out TueJjil.i/ iuJy a corking 
vaudeville entert.iirimcrif .in.T 8lv>uld 
give the house a sple?idid gctav\ay, 
nn r.incornv the .Ter"=<ey|fe5i. C^'rt 'c. - 
ly the iheitrc lt.«c;f will do a'v.'iy 
with the old ml )n Hill kuk. and th«^ 
only tiling to worry about now i< 
Just how much that nine-act, fi»:u- 
w<fk iH.I. V is noinK U>, intfvfv ^j 
With ^icCarTery's g^»f game. Sita. 



*t*,^'7.;.''v.v... 



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VARIETY 



Friday, December 1, 1922 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (DEC. 4) 

IN ▼AUOSVIL.LB TUEATRKB 
<AI1 koMM •v% for U« WMk wltH Monday matlcM. wHoa aot • 
Mio&to«.> 

TlM bUIo ^low aro vrowpod la 4lTlalon« aooordlns ta kooklac afllooa awppUoi 



Tbo maaav !• wHloft thoM bllla aro priatod 4«w aot «iaot« tka ralattT* 

iportanco of aata nor thotr p-ovram pooltlona. ^ 

• boforo aamo donotco act la dotn* n^w tora. ar raapaaarln* aftar 
TaudovUl*. or appcarint la olty wboro llatoil for tho irot tlraa. 



KEITH cmcurr 



JKWWr TOBK CITX 

Koith'o Falaeo 
Wm HalUsaD Co 
Dooloy * Morton 
Brown ft Wbltt'kor 
Marion Ilarrla 
Ted Lorralno Ca 
Four A COS 
Win Mahonor 
Four Uurtona 
(Ono to CU) 

XcAth'a RiTonido 

•R Hitchcock 
Rita Gould 
B«rl L^vy 
Around tho Cornor 
Frod Bradna Co 
Robort A Doffi Co 
Moore A Freed 
•Borat A Partner 
(One to flll) 

Kalth'a Boyal 
Oeo LeMaIre Co 
Ellnore A Willlami 
"Stan of Future" 
Rich Hay*« 
Meyer* A Hanaford 
Que Fowler 
Janet of Franco 
Rule A O'Brien 
The Castilllans 

KoHh'a Colonial 
Irene Franklin 
Lewis A Dody 
M Diamond Ca 
Roth Klde 
Valerie Bergere Co 
Herbert's Doga 
Joe Browning 
Joe Roberta 
Four Phil»lpa 
(Ono to Oil) 
Kelth'a Alhambim 
Ben Bernie Oo 
•Stone A Bqulroa 
Chaa Harrison Co 
Jack Joyea 
Ruth Roya 
Dooley A Morton 
Nora Jayno A Karl 
Roger Gray Co 
"Spider's Web" 

Maaa* Broadwajr 

Ceoina Weston 
Allman A Hanroy 



Shrlner A F'sa'm'as 
"Cotton Pickers" 
Four Amaranths 
(Others to nil) 

1st half (4-C) 
OeorRe Moore Co 
Davis A Darnell 
McOratb A Deeds 
Corinne A Tllton 
(Others to fill) 

3d half (7-10) 
Henry A Moore 
•Lonesome Manor 
California R'mblers 
lictler A Parker 
(Others to Oil) 
Proelar's SSd tfi. 

2d half (tO-l) 
Frank Farron 
Cook A Rosevere 
I^e A Cranston 

Seven Happy Olrls 
•Oiiiette's Village 
(One to fill) 

FAR ROCKAWAT 

ColamWsk 
Rome A Qant 
R A £ Dean 
The Vivians 
(Others to All) 

BROOKLTN 

Keith's BaHTiwIck 
Santos A Hayes 
Eddie Foy Co 
AI Wohlman 
Bryan A Broderick 
Edna Aug Co 
The Hartwells 
Wm Ebs 

Green & Parker 
(One to fill) 

Keith's Orphenm 
Fanny Brico 
•"Tha Weak Spot" 
Shaw A Leo 
•Jack Llttla 
Weber A Rldnor 
The Stanleys 
Tvette Rugot 
D Humphrey Co 
China Blue Plate 

Moaa' FUtbnsh 
Pressler A Klalsa 
Ona Munson Co 



Breen Family 
Meehan A Newman 
Lon Arakia 
(One to fill) 

ATLANTA 

I^vla 

(Btnulnffham BpUt) 

1st half 
Johnson A Baker 
Jack Hughes S 



CINCINNATI 

B. F. Kelth'a 

Tost A Clady 
Jack Wilson Oa 
Lime Trio 
Walters A Waltera 
Nell A Witt 
Howard A Clarka 

CLEVELAND 

105th St. 



Booking Exdunvely 

WITH 

Orphenm, B. 7. Xeith (Weit- 
em) W. ▼. M. A. 

and AfRliatod Circuits 

ERNIE 
YOUNG 

AGENCY 

WILLIE BEBQEB, Book'g Kgr, 

Suit* 1313, Maoonio Tampia BIdg. 
Chioago 



= 



RICH 



THE LAZY CLOWN 

PLAYING KEITH THKATRBS 
/Dlroctloa: B. B. MARINKLLI 



Kennedy A Kramer 
Jiinmie Lucas 
Miller A Mack 
(Others to Oil) 

Moss' CoUsovm 
S Ballentine Co 
(Others to flU) 

2d half 
Patrlcola A Townes 
I'atrlcola 
(Others to fill) 
Kolth's Fordham 
I'atrlcola 

Patrlcola A Townes 
R A B Dean 
(Others to flll) 

2d half 
Aunt Jemima Ca 
Willie Solar 
(Others to fill) 

MoM* Franklin 
ITarry Stoddard Co 
Rome A Gaut 
Allen A Canfleld 
(UtQers to flll) 

Xd half 
•Little Cottage'.' 
(Others to fill) 

Keith's Hamilton 

Margaret A Alvarez 
l)eaBon A Mack 
Malinda A Day 
(Others to flll) 

2d half 
Plsano A Laodauer 
Mignon 
(Others to flll) 

Keith's Jefferson 
Johnny Muldoofl Co 
Jean Southern 
•Ring Tangle" 
Frank Work Co 
Willie Solar 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
•S Dallcntlne Co 
TIarry Mayo 
•Speeders" 

Moss* Regent 
Watts A Hawley 
LAP Murdock 
Les KelUons 
(Others to flll) 

2d half 
Harry Stoddard Co 
Paul Hill Co 
Deagon A Mack 
(Others to flll) 

Keith's 81 St St. 
"The Wager" 
Doteon 

Wm A J M.indel 
BAH Wheeler 
Owen McGlvney 
Becge A Qupee 
Proctor's lt5th St. 

3d half (30-3) 
•Trcno Shannon Co 
Pallfornia Ramblers 
Prince A Edwards 
McGrath A Deeds 
Robertus A Wilf'da 
(Ons to flll) 
Proctor's Mth St. 
2d half (30-3) 
Lillinn H. rno Co 
Butler A Parker 
Lydla Barry 
Follette Pearl A W 
- •Daum A Scott 
Old Vaudevllllans 

Ist half (4-i) 
Lane A Harpar 
Bandy Rhaw 
Korvelles 
(Others to flll) 

Sd half (T-10) 
•Johnny Clark Co 
(Others to flll) 

Pra<'tor'B 6th Are. 

2d half (30-3) 
• •Tn the 8ubv/ay" 
CKella Mayhew 
CarlatoB * Ballew 



Miss Juliet 
Fridkin A Rhoda 
Moody A Duncan 
Tom Kelly 

Kolth's Oreenpoint 

2d half (30-2) 
Lew Seymour Co 
Malinda A Day 
Lane A Freeman 
Booth A Nina 
BobBuchaoaa 
(One to flll) 

1st half (4-1) 
Lee A Mann 
Waldron A Watson 
(Others to flll) 

2(> half (7-10) 
Allen A Canfleld 
Ray Conlln 
McGrath A Deeds 
Davis A Darnell 
Hcrberta Bccson 
(One to flll) 

Keith's Prospert 

2d half (30-3) 
■ Joe Cook 
Alex Bros A Smith 
Lane & Harper 
2 Stcnards 
(Two to flll) 

let half (4-«) 
Polly A Os 
•'Lonesome Manor' 
Butler A I'arker 
I^avine A RItz 
"Dreams" 
(One to flll) 

2d half (7-10) 
Swift A Kelly 
Corlne Tllton 
(Others to flll) 

Mass' Riviera 

Mel Klee 
H<>aly & Cross 
The Vivians 
(Others to flll) 
2d half 
LAP Murdock 
(Others to flll) 



Herron A Qaylord 
Emma Barl 
Loena Hall Roma 

AUBURN M T 

JoOTerson 

Jack La Vler 
Snow A Navtne 
Breen Family 
(One to flll) 

2d half 
Princess Winona 
Shfteks of Araby 
(Others to flll) 

BALTIMORE 
Maryland 

The Brianta 
Lucas A Ines 
Chief Capaullcaa 
4 Tlleroms 
Lillian Shaw 

BATON ROUOB 

CoiUBbla 

(Shreveport Split) 

Ist half 
The Lerays 
Dore Slstera 
"Babies" 
Ollbort Wells 
Marie Cavanagh Co 

BIRMINGHAM 
Lyrlo 

(Atlanta Split) 
1st half 
Worden Bros 
Rhodes A Watson 
Miller A Fears 
Jennings A Dorney 
Oautlcr's Toy Shop 

BOSTON 

B. F. Kelth'a 

Ford A Brlco 
Chic Sale 
Elsie Janis 
Walton A Brant 
Mme Leitsel 
Wells A West 
Raymond Bond Co 
Mamaux A Rule 
Samaroff A Sonia 



Makae Japa 

Rae £ Ball A Bros 

Frisco Co 

Al Shayne 

Donovan A Lee 

Wm Edmunds Co 

Du For Boys 

Palaoa 

Klown Revue 
Ruby Norton 
Fentor A Fields 
Joe Laurie Jr 
Realm of Fantasy 
May Wlrth Family 

COLUMBIA 
CoIambUk 

2d half 
r A M Dale 
Maxon A Brown 
Rice A Werner 
Olcott A Ana 
4 Readings 

COLLMBUB 

B. F. Kelth'a 

J 8 Blondy Co 
Mrs Gene Hughea 
Kovacs A Qoldaer 
Zuhn A Dries 
Rupert Ingalese Co 

DETROIT 

Tompla 

Joseph Dlskar 
Holmes A Levera 
Hall Ermine A B 
Johnny Burke 
Rooney A Bent 
Davis A Pella 

EASTON, PA. 

ILihle O. H. 
Castleton A Mack 
FIsk A Lloyde 
"Timely Review" 
Bobby Randall 
(One to flll) 

2d half 
Nellie V Nichols 
Saxton A'Farrell 
15th Regmt Band 
(Two to flll) 



lat half 
TalaMlaa A 
CTBtUm A Jort'lae 
Hal Johnson Ca 
Hlbbltt * MaSa 
UtUa Jim 

XX>UraTILIJi 

I^vla 

(NaahTllU fallt) 

1st half 
Saltan 

Count eas Verona 
Thornton A lauras 
Joe Bennett 
Basso Co 

ix>wn.i. 

B. F. Kalth'a 

••Creations" 
Thomas P Jaoksen 
Bolgcr Broa 
Dias Monkeya 
Brnia A Brnia 
Burns A Lynn 
Damerest A Col'ta 

MOBILE 

Lyrla 

(Now Orlsans Spilt) 

1st half 
Tyler A St Clajra 
Dillon A Milton 
Aanabelle 

Brady A Mahoney 
Toto Hammer Co 

MONTREAL 

Imperial 

(Sunday opening) 
Loudeo King A H 
Hlggins A Bates 
Barrett A Cuoeen 
Powell A Brown 
Ross A Roma 
Jack Osterman 

Prlneosa 
(Sunday opening) 
Canova 

Welch Mealy A M 
Thos B Shea 
Kellam A O'Dara 
Blossom Sealcy Co 
Al Herman 
Willie Schenck 

MT. VERNON N T 

Proctor's 

2d half (SO-S) 
Jack Clifford Co 
"Pedestrlanlsm" 
Aunt Jemima Co 
Camillas Birds 
(Others to fill) 

1st half (4-ff) 
Swift A Kelly 
•Paul Hill Co 
California Rambl'rs 
(Others to flll) 

2d half (7-19) 
CSeo Moors Co 
Harry Burns Co 



•ohteht'a Maa'klns 
Powera * Wallaca 
Vaughn Comfort 
Moaa A Fnra 
Elm City Fov 
Smith A Bakar Oo 



PORTLAND. 

B. F. Kalth'a 

Harry J Conley Co 
RubinI Sisters 
Mary Haines 
Tho Saytona 
Dixie Four 
WAG Aheara 

PROVIDENCE 
m. F. Alhaa 

Max Sovereign 
Plerco A Ryan 
Alexanders A Smith 
Joe Cook 
Madellns ColUns 
Trovers A Douglas 
Fern A Maria 
Hymack 

PLAINFIELD 

PlAlnflald 

Witt A Winter 
Loney Haskell 
Sager Midgely CO 
(One to flll) 

2d half 
Nathane A Sally 
Blsle White 
(Two to Oil) 

QUEBEC. CAN. 

Aodltertam 

Connolly A Francos 
Clown Review 
Haru Onukl 

READING. PA. 

MaJeaUe 

Blgelow A Clinton 
Badie A Ramsden 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Frank Mansfield 
Hank Brown Co 
(Three to flll) 

RICHMOND 

Lyric 

(Norfolk Split) 

1st half 

Barrett A Farnora 

Bobby Gordon Co 

(Three to flll) 

ROANOKE 

Roanoke 

(Charlotte Split) 
1st half 
Wells A Burt 
The Parados 
Bspe A Button 
Fred Lewis 



I 



ARTHUR SILBER 

BOOKING BXCLUSIVBLT WITH 

PANTAGES CIRCUIT 

0<ft FITZGERALD BLDG.. NEW YORK 
Phones BRYANT 707O— 4«2t 



hi 
Van A Bchsaah 
RAW Roberta 

TRENTON, X. 9. 



Raao A Whalaa 
■iTor Bros 
Llttlo Cinderella 
(Two to flll) 

Sd half 
▲I Raymoada 
Doyle A Wilsoa 
(Othera to flll) 

TROT. K. T. 

Practac'a 

Cannella Loona A Z 
Jaek Sydney 
Mlsa America 
Shrlner A nti*eBa 
(One to flll) 
Noel Lester Co 
Besaslan A White 
Jas Darcy 
(Two to flll) 



Traaey A UcMxUf 
WDLMINCON DBL 



Adenla A Do* 
Maaon A Bhaw 

O'Nall A Ploakalt 
(Two to BID 

2d halt 
King Broa 
Lew Uawklaa 
Walmsley A Keat'f 
Doria Dancan Co 
Barnura Waa Bight 
(One to flll) 

TONKER8. X. T. 

Proetar^ 

td half (tO-l) 
"Lonesome Manor" 
'to Miles rm B'y' 
•? Arabian Knignta 
Lee Mann 
Ford A Price 



ANITA DIAZ 
MONKEYS 

PLAYING 

B. F. KEITH THEATRES 
I'SIk KEITH'S, PORTLAND 
KEITH'S, LOWELL 

DIRECTION 

ALF T. WILTON 



NEXT 
WEEK 



(Om ta flll) 
Sdhalf 
MoFarlaad A F 

Huch Bmmett Oa 
Lew Brloe 
(One to flll) 

OAMBRIDGB 



UTICA. N. T. 

Colonial 

Bottle Washington 
Salleo A Robies 
Nathane A Sully 
Texas Four 
Fink's Mulea 
(One to flll) 

2d half 

Fred Bowers CO 
Morris A Shaw 
Sllva Brawn Co 
(Three to flll) 

WASIUNOTON 

B. F. Kelth'a 

Gautier A Pony 
Chung Wha Four 
Emily Lea (^ 
Ernest Ball 
Nash A O'Donnell 
Dolly Sisters 
McLaug'in A Evans 



(One to flll) 
1st half (4-1) 

Harry Burns Co 

•Sub'lng with Ba'ts 

Ray Conlln 

•Polite Pearl A "W 

Herberta Beeson 

(One to flll) 
2d half (7-10) 

Polly A Oa 

"Pedestrlanlsm'* 

•Lavlne A Rlts 

(Others to flll) 

YORK. PA. 

Haperm Hovsa 

Frank Mansfleld 
Mack A Stanton 
Ituflhman A Bayne 
(Two to flll) 

2d half 
Blgelow A Clinton 
Eadle A Ramsden 
(Three to flll) 



FOU CIBCUIT 



ALBANY 

Proctor's 

Noel Lester Co 

L A A Carter 

Taxi 

Jas Darcy 

Cunninchnm A B 

2d half 
Cornelia Leona A Z 
Jaric Sydney 
Miss Amortca 
Shrlner & Flt'mons 
(One to fill) 

ALLENTOWV, PA. 

Orpheum 

Nellie V Nichols 
Saxton A Farrell 
"Folllps" 
(Two to flll) 

2d half 
CaRtloton A Mack 
FIsk A Lloydo 
Ilu«<hman A Bayne 
Bobby Randall 
(One to flll) 

ALTOONA, PA. 

Orphram 
"All at Sea" 
Hank Brown Oo 
Hasel Green Ca 
(One to flll) 

2d half 
Lee Children 
Hal] A Shapiro 
(Three to flll) 

AMSTERDAM N 1 

Riolta 

Klltoma 

ITollnnd A Oden 
Marino A Martia 
(Two trt flll) 

2(1 half 
▲rthor Whltelaw 



JESSE FREEMAN AGENCY 

CHARLES YATES. Manager 

1413 Mssonle Temple Central 03 iS CHICAOO 

Bookliif Jltcluilrely with W.V.M.A.. B. F. Keith's 

(Wektuni) Exclunse, Ortiheum arKt AflUlstluDS. 



BtrrALo 

Shea's 
Harry Moore Co 
Alice Hamilton *> 
Billy Arlington 
B C Hililam 
"Son Dodgers" 
Crawf'rd & Brod'ck 
Runaway Four 

CHARLESTON 

Vlctorhb 

(Augusta Split) 
1st half 
Roberts A Demont 
Will J Ward 
Fisher A Hurst 
Manila Pryor Co 
Morton Jewell Co 

CHARLOTTE 

Victoria 

(Roanoke Split) 
Ist half 
Jordan Girls 
Kelso A Demonde 
Crane May A C 
Gordon &. Qermainn 

CHATTANOOGA 

RIalto 

2d half 
The Roonoys 
Jean Arnal 
Ed Blondell Co 
Inniii Bros 
Lynch A Stewart 

CHESTER, PA. 

Adgem^nt 

King Bros 



ERIE. PA. 

Colonial 

Nlhla 

Combe A Nevlna 
H Hayden Co 
Casting Campbells 
Freda A Anthony 

GERMANT'WN PA 

Orphennt 

Casting Uslloa 
Gene Morgan 
Reed A Soiman 
Finlay A Hill 
Harry Kahne 
Duffy A Sweeney 
Harry Slatko Co 

GRAND RAPIDS 

Erapresa 

Barbette 
Van A Tyson 
Nowell A Most 
Olson A Johnson 

HAMILTON. CAN. 

Lyrlo 

McCar'n & Marrone 
Low Hilton Co 
Oautlcr's Brlck'ers 

HARRISBURG 

Mnjestio 

Il.iil & .Shapiro 
I^re Kids 

White Black A V 
(Two fo flll) 
2d half 
Mark & Stanton 
"All at Sea" 
Hazel Green Co 



Watts A Hawlsy 
Jarrow 
(Others to flll) 

NASHYILLB 

Prineeaa 
(Louisville Split) 
let half 
The B«tTdaya 
Phil Davis 
Grace Nelson A Co 
Marks A Wilson 
Kalul'i's Hawallans 

NEW BRUNSW'CK 

Stata 

GAR Perry 
Knapp A Carnella 
Doyle A Wilson 
The Crelghtona 
(One to flll) 
2d half 
Witt A Winters 
Flaherty A Stoning 
Swor Bros 
Llttlo Cinderella 
(One to flll) 

NEW ORLEANS 

Palace 

(Mobile Split) 
1st half 
Francis A Wilson 
Heltons ^ 

Sampsel A LeoiTdt 
Neil McKlnloy 
3 Melvins 

NEWARK. N. t. 

Proctor'e 

Ben Welch 
Vincent Lopei Co 
Norwood A Hall 
Paull A Goss 
•7 Arabian Knlgh's 



Connors Danceland 

ROCHESTER 

Temple 

B Anderson A Pony 
Williams A Taylor 
"Thunk You D" 
Sybil Vane 
Lydeii A Maoey 
Ten Eyk A Wylle 
Trlxie Frlgansa 
Bill Genevieve A W 

SCHENECTADY 

Proctor's 

Mrohan A Newman 
Arthur Whitelaa 
Ten Arakis 
(Others to flll) 

Sd half 
Rekoma 
L A A Carter 
Holland A Oden 
Taxi 

Marino A Martin 
Cun'ngham A Ben't 

SAVANNAH 

Bljov 

(Jacksonville Split) 

1st half 
Clown Seal 
CofTman A Carroll 
Bowirs Walt'rs A C 
Bckert A Harrison 
Four Madcaps 

SYRACUSE 
B. F. Keith's 

Bronson A Edw'rds 
Betty Washington 
Bryant A Stewart 
Jos K Watson 
"Flashes Songland" 



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SUPREME PREPARATION 
BemoTor— Whitening — Roogo— Powder 

SOLD pi KKW TOKK BT 
Harlow A LuthA. DrugftJti. U'way a Mth St 
Central I>ruc Co.. Tth A?c. A 48th St. 
Jsin«' 4ilh St. Drug Store. Stti Art. A 44th St 
C. 0. Btcelow, Inr., eih Are. ft 9tb SC 

BOLD IN CHICAGO BT 
Bucli ft Us}-iier'i. and Public Drug. Co. 



BBIDOEPORT 

PoU'a 

Clayton A Clayton 
Stone A Francis 
Berk A Sawn 
Morgan A Bender 
Mabel McCane Oo 

2d half 
L A H Zeigler 
Lehr A Kennedy 
Cooper A RIcardo 
Ray Raymond 
(Ono to flll) 

HARTFORD 

Capitol 

F A C LaToor 
Smith A Naah 
Cook A Rosever 
Dillon A Parker Co 
Lytell A Faut 
Bhttra Rulowa Co 

2d half 
Kelly A Drake 
Phlna A Picks 
Dave Schooler Co 
Edwards A Beaaley 



Timely Revaa 
Bloom A Sher 

SP'OFIELD. MASS. 

Palace 

Gordon A Rica 
Furman A Brana 
Relily A Rogers 
Elliott A LaTour 
Ned Wayburn'a 11 

2d tuJf 
Clayton A Clayton 
Jimmy Reynolds 
Mabel McCane Co 
Schoen A Squires 
Shura Rulowa Co 

WATERBURT 

Palaea 

Alexander A H 
Kelly A Drake 
Dave Schooler Qo 
Panza A Sllva 
Phlna A Pioka 

2d half 
Gordon A Rica 
Stone A Francis 



14 half 

Kanasawa Japa 
Oeo Morton 
Mildred Andre Ca 
(Two to flll) 

FALL RITBR 

Empfara 

Clifford A O'Connor 
Lew Brlco 
Boy A Boyer 
(Two to flll) 

Sd half 
Dixie Hamilton 
Adams A Morln 
Thornton A K\ng 
(Two to flll) 

FTTCHBURO 

Cnmmlngo 
Dixie Hamilton 
Kanazawa Japs 
(Others to flll) 

2d half 
Adams A Grlfllth 
(Others to flll) 

LAWRENCE 

Empire 

Marie Sparrow 
Johnson A Hayes 
Mildred Andre Co 
(Two to flll) 
2d half 
Frank Wilson 
Ctook A Oatman 
Bison City Four 
(Two to flll) 



LXWISTOH I 

Maalo HaU 
BradhuT A BeaBii 
Jeaaette Chll4a 
Maoh A Readla* , 
(T«» to flll) 

Id half ( 

Barry Bentell 
Whalaa A McSflaif 
Martia A Moora 
(Two U flll) 

LYNN, If Ase, : 

Olympla 

Eileen 

Stone A Hayea 
Tarmark 
(One to flll) 

Sdhalf * 

Hunting A Franefl# 
(Othera to fill) 

MANCHESTXB I 
PalAca 

Frank Wllaoa 
Cook A Oatmaa 
Bison City Fo«« 
(Two to flll) 

Sd half 
Marie Spsrrow 
Roland Kelly CM 
Johnson A Ilayefl 
(Two to flll) 

NEW BEOFOBI^ 

Olympic .r 

2d half 
Eileen 

Stone A Hayes 
Yarmark 
(Others to flliy * 

NEWPORT 

Colonial 

2d half ^ 

Clifford A O'C0Bai# 
Chas Mack Co 
Llbonatl - 



CHICAGO KEITH dECTTIT T 



CINCINNATI 
Palace 

Fraxler's Hl'hl'ders 

Vernon 

Danci'g Humphreys 

G Austin Moore 

Whitefleld A Irel'nd 

Wilson Bros 

K T Kunia Co 

CLEYEL.\ND 

Read's Hippodrome 

Juggling McBanns 
Walman A Berry 
Toyland Follies 
Bob Ferris Co 
Walt Manthey Co 
Bob Ferns Co 

CLINTON, lA. 
Capitol 



2d half 
Jewell's Manikins 
Flani|!:an A S'plet'gl 
McDonald Three 
(Two to flll) 

KOKOMO. niD« 

strand 

Tulsa Sisters 
Oliver A Lee 
Bert Howard 
Karl Rosini Co 

Sdhalf 
Althsa Lucas Ca 
Grace Twins ' ■ 

Lloyd A Goods 
Herb Lloyd Co 

LANSING. MICB; 

Regent 

Jessie Miller 



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IGS Toupees Make-Up 

ORTH 8«Bd for Price Lie* 

H I L P G- SHINDHELMI 

"»*-=• 109 W.46th 8.t. N. Y. 



THE LANGWELL 

ISS W. 44th St.. New Terk 
The Best |1.00 Dinner In Towa. 
Ask JTOSEPHINE DAYIB 
TOM HARRISON. 



G. 

New 



Cunnlnihssi. 
York City. 



Dlitribstor. t PatoKIa PIsee, 



LEE MASON 

With STAN SCOTT 

As Good an tli« Host, 
Mach Better Than tha Beat 



Lew Hawklna 
Walmsley A Keafg 
Doris Duncan Co 
linrnum Was Right 
(Ouo to flll) 

2d half 

Adonis A Dog 
•Tones A Reed 
MaMon A Shaw 
Clulro Vincent Co 
O'Neil A PlUQk«lt 
(One to aUi 



INDIANAPOLIS 
D. F. Keith's 

Anderson A Trel 
Margaret Hassler 
Pinto A Boyle 
Four Kords 
WiUon Sfbtrra 
Rafuyottes Dogs 

JACKSONVILLE 

Arcade 
(ftavaaaah SpiU) 



Enow Columb's A U 

NORFOLK 

Academy 

(Richmond Split) 

Ist half 
Willi Halo A Bro 
Millard A Marliif 
Hartley A Falter'n 
llarniuny Land 

PHILADELPHIA 

B. F. Keith's 

Autumn Trio 
Ibach Band 
June Connelly 
A A F ijteadman 
Ann Pennington 

Keystone 

3 Whirlwinds 
Nan Travfllne 
Grey A Old Rose 
Oscar Lorraine 
10 Miles from B'wy 

Wm Penn 
Flaherty A Stoning 
Claire Vincent Co 
A I Hnvmond 
Uth Ilogt Band 

Sd half 

ra;rama 

Sii«e i MfdK«<ly Co 
lans A Whalen 
(Ooe to fliJ) 



Proctor's 

Sllva Braun Co 
I'rlnccas Winona 
Fred V Bowers Co 
Morris A Shaw 
Shieks of Araby 
(One to flll) 

2d half 
Shprwin Kelly 
Snow A Narlne 
(Others to flll) 



Pilcer A Dooglaa 
(One to flll) 

MEW HAVEN 

Palace 
L A H Zclgler 
Lehn A Kennedy 
Edwards A Beasley 
Greenwich Vill'^rs 
Cooper A Ric&rdo 
Pilcer A Douglas 

2d half 
Alexander A Hardle 
Smith A Nash 
Cook A Rosevere 

Mabf-I Biirk* C* 
Panza A Silra 
Ned Wayburn's IS 

SORANTON, FA. 

Poll's 

LeRoy Bros 
Jean Boydell 
Dsn Fitch Co 
Rene Arnold Co 
(One to flll) 
2d half 
Thr*>o Loidens 
Franklin A Hall 
Mil' DArniond Co 



Berk A Sawn 
Morgan A Bender 
Greenwich Vin'gers 

WILKES-BARRE 

PoU't 

Three Lordona 
Franklin A Hall 
Mile D'Armond C# 
Bloom A Sher 
Hometown FolUea 

2d half 
LeRoy Broa 
Jean BoydcII 
Dan Fitch Co 
Rene Arnold Co 
Hometown Follies 
Jimmy Reynolds 

WORCESTER 

Poll's 

Mabel Burke Co 
Schoen A Squires 
Rey Itnymond Co 

2d half 
Rellly A Rogers 
Furman A Evans 
Dillon A Parker Co 
Elliott A LaTour 
(One to flll) 



BOSTON KEITH CIECUIT 



TAMPA. FLA. 

Victory 

(SI. Prtor.M'rK Split) 

iKt half 
Martr-jl & Wpst 
Dunhmu & O'Mar.v 
I. Ist on I-oster 
.'<l.slf'rs Arnrtlo 
CIii\l .11 I)rtw Co 

TOLKDO 

B. F. Keith's 

Fifor Bros A Bis 
• '.irter A Curnlsn 
"Marry Me" 
Gurdon A For€ 
Gevcne Troupe 

TORONTO 

Siieo's 

Srl'^ridlt A Partner 
^T.'^rl^n MiirrHy Co 
, , Laag A lilaksiejr 



BOSTON 

Boston 

Brent Hayes 
Dalton A Craig 
Kenny A Hollls 
O & H Do Beers 
— r^Ono to fllM 

ttordon's Olympln 



Comebacks 

BANGOR. ME. 

BIJoa 

Harry Bentell 
Whalcn A McS 
Adsms A Grlfllth 
Alartin A Moore 




(.Scollay sq.) 
ClAffs Manning Ki C 
Dorothy Ramer 
Rubeville 
(Two to fill) 
Gordon's Olympla 
(Washln,?ton st.) 
T.lttln Driftwood 
I.f w AV'ldon 
(O hora to flll) 

iloW'trd 
Kay McKay 4^ 8is 



(Two to flll) 
2*1 half 
Bradbury A Scully 
Jfaruitte Chtlds 
Mark A 0^>ndlnc 
(Others fa fill) 

BROCKTOH 

Fit rand 

J .* ''•'TT1S A Murtn 

i.ili ii.itl 
i Xiietntou A Klas 



Honey Bunch Co 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
Klnzo 

O'Malley A Maxrd 
Dvnlay A Merrill 

CB'FOJSV'LE, IND. 

' Strand 
Gladys Grsen 
Maok A Mabelle 
(One to flll) 

DAYTON 

B. F. Kelth'a 

Sinclair A Gray 

Durnum 

Paul Rahn Co 

JAW Henning 

Seattle Boya 

2d half 
The Levolas 
"Barber of Sevlllo" 
Tonle Gray Co 
(Two to flll) 

DETROIT 

lASalle Garden 
Orace Ayers Co 

Reynolds A Whits 
Arthur DeVoy Co 
Four of Us 
Corrldlna's Animals 

2d halt 
Sinclair A Gray 
Norman A Lander 
Hickman Bros 
Seattle Boys 
(One to flll) 

KVAN8V1LLE.IND. 

Victory 

Sawyer A Eddy 
Mack A Mabelle 
M McDermott Co 
Aah A Franks 

2d half 
Larimer A Hudson 
Flanlgan A M'ris'n 
Marston A Manley 
Edith Clifford 

FLINT. MICH. 

PaUca 

Royal Bros 
Larry Comer 
Jewell's Manikins 
Cornell A Fays Sis 
(Two to flll) 

2d half 
Vallal Zcrmalne 
McDernjott A V 
O Handworth 
Leo Haley 
Three Weber Girls 
Laurie Ordway 

FT. WAYNE. IND. 
Palace 

Daniels & Walters 
Morris & Block 
Jonia's Hawallans 
(One to till) 
2d half 
JAW Honningn 
Corradina's Animls 
(Two to flll) 

M'TI'GTON. W.VA. 

Iiuntlni;ten 

Rpyn<tl<l» & tN'hito 
Daly Ai liur.^h 

INDIA. NATO MS 

I'nluce 

Th.ivma 

N'lppon Duo 

Sonnion Con: ad Co 

Frisco 

St»»n Sfnnloy Ci- 

F A E Halls 

KALAMA'/OO 

r: K -nt 

Ro>Ul Sj .I'lo; • 

D.'i r r» *• ' -" •- 
Johnny r« .s>\. < ■ 
I^aurr '^t'l.vuy 
"The bhelk" 



1 

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RAE Traoy 
Sullivan A Myora 
McDonald Three 
(One to flll) 
2d half 
Royal Sydneya 
Fries A Wilson 
Johnny's New 
Four of Us 
"The Sheik" 

IJBXINGTON, 
Ben AU 

The Le Volaa 
Ormsbeft A RemM 
Tonle Gray Co 
Four Mnsketeaftf 
Jada Trio 

2d half 
Humbert Broa 
Marsh A Willi 
Paul Rahn Ca 
(Two to flll) . i 

UHA, OHIO ' 
Fharot O. IL ' 

2d half -* 

Grace Ayers > 

Burnum 

Jacque Tvell Cd 
Daniels A Walt«ri 
VAC Avery 

MIDDLET'N. 

Gordon 
VAC Avery 
Norma n A Landaa 
August A Pauletta 
Burnum 

2d half 
Hager A OoodirW 
(Two to flll) 

MUSK FXSON.MIC^ 

Regent 
Karl Gardner 
Frlea A WilaoA 
(G«a to flll) v 

2d half 1 

Sullivan A MyeiV 
RAE Tracy 
Harry Van Foaaaif 

PADCCAH. KT« 

Orphoana 
Humberto Bros 
FitKgerald A Carll 
Marsh A Willlama 
DeMarviu Fiva 

2d halt ! 

Stone's Boys 
(Three to fill) ^ 

RICHMOND, 
Mnrray 

Althea Lucas 
Grace Twins 
Lloyd & Coode 
White Hunsara 

2d half 
Tulsa Sis 

Harry Antrim Of 
Milton & Lehman 
Pago A Oreen 

SAGINAW. MICa. 
Jeffrrs Strand 

Vnllal A Z<rmaina 

.MtDf-rniott A Vinc't 

( > llandwurth . 

I.'OlLil.y 

Three \V. bor Girls 

8<) hnlf 
Cornell A- Foys BiS 
Larry Cinn»'r 
Arthur J>tVoy Os 
(Two to flll) 

ir/Avy. iiTE, iMAt 

1 "bcrty 
f:r. cne 
^h'ona 

) • V 'ittO 

■ <•• ••'■ ' 'v. .1 Co 

, • l':'tf 

■ ! . . • ■ .^» f l«Jl 

: "• • M -H.s 

i lixvc* V Bill 



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iglpkia Taok«r 
KettmitABtUi ■ 
Sarelay * Cb»»» 

J^n A yramm 
^•nd A awabU 
^^e Donnelly 0» 
(Ona to fill) 
8t»t« lAto 

f8UDd»7 OP«Bl«») 

M 8hlrl«r 
oq>oan«ll A BUtr 
B*b H*n 
FtBtoa * FI«M« 

tid«i * aib«o» 

S«D N«e On* 
JlalBboWi Bnd 
<>Bborn« Thr«« 
<Ob« to fill) 

PBNVBB 
Orphevw 

(Bunday opening) 
<|r«tta Ardln» 



•AKLAND. OAI. 

OrpkMM 

OHadar •pcntat) 

Mmmt lAatry Buid 

S * A ■•r«*w 

Bvrka A I>«rkla 
DD Ht 
▲Bdrltdd Tffo 
Boae BlUi A B 
Dr Thorn p«on 

OMAHA, HKB. 

OrphMua 

<flttadar •p«ii1bk) 
"Tlasboa" 
fisher A CHlmar* 
Smith A 8tro«« 
Herbert A Dar* 
Torke A Klnc 
Jack Ranley 
Hector A Pala 

PORTLAND, ORB. 
Orphwua 

(Sunday opanins) 
••rilrtatlon" 
Alma Nellson 



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wtihiM raaaoa tm tka 
Dr. M. Q. GARY 

M. W. Car. Stata and Raadelpk §^ 
iaeoad laor avar Drac Stara 
■atraaaa • W. R*adal»h it. CHICA< 



CHICAOb 



SHUBERT CIBCUIT 

<TlM Shubert «nlt shows Ar« 
printed berswlth In th« order of 
their travel. The shows move over 
the circuit Intact.) 

NKW YORK CITY 



CHESTER FREDERICKS 

CLEVER JUVENILE 

Daaear and Imitatar 

Third 8«aaan Featured with 

Gas Kdwarda* R«vne 



fTeaver A Weavar 
Bessie cnfford 
Chandon Trio 
Babcock A Dolly 
Cressy A Dayne 
James Stevens *^ 

DKS MOINES 

Orpheam 

(Sunday openlnt) 
Bae Samuels 
Blmpson A Dean 
Al K Hall 
JCma Herman 
J A J Gibson 
telaya 

DrLUTH 

Orpheam 

(Sunday openlnf) 
Jsssie Keed 
Herberts 
Wilfred Clark 
rio Lewis 

B A L PItsslbbons 
El Rey Sis 
"Concentration" 

KANSAS CITY 

Mala Straat 

ITsshle Clark 



OAF Usher 
Signer Frlscoa 
"Juggleland" 
Lee Gellis 
Little Billy 

SACRAMENTO 
Orpheam 

(4-«) 
(Same bill plays 
Fresno 7-») 
Williams A Wolfus 
Qlenn A Jenkins 
'Letter Writer" 
Grace Doro 
Royal Gasrolrnes 
Pearson N'port A P 
Meehan's Does 

ST. IX>CIS 

Orpheam 

Seed A Austin 
I^eLyle Alda 
Illrd Cabaret 
Redmond A Wells 
Do Kerljardo 
Billy Sharp 
(One to fill) 

ST. PAUL 

Orpheam 

(Sunday openinc) 



DARLMacBOYLE 

Kxclusive Material of Every Descrlptlaa. 

S>N HAND OR TO ORDBR. 
118 W. «tth 8«^ H. Y. aty$ Bryaat 1484 



t>oree's Ca 
Xllsabeth Murray 
Bight Blue DeTlla 
(Two to All) 

Orpheaaa 
(Sunday opening) 
Creole Fash Plate 
Boxy La Rocoa 
Swarts A Clifford 
Seaator Ford 
Bankotr A Co 
Xoroll Bros 
Nagyfys 
Frank lyn Chaa Co 

UNCOUr, KEB. 

Orphan na 

(Sunday opening) 
Harry Watson 
Tlaeent O'Doaaell 
Vrawley A Loniae 

5'llson Aubrey Trio 
•nnedy A Beria 
JAN 0:ms 
Faber A McOawan 

LOS ANOEIJE8 

Hill Sitae* 
(Sunday opening) 
Billy Olason 
Choag A Moay 
LawtOB 
Victor Moors 
Stevens A Marshall 
Rey AtwlU C!b 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Hyams Mclntyra 
y A E Stanton 
Morton A Glass 
Foley A LaTour 
Bill Robinson 
Adolphus 



Emma Came 
DeMarco's Band 
Anderson A Bart 
Hanako Japa 
Dave Roth 
Spencer A Williams 
Jean Barrloa 

■ALT LAKB 

Orpbavm 

<8anday opening) 
Morgan Dancers 
Belle Montrose 
Jack Oeorge 
Bevaa A Flint 
Novelty Cllntens 
Gordon A Day 

■AN FBANCI0CO 

CMdaa Oato 

(Sunday opening) 
Bailey A Cowaa 
Clandia Coleman / 
McCarthy Sisters 
McRae A Clegg 
McDevltt Kelly A Q 
(One to fill) 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
McKay A Ardlne 
Perone A Oliver 
Juggling Nelsons 
Neal Abel 
Ck>nlln A Glass 
Parlor Bedr'm A B 
Dooley A Sales 

BXATTLB 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Dugan A Reymond 
Bobby Folsom 



HUGH HERBERT 



Phone: RICHMOND HILL 9663 



Oalettl A Kokln 
Uackett A Delmar 

MEMrms 

Orpheam 
Vera Gordon 
Beken Dancera 
Artistic Treat 
i White Kuhne 
Kay Ham A Kay 
Milt Collins 
(One to All) 

MILWAUKEE 

Palace 

(Sunday opening) 
Bernard Granville 
Van A Corbett 
Cook Mort A H'rv'y 
Marmeln Sis 
"TaiiKo Shoes" 
(Two to nil) 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Hennepin 

(Sunday opening) 
H It Walthall 
TdinKfonl A Frcd'Un 
VIILt Girls 
I M Chadwlck 
Ballot FMve 
PepKv Bromen 
Lew Dockstader 

NEAT OR1JCAN8 

Orphoura 

(Sunday ojionlng) 
Anatol Kricdland 
Ix^avlft A Lo.jkv.u'd 
Bew<»ll ,si«ters 
Rum^ ^ T.orslne 
Curl |-;fM>'« r«ts 

•ad ;\uiartrth 



Bernard A Garry 
Wavne A Warren 
DeWltt Burns A T 
Brie Zardo 
The Florents 

SIOUX OITT, lA. 

Orpheam 

Corinne 
"Stranded" 
Mnie Doree's <3o 
Sully A Tlonghton 
Family Ford 
(One to Oil) 

2d half 

Cultf!? Bros 
W A M Rogers 
Skolly Hell Rev 
Leon Co 
Ptrandfd ' 
(One to All) 

VANCOIVKR, B.C. 

Orphrum 

Nfi.Ml»*tnn * S 
a A- V M««Wy. 

WiiUrr »" Krlly 

S<;'!U'>n T)«-no * S 

Fllv 

.loliti n TTrman 

Fr.inK Ward. 

WINNIPEG 

Orpheam 

Cdd!« Leonard 

Qii!x:( / Four 

llrt!|«n A Itu^sell 

' TrotiteLiing" 

'T'~<^Tir 1 Hros 
I piirr'H livnn 
i Miidic I>o L.Li)g 



Ceatral 
*'Stth Caatvy Bav" 
Four Marx Bros 
Olga Mishka 
Krans A White 
Julia Edwards 
Harper A Blanks 
Adele Jasoa 

H. O. H. 

•HMUdnlt* Bevels** 

Whipple Huston 
Purcell A Ramsey 
Rlggs A WItchte 
Claire Devlne 0» 
Three Chums 
George Mayo 

BROOKLYN 
Crescent 

"Stolen aweets" 

Watson Sisters 
Steppe A O'Nell 
Baker A Brasil 
Kings Syncopation 
DcKoch Trio 

ASTORIA. L. I. 
Astoria 

(Boro Park, Brook- 
lyn, split) 
lat half 

"Facts A Figures" 
Burt & RoBcaale 
VlllanI & Rose 
White Trio 

Six Stellas 
Twlnette A Bella 

NEWARK 
Kecay's 

"Spice of lile" 

Sylvia Clark 
Kramer A Boyle 
Frank Gaby 
Julia CorettI 
Fell A Walker 
3 Wainwright Sis 

PHILADELPHIA 
Chestnut St. O. H. 
"Troubles of 192t" 

Courtney Sisters 
George Jessell 
Colee A Orth 
Edwards A Bm'n'el 

WASHINGTON 

Belaaco 
"Steppin* Around" 

James C Morton 
Dan Ilea I y Co 
Harry Roye 
Vintour Bros 
Harry Bloom 

ALTOONA, TA, 

Mlshlar 

(4-6) 
(Same bill plays 
Weller. Zanesville, 
•-7; Court, Wheel- 
ing. S-») 
"Gimme A ThriU" 
Tip Top Four 
Borel A Gluck 
Gene Barnes Co 
Herbert A Daggett 
Nanine A DeFay 
Gardner Trla 

PITT8BUB0H 

AMina 

MIdaight Boanderf 
Smith A Dale 
Green A BIylar 
Jack Btronoe 
Cleveland Bronner 
Frank J Corbett 
Lola Chalfonte 

CLEVELAND 

State 

(Sunday opening) 
"(YoUcs of 1922" 
Herman Timberg 
Nat Nasarro 
Buck A Bubbles 
Darling A Timberg 
Else A Paulson 
It Dancing Dolls 

CINCINNAn 

Shober* 
(Sunday opening) 
Nora Bayes 
Hannaford Family 
Pasqoah Broa 
Edith Baker 
HAG El is worth 
(Four to fill) 

CHICAGO 

Oarrick 

(Sunday opening) 
*'Reanlted'' 
Weber A Fields 
Chas T Aldrich 
Lynn Cantor 
Ladellas 
Bent A Clare 
Ruth Thomas 
Sid Gold 

■T. LOUIS 

Empress 
(Sunday opening) 
"Plenty of Pep" 



Chas Howard Oa 
John Qnlgg 
Dolly aiorrlson 
Dewey A Rogers 
Bmill Clasper 
Townes A Franklin 

OPEN WBRK 
"Hello New York** 

Bobby Higglns Co 
Frank Dobson 
Lon Haacall 
Phil Baker 
Helen Eley 
Betty Finher 
Peterson Bros 
18 English Daisies 

C<IICAGO 

Engelwood 

(Sunday opening) 
"Hello Everybody" 

Gertrude HofTman 
H A W Lander 
McCoy A Walton 
Carey A Walton 
Carey Bannon A M 
Mooner A Marie 
Leo Bates 

DETROIT 
Detroit O. H. 

(Sunday opening) 
"SucccRh" 
Abe Reynolds 
Nonette 
Ben Holmes 
Reno 

Warren A O'Brien 
Bernard A Scarth 

TORONTO 

Princess 

"CamlTal of Fan" 

Alfred LaTell 
Clark A Verdi 



Oanr A 
Bddle Foyar 
OamlaOa 

Id halt 
Mask A Braatler 
Dolly's Draam 
Baymoad A ■tan 
<One to fill) 

Oreeier ■«> 

Plckard's Seala 
LAM Hart 
Dan Downing Oa 
MUe Vanity Oa 
(One to All) 
2d halt 

Fravost A Ooelet 
J LaCrosse Co 
Toy Ling Foo 
Nelson A Barrys 
Strickland's Co 
(One to All) 

Delanecy IM. 

Ronna Duo 
Green Sisters .. 



Tawer A Darrall 
■rtard's OddltSaa 

Id half 
Nestor A VlAoast 
Altoa A Ama 
LAM Bart 
Calvin A O'Coaaer 
Daace Dreams 

Pahtea 

Leon A Mltsl 
Brennan A Wyaae 
A A L Barlow 
Miller Packer A ■ 
"Saapsbota" 

Sdhalf 

DnVal Broa 

Leonard A Culver 

Rudlnoff 

I^may A Pearson 

Primrose Minstrels 

Warwick 

DuVsl Bros 
Jimmy Duffy Co 
Ray Morrell Trla 



ARCHIE 



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GERTIE 



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Wmm Boakaway. 



Columbia, 



CHAS. J. FREEMAN 

OFFICES 

BOOKING WITH ALL 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

SUITE 307. ROMAX BLDQ. 

245 West 47th Street 
NEW YORK 

Phone: BRYANT 8817 



B Harrison Co 
Ethel Roaeman Co 
Snlly Fields 
"Sunbeam Follies" 

2d half 
Rainbow Trio 
Jerome A France 
Bardwell Mayo A R 
Downing A Buddy 
Camia Co 

National 

Nestor A Vincent 
McCormack A R 
Frank Stafford Co 
Quinn A Caverly 
Hope Sinters Band 

2d half 
Russell A Hayes 
Hope Vernon 



"Bits Dance Hits" 
(One to All) 
2d half 
Dean A Dean 
Evans A Babetta 
Vacation Days 
(Two to All) ^ 

ASTORIA. Lb L 
Astari» 

2d half 
Camilla's Blrda 
Dreon Sisters 
Grsen A Burnett 
Eddie Clark Co 
Tower A Darrell 
"Sunbeam Folllea" 

ATLANTA 

(irand 
LaToy Bros 



LONDON. CAN. 
Loew 

Cody A King 
Newport Stirk A P 
Beaux A Belles 

2d half 
Rao A Helmar 
RAH Walser 
Fox A Britt 

MEMPHIS 

Stota 
Peres A LaFlar 
Win Dick 
"Stateroom IF* 
Klaaa A Brilliant 
Wyatt's Lads A L 

2d halt 
Blum Bros 
Berrl A Bonnie 
Hoey A Evans 
Silvers A Berger 
Gen PIsano C 
MILWAUKEE 

Miller 
Freer Baggott A F 
Connors A Boyne 
Wm A Weston Ca 
Olive Bayes 
Olga A Nicholas 

MONTREAL 

Loew 

Jeanette A Norm'ns 
Manuel Romaine I 
Eddie Heron Co 
Fraser A Bunco 
"Follies" 

NEWABJK 

etata 
Leach LaQuialan S 
Holden A Herron 
KImberley A Page 
Frank Mullane 
"Boys Long Ago" 
mew OBLBAMB 
Crrscont 
Dave VanAeld 
Hitter A Welsa 



Gibson A Breaer 
Braham Reeds A D 

3d half 
Feres A LaFlor 
Wm Dick 
"Stateroom 11" 
Xlass A Brilliant 
Wyatt's L&ds A L 

OTTAWA 

Loew 
Walter Gilbert 
Gordon A Delmar 
Nevlns A Gordon 
Weber A Elliott 
"Old Timers" 
FBOVIDENCB 



Lucy Ollstte Co 
Lee A Beers 
Browning A Davis 
Roberts A Boyne 
Thos P Dunne 
4 Popularity Queens 

2d half 
Stanley Trip A M 
B A L Walton 
Carletta A Lewis 
Adler A Dunbar 
(Two to All) 

Sr'GFIBUD, MASS. 

Broadway 
Stanley Trip A M 
B A L Walton 
Carletta A Lewla 
Adler A Donhar 
(One to All) 
2d half 
Lacy Ollette Ob 
Lee A Beers 
Roberts A Boyae 
Thos P Dann 
4 Popularity Queens 

TpBONTO 
Yoiwo M. 

Bellls Duo 
Stephens A Bron'le 
Homer Ltnd Co 
Harry Be w ley Ca 
"Sparks of E'lvay** 



Creedoa A DaTtt 
Geo Lovett Oa 
(One to Oil) 

DUBUQUE. IA« 

MaJeaUa 
Hardy Bros 

MaxAeld A Golson 
Braslllan Heiress 
Four Erettos 

FABGO, N. D. 

Oraad 

Royal A Valentine 
R U Hodge Co 
John Neff 

2d half 
Hill A Quinnell 
Carney A Rosa 
(One to All) 

OALESBUBO. ILL. 

Orpheam 

Melnotte Duo 
Mills A Duncan 
Songs A Scenes 

2d half 
Laster Bros 
"Graduation Day" 
(One to All) 



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FBORIA. 



Maxon A Morrlfl ^ 
O'Malley A MaxTA 
J C Lewis Jr Co 
Paisley Noon Co 
Jarvls A HarrlaaB 
Mrs Eva Fay 
2d half 
Mrs Eva Fay 
Carnival of Vei 
The Ltlghtons 
(Three to 811) 

QUINCY, 
Orpheaaa 

Laster Bros 
Graduation DaF 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Melnotte Duo 
Mills A DuneaK 
Songs A Scenaa 
BACTNE. WU, 

Blalta 
C A H Polly , 



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Strong A Rydsrr 
Marks A Gallagher 
Fr!sh Howard A T 
t Mart las 

MASSKNA. K. T. 

Stnuid (4-8) 
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Chas Reeder 
Bernard A Deaa 
K Faye Trio 

NIAGARA FALLS 



Q'J> ISLAND, NBB. 
Majeatio 

The Halklngs 
Hlbbert A Nugent 
(One to All) 
2d half 
Briaeoe A Aostla 
Leighton A DaBall 
Bravo M'hellnl A T 

JOUET. ILL. 

Oryheaas 

Gabby Bros 
Creedoa A Davla 
B Parker A Baya 

2d half 
Maxon A Morrla 
D Karrts A Band 
(One to All) 

JOPLIN. MO. 

Kleetrla 
MoConnell A West 
Granville A Fields 

2d half 
A A M Joy 
Morans A Nomuui 

K'NS'S CITY. KAN. 
Bfoeiite 

Jason A Harrlgan 

2d half 
Hlbbert A Nugent 



Tyler A Croltaa 
Miller A Bradfo«« 
Senator Marphy 
Bobby JacksoB Oe 

KOCKFOBD, 1IX« 



DeWolf Girls 
Clemon Belling Ce 
Romas Troupe 
Bell Hamisoa 
Jack Reld 

BUFFALO 
Crtterlan 

'The Base Girt** 

Hope A Pauly 
Hattle Althoff Ce 
Louis Simon Co 
eurxes A Feggf 

OPEN WEEK 

main 8* FelUes" 

Jed Dooley Co 
Fred Ardath Co 
2 Dalace Sisters 
Morris A Campbell 
Commodore Band 

WORCESTER 
WaroeaCar 

(BlJou. Fall River, 

■Plit) 

1st half 

«<Kchoea af B*way" 

Eddie Nelson 
Irving O'Hay 
Nip & Fletcher 
Murray Sisters 
George Strennel 
Five Ilaneys 

BOSTON 

MaJesUe 
Say It with Laughn 
Roger Imhotr Co 
Barr Twins 
Harry Lancaster 
Hayataka Japs 

HARTFORD 

Bhabert-Oraad 

2d half 
"Whiri mt N Y" 
McCormack A R 
Roy Cummlngs 
Florence Schubert 
Purcella Bros 
Kyra 



Gary A Baldl 
Chas F Seamea 
"Bits Dance Hits" 

Orpbaam 

Taffell A Newell 
Howard A White 
Poster A Sheppard 
Eva Tanguay 
(One to All) 
2d half 
Ed Gingras Co 
Cronin A Hart 
Cameiwn A O'Con'r 
Eva Tanguay 

Bonlevnrd 

Jean a Jacques 
Henry * Adelaide 
Fox A Kelly 
Lew Cooper 
Strickland's Ca 

2d half 
Three Mdrtetls 
Irving A El wood 
Frank Stafford Co 
Benny Harrison Co 



Bertie Kraemer 
Morley Sisters 
Alex Hyde's Orcb 

2d half 
Stanley A Attra 
Cleveland A CTtney 
Henshaw A Avery 
Serve-U-Four 
Powell Gilmore Co 

BALTIMOBB 

Hippodrome 

Edwards A Allen 
Mae A Hill 
Little Lord Roberts 
McCormack A. I 
Joe DeKoe Tr 

BIKMINGUAM 

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Blum Bros 
Berrie A Bonnie 
Hoey A Evans 
Slivers A Berger 
Gen PIsano Co 



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Robt Burns Co 
Clayton A Edwards 
Paradise Revue 

DUNKIRK. H. Y. 

Park 

2 Belmonts 
PAG Hall 
Chas Rogers Co 
Chaa Gibbe 
2 Little Maids 

OBNRYA. N. Y. 

Temple 

Lahey Bros 
Margie Carson 
Eddie Tanner Co 

OL'NS FAI^ N Y 

Empire 
The Gauthiers 
T A C Bretton 
Wendell A Meehan 
Mabel Janet 
Conways 6 

2nd half 
The Shattttcks 



1 Little Malda 
Chaa Gtbba 
(Thas Rogers Oa 
Monte A Lyons 

2 Biilmonta 

2d half 

Frances A Hume 
Newport Stirk A P 
Jack Broderlek Co 
Joe Whitehead 
Dainty June Co 

BOCHESTER N Y 

Victoria 
Oanther A Romaine 
Jack Broderick Co 

2d half 

Keller A Walters 
Myron Pearl Co 

TROY, N. Y. 

Falaeo 

Margie Carson 
Strong A Ryder 

2d half 
TAG Bretton 
(One to All) 

WATERTOWN N Y 

Avon 
Lahey Bros 
Gertrude Barnes 
Myron Pearl Co 
Senna A Stevens 
Dddte Cook Co 

2d half 
Rial A LIndstrom 
Ounther A Romaine 
Memories 
Monte A Lyons 
I "D'way to Dixie" 



Wills Broe 
Al Lester Co 
Marrt Gilbert 
Seven Brown OMg 
Manteii's Maalklae 
(One to All) 
2d half 
SelMnl A Grovlnl 
Bobby Henshaw 
Bluebird Revea 
Boganny's Co 
(Two to All) y 

noux VAUUI 

Orphowna 
Davis A Bradaav 

Paul Howard 
W A M Rogers 

"Shadowland'* 
2d half 
Ankar Trio 
Maldle De Loatf 
(Two to All) 

80. BEND. niB. 

New Palaae 

Joe Melvin 



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SUto 

WelFs Troupe 
Hope Vernon 
Nelson A Barrys 
BAE Adair 
Chas F Seamon 
4 Queens A Joker 

2d half 
Zara Carmen Trio 



2d half 
Taffel A Newell 
Bobby Van Horn 
Potpourri Dancers 
Wilpon & Jtrome 
Jocelyn A Turner 
S&Hy Fields 
BAD Wilson 
(One to All) 

Victoria 
Mark & l^raMh'y 



RAINBOW and MOHAWK 

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Boc.keil from July 24 to MMrrh. 1923. 

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Mnr.Io * Itoni? 
<;rrt<f ('Hiixron Co 
(Two to fill) 
American 

r,ove A Wilbur 
Oilberts A Armrff,' 
S Welsh A Girls 
Crftole CocUtaU 
K Mirri/ Co 
.las (lia.ly Co 
h(v^l"*r <* C.old 
i;a !!*•«>"' '''rio 
(Una to All) 



Alton A Allen 
Jn Wrong 

ralvin it O'Cnnor 
Karaban Grnhs A li 

2d half 
Weiss Troupe 
Gilberts A Armst'g 
Fox A Kelly 
Tilyou A Rorers 
4 QuCfdS A Joker 
Lincoln Sq. 

J LaC.oKM Co 



Creole Cocktail 
Avenue B 
Van & Emerson 
NAG Verga 
Lamay A Pearson 
••Folltea" 

2d half 
Leon A Mitzl 
Ray Morrell Three 
••Follies" 
(One to All) 

BROOK LTN 
Mcrroponton 
Oorflon tt «ealy 
Tllvf.u A Roscrs 
M Blondfll Rev 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Erfords Oddities 
K Murray Co 
H<»«(lllner» 
KJdlrt royer 
Itoyc A <;• orglft 8 

Fulton 

f, jV D WilRon 

Mftflo * Rome 

Kuilinoff 

(Irare Cnmeron O* 

ITlmroflO Minstrels 

Sd half 

rieVard's Seals 
y.fcf'ormsck A R 
Kthcl Tlnseman Co 
guinn A Caverly 

Three Mr.rtrlla 
yftc:.t A r.ance 
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2d half 

LaToy Broa 
Bertie Kraemer 
Morley Sisters 
Alex Hyde's Orch 

BOSTON 

Howard 

Br'Vaway Barlows 

CAM Huber 

JAB Page 

Tarzan 

WllBon Mr McAvoy 

Jerz Jubllen 

BI FFAIX) 

State 

Joe Fnnton Co 
T>o(ld A Nelson 
"Cupid's Close-ur'" 
Helm A- I^ockwooclt 

'•Follif'.s" 

til 1 C AGO 

Rialto 

I.aFleur & Portia 
Ariii^ironn A Tys'-n 
Trrd Webrr Co 
IliiwU::is A &1ack 
Dance Kvoiutions 

DATTON 

lioew 

FrgottI A Herman 
Warman A Mack 
Frey A Kogers 

KeptlnjT A Ross 
"Stepiitng Aroubd" 



CHICAGO 

Brown A Lavelle 
Tom A Dolly Ward 
Paul Shine Co 
(Three to All) 
2d half 
Yokohama Boya 
Miller A Ralney 
(Fodr to All) 

Kedaio 
C A H Polley 
Dougal A I^ary 
Murphy A Lochmar 
I^ambert A FisA 
Hubert Dyer Cq 

2d half 
Dave Winnie 
Mabel Harper Co 
J C Lewis Jr Co 
(Two to All) 

Lincoln 

Yokohama Boys 
Glanvillo A Sanders 
Perclval Noel Co 
(Three to All) 

2d half 
Paul Shine Co 
Brown A I>avelle 
(Four to All) 

Majestic 

Lehoen A Dupr'ece 
Ifollln His 

Orindell A Esther 
Henry Margo Co 



Bennett A Lee 
carnival of Venice 

2d half 
Bert Howard •• 

Henry Catalano Co 
(One to All) 

CD'R RAPIDS. lA. 

Mnjeetle 
Three Regals 
Mabel Harper Co 
Dave Manley 
Geo Lovett's Oa 

2d half 
Hardy Bros 
Chadwlck A Taylor 
Perclval Noel Co 
Brazilian Heiress 

OKNTRAUA, ILL. 

Grand 

Three Romances 
Craig A Catto 
Rltter A Xnapp 

CHAMPAIGN. ILL. 

Orpheam 

2d half 

Lloyd Nevada Co 
Bayes A Fields 
Jarvls A Harrison 
M McDermott Co 
Four Camerons 
Ambler Bros 



Pantheon Singers 

K'NSAS CITY. MO. 

Olobo 

Bertara A Andes 
Bell A LeClalre 
Lombardl A Coarl 
Seymour A Jeanette 
Kane Morey A M 

2d half 
Dressier A Wilson 
Clark A Manning 
Morgan A WooUay 
CAT Harvey 
(One to All) 

LTBNW'TH. KAIf. 

Orpheam 
Clark A Manning 
Harris A layman 
Morgan A Woolley 
CAT Harvey 

LINCOLN. NBB. 

IJberty 
The Halklngs 
Inez Hanley 
Skelly Helt Rer 
Hlbbert A Nugent 

2d half 
Swift A Daley 
Davis A Bradner 
Smith Bros 
"Shadowland" 

MADISON. WIS. 

Orpheam 

Selblnl A Grovlnl 
Bobby Henshaw 
Bluebird Rev 
Boganny's (9a 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Wills Bros 
Al Lester Co 



B Phillips CTa 
D Harris A BaaC 
(Two to 811) 
2d half 
Xeao Keyes A M 
Oene A Mtgnon ;. ' 
(Three to All) 

8rB*OFIELD, lUU 

Majeatia 

Den Quixano 0# 
Paul Decker Co ] 
Four Camcrong i 
Ambler Bros i/ 

(Two to All) i 

2d half 1 

Heras A Wills ? 
Deagal A Loar^ 
Let's Go 

Moore A KendaS 
P Grenades Ca 

■T. JOB, MOW 
Eleetrlo 
Roshler A Muifb 
Dressier A WllooA 
Great Howard 
Panthoon SlngetS 

2d half 
Bertram A Ande* 
Harris A Lyman 
Lombard! A Coeurl 
(One to All) 

ST. LOUIS 

Coiumbia 

Seymour A HealoF 
Miller A Halney 
Stone's Boys 
Marsten A Manlej 
Rltter A Knapp 

2d half 
Fox A Mack 
Bell A LeClalr . r 
Bennett A Lee ^ 



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Biny Benrd 
Duval A Pymonds 
Bernivlcl Bros 
Six Hanssns 

ABERDEEN. 8. D. 

Orpheam 
Royal A Valentine 
R H Hodge Oo 
John Neff 

IBL'MINOTON, lUL, 
MnJeoUa 

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CROOK'T'N, MINN. 

Grand 

Royal A Valentine 

John Neff 

R H Hodge Ca 

DAVENPORT. lA. 

Columbia 

2d hair 
P\>ar Brretos 
Fagg A White 
Ethul Parker Oa 



Harry Gilbert 
Seven Brown (Nrls 
Manteii's Manikins 
(One to All) 

MU.WAVKBB 
Majestia 

Sealo 

Mowatt A Mullen 

Waldron A Wlnsl'w 

Jack Lee 

Dave Ferguson Co 

Werner Amoros 2 

Famell A Florence 

Ishakawa Bros 

MINNEAPOLIS 

7th St. 
Will Morris 
Lyle A Virginia 
Driscoll Long A H 
Billy Gerber Rev 
Baxley A Porter 
Fran)< Ernest 
Crystal Bennett Co 

NORFOLK. NEB. 

New (irand 

Ines Hanley 
Harry Garland 
Bkeliy licit Rev 

2d half 
Fenwlck Girls 
Kelly A Eailo 
Mascot 

OMAirA, NBB. 

Erapreaa 

Mascot 

lirisros A Austin 
T.elshton A DuBall 
Bravo M'hellnl A T 

2d half 
The Halklngs 



Royal Venetian i 
(One to All) 

Onuid 
Nalso A Riasa 
Broslus A Browa 
Frances A Marsell 
Walser A Dyer 
Sherlocks A Cllntom 
Christie A Benjaatt 
"Manicure Shop" 
Snow A RIgworth 
(One to nil) 

Rialto 

Lloyad Nevada Ce 
Bayes A Fields 
Moore A Kendall 
Frank Wilcox Oa 
P Grenades Co 
(One to nil) 
2d half 
Seymour A Jeanette 
Sandy 

Gus Edwards BoT 
(One to All) 

' TERHK H'TE, INO. 

HIppodromo 

Gene A^MignoA 
"Let's Go " 

Heras A Wllla^_ 
(Three to fl||) 
2't half 
Joe Melvin 
I'on Quixano Oli 
Faul Dicker Co 
Evelyn J'htlllps Oe 
(Two to All) 

TOPRKA. RAM. 

Novelty 

nark A Mannlaff 

Harris A LymaA 

Morgan A WooUegl 



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V A R I E t Y 



Friday, December 1, 1922 




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Another bill with four hoadliners 
The answer to these heavy shows 
aeems to be In capacity audiences. 
Sunday's niullnee probably broke all 
Sunday matinee records. The billing 
was In time-table style, found nec- 
essary recently. The four features 
consisted of Bernard Granville, Vera 
Gordon, Duel De Kerekjarto and De 
Lyle Alda, in that order and fol- 
lowing each other. 

Of the headllners, Kerekjarto, an 
Austrian violinist, probably did the 
best. Her© is art with a capital. 
Without tricks, pretense, lighting 
schemes or effects Kerekjarto made 
them like it. He U a credit to 
vaudeville. 

The bill was opened with the 
Clinton sisters In dancing. Millard 
and Marlin next with some more, 
but without confliction. In a little 
kidding chatter Millard and Marlin 
Introduce themselves and then get 
right down to cases for some nifty 
footwork contributed equally be- 
tween them. Jones and Jones, a 
two-man colored act. make the 
Ethiopian dialect a little too thick. 
Their talk went over and their har- 
mony number for the finish was 
aure-flre. 

Granville and four girls gave a 
miniature revue well received. His 
company consisted of Inez Courtney, 
Florence Courtney. Kathleen Hitch- 
ens and Kathleen Robinson. Gran- 
ville did four minutes in "one" for 
a stage wait to set Vera Gordon. 
Granville should keep it in; it to 
■ure-tire. 

Vera Gordon and Co. In "America 
touched the dramatic spirit of the 
houae and there was hardly a dry 
eye. The beauty of the cry was that 
no one was ashamed to hide the 
tears. The laughs, of course, were 
often enough to take away any bad 
effect. After De Kerekjarto De Lyle 
Alda with Edward Tlerney and 
James Donnelly and company gave 
her home town a satire of stage 
success that went over for plenty 
of-laughs and applause. Miss Alda 
radiated personality. Tlerney and 
Donnelly can step out any time as 
a two-man act and just do their 
two routines of dancing and be in. 
Edith Clifford with Zella Ingra- 
ham at tfie piano had no difflcultj' 
In following Alda and gave that 
touch called vaudeville. Miss Clif- 
ford has a splendid routine of songs 
and put th«'m over in a way that 
brought hor home another hit. Fol- 
lowing ns ."he d;d so many good 
things, it \\:\3 more to her credit. 
Bird Cabaret lad little chance of 
holding the thron'r in. as it was 
past 5 and everyone had enough. 

The "unit" shows which have 
'been offered at the Garriek since 
the openinc of the season give way 
this week to a strai>;ht vaudeville 
bill of eight af-ts. with Nora Hayes 



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as the feature and the Hanneford 
Family as the closing feature. The 
comedy portion is made strong by 
liert liaker and company, placed to 
open the second half, and by liilly 
Mt-Derniott, next to closing in the 
first part, just in advance of Miss 
Uayes. 

The program wag evidently not 
decided upon positively until a very 
•short time before the opening, for 
the printed program did not an- 
nounce the No. 2 turn, and closing 
position was assigned to James Bar- 
ton and Co.. announced "by special 
request" for a second week, but 
taken out of the bill and that por- 
tion of the program penciled out. 

The show has good vaudeville but 
did not run well at the Sunday mat- 
inee, displaying a need for a dif- 
ferent arrangement of acts, and fall- 
ing short inasmuch as the audience 
did not enthuse. The Hanneford 
Family, closing the show, though 
it is a big circus number, having 
three male and two female riders, 
a lady ringmaster and two grooms, 
introducing two fine specimens of 
ring horses, and having strong rid- 
ing features, with comedy which 
has made the offering stand out in 
attractions of iUi daaa. suffered with 
the rest. 

Richard Wally opens the show 
with a juggling act which has many 
difncult feats performed creditably. 
Peggie Carhart follows with a vio- 
lin number which measures up to 
requirements In first -class vaude- 
ville. Neither numb«r did more 
than occupy an early position to fair 
satisfaction. 

The Three Pasqnall Brothers gave 
the show Its real start in third posi- 
tion, offering surprise formations in 
connection with acrobatics so in- 
genious as to bring outbursts of ap- 
plause. They registered such a hit 
that insistent applause had not sub- 
sided when the stage was ready for 
Rilly McDermott and forcing them 
to come out again for a bow. 

Billy McDermott, whose monolog 
Is well delivered with the comedy 
accentuated in such a way as to 
give excellent value, followed his 
talk with a parody which main- 
tained the high speed developed in 
his witticisms and enabled him to 
close this part of his act to solid 
appreciation. He returned for a 
burlesque toreador number which 
placed him still higher in the esti- 
tnai on of the audience. 

Miss Hayes closed the first part, 
appfiring in the place assigned to 
lUri IJaker on the r)rlnted program 
and in the special set which he used 
later. Miss Bayes Is assisted by 
Dufllr;- Wilkinson at the piano and 
sang six songs Sunday afternoon, 
taUi'.'i curtains after her third, 
four"', rnd fifth r.umbcrj?. and being 
ro tntlMisiastically applauded fol- 
lowlnr; 1 er sixth number that she 
came o t for a little ".speech." Her 
songs c.nsisted ot one on "Jlappi- 
ne>'s." a Chinese njniber, one de- 
scril inp; liow a lovfd one can appeal 
similai to a violin, one probably 
calleil •'The Village \'amp," a negro 
Itillal.y. .ind "Samsnn and Delilah." 
Miss r.i::.t'« gives dramatic touches 
to hrr K ntTS in several instances, 
and two fir thtee have distinct com- 
edy ^uhlv^ 

Baker and company open the sec- 
ond parr of the bill with the sketch 
"Prev.iri -at'on," which is Just as 
laughab'o as ever, and which was 
rewardc.l with constant laughter. 
Hurry ai..l Grace Ellsworth, next to 



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closlnK, offer a delightful combina- 
tion of song and dance. 

The straight vaudeville show for 
thia week did not rcRlster as strong- 
ly a* most of the ■units" have done 
previously. 



With Singer's Midgets headlining 
for the 'tecnth time here, and Ideal 
weather prevailing, the house was 
half niled before IL' o'clock. The show 
is good entertainment, but has too 
much dancing and not enough com- 
edy. Milt Collins was the hit. No. 5, 
and had the audience in convulsions. 
The spot was perfect, as he had no 
comedy to follow. 

W'ille Brothers opened with one of 
the best perch acts. The boys are I 



laughlnc flnlsh la a burlesque on 
I'avlowa, In which genuine laughs 
are obtained by the ridiculous spec- 
tacle of a large woman attempting 
to be graceful and the feeble efforts 
of an ordinary sized man to dance 
a classical dance ^rith her. 

Kvelyn Phillips and company pre- 
sent the accepted type of song and 
dance revue without any classical 
dancing numbers, which Is getting 
away from a style of act overdone 
in the Mid-West this season in 
this respect at least. Miss Phillipa 
sings several numbers and offers 
dancing after each one, while the 
mixed quartet entertains with songs, 
followed by dances and the two boys 
have a song and dance number and 
the two girls a Bowery song and 
dahce which register for applause. 

Swift and Dalley have a musical 
act In which auto horns are em- 
ployed by Fred S«vift to give nov- 
elty to an offering which would 
otherwise follow m the trail of many 
who have preceded It in years 
gone by. 

Murray Kissen and company have 



at Hannibal, Mo., good at Quincja 
111., poor at the Chatterton at Spring* 
field, and plays Peoria Wednesday 
and Thursday of thla week and raiU 
roads into Chicago and back out to 
Fort Wayne, Ind., for Friday an<l 
Saturday. 

"Broadway Follies" opened In De« 
troit Sunday to $2,700, which i« 
gratifying news to friends of tha 
show here, ds It only did $6,600 at 
the Engelwood last week. "Mala 
Street Follies." in the week previous, 
did $7,700. (It was reported at th« 
time that the gross was larger than 
this.) The Shubert Detroit opera 
house, where the shows play In De- 
troit, is doing around $12,000 a week 
and is bright spot in the bank ac« 
counts of unit managers. 






CORRESPONDENCE 

The cities under Correspondence in this issue ef Variety are 
as follows, and on pages: 

LOS ANGELES 24 



BALTIMORE 27 

BOSTON 24 

BUFFALO 32 

CHICAGO 22 

CLEVELAND 29 

DETROIT 26 

INDIANAPOLIS 32 

KANSAS CITY 29 



PITTSBURGH 26 

PROVIDENCE ...... 32 

ROCHESTER 27 

SAN DIEGO 28 

SAN FRANCISCO 23 

SYRACUSE 20 

WASHINGTON 32 



The "Honey Bunch" show, which 
generally offers musical comedy 
hills, played a dramatic offering In 
•Little Pal" the early part of last 
week at the Hippodrome in Peoria, 
111., although the play was given 
musical trimmings. The company 
opened the season for that housa 

. and has held on week after week. 

I Curley Burns has established him- 
self as a favorite in that city. Other 
principals are Roy Kinslow, Thelma 
Fraley, Eddie Page and Wally 
Arnokl. Lynn (Jrlffln recently joined 
the company. The Pekin Trio 
provides a vaudeville feature. 



clean-cut and work with snap and 
zest that stamp them as leaders 
In their line of work. The act can 
hold almost any spot on any bill. 
Markel and Gay. man and woman 
singing and dancing with a special 
drop, did fairly good. Their singing 
la not much and was hardly audible 
back of the tenth row. Dancing Is 
their real forte and the man la an 
exceptionally good acrobatic dancer 
with the girl doing some nice tap 
work. They made It kind of tough 
for the other dancing acta to follow. 
Redmond and Wells, last aeen 
around here in the pop houses, open 
with the woman seated In front of 
a gypsy tent telling fortunes to the 
man, who does a ituttering boob 
character. There la quite a bit of 
comedy In the first aeven minutes, 
but after that It goes into song and 
dance. The act would have fared 
better in a later spot. 

Edith Clasper and Co., three boys 
and one girl, open in "one" and go 
to full stage with a very classy 
singing and dancing turn. Miss 
Clasper has a knack of getting 
good-looking boys with her who can 
do something. The Trade Twins do 
some very good and difficult step- 
ping. Milt Collins was next. 

The midget turn opens with a 
futuristic scene of the Montmartre 
in Paris, with the entire company 
dressed as apaches, and also a jazz 
band. The rest Is the same as hAii 
been seen hero many times. Elkins, 
FaVs and Glking and Tango Shoes 
wero not seen at this show. 



There seems to be no pretense of 
arranging a vaudeville bill for the 
Majestic this week which will 
measure up to the requirements of 
the unwritten laws of vaudeville; 
all that has been attempted Is to. 
get together a bill which will satis- 
fy theatregoers who want to laugh 
and are attracted by the flash essen- 
tial In popular-priced variety shows. 
The eight acts seen Sunday night 
had three quartets among them, two 
revues, though one is that style 
of act in name only, and one act of 
the eight witnessed "The Av,t Beau- 
tiful," would be desirable for big 
time bills, and It was placed as one 
of the extra acts for Sunday. 

Joe Melvln opened the show with 
a juggling act, which is a first-class 
one-man offering of this kind, 
though lacking in novelty necessary 
for the best bilKs. 

Kingston and Kbner followed with 
a singing number, into which imita- 
tions are introducod with a dancing 
touch at the finish, making an act 
which will fulfill the demands of the 
small time. 

"The Blue Bird Revue" Is a 
mixed quartet, which has a blue sr ' - 
ting ard a song about the blue bird. 
It is a dej)arture from the usual 
lii^h clns.s .'■•iii;;iiii; act of -thi.s na- 
tiue. inasmuch as they have a 
popular song atul w.ijk "to .nnd fro 
(•n the stage without looking out of 
place. 

Murphy and Lo«Kiinr have an of- 
fering whitii miglit bQ styled "How 
t<» I'se a Big Woman in Vaudeville," 
for the jest.M nrv mustly aimed at the 
woman's rotundity and the big 



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shop scene offers opportunity for 
comedy. There are two J«w comics 
and five men in all, four of them 
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tet. It is a fine laughing number 
for popular-priced heuses. 

"The Act Beautiful" is a posing 
act In which pictures of the man 
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employed to lead up to the poses, 
£«ach posing number was applauded 
and th% act is classy in every re- 
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to the regular routine of booking 
the Clertrude Hoffman unit of Shu- 
bert vaudeville would come to Chi- 
cago next week, but as the show 
has already been here, used to open 
the season at the Garrick, it has 
been switched out Into cities which 
do not play Shubert vaudeville reg- 
ularly, playing some one night 
stands and Grand Rapids. The 
Hoffman show came back west as 
far as Cleveland on the regular 
route after Jumping from St. Louis 
to Baltimore to start west on the 
route. 

The "Success- unit, which has 
Nonette as headllner, has had a 
couple of weeks of break-in terri- 
tory between St. Louis and the 
Engelwood in Chicago, where it 
opens Sunday. The show did fine 



Nancy Boyer, who is a big stock 
drawing card, is touring the Michi- 
gan cities in a vaudeville playlet, 
"Mary Lou." supported by two 
members of her former stock or- 
ganization. 



Gus Sun has a suit against M07 
Toy, of the Crystal, Milwaukee, for 
commissions on shows booked in 
that house by Goney Holmes, who 
booked it previous to taking a desk 
in the International agency, organ- 
ized here last season under the 
Shubert name. C. L. Carrell booked 
the Crystal for a time after Holmes 
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B. F. KEITH'S VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE 

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4gina8res on contracts. The Crystal 
is now playing the Fred Webster 
att^k lablold company Instead of 
vaWleville. 

MArion Weever, wife of Ed 
Weever, who operates stock coni> 
jMinles. is in £1 Paso, Texas, for 
Imt health. , 

The Independent ticket agrents are 
getting a "break" in the last two 
weeks, as they got In for a few 
tickets on "Kempy" at the Selwyn 
theatre and on a buy of 200 seats 
a night at the Olympic, which is 
liousini9 "Shuffle Along." which is 
broving one of the few real hits that 
have occupied that theatre. 

Mrs. Billy Diamond, wife of the 
Chicago booker, took a motor trip 
to St. Louis, accompanying Mr& 
John Bentley. wife of the artists' 
representative. , ,. ^, 

, George Beotley. who claims to 
have 60 theatres on his books play- 
ing one. two and three-night stAnds, 
Is reported to have made an offer to 
Jsck Fine to be his Chicago repre- 
sentative. The offer of Bentley is 



particularly interesting at this time, 
as the Western Vaudeville Man- 
agers' Association has announced 
the opening of a St. Louis branch 
office. , , ^ 



Lew Kane has reached Chicago 
from the coast to conduct profes- 
sional nights for Ernie Young at 
Marigold Garden and will also han- 
dle the New Year's Eve celebration 
there. Kane is credited with being 
well qualified to exploit and handle 
such "big nights." 



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AND COMPANY IN 

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DitMtion: LEW QOLDER 

. This Weak (Nov. 27) 

Orpheum, Seattle 



At the OrpheUm, Thompson, the 
Eigyptian, headlining, proved un- 
usual for vaudeville. There is noth- 
ing mysterious about Thompson's 
act. while h4s lecture and demonstra- 
tion of curing ailments and pain by 
nerve pressure is based on ancient 
scientific methods, he says. Sunday 
night he did 27 minutes. Thompson 
is a convincing talker and showman. 
Despite that no one from the audi- 
ence went upon the stage he won 
the confidence of the house, which 
gave him a rousing reception. 

Dooley and Sales made a power- 
ful next to closing turn. Dooley's 
comedy antics, cleverly abetted by 
Miss Sales while looking fine, 
coupled with excellent material, 
caused a near laugh panic. Pear- 
son, Newport and Pearson regis- 
tered for a big h4t with their novel 
dance acrobatic etunts. The act 
contains good comedy elements. 
Burke and Durkin did extremely 
well with their singing and piano, 
and had to give numerous encores. 
Burke made a fine impression, both 
with his appearance and strong de- 
livery. Santrey and his band raised 
a hubbub. Harry and Anna Sey- 
mdur repeated quite well when 
showing in the second position. 
Hackett and Delmar held them sur- 



prisingly with their neat but rather 
lightly constructed dance revue. 
The Gregory Carlton Duo were out 
of the show, while Harold Alberto 
opened with magical nonsense and 
chatter. . ^ 



Pantages' has a good bill headed 
by the Rigoletto Brothers and 
Swanson Sisters. The versatile 
brothers and attractive sisters cre- 
ated their usual interest closing the 
show. The act remaine unchanged. 
Bernard and Roblyins provided the 
mcAt laughs of the bill. This splen- 
did comedy vehicle is exceptionally 
handled. Kennedy and I^ooney 
were also a comedy success. Miss 
Rooney makes several attractive 
changes, and Kennedy's bit at the 
piano had the house continually 
laughing. Tuck and Clare were next 
to closing, and their clever routine 
of contortion and comedy acrobatic 
twists deserves the position. Daly, 
Mac and Daly, two men and a girl, 
are ej^cellent. The younger fellows 
whirling, on rollers, being partic- 
ularly effective. Eva T)e Vol pos- 
sessing an excellent voice but lack- 
ing poise a^d wearing a most un- 
becoming goWn held the second spot. 



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Stevens and Marchall headline the 
current bill at the Golden Gate with 
a comedy sketch running 20 min- 
utes. Miss Marshall appears as a 
nurse, stating she killed 10 the pre- 
vious night. Stevens, overhearing 
the remark, enters with a stew 
hang-over. He is surprised at find- 
ing a woman's apparel in his apart- 
ment and imagines he did the kill- 
ing. The hallucination continues 
until the finish, when it developes 
that it was 10 bottles of booze that 
were killed. The act affords Stev- 
ens opportunities to display his 
dramatic and comedy ability. He 
also inserts a Frenchy song cap- 
ably. Miss Marshall does nicely in 
the lesser role. The principals and 
sketch scored successfully. Atwell 
artd Dryden (New Acts) were follow- 
ed by D. D. H.? straight from the 
old Orpheum, who was a tremendous 
hit. An earned speech jj^receded the 
succeeding turn. Rose, Ellis and 
Rose closed with an interesting 
barrel Jumping routine. Lawton 
gave the performance its. start with 
juggling. His cannon ball stunts 
proved quite thrilling. The AndrielT 
Trio deuced it. offering a neat ap- 
pearance and Russian dancing above 
the average'in quality. An eccentric 
mask dance by the girl and some 
fast ground work by the trio i^ot 
heavy returns. The personnel is 
made up of two men and a girl. 



six-day week. As a result the man- 
agers have called a big mass meet- 
ing at which it is hoped to arbitrate 
the matter. The stage hands also 
have put in a demand for their 
former salary. 



The Monterey Theatres Company, 
controlling three houses, has sold 
out to T. and D. Jr. Enterprises. 



Herbert Harris, manager of the 
Jack Russell Co. at the Century. 
Oakland, celebrated his 26th birth- 
day last Wednesday night. The 
house attaches and members of the 
musical comedy show arranged a 
party for the occasion, which came 



as a surprise for young Harris. A 
mahogany desk from the stage 
nands and a platinum watch valued 
at 11.500 from his father, Sam Har- 
ris, were among the gifts presented 
to the young impresario. 

Evans Burrows Fontaine leaped 
into the limelight\ again last week, 
when a suit for $80 was filed 
against her by a Berkeley, Cal., gro- 
cer, who alleges that the pretty 
dancer left town suddenly, and also 
left a trail of unpaid bills. 

Miss Fontaine was featured r«« 
cently in a ^Pacific production of 
"Be Careful, Dearie." which expired 
at the Curran here after a few 
weeks. 



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The Golden Gate is offering spe- 
cial bargains matinees at 25 cents. 
The price formerly was 40. These 
prices, however, do not prevail 
Saturdays or SuiPdays. 



Creighton Hale, picture actor, filed 
suit here last week against the Mo- 
tion Picture Utility Corporation of 
San Francisco for several thousand 
dollars, alleged to be due him for 
stories and services. 



E. A. Schiller,* Loew's general 
manager. Is in San Francisco visit- 
ing. Marcus Loew is expected in 

San Francisco shortly. 

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The musician's union has sent an 
official notice to the theatrical man- 
agers announcing its demand for a 



Frank Bacon 

To the glo-wing tributes 
of a££eetion and regard 
given to the late Frank 
Bacon, I. Miller humbly 
acknowledges the 
spirit oz generous,, 
human sympathy- that 
^is typical of the theatri- 
cal profession and par- 
ticularly evident in die 
life of noble Lightnin' 
Bill Jones. 



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LOS ANGELES 

By ED KRIEQ 

With Morosco announcing re- 
newed production activity and 
Walter Hast casting his theatrical 
lot with Franlc Esran. planning pro- 
ductions at Egan'8 Little, the rialto 
is pricking up its ears again. Tom 
Wilkes, too, promises a busy sea- 
son for his Majestic company, with 
several new plays to be tried out. 
The smaller houses — tho?e on Main 
and Spring — are drawing their share 
of receipts. Business is not Imd 
considering the Christmas hold- 
back is on. 



The California is augmenting Its 
musical features. Jim Quinn is now 
in ^harge of that department. 

Louise Dresser impersonated a 
cabaret girl in the banquet tendered 
the Paramount delegates at Laaky 
studio. 



Jack Gardner leaves shortly for 
the east. 



The Majestic is giving a very 
creditable performance of George 
Cohan's "The Meanest Man in the 
World." 



The oldest son of Monroe Lathrop, 
dramatic critic of The Express, died 
last week. 



Its cost is gauged to fit any- 
one, and it is not expensive 
pMicitv, hut iCs good public- 
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Make Variety your press 
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James Neill is directing the Ma- 
jestic stock organization. 

BOSTON 

I By LEN LIBBEY 

I Without experiencing the slight- 
est difficulty, even though the com- 
pany she was traveling in Was not 
the slowest in the world, Fanny 
Brice tops the bill at the local Keith 
house this week. She is head and 
shoulders above everything else on 
the bill. In next to closing, she 
held a house that was anxious to 
be on its way at the Monday mati- 
nee, and it is doubtful if another 
femilo singer could hate done the 
job ju.st as well. 

AVorktng for 25 minutes at the 
matinee. Miss Brice trotted forth 
moat of her atuflf, and it appoared 
at the end, judging from the con- 
fusion that existed In tho orche.stra 
pit. that she did a bit more than 
usually. Her orchestra leader left 
the pit just as »he started her final 
bit, a little prose about "la your 
fafber'.s check good?" 

Starting with her introductory 
number, which is one of the best 
slams sTalnst an artist well but not 
favorably known in straicrht musical 
comedy circles, she swudt into her 
Indian bit and followed tliis with 
her burlrsqtie Greclnn dan'^e. When 
she swuncr into "My Man." the Im- 
precision she bad left with her pro- 
vion.s burlesques remained to siirl) 
an ertent thnt there were sfvoral 



snickers. It didn't seem possible 
she was iroing to be serious. But 
she was. and for a passing heart 
throb there are few things belter 
than that "My Man" number. Some 
there are in the wofld who can ap- 
preciate it to the limit, and Fanny 
reaches those when they are' in the 
audience. She used her Florodora 
sextet bit and followed with "Sec- 
ond Hand Rose" to good effect. 

Opening. Mazie Lunette ran 
through her aerial novelty with 
satisfactory results. The conversa- 
tion she uses slows it up a bit be- 
! cause the stage setting is really 
good and her stunts are well per- 
formed. . ";■' 

Miller and Capman, hoofers, were 
second. The boys work hard and 
their hoofing registers, especially 
the "nut" stuff. 

"Come Into the Kitchen." the 
Edgar Allen Wqolf playlet featuring 
Noel Traverg and Irene Douglis, is 
a little too early on the program for 
best effect. It is a combination of 
slapstick comedy that appealed to 
many in the audience. 

Irving Fisher, who should be very 
well acquainted with Boston audi- 
ences due to his long stay here with 
"Sally." was next. He opened with 
semi-classic numbers, but gets over 
much better when he swings Into a 
routine more suited to vaudeville. 
His closing number, the one he used 
over 700 times ir. the musical com- 
edy, is a hit from' the start and 
always good for closing. 

Lorraine and Minto are using 
their same dancing act with Mar- 
garet Davies. They can always get 
by with the "Moth and Flame" num- 
ber, a real novelty, which docs not 
seem to suffer denplte the idea has 
been used rather extensively by 
other dancing actSy* 

Florence (Buster) Santos and 
Jacque (Mary Jane) Hayes show 
what a couple of girls can do when 
they pos.sess personality, coupled 
with the singing abilify of one of 
them that created comment through- 
out. No attempt Is made to be seri- 
ous, but throuphout they maintain 
the idea of their billing — that they 
are out front for "No Reason at All," 
and that their sole idea is to amu.se. 

Hym.aek with his novelty number, 
using full stage, is placed rather far 
up for such an offerifitr. At first 
the audience was mystlfled, hut 
when they got the hang of it liked 
it more and more. He did excep- 
tionally well and closed with a Win*r 

After Fanny Brice came Tamakl 



and Co.. the Japanese self-defense 
exi>onents, closing the show to a 
house that was exiting. 

About an HQ per cent, liduse Mon- 
day matinee. , 



Joe Dl Pesa. publicity man of the 
Selwyn. was in New York last week 
to get the low-down on the Selwyn 
hit. "The FooK" It is the intention 
of the Selwyns to put this show into 
the Boston house about next August. 



Infornwtton i^ill be 
given by mail or in per 
son at any V ar i e t y 
office- 



At most of the Boston houses 
t.iere was ntT extra matinee this 
week, the Wednesday mat. being 
shifted to Thanksgiving Day. Thr 
only exceptions were the Hollis and 
the Tremont. both hou^ies havinc 
their regular Wednesday afternoon 
shows with extra performances on 
the holiday. 



Richard Bennett, star of "He Who 
Gets Slapped." playing the Hollis 
was the speaker at the semi-monthly 
meeting of the Green Room club 
Tuesday. He spoke on "The Stage." 



The chori/s of George White'? 
"Scandals," playing the Colonial 
were guests of the management at 
the Park Sunday afternoon at th« 
matinee of "When Knighthood Was 
in Flower." 



MLLE. TWINETTE 

TWIRLING TOES 





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347 Fifth Avenue 



TWlNETiE and BOILA 

With EDNA CHARLES 

'7n a fantasy. 'Pierrot and Pier- 
rette IjOluA,' in which the toe 
dancing exhibited is seldom seen 
outside a royal ballet." 

— GLOLiE. TORONTO. 

This Week (Nov. 27), Crescent, 
Brooklyn. 

Address: N. V, A. CLUB. New York 



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By JACOB SMITH 

NEW DETROIT — "To the 
Ladies."* Next. David Warfleld In 
-Merchant ot Venice." 

OARRICK— Leo Dltrlchstein in 
•Under False I*retenaes." Next, 
Paulin* Frederick in "The Guilty 
Qne." 

SHUBERT — Bonstelle Players In 
•The School for Scandal." Next, 
•Bast Side. West SI'.." 

MAJESTIC— Woodward Players 
In "Welcome Stranger." Next, 
."Branded." 

OAYBTY— 'TSIImlc World." 

SHUBERT -DETROIT— "Carnival 
•f Fun." 

MILES — Judson Cole. Lapine and 
Emery. J. K. Emmett, Bobby Pen- 
der Troupe and "Broadway Rose," 
picture. 

REGENT— •^prirffetime Frivoll- 
tiee," "Stage Director," Coscia and 
Verdi. Homer Girls and "Grandma's 
Boy." feature picture. 

COLONIAL— (Shfedy vaudeville). 
Fred Terry and Co., Three Musical 
Pates, Nippon Du4l Larry Phllmore, 
Monte and Lyons and feature pic- 
ture. The Colonial is playing two 
amateur nights weekly to capacity, 




SHORT 

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and announced every Monday will 
be Band Concert Night. 



At the photoplay houses: "Knight- 
hood," Adama^ "Robin Hood," Or- 
pheum: "One Week of Love," Madi- 
son; "An Old Sweetheart of Mine." 
Broadway - Strand; "Clarence," 
Capitol. 



Bijou-Arcade. Battle Creek. But- 
terfleld house, which has had per- 
manent stock since the opening of 
the season, inaugurated vaudeville 
and pictures, startlnr Nov. 26. .1 



PITTSBURGH 

By COLEMAN HARRISON 
PICTURES— Olympic. "Pride of 
Palomar"; State and Liberty, "Ebb 
Tide"; Grand. "The Man Who 
Played God"; Regent. "White 
Shoulders": Blackstone, "Without 
Compromise"; Cameo. "The Altar 
Stairs"; Cameraphone. "On the 
High Seas" and "Sure Fire Flint" 
(split) : Garden. "Cowboy and Lady" 
and "Clarence" (split). • , . 



M«w BaldM 
Ooloalal Tootu* 
PoBip. in Bronu 
and Whtt* Kid. 
Onf Sued*. 

BtMk 8aUn and aU Pataot ColtsMn . . . 

SIM I to t. A to EC SMtf far Catolafl V. 

Both bet 30th 
and 31st Sts. 



290 Fifth Ave. 
511 Sixth Ave. 



Elsie Ferguson proved strong op- 
position, holding forth at the Alvin 
in "Wheel of Life." though the pa- 
tronage Monday and Tuesday nights 
was moat of the carriage crowd, 
many of whonV^md seen "Sally" out 
of town. The fetter play, however, 
had one of the greatest advance 
sales ever recorded at the Nixon, 
and the week is a certain sell-out, 
with another week likely to pull in 
similar proportions. Dltrlchstein 



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Taylor XX 



Strength oMsures 
long service 

Taylor XX is 
"cheap" at 

TAYLOR'S 

678 No. Halsted St 
CHICAGO, ILL. 



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in "Under False Pretenses" Alvin 
underline. 



Margaret Anglin drew heavy at- 
tendance Monday in "The Woman 
of Bronae" at the Pitt It was her 
first appearance here In several 
yiears. 



George Jaffe is being sued by 
Jeanne La Mar, who some weeks 
ago did a physical cult *e and box- 
ing turn at his Academy during the 
engagement of Sam Sldman there, 
the latter having engaged her. She 
sets up that she only learned who 
her real boss was after going 
through her stunt for some time, 
and that JafTe defaulted in the mat- 
ter of he* salary. The matter is at 
issue in the County Court here. 



Black's Pala Royale is the leader 
among the local cabarets in the 
matter of orchestra, Ralph Harri- 
son's (no relation) ten-piece com- 
bination offering its stuff on the 
Whiteman plan. 



The Nova Operating Co., which 
operates the Avon at Watertown. 
explained through counsel that 
there was no willful intent to de- 
fraud, but that carelessness was re- 
sponsible for the tax delinquency. 



Syracuse police late last week 
Issued a warning against two men 
who, posing as movie photogra- 
phers, have been snapping pictures 
of children, collecting an advance 
fee. The men gave Eugene Logan, 
local movie man, as a reference, but 
Logan disclaimed knowing the pair. 



The local branch of the "musicians' 
federation has laid down a strict 
code for picture theatre musicians, 
for the avowed object of protecting 
both employers and workers, the 
prime rule being that the musician 
must notify the union of any con- 
templated change in position and 
receive Its sanction or disapproval. 



The Guild Players of Pittsburgh 
made their first public appearance 
of the season in Sewlckley with 
'tTruth About Rlayds." which was 
patronized by most of the Sewlck- 
ley social set. While the last two 
seasons promised success for the 
venture, no future dates or plans 
have been announced, owinc to 
financial uncertainty. 



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BUD MURRAY | 

NOW TEACHING 



BUCK AND WING, WALTZ-CLOG, 80FT-SH0E AND ECCENTRIC 
DANCING. Also producing acts and amateur entertainments. 

Class lessons daily 11 to 12 A. M. Private lessons by appointmenL 

LON MURRAY, Associate Instructor 

Chalif Russian School for Dancing 

163 WEST 57TH ST., NEW YORK CITY 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 

WIETL.'G— First half, "Marjo- 
laine": last half. Mrs. Flske In 
"Paddy." 

B. P. KEITH'S— Vaudeville. 

BASTABLE:— All week. "Playing 
with Fire." 

TEMPLE— Vaudeville. 

STRAND — All week, "OllYer 
Twist." 

ROBBINS-ECKELr— "Clarence.* 

EMPIRE— Ffrst anniversary week 
with "Sherlock Holmes." 

CRESCENT— "Monte Cristo.- 

REGENT— "The Eternal Flame." 



'Xaughlng Qas" is the name of 
the new comic opera written by D^:. 
J. Victor Wilson, managing dlrectdr 
of the Watertown houses of the 
Robblns chain. Wilson's first one, 
"A Lord for a Day," was given a 
Watertown home talent production 
last week. Lars Sorenson will write 
the score for the new piece. 

^ - 

Little Falls, long without a mod- 
em playhouse, is now slated to have 
two new theatres. '^". H. Linton Is 
back of the corporation that will 
erect the Palace, and the concern 
will soon be incorporited. Another 
corporation has purchased the site 
adjoining the tfcrkimer County 
Trust Co.. and will erect a play- 
house there. This concern has as 
Its backers. C. H. Moyer, connected 
with the Liberty theatre at Herki- 
mer; L E. Stacey, J. J. Gilbert and 
George Smith, of Little Falls, and 
Robert EarU of Herkimer. Mr. 



Freeport Home For Sale 

Sue Room House, All Mod' 
mm Convenience* 

Choice and Plea«ant Location Im 

FREEPORT, Long Island 1 

Reasonable Figure. 
AddreMi REALTY. Variety. New Tatk 



Moyer will take charge of the new 
house. 



Chartering of a $3,000,000 concern 
to be known as the Utlca Corpora* 
tlon, Robbine erflerprise. forecasts 
the rapid expansion of the Robblns 
theatrical holdings In this and other 
up -state cities, it became known 
today. The new corporation Is 
headed by Nathan L. Robblns. 



We Pure Financial 

SUICIDE!! 

But u>m mwut M>acate owa 
premisee 

DECEMBER 3l8t 

And dispose of our present 
V 9tock at any price . > 



YOU CAN GET 

LADIES* 

FUR COATS 

FOR PRACTICALLY NOTHING 

RIGHT NOW 

Come in snd Look Them Over ■' 
While They Last. 

ARNOLD ROTH 

166 West 46th Street 
♦ NEW YORK 

raaoa Throvgh Mack'a Clothea Bhopl 



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Hnrry-Hiirry-Hnrry'' 



"Knighthood* will open at the 
Robbins-Eckel Sunday for an indefi- 
nite run. The rejular Eckel box 
office night prices will be charged 
at air performances. 



Although the Nova Operating Co.. 
of Watertown, indicted for failure 
to make full retur^ on war taxes 
to the Syracuse Imernal Revenue 
headquarters, escaped with a $250 
flne in Federal Court upon a plea 
of guilty, the revenue officers here 
Intend to demand Federal prosecu- 
tion of all cases on their docket. 



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EDDIE MACK TALKS: 



No. 110 



SWIFT and KELLY is one of the feature apts ap- 
pearing at Keith's Colonial, New York, this week. 
One of the bright assets of the set Is Tommy Swift's 
dressing. Recognized as one of vsudsville's best 
dressers. Tommy slwsys gets his clothes from EDDIE 
MACK. A nifty dresser, s elsssy boy snd s constsnt 
caller st 

MACK'S CLOTHES SHOP 



t - MACK BUILDl^NG .^ '],.':' 

Ju«t a step East of Broadwar oa 4Cth Streat 
OTHER STORE: 1882 BROADWAY, Bet. 47tli * 48tk Sts. 



SID 



TOWNES and FRANKLIN ^^o'^'^ 

with SHUBERTS UNIT, "PLENTY OF PEP" ' - 

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BBRALD -EXAMINER. Chicago. 111. 
NOVEMBER 21. 1922 



Vaadeville 



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Br TOM BARHAW 

rho are busy dl«cowinir new 
pladeta In the terreatrial rcHlma of blue 
mar not be Jnterested — but there'* a 
brand-new star In the maklnf over at tho 
Oarrick Theatre thia weok and If real 
hard work and a verr plainly evident de- 
■ire to pleaae count for whut we've al- 
irars baen led to belleva ther mean, be 
has slrsady ' arrtvwL" 



You'll flnri him billed on the program 1 M. Cohan, himself, a comparlaon with want to write your ticket fur the week 



H.W MR. BID TOWNR8— and how he 
WORKS! Watching him on opening 
night made ua think Mr. Noah Webster 
must have been looking far Into tho 
future and forewelng MR. TOWNKH' 
swift-moving cai)ers when he put that 
much-meaning WOUK in his dictionary. 
His entry Into the arrangement of 
thinga is aa unostentatious and aa un- 
herai(le<l aj liia work Is complete — and 
delightful. Hecnlllng other daya across 
the font lights failed to bring to mind a 
hnr<ler worker, and It may please MR. 
TOWNKS to know that his erforts 
brought bark memories of the ever hard- 
worklog and ever-accompllahlDg George 



which we feel certain the younger mem- 
ber of the old "Four Cohans" vaudeville 
daya will RRree If he'll take a peep at 
MR. TOWNKS' work some day In the 
near future when Fate brings them Into 
the same town. 

Speed, ralchy comedy, earnest endeavor 
and all the iilher thing!^ ihat go to make 
up what wo today ciill "pep" are char.ac- 
terlslic of MH. TOWNES' effort.i. If you 
don't hear him "put across" that thun- 
dering "Who'a Been Around?" song this 
week, you'll miss one of the cyclonic 
treats of the v&Ddcville season. 

And that's that — If you've been taktng 
our word for "vodvU*^ la the past and 



from 



rather unu.vual sort of a "tip.* 
• • • 



There are other entertaining things In 
the cour.-^e of the week's entertainment. 
which Is Max Sptegpl's "Plenty of Pep." 
The pretty scenery, tho catchy music and 
the dancing numbers add a lot to the 
gayety of things. Emll Casper "black- 
faces" pleasingly, though we can hardly 
Agree with the program that he is "Hert 
Williams' double" by a big Jugful. 
'.Jimmy" Harton Is an extra added aN- 
traction, and we aubniit that his comedy 
dancing and skatint; fun are mu^h more 
entertaining than his "Jag" scene. 

Charlea Howard la a« comtcallr clevw 



aa always, and helps much toward keei - 
Ing the show moving rapidly. Miss Dollr 
Mornissey la especially pretty as ahe alnga 
"Tolhorrow" and ''Who'll Take My 
Place?" Mr. Townes' singing of "I'm 
Homesick," aa he and a quartet of giria" 
stand on a Pullman observation car plat- 
form, la another song hit. 
• • • 

Other treat* are provided by Ed and 
Mack Williama. who know how to danca 
—and do so; Barl Dewey, and Mabel Rog- 
ers, who have smart llnea and know how 
to handle thorn, and also dance nicely; 
Wyrlle Casper, who helps Bmil Casper 
pi>t over his blackface fun .and John 
Quigg and hla accordeon. 



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BALTIMORE 

By ROBERT F. 8I8K 

Nixon'a Victoria reopened Satur- 
day with a large attendance of out- 
of-town men. The theatre was 
burned last year. Repair work was 
Started at once under the direction 
of Harry A Hcnkel, who is local 
representative for the Nixon and 
Erlanger interests. The rebuilding 
of that historic playhouse in general 
effect is one of simple magnificence, 
making the Victoria equal to any 
other Baltimore picture hou»«». The 
Stanley Co. is interested and waa 
represented at the opening. 



Robert Wayne, formerly manager 
of Loew's Hippodrome here, has re- 
signed and has accepted a position 
Sn the stock company which George 
Marshall is operating at the Ly- 
ceum. His first role is that of Dr. 
Watrous, the coroner, in "The 
Nightcap." It Is expected that he 
will continue wl|h the company in 
other roles. Mr. Wayne became 
manager of the Hippodrome to suc- 



ceed George McDermlt, who re- 
signed to take control of the White- 
hurst theatres here, but who has 
since left to manage the Boro Park 
at Brooklyn. K.' E. A. Lake, for- 
merly a traveling representative for 
Marcus Loow, has been appointed 
manager of the Hippodrome, and his 
appointment as house manager 
makes him the youngest on the 
string. 

Wayne's position in the New Ly- 
ceum came to him as a Joke. He is 
a friend of Ek H. Curtis, director of 
the company, and met him on . e 
street recently. Jokingly he told 
him that he would like a part in the 
company, A few days later, when 
Curtis was casting for the new 
show, ho sent for Wayne, who is 
large, has wavy hair and is im- 
posing looking. He fits the part of 
the coroner to a "T." 



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MAKE UP 



Est. Henry C. Miner, Inc. 



FORD'S— Billls Burke In "Rose 
Briar " ^ 

AUDITORIUM— "Lillom.* 

LYCEUM — "The Nightcap" 
(stock). 

MARYLAND— Keith Valideville. 

ACADEMY— "Rose Girl" (unit). 

PALACE^-^'The Bon Tons.'' 



GAYETY— Stock burlesque. 
FOLLY -MUTUAL— Burlesque. 
GARDEN-POP— Vaudeville and 
"The Storm." 

HIPPODROME— Loew Vaudeville 
and "The Hound of th« Basker- 
villes." 

CENTURY— "The Man who Saw 
Tomorrow." 

CENTURY ROOF— Cabaret. 



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"Sally," which played at Ford's 
last week, did remarltabie business. 
"Sally" came in at $3.60, filling the 
lower floor almost entirely at the 
majority of performances and sell- 
ing out the balcony and gallery at 
each performance. The estimated 
gross for the week was about 
130,000. At the Auditorium Fay 
Bainter 4n "The Painted Lady" en^ 
Joyed excellent business despite the 
critics panned the show rather se- 
verely, picking it out as a bad 
piece of playwriting and suggesting 
many changes. They praised Miss 
Bainter's ^performance, however. 
BusineRs for the week probably 
touched over $12,000. 



flat. The Vaudeville portion was 
weak. However, it is worlda bet- 
ter than the "Oh, What a Girl" unit, 
which opened here and proved the 
prize lemon of the season. 



This week started off well at the 
Auditorium with a packed house to 
see "Liliom" and at Ford's Bltlie 
Burke was also given a good recep- 
tion. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By L. B. SKEFFINGTON 

LYCEUM— Mrs. Fiske in "Paddy," 
flrst half: "Marjolaine," last half. 

CORINTHIAN — Rochester Play- 
ers in "The Charlatan, ' last half. 

FAY'S— Shaw's Circus, Worslcy 
and Hiller. Hanlon and Clifton. 
Clinton Russell and company, Dun- 
levy and Chesleigh, "White and 
Barry; film feature, Lon Chancy m 
"Flesh and Blood." 

EASTMAN — "The Ghost-Break- 
er," with Wallace Reld. 

jrtlms— "East Is West," Regent, 
all week; "Trouble." Piccadilly, all 
week. 



Th^ vaudeville business 'at the 
Maryland started off with huge 
business Monday night and with all 
tickets for Thanksgiving Day sold 
out before the night was over. Three 
I performance will be given on the 
) holiday. The Academy's (Shubort 
, unit) business started ofl" with a 
poor Monday matinee, poorer than 
I \ifliial, but niffht business was excel- 
lent and will propably continue ro, 
1 due to the two-for-one plan wWrh 
the Shuberts have been using down 
here to boost business. It aided 
I materially with the "Gimme a 
Thrill " unit show. 



"The Rose Girl." which recently 
closed for repairs, reopened in Bal- 
timore, and although it was salia- 
factory from the standpoint of 
comedians and scenery, the entire 
performnnre seemed to fall ralhei 



Since the Rochester Players 
opened the Corinthian as a com- 



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munity house, with a high-class 
professional company, that house 
is rapidly coming back into its old- 
time popularity. Last week the 
company did the best business of 
its season so far, and critics here 
are agreed that the company is 
excellent. This nveek on the last 
three days It will present "The 
Charlatan." 

Stuart Walker's players present- 
ed "The Book of Job" Monday night 
at the Corinthian under the auspices 
of the Council of Jewish Women. 
Tuesday and Wednesday nights the 
Alhambra Players, Knights of Col- 
umbus, presented "The Girl of the 
Golden West," with Harold Heaton 
of the Rochester Players in the lead. 




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•American Girl" 4 Gayety Mon- 
treal 11 Casino Boston. 

"Beauty Revue" 4 Colunribla 
Chicago 11 Star & Garter Chicago. 

"Big Jamboree" 4 Star & Garter 
Chicago 11 Empress Chicago. 

"Big Wonder Show" 4 Grand 
Worcester 11 Hurtig & Seamon New 
York. 

"Bon Tons" Gayety Washington 11 
Gayety Pittsburgh. 

•'Broadway Brevities" 4 Gayety 
Rochester 11-13 Colonial Utica. 

"Broadway Flappers" 4 Gayety 
Boston 11 Columbia New York. 

"Bubble Bubble" 4 Lyric Dayton 
11 Olympic Cincinnati. 

"Chuckles of 1922" 4 Miners Bronx 
Now York 11-13 Cohen's Newburg 
14-16 Cohen's Poughkeepsie. 

"Finney Frank" 4 Gayety Mil- 
waukee 11 Columbia Chicago. 

"Flashlights of 1923" 4 Gayety 
Omaha 11 Gayety Minneapolis. 

"Follies of Day" 4 Gayety Buffalo 
11 Gayety Rochester. 

"Folly Town" 4 Hurtig & Sea- 
i;non'a New York 11 Empire Prov- 
idence. 

"Giggles" 4 Colonial Cleveland 11 
£mpire Toledo. 

"Greenwich Village Revue" 4 
Gayety St. Louis 11 Gayety Kansas 
City. . 

"Hello Good Times" 4 Majestic 
Jersey City 11 Miner's Bronx New 
York. 




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"Hippity Hop" 4 L O 11 Gayety 
Omaha. 

"Keep Smiling" 4 Palace Balti- 
more 11 Gayety Washington. 

"Knick Knacks" 4 Casino Brook- 
lyn 11 Miner's Newark. 

•Let's Go" 4 Gayety Detroit 11 
Empire Toronto. 

"Maids of America" 4 Orpheum 
Patterson 11 Majestic Jersey City. 

"Marion Dave 4-6 Colonial Utlca 
11 Gayety Montreal. 

"Mimic World" 4 Empire Toronto 
11 Gayety Buffalo. 

"Radio Girls" 4 Olympic Cincin- 
nati 11 Park Indianapolis. 

•Reeves Al" 4 Empire Toledo 11 
Lyric Dayton. 

•Rockets" 4 Columbia New York 
11 Empire Brooklyn. 

"Social Maids" 4-6 Cohen's New- 
huig 7-9 Cohen's Poughkeepsie 11 
Casino Brooklyn. 

Step Lively Girls" 4 Empress 
Chicago 11 Gayety Detroit. 

"Step on It" 4 Gayety Minneapolis 
11 Gayety Milwaukee. 

"Talk of Town" 4 Casino Boston 
11 Grand Worcester. I 

"Temptations of 1922" 4 Empire | 
Providence 11 Gayety Boston. 

"Town Scandal" 4 Empire Brook- 
lyn 11 Casino Philadelphia. 

"Watson Billy" 4 C^ayety Pittsburg 
11 Colonial Cleveland. 

"Watson Sliding Billy" 4 Casino 
Philadelphia 11 Palace Baltimore. 

"Williams Mollie" 4 Miner's 
Newark 11 Orpheum Patterson. 

"Wine Woman and Song" 4 Park 
Indianapolis 11 Gayety St. Louis. 

"Youthful Follies" 4 Gayety Kan- 
sas City 11 L O. 

xuTUAL cnicniT 

"Baby Bears" 4 Gayety Iioulsville 
11 Broadway Indianapolis. 

"Band Box Revue" 4 Bijou Phil- 
adelphia 11 Folly Baltimore. ^ 

"Broadway Belles" 4 L O 11 Band 
Box Cleveland. t 

"Follies and Scandals" 4 Plaza 
Springfield 11 Howard Boston. 

"Georgia Peaches" 4 Broadway 
Indianapolis 11 Lyceum Columbus. 

"Girls a la Carte" 7-9 Holyoke 
Holyoke 14-lC Majestic Wilkes- 
Barre. 



"Heads Up" 4 Majestic Albany 11 
Plasa Springfield. 

"Hello Jake Olrls** 4 Gayety 
Brooklyn 11 Lyric Newark. 

"Jazz Babies'* 4 Lyoeum Colum- 
bus 11 New Empire Cleveland. 

"Jazz Time Revue" 4 Olympic 
New York 11 Star Brooklyn. 

"Kandy Kids" 4 L O 11 Olympic 
New York. 

"Laftin Thru 1922" 4 Mkjestic 
Wilkes-B%rre 11 Majestic Scranton. 

"Lid Lifters" 4 Lyric Newa.-k 11 
L O. 

"London Gayety Girls" 4 Howard 
Boston 14-16 Holyoke Holyoke. 

"Mischief Makers" 4 Star Brook- 
lyn 11 Empire* Hoboken. 

"Mont« Carlo Girls" 4 Empire 
Hoboken 11 Gayety Brooklyn. 

"Pace Makers" 4 Band Box Cleve- 
land 11 Garden Buffalo. 

"Pell Mell" 4 Garden Buffalo 11 
Park "Utica. 

"Pepper Pot" 4 Park Utica 11 
Majestic Albany. 

"Playmates" 4 New Empire Cleve- 
land 11 Peoples Clnclnati. 

"Runaway Girls" 4 Majestic 
Scranton 11 Bijou Philadelphia. 

"Smiles and Kisses" 4 Peoples Cin- 
cinnati 11 Gayety Louisville. 

White Pat 4 Folly Baltimore 11 
L O. 



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8immons James D 
Searles Artbur 
Sealer Ethel 
Spengler Ralph 
Sullivan Mr A Mrs 
Smith Billy 

Theodore Carl 

Vernon Ruby 



the two showings of "The Skia 
Game" at the Spreckels recently, th« 
second night drawing better than tha 
first. 



PICTURE^ — Superba. "Golden 
Dreams"; Colonial, "Love Is An 
Awful Thing"; Rialto, "The HSund 
of the Baskervilles"; Pickwick, 
''Anna Ascends"; Plaza. "Skia 
Deep": Cabrillo, "The Impossible. 
Mrs. Bellew. • 



Frank Gregory,^ director of the 
Lincoln Pank band of Los Angeles, 
Cal., for the past eight years, died 
in that city, Nov. 7. age CO. He was 
born and educated in Italy. 



The city of Lindsay, Cal.. will hold 
Its first annual community exposi- 
tion and citrus show Nov. 25-Dec. 2, 
under the auspices of the chamber 
of commerce. There will be the 
Usual amusemortt and concession 
sections. 



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SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

By ALLEN H. WRIGHT 

Numerous picture stars attended 
the ceremony of cornerstone layingr 
at the Sawyer-LUbin Studios at 
Orossmont. and the number of 
people present was estimated at 
16,000. , 



Post No. 4. Disabled Veterans of 
the World War. of San Diego^ Cal., 
will sponsor a carnival from Nov. 27- 
Dec. 3. Snapp Bros, shows will 
furnish the amusement features. 



Th* trial of Hasel Hirsch at 
Mineola, L. I., set down for last 
Monday, was adjourned until next 
Monday (Dec. 4). She is charged 
with havingr shot her husband. WaU 
lie Hirsch, in Freeport, last summer. 



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SECOND WEEK At B. F. KEITH'S PALACE, NEW YORK 






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VARIETY 
Nov. 24 

Eernle registered the applause 
high mark of the night with his 
dozen musicians in what is probably 
the best band act for vaudeville 
i^ : as yet has been staged. 

Bernie has procured 12 (no one 
knows from where, with the num- 
ber of musicians In band combina- 
tions already worklngX clean-look- 
ing boys, including two cornet play- 
ers, who double on French horns, a 
duo of pianists, three sax players, 
also wailing on clarinets, trombone, 
banjo, dnimin«r, bass horn and two 
Ylolino, with hlmjBelf. which takes 
th« total to 13. They play— and 
bow they play! Besides which there 
Is Bcrnle'a continual chatter that 
by actual count registered 24 real 
laugha Interspersed between the 
live regular numbers and two en- 
cores gone through. The regular 
running time, previous to the first 
curtain and Including the quintet 
€f mapped out melodies. Is exactly 
18 minutes. That makes the band 
act also a comedy turn of a laugh 



a minute average, besides the music. 
That Bernie is set for a swing 
around the big time houses In this 
locality goes without saying. 
Whether he'll ever go out of New 
York Is questionable, as It's an 
odds-on choice the orchestra will be 

taken by a restaurant shortly — If 
there's any that can pay him real 
coin outside of a certain established 
chain. But where Bernie's value to 
vaudeville lies is In his showman- 
ship, personality, ability to get 
close to the house and a substance 
of conversation that sparkles with 
a quantity of material that Is likely 
to be "lifted." Particularly Is this 
80 of his arrangement of a Hebrew 
band playing- the Gallagher and 
Shean ditty. It's a new twist to the 
oft repeated melody, and done so 
well that at the Monday matinee 
the house didn't applaud, but simply 
called out for a repeat on the num- 
ber. In the evening It was the 
wallop of the act. 

Bernie has an act — not Just a 
band or a series of Instrumental 
numbers — and that's not forgetting 
there's been plenty of "combina- 
tions" ahead of him at the Palace, 
some of them rated as the best. As 
a band act for vaudeville that is 
vaudeville, Bernie's ranks them all. 

Skig. 



MORNINO TELEGRAPH 
Nov. 21 

FAVORITES' WEEK 

AT THE PALACE 



Ben Bernie and Orchestra Score 
Triumph at the Openina 
Performanca 
Hilarity and melody dominate the 

current bill at B. P. Keith's Palace 
theatre. It is vaudeville of top de- 
cree, presented artistically. At the 
conclusion of the opening perform- 
ance, every seat occupied, the spec- 
tators applauded. This may well be 
called favorites' week at the Palace. 

Ben Bernie and bis orchestra, 
playing the Palace for the first 
time, following the best dance music 
orchestras in this country, set a 
standard it will be difficult to sur- 
pass. Mr. Bernie and his musicians, 
twelve, exclusive of himself, score 
joyous success. 

Mr. Bernie. in addition to ability, 
po.ssesses personality. He outs 
quips at the expense of some of the 
men in the band, always laugh 
getters. 

In announcing that an operatic 
selection Is to be played he specifies 
"Hot Lips." from "Samson and 
Delilah." The band's knockout Is 
the Jewish conception of "Mr. Gal- 
lagher and Mr. Shean.'* 



CLIPPKR 
Nov. 22 , 

The king Is dead, long live the 
king," attitude applies to the or- 
chestra playing the Palace, and tliia 
week Ben Bernie, with the Chifngo 
orchestra, la reigning king. Orcht .<»- 
tras that have gone before are for- 
gotten, while the last few bars b< ins 
played by the orchestra of ilie day 
are drowned in applause. 

Ben Bernie and his orchestrn 
opened the second half, and knotked 
'em cold, as recorded above. That 
orchestras can still be served to 
theatregoers with an entirely new 
dressing Is proved by this unusiial 
combination of real comedy plus 
good music. Individually and col- 
lectively the muslciins are far above 
the average, a'ld Hpu Hernle knows 
how to sell the on'hosti'a and him- 
self at above par. whh'h is high in- 
deed. Interval.-? iM'oujiht clevor gags 
and laughs from neriiie. the orv^hes- 
tra resting in the me.intime. When- 
ever the music started it ended with 
a genuine punch. "Hot Lips" and 
other popular tunes gave different 
ones a chance to shine, while "Mr. 
Gallagher and Mr. Shean." which 
did much for other orchestras, one 
In particular, was cause enough for 
an almost unpracedented wow. 



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A newcomer t-i the Palace is Ben 
Bernie. who mn<t b? added to the 
list of great daiioe directors along 
with Paul \Vliit»'man. Ted Lewis and 
Vincent Lopez. liernle is a good 
musician, an entortaljiing comedian 
and a clever showmnn. His orches- 
tra made good in a hard spot. 

* X. y. TRTBU.XE 
Nov. 28 

Ben Bernie* s Orchestra 
Popular at the Palace 

Patrons Call Him Back 
Many Times for Fun and 
Music 

Ben Bernie is leading his orches- 
tra for the second week at the Pal- 
ace, and 1 found .something in the 
nature of an ov.ition waiting for 
him yesterday. After he had mixed 
music and fun for more than the 
allotted time, the management had 
to send him out twice with the 
lights up to pacify the customers 
who were clamoring for another 
number. 



Direction MORRIS & FEIL 



CLEVELAND 

By C. L. WALTERS 

Fred Stone In "Tip-Top" con- 
cluded his second week at the Ohio. 
Attendance during the first three 
days of the week was light but 
grew better. Gross for the second 
week, <16.000 as compared with 
$22,000 for the first week. The com- 

?any splits this week between 
oledo and Dayton. The Six IJrown 
Brothers left Cleveland at the end 
of the engagement to appear in 
"The Bunch and Judy," which 
opened at the Globe, New York, 
Tuesdaj'. 



Mrs. Leslie Carter and John Drew 
In "The Circle" at the Hanna played 
to big audiences last week. The 
presence of these distinguished 
stars drew to the Shubert house a 



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host of personages that made the 
orchestra appear as though' the 
audience had been selected from 
"Who's WTio in Cleveland." 



"The Bird of Paradise** com- 
pleted an engagement of a fortnight 
at the Metropolitan with Ann 
Reader as "Luana" and the Royal 
Hawaiian Band. It apparently 
wore out Its welcome because the 
McLaughlin Players were greeted 
with light attendance wlilch aggre- 
gated only 50 per cent, of the first 
week's receipts. Sunday "The Night 
Cap" opened to a light matinee, but 
an excellent evening audience. 



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Gertrude Hoffman's "Hello Every- 
body," at the State, Shubert unit 
house, was by far the best unit 
there this season. The newspaper 
reviewers were unanimous and en- 
thusiastio In their comments, but 
the attendance was Incommensu- 
rate with the excellence of the at- 
traction. Hanneford Family added 
attraction. This theatre, as a fur- 
ther bid for popular favor, an- 
nounces 1,000 orchestra seats at 25 
cents at all matinees excepting 





She looks her best on the sUgel In 
any setting — in brilliant light or dim 
— she is always herself. Why? Be- 
cause her make-up — her preparation 
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Saturday and Sunday. The first unit 
to appear under the reduced rate 
was Weber and Fields In "Re- 
United." this week. 



Raymond Hitchcock was the 
headliner at Keith's Palace, with 
Mrs. Sidney Drew and company a 
good runner-np. This new theatre 
is enjoying an era of consistent 
prosperity. 



Burlesque: Colonia, "The Radio 
Girls"; Star, stock; New Empire, 
"Pepper Pots." 



The Bandbox, variety house. Is 
giving away 6,000 season tickets 
good for an admission every week, 
to Ladies sending their names and 
addresses to the "Gift Dept." 



Films: S 1 1 1 1 m a n, "Trifiing 
Women." second and final week; 
Allen. "To Have and to Hold'; 
Standard. "Under Two Flags"; 
Loew's Park and Mall, "White 
"Shoulders." 



"Knighthood" opened at the Still- 
man Nov. 26. The regular scale pre- 
vaihs. Feature exhibits five times 
dally. 



KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. HUGHES 
SHUBERT— "The Perfect Fool." 
GRAND— "Moonshine." 
GAYETY — "Hippity Hop," Col- 
umbia burlesque. 
GARDEN— Musical Comedy stock. 
ORPHEUM— Vaudeville. 
PANTACJES— Vaudeville. 
MAINSTREET— Vaudeville. 
GLOBE— Vaudeville. 



Photoplays— "Skin Deep." Royal; 
"Clarence," Newman; "Up and At 
'Em." Malnstreet; "Oliver Twist," 
Liberty; "The Jilt." Globe; "Under 
Two Flags," Pantages. 



Business theatrically was hardly 
up to expectations last week In spite 

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DHOP CURTAINS. CYCI. DRAMAS. STAGE SFT- 
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DYES AND WATER COLORS. 

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of the widely-advertised American 
Royal Stock show, counted upon to 
bring thousands of out-of-town 
visitors to the city. There were 
many In but they failed to make 
much of a dent In the regular at- 
tendance. Mclntyre and Heath, at 
the Shubert, drew .their regular fol- 
lowing, but their this season qffer- 
ing was not up to previous produc- 
tions. The show opened big Sun- 
day night but dropped for the bal- 
ance of the week, grossing around 
$12,000. 



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The opening performance of "Pil- 
grim's Progress,'' scheduled for 
Monday at the Grand, was post- 
poned on account of inability to get 
the scenic effects completed and 
l)laced on time. The presentation 
was the first effort of the Religious 
Drama Producing Company organ- 



ised here some few weeks ago and 
financed by local husIncHS men. It 
Is the Intention of the company to 
produce a big religious drama each 
year. 



Albert Ia Strode, advertlalng 
manager for the Grand, who has 
been very 111 at the Lutheran Hos- 
pital with blood poisoning, !■ re- 
ported to be much Improved and 
thought to be out of danger. 



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Introducing the Beautiful Eaton 

Andrew Geller presents the "Eaton," selected 
from a vast assortment of equally attractive 
models, for your patronage. 

It Is fashioned In brown, black and grey suede 
or patent leather and Mack «atin, with self or 
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VARIETY 



Friday, December 1, 1928 



LEADING ORCHESTRAS AND BANDS 



EDWARD HARKNESS '^ ORCHESTRA-HOTEl SI. FRANCISJilll FRAm 
GEORGE LIPSCHULTZ 




Sensational ^nist 
and Conductor 




NOW PLAYING AT THE TENT, N«w York Society's ''Rondezvous" 






"Orchestras Extraordinary" 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
The New Willard The BelleYue-Stratford 

WASHINGTON, D. C PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



which asks for $250 damages for the 
imllcensed performance of "Ka- 
Ltj-A." Maurice Richmond, Inc., is 
alHo 8uing Jacob Goldberg, who runs 
the Shuffle Inn in Harlem's black 
belt, for the same reason, alleging 
"Mello Cello," a Richmond number, 
was performed without permission. 



CABABET 

(Continued from page 9) 
$750 a. week for a single place and 
aj high as $2,000 a week for a group 
are "visited," with tho only deduc- 
tion that the money isn't split 
enough ways. As there are no 
comebacks or outs, anyone neerlected 
may make trouble at any time and 
get away with it. The easy money 
boys should district the cities and 
countries, because as they kill off 
the places they shut oCf their rev- 
enue. When bootleggers are agree- 
able to give up their lucrative trade 
to accept official positions in con- 
nection with liquor. It's proof in a 
way there is more monf^y in going 
after liquor than in selling it. 



A Coast band that had been 
touted to be on a par with some 
other musical organizations from 
the west which came east and 
scored, failed to impress here in a 
showing. A press agent was en- 
gaged but his term of office was 
brief, because he walked out. He 
stated his salary, expecting" to have 
the leader counter with a pmaller. 
The answer came the next day, 
when the leader borrowed $10 from 
the press agent. At the time the 
latter was invited to lunch the fol- 
lowing day. The Coast musician 
explained he didn't like "lho.«o l^ide 
otreet joints" and in.stead picked 
out a dinini;r place on an avenue no 
better than the others if more popu- 
lar. When they were ready to go 
the leader made out a check for 
420 drawn on a Canadian banl; and 
handed it to the press agent, Buy- 
ing half was the sum borrowed and 
the balance in cash wouJd be wel- 
come as change. Dut the press 
agent had no money, or .s.iid he 
didn't, ojid went outside. Tho 
leader argued with tlie rosuiurant 
management, finally rushing out- 
side but leaving hia overcoat '.vithin 
as security. 



August Janssen of the Hofhrau 
House, New York, has brought suit 
in the U. S. District Court a^rainst 
Edward C. Yellowley, acting Fed- 
eral prohibition director in >;ew 
York city, to recover over 125 
separate items of liquor seized by 
Prohibition Agent Julin P. O'Xoill 
Auir. 17 last. Jan.ssen aHo;?es that 
U. 8. Commissioner Samu<'l M. 
Hitchcock recommended it.s return, 
but that Yellowley is wilfully with- 
holding it in the Knickerbocker 
warehouse. Janssen's grievance is 
that the fourth and fifth floor of the* 
Hofbrau house premlnes at 1214 
Broadway, New York, are his 



private abode, where his family has 
been living for 23 years and that 
the intrusion of the prohibition 
agent, though armed with a search 
warrant, and the breaking down of 
the door leading to his rooms, con- 
stituted a violation of his rights as 
a citizen under the fourth and fifth 
constitutional amendments. Jans- 
sen claims the damage exceeds 
$6,000 and asks the court to fix 
damages in his favor in addition to 
giving him back his liquor. • 



Billy B. Van, James J. Corbetts 
vaudeville partner, as a result of 
his hotel enterprise in the summer 
of 1519, had a judgment for $3,000 
entered against him in the New 
York Supreme Court by Mrs. Bea- 
trice A. Foster, who originally 
asked $20,000 damages to reimburse 
her for injuries alleged sustained 
in Van's hostelry at Georges Mills, 
New Hampshire, known as the Van 
Harbor Casino. Mrs. Foster al- 
leged that her fractured ankle and 
other injuries sustained through a 
fall from a piazza were caused by 
,Van's personal negligence in not 
properly lighting and guarding the 
passageway. A jury before Justice 
McAvoy Oct. 10, last, awarded the 
plaintiff $4,000, but by subsequent 
stipulation Van agreed to pay only 
$3,000 in consideration for waiving 
his right to appeal. It was agreed 
she is to receive it at the rate of 
$50 weekly until the judgment is 
paid in full, plus a $100 Nov. 18. 



Liquor prices have not changed 
from the quotations in Variety of 
last week, with one exception; 
Johnny Walker (Scotch) in non- 
reflllable bottles at $80 a case, pur- 
chaser to make his own dellven'. 
The same source is offering all cor- 
dials, including Benedictine, at $80, 
also and under similar conditions. 



Thtt latest market quotations oti 
liquor in Chicago will interest those 
who have gin done up in Gordon 
bottles, though there is no pretense 
made it is the genuine, at $50 sin- 
gle case and $40 where two or more 
cases are pur6hased. White Horse 
Scotch at $120 a case and at $100 
in five -case lots. Black and White 
Scotch. $100. in single case lots. 
Bourbon. Waterfall and Frazier, 
$110 a case. Beer at many saloons 
at 2i and 30 a stein (which is noth- 
ing but a fair-sized glass). 



Caterers around New York who 
supply service for private dinners 
are being ed^ed out of business by 
the cabaret demand for waitors and 
mu.'^iiians. Their troubles reached 
a climax In the preparations for 
Thanksgiving dinner*. Engli.sh and 
Scotch waiters raised their de- 
mands for the serving of a dinner 
from $7 to $15 per man, declaring 
that extra restaurant work on the 
holiday would return them that 
much. One caterer got an estimate 
of $1,100 for a 20-piece orchestia 
for two ni?;ht.«<. but the en^ia^ement 
fell through because the customer 
wouldn't stand the tariff and gave 
his dinner in a hotel private dining 
room. The employment of Greek 
and Swiss waiters by private cater- 
ers is decreasing and the call for 
Englishmen and Scotchmen puts a 
premium on their services. 



John d« Salvio, proprietor of 
Jimmy Kelly's place on Sullivan 
street. New York, is being sued for 
copyright infringement by T. B. 
Harms, Inc., music publishers. | 



The first "Wine-Beer-Tobacco" 
trade exposition ever held will be 
staged in Chicago "upon Congres- 
sional action expected to follow the 
nation-wide repudiation of the Vol- 
stead law," according to announce- 
ments which come on the heels of 
the victory Nov. 7 for light wines 
and beer In Illinois. Jim Kerr, who 
staged the International Radio show 
at Chicago recently, is admittedly 
"the worlds greatest optimist" and 
took an option at 10 o'clock on the 
morning of Nov. 8. 



"The Wild ViHage," at the Rendez- 
vous, on West 45th street, with Gilda 
Gray the star attraction in the Gil 
Boag re.«;taurant, will undergo re- 
vision. The rearrangement of the 
room had a stage at the extreme 
rear, with the performance follow- 
ing the ei ding of dancing at 1 a. m. 
Besides Miss Gray there were some 
operatic vocalists and a chorus of 
four girls, also an "announcer," 
after the "Chauve-Souris" style, 
without doing much with it. 
A return will be made most likely 
to the /ormer manner of giving the 
show on the floor, with some other 
changes. Including redecoration, re- 
placing the "Russian" coloring 
scheme. 

The Rendezvous is retaining its 
hold upon the real society people 
of New York. Miss Gray is tlie at- 
traction. 

John Parsons, of O.swego, N. Y., 
formerly chief field agent for fed- 
eral prohibition enforcement In 
New York state, who was "roasted" 
by the foreman of a metropolitan 
grand jury probing the latest 
hootch enforcement scandal, has re- 
fused to make any statement. Par- 



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sons was a close friend of William 
Brennan, agent in chsurge of the 
Syracuse headquarters, but there 
have been no developments there. 
Whereas in Albany and Now York 
there have been wholesale dis- 
missals, the Syracuse force remains 
unchange 1. The Syracuse enforce- 
ment record, while admittedly not 
perfect, is far more so than any 
other district in the state. 



Savoy and Brennan open at the 
Monte Carlo, New York, one of the 
Salvin cafes, next week. The p^^ir 

are getting $1,600 weekly for the 
cabaret engagement, which they will 
double into after the night perform- 
ances of the "Greenwich Village 
Follies," with which they are feat- 
ured. 



Acceptance of an offer by a pair 
of state troopers to help him change 
a tire led to the arrest of a Fort 
Covington man, the seizure of a load 
of booze and the confiscation of a 
Cadillac car. The man was chang- 
ing a tire alotig the road between 
LowvlUe and Dekalb when the 
troopers came along and preferred 
their assistance, which he gratefully 
accepted. The coppers saw the au- 
tomobllist take a drink from a bottle 
which he had on the ground beside 
him and they decided to search the^ 
car. They found 14 sacks filled with 
bottles of Canadian ale, seven cases 
of assorted Canadian liquors, and 
one case of Gordon gin. 



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Inc., llie. ser\ ices of . 
L'cnuine l-aul ^Vliire- 
in:«n Orclu'.strav arc 
now available li^r con- 
tract work at Hotel, 
C aharet and Resort. . 

I he Service is cc>ni- 
plete, tno artisf" , men • 
\nIu> plav tor phono- 
;,raph re^.ords — and 
liu* cost iN surp'^i-'inylv 

WnA Wniti n\Ait Or- 
> he'^trav :ire :u<i»a\ail- 
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It's pretty expensive business to 
forego "sugaring" along the booze 
trail from the border south, a Troy, 

N. Y., bootlegger is now convinced. 
Last woek he was robbed of a Pitok- 
ard C3LV, 25 cases of Canadian ale 
and one case of whiskey, and the 
week before he lost 45 cases of 
booze. The first steal was pulled 
off at Chestertown in the night time, 
a man in another car firing at the 
Trojan until he was forced to aban- 
don his automobile. The other rob- 
bery was perpetrated at the rum 
runner's place In Troy. The un- 
lucky victim reported the robberies 
to the Saratoga police, admitting 
that he was a bootlegger and declar- 
ing that he "didn't do any sugaring 
along the line." 



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vvitli IvcaJHnc a^ls. 

H'rife or »irr for J,t.tt!' 

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ago became inoculated with th« 
vaudeville bug and decided to 
abandon the restaurant dates. He 
has changed his mind however and 
Is permanently stationed at Th« 
Tent. 



Brooke Johns has given up the 
idea of abandoning cabaret work for 
vaudeville. Instead he Is foregoing 
the latter and continues as the single 
handed entertainer at The Tent 
where he has built up a following 
In the past several months as a 
society draw. Johns has been in- 
creased in salary from $750 to $1,000 
at The Tent, exclusive of the sup- 
porting orchesra. Johns, after see- 
ing his name featured in front of 
the Palace and doubling with an- 
other local Keith house, two weeks? 



The followino have been engaged 
for the Ringside. v,'hich opered 
this v.'eek in the Earl Carroll The- 
atre Building: Tlu'lma Carleton, 
Murray and Wolff (female wres- 
tlers), Lillian Pearl. Connie Almy, 
Jean Sherrly, Bergen and Adams* 
Nat Mortan and Al Siegle's orches- 
tra, under the management of Wil- 
lie Leonard. 



Dorothy and Jay Hendricks hav« 
been engaged for the revue at th« 
Bongiavani, Pittsburgh. 



Marion Wirth and Florence Hou«« 
opened at tho Richmond Hotel, 
Richmond, Va., this week. 



A revue with fourteen people. In- 
cluding Josephine Savole, Lester 
Lane and Billie Shaw, will open 
next week at tho Beaux Arts.^ Phil- 
adelphia, booked by Harry Bestry. 



HEAR 



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SING THE NEW SENSATIONAL SONG HIT 



''GEORGIA CABIN DOOR" 

, in the "PASSING SHOW OF 1922" »^ " 

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Be the First to Get This New Hit—Wonderful Patterm 



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VARIETY 



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SPORTS , 

(Continued from pag* t) 

fluJrman «nd * ehake-up la tz- 
pected iB the •ntlre peraoonel of 
the commlsaloB. liuldooa was ap- 
pointed by Governor Miller, and 4e- 
ppite Governor-elect Smith's etate- 
ment he la too buey to monkey with 
twxlng. It la understood the present 
eommisslon is to go. 

Gibson la the managrer of Benny 
l,eonard, world's lightweight cham- 
pion, and very close to the new 
Democratic administration In Al- 
bany. 

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A. H, Woods has jumped Into 
pugilistic managerial line-up by of- 
fering Jack Dempsey |1,000,000 for 
three boxing matches to be pro- 
moted by him within the next year. 
Doc Kearns, the champion's man- 
ager, admitted the ofCer was re- 
ceived, and stated it was acceptable, 
while the Woods office conveyed the 
iaapression the deal was sealed. Op- 
ponents for.Dempsey are now In or- 
der for proposal. The list is headed 
by Harry Wills, the colored heavyr 
weight, who appears to have an 
edge on all the sable scrappers. Joe 
Beckett is mentioned, but it is a 
question if the JSnglishman could 
create a real draw here in light of 
record of defeats by Frank Moran, 
never a topnotciier here, and his 
one -round dive from a punch by 
Carpentier. It Is possible Woods 
will bring Jess Willard into the ring 
against Dempsey. That depends on 
what happens to the proposed 
match between Jess and Floyd 
Johnson, a coast heavy, who he is 
supposed to meet in Buffalo soon. 



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A new angle to bootlegging is the 
kickback the rum runners have to 
make to those keeping them sup- 
plied with necessities outside the 
three-mile limit. A booze laden 
craft is generally so lacking in extra 
space that when sales are light the 
boat is forced to stay off shore from 
a week to 10 days, which leads to a 
shortage of drinking water. Whence 
the boys, running nothing but pure 
water, come in for their share of 
the booty, which is considerable 
when it is learned that the liquor 
peddlers oftimes advance them 
1100 for a day's supply. Owners of 
tugs have reported that more than 
125 an hour can be had for sopply- 
ing certain ships outside the limit, 
and the customs ofRcial^ know of 
no specific law being broken, no 
matter how clearly illegal the prac- 
tice is. 



From 40 to 60 legitimate theatres 
In Berlin have shut down because 
of the strike of stage artists that 
w«>nt hilo t^rr^t Ubt Saturday a^hL 
A minimum wage caused the con- 
troversy. Leading women of the 
various productions paraded the 
streets, while acting as pickets in 
front of the theatres. Theatrical 
owners and directors have an- 
nounced an agreement that they will 
not re-engage any of the strikers 
within a period of five years. 



Magistrate Charles A. Oberwager 
dismissed the case of Aaron Reuben 




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agrainst Police Inspector James S. 
BolancU In which the restaurant 
man charged oppression hy the of- 
ficer In oomm&nd of the district 
containing a majority of New York's 
better class dance and eating estab- 
lishments. The Reuben place was 
raided S€t)t. 7 when it waa alleged 
a bottle of whiskey, found on the 
premlsefl, had been "planted" by an 
officer. The constant presence of a 
cop in the reutaurant caused the 
cutaplaliit. 



The Authors and Compoeere 
Society in Paris has iasued a cir- 
cular to all orchestras deploring the 
adaptation of classical music for 
dancing purpose!. The plea to put a 
stop to the so-called abuse has been 
complied with by a majority of the 
musical organizations outside of the 
colored Jazz bands. The French lay 
the blame to New York or importa- 
tions from this country. 



A night performance at the Park 
music hall on Columbus circle was 
recently held up for 20 minutes due 
to a fight back stage between the 
English and American chonis girls 
in the show. The Yankee con- 
tingent, numbering 20, resented the 
presence of the half dozen English 
girls while so many American show 
girls were out of work. The trouble 
had been brewing for a couple of 
weeks. 



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D#iJBLE WITH BATH — 130 aach 



wife. The girl was permitted to pay 
h«r own passage back. 



Toung J. B. llarriman. prominent 
in New York and Waehlngton 
society circles, is studying for the 
stage. He has adopted a profes- 
sional name to hide his identity. 



Florence Walton has announced 
that she will be married Christmas 
week to Leon Leitrim, her present 
dancing partner. 



Tbeatricai praas representatives 
recently met to organize a perman- 
ent organisation amongst th«m- 
selves. One of the objects will be 
to stop irresponsibls advertising 
schemes. There were W men 
present at the meeting. 



Ada Gladys Powell, a young 
Welshwoman, was refused permis- 
sion to enter this country by the Im- 
migration authorities when it was 
learned that James Dale, playing in 
"Loyalties* and whom she stated 
she was to marry, already had a 




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Edward Vroom says he will erect 
a theatre in the Times square dis- 
trict to be dedicated to the produc- 
tion of romantic and classic plays. 
The bouse will have a seatmg rap- 
acity of about 1,500. The structure 
is designed to be the permanent 
home of a company comprised of 
American and Bnglish actors. 



I Trenton, N. J., has uncovered a 
"cut rate" executioner in the person 
of William S. Ollbfrt. a night watch- 
man. Gilbert has his own scaffold 
and will travel anywhere In the 
United States on a "case" for from 
$175, In nearby states, to 1200 and 
"expenses" for further distances. 



The Moscow Art Theatre Co. have 
been notified that they may enter 
France as guests of the governm«*nt. 
They had been waiting a month. 
The company could not flU Paris en- 
gagements while the French refused 
to vise their Soviet passports. The 
company is due to sail for America, 
Dec. 30. 



Two lllllputlans were married In 
Wa<^hlngton, D. C, Nov. 25, by the 
Rev. B. H. Swera, a Baptist clergy- 
man. Signer Giuseppe, 30 years old, 
S feet 2 Inches In height and weigh- 
ing 70 pounds, took to wife Orene 



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Thompson, 17 years old, who stands 
4 feet and also weighs 70 pounds. 
Giuseppe was a bareback rider with 
the Ringling Brothers and Barnum 
and Bailey Circus. 



The Actors Fidelity League open- 
ed its new quarters at 17 East 45th 
street, Sunday. The suite consists 
of five large rooms on the third floor. 



refutes the statement of Thomas 
Edison to the effect that college mea 
do not like to work. 



A three story frame structure la 
Jersey City, belonging to Charle« 
Coburn, was destroyed by Are. It 
contained all the scenery and eoe- 
tunics of "The Better Ole." 



A dinner was recently given at 
the Hotel Commodore for the Cur- 
tain, a new little playhouse to be 
situated on the west side. 



An Interview in a local newspaper 
at Louisville Is the cause of the 
Jefferson Post of the American 
Legion, that city, to urge that the 
immigration authorities deport the 
dancer, Isadora Duncan. The post 
intends to press the matter at the 
national headquarters of the legion. 
The interview is said to have con- 
tained statements which members 
of the post declared were unpatri- 
otic 



The amount of booxe consumed 
by spectators at the Army-Navy 
game in I'hiladclphia Saturday and 
the open way in which It was 
gurgled, may cause an official in- 
vestigation, according to denpatches 
from Washington. The Cabinet dis- 
cusfiod the enforcement problem 
during Its entire last assemblage and 
the open display of liquor in the 
stands has caused additional con- 
cern. 



George Cohan sailed for England 
Nov. 25 accompanied by his gen- 
eral representative, E. W. Dunn, 

Mrs. Paula Segal, mother of 
Vivienne SegaV eloped to Green- 
wich. Conn., last week where she 
married Robert Aube. Mrs, Segal 
was divorced from Dr. Bernhard 
Segal four years ago. Her age to 47. 



Jane Cowl Is to play "Romeo and 
Juliet," starred by the Selwyns. — 



Kenneth Harlan is rumored to 
be about to marry Marie Prevoet, 
while his former wife, Florence 
(Hart) Harlan. Is said to be th« 
possible bride of Lowell Sherman. 
The Harlans were married in 1920. 
Last April Mrs. Harlan sued for 
divorce. 



Two noblemen are reported to 
have fought a duel in Paris because 
of an argument concerning Marion 
Forde. a dancer. Both prlncipale 
are said to have fought 40 mimttee, 
in evening attire and with swords, 
without seriously Injuring each 
other. 



yhe Bureau of Student Employ- 
ment *at I'rinceton University re- 
ports that the total earnings of the 
500 students working their way 
through colloRe totals $161, 530- 
fiixty-aix \^hJch, the bureau claims, 



Irvin S. Cobb has been granted a 
commission as major in the Mili- 
tary Intelligence Division of the 
OlTlcerH' HeBcrve Corps by Presi- 
dent Harding. The commission to 
in the nature of a reward for Cobb'0 
work during the war. 



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VARIETY 



Friday, December 1, 1928 



THE CIRCUIT OF OPPORTUNmT 




UBERT VAUDEVILLE 

ALL APPLICATIONS FOF ENGAGEMENTS AND TIME FOR SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE SHOULD BE MADE TO 

SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE 



ARTHUR KLEIN, General Manager 



233 West 45th Street, NEW YORK CITYi 



BUFFALO 

By SIDNEY BURTON 

The Abbott Theatrical Enterprise 
Corporation has filed a certificate of 
Incorporation in the County Clerk's 
OtUce here. It is capitalized at 
$54,000 and the directors are given 
as Harry Abbott, Jacob Levine, Hoy 
Van and Conrad V. Brunner Abbott 
and Levine represent the local man- 
agement of the Garden (Mutual bur- 
lesque). Van Is a Buffalo newspaper 
man and IJrunner is connected with 
the Garden as proprietor of the bar 
run In connection with the house. 
No announcement as to the purpose 
of the enterprise has been made 
although it is thought that it is 
concerned with the operation of the 
Garden. 



The practice recently put Into 
▼ogue by some of the small moving 
picture houses of the city of giving 
away prizes of candy, groceries and 
household provisions to holders of 
lucky numbers has been stopped by 
the chief of police here, who states 
that a number of complaints have 
been made against picture managers 
who are using this method of stim- 
ulating business. Deputy Chief 
Marnon issued a statement this 
week saying that the practice would 
not be permitted as it was in viola- 
tion of the lotteries law. r. 



The first performance to be given 
b7 the Buffalo Players, Inc., will be 
Carlo Goldoni's three-act comedy 
"A Curious Mishap," a translation 
from the modern Italian comedy. 
The production will be given at the 
Allendale theatre early In January 
under the direction of Frederick 
Cowley. 



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INDIANAPOLIS 

By VOLNEY B. FOWLER 

Thanksj^ivlng week at the Murat, 
"The Guilty One." first half and 
"Red Pepper," laat; EnRlIsh's. "The 
Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come," 
nrst half and "Dulcy" last. 



•'Brother.**," by Donald Grooms 
King of Indianapolis, and "The 
Marriage Gown." by Judith K. Sol- 
lenberger of Kokomo, were playlets 
produced last Friday evening by the 
Little Theatre Society at the 
Masonic Temple. 



The Indianapolis Motion Picture 
Co., WHS incorporated last week with 
$30,000 capital. Purpose is to man- 
ufacture, produce and distribute 
motion pictures. Directors are 
Frank J. Rembusch, Mark F. 
Rhodes, Alfred 11. Choinard and 
Carlia B. Trotter. 



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MARKET, GRANT and O'FARRELL STREETS SAN FRANCISCO 

ELLA HERBERT WESTON, Booking Manager 

SEVEN TO TEN WEEK CONTRACTS NOW DEINO ISSUED. 



The Indiana Federation of Wom- 
en's Clubs submitted its proposal to 
Introduce in the coming session of 
the Legislature a movie censorship 
bill to the Legislative Council of 
Women last week. The council did 
not act on the matter. It will meet 
again Dec. 7. 




Weller's FRENCH 
FOOTWEAR 

80 Smartly OifTertnt. 

Tht Newcit Pari* 

V*r8ioni in Fall-Time 

ModcU. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 

"Daffy Dill" at Shubert-Majestic 
this week. James T. Powers in his 
new musical comedy, "The Little 
Kangaroo," at Majestic next week. 

The Edward F. Albee Rhode Island 
interscholastic football trophy was 
presented to Capt. Abrama of the 
Hope High school team, champions 
of the state, by W. Foster Lardner, 
house manager, during tlie perform- 
ance at the Albee theatre Friday 
evening. Accepting the prize for his 
team-mates, who were seated in one 
of the boxes, Capt. Abrams declared 
that it had been an inspiration to 
players in all the schools during the 
season. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

"Abie's Irish Rose" opened here 
Sunday with the President Theatre 
Stock Co. to 11,600, smashing Wl 
records for stock and at the price, 
J1.50 top. Papers gave show the 
same sort of treatment accorded it 
when first presented in New York, 
but admitted its entertaining values 
and its laugh-producing abilities. 

j The company gave an excellent per- 
formance, with the following prin- 

'cipals: Harry Shutan, Ann Suther- 
land, Guy d'Enery, I^o Hoyt (who 
played Solomon Levy), Henry Duffy, 
Eileen Wilson, Robert Lowe and 
John Carmody. 



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The Edward F. Albee prize play- 
lot contest for the best one-act play 
written bj' a Rhode Islander has 
been extended to Jan. 1. The Judges 
of the contest will be Dr. William D. 
Noon, president of Providence Col- 
lege, Prof, Charles Crosby of IJrown 
I'niversity, and Miss B'lorence Slack, 
Providence High schools elocution 
instructor. The winning production 
will be played on the Keith circuit. 

With the aid of actors playing 
Inre and through the courtesy of 
the various theatres the I'en and 
Pencil Club of Rhode Island opened 
its social winter seawon with an en- 
tertainment Tluirsday evening. 

Wanted for Production" 

I'lays and \aud«'Ville Material. 
^Vrite or I'hoiu- f(ir Appointment. 

ANNA LAMBERT STEWART 

r.vrie Theutre IIIiIk., ifi W. 4'M .'♦trret. 

I'hune Itrvnnt Of 10. 



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CHICAGO OFFICE 



Masonic Temple Building 

SIDNEY M. WEISMAN in Charge 



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For the sixth time the National 
opened its doors, each successive 
time a step farther being made to 
tiie modern theatre, and although 
the theatre portion is only completed 
it was acclaimed one of the finest 
in the country. The front of the 
building will remain as it is until 
next summer, when thl.«i will be re- 
modeled and an offlce building en- 
closing; the theatre be erected. The 
old style circular balconies are gone, 
and it is modern throughout and 
marks the 87th year of its existence. 
It was first opened in 183r> and has 
held in its audiences presidents of 
the I'nited States, fdreign rulers and 
diplomats, h-aders of Congress and 
prominent otlicials in every walk of 
life In America. 

• 

The attraction was IF. 71. ^\^lrno^ 
in "l!uil Dog Drummond" and i.s but 
one month ahead of Its anniversary 
of the first opening on I)t'r. 27. l.S3.">, 
with "The .Man of the World." 

The theatre is owned by W. H. 

R.ipl. y and has Wiliinm Fowler con- 
tinuing us manager and S. K. Corh- 
r.'in treasurer. The seating capacity 
totals l.KOO, al)()Ut IZ se.'its ]t\ss tlian 
hereluforc. 



PoiI'.'<. dosed since .Tune 1". re 
opened .Monday with "The II i\ oi^l."! 
a now innsical roinc ilv. 'jl .■ iniusi- ; 
is one of I he (^Ideht in the nation's ' 



capital and now has been thoroughly- 
modernized, nothing being left of 
the original building except the four 
walls. The cost is s^.ated to have 
reached $300,000, which the holder of 
the lease, A. B. Chase, paid, as the 
government, which owns the ground 
and building, had no funds for the 
purpose. The house now seats 2,000, 
there having been added 1.200 chairs 
on the lower floor, extending back 
and taking in the apace formerly 
given over to a promenade. 

R. O. Craerin continues as man- 
ager, having supervised the entire 
reconstruction throughout the past 
six months, with Steve Costa as 
treasurer. The house plays Shubert 
attractions. 



I McLellan and Sarah. Kelso Brothers 
and Kelly, Winifred and Gllraln and 
Co., VI and Tully, and Eddie Sloan, 

Picture Houses— Loew's Columbia, 
••The Young Rajah," with Rodolph 
Valentino (second week); lioew'a 
Palace. "Quincy Adams Sawyer"; 
Moore's Rlalto, "To Have and to 
Hold"; Crandall's Metropolitan, 
Katherlne MacDonald in "Whlt« 
Shoulders." 



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recovering from an attack ot 
pleurisy. 



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Friday, December 1, 1923 



VARIETY 



|e WnX 8HAK£SF£A££ IN 

(Continued from page 11) 

IcBsened operating costs. Revivals 

are generally apotted in the spring. 

' M appears true of many of the 

-■ iBhakespearean efforts. Another so 

■J- listed is Lenore Ulrlc, proposed for 

* "Juliet" by Belasco, but after the 
>un of "K5ki," which should last 
past Easter, at the Belasco (now in 
its flfty-thlrd week). Ben Greet is 
due in March with his players in 
the classic drama. 

A. H. Woods stated Marjorie 
Rambeau will be ready in January 
for appearances in J'As You Like It" 
and "Antony and Cleopatra," and 
that plans have been mad^ for sev- 

* eral months. She is expected to.end 
- her tour in "The GoldHsh" at that 
? time. That Florence Reed, "^ now 

starring in "East of Suez," will al.so 

take to Shalfespcai'e and will be 

i; seen in "The Taming of the Shrew" 

i during the season is also averred 

I by that manager. In addition. Ed- 

warv. -Vroom, who made afternoon 

presentations of Shakc8i)eare last 

winter, annour ced he will build a 

theatre for the classic drama. 

One of the Interesting suggestions 
m^de since the imminent craze 
started is for a production of 
•'Othello" with '^harles Gilpin in the 
role of the Moor. The colored dra- 
matic star i<i now on tour in the 
west in "Emperor Jcnes." 

It appears that the plans of 
Broadway manr.pers have scared off 
'hose Shakespearean engagements 



which have been seasonal here. 
Only Walter Hampdtn is due Into 
town and he will offer "Othello," 
the tlrst time for hira. Fritx Leibei- 
is booked to the coast. It is doubt- 
ful if Robert Mantell will tackle the 
New York lists, while Sothern and 
Marlowe appear to have stepped 
aside for 'this season. It is con- 
sidered definite that John Barry- 
more will remain at the Harris after 
the run of "Hamlet"^ecline, ^ 
which time he is to appear in "Rich- 
ard III." That presentation two 
season.s ago was regarded as one ^' 
the finest of its kind and a sensa- 
tional run was sidetracked by the 
star's illness. 

It will be the first time that New 
York will have witnessed two or 
more productions of the same 
Shakespearean play at the same 
time— that is if the two "Juliets'l 
are showing concurrently <tr two 
"Shylocks" or two or more "Ham 
lets." In London, however, that 
hag happened a number of times. 
There have been three presenta- 
tions of "Hamlet" there simultan- 
eously, with Beorbohm Tree, Sir 
Henry Irving and Sir Frank Benson 
enacting the role in three different 
theitres. They were opposed too 
in "The Merchant of Venice," but 
the concurrent engagements seemed 
to flourish, Forbes-Robertson.^ too, 
has b^n in the Shakespearean 

tournament that London stages 
every once in a while. 
There are 36 plays by Shakespeare 



WILLIE AND EUGENE HOWARD 

. STARRING IN 

"PASSING SHOW OF 1922'V 

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8AM H. HARRt8 Attractions 

MUSIC BOX THEATRE 

W«tt 4Jtb 8t. Evs. I:IS. Matt. Wed.. Thur.. Sat. 
SAM H. H.UtltIS rrpfienti IRVING BERLIN'S 

TOSIC BOX REM 

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WITH A GREAT CAST ! 



S.\M II. HARRIS Pre««ntB 

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REPUBLIC 

Matinees Wednesday and .Saturday. 2:30. 
ANNE NICHOLS' New Comedy 

"ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" 

With an Ail-SUr Cast 

rf^ A irT'V Il'wty ft 4«th St. Kts. «:30. 

LbAIIL I I Mats. Wed. & Sat., 2:30 

CHARLES DILLINGHAM Present* 

LOYALTIES 

By JOHN GALSWORTHY 

\ "8E.%80N*9 BEST PLAY."— Trlbon* 



CADI PADD^I I Thentre. 7th Ave., 
LAnL UAnnULLnt Fiftieth street. 

Kves. 8:30. Mats. Thurs. A Sat.. 2:30. 

SCHWAn A KUSPELI. Brinp You 

The GINGHAM GIRL 

with EDDIE BIZZELL 
HELEN FORO BERTIE BEAUMONT 

LOUISE ALLEN RUSSELL MACK 

ALAN EDWARDS AMELIA SUMMERVILLE 

And the BEST CHORUS on BUOADWAT 



BELASCO ^''"^ **^*^ St. Eva. 8:30. 
m^^mutM-^^j^-^ Mats. Thurs. & Sat. 2:50. 

' OAVIO BELASCq Pr«tMt» 

LENORE ULRIC 

^s KIKI 

A N«« rh»ra<'tet •«tU(1» b> ANrUtS PICaRU 

I YmiM *^'<'*< <'>'*> St- «!"• «t 8:30. 

fc.ll/tUlfi Mat». Tluir«. and Sal.. 2:30. 

DAVID BEl.ASrO Presents 

FRANCES STARR 

in "SHORE LEAVE" 

New Amsterdam Theatre — W. 42d Street 

tveiiiiiim 8:1',. rort I-.Ml M.VT. WED.NHSDAT. 
JIKCULAU M.WTIXKK S.\Tl"^lDAY. 

EXTRA MATINEE THURSDAY 

A National Institution 

Ziegfeld 



Johnson and Godfrey 

Formerly Johnson and Dean. , ., r' Tha Black Caruso. 

PANTOMIMIC FISHINO NOVELTY 

Direction: HARRY J. FITZGERALD 



OSWALD 




JIM 



MAUDE 



HARD SHOE TOE DANCERS 

Now FUylnv (Nov. SO-Dec. S) Keith's. Jersey Citr 
Direction TOMMY CITRRAN. JA8. K. PfA'NKETT OFriCB 



in all . At least 12 are not playdblc. 
Of the 24 that have been presented 
in England on and off, several would 
Yiot be entertained on American 
stages, where about one-third of 
the entire Shakespearean repertoire 
is employed. 

The Shakespearean tide places in 
an ' unusual position Winthrop 
Ames* forthcoming ^rama called 
"Will \Shakespeare." written by 
Clemence Dane. Whether this piece 
will be affected for loss or profit 
will be an interesting development. 
Managerial opinion' of the Shake- 
spearean shower is "All's well that 
ends well." 



BULS NEXT WEEK 



(Continued from Page 21) 

2ae«n & Harrlgan 
Great Howard 
(One to nil) 



C & T Harvey 

Zd half 
Roshler & Muffs 



FANTAGES CIRCUIT 



TIMES SQUARE ^.;i^r 

MATa THURS. A SAT. 2:30. 

"THE FOOL** 

CHANNING POLLOCK'S 
New P%y Produced by the Selwyna 



VtM44tK5T On\f30 
MAr3.M0. »• VKT MO 



Knickerbocker J",V3lt"S: 

Kves. 8:15. Mats. Wednesday * .Saturday. 
"A Rsal Bluebleotf Among Shows."— Tribune. 
A L. ERLANGER'S 1- KDDITCTIO.N, 

The YANKEE 
PRINCESS 



THEATRE 

124 W. 43d St. 



IfENRY MILLER'S 

Evs. 8:20. Mat.s. Thurs. & Sat.. 2:;0. 

INA CLAIRE 

J^n CO.. Including BRl'CE MeRAE !n 

AI\TnUU RICHMANS New Comedy. 

The Awful Truth 



THEATRE, 

WE.ST 42.1 .STREET. 
Evs. 8:30. Mats. Wed. & .Sat. 



ELTINGE 



A. H. WOODS Presents 

FLORENCE REEll 



in 



"EAST OF SUEZ" 

By W . .SO.MEHSKT MAlMillA.M 

-^rTo 1 1 N CiOIDEN MUESSFS 




BETTER TIMES 

AT THE 

HIPPODROME 

ma.\a<;emkxt-ciiai:i.E9 dillingdam 

greatest spectacle ever 
staged at the hippodrome 

MAT. DAILY, 2:15; EVES., 8:15 



MINNEAPOLIS 

rant ayes 

nelty Lou Hart 
•Storey & Clark 
Noodles Pagan 
Josie Heather Co 
Palo * Palet 
Kate & Wiley 

ST. PALL 

Pantajrea 

Rlnaldo Dros 
PiiTce & Goff 
L Burkhart Co 
Kitner &. Reaney 
Thalero's Circus 
(One to All) 

WINNIPEG 

Panta«e» 

Bobby Lehman 
Ward & Dooley 
Barnes & Hamilton 
Norton Melnolte 
Jack Qoldle 
Seven Algerians 

REGINA, CAN. 

Ptfntaves 

(4-6) 
(Same bill plays 

Saskatoon 7-9) 
The Gladiators 
Wilson A Addle 
Ei Cota 

MaoFarland Sis 
Walter Brower 
Choy Ling Foo 

TmTel 

(Open week) 
Nelson's Catland 
Dave Thursby 
Jan Rublnl 
Western ft Bllne 
Bits of Pieces 

SPOK^W 

Pantaires 

Penman & Lillian 



I 



Exposition Four 
H & J Chase 
Rowland & Meehan 
Cheyenne Days • 

SEATTLE 

Pantaires 

Arnold & Florence 
Ryan & Ryan 
Jewell & Rita 
Haverman's Lions 
••Miss Nobody"' 
Harry Tlghe 

V.ANCOUVER B C 

PnntaKes 

T^eaoh Wh-xllen S 
Kaufman fii Lillian 
Chernyoff 
Morgan & Gray 
C Cunningham 
Dyron Bros 

TACOM.A 

Pantages 
Alex B A Evelyn 
Maude Earle 
Ridiculous Ricco 
Britt Wood 
Blake's Mules 
Fashion Plate Rev 

PORTLAND. ORE. 
Pantagea . 

Weldonas 
Buddy Walker 
Chisholm & Breen 
Bronsen & Renee 
Great Blackstone 

Travel 

(Open week) 
Lillian's Dogs 
Tollman Revue 
Great Maurice 
Bensee &. Balrd 
Little Pippifax 
Charbot A Toronl 
SAN FRANCISCO 

Fantavea 
Three AvoUoa 



Han'n & B'tson Sis 
Three LeGrohs 
DeMlchelle Bros 
Four Ortons 
Farrell A Hatcn 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

Pnntajres 
Daly Mac A D 
Tuck A Clare 
Kennedy A Rooney 
RIggoletto Bros 
Joe Bernard Co 

LOS ANGELES 

PantaireN 

J * E Mlfrhell 
Mills A Miller 
easier A Beasley 2 
Rising Genrratlon 
.Sossman A Sloan 
Prosper A Mrrrltt 

SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

Pnntnges 

Pelma Brnntz 
Bricrre A King 
Klutlnir's Animals 
Sidney S Stvne 
Kallyama ' 
Kirksmith Sisters 

L'O BEACH. CAL. 

Pantnges 

Burt Shepherd 
Farpo * Richard 
Alexander 
Yokes A Don 
Clifford Wayne Co 

SALT LAKE 

Pantaffe* <7-9) 

Billy Kelly Rev 
Abbott A White 
Weld«*r«on 81s 
Five ProBtons 
5 Lameys 

OGDEN, LTAH 

Pantages 

Floret tc A JeofCrle 
"Fate" 



Rives A Arnold 
Kitamura Japs 
Lillian Ruby 
Reck A Stone 
Jack Dempsey 

DENVER 

Pnntufes 
Carson A Kane 
Ooetx A Duffy 
Larry Harklns 
Robinson * Pierce 
I.>ardo A Archer 
Golden Bird 

COLORADO SP'GS. 

Pantages (4-0) 

(Same bill plays 

Pueblo 7-9 > 
Ross Wyse Co 
"Stepping Some" 
George I^shay 
Jean & Valdare 
Ross A Edwards . 
Billy Swede Hall 

OMAHA. NEB. 
Panfasea 

Four Roses 
Dorothy Lewis 
Davis A McCoy 
"In Chinatown" 
Marlctte Manikins 

l^ANSAS CITT 
Pantages 

Wilfrid DOBols 
Marion Clalro 
"Night Boat" 
Page Hack A M 
Fein A Tennyson 
Harry Hines 

MEMPHIS 

Pantag«e 

Conn A Hart 
Phil LaTosca 
Ted Schwab 
"Telephone Tangle" 
Robyn Adair 
Leonard & Wlllard 



INTERSTATE CIRCUIT 



DALLAS, TEX. 

Mnjestio 

Al Stryk* r 
Walters A Qoold 
Harriet Rempel Co 
Carlisle A LaMal 
Ellda Morris 
"The Storm* 

FT. SMITH. ARK. 

MaJeKtIe 

Browne Sisters 
Herbert Brooks 
Kane & Herman 
Ranisdells A Deyo 
(One to fill) 

FT. WORTH, TEX. 

< Majestic 

Mankin 

Erne Burton Co . 
Grace Huff Co 
Diamond A Brcn'n 
Jack Benny 
Mabel Ford Co 

IIOISTON, TEX. 

Majestic 
Sankus A Sylvers 
Rudrll & DuniRan 



Prinrers W'ahletka 
Mildred Harris Co 
Clara Howard 
Minstrel Mc^archs 

UTTLE ROCK 

Majestic 

Browne' .^'istsrs 
Herbert Brooks 
Edith Taliaferro 
Kane A Herman 
Ramsdells A Deyo 

2d half 
•Ti A B Dreyer 
"Show Off ' 
Melville A Rule 
Clinton Sisters 
(One to All) 

OKLAHOMA CITT 

Majestic 

(TulSH split) 
1st half 
Catherinf Sln<?lalr 
Harry I<angdon Co 
Norris Follies 
(Two to fill) 

iAN ANTONIO 
Majestic 

BAH .viuit< II 



AMERICA'S FOREMOST THEATRES MNO HITS. DIRECTION OF LEE AND J. J. tHUBERT 



1 mCDTV THE.%TRE, W. 42d St. 
LltStLK i Y ^^j, ^ved A Fat 

"Best American Musical Play 
in the Whole Wide World" 

GEORGE M. COHAN'S COMEDIANS 

in tlie Ncnv Song and Dance Show 

"LinLE NELUE KEMY" 



"™ COHAN 



Thes.. n'way at 42(1 St. 
Mats. Wed. and .'^at. 



THE LOVE CHILD 



Ily HENRY BATAILLE 

Aflnpted for the American Stage 

Ily MARTIN IIROWN 

nith a Notahle Company, Including 

SIDNEY ItLACK.MER 

JANI-rr IlEKtllKR 

LEE II.VULR 



-GREATEST MLSICAL HIT OF A^ES- 

"BLOSSOM liE" 

Second Triumphant Year 

CENTURY THEA. 



Rve^. 8:30. 



fttd Street and 
Cent. Park West 

Matinees Wed. and Sat. 



yfO#lk C# Thea., W. of Rway. Evs. S: 30. 
t^in JK, >lat.t. Wed. and Sat.. 2:30. 

SrPER MYSTERY PLAY 

WHISPERING 
WIRES 

—HAS THE TOWN TALKING— 



SHUBERT 

Eves. 8:30. 



THEATRE. 44th Street, 

— West of Ilrotdwaj — 

Mats. Wed. and Sat. 



Greenwich Village Follies 

Fourth Annual Production 



Madge KENNEDY 
in SPITE CORNER 
By Frank CRAVEN 

I ITTI C ^VeM 4llh Street. 

1^1 1 1 I...I:* K;enlngs at »:31. 

— Matinees Wedne«id«y and Saturday — 



HEAVEN 



BOOTH 



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«,•!!>,. *i\ -1 '1»%?fr*^p,* < Se* ( ' >\- i • *,4f •• .-i>J,;*>t .t a< 



West 4.->tli Street. 
L\enings at H:SU. 
— Matinees We<lneiMlay and ysatarda> — 

iw ■■ ' 



MARION MVIES 

KNIGHTHOOD 

WAS IN FLOWER 

&a(.. hun. aud llelMajs, t:li, ft:U * •.^ 



^FNTP AI THEA.. 47th A Bway. 
!.■-**" * IV/^JU Twire Dili* 2 ir, DiKl 8 1.', 

^SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 

Week Bcjflnninjf MONDAY MAT., Dec. 4 

FOUR MARX BROS. 

T'h^.r "20th CENTURY REVUE" 

Kranz & White — Olga and Mishka 

NOVKI.LI BROS, — MARIE RONHI. 
.Meka htaniford — ■ Royul RuNMian Itallet 

AMBASSADUR Bway! Evenings 8:25 

M.itincf.i Wednesday and .Saturday. 

The International Masical Snecess 

THE LADY IN ERMINE 

WITJI 
WILDA BENNETT * WALTER WOOLF 

and a Pre-elnlncnt Cast 

F. RAY C0M8T0CK asd MORRIS GE8T Pr«««at 

"""• Balieff's. """" 



WOODSIDE 
KENNELS 

WOODSU)E 
LL 



MTKE- "■ ^ANDV 

NAIO and RIZZO 

Presents , 

A MUSICAL BREEZE 
Direction JESS FREEMAN 



BLANCHE SHERWOOD 



AND 



BROTHER 



In AVIATINO ANTICS v 

Dirertiont MARTY FOBKINg 



ii>RAN'k 



"HWX 



Flanders A Butler 
Harry Breen 
Btaeila Terry Co 
Harry Jolson Co 
Industrial Band 

TUI^A. ORLA. 
Majestic 

(Okla. City split) 

Ist half 
Dallas Walker 
AI Tuciter 
W Kishter Co 
Van & Bell 



Babb V«rrol> 'A ■ 

WICHITA. KAK. 

Orphenm 

Pritzl Srhett 
Alexandria 
Maker A Bedford 
(Two to All) 

2d half 

Five Patrowera "' 
Bob Murphy 
Ruloff A Elton 
(Two to nil) 



MONTH 



EDITION 



Chauve Souiis 

BAT THEATRE From MOSCOW— Direct Tfm 
LONDON-PARIS. NEW PROGRAM 

CENTURY ROOF gr a c p w^ 

Ev»«» 8:30. Mate. Tu' j«. nml S»f , 2.30. 

f^AQINO ^'"' * «r^n'l'^«y '-T""- « 2.'.. 
^•'f^'J^^^yJ Malinccs Wod. and .Sat. 

Musical Comedv Senftation 

SAUY, IRENE and MARY 

— WITH- 

Eddie. Bowling an4 a Qreat Cfif) 



.^v 



JA^K and JEiBSIE 

GIBSON 

OKPHEUM CIRCUIT 

Direction JACK GARDNER 



BACON and FONTAINE 

World'i Greatest Dancing Sliatert 

NpW FEATVBVO 

mOERSOIX PIER BALLROOX 

DETROIT^ MICH. 
JIM a nd~QLA'OY 8 

Guilfoyle 

Direction BILLY JACKSON 



John Keefe 

"SPITE CORNER" , 

LITTLE THEATRKj^BW TOBK CrTT 

CARLTON EMMY 

AND 

HIS MAD WAGS 

DOOKED SOLID— ORPHEUM CIS. 

Direction: BURT CORTELYOU 



The Jack Edwards mentioned Iff 
Variety last week as no longer con- 
nected with the paper is not tba 
Jack Edwards known as a theatrical 
manager and publicity man. 



Fred TaylOT, who has manas«d 
the Acad<emy, Newburgh, N. Y., baa 
retired, leaainpr the house to Cole- 
man Bros. & Winnigraf, who oper- 
ate the Lafayette, New York, for 
ten years. The house will play six 
acts on a split week, beginning last 
half of last week. 

The annual bazaar ror the Stag* 
Children's Fund will take place at 
the Hotel McAlpin. Dec. 1-2. Mrs. 
John II. Van Tine Is chairman and 
Mrs. Sol Schwartz, vice chairman. 
Dolls have been donated by stags 
and screen stars. , ^ 



fols BROADWAY 4' 



at 



St. 



B. F. KEITH VAUDEVILLE 

"KENTUCKY DERBY" 

with REGFNALD DEN NT 



s 



MARK 



XRAN 



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IlroailMay ft 47(h St. 

• A NATIONAI^ INSTITUTION" 
Direction JoM'itli PlnnkeiS 

"LORNA DOONE" 

with MADGE HKLLAMY 

— FOKINE HAI.LKT— 

STRAND NVlHPIiONV ORCHESTRA 

CARL EDUWARD«y...,.,*.-.«.'»(lMOto« • 



aumCT ADAMS SAWYER 

i Baltimore. Nov. 2». 

▲t tho Now theatre. Baltimore, week be- 
fflanlnir Nov. 27. world premiere coincident 
wKh ahawlnc lo WaHhIntrton. D. C. Metro 
picture* (\*rporati<in piuducon, with Clar- 
ence U. KadKor aa director. 

Quincy Adams Sawyer John Bowera 

Alice rettenRlU Blanche Sweet 

Obadlah Htrout Lon Chaney 

Iitndy rutnara,. Barltnra I>h Marr 

Abner Ntilea Ulreio L.lncx>ln 

Mandy .Skinner l^ulnt Kaaont'.a 

Kathanlel Sawyer Juaeph Dowlinc 

Hn. Putnam Claire McDowell 

Deacon PettencUl Udward Connelly 

Betay Ann Ilosa June Elvldge 

KIram Maxwell Victor Po<el 

daman thy « Oall Henry 

B<^n Uatea Hank Mann 

Mrs. Sawyer Kale I..eater 

Bod Wood Billy Franey 

Oobby Twins. ..Taylor Oraves, Harry Depp 

An excellent picture of Its kind, 
with the "homey" atmosphere ac- 
centuated. But In the long run the 
thing: which marks its from the rest 
la that It contains more hoKum than 
•very other picture j^rodi.ced this 



And yet. with all its hoke and Its 
palpably theatric devices. It is en- 
tertaininff and at times thrilling. It 
1« the type of picture a critic could 
pick to death, yet nlne-tentha of the 
population of this land will And it 
Tastly amusinf. . 

The story la true and neems de- 
Tlsed merely to show off the phys- 
ical powers of John Bowers and 
Elmo Iflncoln and to give oppor- 
tunities to aling the rural comedy 
on thick. 

Qulncy Adams Sawyer In a young: 
Boston lawyer, one of the rising 
type, who is induced to come to 
Mason's Corner. Maas.. in order to 
assist Deacon Pettinglll in the 
flettllng of an estate. The estate 
Is that of Mr. Putnam, who left 
behind him a widow of the u^ual 
type and a vamplsh daughter. Llndy 
Putnam, who la played by the rather 
Toluptuous Barbara I^a Marr. Lindy 
la beloved by Obadiah Strout. a 
' local attorney, who is doing his be^t 
to win Llndy. but on the side he 
haa been annexing a considerable 
portion of the Putnam estate to his 
own excheqiier. Strout and Abner 
Btiles. the village blacksmith, who 
•Ings bass and wields a hefty sledge, 
resent the presence of the young 
lawyer, especially since Llndy has 
taken great pains to win him for 
herself. 

Rumors reach Sawyer's ears the 
ffoaslps of the town resent his 
boarding at the Putnam home, so 
he moves over to the residence of 
Deacon Pettinglll. There is the 
deacon's blind niece. Alice, who by 
chance he had met In Boston. Her 
memory lingered with him and his 
memory stuck to her. So the ro- 
mance starts, the plot curdles and 
the dirty work begins, and It's thick 
and fast. 

First it is a street flprht which 
Abner starts with Sawyer as he Is 
out riding with the blind girl. The 
whole village turns out and sees the 
lawyer give the blacksmith a sound 
trouncing. But the crafty Strout 
coaxes Lindy and Stiles into a plot 
to rid themselves of the lawyer and 
Alice. The plan is to cut the cables 
on the ferryboat which swings 
across the river, which is one of 
the rivers with rapids, falls and 
thrills. The plan works, Alice. 
howeVer. is on the boat alone, and 
the thrills In the play come when 
Sawyer ridea like mad down the 
bank of the river, Jumps fences on 
his horse, and finally falls into the 
river from a precipice which gives 
way under the weight of the horse. 
Then he awlms to the boat and 
re.scuea the girl jupt in time to pre- 
vent them from being swept over 
the falls, and, as he tells her he 
loves her, they clinch. 

Blanche Sweet m.akes her repu- 
tation all over again as the blind 
girl, and John Bowers adds to the 
lustre he gained In "Lorna Doone." 
Ix)n Chancy and Elmo Lincoln do 
i:ood work OS the villains. 

But It seems that the good work 
of nearly everyone in the oa.st, which 
la aa near all-star a.s one can as- 
semble, la overshadowed by the 
fearful hokum purveyed in the 
story. 8iak. 



Harold Lloyd returned to the coast 
last week. The screen comedian 
did not close anything in New York 
that would tend to chanjre his pres- 
ent distributing connection, but it 
la quite pdssible that a chan^o will 
be made in the very near future. 



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THIRTY DAYS 

Newark, Nov. 29. 

Paramount prdduction presented by JesM 
lM.t:ky and etarrlna Wallace Reld. Scenario 
by Walter Wooda from the play br A. K. 
Thomaa and Clayton Hamilton Directed 
by Jazn<>s Cni«e. Flv reels. At Loew'a 
aute, Newark, Nov. p. 

John Lloyd Wallace RHd 

I.ury I^edyard Wanda Hawley 

Huntley Palmer Cyril Chadwlck 

Ju(l»e Hooker Charles Ok\h 

(Jlaoomo PolenU Herahnll May.'ll 

Roaa Polenta Carmen I'hllllpa 

Mra. L^dyara Helen Dunbar 



Mjtroel 



■••••teeeeeee* 
ieee»«*a«««*e«*eee«9«e 



.Kalla Pasha 



By some unexplained freak of for- 
tune Loew's State, Newark, secured 
this picture for what is apparently a 
world premiere. It ia merely a pro- 
gram picture of average merit. If 
Wallace Reid is aatiafled to continue 
in picturea of thia type he will soon 
Join the atara of yaateryear. Not 
that hla acting ia bad. but he aeems 
to think it autflcient in mmie scenes 
if he merely makea a "pefaonai ap- 
pearance." I>cspite a few typical 
Reid touches moat of hia work 
Is commonplace, and mediocrity 
neither makea nor maintains a star. 
Furthermore, he aeems at times to 
think he Is Harold Lloyd. 

The atory itsetf ia an ami.slng 
conception, but utterly misses fire 
In the telling. John Lloyd is 
suspected by hia sweetheart, Lucy 
Ledyard, of being too ausceptible to 
the charms of her sex. She finally 
agrees to marry him if he keeps 
free from entanglements for 30 
days. Hla engagement greatly dia- 
appolnts hui solemn rival. Huntley 
Palmer, but the latter, encouraged a 
bit by Lucy, atays around waiting 
for Lloyd to fall. While doing wel- 
fare work with Lucy. Lloyd is 
found In a compromising attlttrde 
with Rosa Polenta by her husband, 
the leader of a secret Italian order. 
The rest of the picture is taken up 
with Lloyd's attempts to escape the 
vengeance of the Italian. The com- 
pllcatlona that ensue ahould be 
amusing, but generally fail to 
arouse more than mild Interest. One 
exception is a genuinely comic 
scene in which Palmer, Judge 
Hooker and Lloyd await the arrival 
of Polenta, who has run amuck 
with a carving knife. Their fear 
and their attempts to gauge the size 
of the knife are admirably ex- 
pressed. In an effort to save Lloyd 
the Judge sentencea him to 30 days 
In jail, where he will be secure, as 
his pursuer sails to Italy before the 
end of that time. But Polenta meets 
him in jail and when Lloyd is re- 
leased ahe follows him home. 

Tho climax, though an essen- 
tially clever conception, is spoiled 
by as crude a piece of business as 
ever disgraced a serial. Lloyd, with 
the help of two ex-prisoners, en- 
traps and binds what he supposes 
Is the Italian (but who turns out to 
be the Judge) dismisses the prison- 
ers and while he is telephoning In 
triumph. Polenta steals upon him 
with a atlletto. Just as he Is about 
to strike he ia stopped by Lucy 
with a gun. She appears from no- 
where without rime or reason; ap- 
parently the author was stuck but 
had to save hia hero. 

Reid'a support In general Is ex- 
cellent. Cyril Chadwlck walks off 
with first honors, closely followed by 
Charles Ogle and Hershell Mayetl. 
As the warden, Kalla Pasha hardly 
equaled hla work in "The Dictator." 
Wanda Hawley had no chance to act 
and carefully avoided taking any. 

The titles are mediocre, the pro- 
duction adequate and the photog- 
raphy generally good. Tho direction 
Is uneven. Several gags quite 
extraneous to the real plot are In- 
troduced to little point. Even the 
old story of the drunk giving up his 
seat In an empty car to a lady 
makes Its appearance. 

A capacity audience Monday night 
manifested but mild Interest In the 
picture. Austin. 



PICTURES 



out of thla rich material It dooa 
aeem the incidents that have been 
picked are petty. Certainly they are 
inadequate for a featura length 
picture. 

The beat they have been able to 
do la to elaborate 'a mildly amusing 
short atory into a five-reel picture 
with aome moments of bright hu- 
man comedy spaced out by long 
perloda of dullness. The beat of 
the film ia the character work of 
Rosa Roaanova, whose Jewish im- 
migrant mother is a companion 
piece of acting to Vera Gordon's 
creation In "Humoreaque." Thla ia 
a line bit of authentic a?ting by a 
gifted acreen player, done with 
splendid subtleties of meaning. But 
it atanda alona There are a few 
telling character bits of Qhettd 
types, chief among them by Otto 
Lederer and A. Budln. It was a 
grave error to caat Bryant Wash- 
burn aa the young lover. Here waa 
a play of foreign flavor, and they 
chose for Its romantic foreground 
an actor who Is familiar to all fan- 
dom aa a smart modern hero, en- 
tirely out of the atmosphere of the 
story and production. Helen Fergu- 
son was much better. She looked the 
part and played it sympathetically. 

Abraham is tne impractical 
scholar and teacher of ancient 
learning In his Rusalan village. The 
Copsa'^ks break up his little achooC 
and the wise and efficient Sara, 
mother of the brood, schemes to get 
to America, the land of promise. 
Bv manifold privations they reach 
New York — the steerage aceno aa 
tho ship passes the Statue of Lib- 
erty ia a touching episode. But !■ 
this new land there are more 
troubles. The East Side tenement 
with its grime is a aore trial to 
Sara'a soul. By pinching ahe man- 



Friday, December 1, 1922 



agea to finance a revel In white 
paint to give it "beautifulneaa," to 
do honor to the engagement of the 
daughter and David, nephew of the 
graaping landlord, Roaenblatt. 

Thia Roaenblatt ia an alien who 
haa proapered and he oppoaea vio- 
lently the alliance of hia nephew 
with theae "nobodiea." To break up 
the betrothal he impoaea |10 more 
rent on Sara for her "painted up" 
kitchen and here comea the explo- 
aion. Sara goes insane at the in- 
justice and wrecks the kitchen with 
a cleaver. For thla she is hailed to 
the police court, but ao sincere la 
her appeal to American juatlce that 
the case is dismissed, the wicked 
landlord ia punished and "Justice 
for the poor ia vindicated in thia 
new America." The final acene has 
Sara inatalled in the country home 
of David and Sara, where ahe can 
revel in white pa^int, and the flowera 
In the garden are so beautfful "it 
looka almoat like a cemetery. The 
title la cloae in name to the U.'a 
"Human Hearta." Ruth. 



THELMA 

Chester Benaett Production releaae4 by 
the P. B. O. Adapted from the Marie 
Coreltl Bovel ty Tboa. Dixon. Jr. Directed 
by Cbaater Bennett. 81k reels. Shown at 
L<oew'a Btatt three days, Mov. 2T. 

lal* IfllA •e«eeeae«e*«aeeea*«** •••«! AuQ W©»HC 

Britta Barbam Tennant 

Lovlaaa €k>rdon If alien 

Olaf Beft Sprotte 

Philip Yernnn Steele 

Oorlmar . .' Peter Burke 

fllrard Jack Rollena 

Dyceworthy . . Harry Clark 

liady Clara '. Jaae RividK* 

Leonex .» W»davwood Noirell 

Chester Bennett haa turned out a 
rather fair feature, but his manner 
of handling tho Marie Corelli tale 
is a little slow aa to tempo and 



therefore rather tiring before it fin- 
iahea. Otherwiae It la a picture good 
enough to play the better part of 
the aplit week houses, especially 
where there ia a double featuro 
policy or vaudeville aa an added 
attraction. It ia aure fire for tho 
daily change houses along the line. 

The cast has sufficient in names 
to make It worth while from an ad- 
vertising atandpolnt. eapecially if 
the exhibitor carea to pound on tho 
Mra. WilUam Hart angle. That 
might bring a little money along 
for the houae. But Barbara Ten- 
nant and June Elvldge are also 
among the women, which makea for 
a flaah. 

The atory ia a tale of London and 
Norway, with the aociety element in 
it to a certain extent Sir Philip, 
being turned down by a girl, starts 
on a yachting cruise and meets tho 
daughter of a direct descendant of 
the Vlkinga of old, marries her and 
returns to London. Here the trouble 
makers atart to get buav. They lead 
his wife to believe Sir Philip la a 
trlfler. She returns to her home, to 
bo followed by the husband, who 
eflfecta a reconciliation, proving his 
innocence. 

There Is aome picturesque camera 
atuflf shot outdoors and some very 
clever lightings. A couple of brief 
thrills, but they do not linger in the 
memory. Fred, 



Jean Haves is to turn producer. 
In Los Angeles it ia reported he ia 
to be at the head of a company that 
ia to do with two- reel comedies for 
the Metro. Havez has for a long 
time been the top of the screen 
writera of comedy known as "gag 
men." and has been easily the hlgh- 
eat priced of those men on the coast. 



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DETROIT, MICH. 



HUNGRY HEARTS 

Goldwyn comedy -drama made from the 
novpl by Anzla Yezlor«ka. Titles wrlttt-n 
by Montaffue QUn of "Potash and Perl- 
mutter" fame. Directed by B. Mason 
lIot»per. Featured players Uryant Wash- 
burn, Hflen FerKu-oon and Rosu Rosanova. 
At the Capitol. Nov. 26. 

THE CAST 

David Urjrant Wnnhbtirn 

S.ira Helen Ffrifuaon 

Abraham K. A. Warren 

Hannnh Hc/ha Rosmova 

lioaonblatt QeorKo Slegmunn 

(Jpdalyuh MIndel Otto Leileror 

Mishel MIndel Millie Schottland 

Cossark Bert Sprotte 

Snr kin A. Mud In 

Judge Bdwln B. TUtun 

"Hungry Hearts" among other 
things demonstrates that five reels 
la pretty broart territory on whl^h 
to spread a thin human inieroHt 
Btory. Thla sentimental roconl of 
an ImmlRrant Jewish family from 
Hu.s.sia in their adventures in Amer- 
ica has many touchini? passage!) and 
a wealth of sympathetic character 
sketching. It has an authentic touch 
and a lot of flne, gentle humor, but 
It is entirely devoid ofdiamatic 
action and one i.s constrained to fear 
that it.s appeal will be limited. 

It's a pity, too, that the produc- 
tion could not have been converted 
into a more compelling drama, for 
it has the elements of a novelty in 
tiiat It gets away from the time- 
worn screen topics and the familiar 
character types and it de.il.s with 
some recognizable and very human 
people. 

Here's a big subject — the theme 
of the Americanization of an alien 
family delivered rawr in New York 
Crom the oppresulon of Uussia. LSui 




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WITH 



BEBE DANIELS 

and CONRAD NAGEL 

From the Slor\f b\f Kaiher'me Neiiflin Burt — Adapted h\f Edfrid A. Bingham 






A moftt unusual picture. Well worth seeing." 

; — ^. Y, Telegraph 

"Adds considerably to Stanlaws' reputation." 

— N. Y, Evening World 



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Friday, December 1, 1928 



PICTURES 




SINGED WINGS 

^rftinoant« preaentM by Adolph Kukor. 

■Urrlnc Bebe D&nlela and Conrad Nagel. 

«et«d by PMiryn BUnlawa. Btory by 

therlne N«wlln Bart, adapted by Edflrd 
A Btngham. Fiva ra«l», ibown at tha 
Sivoli N. T., weak Nov. M. 

feonlU della Querda Hebe Danleli 

Peter (lordon.i Conrad NaMi 

B IM tlordon Adoluha* Menjou 

Don Joae delta Guerda Robrrt Drawer 

jC|,i|io Brneat Torrance 

Bva Gordon Mabel Trunelle 

% This production appears to be 
% real novelty in screen entertain- 
iront. It Isn't a picture, however, 
that will break box oltlco records, 
tout it will attract a nice even busi- 
ness and please. It is especially 
suited for children's matinees dur- 
ing the coming holiday period. 
From the latter, however, it mustn't 
be Judged a kid picture, because it 
Un't. It is simply a corking story 
w.'Lh a short costume prolog ns part 
of a dream of the heroine. The co- 



acpc 



phony. Any audience would feel 
imposed upon by the patent hoax. 

The ethics of the play are all 
wrong, anyway. The heroine is an 
intensified Becky Bharpe without 
any of the graces or wit of the 
Thackeray heroine. She spends half 
her life in the play in making other 
people miserable and then the rest 
of her fruitless existence in achiev- 
ing her own happiness. To be sure 
she regrets some of her misdeeds 
mildly, but it doesnt bring her any 
special unhuppiness, and ul ogether 
she presents a queer study in lit- 
erary moralities. The whole thing 
is just a makeshift and was never 
worth the doing eiUier on stage or 
screen, the reputation of Walter's 
for doing worthwhile th ngs to the 
contrary notwithstanding. 

Peggy is a parasitic daughter of 
luxury living in the home of her 
sister and wheedling her brother-in- 
law for cost y cloihea and Jewels. 
She takes advantage of the bus 



"th« revenuers** killed her father. 
The brothers' rival claims upon the 
girl are put to the crude mountain 



tfcular objects 
colorings. 

Which causes 



to accentuate 



'The Toll of the 



the I set of characten they disappear and 
a new set comes on. One episode 
starts and flnishes independently, 
and then the story takes a new bold 



code— if Tommy is to have the girl, gea" to be gauged as strictly a week- ^ ^ ^ , u ^. . «,««i-. 

he must be man enough to lick his I ly release plus what novelty tho- ^^^^ begins again. Here s a sample: 



elder brother, and this leads to one • coloring may contain, aided as it 
of the moHt disgusting exhibitions may be by advance publicity. There 
of violence the screen has ever are those who will continue to pre- 
shown. The boy is no match for /er the plain black and white, for, 
the stronger brother, and is pounded 1 with a good strong tale, nothing 
to helplessness in a one-sided light more is required for the sheet, 
that makes the flesh of the spec- j But this picture will gather to 
tator crawl. I itself advocates among those who 



By the issue of this flght the 
girls fate la decided. She is to be 
forced to marry the elder brother 
at the next visit of the parson. 
Meanwhile the mother and Tommy 
strive for some escape. Money to 
get away from the mountains is 
Tommy's hopeless goal. The day t 



like the romantic, the drear of love, 
and may wish to engulf themselves 



Robeft Is a college student. He 
marries secretly, fearing his father's 
wrath. HIa wife dies; her baby 
dies; the wife's sister gets some- 
body else's baby and schemes to 
blackmail Robert. All this Is set 
forth in two scenes and three titles. 
Then they wa.ste 100 feet or more 
In picturing the agonies of con« 
science that the blackmailing sister 



with hatred for Allen Carver, that 1 suffers for her crimes. And the Jest 



American who could not but be 
hated in his despicable role, and was 
played In a matter-of-fact way by 
Kenneth Harlan. 
As a matter of record, on the Rial- 



starring of Bebe Daniels and Con-, . »- -- — 

rad Nagel should have some box- ! ^and s feeling that he is neglected 
or" -0 value. j ^y J»'S wi.e, who is preoccupied by 

Tiie story is of the granddaugh- ' J)^'; ";J?^^''^ ""^^\- ^**^" ^« ^''® 
ter of a famou.s old Spanish grandee ^"^^^ ^^^' "^^^P.y has a v.ardrobe full 



whose family was once a power in 
Californ.a. The girl s grandfather 
and she are the sole surviving mem- 
bers. They are in poverty and the 
f irl is dancing in a water front cafe 
in San Francisco. She has at- 
,tracted the attention of a society I 



of expensive clothes paid for by tlie 
huiband, and learns from a scandal 
society paper the two are seen In 
company sufTl .rntly to cause gos- 
sip, she taxes husband with being 
In love and goes off to Reno, 



^„ _. _ ^ , The husband insists upon marry- 

manrwhVtrles to wln^her for his *"« ''es?y when his w.fe wins her 
ini3trtK.>4. j decree, but Pe-gy turns him off In 

■ At the opening is a dream m S^.^Th'^Viri??."-^^'' ^"^ richer man. 

which the girl is a princess and the n^^^^^^T.Jr ' ",7^'' •'"^P^^*"^ 

hero of the tale a devoted knight, ^^^'^'i^^'y^'^^^^^" ""s« «^Ph's 

They love, but she is elain by the ' ^L»j"^!^;^"^«-/Vben old man Dem- 

Jealous court Jester. Her grand- J^^^^ ^«'»~«-'«^^o support the young 

father informs her. when she tells f^^^' ^^eggy has no compunction in 

him of the dream, that that has been f'^'^'"*^ ^ ^^^^^ «/ $25,000 to discard 

the fate of the entire family, their Jri" ^!)l^fi"^^^I?f Vi.^^^ 'J^V^^ °f 
•nd is always foretold In visions of 
that naturi'. A half-witted clown 



before the expected arrival of the , to'a program this week is a short 
parson and the marriage the mother reel named "The Mirror." It gives 
In desperation steals away to a dis- ' the history of aviation from the days 
tant cabin where a revenue officer of 1908. when the Wrights. Curtiss, 
is located, and in return for $100 j Parman and Bleriot did theit^ mis- 



discloses the hiding place of the 
Tolllver moonshine still. The reve- 
nue men close in on the whiskey 
plant while the father and three 
sons are at work and a fine dra- 
matic battle is staged here, while 



fiionary work at the risk of their 
lives. It is set down plctorlally and 
statistically In a way to the present 
day. As an Interesting picture less 
than one-third the length of "The 
Toll of the Sea" (a misnomer in its 



who secured the position In the cafe 

ifor her is her protector frem the 

atventions of the rougher element 

and the society men who try to flirt 

jwlth her. Of all of the latter the 

;one who makes the greatest impres- 

;*lon is Bliss Gordon, played by 

^Adolf'h Je'.n Menjou. He makes it 

*ia corking heavy. Securing engage- 

^inents at social functions for the 

girl as part of his campaign, when 

his wife calls In her nephew, to asy 

sist her In breaking up the infat- 



his father. She takes the money 
and agrees to divorce him. being 
supported by her companion of 
many flirtations. Olga. her ma'd 
until they trod the pr mrose path 
together. The monev *ls paid, the 
agreement rigned and Peggy is on 
her way back to the carefree life of 
the cabaret lounger when she sud- 
denly reverses hers'f for no visible 
reason except that it made a better 
commercial movie. 

So she spends the last reel In 
bringing her f Ister and her divorced 
husband together again In a passage 



nation, the dancing girl recognises meant to be prettily sentimental, re 
him as the knight who appeared In turning to her owe Faphead hu-band 
her dreams. Although she loves i and receiving the blesslntrs of the 
him she bids him go. In fear he will jrlch father, who came In Ju.st In ti-ne 
mean her death. for the sugary fin>h with his benc- 

'^jrdon's wife In an effort to re- I <l;Ctlon. Apparently she lived a lif<» 
gain her husband's waning affection ' ^^ content thereafter. An old age of 
tal:ea up dancing, and at a social Poverty and toll would scarcely have 



the mother at the cabin is arranging i title, by the way). It Is vastly more 
for the departure of the girl and boy interesting to children or adults, 
for happiness beyond the mountains. But "The Tolf of the Sea" will do 

The fath<y: e.«i<'apes from the reve- , on the regular programs If too much 
nue men, and in a series of short \ is not looked for from It. fiime. 
scenes is shown hastening toward 
the cabin, working up suspense for 
a final clash, the previous action 
having disposed of the three 
brothers at the hands of the armed 
revenue men. The climax is not 
effective. The father reaches the 
cabin after the young people have 
departed, but Is prevented from in- 
terfering with them by the mother's 
threat to shoot. Husband and wife 
meet In a clash of wills after she 
confesses It was she who sold out 
to the revenue men. The only 
logical ending would be the death 
of either one, but the scenario 
writer's nerve must have deserted 
him at the last moment. He has 
the husband giving way and agree- 
ing that henceforth they shall live 
In mutual partnership. A hopelessly 
unconvincing ^c^ution and a feeble 
anti-climax. 

Emily Fitzroy's performance as 
the backwoodi mother is a remark- 
ably strong bit of dramatic acting. : 
Burr Mcintosh contributes fi:\owork \ 
as the father. The scenic features ' 
are excellent and the photography j 
first-rate, but the story almost pre- 
cludes any substantial record at the I 
box ofiSce. Rush. ! 



affair substitutes for the oanring 
girl. The half-crazed clown, believ- 
ing the glr] has fallen In love with 
Gordon, trails her to the affair. As 
she is finishing her dance he fires a 
shot through a window and appa- 
rently kills her. It was the wife of 
Gordon who was the victim. At the 
finish the girl and nephew are 
cl'nrhed for the final fadeout. 

The picture is well handled in di- 
rection, especla'ly the trick stuff In 
the dream episode, where Stanlaws 
has employed the fairies and 
witches as aids to his story, which 
part will please the children. 

Fred, 



been too severe a penalty for her 
acts of reel one to four, spmething 
li'e Becky Sha'-pe's. say. 

Even so fre'-h and dainty a young 
actress as Falre Binney can't save 
the character from vulgarity. An 
excellent cast of p!ayer8 Is wasted. 
' including Joseph Smker ss the 
I young husband. Huntley Cordon, 
J. Barney Sherry. Forence B ll'ngg 
and Temnler Saxe. Tho production 
was in the best style of the up-to- 
date studio and the photography 
first-class. Rush. 



ARE THE CHILDREN TO BLAME 

The moral values of this picture 
are perfect, but In all other particu- 
lars it is as bad a production as ever 
gets within walking distance of 
Times square. The story Is a crude 
transcript of "Silas Mamer," with 
such variations as making tho 
weaver a blacksmith named David 
something, placing the action In a 
nondescript place and in a time 
when people wore clothes of about 
KO') nnd rode in autos of about 1916 
model. 

The continuity is disordered, the 
story void and without form. As 
soon as one gets acquainted with a 



of it Is that these agonies don't lead 
anywhere unless It Is to the sage 
moral In a title copied in full and 
here preserved to posterity: "Un- 
easy In mind and heart is the wom- 
an who would deceive." The moral 
is plain — It Is all wrong to blackmail 
timid husbands, If you get the point. 

The acting and direction are on a 
par with the rest of the Junk. In 
one scene — It was where the 
blackmailing sister dies In the 
blacksmith's home, if a stunned and 
staggering memory serves — one of 
the characters starts to exit regis- 
tering sorrow. When he takes three 
steps he observes that his course is 
going to lead him between the hero, 
also In an appropriate attitude of 
dejection, and the camera. Bo he 
starts, retraces hla way and de- 
corously walks off behind the hero. 
The passage was worthy of Mack 
Sennett. 

The featured player is a child, "Bim 
Horman, who was poorly coached. 
Of course, the little one had a dog, 
but the chance was lost. It wasn*t 
a movie dog at all, Jnst a natural 
brlndle pup, and it was obviously 
unnerved by all the fuss and noise 
of a movie lot. The blackmailing 
sister threw it out of a window 
along about reel two and the pup's 
value was out (or the rest of the 
production. 

Joseph Marquis played Rol>ert, 
and besides resembling y^aliy Reid 
gave evidence of acting ability. 

V . HusK 



THE TOLL OF THE SEA 

Technicolor production, released throutrh 
M-tro. Story by Francea Marion. Chewier 
M. Franklin, director. Photocraiihlc direc- 
tion by J. A. Ball. At Rlalto. New York, 
we«k Nov. 28. 

Lotus Flower Anna May Wong 

Allen Carver Kenneth Harlan 

Barbara Carver Ccatrice Kcntley 



WHAT FOOLS MEN ARE! 



■. Production by Pyramid Pictures. Inc., 
from Kugene Walters' stage play, "The 
Fleppor," adapted by Peter Milne and di- 
rected by George Terwilllger. Fair Binney 
(uatured. Dintiibuted by American Releas- 
ing. At the Cameo, New York. Nov. 20. 
Peggy Kendricks Fa4re B.nney 



DRIVEN 

Feature length drama by Charles Brabln. 
Story by Alfred Raboch; aoenarlo by Mr. 
Urabin, who also directed. Principal parts 
by Charles Emmett Mack, Emily Fltzroy, 
Burr Mcintosh and BUnora Fair. Invitation 
•crsening Nov. 23. 



An admirable bit of dramatie stag- 

i-eggy KenuricK. raire B.nney ^"6 a"? «^'-^^" story te...nj,'. but tne 

Ralph Demarost Joseph Striker [ story is gloomy and depressing to 

Bartiey ciayboume Huntley Gordon ' an extreme degree. There are pow- 

Kate Claybourne Florence Billings , ©rful p i saqes Of alnio.sl iragic im- 

ilor*acef^mar;rt.\\\*:V;.: J.' Barney" tfher?^PO^^^ but the tragedy has a sordid 



'Dayard Thomas Tempter Saxe 

Btovc O'Mallcy liarry Clay lilaney 



Kugene Walter built up a play ol 



quality that leaves an ugly impres- 
sion. 

It deals with brutal people of the 
Tennessee mountains. creatures 



bitter pessimism and unadulterated J without a redeeming grace or a 



ugliness, and then the pollyanna 
movies took it up and suRar-coated 
it. The result Isn't satlsfwctory. 
"The Flapper" was a d sagreeable 
treatise on the selflsh, unscrupu'ous 
female of tho younijer generation. 
Walter's may have been a distorted 
view, but at least it was a real 
attitude and It went to a reasonably 
logical conclusion. 

The film version is nothing at all. 
The Indictment of the unprincipled 
younj? person of the feminine per- 
suasion is presented with painstak- 
ing care and in its exposition is con- 
vincing. Then tho play take»^ it all 
back and wc arc treated to a coun- 
terfe t "happy ending" that simply 
won't po down. 

Peggy wrecks a couple of homes 
as f\:o poos her self-lndugent way, 
and Is about to deliberate y wreck 
the life of the young man who mar- 
ries her, when she suddenly expe- 
riences a change of heart, and In a 
twinkllntr Ip as anpeMc as before she 
was vixenish. They took limitless 
care in btiildinp up the wlcl-ed char- 
art^'r, but tho paraxon was the make- 
shift task of one short .''cene and a 
couple of titles. The net result was 
the Llft!e Mi'S Hyde stuck nnd the 
Little Miss Jpkyll was dismissed as 



saving touch of humor or pic 
turesqueness, a sordid, dingy lot, 
whose ugly lives form the back- 
ground of the play, which has not 
an enlightening contrast. Violence 



It was chancing It to place a Chi- i 
nese "Butterfly" on the screen at < 
this date for that kind of tale wher- ' 
ever set. It hardly called for Miss 
Marlon to write it. Thousands of 
them must have been thrown in the 
basket ever since there were pic- 
tures. Though, colncldentally, "East : 
Is West" Is released about this time 
as well. 

The sad and tragic romance of i 
Mme. Butterfly passed through made 
It once, and enough. There are 
others sadder and more tragic near- I 
er home. Let the scenario writers 
open up their imaginations, If pos- 
sessing them, not to water the stock 
of others. 

Here it Is no different, other than 
In the locale, the nationality and a 
I baby boy, with the Chinese glrl-wlfe I 
rescuing her husband from the sea 
as he floated in at the opening of the 
picture, to win and lose him as he 
I forgflt his chink wife, the baby to 
I come and the sea. And she, after 
! vainly waiting, in Hong Kong, to j 
again have the husband and his lat- | 
est American wife return, to give 
him and the boy up for her, the 
American, and the Chinese girl, ) 
alone with her sea, walked Into it 



22 BigTime Pictures 

To start tlie New Year 

. :■■■■•„ •• ,-i. ...-'. 

First National has contracted for 23 of the biggest 
Box-Oftice attractions ever offered exhibitors, to be 
released the first period of 1923. Arrangements also 
are being made for other big features. Just look 
over this list: 



and blood and hate enter Into the i ^nd to her death, for the finish, 
tale as Its only motif, and the whole Someone recognized this storv 
thing makes an unlovely picture. | needed something else, even beyond 
Why Is it that dramatic realism . the extraordinarily fine playing of 
plays constantly upon the nasty side ^n^a May Wong, who is an exqul- 



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of life? It Is doubtful If this kind 
of material has any appeal for the 
picture fans. Indeed, it does not 
seem to prosper, especially beyond 
the limited audiences of the so- 
called "new theatre," and its possi- 
bilities for the screen are negligible. 
The picture Is well enough done, 
but the question is one of choice of 
material with which to address a 
special public, and Mr. Brabin is at 
fault in attempting to present a 
heavy, gloomy tragedy through the 
screen medium that lends Itself to 
romantlO treatment pretty exclu- 
sively. 

The story centers in the Tolllver 
family of moonshiners, a brutal 
father and three equally bruial. 
snarling, drunken sons, the quartet 

seemingly being In a conspiracy 

against a younger brother, favorite 

of tho brow-beaten, toil-worn . notlceatjle defect 

mother, a pathetic slave of poverty scheme. 

and wretchedness. A pretty little 

love affair develops between the 

boy Tommy and tho sweet daughter 

of the neighboring Hardin family, 

little Rose. The elder r.r\(\ wors: 

of tho three older brothers loolcs 

upon the child with eyes of desire 

wliilo the silent mother. vainly trie: 

to aid her favorite's Bu'.t. 

Rose's fa'her opposes tho older 

brother's surly courtship, and l.s 

shot down In the back In revenge 

while the daughter Is taken Into the 

Tolllver houiehold believing that 



site crier without glycerine, or Baby 
Moran, as darling a boy (if not a 
girl) as the screen owns. 

So it was a color process Techni- 
color gave to the filming that seemed 
to run quite short of the regulation . 
I five reels. Nothing In a moving pic. ' 
ture story can rise superior to the 
story. Coloring never will, never 
' has, and doesn't here. The coloring 
, runs without streaks, the camera 
catching the natural colors aparent- 
I ly, althoup^h what seemed something 
I of a freak in this process Is that the 
pallid color given to the complexion 
I of the Chinese extended to the faces 
' of the Americans as well. Perhaps 
I white cannot be taken by this cam- 
' era with Its pallid shade envelop- 
' Ing all faces, white being open to 
I question as a color or for coloring 
! In specific connection. But It was a 

In the colorinpT 



"THE DANGEROUS AGE" 
A John M. Stahl production ' 

RICHARD BARTHELMESS 
in "Fury" 

NORMA TALMADGE 
In "A Voice from the ^inaret" 

"WHAT A WIFE LEARNED" 
A Thomas H. Ince Special 

"BELL BOY 13" 

A Thomas H. Ince production 

with Dougius MacLean 



"A MAN OP ACTION" 

A Thomas H. Ince produ<?tlon 

with Douglna MacLean 



KATHERINE MacDONALD 
in "Money, Money, Moneys 

JACKIE COOOAN . 
in "Daddy" 

AN EDWIN CAREWB PRO- 
DUCTION 
Title to be announced later 



-SCARS OF JEALOUSY" 
A Thomaa H. Ince production 

KATHERINE MacDONALD 
in "The Lonely Road ' 



"THE SUNSHINE TRAIL" 

A Thomas H. Ince production 

with Douglas MacLean 

"THE GIRL FROM THE 

GOLDEN WEST" 

An Edwin Carewe production 

taken from the famous 

Belasco play 

KATHERINE MacDONALD 
in "The Scarlet Lily' 



"TRILBY" 
A Richard Walton Tully produc- 
tion 



"THE SIGN" 

A Laurence Trimble-Jane Murfln 

production 

(Not a Strongheart picture) 

"THE WHITE FRONTIER" 

An Allen Holubar production 

with Dorothy Phillipa 

RICHARD BARTHELMESS 

in "The Bright Shawl," Joseph 

Hergesheimer'a famous story 

NORMA TALMADGB 
in "Within the Law" 

"MONEY LOVB AND THE 
WOMAN" 

A John M. Stahl production 

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'THE ISLE OF DEAD SHIPS" 

A Maurice Tourneur production 

taken from Capt Marrlot's 

famous sea atory 



A JAMES YOUNG PRODUC- 
TION 
Title to be announced 



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Still, though, the natural colors or 
the coloring In this Torhnicolor 
prodttct if attractive, as it hrlngH out 
the foliage or strikes the colnrful 
dress of thp rhinosc. but, as with ail 
dovlres tried for in pictures as .s mf- 
thing now. other than story, direc- 
tion or HOttinRS, the newness bcromos 
part of the pirturo almost Imnudl- 
atoly, and thoroaftrr Is accepted, 
with the story remaining as the 
main thread or holding power, If 
there Is a story such as here, and 
not a display of flowers or some par- 



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PICTURES 



Friday, December 1, 1922 



RIALTO AND RIVOU EVEN, 
WHILE CAPITOL TOPS B1VAY 



o Paramount Houses Run Neck and Neck with 
$15J00 as Gross Last Wedc— 'Trifling Women'' 
Pulls $43,000— 'Tess" Drops on Second Week 



Broadway witnessed a peculiar in- 
•Ident last week when the two Para- 
mount houses, the Rialto and Riv- 
oil, ran practically neck and neck 
In the matter of gross receipts, there 
beiniT hardly 1100 difference in the 
business done at the two houses. It 
waa the Capitol, however, that 
walked off with the prize receipts of 
th« week« getting around 143,000 
with the Metro feature, "Trilling 
Women," after the Rex Ingram spe- 
cial had played a run at the Astor 
for four or five weeks. "Tess," in 
Its second week at the Strand, fell 
off somewhat in receipts but still 
turned a good week's business for 
the house. 

Of the specials there will be but 
three remaining after the current 
week. They are "Knighthood." at 
the Criterion, getting between $10,- 
000 and (11,000 each week; "Robin 
Hood," at the Lyric, touching $18,- 
000. and "The Town That Forgot 
God." the Fox special at the Astor, 
where the business has been build - 
Sng steadily. 

For a elngle week a contender for 
bonora will be the revival of "The 
Birth of a Nation." to slip into the 
Selwyn following "Partners Again." 
Griffith had the Apollo for his "One 
Bxciting Night," which also ends 
this Saturday to make room for a 
new Selwyn show. There was an 
additional week to run on the rental 
arrangement and the Selwyns pro- 
posed to let the picturfi producer 
have the Selwyn to continue, but he 
decided to place his initial master- 
piece on Broadway for a week in- 
stead. 

"The Village Blacksmith," which 
Pox had at the 44th Street, closed 
last Saturday, leaving the house 

• dark, with it understood Fox is con- 
tinuing to pay the rent for the 
period he had leased it. 

At the Cameo the American Re- 
leasing put in "What Fools Men 
Are" after having run "The Queen 
of the Moulin Rouge" and 'When 
the Desert Calls" for two weeks 
each at the house. 

Estimated business last week: 
Apollo— "One Exciting Night" 
(Griffith). Seats 1,200. Scale: Mats., 
$1 top; eves., $1.60. The overflow 
of "Robin Hood" has been helping 
Griffith picture, which llnlshes this 
woek. "The Birth of a Nation" to 
go into Selwyn next week for single 
week. 

Astor— "The Town That Forgot 
QoA" (Fox). Seats, 1,131. Scale: 
Mats., $1 top: eves., $1.50. Fourth 
week. SometWng under $6,000 last 
week. 

Cameo — "When the Desert Calls" 
(Am. Releasing). Seats, 550. Scale: 
55-76. With a small capacity house 
the second week of this picture hetd 
to $4,000; considered exceptional. 
, Capitol— "Trifling Women" (Me- 
tro). Seata^ 6.300. Scale: Mats.. 
S0-50-$l; eves., 55-85-$l. Pulled 
terriflc week's business getting a 
gross of $43,000. playing this house 
after having had a run at the Astor 
which concluded two weeks ago. 

Criterion— "Knightliood* (Cosmo- 
politan-Paramount). Seats, 886. 
Scale: Mats., $1.50 top; eves., $2; 

• »th week. Continuing at capacity 
clip; got almost $11,000 last week. 

44th Street— "The Village Black- 
smith" (Fox). Seats, 1.31i3. Scale: 
Mats., $1 top; eves., $1.50. Fourth 
week. Finished at this house last 
Saturday night, getting under $3,000 
on the week. 

Lric — "Robin Hood" (United 
Artists). Seats, 1,400. Scale: Mats., 
$1.60 top; eves.. $2. Fifth week. 
Doing a corking business, drawing 
around $18,000 a week. Doug and 
Mary, who were here for several 
weeks, left for the coast on Sunday. 
Rialto— "Ebb Tide" (Paramount). 
Seats 1,960; scale, 55-85-99. This 
house managed to hold its twin 
theatre up the street to an even 
break on the week, getting around 
$15,700. 

Rivoli — "Pride of Palomar" (Par- 
amount). Seats 2,200; scale. 55-85- 
99. This Cosmopolitan did not turn 
the business that it was expected 
to and the Rivoli on the week failed 
to top the Rialto by more than $100 
getting with the gross also being 
around $15,700. 

Strand — "Tess of the Storm 

Country." Seats 2,900; scale. 30-50- 

85. The second week of "Tess" 



'TOUNG RAJAH" ROPS 
AT NEWMAN, K. C. 



Town Tiring of "Sheik" Films 

— Estelle Taylor's 

Vamp 



Kansas City, Nov. 2f. 
With a city-wide campaign for 
the purpose of raising $850,000 for 
the city's charitable institutions 
conducted all week and to a suc- 
cessful conclusion Sunday, there 
were thousands who failed to flnd 
time for tho movies and more thou- 
sands who. having given liberally, 
evidently did not feel able to spend 
anything for amusement, conse- 
quently there was but one answer — 
poor business at all the downtown 
fllm housea. 

"The Man Who Saw Tomorrow" 
was the Royal's offering and this 
house held up better than any of 
the others. At the Newman Valen- 
tino's "Young Rajah" flopped dis- 
mally. Opening to capacity Sunday, 
the picture failed to get over and 
the balance of the week was worse 
than poor. This is the second 
"Sheik" picture to fail at this houae 
in the last few weeks, and it looks 
as though the fans* were fllled up 
with it. The house continues its 
numerous extra musical and danc- 
ing events and is making a big 
play for everything in sight. 

Those who liked their "vamps" 
thought well of the Liberty's bill, 
"A Fool There Was," with Estelle 
Taylor, but business was only ordi- 
nary. The Newman's third string 
house, the Twelfth Street, with John 
Barrymore in "Sherlock Holmes." 
proved the exception. Many were 
present who had never b^en in the 
house before. 

Newman — "The Young Rajah" 
(Paramount). Seats*. 1.980. Scale: 
Mats., 35; nights, 60-75. Opened 
big Sunday, but flopped badly dur- 
ing balance of week despite big 
show given with it. Around $12,000. 
Liberty— "A Fool There Was" 
(Fox). Seats, 1,000. Scale: 35-50. 
Estelle Taylor. Critics who saw the 
flrst with Theda Bara declare Miss 
Taylor is worthy successor to 
vampy shoes of predecessor. This 
1922 version is up to date and a 
similar story is carried in the news- 
papers every day. Grossed close to 
$5,700. 

Twelfth St.— "Sherlock Holmes." 
Seats, 1^00. Scale: 10-25. John 
Barrymore. On account of the press 
stuff given the picture it drew 
slightly in addition to tho regular 
house business; about $2,400. 

Royal — "Tho Man Who Saw To- 
morrow" (Paramount). Seats, 890. 
Scale: 35-50. Thomas Melghan. 
Business in neighborhood of $7,000. 
• Opposition first-runs at popular- 
priced vaudeville houses: "The 
Hands of Nara," Mainstreet; "The 
Lavender Bath Lady," Globe, and 
"The Golden Gift," Pantages. 



FIRST ACCIDENT SUIT 

$100,000 Damages A8ke</ from 
Knickerbocker Disaster 



Washington, Nov. 29. 
The flrst suit following the 
Knickerbocker theatre disaster was 
filed here with $100,000 asked as 
damages by Mrs. Sadie Breslau. A 
separate suit has also been filed for 
$25,000 by Richard Breslau, her 
husband, who claims this amount 
for the loss, of the services of his 
wife. Both suits are filed in the 
District Supreme Court. 

Mrs. Breslau says that she was 
sitting in the balcony on the night 
of the disaster last January and 
was imprisoned In the debris for 
more than three hours. 

The suits are against the Knicker- 
bocker Theatre Company, of which 
Harry M. Crandali was president. 



naturally fell ofC to a certain extent 
with the gross going around $29,000. 



Goldwyn has insured the lives of 
Eric von Stroheln> and June Mathls 
through Behrend & Levy of Los 
Angeles. Stroheim was recently 
•Igned by Goldwyn as a director. 
Mias Mathls is under contract by 
Goldwyn to do the scenario of "Ben • 



When the New York State ^lo- 
tion Picture Commission refused to 
license the exhibition of "Fate," 
starring Clara Smith Ilamon, on 
the ground It would corrupt morals 
and tend to incite crime, the spon- 
sors of the production appealed ttJ 
the Appellate Division. That judi- 
cial body has affirmed the commis- 
sion's decision and "Fate" cannot be 
exhibited in New York State. Clara 
Smith Hamon was acquitted of the 
murder of Jako L. Hamon, wealthy 
Oklahoma politician, in the spring 
m9P 1521. 



BOSTON BUSINESS OFF 
^\m ON AN AVERAGE 

''Down to the Sea In Ships" 

Counted on to Build Up 

"Trifling Women" 

Boston, Nor. 2f. 

The bl|r screech this week was the 
Selwyn swing from the legit field 
into plcturea. From present ap- 
pearances It will stay there for 
some weeks to come. 

"Down to the Sea In Ships" 
should go especially well In New 
England. It is built around a busi- 
ness, whaling, that at one time was 
registered as one of the top- 
notchers in trade. It opened Mon- 
day night with an invitation audi- 
ence augmented by s(une real cash. 
In fact, the cash op hand was sufld- 
clent to encourage the house people 
into believing that there might be 
something In the picture to give the 
house a break on a percentage 
baais. 

It is in on a guarantee from those 
behind the Elmer Clifton fllm, but 
there is also an arrangement where- 
by the house gets a cut if the gross 
gets high enough. It is plugging 
against real opposition in "When 
Knighthood Was in Flower," still 
housed at the Park. 

"One Exciting Night." the Grif- 
fith fllm is on the. last we^k at 
Tremont Temple. Admittedly not 
one of the best Griffith ever put 
forth, it has gone along to fair 
business at the downtown house for 
several weeks. Priced at $1.50 top, 
but with plenty of room on the 
floor at $1, and some seats at 50 
cents, the T-eekly gross never ran 
very big, but large enough to cover 
the house rental. 

It is now the sixth week for the 
Marlon Davles picture ait the Park. 
Up-to-date publicity methods, with 
the Hearst papers doing everything 
possible to keep the fllm before the 
public, has kept it going big, but 
has not been picking up much. Last 
week waa oft from the preceding 
week. By the time the picture, is 
ready to pull out. In three weeks 
according to the original arrange- 
ments, it should be down to a gross 
between $5,000 and $6,000. 

Last week the two big Loew 
houses, the State, uptown, and the 
Orpheum, -downtown, showed ,tne 
same picture, "Trifling Women." It 
was the second week this has been 
attempted and again there is no 
sign that fhese houses cut into 
each otner. The downtown '..ouse 
runs vaudeville with the picture, 
and appeals to a different class of 
patrons at prices that are on a par 
with those uptown. 

Business at most of the big 
houses was off about $1,000 from 
that done the proceeding week, due 
to no special reason, the weather 
during the week having been of the 
nort that makes for good' attend- 
ance at the picture houses. It was 
probably a natural letdown, not 
significant in itself. 

After a couple of weeks with "The 
Cuiyie of Drink," the Globe, another 
Loew house, has gone over to the 
split week program again. "The 
Curse of Drink" was way off, the 
film doing less thah $3,000. It 
could not be shown Sunday be- 
cause of the local Sunday licensing 
arrangement. . 

Estimates for last week: 
Loew's'S t a ta— (Capacity, 4,000; 
scale. 26-50.) Using this week the 
William de Mille production of 
Booth Tarkington's "Clarence" as a 
feature; Viola Dana in "Love in the 
Dark," underlined. "Trifiing Wom- 
en," at the house last week, did a 
bit better than $13,000, a bit over 
$1,000 from the business of the pre- 
vious week. 

Tremont Temple — (Capacity, 
2,000; scale, 50-$1.50.) The final 
week of "One Exciting Night," the 
Griffith film which is now on the 
eighth week at the house, and which 
did not do a startling amount of 
business any time during the stay. 
On the departure of this picture the 
house win show Jackie Coopan s 
"Oliver Twist," figured for big busi- 
ness during the holiday season. 

Park — (Cap clty^ 2.400; scale, 50- 
$1.50.) "Knighthood" on the sixth 
week, with two more to go. Busi- 
ness slid off a trlfie the first of last 
week, but came back strong towards 
the end, grossing between $8,500 and 
$9,000. Is finding difficulty filling up 
at the mats. To offset this a special 
souvenir was given to the first 600 
persons attending the Sunday mat- 
inee. 

Modern — (Capacity, 800; scale, 2S- 
40). With an extra break In the 
publicity line last week the house 
did about $5,500 with "Till We Meet 
Again." This is business just about 
average for the house, everything 
being even. Using "The Kentucky 
Derby," with "Dusk to Dawn" 
underlined this week. 

Beacon — (Capacity, scale and at- 
traction similar to Modern, with 
gpnss about the same.) 

The Orpheum did about $16,000 
last week, using "Trifling Women." 



NO RECOVERY IN D. C. 

Expected Uplift in Receipts ^ails 
to Material isi 

.■•':•<' ■■ ■ ■',,'■ .-',v: ' .:■." > 

Washington, Nor. 29. 
A luU hit the nation's capitol that 
waa not expected during the paat 
week. The reconvening of Congress, 
which was anticipated would boost 
receipts generally failed to help 
matters, and, though the house* got 

about their usual patronage, it was 
not what was expected. 

A reversal in the running of the 
houses on a comparative basis was 
also noted; the Columbia, with Ro- 
dolph Valentino in "The Young 
Rajah," naturally held flrst place, 
as was expected, but Loew's Palace, 
also a good second with its large 
seating capacity and popular run 
of established picture stars, dropped 
Into last place as far as receipts 
were concerned. 

Estimates for the week: 

Loew's Columbia — "The Young 
Rajah." (Paramount). (Capacity 
1.200; scale 25-35 mats., 35-60 
nights). This latest Valentino offer- 
ing caught on from the very offset 
and piled up the usual big gross for 
the opening week of a big picture 
for this house. Business more than 
Justifying its continuance for a sec- 
ond week. Did between $14,000 and 
$15,000. 

Moore's Rialto — "The Impossible 
Mrs. Bellow." (Paramount). (Ca- 
pacity 1,900; scale, mornings 25, 
afternoon 35. evenings 60). This is 
the flrst of the Paramount pictures 
to be shown at this house in^con- 
slderable time. The star is^ ex- 
tremely popular, more particularly 
among the women, and the result 
was that receipts took a big Jump 
and incidentally bringing this 
house, which usually foots the list 
of houses, into second place. Looks 
to have gotten close to $10,000. 

Crandall's Metropolitan — "Kindred 
of the Dust." (First National). 
(Capacity 1.700; scale 20-35 mats, 
35-60 evenings). This Peter B. 
Kyne story was well liked and kept 
the business at the usual level for 
this house. Looks to have done 
about $8,500.' 

Loew's Palace— "Youth to Youth." 
(Metro). (Capacity 2.500; scale 20- 
35 mats. 35-40-50 nights). This 



NEW McYlCKER'S HURTS 
CHICAGO, REPORTED 



^'Manslaughter" Under Ex« 
pectations at Roosevelt — 
''Exciting Night" Good ^ ; 

•• V ■■- ' " ' '■ 

Chicago. Nov. 29. 

Picture enthusiasm was at a 
standstill along the Rialto last week. 
The only ripple was the extensive 
advertising by Griffith's "One Ez« 
citing Nfght." Much was expected 
from "Manslaughter" at the Roose- 
velt to torce out "Knighthood/* but 
it did not prove as big a draw am i 
expected, most of the dailies kidding 
the fllm. Plenty of money spent on 
this feature, w'th months and , 
months of billboard work and ' 
publicity. ^ ^ '. 

Jones, Llnick A Schaefer's Mc- 

Vlcker's is being watched In com- 
parison with the Chicago theatre, 
both as to presentations and power 
of Hlms. J. L. & S. have started 
on a newspaper advertising cam- 
palgn. It is said part of this ad- 
vertising is being paid for by Fa- 
mous Players, but the much- ' 
rumored statement of Famous hav- 
ing money in the house itself is 
denied and the denial is4>elieved by 
the insiders. 
Estimates for last week: 

"Rich Man's Wives'' (First Na* ' 
tionaf. Chicago. Seats. 4,i;00. Scale: 
Mats., 60; nights, 65. blouse Peters. 
Claire Windsor and strong presen- 
tation.' but for somo reitson house 
did not hold its own. McVicker's 
must have cut in for at least a few 
thousand dollars, and the waiting 
crowd at the Chicago has been 
greatly diminished. 

"Manslaughter," Roosevelt. Seats. 
1,275. Scale: Mats., 30; n ghta, 65. 
Dooked in for two weeks, but not 
proving as strong as expected. Any 
big feature on its first week here is 
good for around 120,000. Second 
week tells the tale. 

"The Impossible Mrs. Believ/* 
(Paramount), McVickers. -Seats, 



2,500. Scale: Mats.. 49; nights. 69. 

pIcture'"featuring''>>iirie"D^Ve.*ai- : ?'f^i"/i!?_«:.?L°^iL^^!:^!?r- ^.VJly.Z^ 
though most pleasing, failed to ~ " * ~ " '""" 



hold up, the receipts dropping a 
little below the usual. Possibly this 
was not altogether the fault of the 
picture, as things Just seemed to 
be a little ofT. Did about (8.000. 



TWO FEATURES PLAY 
TWO HOUSES EACH 



"Brawn of North" and "Clar- 
ence," with Double Dates, 
Draw in Pittsburgh 



I */.< v/*> J < . ' Jiv • i 4,'} l^, 



Pittsburgh. Nov. 29. 
The start of cold weather livened 
business up considerably last week, 
and Justified the two big features 
each in two houses in the two chief 
districts. ''Brawn of the North" 
lived up to Its advance notices, 
and with its abundance of action 
and splendid scenic display all prop- 
erly played up, drew well at both 
the Grand and the Regent. "Clar- 
ence." preceded by its popularity as 
a novel and on the stage, drew sub- 
stantially, receiving favorable com- 
merit of the dailies. At both the 
Liberty and Sate, where it was pre- 
sented, the week-end returns boost- 
ed the gross considerably. The sec- 
ond week of "The Young Rajah" al- 
most duplicated the Olyiftpic's flrst. 
The Grand this week is again fea- 
turing a group of string musicians 
of their orchestra, while the Olym- 
pic announces a follow-up of Elsie 
Ferguson, appearing at the Alvln 
this week In person, in the presen- 
tation of her latest film vehicle next 
week, "The Outcast." 
Estimates on last week's business: 
Grand— "Brawn of the North." 
(Seats 2,500; scale, 25-40-55.) Irene 
Rich and Lee Shumway were little 
featured and could hardly be cred- 
ited with any of the draw, the pic- 
ture relying on the title and the 
reputation of the house. Strong- 
heart, the wonder dog, might also 
be given a certain share of credit. 
About J13,500. 

Olympic— "Young Rajah." (Seats 
1,100; scale, 25-40.) The Valentino 
vehicle started off mildly In its sec- 
ond week, but picked up gradually 
and scored almost as big a gross as 
tho first. The picture was praised, 
though not considered as well done 
as others by the same star. About 
J9,000. 

Liberty— "Clarence." (Scats 1,- 
200; scale. 25-40-55.) Considered a 
good attraction In this district, 
where the neighborhood element 
comprists much of the collegiate 
group. With the start of cold 
breezes business improved notice- 
ably. About $8,600. 



consideration from press, although 
Miss Swanson is almost through as 
a'' picture card in this city. New 
theatre continuing to hold up to 
$25,000 and $26,000 weekly. 

"The Man Who Played God" 

(Universal). Randolph. Seats. 686. 
Scale: Mats., 35; nights, 50. George 
Arliss, featured in this picture, 
playing three blocks away In hi* 
own show. It is doubtful if tha 
picture helped the show, but the 
show no doubt helped the picture. 
Town was covered with placards of 
attractive design, which drew busi* 
ness for the house. Around $7,000. 
"One exciting Night** (D. W. 
Griffith). Illinois. 2d week. Seats, 
1.500. Scale: $1-75-50. Some one 
knowing Chicago is handling thla 
film and getting the most out of it. 
Causing a great deal of word of 
mouth advertising and drawing real 
money to house. Doubtful if any 
money will be made on its down- 
town showing, but no money will b« 
lost, and with its loop prestige will 
do terrific business in the outlying 
houses. Around $12,000 last we^c 



DETROirS EVEN WEEK - 



steady Business in Picture Houset 
Still Continues 



"Buster" Keaton left for the coast 

after having been in New York for 

over a month. On his return west 

the same film that was featured at I ^^'^ ^'^^^ immediately begin work '^a 



the State upLowi^ , 



.<•.',».,„ 1. i 



a feature-length ^omedy. 



Detroit, Nov. 29. - 
No outstanding feature in con* 
nection with the first-run picture 
situation last week. Business very 
good all over, nobody reporting a 
poor business, but no one reporting 
a whopper business. Weather was 
ideal — cold and snappy. Tho two 
big feature attractions for the third 
week wore "Knighthood" at the 
Adams and "Robin Hood" at the 
Orpheum. "Knighthood" was 75 
and "Robin Hood" $2. The Adam« 
is giving five shows daily and the 
Orpheum two shows daily. "Robirt 
Hood" is not getting the play the 
Shadduk.'am Grotto anticipated, and 
it is duobtful if the engagement— 
which will run another week — will 
prove profitable. 

Adams — "Knighthood." Fortunate 
Detroit has a Hearst paper, as this 
picture has received a ton of pu- 
llcity through the Hearst organ. 
Business patlsfactory in third week. 
Around $12,000. Will stay fourth 
week. 

Madison — "Face in the Fog.** 
Business good. Around $1U,000. 

Capitol — "Bond Boy" and orches- 
tra. Henry King tried to give 
Barthelmess another " Tola'ble 
David" but didn't get to it. Never- 
theless, corking good story. Busi- 
ness pplt^ndld all weeks- — — — >- • --—- — - 

Fox - Washington — "Sherlock 
Holmes," with John Barrymore. 
Had nine days' showing at this 
house and busneas good. Through 
co-operation of the Detroit Police 
Department a ahowcaso was plared 
in front of the theiitre exhiinting 
various guns used by noted crim- 
inals. 

Broadway • Strand — "K.nrmky 
Derby." Good box-office pklure. 
Around I7*50p|,a»8 h - 



■f 1.-,., 






Friday, December 1, 191^ 



PICTURES 



♦^.- ■ 



FRISCO FASHION SHOWS 
BOOST FEATURE THE GROSSES 



LOIDOV FnJI H0TE8 



Jhree Houses Make Special Appeal to Women — 
New Comedy Find — Mrs. Douglas Crane 
Draws Well 



San Francisco, Not. M. 

There la an epidemic of fashion 
Bhows among the downtown first 
run picture theatres, put on evident- 
ly with the idea of bolstering up 
the screen features, which in most 
cases were scarcely better than 
ordinary attractions. The fashion 
shows did tho trick for business at 
the Granada, the Warfleld and the 
California held up very well 
throughout the week. 

At the California Mrs. Douglas 
Crane was featured in the fashion 
show given in connection with Irene 
Castle's feature, "Slim Shoulders." 

The Granada celebrated its first 
anniversary with an elaborate pro- 
gram, offering the fashion show in 
conjunction with "Brothers Under^ 
the Skin." This house, which is open- » 
ing on Saturdays, manages to draw 
a big patronage on Saturday and 
Sunday, but cannot seem to over- 
come a drop on Monday and Tues- 
day. ♦ 

The Warfleld showed "If I Were 
Queen" with Ethel Clayton and gave 
equal publicity to the Stan Laurel 
comedy, "Mud aiio Sand." The 
comedy got over 100 per <'ent. and 
easily topped the feature. Laurel is 
a new screen comedian out here and 
his first offering proved a winner. 

This house also deserves aplenty 
of credit for the merit of the fashion 
show, which was really original, 
staged with care and unexpectedly 
elaborate. Business was better 
than last week. 

"Slim Shoulders" didn't seem to 
prove much of a lure at the Cali- 
fornia, but the special engagement 
of Mrs. Douglas Crane got business. 

The Strand, with its second week 
of "Skin Deep," suffered a falling 
oft in patronage, and the smashing 
record of the first seven days with 
this offering will not be reached. 

"When Knighthood Was in 
Flower," with Marion Davies. at the 
Curran has caught the fancy of 
picturegoers, and business is hold- 
ing up better than the wiseacres 
predicted. The Hearet papers here, 
of course, have been giving it pages 
and pages of publicity. There was 
about $14,000 on the week. 

The Tivoli offered "Brawn of the 
North." and it is not making any 
special appeal. This type of screen 
entertainment is apparently through 
as far as this city is concerned. 
Patrons of the films have seen all 
the husky dogs and salt snow that 
they care to lodk at. 

At the Imperial "Sherlock 
Holmes," with John Barrymore. 
came in for the highest praise, but 
It has not proved the box ofllce draw 
that was anticipated. It is a big 
picture, well made, and most capa- 
bly acted. 

California—" 8 11m Shoulders" 
(Hodkinson). (Seats, 2,700; scale 
50-75-90). Irene Castle. The Fash- 
ion Show lavishly presented, and 
Mrs. Douglas Crane, with a dancing 
partner, created more interest than 
the picture with which it was 
•qually billed. Drew $15,000. 

Granada — "Brothers Under the 
Bkin" (Goldwyn). (Seats 2,940; 
•cale 50-76-90). Claire Windsor. It 
is anniversary week here and spe- 
cial features were offered, including 
a fashion revue headed by Anita 
Peters Wright girls. The picture 
was well thought of. with business 
holding up to average. Grons 
$14,000. - _ 

Imperial— "Sherlock Holmes" (F. 
B. O.). (Seats 1,425; scale 35-50- 
75). John Barrymore. Did not get 
what was expected. Did $7,500. 

Strand— "Skin Deep" (First Na- 
tional). (Seats 1,700; scale 40-55). 
Milton Sills (second week). Held 
up fairly well. Showing $7,000 on 
the week. 

Tivoli— "Brawn of ' the North * 
(Flrnt National). (Seats 1.800: 
scale 25-40). Featuring Strong- 
heart (the wonder dog). Got $8,000. 

Loew's Warfield — "If I Were 
Queen' '(F. B. O.). (Scats 2.800; 
scale 35-75). Ethel Clifton. The 
Fashion Show staged by Jack 
Ho'land made a good Impression 
and proved of some value to box 
Office. Groa.'^od $12,000. 
. Frolic— "The Lone HanrV H'nl- 
ver.«?al). (Seats 1,000; scale 10-30). 
Hoot Gibson. Business around 
$3,000. 



PHILLY GROSSES HELPED 
BY FOOTBM CROWDS 



Theatre Can't Get Features 
strong Enough for Two- 
Week Runs 



liOndOD, Nov. II. 
Vtank Cran«'a nazt picture for 
the Ideal company will be a fllmtza- 
tion of a novel, "The Hawk." For 
thi« Charles Hutclxison, known in 
America as "Hurricane Hutch." has 
been engaged to *'atar," und arrived 
hw Nov. 11. . . 



lAipino Lane, the first of whose 
comedies for William Fox has 
just been shown here, will not, as 
imagined, return to work in 
America early in the new year. His 
theatrical engagemciits will keep 
him here longer than he originally 
intended. 



Adrlen Brunei, the British pro- 
ducer, who Is in Venice with an 
international company for Atles 
Biocraft, is having bad luck with 
the weather. Rain has been in- 
cessant since he and the company 
arrived, and in three weeks they 
have only taken about 1,400' feet. 
The leading man in this picture. 
which is titled "The Man Without 
Desire," is Ivor Novello. 



INSIDE STUFF 



ONPICTUBES 



From Los Angeles comes the word flimdom might *• well prepare to 
face another scandal. The wife of a prominent director who has become 
involved with one of the ladies who has been seen in the cast of every u^ 
of his recent pictures is threatening to shoot the lady in question flri^t 
and obtain a divorce from her husband afterwards. ' : 



The Massachusetts flgbt against censorship in which the picture Indus- 
try was successful in defeating the proposed measure is said to have cost 
a little more than $100,000, which was furnished by the producers and 
distributors in New York. At the price the industry in general seems to 
be agreed that the Job was a cheap one. The dough bag did not appear 
until the last few days before the ejection, and then only when the in- 
dustry was advised the battle seemed a hopeless one unless there was 
some financing done. 



Liondon is wrapped in a thick 
blanket of cold fog, y«t despite this 
two new attractions have been 
added to its multiple street shows. 
One is a parade of unhappy looking 
bull-flghters advertising "Blood and 
Sand" at the Scala: the other con- 
sists of rickshaws drawn by even 
more unhappy looking Clarksonian 
"Chinkf*." and containing shivering 
girls. This advertises the Talmadge | 
picture, "East Is West." 



Philadelphia, Nov. 28. 

The picture houses reflected in a 
moderate way. the big boost in busi- 
ness shown by the legitimates be- 
cause of the Army-Navy football 
game. 

This and the presence of some 
highly advertised outstanding pic- 
tures put smiles on the face of the 
local managers. Movie business has 
been picking up considerably here 
of late. 

Ncrma Talmadge in "The Eternal 
Flame" was the Stanley feature, and 
got wonderful notices. Business, 
which is always big here for this 
star, jumped up and the house had 
its best gross in some time. This 
week a continuation of the boom is 
expected with the presence of "The 
Young Rajah," with Valentino. 
Gloria Swanson's "The Impossible 
Mrs. Bellew" will follow Valentino. 

The Stanton opened with "Nerp," 
and while this Fox feature did not 
do exceptional business, it was by 
no means the flop that several spec- 
tacles have been here recently. It 
is exilccted to ride through its sec- 
ond scheduled week in satisfactory 
style and then makes way for the 
long-heralded "When Knighthood 
Was in Flower," which will play an 
indefinite engagement. 

Heavy advertising has been used, 
and Saturday the Stanley company 
are using one solid page of adver- 
tising in all but one of the dailies. 

The Aldine did nice business, 
though by no means startling. last 
week with "Broadway Rose," which 
completed its second and final week. 
Matinee business continued big, and 
this, together with the Friday and 
Saturday boom, resulted in a gross 
of about $12,000. 

Starting this week the Aldine re- 
verts for the time being to its one- 
week policy. "The Five-Dollar Baby" 
is the present occupant, and that 
will be followed by "Enter Madame." 
This will be the first time that a 
Clara Kimball Young feature ha« 
been given a showing in one of the 
better Stanley housei^ here In a 
couple of years. 

The Karlton met disaster when It 
tried to keep "Skin Deep" In a sec- 
ond week. The first week's gross 
was satisfactory enough and showed 
considerable building power, but on 
the following Monday, with the In- 
fiux of new pictures at other houses, 
business here collapsed, and sud- 
denly, on Tuesday, "Skin Deep * was 
Ukcn out and "Trouble." with 
Jackie Coogan, eubstituted. This 
being too late for the film reviews, 
this feature never got a line of pub- 
licity, and went out Saturday after 
a poor showing to make way this 
week for "Singed Wings," in which 
Conrad Nagel was advertised as ex- 
tensively as Bebe Daniels. This Is 
also in for only a week, with "Thf 
Ebb Tide" in next. The Stanley 
company has been finding much dif- 
ficulty in getting pictures worth ____— 
two-week runs for this house. .' ,_. __ , , . ''''■%.'» 

The Palace did a fine week's busi- '^^ Universal ha» purchased 
ne.ss with "The Prisoner of Zenda," through Laura Wllck, the play 



The matter of the 'Valentino contract with Famous Players and !t» 
injunction against him are expected to be court-decided early in Decern, 
ber. Though Valentino has declared through his attorney he will not 
again appear for F. P., the final decision on the legal proocedings may 
have some weight whichever way it goes. Meantime, Valentino has not 
drawn any of his $1,250 weekly salary from Famous, but he has had Bom« 
very large offers for personal appearances. One is said to have been over 
$4,000 a week from a picture exhibitor in the middle west. The Valentino 
representatives seem to hold the impression Valentino could appear upon 
the stage and make a few remarks (constituting a "personal appearance") 
without violating his Famous Players contract or its temporary Injunc- 
tion, alleging the contract forbids him to play under other management. 
Appearing upon the stage merely as a speaker, they say, is not playing 
under another management . f ., 



The £1,000,000 "Alliance- com- 
pany seems entirely smashed. 
Founded by Sir Waller de Freere, 
M. P.. Charles F. Hlgham, M. P., 
and various other well-known men, 
this company started with a big 
boom. American directors and ex- 
perts were brought over, the old 
"London company" studios at St. 
Margarets were practically gutted 
and everything was done on big 
lines. Their first pi turc, "Carni- 
val." with Matheson Lang and Hilda. 
Bailey in their origin.-l stage parts, 
achieved a measure of Furcess, after 
which the company did little or 
nothing beyond putting its produc- 
tions out of sight. Then Harlcy 
Knoles arrived ^nd was also goinpr 
to do big things. He made a film 
version of Balfe's "Bohemian Girl" 
with a huge and expensive cast, in- 
cluding Ellen Terry a^d Gladys 
Cooper. After doing this he was 
understood to be on the point of 
making a \ersion of the famous 
Napoleonic drama, "A Royal Di- 
vorce." He, however, went to 
America holiday-making, and has 
not returned. Alliance is a>?ain in 
the hands of the law. and Samuel- 
son will make "A Royal Divorce." 



FILM ITEMS . 



The Broadway and 9«th Street 
Realty Co., controlled by William 
Fox, again lost out in its suit to re- 
strain the superintendent of build- 
ings from permitting the operation 
of the picture house on the comer 
of Broadway and 96th street ( Sym. 
phony theatre). Fox has a picture 
house, the Japanese Gardens, a block 
north. The Appellate Division last 
week affirmed the decision of the 
lower court to that effect. The 95th 
street property la leased by the Trio 
Amusement Co. 



The film trade looks for a changed attitude on the part of the New 
York censors, rather than a move to legislate the commission out of 
existence. It is possible the commission's personnel will be changed. It 
is reported Chairman Cobb is in a receptive attitude toward another 
official berth and would resign if he could place himself satisfactorily. It I 
would surprise nobody 'f a deal were arranged to take care of Cobb else- * 
where and a successor appointed. The commission makes a neat slice 
of patronage and a party machine would look at the proposition of 
scrapping it as utter madness. Aside from this, it is by no means certain ^ 
that the censor law could be repealed. It would be simpler (and better * 
politics, as well) to allow the commission to go on functioning, but In A 
manner more In accord with the liberal platform upon which the Demo- 
cratic ticket swept into oflflce at the pol's. Indeed, the new administration , 
at Albany could not very well take any other attitude and be true to Ita 
campaign pledges. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS 



Felix Adler and Argyll Campbell 
are collaborating on two-reel 
comedy scenarios to be produced by 
the Ma.^todon Pictures Company, 
They have agreed to deliver a 
scenario monthly. Charles Murray 
and Ray McKee will be featured in 
the comedies. 



Francis X. Bushman Is bplng sued 
for $1.R70 in the New York Supreme 
Court by Suzanne Devoyod of the 
Comedie Francal8e, Parks. The 
plaintiff alleges that in 1919 she 
advanced tho picture actor $3,120 
to induce his calling to Fronre to 
appear in a production fho contem- 
plafrd jfponroring. Bushman is al- 
l**ged to have breached tho n?:ree- 
ni*»nt, and only returned $1,450 of 
tho amount advanced. 



despite the fact that this feature 
has been in downtown houses for 
five weeks already. The Victoria's 
heavy exploitation of "Shadows' did 
not succeed in bringing mii"h of a 
crowd to the theatre and a pos.slble 
second week was dispensed with. 

EstimJites of last week: 

Stanley — "The Eternal Flame" 
(T'aramount). Norma Talmadge film 
did fine week's business and turned 
in a gross of $24,500. Done without 
the aid of highly advertised extra 
features. The percentage (small) 
of the football*crowd that went to 
movies chose this one, and the big- 
gest business was turned in Friday, 
Saturday morning and Ynatinee. 

Stanton — "Nero" (Fox, second 
week). Not a flop, but set no 
bridges on fire. Bu.slnes8 was about 
$12,000, rhlladclphla audiences have 
shown a distaste for spectacles. 
"Nero" in for two weeks, and on 
December 4 "When Knighthood Was 
in Flower" starts Indefinite run. 

Aldine — "Broadway Ro.se" (Metro, 
second week). Business kept up, 
due laigcly to big feminine draw in 
daytime. Grossed about $12,000. 
"Five Dollar Baby" in this week, 
with "Ladles' Man" with Bull Mon- 
tana as extra feature. 

Karlton— "Skin Deep" (First Na- 
tional). Started second wc^k of 



broker, the screen rights to *'The 
0:60," in which Lillian Albertson 
appeared at the Hudson, New York, 
last season. The piece is to be 
utilized as a screen vehicle for Vir- 
ginia Dalli. 



JUDGMENTS 

(First name Is Judgment debtor; 
creditor and amount follows.) 

Andrew J. Callaghan; Certified 
Securities Co., Inc.; $1,057.30. 

Stella Wilner; New Netherland 
Bank of N. Y.; $430.84. 

Elkay Feature Film Mfg. Corp.; 
City of N. Y.; $105.37. 

Cosmopolitan Feature Film Co.; 
Same; $75.51. 

Fiction Picts., Inc.; Same; $161.87. 

Foremost Feature Film Corp.; 
Same; $75.51. 

MacN.unara Feature Film Co., 
Inr : Fnmo; ?462 31. 

Victoria Amuse. Corp.; Same; 
$7 f)..-) 1 . 

MontRornery Moore Film Corp.; 
Same; $611.03. 

C. & it. Amus. Co., Inc.; Same; 
$45 K9 

Wm*. K. Zlcgfeld; 247 West 75th 
St., Inc.; $220.66 



Art of Music Sales Corp.; J. J 
run, but flopped suddenly and went 'Little A Ives Co.; $1,640.13. 



out Tuesfiay, with Jackie Coogan's 
"Trouble'' coming In for balance of 
week. Combined gross of two was 
lesb than $^,500. 



Hope Hampton; H. Brown Co., 
Inc : $ir,6.p.'-,. 

Ralph Spcnce; Craftsmen F'llm 
Lubs., Inc.; $49.9(1. 



Albany, Nov. 29. 

Allwon Theatre* Corporation, 

Manhattan. Capital, $1,000. Dii co- 
lors: Charles Steiner, 6 Camp road, 
Wavecrest, Far Rockaway, N. Y.; 
Jacob Schwartz and Hyman Weis- 
ner. 

L. and M. Restaurant Co.» Inc., 
Manhattan. Capital, $20,000. Di- 
rectors: Morris Miller, 872 Bedford 
avenue, Brooklyn; Samuel Lerncr 
and Herman Levlt. 

8. L. R. Realty Corporation, 
Brooklyn. Real and personal prop- 
erty and conduct hotels and the- 
atres. Capital, $10,000. Directors: 
Abraham Levlne, 281 Buffalo ave- 
nue, Brooklyn; Jacob Selgel and 
Meyer Rosen. 

Ner Tumid Publishing Company, 
Inc., Manhattan. Capital, $50,0P0. 
Directors: Fannie Raab, tannic 
Demovitch and H. A. Shapiro. 277 
Broadway. 

Representative Producer*' Alii- 
ance. Inc., Manhattan. Motion pic- 
.tures. Capital, $15,000. Directors: 
Herbert Loewenthal, 82 W. Kings- 
bridge road. Bronx; M. J. Wolff and 
Emanuel Fichlandler. 

Mamaroneck Operating Company, 
Inc., Manhattan. Motion pictures. 
Capital, $1,000. Directors: L. E. 
Thompson, A. F. Jones and H. L. 
Watkins, 1564 Broadway. 

Th* Country Editor Publishing 
Co., inc., Rockviile Centre, L. I. 
Capital, $10,000. Directors: Teas- 
dale liandolph, A. F. Bush and 
Walter Kutzlcb, 81 Fulton street. 

H. 8. T. Corporation. Brooklyn. 
Restaurants. Capital, $5,000. Di- 
rectors: Hyman Schrler, 439 Ash- 
ford street, Brooklyn; George Trela 
and Louis Hlnk. 

Norca Pictures, Inc., Manhattan. 
Capital, $50,000. Directors: C. 8. 
Ashley, D. J. Dowllng and H. J. 
Nouschafer, 166 Broadway. 

Camp Towanda, Manhattan. Camp 
and hotel business. Capital, $16,- 
000. Directors: Saul, Ida and Ellas 
Bloomgarden, 211 East Broadway. 

Levin-Polakoff, Inc., Rochester. 
Restaurant. Capital, $5,000. Direc- 
tors: Benjamin and N. J. Levin, 347 
Central avenue, Rochester, and 
Nathan Polakoff, 46 South avenue, 
Rochester. 

Columbia Catering Co., Inc., Man> 
hattan. Hotels, re.stauranta and 
proprietors of other places of public 
entertainment. Capital, $500. Di- 
rectors: (leorge D, Cook, Jr., 642 
East 137th street; Edmond Barkley 
and A. A. Bransky. 

MacDougal Amusement Co., Inc.* 
Manhattan. Capital, $100,000. Di- 
rectors: I.ieopold Prince, 29 East 
124th street; Samuel May and D. T. 
Rosen. 

C. and v., Inc., Manhattan. Mo- 
tion pictures. Capital, $10,000. Di- 
rectors: Solomon Col«^man, 67 West 
H6th street; Abraham Coleman and 
NatJ^an Vinograd. 

International University Club, 
Inc., Manhattan. Outdoor and in- 
door recreation. Capital, $1,000. 
Directors: Samuel B. Howard. 
Ocorj^o V. Rellly, and H. C. Hand, 65 
Cedar street, 

Midway Gardens, Inc., Brooklyn. 
Maintain dance halls, amusement 
places, restaurants, etc. Capital, 
$30,000. Directors: Paul T. Davis, 
Alvin Ohl»on, and Earl A. Dahl. SQ 
West 4»th street. 

Aiharo, Inc., Manhattan. .Theatre 
proprietors. Capital, $600. Direc- 



tors: Max Lipproan, N. I. Sacha, and 
Fay Feldman. 191 Broadway. 

Regal Revue*, inc., ManbatUn. 
General amusement buainea* and ' 
motion pictures. Capital, $10,000. 
Directors: Rube Bernstein, 110 West 
48th street; Alberta Cans and Julius 
Glrndansky. 

The Seeing New York Tours, InOt, 

Manhattan. Capital, $1,000. Direc* ■. 
tors: Rudolph Barnaclau, 19 Cator 
place, Jersey City; Israel Isenberf 
and Walter Ross. 

Doormat Company, Inou, Manhat- 
tan. Theatrical - and motion pic- 
tures. Capital, $20,000. Directors: 
Solomon Goodman. C. A. Smith and 
P. S. Goodman, 130 West 42d street. - 

Hayseod Productions, Inc, Man- 
hattan. Capital, $10,000. Directors: 
Edward Davidow, 1498 Broadway; 
George LeMaire and George Gersh- 
win. 

Co- National Plays, Inc., Manhat- I 
tan. Capital, $6,0U0. Directors: F. 
O. Miller. Alfred Worsnop and H. & 
Hechheimer, of 1540 Broadway. 

Superior Fotokraft Studios, Ine., 
Manhattan. CaplUl, $10,000. Di- 
reciorB: Pasquale Acquaviva, 120 
Weat 49th street; Terefta Qoldberff 
and Casper Qottdlener. 

Leon Producing Corporation, Yon- 
kers. Capital. $6,000. Directors: 
L. L. Roreck and J. J. Roreck. Bhip- 

* pan avenuo. Stamford, Conn., and 
Arthur Collins. 

I Virginia Productions, 

I hattan. Capital, $20,000. 
Jacob Curtis, 1607 
George Whiting, Embassy hotel, 
and Jack Lait, Majestic hotel. 

Rimbromart Graphic Service, ln«« 
Manhattan. Motion pictures. Cap- 
ital, $100,000. Directors: A. 8. 
Broms, E. B. Rimbach and 8. A. 
Marti. ICO West 46th street. 

Kriger 41 Aaron Corporation, 
Manhattan. Act as agent, realty, 
theatrical and motion pictures Cap- 
ital, $5,000. Directors. Lewis Kriger 
and Charles Kriger. 2888 Third 
street, Brooklyn, and Herman 
Aaron. v 

Beleska Malinoff, Inc^ Manhattan. 
Th«'atrical. Capital, $16,000. Di- 
rectors: E. M. Harrington, 623 Lex- 
ington avenue; Francis Bendelarl 
and Beleska Malinoff. 



Inc., Han- 
Directors: 
Broadway; 



United Amusements, Delaware; 
Directors, F. C. Coppicus and Ed- 
ward H. Tatum. 

Abbey Pictures, Delaware; capi- 
tal, $1000,000. Director. Joseph 
Shotland. 

Dexter Park, Woodhaven. Long 
Island: capital, $46,000. Directors, 
N. C. Strong, Max Rosner and Louis 
Whltelaw. 

B. P. Fineman Productions. Man- 
hattan; cnpital, $600. Directors, 
William KasHler, Harry Lewis and 
Henry Ifcr?.brun. 

Al Lichtman Exchange of Wash- 
ington, D. C, Manhattan; capital, 
$r,00. Directors, William Kassler. 
llirry r.cwi.«< and Henry Herzhrun. 

Zinkin Productions, Manhattan; 
capital. $r.O0. Directors, Arthur 
Zinkin, S. M. Stone and Charles H. 
Harris. 

My Camp Corp., Manhattan; capi- 
tal, $L5.000. Directors, Henry M. 
Weill, Max Bchonberg and R. I*. 
Wise. 

653 Tenth Avenu* Corp^ Manhat- 
tan: theatrical; capital, $40,000. Di- 
rectors, Philip Weltflsch, Harry 
Wuitflsch and Floraac* Wolf 



5»-^ 



PICTURES 



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Friday, December 1, 192ft 



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$10,000,000 SPENT IN 6 MONIVS, 
LASKrS PRODUCTION PROMISE 



Twelve Unit* Will Start Shooting Immediately — 
Tells Lot Angelet Company Will Spend $8,000,- 
000 on Coast 



Los Angeles. Xor. 29. 

J0SS6 L. Lasky, first vice-presi- 
dent in charge of production of the 
Famous Players-Lasky Corpora- 
tion, announced before the tenth 
annual Paramount convention that 
a program calling for heavy pro- 
duction would be immediately 
adopted by the organization and 
that 12 working units would start 
shooting as soon aj the companies 
could be cast. 

"This is a bona fide statement." 
■aid Mr. Lasky." "and while it 
seems a mighty load to shoulder 
w« are well prepared for it. We 
have been gathering picture mate- 
rial for many months with this idea 
in mind and have at the fame time 
palled the way along other lines. 

••We intend to spend 110.000,000 
within the next six months and $8.- 
000,000 of that will be expended in 
Lo« Angeles. This is a greater per- 
centage than has heretofore been 
allotted the Pacific coast studio, it 
never having run higher than three- 
quarters of the aggregate before." 

"This will meao that four out of 
every five pictures win be made in 
Lo« Angeles." continued Mr. Lasky, 
"flAid will mean the hiring of at 
least twice the number of regularly 
employed people. This number 
• under present conditions is about 
1,600. Under the new program it 
will reach the three- thousand 
mark." 

The Famous Players-Lasky Cor- 
pCNration studios in Hollywood now 
cover two square blocks, which is 
Insufficient space to accommodate 
the increased production activity. In 
order to make room the old Realart 
studios. Occidental and Second 
streets, formerly the Morosco. will 
be pressed into service. These 
studios cover virtually one square 
block and have the facilities to ac- 
commodate three or four companies. 



''BIG GAMP' IN FRISCO 

Town Likes Wild Animal Film — 
Coming East 



San Francisco, Nov. 29. 

'Hunting Big Game in Africa" 
opening at the Century (old Curran) 
seems to have swept the town. The 
film is somewhat along the line of 
the Rainey Hunt Pictures, but seem- 
ingly far superior to the latter. The 
press has gone wild over the film. 
Opening Friday night the pictures 
started to a turnaway Saturday 
which has continued since. 

Eugene Roth is presenting the 
picture with Jack Brehany as the 
manager for the African Expedition 
Corp., nn Oakland company. That 
is the reason for the world's pre- 
miere having been given on the west 
coast. 

The expedition which took the 
pictures was financed in Oakland as 
a research party for the local mu- 
seum of natural history. There 
were about 40,000 feet of film re- 
turned to this country by those who 
went into Africa with the organiza- 
tion. 

Those who are behind the project 
have already made arrangements to 
show the pictures In New York after 
the first of the year, with the 
chances that a road, show arrange- 
ment will be made for the balance 
or the country. 



TWO HEAVY siirrs 

FDR FILM INFRINGEMENT 



Morris Wants Million from U. 

A.; Miss Johnson Asks Half 

of That from Goldwyn 



CHAPLIN— YES OR NO 

Pulls Engagement Stunt for Fourth 
Time for L. A. Dailies 



Los Angeles, Nov. 29. 

Two suits, aggregating 11,500.000. 
have been instituted here, one for 
Infringement of copyright and the 
other for alleged piracy of a story 
for the screen. The actions are cer. 
tain to attract attention as all in- 
volved are notables of the screen 
world. 

In the one action, Gouverneur 
Morris is seeking to enjoin the 
United Artists from further show- 
ing "The Man Who Played God" and 
demanding profits of $1,000,000 be 
turned over to him, claiming the 
picture is an infringement of copy- 
right on a story owned by him. 

In the other action, Emilie John- 
son sues Goldwyn for $250,000 dam- 
ages and In addition 1250,000 in 
profits, alleging it pirated her 
scenario in the making of the pic- 
ture, "Godless Man." Her story. 
"The Sea Lion." she states, was the 
groundwork on which the picture 
was based. 



ELLIOTrS CONNECTION 



Elected Director of Fsaster Co. 
Has No Re-wind Machine 



SUNDAY IN INDIANA 



Arrests at Wabash— Affidavits to 
Close Stores 



Wabash, Ind., Nov. 29. 

A Sunday movie war broke out 
again here last week when William 
and I. H. Dickson ran their house 
on the Sabbath. The managers and 
three members of the house staff 
were arrested on affidavits filed 
with the police by local ministers. 
They were released on their own 
recognizance. 

When the theatre men protested 
that Sunday football was unmo- 
lested and that drug stores, gro- 
ceries, poolrooms and « ther busi- 
ness permitted to operate, the min- 
isters asked the police to stop 
(hem, too. The police replied they 
would act if affidavits were filed. 
They were not filed. 

Later in the week a committee of 
ministers and Sheriff H. A. Sum- 
merland of Wabash county con- 
ferred with Attorney General U. S. 
Lesh In Indianapolis, asking whether 
affidavits were necessary in making 
arrests for running a theatre on 
Sunday. Lesh rules the sheriff 
could make arrests without a war- 
rant if he saw the law violated. 



SHERLOCK HOLMES SUIT 



Stoli Film Wins Wm. Gilletce's In 
junction Suit in New York 



William Gillette, who dramatized 
and starred In "Sherlock Holmes" 
some years ago, founded on Sir Ar- 
thur Conan Doyle's fiction charac- 
ter, was denied his application for 
a temporary injunction against the 
Stoll Film Co., Ltd., of London to 
restrain their distribution of a 
series of two-reelers founded on the 
same characters. The Stoll picture 
is titled "Adventures of Sherlock 
Holmes." Gillette alleged that his 
drasnatizatiotf was infringed upon 
by the Stoll production. 

Justice Martin in the New Tork 
Supreme Court, in denying the tem- 
porary injunction, did so without 
prejudice to the determination of 
the merits upon the trial for a per- 
manent injunction. 

The court held that since the 
author himself ceded the Stoll com- 
pany its rights to film the stories, 
Gillette had no redress against them 
Mention of the fact that Gillette's 
contract also expired Is made, but 
that issue is doubtful since the 
plaintiff's original contract with 
Doyle was not prodjuced. 



Frederick Elliott, who organized 
the National Association of the Mo- 
tion Picture Industry and 'H'us its 
executive secretary for six years, 
has been elected a member of the 
board of directors and executive 
committee of the Feaster Manufac- 
turing Co. and is now located at the 
general offices of the company In 
New York. 

The Feaster Co. is a $750,000 cor- 
poration, manufacturing the Feaster 
no re -wind machine for attaching to 
the standard makes of projection 
machines. It elim,inates the re- 
winding of film and lengthens the 
life of prints of pictures. 

Mr. Elliott as a representative of 
the picture industry was active in 
the councils of the National Fire 
Protection Association and will 
serve in a similar capacity as \he 
representative of his present com- 
pany. It is understood the already 
has been invited to become actively 
identified with the New York Chap- 
ter of the National Fire Protective 
Association which has a member- 
ship of over 600 in the New Tork 
territory. 

With the advent of the Will H. 
Hays organization, the M. P. Pro- 
ducers and Distributors Association 
of America, Inc, Elliott remained 
with the old N. A. M. P. I. for six 
months winding up the affairs of 
that association, resigning as execu- 
tive secretary Oct. L 



f Los Angeles, Nov. 2$. 

It was quiet in Hollywood. Charlie 
Chaplin didn't have anything to do 
over the week-end and his name 
had not appeared In any of the 
papers In months, so he started to 
dope out something that would get 
a little publicity. Finally he hit 
upon an idea. He kf^ew it was goodi 
because he had used It five or six 
times in the past, and it had never 
failed, and. in addition, it doesn't 
cost anythlpg. So Charlie decided 
to let It be "rumored" he was again 
engaged to a picture actress. 

This time it was Pola Negri, the 
Polish star, who was to be the 
"other end" of the engagement. 
Pola Is a foreigner and not accli- 
mated to inside Hollywood details. 

So the L. A. dally papers, which 
just love to play up picture stuff on 
their front pages, fell for the story. 

To date, the story stands about 
50-50 as far as the principals are 
concerned. Neither party will affirm 
or deny the rumor. Char'.le Is or 
isn't going to marry Pola Negri, 
whichever way you want to look 
at it. 



''BILU' INJUNCTION DE(j|IED 

Decision Given in Denver Favoring 
Defendant 



Denver. Nov. 29. 

A decision was handed down yes- 
terday in the U. S. District Court 
by Justice J. Foster Symes, deny- 
ing the application for un injunction 
made by the W. F. Cody (Buffalo 
Bill) Historical Pictures Company 
against the ' Universal Film Ex- 
changes, Inc., to enjoin the defend- 
ant from exhibiting a series of pic- 
tures bearing- the "Buffalo Bill" 
name. 

The court, in its opinion, disre- 
garded the contentions of the plain- 
tiff, which was represented by 
Ernest Morris. John A. Rush, for- 
mer district attorney of Denver and 
now a resident of Los Angeles, came 
here to appear for the defendant. 



MEETING Ta WIND UP , 
N. A. M. P. L AFFAIRS 

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■ji . i . ■«■.!'.■'■ '.^ '.,•■'■, •.. V 

Creditors Threaten S u I f 
Against Directors as > 
1 Individuals 



COAST FILM NEWS 

By EDWARD KRIEQ 

Virginia Faire is home from Hon* 
olulu. 



Sam Allen, well known in Alms, 
may land one of the Frank' Bacon 
berths with the Golden firm. Allen 
was a friend of the late "Lightnln' " 
star and looks enough like Bacon 
to have been a brother. Negotia- 
tions are now on. 



a. 



MACHIKE MAKERS' ASS7T. 

An association of the projection 
machine manufacturers and the 
accessory men in the picture field 
is in the process of formation. Sev- 
eral of the biggest and mo.««t active 
among the projection mantjfantur- 
ers, formerly members of the old 
N. A. M. P. I., have docidod to com- 
bine for mutual protection. 

The battle that they may have 
before them will be witii the ques- 
tion of taxation on machines in 
various states and the natlon-wldc 
fight with the Flro Prevention As- 
sociation of the Underwriters Board 
which is trying to bring about the 
adaptation of the use of non-in- 
flammable film in the industry. 



BRUL, LAKEWOOD FILM BOSS 

Sol Brill Is now the theatre mogul 
of Lakewood, N. J., since acquiring 
the quartet of houses in the resort 
formerly owned by Barney Ferber. 
The deal which Brill closed about 
two weeks ago was for the new 
Strand, Palace, Rialto and Ferber. 
j The Strand was but recently com- 
pleted at a cost of $350,000 and has 
a seating capacity of 1.500. Brill 
has appointed Irving Schiffman as 
his local representative to look after 
the four houses. 

Ferber on retiring from exhibiting 
is to enter the production field, and 
the chances arc that he will be iden- 
tified with Morris Kohn In the De- 
pendable Pictures Corp. This or- 
ganization has recently released 
'"Till We Meet Again," directed by 
Christie Cabanne, and have an- 
nounced they will resume produc- 
tion sometime after the first of the 
year. 



FILMING "WABASH" ~ 

Another Paul Dresser eong clas- 
sic is to be filmed. Associated Ex- 
hibitors will distribute a produc- 
tion based on "On the Banks of the 
Wabash," made Into a continuity by 
Forrest Stanley and produced by 
Worth-Whlle pictures. 

Madge Kvans will be featured In a 
child role. ._^_ 



uisut'd 



BRANDT TIES UP SECTION 

Harry Crandt. brother of William 
Brandt, has taken over two addi- 
tion.'il theatres in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
The (Jardcn, a 600 -.'^eat house with 
an airdome seating 1,000 at 46th 
street and New Utrecht avenue, and 
the West End, seating 1,000 at &2d 
street and the same avenue. 

The latter house is to be closed 
and remodelled. The obtalnlnR of 
both theatres In the section gives 
the younger Brandt the comi»kte 
control of the territory. 



ENGLISH FIRM FOR 7. S. 

A luncheon was tendered to Col. 
A. C. Bromhcad, head of the Gau- 
mont, Ltd., of England, prior to his 
sailing Saturday. The purpose of 
the luncheon was for an open dis- 
cussion of plans the English pro- 
ducer has to invade the American 
market with a series of productions 
to be made by his organization in 
England. 

The initial production Is to be a 
picturlzatlon of Hall Calne's "The 
Quality of Mercy," which, it is be- 
lieved. Is sufnciently international in 
its appeal to find ready acceptance 
in the Uiilted States. The principal 
plan which Colonel Bromhead and 
his English associates are to follow. 
In the hope- that their productions 
although made abroad will not be 
looked upon as foreign productions, 
is the engaging of American direc- 
tors and American casts. 

Tom Terris, who, although an 
Englishman, obtained his picture 
experience to a great extent In this 
country, has been selected to direct 
the Initial production. The cast has 
not been announced. 



Mabel Normand was due on the 
coast this week. 



A song has been written around 
DeMlUes "Adam's Rib" by Aubrey 
Stauffer, local composer and Holly- 
wood celeb. 



Hector Turnbull, writer, was 
called east by the illness of his 
brother. 



GRIFFriH SIGNS NORVELLO 

D. W. Grifflth has sigm d Ivor 
Norvello, said to be the hand.Homest 
actor in England, under an optional 
contract. He will come to America 
either In December or Mnrf^h, dr - 
pending upon the chol( <• of the next 
Griffith production. 



Dougtss MeLesn With A. E. 

Ix>8 AngelPM, Nf>v, 29. 

Douglas MoTienn hSM If ft Inre and 
signed a contract to rel'ase his fu- 
ture productions througii th« A'-.io- 
ciated Exhibitors. 



Louis B. Mayer has returned. 
With him came Reginald Barker. 
Barker starts his new film shortly. 

James Young, the director, will 
make a Rork-Young production 
while waiting for Richard Walton 
Tuliy's word to produce "Trilby." 
Young returned this week from the 
east. 



Mildred Harris writes from Now 
Orleans that she will be here for 
the holidays. 



Harry Myers has been signed for 
'Main Street" by Warner Bros. 



Marjorle Bonner, sister of Prl- 
scilla. is now in films. She is a 
member of Rolln Sturgeon's com- 
pany at Ince's. 



Arthur Jacobs, film producer, is 
rushing plans fi the new Frank 
Borsage productions. Production 
will start Jan. 1. 



irarold Lloyd IfUs returned. He 
will b«»gln his new flve-reeler the 
first of the week. 



A motion picture golf tournament 
was staged at Pasadena golf club. 
J. C. Jessen and Milton Hoffman 
headod the managerial committee. 
Guy I'riff;, drama editor of the Her- 
ald, and D, Scott Chlsholm. polf 
editor of I ho Expre.HH. comijri.'ad the 
comniltteo on prizes. The .sroro 
rommlU'M will annoiinrf ttip win- 
ner.s next wof.-k. Many ca>ftern film 
rxwn pn rt l L 'l pntga. 



Allan lloliibar hn.s t;il<»n Iiis com- 
panv filming 'Th.- Whit*- Krontier ' 
to th.; Siorra.s In the norllnrri part 
of thf- Klate. 



Artnur Beck, producer of Louli 
Balrd pictures, loaves • hhortly for 
the east. Beck announnul that Miss 
lialrds now photoplay will be cdleU 
"The Dcslroying'Angcl." 



The' winding up of the affairs of 
the National Association of the Mo- 
tion Picture Industry appears ta 
have struck a snag, inasmuch as it 
has seemlifigly been impossible to 
obtain a quorum at any of the - 
meetings recently called. Last 
week an urgent call was Issued for' 
a meeting Friday afternoon. At 
that meeting It was agalli lmpos«\< 
slble to get the required number^ 
present. > *; 

That the creditors of the or- » 
ganization are threatening to su«\ 
the directors as individuals in an; 
effort to obtain what is due did not- 
bring the directors to the mark, 
even thodgh they were informed of 
the Impending suits by letter. 

The cull for the meeting Issued 
on Nov. 21 had one paragraph 
saying: 

"The creditors of the assocfUtion 
are becDming more Insistent and 
within a few days it is likely suits 
will be brought against directors 
individually In considerable num- 
bers arising out of the liabilities of 
the association which have not beea 
met." 

Friday afternoon some time after 
the hour for the meeting there was 
far from a; quorum present In the 
old offices of the N. A. M, P. I. in 
the New York theatre building, 
Those who did show reached an ; 
agreement to elect the former as-; 
sistant secretary of the association, 
Ral^h Kohn, as executive secretary,, 
those present signing the resolution ; 
with the provision made that those . 
not present should be informed of 
the step and their signatures se-J! 
cured in sufficient number to make 
up the required quorum. ^ 

The total indebtedness of the N.^ 
A. M. P. I. Is said to be In th^ 
neighborhood of $40,000. William,' 
A. Brady, who was president of tha 
association, is reported as belngr, 
owed $29,0^0. The other debts arai; 
between |6,000 and $10,000, and. 
It Is the latter creditors who ar»* 
threatening the actions In order tA.; 
collect. - .'^ "^ c^J 

Mr. Brady waa not present at tha' 
meeting, neither was the former 
secretary of the association, Fred- 
erick Elliott. Brady, it was re- 
ported was out of town, while El- 
liott severed his affiJiation with th* 
old organization since Oct. 1. 

At the time the • Will H. Hays 
organization was formed it was de- 
cided the old organization, which 
embraced every end and division of 
the industry, was to be discon- 
tinued. Some sort of an arrange- 
ment was entered into whereby th# 
Hays organization tpok over the 
records of the old association and 
it was believed the debts of tha 
N. A. M. P. I. would be taken cara 
of. It was stated around IgO.OOf 
was due the organization from it# 
members as dues. 

Friday's meeting supposedly em* 
powered the new executive secre- 
tary to wind up the affairs of the 
old association and to take the nec« 
essary steps (o levy on the mem- 
bers for sufficient funds to meet thi 
indebtedness. 



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DISTINCTIVE SIGNS LUNT 
Distinctive Pictures, Arthur S. 
Friend's producing organization, haS 
signed Alfred Lunt to play the lead 
in "Backbone" from Charles Whit- 
taker's Saturday Evening Post 
story. 

This is the first production by the 
Friend unit in addition to the George 
Arllss series. The film will also 
mark Lunt'«/ first screen appearance. 
Until recently he played in "Banco" 
at the Ritz, N. Y. . ; - , >. 



EDUCATIONAL UNIT 

An entire unit program of educa- 
tional and scenic subjects, picked' 
from the Swedish Bio^raph. was 
given at the Town Hall, New York, 
S<'\turday evening, and will be put 
on the road as a road show. 

Throe-day stands are booked for 
the Trcmont Temple, Boston; In 
Jamo.Htown. N. Y.. and at other 
poinl.s whi-re thori? is a large per- 
rontage of Swedes in the popula- 
tion. • '^ :tf ^ 



Reorganizing Goldwyn Ssles Force 
Th<» Gtjliluyn sales organization la 
to undi'rgo reorganization with a 
new ftviUonii of hanilling sales to be 
instiillfU. Tlie new line-up is to be 
patterned largely after the existing 
raraniovint sales organization, which 
has a .Mu pel visor for each local ter- 
ritory under a general branch man* 



Friday, December 1, 1928 



MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT— Pages 34 to 39 

PICTURES 



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HAYS' COAST BRANCH 



TO CENSOR PICTURES? 



Suspicion Coast Branch Office Intends Censoring at 
Source — Resentment Likely Against Interference 
by Prodi^cers and Distributors ^ 



INDEPENDENT FILM MAN 
SAYS HE MUST GIVE UP 



Taxed for Will Hays' Organi- 
zation—Paying in 
Advance 



The Will H. Hays Producera and 
Distributors' Association Is to open 
a Hollywood branch. Thomas A. 
Patten, former member of the 
' tJnited States Postofllce Depart- 
: ment, has been designated by Hays 
to head the branch of the orgmiza- 
tion, and Joseph O'Neill, formerly 
on the New York World, and more 
lately with the Hays outfit, is also 
to go to the coast. 

Just what the purpose is in open- 
ing thf coast branch is not stated 
by the Hays organization, but there 
Is a belief the office is for the estab- 
lishing of a coast censorship of the 
picture industry .that is to be oper- 
ated from within. 

Hays has stated numerous times 
It was not the fault of the dis- 
tributor or the exhibitor that they 
showed pictures which had to be 
censored, but that they were com- 
pelled to run what the producer 

. gave them. Censorship at the 
source of manufacture is what he 
has been heading for. and the gen- 
eral belief is that this is the task 

' that will be assigned to Patten. 

Just the manner I i which this 
possible censorship will be accepted 
on the coast is more or less of a 
question at this time. For the past 
couple of weeks in the eastern terri- 
tory there have been rumblings of 
dissatisfaction directed at the Hays 
organization and Hays, in particu- 
lar. One producer-distributor, it is 
known, is very much incensed 
•gainst the manner in which the 
work of the organization is being 
carried forward and has not been 
backward in voicing his attitude. 
He is seemingly one who might re- 
sent the Interference on the part of 
the head of the Producers and Dis- 
tributors in trying to regulate his 
product. 

The Los Angeles office of the or- 
ganization Is supposed to be opened 
early next month. Those that are 
to do the organizing of the branch 
ofl!lce are to leave here within the 
next few days. Space has been 
' secured in a Los Angeles oflfice 
building for the housing of the 
branch. 



TOTASH-PERLMUTTER' 
IN PICTURE SERIES 



A. 



BUNCHING LOEW DATES 

Jersey Houses Being Supplied From 
New York Exchanges 



A change In booking methods 
lately Inaugurated by the Loew film 
booking executives shifts the supply 
lor the string of nearby New Jersey 
theatres from Jersey branches to the 
New York exchanges. 

Although the servic? remains un- 
changed the bunching of playing 
days gives a bigger block to the 
metropolitan ofllces and economies 
are effected. 

In dealing with the state right 
people, of course, the Jersey ter- 
ritorial rights are respected, but the 
composite time looks more attrac- 
tive together in negotiations with 
■mailer progra.n people when 
thrown Into one distributing estab- 
lishment than when split. 

PAUAMOUNT CONVENTIOK 

Los Los Angeles, Nov. 29. 

The Paramount sales convention 
b over and the majority of those 
who attended left on the special 
train Sunday for points ' east. 
Adolph Zukor and Slilncy S. Kent, 
the latter general sales manager 
for the corporation, remained here 
to look over studio matters. 

En route ea.st on the Paramount 
train is William S. Hart, who Is 
goinj? to New York on bu.slness 
which it Is believed portends his re- 
turn to the screen In the near fu- 
ture. Whether or not he will asain 
line up with Paramount is a ques- 
tion. 



KID MCOY AND BACKER 

Ijoa A»ik»1c<«. Nov. 29, 
Norman Solhy (Kid McC(»y) if to 
head his «\vn picture producint: 
company. The fornirr pu?;ilistlc 
champion Is said to have .vorurrd 
the backing of a woman of trrnion- 
dous wealth, who is to finance the 
venture. «•- 



H. Woods Agrees With 
Samuel Goldwyn as 
Film Producer 



"PotaFsh and Perlmutter" wUl be 
placed in pictures next summer. 
Samuel Goldwyn having purchased 
the rights from A. H, Woods this 
week. The first P, and P. comedy 
will be made and Barney Bernard 
and Alexander Carr will enact the 
characters upon completion of their 
season in "Partners Again." 

Woods has held the P. and P. 
plays away from pictures for years, 
the manager fearing the value of 
the characters might be destroyed 
for the stage. The same sentiment 
was shared by Montague Glass, the 
creator of Potash and Perlmutter. 
Offers received by the Selwyns were 
similarly laid aside Indefinitely, with 
Jules Eckert Goodman agreeing 
with Glass, with whom he collabo- 
rated in several of the P. and P. 
shows. 

Dependent on the success of the 
first P. and P. picture, the other 
comedies of the series knd the cur- 
rent "Partners Again" will be sold 
for the screen. 

Mr. Glass will do the titling for 
the Samuel Goldwyn production of 
the first Potash and Perlmutter. 
The author Is reported having re- 
ceived a young fortune as advance 
picture royalties. 



A squawk is coming from the In- 
dependent producer over the releas- 
ing organizations afl^liated with the 
Will Hays association. They are 
taxing the gross business done by 
their productions to pay the Hays 
salary and the expense of running 
the Hays organization, say the pro- 
ducers. 

One producer, on signing a con- 
tract with a national distributing 
organization, noticed his contract 
contained a clause that permitted 
the distributor, who Is a member of 
the Hays association, to deduct a 
half of one per cent of the gross for 
the Hays combine. The producer, 
an Independent, protestefi. but was 
Informed he could either take it or 
leave it, as the distributor was 
committed to pay that tax on his 
gross business to the Hays outfit. 

The producer is still talking about 
the clause, stating that he looks 
upon It in the light of the independ- 
ents really financing an organiza- 
tion which eventually through com- 
bination Is to drive the Independent 
out of business. In other words, the 
independent said he is paying In 
advance for being driven out of the 
business altogether. 



SEZNICK'S llUPERr 
CAST COMRIETED 



$12,000 Daily Expense of 

Making Big Feature — 40 

to 45 Days Required 



Lewis J. Selznick Is seemingly 
going to "shoot the bankroll" on his 
production of "Rupert of Hentzau," 
the sequel to "The Prisoner of 
Zenda," which Victor Heerman is to 
direct. According to present plans, 
there are between 40 and 45 days of 
work laid out for the making of the 
picture at a cost that is said to 
approximate $12,000 a dajn. 

During the current week, the cast. 
hailed as a $100,000 organization, 
was completed by the adding of 
Claire Windsor and Elmo Lincoln, 
The list now comprises Elaine Ham- 
merstein, Bert Lytell. Lew Cody, 
Hobart Bosworth, Bryant Wash- 
burn, Margery Daw, Irving Cum- 
mlnga. Adolphe Jean Menjou. Mit- 
chell Lewis and the two above 
named. 

Lytell will play the dual role of 
Rudolf Rassendyl and King Rudolph. 
Cody will play Rupert, while Miss 
Hammerstein will be seen as Queen 
Flavia. 

The Selznick sales force Is lined 
up on an intensive sales campaign 
for the picture and Is following the 
dates of "Zcnda," selling their pic- 
ture as the follow-up. 



FORUM, UPTOWN, SEATS 3,000 

Interests controlling the Arena 
and Tivoli picture houses on Eighth 
avenue will add a new one to their 
circuit Dec. 15 with the opening of 
the Forum, 138th street and Brown 
place. New York. 

The Forum seats 8,000 and will 
play first run;<. 



RosTti Marslini on Probation 

l^n» AnK«>le8, Nov. 2d. 
Rositl Marstini. locall; known on 
the stage and screen, was arr«'st(il 
on a charge of Khoplifting in a 
downtown dtparlmcnt st(»re. Sh*- 
hMS Ix'cn rfloa>:o<l on probatif»n, tes- 
tifying at her trial .she did not know- 
why .-he lifted the poods from th«^ 
counters of ih9^ piottfy, .,,..., ^. ^ 



ICHIGAN EXHIBITORS TAKE 
^ STAND AGAINST 'ROBIN HOOD' 



• -■■,.■■■'-..'?•■*■■■,■.*,...■' , • ■ • ■ 

Against Its Showing in Detroit at $2, Rouses Them to 
Circularizing the State — Masonic Organization 
Bought Feature for Run 



J. D. WILLIAMS FORMS 
OWN DISTRIBUTING CO. 



Explodes story Schenck Will 
Quit First National — Has 
V Two Years to Go T 



EXCHANGE MEN FORESEE 
ROCKS AHEAD FOR A.B.C. 

Need 52 Pictures Yearly, They 

Said — Abrams Set Public 

Price for Pickfords 



The arrangement whereby the A. 

B. C. obtained "Tess of the Storm 
Country" for the New York terri- 
tory from the United Artists 'was 
under an agreement which stipu- 
lated just what each of the houses to 
receive the picture from the exhibi- 
tors* organization was to pay as 
rental. This arrangement, It is 
understood, was made at the In- 
sistence of Hiram Abrams In order 
to maintain the price an Pickford 
films for the A. B. C. controlled 
theatres In the future. 

Generally In the exchanges. It Isn't 
believed the A. B. C. will live beyond 
a few months and the Abrams move 
Is commented on as a shrewd one in 
the event this booking combination 
win be as shoH lived as those 
formed In the past. In the event It 
does flop, the price for Plckford pro- 
ductions will be established at a 
certain figure and the exhibitors 
will be unable to beat it down. 

On a basis of receiving but 12 
pictures a year through the A. B. 

C, the exhibitors In the majority 
of cases will have to get at least 40 
additional pictures In the event that 
they are running a full week pro- 
gram. It Is this condition which the 
majority of exchange men believe 
will finally break down the A. B, C. 
They maintain that the organization 
will have to almost Immediately in- 
crease its scope to 52 pictures a year 
at least, or prepare to give up. 



LYTELL, FIRST NATIONAL 

Now in ''Rupert/' With His Hair 
Bleached 



Bert Lytell Is to be a First Na- 
tional star. Richard A. Rowland, 
who elevated Lytell to stardom at 
the Metro, Is closing for the leading 
man to Join the First National ranks 
when that organization starts pro- 
ducing on Its own, 

Lytell Is at present playing the 
lead in the Selznick production of 
"Rupert of Henzau." He was com- 
petlcd to bleach his hair blonde for 
the role. 



BALABAN & KATZ ORIGINAL 

Chicago. Nov. 29. 
r.ala1>fin A Katz are flashing nn 
ann<)unc<'mcnt on the srr« rn at tlu' 
(.'hlcit|!to th<*atrG th.1t -nit their offrr- 
IngH <»f a vaudcvilli' or j)ro.sontatjon 
nature aro "orlKinal," constructed by 
their own ivr^a of producers, ro.s- 
tiimor.'j. pr«'nc painters and the like. 
Tliis announcement af'<'()rni>aniod a 
fiuniini: .scone callcMl "The Tally-ho,'' 
ill wh.( h f-i-x men and four women 
nrp«.ared with a male quartet elng- 

^''*»' ■ t'i I. * • '. * >; •: 



Los AngaAes. Nov. 29. 

The formation of a now and in- 
dependent distributing corporation 
assertedly on a par with any other 
such agencies now In the field was 
admitted by J. D. Williams, former 
manager for First National Produc- 
tions. Financial backing for the 
project, he declared, had already 
been secured and the Incorporation 
would take place within the next 
fortnight under the laws of an east- 
ern state. 

A rumor current in motion pic- 
ture circles that Joseph Bchenck 
Intended to withdraw from First 
National and send out his future 
pictures under the colors of the new 
Williams agency was exploded by 
Mr. Williams. Schenck's contract 
with First National agency has two 
years to run, he stated. He refused 
to comment on the rumor that sev- 
eral other First National units were 
considering Joining his organization 
until after his return from a two 
weeks' visit from New York city 
in connection with the registration 
of his new concern. 



STRAND, FRISCO, 

NEW GKLY POUCY 



Stppping First Runs — Leaves 
Field to Eugene 
. Roth 



San Francl.sco, Nov. 29. 

The Strand Intends to step out of 
the first run picture house field and 
will offer a big girl show, starting 
Christmas week, according to its 
latest announcement. There will be 
20 girls In the chorus and the show 
will be In conjunction with a film 
offering of the ordinary program 
variety. 

The announcement Is Important in 
that it now eliminates the chief 
competitor against Eugene Roth In 
the picture feature buying field. 
Roth buys films for practically ali 
of the downtown houses except the 
TIvoll, which runs First National 
exclusively. 

The Strand !s fully equipped, 
having once been the Sulllvan- 
Consldlne vaudeville house. It has 
a large stage and seating capacity. 

BINGHAMTON'S FILM STUDIO 

Birghamton. N. Y., Nov. 29. 

As a result of the success of Its 
first picture." Her Own Story," part 
of which was filmed in this section, 
the Buckley-Ferguson Productions 
has begun preparations for location 
of a permanent studio In Port Dick- 
inson to confine their moving pic- 
ture activities to Blnghamton and 
vicinity. This has been announced 
by heads of the company. 

In carrying out the plans to place 
a new Indu.'^try in this section, an 
Increase to $200,000 capitalization of 
the company has been made. 



Detroit. Nov, 29. 
There Is to be no rest for th« 
United Artists and particularly 
Douglas Fairbanks productions so 
far as Michigan exhibitors are con- 
cerned. The explanation recently 
made by John Fairbanks In which 
he justified himself In selling "Robin 
Hood" to the Orpheum to be shown 
at $2 and that it is not confiictlnff 
with the regular picture houses, 
does not meet with the approval ot 
the Board of Directors oC the Mich- 
igan Exhibitors' Association. 

Two weeks ago it sent Its at- 
torney. Judge Alfred J. Murphy to 
talk things over with John Fair- 
banks. The judge reported back 
that Fairbanks had made the deal 
with the Shaddukiam Grotto feeling 
within his rights and that it would 
be offered to the first-run plcure 
houses after Its engagement at the 
Orpheum at the |2 scale. "This 
policy is being pursued by all the 
big producers," Mr. Fairbanks told 
Judge Murphy. "Grimth did it with 
'Way Down East' and 'Orphans of 
the Storm'; Metro dfd it with /Foiir 
Horsesmen' and other produo«ra 
have done it without exhibitors 
claiming discrimination," 

The Michigan Exhibitors' Assoolm- 
tlon takes another viewpoint of thtt 
whole situation. It contends that by 
Fairbanks dealing with the Shad- 
dukiam Grotto, a fraternal organ- 
ization, a precedent has been set 
that Is causing exhibitors troubU. 
In the state — especially the larger 
cities — fraternal orders have written 
Into producers asking for terms on 
big film productions In direct coAA 
petition with the local exhlblt^v 
The association feels that It lAint 
set Its foot down because aeMttjk 
fraternal organizations the flrst^rtm 
privilege on big pictures Is unfair 
to the regular theatres. 

As soon as the run of "Robin 
Hood" at the Orpheum is completed^ 
no doubt United Artists will offer 
it to the flrst-run houses — the high- 
est bidder getting It. This is due 
to the fact that the Fox-Washington 
and the Kunsky houses are not af- 
filiated with the state organization, 
whereas, the Broadway -Strand ls» 
Phil Glelchman, Its owner, being the 
vice-president. He feels he will 
have to bid with the others to 
secure this picture first -run. The 
association Is said to have sent a 
circular to every exhibitor in the 
city and state urging them not to 
book any more United Artists pro- 
ductions. 

Hiram Abrams. president of 
United Artists, claims such a move- 
ment is unfair to his company, inas- 
much as the deal with the Shad- 
dukiam Grotto on "Robin Hood" was 
made with John Fairbanks and that 
the picture has not even been turned 
over to United Artists as yet for 
selling. 

"We would not feel so bad if 
'Robin Hood' has been sold to 
Charles H. Miles, who owns the 
Orpheum, or anybody else who may 
have a theatre that wanted it shown 
at 1 2," said Henderson Rlchey, 
secretary of the Michigan Exhibitors 
League. "But you will note that 
all the advertising relative to the 
engagement reads ''The Shaddukiam 
Grotto presents Douglas Fairbanks 
In 'Robin Hood.'" It does not men- 
tion the Orpheum theatre nor Miles, 
proving the Grotto did buy it and 
that if they did not buy It — and 
that It was sold to Miles or the 
Orpheum — somebody is hiding be- 
hind a subterfuge and that the ad- 
vertising misrepresents. 



DEXTER MARRIED 

Los Aiig»'k'S, Nov. 29. 
Mrs, Nina C, Untermeyer, di- 
vorced wife of Alvin Untermeycr. 
the New York attorney, was wed 
here Monday to Elliott Dexter, for- 
mer husband of Marie Doro, at th*- 
de .Mile hciinfi, 



Eddie Gribbon, Bennett's Star 

Kildjc Cril.l>on is to be starred by 
Mack Sf-nnftt. Ciibhon wa;? a for- 
mer minor lenpue bnseb.ill star an«l 
at one time IMdie McG' forty's spar- 
ring partner. He has h^on on th^ 
roa' t for ab''Ut live yenrs In pio- 
turts. 



2-1 FOR SUNDAY 

Belvidere, HI., Votes for Sabbath 
Amusement 



Bolvidere. 111.. Nov. 19. 
Following an Intense campalfrn 
for Sunday amusement, this city 
jliil' d f'\er 2 to 1 in favor of It. 



The V(.le was 2,038 to 948. Belvl- 
<lcrfc has 8,000 population. Author- 
ity granted by the special election 
I.s broad, the question on the ballot 
r<a(i:ng ".ShaU tl.ta'ricals and other 
exhibition^ shows and amusement* 
be allowed In Utlvidere on the first 
(1,1 y (»f the wei'k, commonly knovm 
^as Sunday?" 



VARISTlt 



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iTIie American Agricultural Corporation has authorized an issue of $^,000,000 fire-year 8% collateral trust 
bonds, secured by the richest lands in America. These bonds are issued m units of $100. Any amount 
from that sum to $100»000 may be had on convenient, easy payments. Eight per cent, annual interest 

f starting on each payment as made. 

THIS IS NOT A SPECULATION. A bond is the concrete evidence of a definite loan for a definite period 
at a definite rate of intere^. It is secured by a mortgage guaranteeing interest payments and Ihe re- 
payment of principal. ^ ^ 

Eight per cent, is very high interest, but interest rates are a matter of geography— S% in New York» 7% 

in the West» 8% to 10% on the Pacific Coast, and 8% in Louisiana, where the activities of the Com« 

' pany center. . .,';•' :^ . , .'^,, 

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If you forego the use of the interest (ccmipound it) during the five-year term your earnings will ex- 

. ceed 50% in that period' without the risk ot a dollar. 3 1 



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In addition there is a specnlative feature through which 
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A bonus of one sliarc of common stock is given with each $100 bond. 
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Out of this $2,000,000 bond issue the first unit of 10,000 acres in a great 
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Sted, or boot and' shoe manufacture, an office building, packing house or big 



hotel, has been brought under the benefits of corporate direction and economies. 
The farmer alone plods ak)ng as he did in his grandfather's time, planting, 
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of knowledge AND YOU PAY FOR IT,; \ '/ ■ : ; 



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Doesn*t this appeal to you as a safe, sane and worthwhile opportunity? 7 

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452 Fifth Av^iue (entrance on 40th Street) , New York 



SIDNEY P. ALLEN 



President 



Former owner of the hind now owned hy the American AgricnUwral Corporation. 
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Vice-President 



Member, American Soc. Civil Enginefrt. 

President. Ru»sell B. Smith Engineers, Inc. ^ 

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VOL. LXIX. No. 3 



NEW YORK Cmr, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1922 



40 PAGES 



^es 



EQUin SIDESTEPS APPEAL 



SUBSCRIPTION THEATRE BUILDING 
aOWING POPULAR IN NEW JERSEY 



Another Pop Vaudeville Theatre Proposed by Frank 
G. Hall at Hoboken — 1,000 Natives Subscribed to 
Capitol, Union Hill, N. J. 



While not altogether a new 
scheme of theatre building, the plan 
of erecting theatres through local 
aubscriptions appears to be under- 
going a revival In New Jersey. 
Frank G. Hall, a leading promoter 
over there for that type of theatre 
' construction, is about to promote a 
pop vaudeville and picture house 
for Hoboken, following the success- 
ful opening of a similarly built the- 
atre (Capitol) at Union Hill a 
couple of weeks ago. 

The plan seems to be to secure 
cufllcient funds through residents 
subscribing to the project, with 
each subscription carrying a life 
' pass to the theatre for the sub- 
scriber. 

The Union Hill theatre htm 1.000 
■ubscribers, with each the owner of 
« life pass entitling tliem to one 
ndmilision at a time, but without 
limit otherwise, to that particular 
theatre. 

The plan is being utilized else- 
(Continued on page 8) 



TOO MUCH^ EQUITY 

8tu«rt-WHyte Annual Tour Halts 
Owing to Discord in Troup 



Montreal, Dec. 6. 

F. Stuart-Whyte's English pan- 
tomime company, "Prince Charm- 
ing, Jr.," Is laying off in Montreal. 

The company played Hi.s Majes- 
ty's Tiioatre two wcoks ago and 
met with very moderate success. 
Zara Clinton was the featured 
player. Stuart- Why t<>*s produc- 
tions have, for many yenrs. toured 
Canada. Kach year brous^ht u new 
pantomime, playing at ?l.50 top. 

It is stated that the roal rea.son 
of the lay-off lies in the fact that a 
few members of the compiiny were 
Equity. Continual arguments led 
the producer, Stuait- Whyte, to take 
drastic action; he simply washed 
his hiinds of the whole tiling rather 
than continue his tour sut<ject to 
Interference. 



HOME FOR AGED MUSICIANS 

St. Louis. Dee. 6. 
St. Louis has been selected l)y tlie 
Musicians* Fund as the most de- 
sirable city to build its home for 
aged and infirm musiciuna. 



ERLANGER OUT $100,000 
ON "YANKEE PRINCESS" 



Knickerbocker's Show Due at 

Storehouse After Saturday 

—Lasted 10 Weeks 




ES ARDELL. 






Pretext Is Actor Was in 
Arrears, Though He Was 
Not Suspended and Dues 
Are Now Up to Date — 
"Scandals" Agreement in 
Dispute 



P. M. A. MOVE LIKELY 



•'The Yankee Princess" an 

operetta adapted from the Viennese 

"Die Bajadere" and produced by 

A. L. Erlanger will close at the 

Knickerbocker Saturday, bound for 

the storehouse. The loss on the 
venture is said to be upward of 

(100,000. 

The passing of "Princess," con- 
sidered highly in nuisical circles, 
is significant of the rating of the 
operetta style of entertainment amid 
the newer vogue of revues In the 
musical comedy field. The Erlanger 
production was costly to operate, it 
having a weekly salary list of 
nearly (8,000. The average busine.ss 
is quoted between $13,000 and $14,000 
weekly, but it is claimed the show 
did not have one winning week 
among the 10 weeks played on 
Bioadway. Tiie show called for 
$17,000 weekly to show a margin of 
profit. 



PUGILISTIC OTHELLO 



Jack Johnson Sees Future in Afr ca 
for Himself as Actor 



Indianapolis. Deo. fi. 

.Tack Johnson, the negro iiugili.*'!. 
is going in for Shake.-<peare and 
vows he'll l>Iay Othello. 

"Li'l Artha" v/as here with hii- 
white wife. Lucille, wlio f;ought to 
v.c.iver her costly aiitomoI>jle, 
iiii/C'l hy Sheriff .Snider a year af;o 
wlien it and the receipts of the 
Lenwood Amusement Co. were nf- 
taehed by William Bottoms. Chi- 
cago cafe owner, for an alleged deiit 
Johnson owed him. 

She got the cnr and Jack an- 
nounced he is going to .Vlorot'o, 
Africa, to head his own Sii.tl; s- 
pearean company. 



A story along Broadway this week 
told of how Franklyn Ardell, a 
member of Equity in good standing, 
was turned dow^n by Equity, when 
the organization was requested to 
call for an arbitration in ArdeU's 
.«;alary claim against George White's 
"Scandals" for breach of contract. 

The reason reported pleaded by 
Equity to sidestep the arbitration is 
that Ardell was not a member In 
good standing when he entered into 
the contract with White some 
months ago. The Equity records 
show, it is said, that Ardell. then 
lapsed in dues, paid up in full with 
an additional $2.50 (fine), making 

(Continued on page 19) 



BIG IM HOUSE ORCHESTRAS ' 
BEING CONVERTED DTrO ACTS 



Maryland, Baltimore and Other Houses Follow 
Lead of Riverside — Saves Cost of a Jazz Band 
Turn in Program \-:r'^'''^':'''''-"-:-^., . 



MID-WEST STOCKS 
CLOSING, 500 IDLE 

Chicago Expects Influx of Idle 
Actors — Xmas Season 
Dullness Causes It . 



Chicago, Dec, d. 

Stock companies operating in the 
middle west will close within the 
next week. It Is said here, and fully 
500 actors are expected to be 
dumped upon Chicago by this de« 
cision. They will be without work 
and without much chance of se* 
curing employment in their particu- 
lar line. 

The approach of the Christmas 

(Continued on page 3) 



BROADCASTS MUSIC AT 
$250 TO $5,000 YEARLY 



American Musical Society 

Fixes Rates for Radio — Fee 

Based on Operations 

l!adlo Htations most remit at the 
rate r.f $iJ."iO to $r<.(iOO a year to the 
American Society of Composers, 
Authftr.y .'ind i»iihli.-;he!s for the priv- 
ilege of hroade.i sting coiiyri^ht 
music. The fee Is to be fixed by 
the soc'ety according tt» tiie broad- 
ea.viing .Mtation'.»< location, popula- 
tion it serves, ainount of prolit.s 
from rnrtio apparatus HJUPS Iftat It 
d''ri\'es, etc. 

Anjiik-Mtions for aiithori/.ed privi- 
lege to l»roa(lcast the Koci«'!y*H .»-or.gH 
.'•re coming in fhilly. The nidio con- 
<•• rns wer«' f«>irn:ill.\ adv'.sefl smie 
XNeek.s ugo that UM:iiilho:i.:ed broad- 
-rasting wouU^ ix- i>i-oseeuted a,s a 
\iol.itioi) of lh»' copxr.giit l;i\v. 



POPCORN EATERS 

Charge Three K. C. Orchestra 
Leaders Afflicted with Habit 



Memphis, Dec. 9. 

The charge has been made by an 
act^ while in this city, that there are 
three orchestra leaders In Kansas 
City, who are continuously munch- 
ing while conducting. Whether this 
is a more aggravating habit than 
hum-chewIng the act would not 
.stale. 

Niek Pierong Is leaving Memphis 
for Kansas City where he will 
operate a baton. Local betting is 
3 to 1 Nick won't fall for popcorn. 



MAKING SANE PREMIERES 

.\n innovation was introduced at 
tiie opening of "Fa.shions for Men" 
at the National when the manage- 
ment distributed Ihrowaways stat- 
ing tliat tho players requested tlie 
audietuo not to applaud them on 
entrance or at any time during thn 
action. 

It proved a relief scUlom befur*' 
e.\p( rienced at ^'i premiere in Man- 
hattar., and the enthusiasm at the 
curt.iiris rewarded It by adding as 
inu<h, probably, an would have i>et:ji 
used lnterrui*ting the speeches and 
l.roj;roK.s at Ic^s apt moments. 



The craze for orchestras as vaude- 
ville acts has resulted in an Increas- 
ing number of houses weekly util- 
izing the house orchestra as an act. 

Julius Lenzberg started It by 
shaping the Riverside, New York, 
orchestra into an act seteral weeks' 
ago, and the idea was taken up by 
others. 

The Maryland. Baltimore, itn the 
latest to have the house orchestra 
frame itself. 

The high salaries asked by tJio 
jaxz bands with "names" plays a 
considerable part In the general rush 
of houses to at least make a try for 
what the public wants in the way of 
jazz music. 



SHUBERT STOCK PLAN 

Reported Wilt Consists of 400,000 
Shares at |2S Par— Realty Used 

Further progress of the plan to 
float a stock issue for public sub- 
scription covering Shubert vaude- 
ville enterprises Ukes In Klliott 
Danforth, P'rank Uodsol and other 
financial allies of tha Shubert or- 
ganization, who are seeking to in- 
terest banks or other capitalists to 
underwrite the Issue of 400,000 
shares of $25 par. 

The proposition was said to con- 
template an underwriters' price of 
$17.50 with the over-the-counter 
price $20 to the public. On thi.-i 
basis it was figured the under- 
writers would be amply compen- 
sated for the trouble of distribut- 
ing the stock to the public without 
resorting to theatre sales, as was 
done with I^oew stock. 

It Is understood that a number 
of pieces of property In which the 
Shuberts have considerable equities 
will bo turned over to the company 
as assets for the stock. 



COSTCIMCS" 

'•KVI-JRYTUISO' 

ForeinoHt Mnkcra of Rtsfc 
Aitlro for Women and M*« - 

BROOKS-MAHIEU 



11.37 irniiy 



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VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE PARI F ^ ® S*' Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square 

V^ /^ D 1^ £« 1^ 2096 Regent Friday, December 8, 1922 



FRENCH COMEDY HOVE 
HAS NOVEL END 



Potiniere Has Moderate Suc- 
cess — Untranslatable 
French Title 



Paris, Dec. 6. 

The Theatre Potiniere produced. 
Ko\enib«.r 30, Audio Antolno and 
Maxinie Lory's throe-act comedy, 
"Les Chevaux de Hois" (an un- 
translatable reference to the horses 
of a merry-go-round that follow 
•ach other in circles without ever 
meeting). The piece met with mod- 
erate gucrep.s. It deals with an 
old subject, but in a fresh and live- 
ly fashion. It is taken from an 
Italian novel by Mathlldo Serao. 

Jeanle quits hor husband because 
of his philandering, but suddenly 
returns to him when a visit Im- 
pends of her invalid father, asking 
the husband to pretend domestic 
happiness. The husband agrees 
gladly, but neither is aware the 
father knows the domestic situa- 
tion and is pretending in order to 
maneuver a reconciliation. 

Subsequently the husband, who 
*has always regretted the family 
division, tries to keep his wife with 
bim, but she resists his embraces 
and escapes, pursued by the hus- 
band. 

The play proper ends at this 
point, but the denouement Is indi- 
cated by a novel dramatic device. 
There is a prolog In which a 
strange gnome, representing the 
household God Lar of Roman myth- 
ology, addresses the audience, point- 
ing to the barren home and indi- 
cating, the domestic situation of the 
absent wife, A soliloquy by the 
same odd figure at the end of. the 
.play, informs the audience the hus- 
band has overtaken the wife and 
been forgiven. 

Charlotte Lyses plays the wife, 
Jacques Capellan!, the husband, and 
Andre Dobosc, the father, all ac- 
quitting themselves with honor. 



PRINCPS WITHDRAWN 

Melvilles Withdraw Theatre From 
Block After Bid of 138,000 Pounds 



ONE WEEK PLENTY 

"Destruction" Written, Staged and 
Starred by Agnes Deltrna 



London, Dec. C. 

Agnes Dellana wrote, staged and 
starred herself In "Destruction," 
produced at the Royalty. It Is ama- 
teurish propaganda for the revision 
of the divorce laws. 

The lady of triple activities In- 
creased her burden by renting the 
theatre for one week. When the 
time is up "Destruction" is expected 
to disappear. 



SOCIETY COMEDY DRAMA 
UKEY HUGE SUCCESS 



Ian Hay's "Happy Ending" 

with Robert Lorraine and 

Ethel Irving 



London, Dec. 6. 

"The Happy Ending." produced at 
the St. James, Nov. 30, is brilliantly 
played by a cast headed by Kthel 
Irving and Robert Loraine. 

It was enthusiastically received at 
the premiere and looks likely to be- 
come a huge success. 

Ian Hay, the play's author, has 
turned out a splendid specimen of 
the English drawing room comedy 
drama. 

At the Garrick last week, "Biflfy" 
disclosed itself as an old-fashioned 
play with a plot popular in America 
25 years ago. 

Robert Hale and Teddie Gerard, 
its leads, did good work, but the 
piece looks hopeless. 



AERIAL HIT 



Turn Moved to Middle of Bill from 
Opening Position 



' ^ London, Dec. 8. 

Following a bid by Frank Curzon 
for 138.000 pounds for the Prince's 
theatre when put up at auction Nov. 
29,, the Melvilles withdrew the prop- 
erty from sale. 



London, Dec. 6. 
At the Finsbury Park Monday, 
Kafka and Stanley, an American 
trapeze act, opened the show, scor- 
ing so terrifically they were moved 
to the centre of the bill at the sec- 
ond performance. ;. . 




Frank Van Hoven wishes to an- 
nounce that Frank Van Hoven, Ed- 
ward S. Keller's best act; Mr. Van 
Hoven also wishes to announce that 
Mr. Van Hoven thinks the hardest 
acts he has ever followed Mr. Gal- 
lagher apd Mr. Shean at Keith's 
Colonial, New York; Wllkie Bard, 
Empire. New Castle. Eng.; Cooper 
and Ricardo. Poll's, Worctster, and 
the other split that goes with it. Mr. 
Van Hoven wishes to congratulate 
Mr. Van Hoven for always boosting 
Mr. Van Hoven. Mr. Van Hoven 
thinks Mr. Van Hoven has said 
enough about Mr. Van Hoven. If 
you want to hear more about Mr. 
Van Hoven, better write to Mr. Van 
Hoven. 

In other words, this is simply 
plain little 

FRANKIE VAN HOVEN 



NEW ITALIAN HLM CO. 
ENGAGING AMERICANS 



ROAD COMPANY IN PARIS 

• 

Shakecparean 



English 



Playars in 
Plays 



^ rarlfl, Dec I. 

▲ road company, versed In 
Shakespeare, is now appearing at 
the Comedie des Champs Elysees, 
Paris. Arrangements made by 
Jacques Hebertot are so favorable, 
the visit may be an annual one. Its 
present run Is for three weeks. 

The company Is headed by W. 
Edward Stirling (who played with 
James K. Hackett at the Odeon last 
year), and Henry Oscar, a former 
member of Helen Terry's company. 
Esme Biddle (from Frank Benson's 
London troupe at the St. Martins) 
plays Portia In "The Merchant of 
Venice," which commenced the 
series lost week. 



LONDON'S MIDNIGHT 
DANCING SENSATION 



Girl Practically Nude Prances 
Around Tables of Grafton 
Cabaret ^ 



ENGLISH DUKE TALKS ON 
CENSORING AND BEDS 



Former Lord Chamberlain's 

Opinion, "Every Play 

Immoral" 



Richard Garrick Appointed 
Producing Mgr. — Capital 
1 5,000,000 Lire - 



DAMAGES FOR SCAB 

Paris. Dec. 6. 
Miss Mary Ruby, an English revue 
actress, who claimed $30,000 for a 
•scar on her face, due to an automo- 
bile accident here last year, has been 
awarded $7,500 by the loral courts'. 
Miss Ruby declared the accident 
prevented her appearing in the last 
Casino de Paris rovuo. 



DEATHS ABROAD 

Paris. Nov, 25. 

Jane Rosni Derys. French dra- 
matic artiste, in I'aris, aged 35 
years. 

Paul Linard (known as Linardinl), 
French vaudeville performer aged 
(1. 

Ilarcelle Dorac, aged 32. 

Mme. Olivari (known as Sara 
Max, of Lnopinff Soeurs), aped 35. 

August Bardot, French composer, 
aged 65. 



BARON ROTHSCHILD'S LATEST 

Paris, Dee. 6. 

Andre Pascal (which is the 

pseudonym of Baron Henri de 

Rothchild) has completod a new 

play to be produced here at the 

.Theatre Antoine in January. 

The leads probably will be taken 
by Signoret and Mme. Marthe Reg- 
nler (Mme. F. Gcmier). 

The present title is appropriately 
"Moulin de la Galettc" in four acts. 
It is the name of a famous old 
dancing resort at Montmartre. "Ga- 
lette." besides meaning a flat cake, 
is also locarslang for money. 

"Les Rantzau" of Erckman-Cha- 
trian is being rehearsed at the 
Ambigu. 



Paris, Dec. 6. 
Rich.nnl Garrick has been appoint- 
ed producing manager of a big 
Italian film company organized 
with Italian capital of 15 million 
lire. 

The concern has purchased the 
Armenia studio at Milan, reported 
to have cost five million lires to 
build and contains an equipment 
valued at three millions. Garrick 
former. y produced In England and 
France. He recently completed an 
important picture in Italy which led 
to interesting local capital In this 
new corporation, of wTiich Armando 
Vay (who controlled the film "The 
Bible" recently released in the 
United States), is president. 

The new company proposes em- 
ploying American artists now study- 
ing in Italy. .; >/ •: 



Londo.n, Noy. 23. 

The Duke of Athol, who has re- 
tired from the position of Lord 
Chambeiiain, has been unburdening 
himself about plays and the censor- 
ship. Tho word "bloody," he says. 
Is not objectionable in the mouih of 
a working man, but Is when used 
by a "nut." On the question of 
bedroom plays he holds the opinion 
that *'A bed Is a piece of furniture. 
In itself thfere Is nothing objection- 
able. It depends what Is done with 
the bed." 

The Duke concludes by stating If 
he had thought flappers would be 
thrilled by the "Cenci," he might not 
have licensed It, and sums up the 
whole censorship situation with 
"every play Is, In the strict sense 
of the word, immoral. It Is the 
obscene which It Is the duty of the 
Lord Chamberlain to prevent." . 



London, Dec. 6. 

Virtually nudo as she dances 
around the tables on the Grafton 
Galleries cabaret (club), Evon 
Plnard looks to be tho midnight 
sensation of the city and should 
continue to pack the cabaret, if not 
Interfered with. 

The Grafton opened last Wednes- 
day night with Its 500 seats at ona 
guinea per person, including sup- 
per, but the opening receipts reached 
1,400 pounds (about $G.200). 

The show Is called "The Midnight 
Revel." It was staged by Jack 
Haskel, the American, and Is In two 
parts, with some jasx . and blues 
in it. 

Jessica Brown, American, scored 
strongly, having two turns, one In 
each part, and with each featured 
on tho program. Her second turn 
I» composed of two American pub« 
lished numbers, "Sapphire Sea" and 
"Chicago." .-»:.,. - 

Miss Linard, closing the program 
just before the finale and billed aa 
"The Lady In Bronze," wore for her 
dance a tiny loin cloth and breast- 
plates, with her body bronzed. It 
is a rather daring departure for a 
London cabaret, witli a dancer so 
near the guests. A similar naked 
dance was done by Evan Burrows 
Fontaine at the Palais Royal cab- 
aret in New York some time ago, 
but the dancer there was held to 
the center of the floor and did not 
deem it necessary to bronze herselL 

Other principals in the midnight 
show are Derek Glynne, Lola Kras- 
avina with Gilbert Stacey in an 
"Operatic Tango," Marjorle Brooks^ 
Janette and Scott, Fayette Perry^ 
besides a girly chorus. . -f 



Cohan Left Boat for Paris 

London, Dec. 6. 
George M. Cohan left the Majestic 
at Cherbourg, going direct to Paris. 
As yet he has not reached London. 



London, Dec. •. 

The new edition of "The Mid- 
night Frolic" was staged last night 
at the Hotel Metropole, produced 
by Carl Hy.son. It's a brilliant 
cabaret entertainment. 

At the last moment the London' 
County Council gave consent for an 
elaboration of the show. 



FRENCH ACTRESS PAYS 



MALLESONS DIVORCED 

I^ondon, Dec. 6. 
Actor-Author William Miles Mal- 
leson has been divorced by Lady 
Constance Malleson. 



AUDIENCE TOO FRIENDLY 

London, Dec. 6. 
Despite an overly friendly oi)en- 
Ing audience last night at the 
Apollo, "Hawleys of High Street" is 
unlikely to be a success. It's a con- 
ventional farce comedy. 



ARTHUR WHITBY DEAD 

London, Dec. 6. 
Arthur Whitby, aged 5!^, well 
known as a prof<'ssional, died on 
Nov. 29. 



Gladys Cooper's Clear Field 

London, Dec. 6. 
No defense has been interposed 
by her husband to Gladys Cooper's 
application for a divorce. 

THE TILLER SCHOOLS 
V OF DANCING 



--—-' SAILINGS -^r— 
Dec. 2. — (New York for London). 

— Marie Tempest (Aquitania). 

Dec. 6 (from London for New 

York), Jack Haskel, Harry Green. 

Billie Allen (Majestic). 



Marie Tempest Sails 

Marie Tempest sailed for Eng- 
land on the "Aquitania" called home 
by the lllnt-'.ss of her mother. She 
has no immediate production plans, 
but expects to appear in London 
about the middle of February. She 
appeared earlier this season in 
America in "Tlio Serpent's Tooth", 
but the part was unsuited to her 
and the play's career was brief. 



Court Fixes Penalty at Month's 
Salary for Broken Engagement 



143 Charing Ctoss Road 
LONDON 

Director, JOHN TILLER 

RHINESTONES 

THE LITTLEJOHNS 

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"Robin Hood" at Pavilion Dec. 25 

London, Dec. 6. 
The Fairbanks American-made 
picture of "Robin Hood" will follow 
"Phi Phi" at the Pavilion, for a run 
at a special scale to be arranged. 



Aftor loss than a fortniiirht's run 
(he Hu^•sl.^n play, "Tlu; IV-ating on 
thp Door," flu sh.d at tho St. .lam^s. 
Tlii.s 1h aiiituf .1 I .cord short rutl for 
the hou.so. Uobcrt Loraine is n<>>;o 
tiating for a .short sea.son at the tlu- 
atre, and if hueCcssful will prodiir.- 
"The Happy Ending" about Nov. 30. 
"petti* Pan'* will K<» into the ma'.iiu'f 
bill on l)ec 1ft and Owen Narps with 
"If Winti'r Conu'.s" is duo In .Janu- 
ary, 'o in any case I^>rainf'iJ season 
cannot bo a lung one. however great 
liie 'T. '' "'.'j <-' ' Ju:i liuj ■» li^u p .... 
I ujay bo. • 



Paris, Dec. 6. 

An Important decision nas hand- 
ed down by the courts in Paris a 
few days ago when Mile Florelle 
was ordered to pay as penalty or 
liquidated damages to the manage- 
ment of the Galte Rochechouart, 
3.500 francs, equal to a month's 
salary. 

Mile. Florelle was engaged at the 
Gaito Rochechouart in Aug. 1921, to 
play in the revue by Bataille Henry 
and Rouvr ly for two months, from 
October. In the meantime she 
signed a contract with Hertz & 
Co'iuelin for the Porte St. Martin 
and advised the manager of the 
Gaito Rochechouart. The latter 
l)rought suit for breach of contract, 
claiming 7,000 francs idomnily, the 
amount of Mile Flnrelle's salary of 
3,500 francs a month. 

Counsel for the defendent actreps 
contended the amount of liquidated 
damages could not bo more than 
Frs. 1,17)0. .a fortniKhl's salary, as 
alti.ouuh the contract specified an 
cngag'-mtnt of two months there 
was a clause giving tho manage- 
ment the special ri^ht of cancelling 
the enKagement after 15 days' 
noli('*>. The clause did not apply 
to both p.'<rtie.a, argued counsel for 
the plaintiff. 



IN LONDON 



London, Nov. 26. 
It Is said that when James White 
produces "Pompadour" in London, 
the Viennese player, Fritzle Mas- 
sary will play the part she created 
In Berlin. 



Since 1919 the Actors* Association 
has spent £25,025 In Improving 
the profession, and has paid out 
£19,758 In benefits to members. 
During 1922 It has been Instrumen- 
tal In recovering £3,382-14-4, and 
the death levy has amounted to 
£ 1,099. 



Fr, nzonl, the leading member of 
\]\e Afiollo Troup*', dii-l ;ih lio took 
his call at tli<> end of tlic act in th»' 
.srM'ond ho use at th e Frnj>ir«', Hhof- 
finld. \uv 17. He hafl In- n siifffr- 
ing .'KutJ'ly for some d.iys. but in- 
sisted (in ritnying on. His 1,'ist feat, 
which i.s thought to be re:qjonsible 
for hi.M death, consisted of one In 
which In- balanced one pailner In 
the air above 'him and another on 
li:s sho\iM.M- will)*.' banin;; bark at 
an angle. l?owing his acKnowledg- 
ments, he sud<l^niv put hi«« h-n/i to 

11 'v li'-.i' 1 , , , I ulj.i 1.. 1. J . .'i;», M ,i 

i^uiuuioiicU nicUi'.'ul u:U \va.j uscles 



*'Round In 50" will not be played 
at the Hippodrome on the occasion 
of the Koyal visit. Dec. 12. The 
entire proceeds of the performance 
will go to the Variety .Artists' 
Benevolent Fund. Moss Empires. 
JAd., meeting the entire expenses of 
the evening. 



Hyram Travers, a once famous 
comedian of the old school, popu- 
larly known as the "Pearly King," 
has just died, aged 73. 



Robeft Courftieidgr enters Into his 
tenancy of the Savoy, Feb. 4. The 
tenancy extends for seven years. 
Light comedy and farces will form 
his staple attractions, although he 
may produce musical comedy there. 
Among the i)lays he has already 
scheduled for production are one by 
Ian Hay. one by Jack Hulbert, his 
son-in-law. one by Erie Hudson, and 
a farce by H. F. Maitby. He will, 
however, open his tenancy with Noel 
Coward's comedy, "The Young 
Idea." which i.s at present placing 
in the i>rovinces. 



The Regent is to have its own 
special Christnia'J attraellt)n. This 
wi'l bo "The Christmas Party" 
which vMll be f)layed at matinees, 
"The Immortal Hour" remaining in 
the evening bill. 



Robert Farcniliarson, who share*; 
tho success of the "Cen.i" with 



Sybil Thorndyke. is rarely seen on 
the stage. A wealthy man, he Uvea 
in Florence, only coming over ta 
England to play for the Phoenix 
and other high-brow .societies. 



The British National Opera COt 
reopens at Convent Garden, Boxing 
day, Dec. 26. a. . 



Bransby Williams concluded hlB 
suburban season Nov. 18 and haa 
returned to the provinces, where ha 
will presently revive the Lyceum 
version of "The Lyons Mail," him- 
self playing the dual role of Doboso 
and Lesurques. the parts made fa- 
mous by Irving. In March he will 
produce "Hamlet ' at the Prince of 
Wales', Birmingham. He seems to 
have comple*ely deserted vaudeville 
for the legitimate. 



The show world Is well repre- 
sented in Parliament, although no 
actor or vaudevillian is sitting 
there. Sir Walter de Frccce and Sir 
Alfred Butt are both in. James 
OGrady. one of the best friends 
vaudeville has ever had, has been 
returned from Leeds on the Labour 
vote, E. C. Kcmmerde, K. C, the 
playwright, ha.s won Crewe: Patrick 
Hastings, K. C, another playwright, 
is in for W.il.^all; I»at Collins, for 
16 years president of the Showman's 
Guild, is also in. T'nfortunately, we 
have lost James Seddon and A. E. 
Nowbould, the latter being presl- 



(Conti 



on page 3) 



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L'ariin; Kvtr Attonu.Kd «.n tho Stao 

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VAUDEVILLE 



AMUSEHEin' STOCKS RESPOND 
ONLY TO BEARISH FORCES 



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jSeli Off on General Weak Spots, but Ignore Im- 
provements Elsewhere — Orpheum Notably Weak 
f at 19%— Loew Rallies Slightly From 18 



The state of the speculative mind 
up to mid-week was mixed as a 
ireneral thing, but the tendency in 
the amusement group was all one 

\ way, and that way downward. Not 
that price movements were espe- 

. daily signiflcant, for the volume of 

■v business was too trifling to mean 
anything one way or the other. All 
week long the four theatre stocks 
on the Exchange scarcely made a 
9ingle daily turnover in four figures. 
It does not often happen .that 
bullish and bearish opinion is so 
evenly divided as has been the case 
for the last three eessions. The 
future of prices is too uncertain to 
invite a general aggressive buying 
or selling campaign. That being 
the case, partisans of the amuse- 
ments appear to be marking time 
for the present. -It would not be 
surprising if the insiders in all the 
theatre stocks are letting things 
drift with no other settled plan of 
action than to pick up whatever 
bargains are offered against the 
time when the market situation 
clears up sufficiently to make a re- 
sumption of pool operations prom-, 
ising. > ■ ' 

. Tempting Pools * 

Observers of this special class of 
securities stlil adhere to their set- 

' tied view that soonor or later the 
cliques will return to the field. In 
Famous Players, Orpheum and 

. Lioew the situation of stocks is such 
as to invite a play. All three have 
demonstrated that they can easily 
be put up to much higher levels 
when the surrounding conditions 
are right. It took no violent exer- 
tion on the part of the Famous 
Players to mark their stock up to 

' par and better when the bull going 
was good. A good deal of the early 
pool accumulation was reportcfO 

• Hone between 82 and 88, and now 
(Continued on page 35) 

MOLLIE FULLER'S ACT 

Shortly Playing at Palace, New 
York 



ORPHEUM CIRCUIT SIGNS 
UNIT VAUDEVILLE AQ 



Monkey Turn Opens at $650 
Weekly— Foreign 

Act V 



The second Shubert vaudeville 
unit act to be signed by the Or- 
pheum Circuit is "Max and Merits," 
the monkeys, playing as added at- 
tractions with different units. 

The monks were signed to an 
Orpheum route opening in Chicago 
Dec. 10 at $660 weekly. The book- 
ing was direct, it being understood 
the Orpheum office bought the act- 
outright from A. E. Johnson, who 
held a pay or play contract with the 
Shuberts for 20 weeks* consecutive 
booking. 

The act, a foreign turn, opened on 
the Shubert vaudeville circuit in Oc- 
tober. 



COPY ACT CANCELED 

Pantages Through with Brown 
Bros. Imitation 



Mollle Fuller who Is blind, will 
play the Palace. New York, within 
three weeks. The Fuller sketch 
will open out of town next week. 
Blanche Merrill wrote several com- 
edy songs for Miss Fuller, Gilbert 
Clark is making the wardrobe, Lee 
Edwards writing the score, and Ed- 
win August directing. 

E. F. Albee of Keith's donated the 
scenery. On the Palace opening 
7 Bert Savoy (Savoy and Brennan) 
• will play a part in the sketch. 
"•< •■•■, 

JJt TWINS TWICE 

The birth of twins In theatricals 
is a rarity but two families of pro- 
fessionals were blessed with the 
« double event within the last two 
weeks. At their home in New York, 
Dec. 5, two boys were born to Mr. 
and Mrs. \V. Williams, known in 
vaudeville as Williams and Wil- 
liams. The combined weight of the 
infants was 16 pounds. 

At Skene's sanitorlum, Brooklyn, 
on Nov. 24, two daughters were the 
surprise package for Mr. and Mrs. 
Archibald Lodge. The mother is 
profes.slonally known as Marguerite 
Daniels. 



The PantageA circuit has notified 
the Vaudeville Managers' Protect- 
ive Association that the C. L. Brown 
copy act of the Six Brown Bros, 
will receive no further booking 
from the Pantages office. The act 
was given two weeks' notice of can- 
cellation following Chicago, where 
injunction proceedings were brought 
against the act last week, which is 
billed as "The Original Saxophone 
Six." 

Charles Dillingham complained to 
the V. M. P. A. against the act 
playing the Rivoll, Toledo, Nov. 19, 
with the six Brown Bros, following 
them In the next week in "Tip Top." 

A wire was despatched to the 
Chicago Pan office which elicited a 
reply this' week. It is understood 
that the V. M. P. A. was prepared 
to go to any length to prevent the 
copy act from completing a tour 
of the Pan houses which was con- 
templated. 

Two other "copies" under the 
same idanagement are said to be 
playing the middle western picture 
houses and independent circuits. 




SEPARATION SUIT 

William Stewart Charged With 
Cruelty 



y •; 



IS JANET SAD? 

Oh, my no, "She Is Just portraying 
the photographer's suggestion. On 
the contrary. Miss Martins is very 
happy at Keith's Royal this week 
and the petite French comedienne is 
booked for the remainder of the 
season. 



CENSORSHIP f OtLOWS 
DUNCAN'S DANCE 



Critic Scores Isadora as 

^'Smirching Art"— Art 

Posters Censored 



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V OPEN HOUSE XMAS WEEK 

The Burlesque Club of America is 
to have a Circus Night, Washing- 
tons birthday night (Feb. 22) at the 
club rooms on 44th street. Admis- 
sion of $1.50 will be charged. 

Christmas wctlc the club will Uocp 
open house for a'l burlos<iu?r8, 
whether meml-ora or not. 



P. J. SCHAFITR SAILING 

«|4 , Cbionfeo, De \ 0. 

*}. ret r J. Cchat'frr, ti .Jtnc.i. L ni--:; 
**nna H(iia{f;-.-. «-il» lor J";nr:.lanil oa 

l)t.-. It), nnd will 1 o o.' -r ihvc t;ev- 

oral we''l:s. 



W. M. Smith's $250,000 Real Estate 

Tulsa, Okla., Dec. i. 
William M, Smith has purchased 
the uncompleted Edwards building 
here at a cost of $250,000 and will 
finish its completion. The Orpheum 
tlieatre will be located on the ground 
floor of the building. 




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STUD90S OF 

STASE DAMOHC 

729WnHS!l!$tll«wVbrk 

/Xf*r droaJ^Mv hi 6299 dryant- 



^■^-. MARRIAGES 

Billy Tracey, song writer, to Ada 
Carter, Nov. 28, in New York. 

Doris Green ("Up She Goes") to 
Henry Herzbrun, Dec. 2, In Now 
York. Mr. Herzbrun is a Times 
square attorney known to the the- 
atrical world. 

Barry Townsley and Lenore Mas- 
so, both of the "Bootleggers," were 
recently married in New Y'ork. 

The secret marriage of Jere De- 
lan^y to Mary . Moore who played 
the title role in "Irene" which oc- 
curred in Orange, N. J., Aug. IC. 
at the Church of Our I^dy of 
Lourdes. the Jlev. Father O'Connor 
ofhciatirg, becnme Itnown this weelc. 
DeTaney is now playing in vaude- 
ville. 

Evelyn Brent who hns been one 
of the leading women In Metro 
productions and who has been en- 
g.itrid as loading woman for Dou;,'- 
lUB Falibank.^ in h\A next proilut- 
tU)n .'MS nnarrird to Bi^.-nio Kinoinaii 
i!! :;f\v Yorl<, Nov. 21. 'Ph.-r lu'irlr 
Irit fir the coart wiilvn a day or 
Fo .ift!.:" tito reromony ['j talie \i|> 
l.< • \.ot'< in the FulrbaaV;:'. picture 



Following In the wake of Isadora 
Duncan's performance at Macau - 
ley's theatr* la which she was 
charged with a disregard for 
decency, police censorship of the 
theatre and movies in Louisville has 
become operative. 

Two policewomen. Mrs. Mamie 
Oldham and Mrs. Alice Dunlop, will 
censor the production of local play- 
houses for the benefit of the Board 
of Safety. 

The Board of Safety now will 
notify the manager of the theater, 
the promoter of the show and the 
individuals connected with it, that 
they wilt all be held responsible for 
the nature of the performance. 

On the morning after Miss Dun- 
can's performance at Macauley's, 
the critic for the* Courier-Journal 
scored her for disregard for decency 
under the head of, "Isadora 
Smirches Art" 

Extracts from the criticism fol- 
low: 

"Miss Duncan may be pardoned 
for some of her hasty remarks she 
has made for the newspapers. She 
may be misunderstood and she may 
be laboring for the ultimate In art, 
but art cannot excuse the indecency 
she displayed in her final number 
last night 

"The climax came when a fasten- 
ing of her dress at the shoulder 
broke and portions of her anato- 
my heretofore decently confined 
came Into full exposure, an ex- 
posure the audience might have 
forgiven as accidental if the dancer 
had not neglected when the dance 
was ended to cover herself, thus 
leaving an ugly blotch in the recol- 
lection of those who had been sym- 
pathetic to her during the earlier 
dance." 

Harry Martin, manager of Macau - 
ley's theatre, held a conference with 
the Board of Safety last week In 
which he regi-etted the objection- 
able incident that occurred In Isa- 
dora Duncan's dance. He showed 
the board five posters for advertis- 
ing the Denishawn Dancers. The 
board said that one of them was 
obviously Indecent and that an- 
other bordered, on the same line. 

Charles F. Huhlein, chairman of 
the Board of Safety, stated that "if 
any more exhibitions are given here 
liice that of Isadora Duncan the 
perpetrator shall be Indicted. If 
they have left the city they should 
be brought back and tried.'* 



Syracuse, N. T., Dec, •. 

Willam Stewart of the vaudeville 
team of Bryant and Stewart, play- 
ing Keith's here this week, was 
served with separation papers in 
an action by his wife, as he walked 
off the stage. ^ 

Mrs. Stewart asks that a sub- 
stantial alimony be grunted her 
from the $350 week'.y salary re- 
ceived by the comedian, married 
only 18 months. 

Mrs. Stewart said that their 
troubles started while on their 
honeymoon, spent traveling around 
the Keith Circuit s 

Branding her marriage life as a 
round of abuse and discord. Mrs. 
Stewart mentions Cleveland and 
Montreal as two of the cities where 
she was beaten. Wliile in Cleveland 
she said her eyes were blaclcened 
and her lip3 bruised by punches. In 
Montreal she charges Stewart l>eat 
her into unconsciousness. She also 
said that the same thing happened 
in New York City in their apart- 
ment. 

Stewart says he met his wife at 
a party given by Frank Tinney 18 
months ago and that he has not 
seen her In 17 months. He says he 
never took the marriage seriously 
and is just as anxious that a separ- 
ation be granted as Mrs. Stewart 

Stewart declared today he does 
not fancy being looked upon as a 
brute on the "say-so" of a woman 
who was just as foolish as he had 
been. Mrs. Stewart's accusations 
consists of non-support, cruel and 
inhuman treatment. 



FOREIGN AGENT LEAVES 
WITH AMERICAN PSAYS 



Lee Ephriam Traveled to Coast 

and Back — Closed for 
^ V "Thin Ice" 



CENTRAL CUT RATES 



Shubert Units' Broadway Stand Oe- 
buts in Ticket Bargain Bazaar 



For the first time sino« the Shu- 
berts started to play the unit chows 
at the Central. N. Y., seats for the 
house were on sale Saturday of last 
week at cut rates. "Midnlte ^levels" 
was the attraction. 

This weelc for Marx Bros. 20th 
Century Review" the cut rate plan 
was continued, and seats were on 
sala on the ticket bargain bazaar 
from Monday on. *. '/ 



MURRAY-CHARLOT OFF 

London, Dec. 6. 

The partnership of Paul Murray 
with Andre Chariot is dissolving, 
though the firm will continue to hold 
its joint management of "Snap" at 
the Vaudeville theatre and the "Mid- 
night Follies" cabaret ;^how at the 
Hotel Metropole. 

Murray is joining the Alf Zeitlin 
agency and is at present confined to 
his home with tonsilitis. Chariot is 
now on the Continent. 

The dissolution has been l>rought 
about through the men having no 
further productions on hand. , 




STOCKS CLOSING WEST 

(Continued from page 1) 
«eason. always a dull period in tlic- 
atricals, has frightened the man- 
agers into this decision, it is re- 
i i-orte«l. Even overtures from the 
I players to accept half-salary for 
I iJu- holiday period did not Interest 
I the managers. 

! The NI*'K«empyor stork at tlie 
Shulcrt, Milwaukee, has already 
tinscd. The Butterricld stock cuni- 



JEKSEY INVESTS 

(Continued from page 1) 

where, according to report, prin- 
cipally In the east at present, on 
Long Island, where several thea- 
tres have either been built or are 
proposed with a list of local sub- 
scribers. The Inducement to the 
Ijong Islanders, it is said, is that 
the theatre will play all kinds of 
attractions, including legit road 
shows, with vaudeville not over 
two days weekly, owing to limited 
drawing population for any one 
policy. 



Lee Ephriam, > the English the- 
atrical a^ent representing Daniel 
Mayer & Co. of London, left this 
week on the "Mauretania," &bout 

two months after ne reached N«w 
York. . ' 

Among the closed attractions ef- 
fected by Mr. Ephriam over here 
were the purchase of the British 
rights for 'Thin Ice." "It's a Boy" 
and '"Her Temporary Husband." 
Several other deals are pending. 

•Thin Ice" will be produced I'n 
London by Percival Knight, Its 
author, who will a'so play In It over 
there, as he is now doing In the run 
of the piece on Broadway. While 
"It's a Boy" was lately closed In 
Boston by Sam H. Harris following 
its New York try, Mr. Ephriam be- 
lieves It will do on the other side. 

Another transaction completed 
while In New York by Ephriam was 
a coiTtract for five pictures for D. W. 
Griffith, to be made by Ivdr Norvero, 
looked upon as a strong contender 
for all film honors when appearing 
on the American screen. Mr. 
Norvello abroad has been In the pic- 
ture productions of "Carnival," "Bo* 
hemian Girl" and "The Blood.** 

V.'hile other engagements are re- 
ported to have been made by Mr. 
Ephriam during his visit here, which 
included a trip to the coast and re- 
turn, the English agent would not 
discuss any matters but those fin- 
ished. He did admit, however, the 
story of how he secured "Thin Ice" 
the same afternoon he witnessed the 
performance. After sovlng the play 
Mr. Ephriam called upon Mr. Knight 
in the latter's dressing room, said he 
thought the piece suitable for Lon- 
don and asked the figure. Mr. 
Knight named one amount, and 
Ephriam countered with another on 
the condition Mr. Knight staged the 
piece and played in it abroad.. The 
duo then repaired to the Shuberts* 
office, and before six It had been 
completed. 

Mr. Ephriam made manr>' observa- 
tions while over here, and will be 
a more frequent visitor to America 
in the future, Jw stated. The Dan- 
iel Mayer agency Is one of the 
largcFt theatrical agencies In the 
world, liandling all .classes of at- 
tractions. ^ • 



seen In the Royal, Brighton. Feb. 12. 
Iris Hoey will be the leading lady. 
After a short provincial trip, the 
play will come to the West End. 
Another promised production of hi.<, 
•The String of Pearls," has been 
postponed until later in the spring. 

Joe Nightingale will take A. W. 
Backcomb's place in "Snap" at the 
Vaudeville when the latter goes into 
pantomime. 



"BATTLING BUTLER" DELAYS 

London, Dec. 6. 

A postponement may be announced 
for "Battling Butler," scheduled now 
to open at the Oxford Friday night. 

The piece stars Jack Buchanan 
and Phyllis Titmuss. Postponement 
may be occasioned through Miss 
Tltmu'js' sudden illness. 



IN LONDON 

(Continued from page J) 

dent of the Cinematograph Exhibi- 
tors' Association. 



Maisle Gay, who has Just returnel 
from Australia, will talce Clarice 
Mayne's place In "Snap" at tiie 
Vaudeville, This l.s only one more 
of the changes made by the arrival 
of the pantomime season. 



Practically the whole of the origi- 
nal cast will appear in Sir G-rald 
du Maurier's revival of 'Bulldog 
Drummond" at Wyndham's on Box- 
ing day (Dec. 26). After this re- 
vival, he will produce a new play by 
Alan Parsons, entitled "The Danc- 
ers." 



EKGAGSMOrS 

r.i.id line Camf ron, "iSLr uvbtM'fv 

I .'iiiJc' (Lc'.If r«'r). 

Mi.plyn A.bul-.lo. -CM fMI. :vi. IV 
Marry De f, Kf. !i ene M;irtyn. 

Tl'.ir.n GiJin'^s, P.on l»ya:ir Harrioitr 

T.ro Nellie Gialinm I'Jertt, i!ort i 

Donn, "Sun Showers." 



The most notable event of the 
holiday season will doubtless be 
Arthur Bourclilrr'« production of R. 
L. Stevenson's "Tf^asiire Island." 
This dramatization is the worlc of 
J. D. Fagan and the Incidental mu- 
sic has been '.«<poclally composed by 
I'rcderii! Coimr. 



panics in Michigan an* also closed. 



Coast Bert Levey Due in Chicago 
Chicago. Dec. 6 
Bert Levey. ■ who operates « 
vaudeville clrvuit on the Pacific 
Coast. Is expec'.eil to reacli Chicago 
, this week. 



Lord Livr-t:- 1, iia.s loft for Aniertca 
to Appear i«k it«'> New k'orlc produc- 
tion if "(ml I'.ill. M. P." Bruce 
Bairn.sf/ithcr will not go over for the 
prod'iclioi'.. 



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Julian FrrinU, who rrtn "The Kdge 
of Iieyon<l" ho «urcc»«Bfully at \he 
CJarrIcK, has .wquirod the dramatic 
rigiits of <.uc or the late Charles 
CJarvlct'.s \tvp.l novels. "JuKt a Olrl." 
"The dramatization will be originally 



The frst of the Pinero C;'cle, 
"Mid-Channel." finishes at the Roy- 
alty, Dec. 2. The revivals will then 
be transferred to the Ambassadors 
and "Sweet Lavender" will bo seen 
Dec. 22. This will be followed by 
"The Benefit of the Doubt." Leon 
M. Lion and J. T. Greln have ac- 
quired a long lease of the theatre 
and may Interrupt the Pinero Cycle 
by the production of a new play by*' 
George Moore. -„ 



"Whirled Into Happiness" will An- 
ish at the Lyric Dec. 19 and the 
company will start a provincial tour. 
It will be followed by "Blossom 
Time," the musical play which has 
the composer Schubert as the hero. 



Ernete Zaccone, "the Henry Ir- 
ving of Italy.'* will shortly be at the 
Court. London, for a short season. 
He will probably appear In Ibesen's 
"Uhosts." three plays by d'AnnunsIo 
and "Hamlet" or "Macbeth." The 
Britislj visit is being arranged hT'- 
Bert HowelL . 



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After the Comedie Francalse, thifc 
Scottish players. They open at th# 
Coliscum Jan. 1 in "A Valuabi* 
Rival," plofy let. : ^ .. 

Following the Empire run "The 
Smith Family" will play Newcastle- 

OQ-Tyne for four weeks. 

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VAUDEVILLE 



Friday, December 8, 19i&| 



SMALL'S SISTERS OPEN 
NEW RGirr ON WILL 



Return to Estate of $870,000 
Paid to Widow Directed 
By Court , 



Montreal, Dec. 6. 
Demanding the removal of the 
Capital Trust Co., the appointment 
of nevr trustees, including Mary 
Small, Instead of the widow of the 
missing theatrical magnate, and also 
filing « caveat against the Small 
estate, Gideon Grant, K. C, has ju.<4t 
opened another stage in the flght 
following the mysterious disappear- 

CTice of Ambrose J. Small, Toronto's 
theatrical magnate. 

This comes on top of earlier de- 
velopments of the past week or two 
in which Mrs. Small was ordered 
to return $870,000 to the estate. The 
orders of the official referee in the 
case were set aside and Chief Jus- 
tice Meredith suggested that it was 
about time the Small will was 
proved. Acting for the Mis.sea 
Small, sisters of the theatrical mil- 
lionaire, Grant gave notice that he 
would move fo» an order — "remov- 
ing the committee or trustees of the 
estate, the Capital Trust Corpora- 
tion and Theresa Small, and ap- 
pointment of the Chartered Trust 
and Executor Co. and Mary Flor- 
ence Maude Small (sister) to be the 
committee and trustees." 

In support of the motion, an affi- 
davit of Mary Small will be used. 

The affidavit seta forth among 
other things: 

"That the said order directed re- 
payment by the aaid Theresa Small 
to the said committee of the said 
•ums. 

"That there la now due from the 
•aid Theresa Small to the said es- 
tate in respect of the monies so 
paid to her by the said committee 
the sum of about $955,000. 

"That the trustee of the Capital 
Trust Corporation, as I am advised 
by my solicitor and verily believe, is 
In law liable to pay the said monies 
in case the said Theresa Small is 
unable to do. 

"That it ia therefore advisable 
that new trustees should be ap- 
pointed who can force repayment 
of the said monies. .. 

"That the breaches of trust com- 
mUted by the present trustees are 
as follows: 

"In paying to Theresa Small by 
an alleged agreement of Ambrose J. 
Small, the sum of $700,000 and of 
delivering to her $100,000 of Victory 
Bonds and assigning to her a mort- 
gage on the Regent Theatre, ap- 
proximately of the value of $175.- 
000, and in paying to the said The- 
resa Small the sum of about $12,800 
on deposit to the credit of Ambrose 
J. Small in the Home Bank of 
Canada, Church Street Branch, and 
in consenting to an order for main- 
tenance In the sum of $30,000 per 
annum, a sum which is grossly exr 
orbit ant." 

Mary Florence Maud Small and 
Gertrude Mercedes Small filed a 
caveat ift the Surrogate Court 
against admitting the will of their 
brother, Ambrose J. Small, to pro- 
bate. They aver that the will, made 
in 1903, in which Mrs. Theresa 
Small is named sole beneficiary and 
executrix, is not their brother's last 
will and testament. On May 25, 
1920, the Misses Small filed a caveat 
against a will supposed to have 
been made in 1912, but this caveat 
has expired through lapse of time. 
The caveat reads: 
"I>et nothing be done in the es- 
tate of Ambrose Joseph Small of 
the City of Toronto, in the County 
of York, without notice to Mary 
Florence Maud Small and Gertrude 
Mercedes Small, both of the City 
of Toronto, in the County of York, 
spinsters. The said Mary Florence 
Maud Small and Gertrude Mercedes 
Small are sisters of the said Am- 
brose Joseph Small and are inter- 
ested in his estate as next of kfn. 
This caveat is entered for the rea- 
son that a document made in the 
year 1903, purporting to be the last 
will and testament of the pn!d Am- 
brose Joseph Small. Is not his last 
will and testament. Batetl at To- 
ronto this 2nd day of December. 
1922, Mary Florence Maud Small 
and Gertrude Mercedes Small." 



DOOLEY BANKRUPT 



Johnny Owes $4,300 — Has Nothing 
but Clothes 



Johnny Dooley admits liabilities 
of $4,307.45 and assets of $250 (ex- 
empt personal wearing apparel) In 
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy 
filed in the U. S. District Court last 
week. • 

The debts consist of notes, bills, 
$264.41 to Ballard Macdonald. the 
songwriter, for services rendered; 
$500 commissions to Chamberlain 
Brown; $200 to Davidow & Le- 
Maire; $C00 to Robert Law, scenic 
artist, and sundry other items. 

Dooley's name In private life Is 
John D. Dool. He is at present with 
the "Bunch and Judy" at the Globe. 
New York. 



"HEADUNERLESS" ADS 
IS KEITH'S IDEA 




More Equal Display In Dailies 

— **Headlinerless*' 

Research 



The Keith office will, In the near 
future, send ou«. notices to all house 
managers that future advertlsinff 
for the vaudeville bills played In 
Keith houses Is to be along the lines 
of exploiting the entire bill as a 
whole, rather than a spread for the 
headliner and feature acta on the 
program. 

The idea back of the innovation is 
the belief of the Keith people that 
the vaudeville patron comes to the 
theatre to see all of the acts, and is 
not "drawn" thither by any "name" 
or particular act. 

The out-of-town patron as well 
as the big city habitue is a lover of 
new faces and new material. It is 
to cater to this interest in the en- 
tire program that the new regime is 
to be concentrated upon. 

It doesn't mean that each act on 
the bill will receive equal adver- 
tising display in the house matter 
sent to the local dailies, but the 
system of splashing the headline «ct 
all over, with the balance of the acts 
in very small type, is to be cor- 
rected. 

The "headllnerless" bill planned 
for the Palace, New York, this sea- 
son is the first step toward break- 
ing down of the old order. The 
failure of former Keith 'names" to 
draw when appearing in other 
houses has been an object les.son 
and an inspiration for further re- 
search along* the same lines. 



SCHWAB'S COMMISH 



Sues Marion Harris for $2,000 — $50 
Weekly 



Laurence Schwab has begun suit 
in the City Court for $2,000 against 
Marion Harris (vaudeville). The 
action is based on a contract of 
April 5, 1921. w^hcreby Schwab was 
to receive $60 weekly from Miss 
Harris for his services as personal 
representative for a period of two 
years. The $50 was to be paid only 
for weeks the actress played. 

Schwab claims a default for 40 
weeks. The defense in a general 
denial and a separate defense that 
the contract was later waived and 
cancelled. 



HATTIE JAXON 

of COLEY and JA^CON 

Late of Fay, 2 Coleys and Fay 
Presenting "The Minstrel and the 

Maid," assisted by Boney 
MINNEAPOLIS "TIMBS," by Wal- 
ter D. Hickman. 

"The woman is so clever she made 
this act my favorite on the bill." 
MINNEAPOLIS •NEWS." 

"Coley and Jaxon, billed as the 
minstrel and the maid, ore as nat- 
ural a pair of entertainers as we 
have seen for some time. Their 
comedy offering is clean fun, and 
their songs are handled in a way 
that is quite their own." 

Home to spend the holidays. 
Raleigh, N. C, R. F. D. «. 

'HELLO NEW YORK' UNIT 
IS aOSED BY SINGER 



Cost $5,000 Weekly to Operate 

— Herk Invested $24,000 

in Show 



Jack Singer's "Hello, New York," 

the Shubert vaudeville unit, closed 

on the Affiliated circuit Sunday at 
the Empress, St. Louis. 

The unit was one of the few that 
didn't impose a salary cut on ar- 
tists. The salary list totaled $4,420 
weekly, making the o^eratlng cost, 
including everything, about $5,000. 

"Hello. New York" jumped to St. 
Louis from Cincinnati minus Jack 
Singer, its producer, who made a 
trip to New York to interview the 
Shuberts and the Affiliated. 

Salaries were paid In full at Cin- 
cinnati. Harold Berg, the traveling 
publicity representative for the 
Aflflliated, raised the necessary $2,- 
500 on his personal note. 

Wesley Barry and Co. was added 
to the unit during the Cincinnati 
engagement at a salary of $1,650. 

I. H. Hcrk is interested in "Hello. 
New York" to the extent of $17,000 
toward the production and $7,000 
additional advanced to meet ex- 
penses and deficits since the unit 
opened. 

Singer is a former Columbia cir- 
cuit burlesque manager. 



B'WAY MUSIC BANKRUPTCY 



Will Von TilxeKs Concern Thrown 
Into Court 



UNIT ACT IN "FOLLIES'* 

De Haven and Nice, recent fea- 
tures and co-producers of the Shu- 
bert vaudeville unit "Broadway 
P'ollics" opened Monday at the New 
Amsterdam, New York with "Zieg- 
feld's Follies". 

The unit was produced by George 
C.allagher, former American bur- 
lesque wheel producer. De Haven 
and Nice and Joe Towle, also In 
the cast, are said to have been 
heavily interested In the attraction, 
which closed recently after being a 
consistent loser since the premier. 



BLTINOE BACK IN VAUDEVILLE 

Julian Eltinge has again changed 
his plana anent again sending out 
"The Elusive Lady," which he re- 
cently closed in after a number of 
unsuccessful weeks on the road. He 
is due for vaudeville for the balance 
of the season and will probably open 
In Boston shortlyi 



SPLIT WEEKS, SPLIT AGENTS 

Chicago, Dec. 6. 
The Desmond. Port Huron, Mich., 
books with two different vaudeville 
agencies using a show for the last 
halt of ono week from Carrell in 
Chh ago, nnd for the last half of the 
next week from the International, 
Detroit. , 



ATWELL OPENED AND CLOSED 

San Francisco, Dec. 6. 

Roy Atwell opened with a now 
act at the Golden G^tc last week 
but closed after the Sunday per- 
formances. 

The Temple Trio played out the 
week 



An Involuntary petition in bank- 
ruptcy was filed last week against 
the Broadway Music Corporation, of 
which Will Von Tllzer is president. 
The three petitioning creditors are 
Edgar Allan Woolf, Neville Fleeson 
and Samuel L. Itoss. Woolf claims 
$110.83*royaltles due; Flee.son, for- 
merly a staff writer of the com- 
pany, claims $372,12 orT a note for 
services rendered, and Ross also has 
a note claim for $330 for services. 
Fleeson. after severing connections 
with the Broadway, started on an 
unsuccessful music publishing ven- 
ture with Albert Von Tllzer, brother 
of Will. 

Last week, Sydney D. Mitchell, a 
staff writer, filed a New York Su- 
preme Court suit against the com- 
pany for $5,904.17, alleged due on a 
two years' contract at $150 a week. 
The sum claimed is for alleged bal- 
ance of unpaid royalties. Lew Pol- 
lack, Mitchell's writing partner 
(music) also has a $200 salary claim 
ngainst the same defendant. 

The inside of the Broadway's 
troubles is reported as revolvlnR 
around an executive of the corpora- 
tion. His alleged unfamiliarlty with 
the inner workings of th<; musl'? 
business did not deter him from 
recommcnd'lnp the acquisition of a 
lease on two floors of the Robert- 
son-Cole building, though deemed 
the old location on West 46th street 
was sufTiclent. Large contracts with 
staff writers were also deemed pro- 
hibitive in view of the non-produo- 
tlon of hits. 



KID BALLOT OF 34 Jg UNTT SHOWS NOW 



Childron of Newark May Bo Soon In 
N«Mr York — Part Rovuo 



Newark, N. J., Doc. 1. 

Greenwood Kiddles Ballet, 
with S4 children, all of Newark and 
of well-to-do j>arents, gave a per- 
formance the last half week at 
Proctor's, Clizabeth, N. J., booked 
by John J. ColUns of the Keith 
office. 

It is said Mr. Collins is endeavor- 
ing to secure the turn as It is now 
composed for the holiday week, 
when the children have their week's 
vacation, and to play it at that time 
at the Colonial, New York. 

A portion of the performance is 
part revue, many of the kidlets, 
none over 18, doing unannounced 
Imitations. All of the children are 
pupils of a Newark dancing school. 



CABARET LOSES ACTS 
JUST BEFORE OPENING 



Yvette Ruget and Savoy ana 

Brennan Cancel Monte 

Carlo Engagement 

Yvette Rugel cancelled an engage- 
ment at the Monte Car!o, a Broad- 
way cabaret, after the Keith office 
had notified her it would cancel the 
balance ot her Keith route if she 
appeared in the restaurant. 

Lew Leslie booked the act for the 
cabaret. Miss Rugel is now playing 
the Keith circuit, and was to have 
doubled into the Monte Carlo along 
with Savoy and Brennan (of "Green- 
wich Village Follies'), who also 
cancelled the restaurant' engage- 
ment. 

Leslie sent out press matter to 
the dailies which said: "The^ bill 
win also include, by courtesy of 
E. F. Albee of the B. F. Keith book- 
ing oflflce. Miss Yvette Rugel, the 
little prima donna who Just returned 
from a genuine triumph lit London." 

Leslie was summoned by the Keith 
people this week and accused of 
misrepresentation. He has no con- 
nection with the Keith office, but is 
the producer of "Aunt Jemima," an 
act now playing the Keith time. His 
use of the Keith name in connection 
with the cabaret was called to the 
attention of the Keith people by the 
newspaper announcements. 



VAUDEVILLE AGENTS MEET 

The annual meeting of the Asso- 
ciation of Vaudeville Artists' Repre- 
sentatives, which comprises about 
100 booking agents who hold fran- 
chises on either the big or the fam- 
ily department floors of the Keith 
Exchange, was held in the rooms of 
the Vaudeville Managers' Protective 
Association Wednesday night. The 
election of ofllcers took place with 
Frank Evans, president; Charles 
Bierbauer, vice-president; E. S. 
Keller, treasurer, and N. E. Man- 
waring, secretary. The Board of Di- 
rectors newly elected comprises 
John Peebles, chairman, and Morris 
Rose, J. Kaufman. H. B. Marinelli 
and Charles Wilshin. 



TOMMY GRAY HAS GONE AWAY 

Tommy Gray, who really is good, 
has gone back to Hollywood, 
Tommy is safe, so they say, if noth- 
ing pops his way. He will be gone 
a long^ while, long enough to get 
the coast style. He's been ihero be- 
fore and knows It all. likes the place 
and does not bawl; rather a nice 
chap, Tommy Gray, and in March he 
will be back this way. 

While on the coast Tommy will 
write, mostly in the day, as he plays 
at night. 



ALL-LADY MINSTREL SHOW 

The Pro.'^pect, Brooklyrt, N. Y., 
will have as one of the features of 
next week's first half bill a mixed 
amateur and professional all-lady 
min.strel show, with the circle made 
up of neighborhood aspirants. The 
two ends are held 'down by Ann 
and Marie Clark, and the Interlocu- 
tress is Margie Coate. 

Leon Keimer, house manager -of 
the Prospect arranged the mixed 
show. 



BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bacon, at 
Edinburgh. Scotland, son. while the 
mother, professionally known as 
Sybil Bncnn. was vif«ltlns her par- 
ents. Mrs. Bacon and child are ex- 
pected by Mr. Bacon to return to 
their Los Angeles home at 1733 N. 
Western avenue, about New Year's. 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lelber (Betty 
Armstrong) Nov. 29, in Chicago, a 
son. 

Mr, and Mrs. Herman Phillip.^ at 
Flower I^ospital, New York, Dec. 
2. son. Mr. Phillips is the manager 
Of Keith's, A!hambra«, 



LEFT FOR CIRCUIT 



Two More Closing This Week 

— Vaudeville Bills 

Replacing 



At a meeting of the Shuberts and 
the Ai:i Hated < 'cuit producers Dec, 
1 It was decided to close Jack Reid's 
"Carnival of Fun" and Weber A 
Fried lander's "Facts and Figures" 
this week. The Reid show closes at 
the Princess, Toronto, and will be 
replaced. A Shubert straight vaude- 
ville bill plays the house next week. 
"Facts and Figures" will cl^se at 
the Boro Park, Brooklyn. ?* r • 

Straight vaudeville bills to travel 
intact over the Affiliated Circuit will 
open next week at the Chestnut St. 
opera house, Philadelphia, and Em- 
press, St. Louis, making five vaude- 
vill road shows now playing In 
place of units. ^ lii' :?.;■ 

This will leave 18 units playing 
next week. The Aifiliated started 
the season with 30 units, 12 of which 
have closed. The producers who 
remain on the circuit are I. H. Herk 
and E. Thos. Beatty. with four 
units; Weber & Friedlander, two; 
Henry Dixon and L H. Herk, one; 
J. J. A Lee Shubert, three; Max 
Spiegel, two; Marx Bros., Davidow 
.& LeMaire, Joe Gaites, Al Jones and 
Morris Green, Arthur Klein and tlM 
Butler Estate, one each. ■^>' 

According to Arthur Klein, of the 
Shubert vaudeville office staff,' 
straight vaudeville bills will replaco 
any units that may drop out be« 
tween now and the end of the eUf" 
rent season. 



ACT RESWHES TIME J 

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Pearson, Newport and Pearson Rs« 
fused Demands By Orpheum 



Pearson, Newport and Pearson 
are back on the Orpheum circuit 
following the cancellation of Seattle 
through differences whh the Or- 
pheum people over billing and po- 
sition on the bill. 

The act notified the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit while playing San Francisco it 
#ould not open at Seattle unless 
billing and position were guaran- 
teed. 

According to the New York Or- 
pheum office, the matter was put up 
to Martin Beck, president of the 
circuit, who wired the act the Or- 
pheum circuit would not guarantee 
billing or position and would ac- 
cept the cancellation. 

The act thereupon, according to 
the Orpheum people, agreed to con- 
tinue their Orpheum route walvinif 
the special perquisites and picking 
up the route, losing the Portland 
date. •• '■■ . '■ ■ •;■ ■•■ • '■..••■.• ,_:.: ■ 



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PRODUCTION RELEASES ACttT 

Through the closing of the '*Yan-> 
kee Princess" this week at th«4 
Knickerbocker, vaudeville will again; 
see John T. Murray and Viviajir, 
Oakland. 

It may also see from the sameji 
."how, Vivienne Segal, who is re- 
ported as the next vaudeville partt<i 
ner for Harry Carroll, although K.: 
is also said if Edith Day remains 
over here after closing with "Orange. 
Blossoms" Saturday, an Invitation 
to vaudeville will be made to her, 
to appear with Carroll. »,".» 

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McCAY'S Fan CARTOONS ^ 

Windsor McCay, the cartoonist^ 
opened a new act and idea this week 
and was tentatively booked for the 
Palace, New York, next week. His 
idea is a new one for stage cartoon-" 
ists — animated cartoons. McKay ap^j 
pears personally in the turn. Al'f, 
Wilton is handling the bookings, 
through an arrangement with the* 
Hearst publications. v ' 



nX AND INJURED 

Elizabeth Weller (Weller and 
Russell) is confined to St. Bernard's 
hospital, Chicago. She recently 
underwent a serious operation and 
is recovering. 

Mildred Holmes, out of Cooper's 
"P'olly Town" for the last two weeksr 
through Illness, will not rejoin thpj 
cast until after the holidays. ^^ 

Frances Kelly of the Hellen Car?, 
roll Co., fell down the elevator shaft 
of the IXaUey, Brooklyn, two weeica 
ago and was removed to the Bush- 
wick Hospital with a broken spine 
and fractured leg. She Is now con- 
fined at her home 498 Jersey ave., 
Jersey City, where she Is recuperatr; 
ing. 

Ada Kaufman (Mrs. Carlos Se- 
.bastlan) is confined in the St. 
Mark's hospital, New York, recov- 
ering from a serious operation. 



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Friday, December 8, 1929 ' 



VAUDEVILLE 



ACTORS TAKE OVER UNIT AND 
KEEP ON OPERATING THE SHOW 



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f/larx Bros, and Krantz and iVhUe Hold 40% of 
**20\h Century Revue"---Sold 60% Back to 
V Former Owner — Equal Control 



•4^16 Twentieth Century Review* 
trlth the Four Marx Bros, starred 
Itnd Krans and White, and Olga 
und Mishka featured a Shubert 
vaudeville unit show at th^ Central, 
New York, this week, It being op- 
erated under the Joint direction of 
the Marx and Krans and White, 
with AI B. White the treasurer of 
the company. 

Clarence Morganstern, one of the 

former owners, is now the company 
manager with the attraction, and 
also interested, the actors having 
resold 60 per cent, of the show to 
Morganstern for $4,000. after hav- 
ing taken the production over from 
l^rganstem and Jimmy O'Neil of 
Chicago. O'Neil In said to have 
sunk 111.000 in the venture, which 
originally started out as a Shu- 
bert unit named "Hollywood Fol- 
lies" under a franchise issued to 
Finklestein A Rubin of Minneap- 
olis. 

The managerial transformation 
occurred at Worcester. Mass., 
shortly after the reorganization 
unit had opened a second Irip on 
the Shul>ert vaudeville time with 
the Marx Bros, added. Krans and 
White have been with the show 
•Ince It flrst opened. 

When produced under the direc- 
tion of Finklestein & Rubin "The 
Hollywood Follies" is said to have 
had an additional backer, a close 
friend to the members of the firm. 
The Minneapolis men turned over 
the production of the show to Mor- 
ganstern and O'Neil. Morganstern 
had been a small vaudeville booker 
In New York, who was sent to Chi- 
cago by the Shuberts to assume 
charge of a branch office then 
opened out there to represent Shu- 
bert vaudeville. O'Neil had been 
the Pantages' Chicago booking of- 
fice head. 

■ With the original production some 
costumes were rented of a Chicago 
modiste. Maybelle Shearer, at $200 
weekly. After reorganization Miss 
Shearer made a demand for rental 
due, alleging she had been paid 
nothing and that $2,200 had ac- 
cumulated against the show since 
Its first opening eleven weeks be- 
fore, up to the time the unit played 
Boston, week before last. At the 
end of that engagement Miss 
Shearer attached White as treas- 
urer for the amount, but found only 
$618 In the box office of the Ma- 
jestic, Boston. She adjusted the 
claim so the show could move on a 
payment of $500 on account 

It was about at this time that 
Marx and Krans and White resold 
CO per cent of the show to Mor- 
ganstern for $4,000, $2,000 in cash 
and the remainder in debts of the 
company assumed by the purchaser. 
Previously, and while the show 
was playing Worcester, the Marx 
boys and Kranz and White demand- 
ed the show be turned over to them, 
on the ground White had advanced 
up to that time $5,000 in re-equip- 
plng the show; also that the Marx 
Bros, demanded the transfer under 
pain of possibly departing. It is 
said White informed the affiliated 
offiecs in New York of the intended 
procedure, to which the affiliated 
agreed, it having cancelled the 
franchise granted to Finklestein & 
Rubin. 

Morganstern and O'Neil are re- 
ported to have decided the show 
should be turned over to the ac- 
tors, and It traveled In that way 
until the Shearer attachment 
brought up a question as to respon- 
sibility. At .this Juncture Morgan- 
stern iH said to have reappeared and 
accepted the suggestion he buy 
back Into the 'production, but White 
insisted that of Morganstern's 60 
per cent, of stock In the operating 
corporation, 10 per cert, would have 
to be depositcfl In escrow in order 
— that neither side could have con- 
trol. 

It Is aald there Is another In- 
terested party, financially. In the 
Rhow, an unknown person, not a 
showman, and who lives In Chlcafjo. 
The Marxes joined the unit after 
It had been called in by the Chi- 
cagoana and was about to be aban- 
dored. It Is reported to have done 
some business since restarting, 

V 



claiming $7,600 at Boston, with 
$4,509 for the Hartford split weeU. 
and believes it will go over $10,000 
at the Central this week. It opened 
there Monday to $1,000 on the day 
and had a sell-out Tuesday night. 
through a club having purchased 
the house. 



NICKELS ONLY, GREAT 
SIR JOE ANNOUNCES 



Penny Throwers Ruined His 

Imitation — Show Business 

Getting Worster 




CLAYTON ACT ADDED 



Loew's Coast Pieture Houses Uaing 
Dancing Feature Turn 



If you look at the above picture 
carefully you will have no trouble in 
recognizing a banjo player and a 
man of great honest, . One to be 
tru.sted with bananas. It is Al Fox, 
my co-worker and playmate. In ap- 
preciation of his sterling qualities, 
this public testimonial is inserted. 
(Signed) 

GEORGE ROCKWELL 



PLAYPAY CONTRACTS , 
MORE UNTT PROBLEMS 



Bessie Clayton and Co. have been 
signed by the Loew circuit to play 
six weeks on the coast in the Loew 
picture houses, Including those at 
San Francisco and Los Angeles. 

The Clayton turn will include 
the Glorias and James demons. It 
la understood ah orchestra will be 
recruited west to go into the act 

Miss Clayton may remain two 
weeks at each of the Loew houses 
designated, playing the dates In 
conjunction with the feature picture 
and being the only vaudeville act on 
the bill. 

She opens in San Francisco, Dec. 
17. The original booking is for six 
weeks, but she may be continued in- 
definitely. According to report, the 
act will receive $1,760 weekly. 



PORUA SISTERS 0. o 

UNDER namous name 



"Ol Mir! OI Mir!" grunted the 
very versatile Great and only Sir 
Joseph OInzburg as he burled his 
worried physog in a monster crum 
cake, having completed the opera- 
tion of ducking it In a saucer of 

steaming coffee at Freeman's eat- 
ery. 

"It's no use. its no use. this show 
business is getting worster and 
worster every day. To think that 
me, the Great Sir Joseph Ginzburg. 
who has entertained the fine ladies 
and rich gentlemens should have 
such achlimossel as to appear before 
such bummers and low llfes what 
throw pennies to me on the floor 
while I am imitating Sir Harry 
Lauder, ober he is a Scotch Sir, but 
not a Great like me," 

"You «ee," continued Sir Joe as 
he shoved the remainder of the 
crum cake down his throat, "it's my 
trouble that I got such a good 
heart. I like mine work because it 
is mine art. Here there is some 
rich kibetzcrg around here who now 
want to star me In mine own pic- 
ture — From a Stable to the Winter 
Garden — but my friend Willie How- 
ard told me to hold out for more 
money and I holded out until this 
kibetzer gets cold feet and decided 
he will star somebody else, maybe 
Ben Schaeffer ober Dave Clarke. 

"Now there is a birthday party 
or maybe it's not that kind of a 
party, but anyhow they give a 
party to Willie Howard because he 
is leaving the Winter Garden for 
the road. They want to give Willie 
a good supper ober he don't need it 
or not, so they ask me to make my 
speeches and entertain the people 
who are at this party. I get all 
mine medals, my new derby hat 
and my royal clothea all ready and 
the flrst thing you know, somebody 
throws a Quarter at me. Quarters 
I don't mind or half dollars or even 
dimes and nickels, but when those 
low llfes start to throw me pennies, 
it's not right that I should have to 
stop singing*to pick them up. ober 
If I don't snatch them right up 
quick, those waiters will take them 
and I'm the loser. I would like It 
put In Vai iety that when the Great 
Sir Joseph entertains, no one should 
throw him pennies, ober they should 
save the pennies until they get five 
and then tkrow a nickel at me. 

"From now on no more engage- 
ments I take unless that arrange- 
ments Is made, that no one can 
throw less than a nickel, ober I stop 
flinging and walk right out on the 
party if they do." 



ACTION FOR DAMAGES 
FROM AaORS' nCHT 



Danny Watker Sues Dave 

Kramer — Both with ''Spice 

of Life'* Unit 



Producers Leaving Unit Time 

Financially Tight— May 

Place Acts 



W. E. CASTLE DIVORCED 

Fay Kesselman was granted an 
interlocutory decree of divorce 
against William R. Kosselman by 
.Judge Faber of the Supreme Court, 
Kings county. N. Y., last week. The 
suit was uncontested. 

The husband Is professionally 
known as Castle and is of Castle 
and Robblns, vaudeville producer.*?. 
I Alimony of $20 weekly was award- 
ed the wife and the custody ,vL •! 
nve-year-ol ddaughter. 

Henry R. Rosenberg repre.scntct" 
thc complainant. 



FRANCES WHITE ADDED 

Frances White will be an add"' 
attraction at the Central, New Ynrk 
for the Shubert unit show tlr.M-. 
week of Dee. II. 



Affiliated Circuit producers who 
are being forced to close units on 
account of financial difncultlei are 
faced with a problein with regard to 
acts holding pay or play contracts. 

Most of the unit producers had to 
guarantee the acts 20 or more 
weeks when casting the units. These 
contracts are still In force, forcing 
the unit producers to unload or 
stand liable for the amount of the 
contracts, ' ." v 

The straight vaudeville policy of 
the Shuberts Is a separate hooking 
agreement and doesn't relieve the 
producer of any responsibility un- 
less the act voluntarily waives 
''lalm. 

It Is understood that "The Rose 
Girl," one of the Shuberts' own 
units, reopened last week to take 
care of the pay or play contracts 
the Messrs. Shubert had Issued to 
members of the original unit and 
others. 

As most of the retired producers 
are in straitened circumstances, 
their only salvation seems to be the 
independent vaudeville circuits and 
burlesque. This week several unit 
comedians were reported as having 
signed with burlesque attractions 
of the Mutual and Columbia cir- 
cuits. :■-■' '■•■ '■;..'■ ,'•'■. 



NEW ACTS 

Finley and Swift have joined the 
Calvert and Shayne act. 

John Swor and Frank Conroy 
(Conroy and Le Maire). 

Andy Taylor (Taylor and Ia 
Claire), assisted by a girl partner, 
in new two -act. 

"Eight Spades," colored revue, 
five women, three men. 

Eddie Vogt and Frank Hurst, 
two-act (Hurst's former partner. 
Connie O'Donnell. is temporarily in 
a Denver sanitarium). 

Al Bernard, phonograph singer, 
and Frank Bridges, last of the 
"Parsing Show." 

"The Birthday Party," with ten 
children. 

"The Elevator Boy," recast, with 
llarxy Francis, Jake Dowel and 
Blanche Allen. M. Thor is prepar- 
ing an act wtih five people and 
four .special scenes featuring Lillian 
Price. 

"The Bachelor Girls," five people. 

Ferris and Armand, two men. 

RoRs Boys, singing and dancing. 

Sid Loyd and Dixie Onell, two- 
icr. 

Master Gabriel and company. In 
"Captain Kiddo," deep-sea farce, 
with 8i>cclal setting. 

"JugRling With Shakespeare" with 
.Moiia Morgan. , 

"Delafour Twins, In musical revue 

William Courtney will shortly en- 
;er vaudeville witli a Hketoh. Ho h- 
;it i)reHent appearing in "Her Tcni 
porary Husband." 

Audrey Maple and Joseph Michel 
Daley, two -act. 

Jerry Jarnagln will hereafter be 
ho piano accc>inpanist for Irene 
I'Yanklln. 



Danny Walker and Dave Krqpner 
(Kramer and Boyle), both members 
of the "Spice of Life" Shubert unit, 
had an altercation backstage of the 
Central, New York, one recent aft- 
ernoon. Reports of the encounter 
were heard along Broadway, fol- 
lowed with the descrlptton of how 
Walker was corporally chastised by 
Kramer. 

The matter has finally reached the 
courts. Walker is asking for $2,000 
damages from Kramer to reimburse 
him because he "suffered great 
mental and bodily pain and anguish; 
his feelings and sensibilities wore 
poignantly humiliated; ho ruffcred 
keenly from nervous shock and 
alarm" as a result of the flsticufT 
battle wherein the "defendant pub- 
licly, vindictively, maliciously and 
brutally struck and asHaulted" Wal- 
ker, according to the latter's alle- 
gations In the formal complaint. 
The injuries are listed as two black 
eyes and sundry contusions, with 
the right optic severely damaged, 
leaving a permanent scar. 

Kramer generally denied all alle- 
gations through his attorneys. Davis 
& Davis, his separate defense being 
Walker attacked him with a chair 
and that he struck back in ' self- 
defense. • 

Impartial reports of the backstage 
battle has It that Kramer playfully 
stuck out a leg In Walker's path. 
The latter took offense, and the war 
waa on. 



MONEY FOB AFFILIATED 

A report during the week said that 
last Friday night at a meeting of 
the Shubert vaudeville circuit some 
money was raised in some manner 
and turned over .to the Affiliated 
Theatres Corporation, the Shubert 
vaudeville circuit's operator. 

It was admitted by one of the 
men Interested this week money 
had been raised and turned over, but 
the means employed and the amount 
were withheld. f , 



Played Trial Performance for 

Nothing — Pleased Eddie 

Hayman at Kedzie, Chi. 



Chicago, Dec. C. 

The standing of the Portia 8is« . 

terfl in showdom is believed to hav« 
been established once and for alL 

If this is true it will remove a 
matter of controversy covering a 
long period and will settle a ques- 
tion on which different authorities 
have been widely at variance. 

It will bring a satisfied smile to // 
the countenance of B. Verheyden. 
husband of one of the Portia Sis- 
ters, and manager of the act for 
many years. 

It came about this way. 

The Portia Sisters hav* been 
playing with some sort of a tour- 
ing organization in the west and 
decided that they did not care to 
attempt a long Jump from Tulsa, 
Okla., to Seattle. Wash., and so gave 
In their notice and closed. 

El. Verheyden attempted to book 
them but without succesa 

So the young women themselvea. 
hearing that Eddie Hayman, one of 
the owners of the Kedale, Chicago* 
personally superintends the booking 
of that house applied for work un- . 
der the name of "Oladjrs and 
Venus". Mr. Hayman ecplained 
the Kedsie audience had had TMide- 
vllle for years and was not satis- 
fied with anything else thaar the 
best of the material seen In the best 
small time. The young ladles In* 
sisted they were confident of their 
ability to please and finally agreed 
to play at the K^dzls at the matinee 
last Friday, without salary but with 
the understanding If Mr. Hayman 
considered them "good" hs would 
book them In at ths thsatre the 
firit half of next week. It is possi- 
ble a concession in salary was made. 
Mr. Hayman was Interested, the act 
gave the trial matinee performance, 
was classed as "okeh" and booked 
for the period opening next Mon- 
day. 

It did not leak out until early this 
week that "Gladys and Venus" were 
the Portia Sisters, reported by the 
Western Vaudeville Managers' As- 
sociation authorities as "not up to 
the standard". 

The test which the act underwent 
In showing free and under a new 
name Is taken by B. Verheyden as 
a most fair one, since ths bookei 
who passed on the act has had loni 
experience. Is Interested In the fi- 
nancial success of ths theatre, and , 
could not very well give the "okeh" 
to an inferior act. 

Bddle Hayman started In show 
business as oflAce boy for Martin 
Beck, when Mr. Beck booked ths 
Orpheum Circuit, later became his' 
stenographer and private secretary, 
and for many years had the most 
important set of routing boQks in 
the Association. ' 



Academy, Bsltc, Temporarily Closes " 

Baltimore, Dec. 6. 
The Academy, playing Shubert 
unit shows, will close until Christ- 
mas, when It Is reported the Shu- 
berts win resume with straight 
vaudeville. 




TRIXIE FRIGANZA 



Her flrst t>ox lunch nn loration maWng "MIND OVER MOTOR.* 
directed by WARD LASCELLP. . , ,^, ^. 



» ut 



VAUDEVILLE 



Friday, December 8, 1928 



:m...i 



INDEPENDENT AGENTS 
BACK DOWN ON HODKINS 



Meet to Rescind Former Ac- 
tion—Noodles Fagan on 
Discovery Tour 



ORPHEUM MEETING 

Association's Bookings May 
Extended 



Be 



Chicago. Doc. 6. 

The independent agents who held 
a meeting here and drafted a 
"round robin" -to Alexander Pant- 
ages, complaining of Charles E. 
Hodklns aa personal representative 
of Pantages. last Saturday held an- 
other meeting, at which It was de- 
cided to retract aa far aa possible 
the action taken. 

It seems the first meeting was 
hardly history until one of the 
agencies present had taken a booker 
In the Chicago Pantages office into 
hia confidence. The matter came 
to the knowledge of Mr. Hodklns by 
thia meana. He at first ridiculed it 
as "gossip'^ but Friday the letter 
reached Mr. Hodklns. 

The indictment of Mr. Hodkins by 
the agents had been softened, it 
appears, in later attempts to put it 
in readable form but it served to 
alarm Hodklns who immediately 
found business calling him to To- 
ledo. Detroit, Indianapolis and other 
points where Pantages bookings are 
played. 

Meanwhile "Noodles'* Fagan, 
whose position in the Pantages Cir- 
cuit is not printed on the letter- 
heads, arrived here and finding no 
one at the Chicago Pantages 
office at 10:30 Saturday morning felt 
called upon to wire Mr. Pantages 
to that effect, it is said Fagan was 
considerate enough to take the 
telegram to an office himself and 
not send it from the local Pantages 
office. Mr. Fagan expresses him- 
self aa quite dissatisfied with the 
way in which Mr. Hodkins is hand- 
ling Pantages affairs. 

The independent agents will have 
another meeting Saturday, and un- 
less some satisfaction is obtained 
from Alexander Pantages it has been 
decided that none of the agents will 
call at the office or phone regarding 
acts, and should the local Pantages 
office call the agents regarding acts 
the answer will be that the ;-ct8 are 
"booked." Harry Beaumont has his 
Ascher houses booked up until early 
January for emergency sake. The 
time set for the boycott starts Dec. 
10. 

*.*harles E. Hodklns is quoted as 
KAying that the Chicago Pantages 
office has not booked any acts 
through agents recently, and that 
when acts of a certain nature were 
Bought and the desire made known 
to the agents none of them had ma- 
terial anything like desirable. He 
takes the position that the inde- 
pendent agents will not be missed 
by Pantages. 



Chicago, Dec. 6. 

A secretively managed meeting of 
the board of directors of the Or- 
pheum Circuit is In progress at its 
offices here, with Martin Beck pre- 
siding. Indications are that another 
meeting will be held in January and 
that a common stock dividend will 
then be declared. 

Other obtainable Information Indi- 
cates that some more of the house 
policies will be revised. A propoal- 
tlon la being thrashed out on a plan 
to extend the Western Vaudeville 
Managers' Association bookings to 
the coast, with 20 weeks in 23 said 
to be already lined up, at an initial 
cost of around $30,000 for the exten- 
sion. This would bring it In active 
competition with the Ackerman and 
Harris and Bert Levey circuits. It 
could also serve as a feeder to the 
two Orpheura, Jr.. bouses on the 
coast and pay profit in Itaelf on the 
5 per cent, commiaalona. 

Opening a W. V. M. A- office In 
St. Louis to handle the southwest 
territory is under consideration. 

It waa decided to fix up aeveral of 
the theatres. Including an expenalve 
cooling plants In New Orleans, for 
an effortTaT atay open all aummer. 
The purchase of a new site in 
Omaha is under debate. 




HAKtFORD OFF BEFORE XMAS 

The Grand opera house, Hartford. 
Conn., will not play the Shubert 
unit shows for two weeks, begin- 
ning Dec. 11. The Hartford bouse 
will return to the Shubert unit 
booking Dec. 25 (Christmaa day), 
playing "Main Street Follies" a full 
week instead of the usiial three-day 
engagement. The following week. 
New Year's week, may also have a 
Shubert unit show. 

At the Affiliated ofllcea It was 
said the removal of Hartford out of 
the route for two weeks was be- 
cause of bad pre-holiday conditions 
expected to prevail. 

Hartford may have a vaudeville 
show booked by the Shubert ofllce 
fof the two weeks it is off the units, 
but up to the middle of the week it 
looked as If the house would be 
dark, until it reopens with the units, 
with the possibility of legitirnate 
bookings filling in the two vacant 
weeks as still another contingency. 



JACK MUNDY 



FEATURED COMEDIAN WITH 

C. B. Maddock's "THE SPEEDERS'* 

Keith's Jefferson, New York, Now. 

Keith's Franklin and Proapect, 

Week of Dee. 11. 



FREEPORT'S NEW HOUSE 
WITH 3 BDIS WEEKLY 



OBITUARY 



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WILLIAM BATMOITD SOX 

William Raymond Sill, presa 
agent, dramatic editor, war corre- 
spondent and all round good fellow, 
died Dec. 1 at hia home. Sill'a Hotel. 
Broadway. Flushing. L. L Bervices 
were held at CampbeH'a under the 
auaplces of the Friars' Club, of 
which be waa one of the foundera. 
Sunday, and the burial took place 
Monday at Spring Grove cemetery, 
Hartford, Conn, his native town. 

"Billy" Sil>. as he was affection- 
ately known to a host of frlenda. 
waa BS years of age, having been 
bom in Hartford Sept. SO, 18C9. He 



IL.. 



TWO IN CANTON? 



Canton, O., Dec. 6. 

That another vaudeville and pic- 
ture theatre is in prospect for thi.s 
city became known when it was 
learned that Cleveland interests are 
arranging to complete the financing 
of the local Hippodrome project, 
was instigated just before the coun- 
try entered the war. The theatre, 
when completed, will hav^u a seat- 
ing capacity of 3.200 and la to be 
leased to Loew's Ohio Theatres, Inc. 

This report follows th« an- 
nouncement that the B. F. Keith 
interests would start the erection of 
an $8&0,000 vaudeville theatre, to be 
situated on South High street. 

The site for the new Hip is on 
South Main street, directly across 
from the Ohio building. 



COMPLAINTS ON COETELYOU 

Chicago, Dec. 6. 

Burt Cortelyou may be ruled off 
the floor of the Western Vaudeville 
Managers' Association and Keith's 
western office, it is reported. The 
complaint is that he is not devot- 
ing enough time to h' i business. 

There has been complaints against 
Cortelyou every once in awhile for 
some time for not attending to his 
agency business. 

8 ACTS FOR 10c 

The Strand, Hoboken, N. J.. Is 
expanding its vaudeville program 
to eight acts on each split, with the 
feature picture retained. Its scale 
will remain unchanged, 10 cents at 
matinees and 3fc, nights. 

Bill McCaffrey of the Keith office, 
who books the house, splits it with 
the Rita, Jersey City, where the un- 
changed policy Is six acta and pic- 
tures. 



*7R." AT OEPHEUM, OABXAND 

San Francisco, Dec. •. 

Beginning next week the Oakland 
Orpheum goea to popular prices 
with a continuous policy, although 
two shows a day. 

The house will play from one to 
five in the afternoons and from 
seven to eleven in the evening. 

The same policy in force at the 
Orpheum Junior house. Golden 
(jate. San Francisco, will bo adopt- 
ed In Oakland. Saturdays and Sun- 
days, when three perfonnances will 
be given. 



10 Acta Helped Colonial 

Business at the Colonial, New 
York, took a decided jump last 
week with the ten-act bill booked 
by Johnny Collins. 

The idea of playing the Four Mor- 
ton's on the same bill with Gordon 
Dooley and Martha Morton and the 
subsequent clowning and ad libblng 
that ensued, waa followed out this 
week at the Palace, New York. 



The new theatre at Freeport, L, I., 
located at Olive boulevard and 
Henry atreet, o:>ened Thanksgiving 
night with a five-act vaudevlll9 bill. 
Jack Norworth headlining, and a 
feature picture. The house is hav- 
ing ita vaudeville blUa booked by 
Doc Breed of the Keith offices. 

With the opening the policy was 
announced aa picturea and vaude- 
ville, with picturea to be played the 
first half and vaudeville the latter 
half. With the ending of the first 
week the policy was switched and 
vaudeville is to be played for the 
full seven days, with three bills 
given. The first will play Monday, 
Tuesday and Wednesday, beginning 
next week; the second, Thursday, 
BYiday and Saturday, and a new 
show for Sunday. A, feature picture 
will be played in conjunction. 

The house, financed to a certain 
extent by local capital, is a beauti- 
ful structure, said to have cost |375,- 
000. It has a seating capacity of 
2,016, with the active management 
in the hands of Major Rasmussin. 
while Manager Slmones runs the 
house. The rental overhead on the 
theatre is In the neighborhood of 
$25,000 annually. 

At present the prices are 36-55-76 
at all performance.**. Business the 
last half of last week waa very good, 
but with the beginning of the cur- 
rent week, with nothing but straight 
pictures at the same scale of admis- 
sion for both the matinee and night 
performances, found the house doing 
a gross of around $250 a day. This 
evidently brought the decision to 
ch.ange policy and include vaudeviUo 
every day. 

The opening bill had Krlck Phillip 
and Co., Handers and Mlllis, Robert 
Reilly and Co., Jack Norworth and 
La Bernicla and the* Cosmopolitan 
production "The Pride, of Palomar." 
A l&-piece orch«:btra was in the pit 
for the opening, but this number cf 
musicians is to be reduced some- 
what for the regular shows. 

There Is a stage that is SI feet in 
depth, 88 feet in width and with a 
height of 70 feet. A special three- 
tier dressing room adjunct is built 
on the stage. 



W JJOTtSQ MEMORY 



OP OUR FRIBND AND COMRADB 



BURTON GREEN 



COBINHE and TONY HUNTINO 



waa the son of former Lieut.-Gov. 
George Grlswold SlU and Mary 
Preston Sill. He served his early 
apprenticeship in newspaper work 
on the "Courant" and "Post" In 
Hartford, aa a co-worker with 
Charlea B. Dillingham and Bruce 
Bdwarda, a friendship they formed 
that endured through all of the 
years. One of Sill's last requests 
was It be made certain his two old 
pals be certain to be present when 
his last journey started. 

Sill came to New York in the 
early '90's and went on the repor- 
torial staff of the "Recorder," which 
afterward was taken over by Wm. 
Randolph Hearst and renamed the 
"Kvening Journa*!," and It waa in 
the capacity of war correspondent 
that he served that publication dur- 
ing the Spanish-American War in 
Cuba. He was on board the U. 8. S. 
"Brooklyn" with Rear Admiral 
Schley at the battle of S.intiago. 
Later he became dramatic editor of 
the New York "World' 'and from 
that went to the "Telegraph." 

Leaving newapaper work he went 



Inttmatea, at tli« Globe theatre. New 
York, and a trust fund was eatab* 
llshed. directed by the late Rcnnold 
Wolf, Bruce Edwards and Henry I* 
Young. On the death of Wolf, John 
Peter Toohey waa appointed as 
trustee In hia atead. ^ '; 

At the time of hia death Bill was 
conducting Sill'f Hotel. Fluahing, 
and the place waa a rendezvous for 
numeroua theatrical folk realdlng in 
that aection of Long laland. 

The funeral aervlcea on Sunday 
were conducted by the Friars with 
the Rev. Dr. Smyth, of Hartsdale. 
N. T., offering player, after beioc 
introduced by Wells Hawka Fol- 
lowing Frederick E. Goldsmith, at- 
torney and Paat £bcalted Rufer of 
B. P. O. K No. 1 apoke on eidogy, 
with John Pollock apeaklng of Sill 
and his activltlea in theatricals, 
while Wells Hawks recounted bis 
newapaper career. 

Francea Hanlon Bill, his wife, a 
daughter, Rosemary Sill Murphy, 
and Mrs. Hubert Wood, of New 
York, a slater, survive. At the time 
of her father's death Rosemary Sill 
had be«n recaHed frona the caat of 
"Th« Ltitttle Kangaroo" to be pres- 
ent at hia bedaide. 



MIETCH MYKOFF 

Mietch Mykoff, aged 40. died early 
Dec. 6 at the Rhode laland Hoapital. 
Providence, following an abdominal 
operation. The deceased appeared 
last week in vaudeville at the ESmery 
theatre. Providence. Becoming sud- 
denly ill Thankagivlng Day, he was 
removed to the hoapital. 

He was the leader of the Mykoff 



IN miMORY 



OF MY LOVINO 



MOTHER 



AND COMPANION 



vVho wont to Heaven Nov. a2d. 152J. 



CHARLES DeHAVEN 



OUR DEAREST PAL 

CAPT. GEORGE AUGER 

PASSED ON TO STERNAL. PEACK 
NOVEMBER SOtb. 1922. 

OUB IXM38— HEAYKN'a GAIN 

BERT and VERA MOR- 

RISSEY and HURD 

FAMILY 



and Vanity Revue, and had pre- 
viously appeared for some years in 
vaudeville and productlona with 
Mykoff and Vanity, tlie dancers. 



BOOKING FOR NEXT SEASON 

The Keith office appears to have 
started booking for next season 
earlier than usual this year, a cou- 
ple of routes or so already having 
been allotted for 23-24. 

Among the first to be boolted for 
next season la Willie Rolli^. the for- 
eign roller akating turn. Rolls was 
given a 40 week route. The Marin- 
elli oifice arranged it. 



SAM THALL INJURED 

Chicago, Dec. 6. 
Sam ThttU, the veteran router and 
general factotum for the Orphtum 
ottlce, as weil as its traffic expert, 
was painfully injured in an automo- 
bile accident. He is at St. Luke's 
Hospital. 



The father of Adelaide Boll dl 1 
Nov. 25 at his home at Providence, 
R. I. 



LOCALS IN NEWARK 

Newark, N. J.. Doc. 6. 
ManaKcr Goldlng la goinj: strong 
on locals at the Palace. Next week 
ho will present the "Maid in New- 
ark Review" consisting of 40 local 
people; Dec. 18, the community 
picture, also made in Newark, and 
now namrd "The Sacrifice". 



CAPT. GEORGE AUGER 

Capt. George Auger, known as the 
Cardiff Giant, died Nov. 30 at his 
home at 164 Manhattan avenue. New 
York city. He was 39 years of age 
and born in Cardiff, Wales. I'e was 
more than 6 feet tall at 14 years of 
age. At the time of hia death he 
was 8 feet 4 Inches tall and weighed 
360 pounda. He had been a London 
"bobble" and later served in the 
English marines. He had been with 
the Ringing circus for nine years as 
a aide show attraction. A few weeks 
ago he had signed a contract to ap- 
pear with Harold Lloyd in pictures 
following the conclusion of his pre- 
holiday engagement In one of New 
York'a department stores In the toy 
department for the holiday trade. 
He waa buried at Woodlawn Ceme- 
tery on Dec. 3. 



CHARLES W. KEOGH 

Charles W. Keogh, a brother 6t 
William T. Keogh. who owns a 
couple of the New York Loew the- 
atres, died Nov. 23 at the home of 
hia sister, Ida F. Keogh, in Brook- 
lyn. Interment was in Charleston, 
S. C, hia borne town. Mr. Keogh 
was born 60 years ago and managed 
the Charleaton Academy of Musio 
for a time, later assuming charge 
of some of his brother's attractlona. 
Three brothers and a sister survive. 



Dempsey Booking Keith'St Toledo 
Jack Dempsey has been asaignctl 
the booklni; of Keith s Toledo in the 
Keith office. The house was booked 
by Arthur Blondell. 



Andrew McLean, 74. died at hi<* 
home In Brooklyn Dec. 4 of pneu- 
monia. He was editor-in-chief of 
the Brooklyn "Citizen" at the time 
of his death and formerly contrib- 
uted to the atage as a dramatic 
author. He was city editor of the 
Brooklyn "Eagle" when only 24 
years old. 



with Weber and Fields at their old 
Music Hall aa publicity man and 
thus started an association that 
lasted for 18 years, going with Lew 
Fields when the partnership be- 
tween the two comedians dissolved, 
and Fields took over tha Broadway 
theatre for a aeriea of aummer 
revuea. 

With the opening of Keith's 
Palace. New York, Sill was appoint- 
ed first publicity agent for the house 
and later went to the Century, when 
Ned Wayburn took over that house 
for "Town Topics." Later he was 
associated with various manage- 
ments In the capacity of advance 
man, especially Dillingham and 
George Tyler. It was with the lat- 
ter'a production of "Bab" that he 
was taken ill in Boston about four 
years ago. This illness necessitated 
the amputation of his left leg after 
he had been removed to New York. 

It was shortly after this that a 
monster testmonial benefit was ar- 
ranged by a group of his friends and 



EUGENE MACK " V}' 

Eugene Schuler, professlonalTy 
known as Eugene Mack, was in- 
stantly killed when hit by a large 
motor truck laat week. Schuler, 
connected with burlesque for over 
40 years, waa 65 years old. He was 
working aa a dishwasher in the 
Flatbuah (Brooklyn) cafeteria at 
the time of hia death. 



WILLIAM FRENETTE 
William Frenette. acrobat, died 
of heart's disease Nov. 27. while 



IN MKMOHT OF 
OUK DBAR SUSTUR 

Georgie Westbrook Swor 

Wbo D«part«d Thl8 lAtm 

December Cth. 1921. 

Oon« B«t N«v0r t« B« lfiorv«it«n by 

AMY and BERT SWOR 



standing in the wings of the Kishle 
Hall, Cateract, N. J., and waiting 
to go on with his partner, William 
Richmond. The deceased waa 
buried from bis home In Provl-' 
dence. R I. 



The father of Ruth Wilkps Her- 
man (P>potti and Herman) died No- 
vember 8 at Braiesvillc, IIL 



IN mUlORY OF 

MY LOVINO WIFB 

Georgia Westbrook Swor 



Who PaaMd Thl« Bftrth 
December <lh, 1921 ~ 



iiunhy June or gay December, 

When I inune upon tho past, 
There Is one whom I rememb*T 

First, and In-hetwren and la»t, 
ThouRh I'm proud to rail her Ijcorgla 

And a wife mighty flno, 
()l<i-tlm« menioriea fondly llet her 

Aa * seod old chuiu of mine. 

OONR. ni'T NOT FORfiOTTRN 

BT HBR LOVINO UUUBANU, 



JIM 



J 



Th« mother, aged S4, of Charlea 
De Haven (De Haven and Nice) 
died at the Mayo Brothers hospi- 
tal, Rochester, Minn.. I^ov. 22, after 
treatment for Hotchkiss disease. 
Mrs. De Haven lived in New York. 



Drueker died 
Wyckoff Heights Hospital. Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., Dec. 4, after a long ill- 
ners. The deceased was 29 years 
old and the wife of Jack Drueker, 
the theatrical newspaper man. 

Mrs. Josephine Preston Peabody 
Marks, poetess and playwright, 
died at her home In Canibr dge, 
Mass,. December 4. Sho had been 
11) for aeveral months. 



Friday, December 8, 1922 



BURLESQUE 



COLUMBIA CIROJIT INDIRECHY 
SECURES CQN1M OF MUTUAL 



BUFIESQUE LAST WEEK 
JUMPED UP IN RECEIPTS 



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John Jermon Buys Out S. W. Manheim — Four Shows 
and Two Theatres Involved — ^May Be Future 
No. 2 Burlesque Wheel * ' " ^ 



; ^ John Jermon (Jacoba ft Jermon), 
Columbia burleaqutt circuit pro- 
ducer and a member of the board 
of directors of the Columbia Amuse- 
ment Co.. has purchased the Mutual 

burlesque circuit holdings of 8. W. 
Ifanheim (Manhelm St Vail), con- 
•IstlnT of four Mutual attractionn 
and leases of the Band Box (old 
Priscilla) and Ehnpire. Cleveland, 
now on the Mutual circuit. 

The transaction involved $14,000 
according to information and prac- 
tically removes the Mutual as a fu- 
ture competitor of the Columbia 
burlesque circuit. It is understood 
Jermon'8 holdings together with 
Billy Vail's constitute control of the 
Mutual circuit. 

Vail becomes, a partner of Jer- 

mon's In the Mutual. Previously it 

was tacitly understood Jermon was 

.associated with Vail and a s lent 

partner in his Mutual holdings. 

Jermon ic Vail will operate 
••Laughin' Through." "Band Box 
Revue." "Jazitlme Revue" and the 
Pat White Show on the Mutual 
wheel. 

Rumors have ben rife recent'y 
that the Mutual heads were being 
approached by former Columbia 
and American circuit producers j 
with propositions to expand and in- 
clude the recent Shubert unit pro- 
duoers from burlesque. Jermon's 
entrance into Mutual affairs will 
remove the menace of opposition to 
the Columbia circuit and at the 
same time give the Columbia nu- 
cleus of a No. 2 wheel, something 
It has not had sfnce the American 
burlesque circuit ceased function- 
ing. ■■,■•",/■■/. :^t.--. . .-:, 



COLUMBIA €0. 'COLD' 
FOR UNTT SHOWS 



Burlesque Men Say No Room 

for Deserters — Future 

Possibiiities 



More ''Good Weeks" Than Be- 
fore This Season — Bad 
Monday and Good Friday 



MAYOR'S GOOD MEMORY 
BEHIND BURLESQUE 



Shank of Indianapolis Talks 

Back in Church Federation 

Row Over B'way Theatre 



Indianapolis. Dec. t. 

The war between the Church 
Federation of Indianapolis and Ed 
Sullivan and his Broadway bur- 
lesque theatre gave promise of fad- 
ing out into an equally merry en- 
counter between the federation and 
Mayor Shank. 

For a month the church federa- 
tion has been dogging the police 
about the Broadway.. In person, by 
letter and by telephone, the Rev. 
C. H. Winders, executive secretary, 
has Importuned Chief of Police 
Herman F. Rlkhoflt about the 
house. 

Time after time Rlkhoft has sent 
policemen, and each time they re- 
ported nothing to warrant action. 

Then the federation broke out 
afresh and then Mayor Shank got 
mad. 

"We'vo sent the police down 
there in relays and the worst they 
ever found was occasional use of 
the word.s "heir and 'damn'," said 
Shank. "We're got going to pay 
any attention to further complaints 
from the church federation. If 
they'll file affidavits, we'll make ar- 
rests. We'll have to. Otherwise we 
won't. 

"Most people who go to a bur- 
lesque show expect to hear a little 
spice, but they're even disappoint- 
ing them in that In this instance. 

"I remember when I was a young- 
ster and used to sit in the gallery 
over at the old Empire I wa.s sore 
and wanted my money back if I 
didn't hoar some crack." 

And there the matter stands. 



At the offices of the Columbia 
Amusement Co. in New York this 
week it was frankly stated the cir- 
cuit could not see its way clear to 
provide room for former Shubert 
vaudeville unit producers who have 
ended the.'r tour on that circuit and 

would now like to return to bur- 
lesque, which Held, the Columbians 
say, they deserted. 

"We have no room for deserters," 
said one of the Columbia executives, 
at the same time expressing his 
private regrets for a couple of for- 
mer burlesque managers who tried 
the unit system. "Nor do wo see 
why room should be made for them 
here," the Columbian added. "One 
of the unit producers sent us word 
after clos ng his unit that he would 
hold the shOA' intact for a few days 
in case we concluded to permit him 
to return. Wc sent back word to 
him not to hold the show together 
waiting for any action by us. as 
none would be taken." 

The Columbian executive, how- 
ever, admitted that there are three 
or four Columbia wheel shows to 
undergo a second inspection by the 
Columbia censors, after having been 
instructed to repair following the 
first scrutiny. If any of these shows 
were to be eliminated from •the 
wheel there would be vacancies, but 
how such vacancies might be filled 
the Columbian would not state. 
Neither would he say whether the 
Columbia Co. would increase the 
present range oft the wheel to 38 
shows and weeks. At present the 
Columbia has 37 attractions and 3R 
weeks, leaving an open week. An- 
other open week waa prevented 
through the reorganized "Rockets" 
show filling in for the Sam Howe 
show that closed under orders on 
the Columbia wheel Saturday. 

Asked if Barney Gerard, a former 
unit producer, had applied for a Co- 
lumbia franchise, the Columbian 
stated they had not heard from Ge- 
rard, and added that Gerard never 
produced under his personal fran- 
chise on the wheel, although fre- 
quently having requested one. Ge- 
rard, when with the Columbia, pro- 
duced In association with the Miner 
Estate. It Is understood that was 
the reason Gerard did not receive a 
Columbia franchise of his own, "to 
protect the Miners,** as the custom 
Is understood In burlesque. 



.St: 



BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



Business took a big leap all over 

the Columbia Circuit last week, the 

average gross being the biggest 

since New Tear's week, 1922, the 
opening week of the year. The 
Thanksgiving Day holiday In some 
instances did not help to swell the 
Columbia totals as much as the 
business of the following day (Fri- 
day). A possible cxnlanatlon may 
have been that in some cities the 
natives decided to make it a two- 
day celebration. 

Another angle of last week's bus- 
iness on the Columbia was that 
Monday was the worst opening day 
of the current season. Why the 
worst opening day and Friday, the 
best Friday of the week, even the 
burlesque men cannot explain. That 
business becomes freaky at timed 
for no apparent reason, was a'>out 
as^ear as most burlesque people in 
the know could get to it. 

There were more $9,000 we^s last 
week than any of the season. 
"Youthful Follies." Gayety. St. 
Louis, and "Giggles." Gayety. Pitts- 
burgh, b^^th doing around that 
figure or better. Another surprise 
gross was that rolled up by New- 
burgh, N. Y., with "Town Scandals" 
doing $4,000 the last three days of 
the week. > 

Hurtig Sc Be am on 's Kew York 
with "Social Maida" did $8,700 the 
house adding an extra midnight per- 
formance, following the night show 
Thanksgiving. The extra Thanks- 
giving show experiment did not 
turn out satisfactorily. BYIdoy with 
two shows did much better pro- 
portionately. 

The Columbia, New York, got 
$8,000 last week with "Knlck 
Knicks." This was a jump of about 
$900 over the previous week (Mollle 
Williams show). — 

"Maids of America" at the Empire, 
Newark, N. J., last week did $7,300, 
about $1,000 better than tKe Empire 
did on the corresponding week last 
season. 

"Follies of the Day" last week at 
Toronto, did $6,800; "Slop Lively 
Girls" at Star and Garter, Chicago, 
grossed approximately $7,500, and 
"Mimic World" did $7,200 at Detroit. 
The Gayety. no.«jton. had a banner 
week with the "Rig Wonder Show," 
doing about $8,600. The Casino. 
Boston, with Sam Howe's show, 
which closed following the engage- 
ment there, did $6,800. 

Faterson. N. J., with "Hello Good 
Times" did $6,000, considered a good 
week for Paterson. 



SOCIAL MAIDS 

(COLUMBIA BURLESQUE) 

Bum Ocorcc 8tpn<> 

Bud Sawywr .....* BilTr Baker 

I.udwls KmuM Sam Wright 

Lena Bllnsre Wllnon 

Hilly Swift Itllly Qaaton 

Trixle Marie Hart 

Cutie lluse DaMin 

Aiphonoo Dudley Karnawort h 

OolUe BtU l*lllard 



For unadulterated ftlth. crass 
blat:int vulgarity and offenaiveneas, 
the "Social Maids," at the Colum- 
bia this week, wins the brown 
derby. How this "turkey" ever col 
past the Columbia otncialM or who- 
ever is sup|)osed to remove the 
smut, double entendre and other 
objectionable bits from the attrac- 
tions is a mystery. 

Not long ago Variety published 
a story lo the effect that the lid 
was ott at the Columbia. Sam 
Scribner. the general manager of 
the Columbia Circuit, saw fit to 
deny the story, explaining the lid 
was not otr and that the Columbia 
allowed bare legs because the mu- 
sical comedies and other shows on 
Broadway had been doing it for 
seasons. This Is true as far as it 
went, but the Columbia Circuit has 
not only taken the lid ofC for the 
current attraction; they have 
thrown It away. 

George Stone Is the principal of- 
fender and principal comedian. 
More than a dozen women left the 
huu.so "Tuesday night after the 
"Garden Wall" bit. which Is about 
the limit for any kind of burlesque. 
Several girls in gingham rompers 
open the bit sitting atop a wall. 
They are playing school. Each 
sings a verse of an old burlesque 
limerick. Stone's contribution was 
about a girl fishing for bass in 
water that came up to her — ankles. 
He roughs the girls around, get- 
ting some laughs by kicking one 
and slapping her on the bare leg. 
A moment later one girl ralseu her 
hand, requesting the teacher's per- 
mission to leave the room. At the 
refusal the girl crosses her legs. 
Stone then pantomimes the facial 
and nasal contortions of a man sud- 
denly discovering the whereabouts 
of a skunk, and after indicating 
the girl a.9 tlie suupicious one, re- 
marks, "Somebody has to leave. " 

The other abuses were too nu- 
merous to chronicle, but the prin- 
cipal comic never missed a chance 
lo blue it up or smut it up for a 
laugh. He was a panic with the 
upper shelf occupants, but it's a 
cincl) that anyone in the house ac- 
companied by wife or sweetheart 
will be stagging*lt the next time. 

The show. "The Social Maids." Is 
the same old "Maids" that Stone 
and Pillard have been doing for 
years, with a short interval when 
they were off the circuit. "The 
Social Maids" started this season 
minus Stone and Pillard. the reason 
for the change of title for two 

(Continued on page 9) 



JAZZTIME REVUE 

(MUTUAL BURLESQUE) 

Oentlemeri from llrll Jimmy AValtets 

Charley I.lRht Head Jack BtaiD 

Mrs. Doolittle (MlM) Jackie Addlsiuii 

Lotta Noise Bthei I<;irtlott 

Lovem All VIMa Hohlon 

Kalsht Hall Nate Bu by 

Count FromaKe Benny Moore 

Horace Ulckey Ctuta. (Tramp) McNally 



Manhelm -Vail Productions, Inc., 
stands sponsor for a lively dancing 
Mutual burlesque entertainment 
current at the Olympic. There are 
(We men principals and throe wom- 
en, all dancers of real ability, and 
for good measure they bill as added 
attraction one Flfl, a wriggle dancer 
of old-time technique. There are 
comedy and ensemble song inter- 
vals, but the show stands on Its 
dancing displays, which are notably 
all right and worth the price of ad- 
mission. It's all clean specialty 
matter and it belongs with the pos- 
sible shimmy trimmings that rnn 
from the opening to the finish at 
frequent intervals. 

If a show has fast and clever 
dancing a lot of defects in other 
directions may be forgiven, and 
there are times In this outfit when 
the comedy needs the cloak of char- 
ity. But the stepping saves it and 
really given it a place well up among 
(Continued on page 9) 



KNICK KNACKS 



'.„ " •*'', 



(COLUMBIA BURLESQUE) 

Billy »«.••>••• Lew Donney 

Dottle .Madlyn Worth 

Mazie Jean Carr 

"Swlfty" Dick Hulse 

"Slim'- ..Prank X. Silk 

Lady of Chair Kitty Warren 

Kbony Gentleman. .Kenneth Christy 



STANDARD BILLING 



Columbia 



Will Work Out Trado 
Mark Plan 



"SWEETHEART NIGHT" 



Gayely, 8t. Louis, Tries Something 
New 



JACOBS' WORLD TOUR 

Henry C Jacobs will havp a 
chance to npeak that famous line 
originated in burlesque "So this la 
PariH" shortly, the senior member 
of the firm of Jacobs Sc Jormon 
starting on a trip around the \v(ni<l 
.Tan. 9 _that will emhr.Tce a stop- 
over at the lYcnch capita', a drop 
in at London and a week or two 
, in China. 

The Jacobs lo«r wlH take a year 
or so. 



St Louts. t>se. €. 
The Initial Introduction of "Sweet- 
heart Night" at the Gayety last 
Wednesday was voted by a large 
audience a very interesting novelty. 

The stunt la worked In the audi- 
ence by entertainers other than the 
company and requires no additional 
expense for stagehands or orches- 
tra. There Is singing, reciting and 
giving away souvenirs that refer 
to "sweetheart." The lady patrons 
went after this stunt for all thnt 
was In It, and, JudTlng from the 
Initial showing "Sweetheart Night" 
is going to be popular with the 
women. 

Manager Oscar Dane recently re- 
ceived copyright on this feature 
night. This gives the Gayety a 
feature for everj- night except Mon- 
day, for which an original stunt Ih 
In preparation. "Youthful Follies" 
Gayety last week played to $9,000 
gros.i. — : 



Columbia's Quarterly Meeting 

The Columbia Amusement Co. will 
hold its regular quarterly mectlnp 
the third of the Columbia's fiscal 
year, Dec. 29. 

A meeting of the directors of th** 
Columbia's various subsldiarle,8 wtl< 
be on the same day. 



Th« Columbia Amuoement Co. Is 
working out a plan to trade mark Its 
shows in a manner that will take 
them out of the common run of 
burlesque attractions. A standanl 
trade mark design will be prepared 
and used in the advertising of every 
house throughout the circuit. The 
Columbia trade mark will carry Co- 
lumbia burlesque as part or all of 
the Insignia, with the exact wording 
to b« decided on. 

At the present and for years past 
the different Columbia theatres in 
various cities have each used an 
Individual style of advertisement In 
the newspapers, etc. The general 
Idea will be to standardize the Co- 
lumbia brand of burlesque more or 
*ess in the same manner that a pic- 
ture concern expl(>its Its product. 

In lino with the plan of standard- 
izing Columbia burlesque and ex- 
ploit It as nn individual type of en- 
tertainment, ihe Columbia, New 
York, is to h.'ive a large clock on 
the order of th-s t-ne that formerly 
adorned tho front of the building 
on the junction of Times Square, 
Seventh avenue and Broadway. 



Harry Hastings' "Knlck Knacks" 
at the Columbia last week, has eov- 
eral new scenes, but the meat of 
last season's "Knacks," when Tom 
Howard was the principal comedian, 
has been retained In the current 
version. The hold-up bit which, in 
Howard's hands, was one of the 
funniest things ever seen in bur- 
lesque, is In and jains a fair meas- 
ure of laughs, but nothing near like 
Howard's total with It. 

The principal comedian. Frank X. 
Slik, Is a graduate of last season's 
American wheel. Silk does a like- 
able tramp, growing on his audiencs 
and getting every ounce of comedy 
out of his allotment. 

Hastings has a penchant for dis- 
covering comics. He brought How- 
ard into Columbia circles from stock 
burlesque. His present second 
comic. Dick Hulse, Is another new- 
comer. Hulse is a "fst boy" of 
quiet methods, admirably cast and 
in perfect contrast to Silk's unctuous 
tramp. Lew Denny, an excellent 
straight, and "The Three Synco- 
pators," a mala singing trio, who 
play minor roles when not at their 

(Continued on page 9) 



PARK'S "SPICE" 



Wsskly Changs of Bill for Stock 
Burlssqus 



COLUMBIA NEXT .SUMMER? 



Mlnsky's Park nnisic hall. New 
York, burlesque stock, instituted a 
weekly change of phow this week, 
the current show carrying the title 
of. "Snlce." The weekly change of 
program was arrive^} at gradually 
by the Park stock, the organization 
starting with a show that ran for 
three weeks, another that ran the 
sams period and the third show 
running two weeks. 

The weekly change plan will not 
call for a complete change of cast, 
but features will be added with each 
new show. Tom Howard will st.Tge 
the shows and Solly Fields, who 
recently Joined the Park staff, will 
put on the numbers. 



Sssms Goal of Loading C<^umbi« 
Contenders 



FROM UNIT TO BURLESQITE 

Jamie Coughlln, late with Pear- 
son's "Zlg Zag" (unit), will join 
Cain and Davenport's "Mimic 
World." a Columbia burlesque at- 
traction, at Buffalo next week. 

Coughlln has signed a one -year 
contract with Cain A Davenport. 
He held a pay or play contract with 
Arthur Pearson for 20 weeks this 
season. 



Injunction Asked Against Actor 

James Z. Cooper has Bt.-^rted In 
junction pioCtf^Uln.q^H aaalnnt Ber 
nard Gorcey, of i^ie "Abie's Irish 
Hose" cn.ot. rlalrnlnjr a written con- ' 
tract for iSc siiK^n;^ of :?:*C-?3 with 
Clorcey for CO •vi'i:.*. The defend- 
ant l.M a gradii.iic of l.urleeque. 

Argument on tlie Inju.-ictlsn ;a due 
today (Filt^ay*. 



*GIRL8 A lA CARTE" NEW 

"Girls a la Carte." a new Mutual 
burlesque attraction, opened on the 
circuit at Jacques', Waterbury,Conn. 
Eddie Howe, of the Sam Howe Co- 
lumbia burlesque attraction, which 
close<l. last week, Is the producer 
and principal comedian. >. 



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BURLESQUE RO\ITEP 

Wff.L DH rcUS'U ON i»AGB 
Thirty-one U Thin fttue 



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Mulual's "Mischief Makers" Recast 
"The Mischief Makers," a Mutual 
burlesque show, has practically been 
recast. 'Bags" Murphy, from t he- 
Jack Singer "Hello Now York," for- 
mer Shubert vaudeville unit, Joined 
the attraction this week at the Star. 
Brooklyn. Joe Mack, a "Dutch" 
comedian, and Lillian Hlgbce, a new 
; rrlma donna, were also added to the 



»^ I crvst this week. 



Ix)uis Gerard has taken over the 
advance work of "Follies of the 
Day" for the next four weeks with 
a view to securing special publicity 
for the show out of the usual line 
of burlesque press stuff. , 

The "Follies," Jimmy Cooper's 
show, "Sliding" Billy Watson '« and 
"Chuckles" are all running along 
pretty well bunched for top mrmey 
honors on ths Columbia wheel at 
present with none of the quartet 
overlooking a t>«t that might gain 
an advantage. 

The goal outside of the honor of 
finishing first appears to be next 
summer's run at the Columbia. New 
York. 

While the top money show has 

not always been given the Colum- 

.bla summer run, finishing firft has 

a certain strategetlcal advantage 

that counts considerably. 



JOHNSON ORDERED TO FAT 

Jack Johnson has until today . 
(Friday) to pay a $355 fine on sup- 
plementary contempt proceedings 
in a suit for breach of contract In- 
stituted by Barney Gerard. The 
colored pugilist was recently ex- 
amined as to why he cannot satisfy 
a 12,000 judgment due the burlesque 
impresario. "Lil Arthur" contended 
he was severely bent If not en- 
tirely broke because of a failurs 
to negotiate ring matche.s. 

Gerard's motion to punish the 
Judgment debtor waa granted and 
John.son hu.s been fined $250 and 
|105 expenses by Justice Wnsncr- 
vogt<l la the New York Suprpme ,, 
Court. 



"Limit Girls'* Returned to Wheel 
"The Linjit Girls." taken off (he 
pairs six weeks ago, returns to the 
I ute thiH week, with an eniire new 
cast and show. Harry Emerson 
and Bush Jermon produced the 
show. 



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OUTDOOR AMUSEMENTS 



Friday, December 8, 1922 



DRIVE TO CLEAN UP CARNIVALS 
SWAMPED IN TORONTO GABFEST 



Organized and Noisy Carnival Men Take Fair As- 
sociation Convention Away from Secretaries — 
V Lovely Language But Nothing Definite Results 



CHI'S Xm HALL GANG' 
AROUSES VAUDE MAN 



HAGENBECK-WALLACE'S 

(INDOOR) CIRCUS 



The annual convention of the fair t nized personnel whose agents* busl- 



association officials In Toronto last 
week skidded badly on the prop- 
osition to force a cleanup of the 
carnivals, elinninatlon of graft and 
vicious shows and Ud on midway 
abuses. A lot of impressive lan- 
guage was exchanged: it was of- 
ficially agreed that "the convention 
was harmonious on the proposition 
that next year objectionable prac- 
tices must be stopped" and ora- 
torical pledges were made that the 
fair associations "would discourage 
•vil features," and so forth — but 
Th« Noisy Hundred 

About 100 carnival men of all 
grades and complexion from men 
uf unquestionable business reputa- 
tion to those who are no better than 
they should be, were on hand, ag- 
gressive and noisy, and, although 
they had no official standing on the 
convention floor except as guests, 
they actually took charge of affairs 
and had their own way. 

The carnival men were a cohesive 
unit, organised and prepared to 
Tight for the continuance of the 
catch as catch can system of doing 
business In the old way. while the 
fair men were uncertain and timid. 
Most of the fair men undoubtedly 
wanted to do something by way of 
Improving a situation which has be- 
come a national scandal, but if they 
eliminate the midway they don't 
]<now what to substitute and there 
is no strong leadership among the 
fair secretaries to point the way. 

The shrewd outdoor showmen 
knew what the Ihie-up would be 
before the convention met and they 
were prepared to take full advant- 
age of it. The fair men had invited 
Charles Ringling to address the 
convention and sketch out a clean- 
up p!an. Ringling carried out his 
part of the program, naming as the 
:\rst necessity the complete and ab- 
solute eradication of five things — 
gambling, girl shows, blowoffs, ex- 
tortion grafts and rowdyism. About 
all Mr. Ringling got was a hearing. 
I ut in the free-for-all debate that 
followed his discourse he didn't 
even get reasonable courtesy. One 
speaker — it was a fair man this 
time — wailed that fairground scan- 
dals never got a square doal. The 
newspapers always seized 



ness it would be to travel In the 
spring and report on the carnivals 
much in the manner of the Colum- 
bia Amusement Company's censof 
committee views the burlesque or- 
ganizations on the tour. They could 
compile a service of information 
for the guidance of fair secretaries 
in the contracting for carnival com- 
panies and the various fair asso- 
ciations could support the bureau 
(Continued on Page 9) 



Masonic Circus Matter Still 

Stirring— J. C. Matthews' 

Outburst 



LOCAL CAPITAL IN FAIRS 



Alltntown Reported Ready to Fi- 
nanc« Conc*««iona 



In the aftermath of the Toronto 
convention of fair secretaries it was 
reported that several of the Eastern 
fair associations were likely to fol- 
low the lead of Wheeling next sea- 
son io the handling of fair conces- 
sions. 

The AUentown, Pa., association Is 
considering the plan of doing away 
with blankets covering the entire 
group of smaller concessions and 
inviting bids among local men for 
such Items as a lunchroom, sand- 
wich counter, soft drinks, canvass- 
ing the local restaurant men and 
caterers to take over the enterprises 
with the slogan. "Keep the money 
at homb." 



* : Chicago, Dec. «. 

Scene: Office of J. C. Matthews, 
vaudeville booking agent, in the 
Garrick theatre building. 

"I am from headquarters,'" an- 
nounced a visitor, who entered the 
office and was welcomed, as Mr. 
Matthews has figured more or less 
in a controversy which has set Chi- 
cago all agog in which the Shriners 
of Chicago are disposed to "razx" 
Mayor Bill Thompson, against 
whom they hold a grudge for the 
reason that paddle wheels were not 
permitted to operate at the recent 
Masonic Circus held on the South 
Side, though like operations have 
been permitted, it is said, at simi- 
lar entertainments gotten up under 
the auspices of the Elks, K-nights 
or Columbus ftnd other organiza- 
tions. 

"You had better be careful what 
you are saying," said the "man from 
headquarters" to the vaudeville 
man. "You might get in bad." 

"There's the door, you dirty 
skunk!" shot back Mr. Matthews. 
"Your gang is so accustomed to 
dealing with crooks that you don't 
know how to approach a decent 
man. I am no pickpocket! I am 
no thief! No one has anything on 



— . ... ^ A . > ^ . .1. ! roeJ I ^^n* not afraid of you or 

The planum be tested during the ■ y^^^ ^^^ty gang! I did think that 



winter, and if the town shows a 



disposition to enter into the venture, j 
it is probable a move will be set on 
foot for the following year to have 
the fair association build its own 
rides with local money. 

The renting of small concessions 
was tried in an «>xperimental way 



when (.000 prominent men of Chi- 
cago fathered an enterprise which 
was launched to raise money for 
the erection of a temple, that there 
would be no annoyance from city 
hall grafters. I don't paticularly 
object to such grafters being fixed 
but I think it is the carnival that 



at Wheeling. W. Va.. last fall and ^^ 
is reported to have worked out sue- ' 
cessfully. Heretofore it has been 
the custom to let all the concessions 



of this kind under a blanket ar- 
rangement with the carnival com- 
pany that supplied the rides, mid- 
way and other features. 



.•^mall happenings and emphasized 
them to the disadvantage of the 
fair without verifying them. 

Donaldson Disposed Of 
He related that he had taken his 
young niece to the Ringling Bros.- 
Barnum- Bailey circus w'hen it vis- 
ited a southern city and had been 
charged 2.0 cents for a package of 
Crispette which ought to cost only 
10 cents. If that had happened at 
a fair, he declared angrily, it would 
have been a newspaper "scandal." 
The speaker concluded that this 
was no place for the Rlnglings to 
do laundry work. That stopped 
Rirtgling. 

William H. Donaldson, publisher 
of the "Billboard." fared no better. 
Donaldson made an impassioned 
plea for certain virtuous carnival 
men whom he pictured as facing 
ruin because of the evil reputation 
the business was laboring under 
due to certain grafting organiza- 
tions. Donaldson said he had 90 
letters from the victims of this sad 
state of affairs and wanted to read 
them but didn't. When Donaldson 
got through he received an earful 
from half a dozen carnival men 
who told him publicly and elo- 
quently where he got off. They told 
him his position was that another 
trade paper (a worthle.".s and In- 
conspicuous rag named Variety) 
had started an Infamous campaign 
to ruin the carnival business for 
selfish purposes of its own, and he 
(Donaldson) felt called upon to get 
into the situation in some promi- 
nent way, only be didn't know how 
to go about it. That stopped Don- 
aldson. 

Censor Plan Killed 
These amicable proceedings occu- 
pied most of the session while all 
definite constructive measures were 
brutally sidetracked. For instance. 
a definite proposition was made 
that the fair a.ssoclation create a 
practical central bureau of recog- 



H.-W. CIRCUS IN ST. LOUIS 

St. Louis, Dec. 6. 
The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Is 
exhibiting indoors this week at the 
Coliseum, under the auspices of the 
upon j Moolah Temp'e (Shriners) 



It is reported the Shriners under- 
wrote all of the expenses of the 
engagement. ^ 



K.'insas City. Doc. (. 

The town is heavily billed for the 
Hagenbeck -Wallace circus to ap- 
pear in Convention Hall «;x days 
commencing December 12. The en- 
gagement is being sponsored by the 
Ivanhoe Masonic Lodge, but the 
billing is being done by a regular 
circus crew. 

The show is using a line on Its 

lithograph tickets never before 

I noticed here. It reads "Good for 

matinee only. Not good Saturday 

or Sunday." 



! and not an organization dedicated 
to the interests of the community." 

It Is known that Mr. Matthews 
feels deeply on the subject of the 
refusal of permisplon to operate 
merchandise wheels at the recent 
circus In which he was associated 
with E. F. Carruthers, Ernie Young 
and others in providing attractions, 
but with this exception he has re- 
fused to talk. "The matter is a 
dead issue — dead and buried/' be 
says to reporters. 

There are forces in the Shriners 
In Chicago that do not accept the 
matter in the same light and a 
strong attempt is being made to 
resurrect the issue. 



CRUEL TO AL BARNES 



STDNET WIRE DEAD 

Sydney Wire, aged 48. died Nov. 
30 at the Hospital for Ruptured and 
Crippled, New York, following a six 
month's illness with sarcoma. 

Mr. Wire was one of the best 
known press agents in the carnival 
and circus field, and was a pupil of 
the late Major Burke. 

The deceased was advance agent 
for Buffalo Bill and Barnum and 
Bailey's circus during their respec- 
tive European trips. 

Wire was born in England, but 
made his home in this country, at 
Toledo. At different times he rep- 
resented theatrical papers, at one 
time being Toledo correspondent for 
Variety. His last po.«?ition In this 
line was with the "Billboard." 

The remains were interred at tlic 
Elks' Rest, Evergreen cemetery, 
that organization looking after the 
funeral dct;ills. He was a member 
of the Kcwance, 111., lodge. A widow 
and two children survive. 



No B.*B. Circus in Syracuse 

Syracuse, N. T., Dec. 6. 
Following Variety's report of the 
announced Ringling Brothers and 
Barnum-Bailey indoor circus, under 
the auspices of the Shrine in Janu- 
ary, here, John M. Kelley. attorney 
for the circus, announced locally the 
u.se of the circus' name was unau- 
thorized. 



Chicago. Dec, 6. 

Alphcdeus G. B. Stonehouse, cir- 
cus man, known professionally as 
Al Q. Barnes, has filed suit for di- 
vorce from Sarah Jane Stonehouse 
In Nevada, charging cruelty. They 
were married in Las Vegas, Nev., 
in April. 1921. 

The defendant Is Barnes' second 
w^ife. 



JONES' HAVANA SHOW 

The Johnny J. Jones Carnival Co. 
will have an exhibition at the 
Havana park which opens late in 
December and runs until late 'in 
February. The equipment was 
shipped from CharVston. S. C. at 
the end of the Jones engagement 
there, going by rail to Florida and 
thence to Havana. 

Frandlsco A. Coto will handle the 
park this year. Ho was in New- 
York recently booking attractions 
for the amusement place. Only 
portions of the Jones outfit are to 
be used in Havana. 



1925 NUGARA FALLS EXPO. 

Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. C. 

The L. R, Steel Company, a 
Canadinn-IT. 6. eomm^Tcial enter- 
prise, is* planning an International 
Exposition at Niagara Falls in 1925. 
The project is to be on the .^tyle of 
the Pan American and ahnost as 
large. A great part of the exposi- 
tion will be given over to amuse- 
ment enterprises. 

The Steel company is notorious 
for its showmanship stunts given as 
nree.^sories to sto'k -sellings pro- 
jects. 



Chlcaifo, Dec. i. 

The "winter circus" seems to have 
assumed permanent form with the 
organization of this the "winter edi- 
tion" of the Carl Hagenbeck-Wal- 
lace Circus, a show put together not 
to play a single date but with the 
Idea of presenting a form of enter-, 
tainment heretofore identified with 
tents in the summer, with the ex- 
ception of engagements at the Mad- 
ison Square Garden In New York 
and the Coliseum in Chicago, in- 
doors during the period that there 
has been inactivity among a great 
many circus acts in the past. 

The "winter circus" is the result 
of a development which has ex- 
tended over a period of years. The 
idea first was tested by the pres- 
entation of a few acts under the 
billing "indoor circus," but was en- 
larged upon with the development 
of the field of benefits for frate'nal 
organizations until now the biggest 
tented enterprises do not scorn the 
progressive movement, and it Is 
Muggavin. Bowers & Ballard who 
father this show, which Is a credit- 
able performance of Ms nature. 

In front of the Coliseum the name 
of Carl Hagenheck Circus is dis- 
played In electric lights, and while 
there was not more than 2,600 peo- 
ple present in the Coliseum on the 
night of Nov. 29 when the perform- 
ance was reviewed, the name itself 
must be credited with a certain in- 
terest-creating power. 

There is no menagerie with the 
"winter edition." It is a atraight 
circus performance, organized evi- 
dently with a view of fulfilling all 
requirements of a three-ring circus 
without calling for a greater ex- 
penditure than necessary. 

The show is a satisfactory one. 
No observer can complain of the 
quality of the entertainment, and 
yet it is not nearly so large as the 
shows that have been given in the 
same place under different names, 
though it is possible that this may 
not be noticed by those who attend 
with the purpose of having a good 
time. ^ 

There are two big features in this 
show — John Helliott's performance 
with seven lions on the steel arena, 
of which two or three appear to bo 
quite ferocious, and the feature 
aerial act of the Flying Wards, in 
which six girls and four men pre- 
sent the usual casting turn. A third 
feature, rich In possibilities. Is the 
"endurance" performance of Emma 
Ward at the clo.se of the aei'lal num- 
ber. She makes the turns while 
supporting herself by one arm way 
up in the air, and after two other 
girls have given up continues, with 
the equestrian cyrector taking up 
the count at 70 and continuing until 
she has turned 140 times. 

The circus has been put together 
by a master hand. The "single tra- 
peze" number, which is one of the 
cheapest displays of a circus which 
has salaried performers participat- 
ing, has 10 single trapeze perform- 
ers scattered around the hippodrome 
track and the Three Ward Sisters in 
the center position, until this num- 
ber seems a maximum effort at en- 
tertainment instead of a minimum 
effort. The "hunting number," in 
which much time is spent in the In- 
troduction of a dozen dogs and of 
nine pairs of man and women riders 
ing hunting costume a-horse, finally 
developing Into a hurdle contest, 
follows a menage display and is a 
feature of the show which is worthy 
of praise, preserving the B. Bi Wal- 
lace Idea that a circus must have a 
liberal showing of "high school" 
hor.ses sto identify it with the 
"horse show." 

There are no platforms and the 
entertainment Is given In three 
rings with the exception of a few- 
times when acts are presented 
around the hippodrome track. A 
steel arena is erected in place of 
the center ring where the wild 
animals are put through their stunts 
but it is removed when the perform- 
ance Is about half over. There Is 
a runway from this steel arena by 
which the animals are returned to 
their cages. 

The clowns get some good laughs 
though mostly from material quite 
familiar to those who often view 
the circuses. A clown baud number, 
not been changed one bit since with 
this ^ow previously, continues to 
rimuse, and at one time a clown 
parade around the hippodrome track 
is important enough to be ranked 
as a "display." A clown who dfinces 
around the hippodrome track with 
a dummy fiapper created possibly 
the most genuine Interest of any 
of the funny antics of the joeys. 

Display No. 1— (Jrand entree and 
specular tournament, comparing 
with the opening of the summer edi- 
tion of this circus. 

Display No. 2— Dolly Castle put 
performing pumas through a rou- 
tine in the steel arena, while Captain 
Sharp in ring three and Lyle Con- 
ner In ring one Introduced bears 
which did riding stunts on the backs 
of horse.s. Miss Castle directs the 
performance capably, getting those 
returns which are evidence of show- 
nian.ship, without any attempts at 
atinining the spectacular. 

Display No. 3— Five elephants In 
ring three worked by Ola Baragh 
and four in ring one under the direc- 
tion of Alma Woods. Years ago In 
the Hagenberlc-W.'illnce perform - 
anoo John irelliolt v,o:l;ed the 



elephant riding tiger in this number 
In the steel arena, but in this winter 
show that feature is held over far 
the next display. 

Display No. 4 — John Helllott an4 
a tiger which rides an elephant. 
Jumps through two hoops blazinc 
with fire before mounting on th» 
platfo:m on the back of the pachy* 
derm, In the steel arena, while U, 
Haines In ring three and James 
Doag in ring one wrestle with bears. 

Display No. 5 — Once more th« 
first and third rings hold the en- 
tertainment while the steel arena is 
without an attraction; Orrin Daven* 
port in ring three and Cecil Lowande 
in ring one offer male riding acts 
In which somersaulting is a feature. 
Clowns contribute to these ridinip 
acts. 

DispTay Xo. 6 — John Helllott in- 
troduces the Hon riding a horse act 
(l©ng Identified with the Hagenbeclc 
name), in the steel arena, and Leo 
Hamilton introduces dogs in ring 
one. For a big number of the dogf 
and pony acts a monkey drives a 
four dog chariots and another dog 
meets them while encircling the ring 
and Jumps, clearing the coming 
speeders. For a finish a dog rides 
with forefeet on the back of one 
pony and hind feet on another 
around the ring. 

Display No. 7 — An aerial number 
In which Ward Sisters, Louise 
Greible. Miss Marine, the Misses 
Wingert, Ruby Chapin. Esche 
Koshida, Helen Ksshida. Alma; 
Woods and others appear with tha 
"endurance" stunts of a Miss For4 
announced and thus featured. 

Display No. 8— John Helliott's big 
lion act with seven beautiful speci- 
mens exhibited to splendid ad- 
vantage. 

(A clown number Is here while 
the steel arena Is taken down.) 

Display No. 9 — Two Jap acts oc- 
cupy the center ring, while Mary 
Enos does her roNing globe stunts 
In ring one, Irma Conner some head- 
balancing stunts, and the Mo Moo 
Japs some fencing feats in ring 
three. 

Display No. 10 — Two Hamiltons in 
ring one. Three W^ards In ring two 
and Wingert Sisters In ring three, 
in teeth Jicts of the usual routine. 

Display No. 11 — Lula Davenport 
in ring one, Victoria Davenport in 
ring two and Margaret Crandall In 
ring three pnesent lady equestrian 
acts which are prettily dressed and 
with riding stunts needy executed. 

Display No. 12 — Danny Ryan puts 
six pigs through an interesting per- 
formance In ring one. Capt. Weber's 
five seals do their stunts in ring two 
and John Helllott exhibits bears In 
ring three while boxing kangaroos 
are seen around the hippodrome 
track. The bears and pigs "shute 
the chutes" at the same time late in 
this number givltig II a unison 
desirable for the best performance. 
The playing of the national air by 
an educated seal Is announced and 
thus worked up goes over nicely. 

Display No. 13 — Mo Moe Jap 
troupe in ring one, Jackson -Lawler, 
Australian wood choppers fn ring 
two, and another Jap act in ring 
three. Jiu Jitsu makes the Jap acts 
interesting. 

Display No. 14 — Four Wards pre- 
sent u wire act in ring one, Irma 
Conner centers attention to ring 
two and Huma and Yuke Kiwans, 
Jap girls, do stunts In ring three^ 
while Helllott marches what is an- 
nounced as the only trained hip- 
popotamus around the hippodrome 
track. 

Display No. 16— The Crandall 
Troupe of riders occupy ring one, 
the Davenport troupe ring two and 
Lowande-LeDoux troupe ring three 
with the Davenport troupe intro- 
ducing an act which resembles that 
of the Hanneford Family without 
making any chargo that there has 
been an effort to copy. There is a 
comedian of the same general style 
who does a step off a horse to the 
fioor and dancing is introduced into 
the act. The riding feats are inter- 
esting though there is nothing new. 
The finish was several riders stand- 
ing on the back of a single horse 
which galloped around the ring. 

Display No. 16 — John and Mary 
Enos and two Japs did a perch act 
in ring two, Jim Houma a similar 
act \n ring one and two Japs an- 
other perch act in ring three. In- 
teresting though nothing new ai>d 
with perches described as "high" 
though not more than half the 
length of those that have been used. 

Display No. 17 — Menage number 
with Louise Greible, Dolly Castle, 
Sam Carroll. Miss Davles, Ola 
Raragh, E. Trueblood. Cajt. Sharp, 
Raso Ryan, Alma Wood, Lyle Con- 
ner and others. This worked Into 
another "display" (No. 18 on the 
program) In which Ola Bnragh, Mrs. 
Carson, John Davis, Mary Sutton 
and Eirl Sutton put equlnes through 
high Jumping stunts. 

Display No. 19— Flying Wards 
casting act in which Mamie W.ird's 
d< uble somersiiult is featured while ~ 
a girl riding on a man's shoulders to 
a position where she releases her- 
self to catcher is applause* compell- 
ing. 

Display No. 20— Races which 
make a satisfactory finish with 
Roman stajiding racing concluding 
this display; there is no longer the 
Roman chariot races in some of the 
shows. 

The Wards are prom'rent In this 

JihO.V. 



Friday, December 8, 1922 



VARIETY 



AMONG THE WOMEN 



At the Century theatre Tuesday afternoon Mille. Cecil© Sorel. before 
i^ large and enthusiastic audience, gave aa fine a performanre of 
^Oamllle" as I ever have seen. In fact she la the greatest Camille of the 
laat 25 years. Just to watch Sorel arrange a vase of flowers is a lesson 
In acting, and the death scene was remafkable. 

Mllle. Surel'8 clothes were magnificent and her Jewels, regal. A ball 
fown of silver brocade was gorgeous. The skirt was draped to the front 
with two huge loops at the back forming a train. A fllmy cloud of lace 
hung over the arms. 

Very handsome Sorel was In the first act in a coral dress having ex- 
tended sides. The trimming was of feather banding in several rows. 
Garlands of flowers decorated the bodice and skirt Stunning was a 
garden dress of the finest lace over delicate pink. The skirt was in two 
flounces and the top made with high neck and long sleeves opened the 
tiniest bit at the bosom. A wide sash of pink satin was hung quite low 
and tied in a graceful bow at the side. Blue velvet was another gown 
heavily embroidered in silver. Made In long straight lines two long 
panels hung from underneath the arms to the hem. Stitched down but 
one side these panels flared open showing silver lining. Fringe edged 
the panels and hem of the skirt. 

For the last tragic act. Sorel chose a simple white pegnoir tied at the 
waist line with a cord. Very sumptuous were all Sorels wraps and she 
showed five. One was coral velvet inside and out with an abundance 
of chinchilla trimming. There was an ermine one of course and silver 
cloth was lined with flame co'or feathers and a yellow cape had a chin- 
chilla collar. 

Sorel is a bobbed Ca mille, although she attached two long curls to her 
tresses for the death scene. ;;; .,- 



Clever Etta Pillard! How she worked Tuesday night at the Columbia 
theatre in 'The Social Maids". Where on our musical comedy stage 
have we a dancer like Miss Pillard? They may sing better but they 
can't dance better. 

As for dressing. Miss Pi'larJ showed excellent taste. The first dress 
was of pale pink eilged with silver lace and belted where the waist line 
tB. A small hat had a fine pink plume. Bright red velvet had a full 
4kirt picked out in jet ornaments. And this dress followed not the long 
Ugly waist line of thi.s seasons vogue, but where a waist line should be 
and how gracefully a proper waist line ."eta of a figure. 

Miss Pillard then followed fashion's decree and wore a long walsted 
gown of white and crystal. A garland of roses decorated one side. Very 
handsome was a pale blue gown with extended sides. The blue material 
was smothered in festoons of lace served perfectly flat. 

One cloth dres.s worthy of a stroll on Fifth avenue, was of palest tan 
trimmed at the hem. collars and cuflfs with black fox. It was very smart. 
Greenislf gold was a dancing costume made with full bloomers and a 
short ruffled coat. Pale hue was the lining. 

Elenore Wilson's type I was beginning to deplore as vanishing from 
Burlesque. Very few Wilsons are left, the big stately kind with the well 
formed limbs. Miss Wilson wore several gowns, mostly of the metallic 
materials draped closely to the figure and slit up one side. Although I 
did like Miss Wilson in a huge lace hoop skirt. 

The chorus in the Indian number looked the best with the girls in 
costumes made entirely of short ribbons. Rose Duffin and Marie Hart 
wore several nice costumes, a red one worn by Miss Uo«e Duflln was 
especially beautiful. It was very short cut in small ruffles wiili a huge 
bow on each hip. 



Bebe Daniels looking more like Mabel Normand than ever In "Singed 
Wings", is first »s a Princess, in the long flowing velvet robes of the 
fairy story books. Living in abject poverty, her lace house dress was a 
little out of the picture. The one evening dress was of solid crystal made 
In straight lines with a girdle. A wrap was velvet and fur trimmed. 



NEWS OF THE DAIUES 



Mme. 
actress, 



Pierre Achmatoff, Russian 
was released from Kills 
Island upon her statement that she 
was to join the Moscow Art Thea- 
tre which Morris nest is bringing 
to this country, yhe was in danger 
of becoming a "public charge" when 
her release was permitted. The 
actress went in the custody of 
Methodist missionaries, who took 
her to the >retliodist Immigrant 
Home on West 11th street. Mme. 
AchmatofT had 20 pieces of baggage 
With her. 



Personal property of the late 
Itillian Russell will be offered at an 
unre.stricted public auction sale to 
be held the latter part of next week. 
The whole is released by Alexander 
P. Moore, of Pittsburgh, who was 
Mias Russell's husband, and by the 
Union Trust Co. of that city. 



Joyce Eleanor Pont, actress, was 
recently married to Rodney Sturgis. 
a broker of Boston. The girl last 
appeared in "Marjolaine," and will 
continue her i»rotessional life. Her 
father l.s William H. Post, now 
playing in "Seventh Heaven." 



■' Isadora Duncan is scheduled to 
deliver a sermon and offer a dance 
Christmas Eve in the Episcopal 
Church of St. Mirk'a-in-the- 
Bouwerie la New York. The ser- 
mon is to be on 'Tlie Moralizing 
Effect of Dancing on the Human 
Soul," and the church pipe organ 
will furnish the music for the 
dance. The Rev. Dr. William Nor- 
man Guthrie is rector of the church. 



William A. Brady Is also to put 
forth a Shakespearean production. 
His idea is to line up the "old 
school" of actors against the new, 
and to this end has invited Sothem, 
Hampden and Mantell to appear 
together In "Julius Caesar." 



An attempt was made to rifle the 
receipts at the Park music hall. New 
York, the thief "jimmying" the door 
from the manager's office to the box 
offlce. It is thought the burglar was 
after two days' gross, removed Fri- 
day night. The robber secured |200. 



Mrs. Henrietta Jolson, former 
wife of Al Jolson, was married to 
Jack Silvey Nov. 8. The ceremony 
occurred on the coast. 



It is understood Mme. Melba Is 
organizing an opera company with 
which she intends to tour the world. 



CLEAN UP CABNIVAIS 

(Continued from page 8) 

by an assessment, pooling the total 
cost. This proposition died an early 
death, and was unceremoniously in- 
terred. 

Another proposition was that a 
new contract form for use between 
fair associations and carnivals be 
drawn in which there should appear 
a speciflc clause providing against 
girl shows of an objectionable char- 
acter, gambling devices and other 
abuses and providing further for 
penalties to be paid in the form of 
liquidated damages for infractions. 
They didn't siay this proposal out- 
right, but it was tabled by being 
referred to a committee which will 
report, either at .the, February 
meeting of the board in Chicago or 
at the 1923 conv^tion in Memphis. 
It was the belief of observers that 
the proposal has been put away for 
the present. 

Progressives 'Silenced 
The net outcome of the conven- 
tion appears to be that nobody for 
the present proposes to do anything 
about the objectionable phases of 
the carnival. There were half a 
dozen progressive fair officials at 
the gathering who went to Toronto 
deeply interested in the plan of 
ending the wholesale delivery of 
privileges to carnival companies 
and disposing of them to local in- 
terests. Also many fairs are figur- 
ing on the proposition of buying 
and owning their own rides. These 
men apparently lost Interest after 
the convention opened or figured 
the time was not favorable to dis- 
cuss their ideas. Certainly there 
was no open consideration of the 
new scheme. 

Another significant detail of the 
meeting was that although Johnny 
Jones, perhaps the best known and 
most representative of the best 
class of ourdoor showmen, and one 
of the most popular, was not heard 
in the gabfest. 

The reports that reached New 
York of the convention proceedings 
were extremely fragmentary and 
vague. Charles Rlngling stopped 
off on his way back, but went on 
through to Chicago the next day. 
Johnny Jones stayed in New York 
only a few hours, continuing on to 
I Florida to ioin his carnival com- 
pany, which closed a week stand at 
Charleston. S. C, Dec. 2. 

Elusive Resolution 
Accounts disagree as to what hap- 
pened to a formal resolution putting 
the convention on record as opposed 
to graft and indecent shows. The 
resolution was drafted and put in 
.<^hape to be presented and voted on. 
But there were several versions of 
what happened to it. One version 
was that the resolution was for- 
mally adopted In the late proceed- 
ings; the other that it had never 
been presented. 

Neither Ed Ballard nor Jerry 
Muggivan was present at the con- 
vention, although they probably 
were represented. Louis Floto was 
there, but whether he carried au- 
thority for the Ballard-Muggivan 
group was not apparent. One of the 
main groups on hand was made up 
of the novelty supply Jobbers from 
Chicago, St. I.«ouis and other points. 
These Interests are generally re- 
garded as allies of the Donaldson 
faction, and they were not particu- 
larly happy this year. 

Trade has been slipping away 
from the mid-Western Jobbers. The 
buyers of carnival supplies for years 
did business on a strictly cash basis 
with the Jobbers on the Jobbers' 
own terms, but this year they came 



SOCIAL MAIDS 

(Continued from page 7) 

weeks. The former "Maids" had 
played the Columbia and one or 
two other houses in Greater New 
York. 

Miss Pillard Is as ever an enjoy- 
able, hard-working artiste. Her 
dancing was one of the redeeming 
features. Stone earned applause 
every time he hopped the buck and 
got some real laughs with low com- 
edy and rough-house stuff that was 
legitimate. 

Billy Gaston, Stone's old partner, 
is the straight man. aided by Dud- 
ley Farnsworth, a juvenile straight 
who plays a Freijch character in 
one act without starting anything. 

Elinore Wilson, an old school ex- 
perienced prima, gave an all right 
performance* The other principal 
women were Marie Hart and Rose 
Duffin, soubret ingenues who led 
numbers and danced well. 

Billy Baker in an anemic comedy 
role worked opposite Stone in tramp 
makeup, while Sam Wright did a 
Dutch role with a putty nose and 
received most of Stone's rough 
comedy. 

It's the noisiest show that has 
ever played the house. Stone's In- 
vitations to the gallery were ac- 
cepted literally, until the upper 
part of the house sounded like a 
Saturday crowd at the Polo 
Grounds. In a short scene which 
followed a pick-out number, the 
gallery gods informed Stone that 
the captain of the ship whom he 
was arraigning "was right behind 
him." One voice yelled, 'Take an- 
other jab, he's right behind you." 

The Stone and IMllard show was 
staged under the personal direction 
of Joe Hurtig. Book by George 
Stone. It's burle.sque de "lux«" 
with 24 chorus girls. It needs thera. 

Con. 



'The Ringside," the Benny Leon- 
ard cabaret in New York, which ^ » # » ., «„.» »■_ ^ , 
opened last Friday night, underwent j ^^«^ ^°T./'\*? first time and opened 
a raid within its first three days. 
Two customers, the nianaf?er and an 
employe were charged with pos- 
sessing liquor. Detectives of In- 
spector's Bolan's staff made the ar- 
rests. 

Maurice Mouvet. profe.<5sionally 
known as Maurice, the dancer, is 
recovering his health in Switzer- 
land. He has been there for sev- 
eral weeks. 



William A. Brady will give his 
first of a series of Sunday night 
performances j.t th»i PlayhouKc 
New Year's Eve. Throe one-act 
playa constiluU' the progruni. which 
will continue for four successive 
Sunday evenings, tend Ioniser, if a 
success. Atleiulance is to Lo by 
subscription. 

KesKiio Hriyak,'. wa. Japane-o pic- 
-t^ire strt»'.- will n\'\>>- r i i I'.n 
mate stawe next nn)ii:li. T.. ; . >- 
duction is to be the "Tif?er hil%." 
presented by flie i'liubcrt..! in »om- 
junclion uiili WnlKr .Jur<ian, 

Mary Milos M.n;ei- is report- d •<» 
be en;»n«od to \\i<\ Louis Sh<'i\\ in. 
rnrm^Tly a diamatic < litli; in .\'cw 
Vork. 



Mrs. Jack Bainato, daughter of 
Fanny VN'ard. was mtnied to I..ord 
Plunkett, gratulson of the Arch- 
bishop of Dublin, early this week. 
Though quite a social event, the 
l>ride's mother was not present. She 
is in Paris. 



Fritzi S'-l'.ffl' ujli Mp"n in a lu-w 
musical r>iay for .\e.v VoiU .^ome 
lime next spring. 



A committee of theatre mana^rers. 
beaded by Marc Klaw, has worked 
out a system for relieving the 
traffic congestion in 45th street, be- 
tween r.roadway and EiBlith ave- 
niio. The .«ix theatres on this block 
were all <lr(»t)i«it'tc their final cur- 
lain at prat'Tlc'i |i\- the same time, 
but now. aCter a conference, tlie 
!li»^aties turn out their audiences at 
intervals of about live minutes 
from 10:.-,0 to IIiI.t. Polbe In- 
s|ierior Davis tliitik.s so well of liie 
iiba th'tt ho may carry it on to 
other uver-buiikrind the;»lio «tref»ts. 

'Dinfy" Mo«»re's restaiininl. (-n 
■IKfh street. oM" Uri.adw.-ty, was 
raided by the N'ew York police 
(Continued 'on i..iBe "i) 



up credit lines in some cases of 
recognized names, direct with the 
manufacturers and importers. They 
were on hand at the gathering of 
carnival men to patch up relations 
and re-establi«h business connec- 
tions. They did not enter into the 
controversy on the convention fiof)r, 
but they lent their influence, chiefly 
noise and numbers, to the cau.se of 
the carnival men In opposition to 
the faction that f.ivorod a clean-up. 
The projiosltion came up aiming 
at the formation of a mutual relief 
fund to which everyl>ody would con- 
tribute, the object being to provide 
emergency finances for any cnrni\al 
man cau;;ht in a railroad wicck or 
a bluw-down. This went the way 
of other constructive i)r()i)o-al3, 

ILLUMINATED FAIR 
AGENT'S CATALOG 

Wirtli r.l'K.fjM-nfeld. n)jtd'»or book- 
• :>", u.Kcd a i.ovel advert isir.i' device 
at the l'"air .Se "retJii ies" (■<m\ f'titicn 
in 'i'oionto \aM week. Ari illijini- 
naled .'i'. t»rtcto.rr;»ph w.'i.s .»(:t up in 
the lo'oby of t*ie KiiuT I'.'l.vard hotel, 
the coiivetillfin lieadMU.ir'.'rs. and 
di,vplayid colored iliu.'-tiated slid'-s 
(»f the it' t.s in Hie Wirlh-lSloornen - 
fi'ld < aUil'>u:. 

Goofcre Hanii'l, rer)res*»nt I»i;f the 
\S'irth lUooinenftj'id oJIi* e, «• < wM-d 



KNICK KNACKS 
(Continued from page 7) 

specialty, complete the male roster 

The Women are Joan Carr, sou- 
bret; Kitty Warren, Ingenue, and 
Madlyn. prima donna. Miss War- 
ren was all over the show, leading 
numbers, punctuating wardrobe and 
contributing a corking song and 
dance "male" Imper.oonatlon In eve- 
ning clothes. Her buck and wing- 
ing and other dancing stuck out. 
M ss Carr worked smoothly and 
sweetly, despite a perceptible limp 
due to an accident early in the week. 
It handicapped her dancing, but she 
was game and convincing. 

Madlyn Worth, a voluptuous 
blondina, with a so-so voice, made 
frequent appearances, showing pret- 
ty dresses. A singing specialty in 
"one" allowed Miss Worth to give 
the boys a "flash" when she stripped 
to a one-piece bodice and sheer 
opera stockings. A slow jazz dance 
with a sensuous touch got her most. 
Her song selections, except "I Ain't 
Givin' Nothin' Away," were ac- 
cepted quietly. 

The show is replete with laughs, 
having any number of good comedy 
bits. Vaudeville acts have con- 
s(riou8ly or unconsciously contrib- 
uted several to the altrafttion. Gal- 
lagher and Rolley's "rolling chair" 
bit and most of the dialog were 
by Kitty Warren and Kenneth 
Christy, a black-face comedian. 
They got nothing with it. A mo- 
ment later, the principal comic and 
his assistants toolc the scene over 
and built It up to real laughs with 
the rolling chair turning out to be a 
miniature saloon. The bootlegger 
impersonates a barber every time a 
suspicious-looking gent appears. He 
gave one customer a booze sham- 
poo, then combed his hair. It was 
a howl. 

Another good comedy bit was the 
"African Dodger," very well handled 
by Silk. Lew Denny'ar straightlng 
helped here. It's an old bit, but In 
1 capable hands, real funny. Other 
holdovers from last season were the 
finale of act one, "Honeymoon 
Song." The chorus In individual 
fantastic costumes open the scene 
with a fashion paratle. The bridal 
party next, with the finish, the 
bride nnd groom in a parlor car 
waving good-bye. 

Frank Vilrano, George Namoli 
and i'.ob Carney were busy in minor 
roles. Carney's dancing and the 
singing of the above duo with Joe 
i I^Jing raised the vocal ensemble 
above the average. 

The production is up to the best 
standard of the Columbia circuit, 
all of the sets looking neat nnd ap- 
propriate. The coRtuininiif of the 18 
I-ei)py choristers was in good taste 
and lavish. 

Tom Howard Is believed to have 
I»ut on most of last .season's "Knlck 
Knacks'* before jumping to the 
MIn.Mkys Park htock burlesque com- 
l»any. The program doesn't credit 
anyone with U. but regurdleHB of 
who i»roduccd the original. Harry 
Hustings has an attraction that is a 
credit lo the wlieel. Con. 

the at tract lon.s that appeared at the 
convention banquet, acts from the 
UW'.w yrn^n'a. I'litWAKPii .md rilnrcn!?. 
The dinricr arrangements w«'re 
made by D. C. Ross, sufierinfendent 
"f attractions fur the Toronto ex- 
hibition. 

The new prc«;ldenf of th»» secre- 
iaric<f nssnctatlon'/s H. A'. Mayfleld, 
of Waco, Tejj. Thoniri.^Cj:i|le!iI, of 
Miiincapohs, wa.i cle.Kil vicfe-pr»;i- 
denf, and Don .Moore, of ^!i.)ux Cil.\' 
Iowa, was re elcdod .-,ecre;;uy. 



JAZZTIME REVmS 

(Continued from page 7) 

the second string burlesque organ- 
izations. TheBe people have pep 
and energy and they spend a lot of 
vitality in their two-hour turn be- 
fore the foots. The emphasis on the 
wriggles probably gets them much 
at the 14th street house (for there 
Is no denying the taste of the Olym- 
pic cllent»le for a good mixture of 
spice), but it robs the company and 
the show of class. On its stepping 
ability this aggregation could shine 
in a lot more pretentious company. 
There isn't an organization on the 
first wheel, for instance, that can 
match It In this department, and one 
member at least could take a chance 
on a Broadway musical comedy and 
prosper. She Is Ethel Bartlett, a 
tricky 95-pound mite who is all to 
the Genee. This girl has real tal- 
ent and a natural gift for graceful 
dancing that goes beyond all ac- 
quired skill. Her legmaniu is a Joy 
to watch and her handling of a 
Scotch highland dance is a finished 
hit of work. It Is worth noting that 
she did not shimmy once and she 
was the only girl In the outfit who 
by reason of size and conformation 
could have shivered with sightll-^ 
ness. 

But the show is framed on an as- 
cending scale of shocks, beginning, 
about 10 o'clock with a Kelktinous 
female of proportions and substance 
super-matronly, who gets down to 
an unqua^lilled union suit and shim- 
mies all over the stage. For the 
moment it looked like the high light 
of the evening, but more was to 
come. Jackie Addison presently 
went this performance one better 
by appearing in .a purple union 
suit so sheer one could easily Im- 
agine Jackie's satin exterior shin- 
ing through, and she did some more 
violent shudderings. getting pretty 
much all the planes of her person- 
ality Into the scenario. It was an- 
other noisy climax for the gang up- 
stairs, but not the end. 

Jackie was to the fore again not 
ten minutes later exploiting her 
tremolo talents more aggressively 
if possible, but this time In a loose 
sheath, ankle-length gown, and was 
twice as exhilarating as the exhibi- 
tion in the union suit. For bar- 
baric bluntness this was the high 
spot. They tried to go beyond it 
later, but the effort was vain. Bur- 
lesque producers are crude. What 
they should have done was to stage 
an undulating dance by a girl in a 
mother hubbard wrapped. Instead 
they turned Fifi loose In nothing 
more startling than bare skin and a 
fringe of dangling ribbons. Fift 
danced in a style approaching Mil- 
lie De Leon's utmost, but it was 
tame compe'-ed to the sheath gown 
effect, although Flfl did her earnest 
best to please with the ample means 
at her command. 

The Olympic seems to be pros- 
pering on this style of burlesque. 
The Tue.sday night attendance was 
near capacity, a state of affairs that 
does not ai vays happen, even on 
amateur night. But tlie show cou'd 
have made good without the tdiock- 
ers, merely on its lively straight 
dancing makeup. Besides, it has 
enough gendineiy funny moments 
to bring the average up nicely. 
Charles ("Tramp") McNally is a 
young comedian of promise. He has 
the mark of a natural, spontaneous 
funmaker. All he needs Is experi- 
ence and advice, which probably 
come to the same thing. Most of 
his present material is dull, but he 
has good spots. The apartment 
house flirtation scene, a nemi- 
sketch, semi-bit that had a set all 
to Itself, has the elements of a cap- 
ital turn standing nlone. McNally's 
business of forcing himself to con- 
sume bad hooch was good low com- 
edy, although overdone. The bit 
has a lot of other stuff worth work- 
inff up that doesn't stand out now. 
Overdoing Is McNally's worst fatilt. 
If ho can develop a casual, unctuous 
style to smooth out his too aggres- 
sive method, he might go a long 
way. 

Nate Busby did nicely with a 
blackface part and Benny Moore 
handled wop dialect convinclntfly. • 
The three have a lot of poasibllitl.-s. 
Here they do only fairly well with 
Indifferent material. The fact that 
they got away with such stuff at all 
was the wonder. The show is 
brightly dressed, and in this respect 
tops the average by a good dea', nnd 
the 14 girls are an uncommonly 
willing lot. Rush. 



MBS. HERK INJURED 

Mrs. I. H. Herk, who suffered a 
serious accident Thanksgiving eve. 
through injuring one of her eyes 
whllo hammering a nail into a 
t;hlcken coop at thu Herk home at 
I'landome, Long l.slund. was re.'^ting 
easily in the Flushing hospital 
Wednesday, following a major oper- 
ation a few days previously per- 
formed with a view to saving the 
.sight. 

The nnll broke, It soem**, and the 
pointed end lodged in Mr«. Herk's 
eye. At first any pos.sibillty of 
.savin;,' llie .*iKht was despaired of, 
but Wednesday's bulletin soemed to 
indieate tho Oi»cr.iliou had been suc- 
cessful. 



Variety's reviJ<w of "Over the 
ilillK," inentiuned Kdgar Allan Woolf 
• H fhe .lutbor. Kdyar Allan Woolt 
d'j.io.'., lic v^^ole it. • ' . 



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Afttr 12 court adjournmenta 
Marie Shotwell, as the executrix pf 
the estate left by Mary J. Pierson, 
was last week directed by Surro- 
gate Cohalan to i>ay within ten 
daj-s tha $245.50 funeral biUy^ ren- 
dered against the estate by Oscar 
OR. Severn, undertaker of 62 Pros- 
pect place. New York. The order of 
Ibe surrogate, signed Nov. 29. was 
iKLsed upon a petition filed several 
months ago by Mr. Severn, who 
claimed that no attention was paid 
.40 the payment of his bill, despite 
over 10 days had elapsed since Miss 
^5hotweU bad Qualified as such 
executrix. 

Misa Pierson, who for 30 years 
mas a teacher in Public School No. 
•3, New York, died without leaving 
any relatives on Nov. SO, 1»21. By 
her will, executed three days be- 
fore her death, disposing of an 
estate of about $25,000 in personal- 
ity, which probate was tied up In 
the Surrogate's" Court for a while 
through the filing of objections by 
the state for no otb»r purpose than 
©r making the executrix prove that 
jio fraud or «ndue Influence existed 
in the execution of the document, 
$700 in cash and in personal effects 
were divided among 11 friends, and 
th*? remainder of the property was 
given to Misa Shotwell. 



Marquis de Lafayette Sharkey, 
formerly manager of- a Miner's the- 
atre in New York, and who was a 
frle.id of Booth, Barrett and Mans- 
liold, left- a net estate of $45.65 
■which, under his will, goes to his 
widow, Sarah Nelson Sharkey, of 
ES2a Macon street, Brooklyn, who 
is also the executrix) according to 
fv transfer tax State appraisal of 
hi« property filed this week in the 
Kings County Surrogate's Court. 
"Mr. Sharkej', survived also by six 
nciihew.i and nieces, was a de- 
rcentlant of an old French famjly 
that has lived in New York State 
ttfoie the Revolutionary War. He 
vr.s born in New York City Feb. 22, 
is:7, tho son of Charles and Sarah 
Hhaikey. His grandfather fought 
In tho Revolutionary War and was 
a friend of Marquis de Lafayette, 
n'lom he entertained at his home. 



Katherine Murray, wife of EJgar 
Allen, the Fox booking chief, last 
w.'fk attached the "Words and 
Music" act in Bayonne, N. J., to 
satisfy a $200 Judgment obtained 
fuur years ago. Miss Murray sued 
Ned Dandy to recover the amount 
which she advanced as part pay- 
ni«^nt for an act Dandy was to write 
for her. When he defaulted on the 
i.sjreement Miss Murray was given 
Judgment for the fu'l amount. The 
airnrhment arose from that Judg- 
ment. Kendler & Gold.stein acted 
for the plaintiff. 



Elesnor Griffith is being sued on 
A $700 note by the Commercial De- 
1 < nturc Co. on assignment from Pat 
h'hea. Miss Griffith (formerly the 
V. iie of Bldgar Dudley, tho agent) 
h.'iS filed a defense to the effect the 
note has been satisfied, the receipts 
Hfolcn, that she signed it in Infancy 
(being under legal age) and did it 
for accommodation. ne.«5s & Kahn 
arc acting for the defendant. 



Marion Sunshine had a .suit pend- 
ing again.st H. Robert Law, tlie 
•crnic man, for .some months. It 
was to recover $3,500, the value of 
a ntcklace which the actress dc- 
jio.sited as security on some scenic 
work. La.st week counsel for the 
principals effected a settlement out 
of court and the action has been 
dropped. 



A lighted rigaiet careles.sly 
thrown In a waste basket in the 
oM Lalcuny box office (now used 
VLH a storeroom) of the ronlral. Ne.v 
York, one day last wo«k, wa.-s tli.s- 
rovercd by Charles Smith, the door 
.man, who, uith tlie aid of Harold 
viowir.an, a page, extinguished the 
lire. 



Fred Rael, former st.sgc^manager 
nt tho Harlem opera house. New 
Yorlf. is now a.«slstant houso man- 
ager at Keith's, Far Hockaway, L. I. 
fiene Heron, foimerly stationed in 
Worcester, Mass., is house manayf*!"- 



=ac 



THE TROUBLE WITH EQUITY 

The trouble with Equity Is one man. The trouble with any orranisa- 
tion of details that does not run smoothly Is one man.. always one man. 
It must get down to one man; the others can't assume all of the details 
nor even a major portion, so everything goes to one man, and finally that 
one man whoever he may be. believes he is the organization; that it Is 
under his single operation, and that the members are his puppets. 

If that is not exactly true of Equity at present, it Is partially so. 
Eventually It may be wholly to, for it is not a theory but a proven fact 
with hundreds of similar organizations. With a theatrical society noth- 
ing is easier. One man In command not worling at his profession 
which should have been actor, and the controHi(% body of the organi- 
zation being actors who do work at their profession, must lead to but 
one end, If everything is not slipping along as t^ugh oiled. There Is one 
man in Equity who wanted to be an actor and that he Is working now 
running Equity, at less than ho would have received had he been a good 
actor, leaves but two conclusions. One is that he was not a good actor 
and the other reason can rest for a while. 



The evidence of one man operation may be seen in different moves, 
blamed upon the organization or affiliations. Professional agitators arc 
not unlike one another in their maneuverings and — manipulations. Their 
strength in an organizaUgn usually lies more In their supposed sincerity 
of purpose than in actuTu accomplishment. Members grow accustomed 
to follow the flag. If the man holding the flag can convince them he 
loves it and them, it's not so hard to remain the holder. Many say every 
organization must have a leader. But any organization should have a 
check upon its leader, a check in fact as well as in the by-laws. 



Equity Is out after -three objectives, to enforce a closed shop in the 
legitimate theatre, and elsewhere If it can; to have its own theatres 
spread over the country, and to have a theatrical paper of its own. How 
successful it win be in either try is left for time to record. 



The closed shop objective must be a matter of some months, sln^^e 
Equity's agreement with the principal manageni does not expire until 
June, 1924. Nothwlthstandlng however, the onc^an direction of Equity 
never allows an opportunity to pass'when he can say for Equity, cither 
with hla own name somewhere in the story, or at the end of it, that 
E>]Ulty Is going to have the closed ^op, willy nllly. Granted it may be 
a four-flu.sh statement, or half hearted or \rith tho Intent to lead up to an 
amicable extension of the present agreement with the managerh- — .rhat 
Is the result of all this personal publicity propaganda, with E ju'ty 
blamed for It? That the managers are preparing for a coml»ur. '":< y 
don't know what is going to happen. Perhaps it's not a bluff, thoy - y 
and they can't take chances. Lets make up our mind what is tho bei.1 
thing to do. Shall we close our theatres If Equity goes on strike for a 
closed shop and maintain them through the emergency fund, or .<?hall 
we meanwhile gather enough other actors, even though they are ama- 
teurs, hold them out, and be prepared to cast our plays with the best 
available If the strike comes, and to continue in this way while It con- 
tinues? 

Preparing for a battle with a brass band Isn't considered the best way 
over here. Meailtime and meanwhile the manager is given every Indk-a- 
tlon Equity will Insist upon Its avowed policy. Accordingly the maiiacer 
proceeds on that belief, making it extremely unlikely If the battle does 
eventuate, that neither side will miss belnt; prepared in every pos.sible 
department, with the managers assured of an enormous emergency fu;ul. 
whether Equity is as positive of building up as big a money surplus or 
not. . 



BALCONY BUSINESS 

Tho Breadway managert are talking muchly about business being oft 
In the balcony. That means In tho legitimate houses, the problem not 
concemizig vaudeville nor picture theatres. There are as many theories 
advanced to explain the situation as there are persons doing the ex« 
plaining. The problem seems closely aligned with the ticket matter in 
total, and the inability of attractions which are regarded successes to 
draw upstairs appears to be angled to the present system of ticket sal* 
and distribution. 

The arrow points to the buys. Tickets for the hits are allotted tho 
brokers, ofttimes both for the lower floor and the front rows in the bal- 
cony. It Is assumed the average theatre-going wage earner is the class 
of individual regularly patronizing the balcony. If that trade is forced to 
apply to the agencies for balcony seats, it is more than an even chance 
the attraction will be passed up. Balcony attendance for the most part 
must be made up of persons able to spend a certain sum for amusement 
every now and then and unwilling or unable to pay more. Forced to 
pay a premium is particularly obnoxious. . 



Reoently In an elevator two girls of the wiige earning class mentioned 
a certain Broadway attraction. Both agreed It was reported a good 
show and both wanted to see it. But one of the potential balcony buyers 
stated the case. She had heard the balcony seats were all in the agencies 
and she'd "be darned if she'd pay extrar". That may be an Isolated case 
but the chances are it Isn't. 



Which brings up the point — why are the balcony seats placed in the 
agencies? And then again, the balcony's scale is to be considered. Is It 
too high? The successful show\ making it plain there are tickets avail- 
able at the box office, is able to dispose of themjquickly. It's being proven 
on Broadway right now by several attractions.* 



Balcony business is a very necessary thing to the business side of a 
production. A lower floor hit ofttimes will not gross enough to turn an 
acceptable profit. Putting the balcony into cut rates has been shown to 
be good enough business for it brings in certain money, more or less, 
that might be lost otherwise. But if it is necessary to have the upper 
floor scaled lower why not try it right at the box office? . 



PSALM FOR PSALM 



Meantime and meanwhile though; Equity has not entirely overlooked 
the managers might prepare themselves. Equity even seems to have 
understood the managers might erect a barricade of non-union amateur 
actors, of both sexe^ and from over the countrj-, drawn mostly from the 
Little theatre movement if not secured In other ways. (This matter of 
Equity, the managers and a closed shop can now be discussed without 
refe^ence to stage hands or musicians' unions, for those unions will not 
take any action either way until the matter is directly up to them, and 
that will be when Equity decides on a strike or Is locked out). Tau that 
doesn't deter the sfngle handed spokesman for Equity from repeating 
Equity will have a closed shop or nothing;. 

— — — ♦ ' . . 

That objective, the closed shop, together with the lurking am;Ueur 
danger may have been the cause of the birth of the Equity Player.*?, a 
plan that could have only excited the managers to greater efforts, had 
It been successful. It doesn't call for a dull mind to glimpse behind the 
Equity Players scheme. If successful In New York, It could be dupli- 
cated in all of tho key cities, with local investment in the form of sub- 
scriptions, the same as in New York. This may have been an E(iuity 
idea of working Into the Little theatre movement itself by thus spread- 
ing out with Equity theatres, taking a few amateurs from tho lo-al ranks 
who could bring In large subscription lists, and also mako them money 
getters for Equity through becoming dues payers. In theory that was 
sublimatlc, for there are a large number oi* key cities in the V. S. But 
that awful but intei-v-ened. Yet it could be called another and vinible 
warning for the professional or commercial managers. 



The Rev. Alexander Irvine, on the back page of an afternoon paper, 
discussing first the theory that one cannot se;ve God and Mammon (the 
:.od of money) both, follows with a 'Psalm for Today," adapted eppe- 
'••lally to the sinning children of Joy and temptation on the "Rialto." 
Whether Mr. Irvine is serving God or Mammon (he says one can't work 
for both) in this, he probably called at the pay window for his wages, and 
thus served himself. • 



In either event, whatever the inspiration of his service, this was the 
psalm: 

^ A PSALM OF THE RIALTO 

Eternal Father, Thou art Lord also of the Great White Way. 
In the midst of influences destructive to the .'^oul Thy still small 
voice n;ay be heard even by those who have gone farthest astray. 

Follow, we pray Thee, with tender solicitude the youths, who, with 
the fire in their bosoms, walk as over live coals with naked feet. 

They are somebody's daughters, somebody's sons. They have 
broken home i\es, and loft far behind the restraints and limitations of 
.1 quieter life. They are here and some of them are fiuttering around 
Babylon with broken wings, as moths in the ilame of a candle. 

In the fierce glare of the lights, in the zone of seductive music, 
where fiesh fiaunts Itself on parade and men and women play with fire 
and laugh the hollow laughtier of the empty mind and sickened soul. 
Lord God be near! 



Equity, like any other organization of its calibre, Is after dues. Dues 
Is Its maintenance; dues must be had though not paid, and dues from 
new members is fresh money. Whether dues must come from strictly 
actors or amateurs who would like to be actors or those who would like 
to call themselves acto-s on the strength of holding an Ejuity paid-up 
card may be beside the point, bet It could be a fact that amateurs hold- 
1j s Equity cards could foist themselves upon producers in the smaller 
places as professionals, and thereby usurp the cast roles professionals 
should have. And yet the Equity single handed direction might esteem 
it more important that the organization should have dues than its bona 
fide profcKsional members should have work? 



As to an Equity theatrical paper, that objective nianlfer,ted itself 
shortly after Equity won its strike in 1919, when it barred Variety from 
its offices. That is known on the small time as the Mp-off. There never 
has been .nn agitator or a propagandist who did not believe he could do 
a great deal more with on organ of his own. It looke<l r"ctty rosy for 
Equity immediately after the strike. It went lo the he;'.d.s of some of 
them, especially the single bander. He saw the world beneath iiis feet 
but uouldnt step caretully, for he didn't care and couldn't see. An 
Equity tluatri al paper was in his mind, like "The Player ' evolved from 
Mouniford's whimsical brnin for the White Rats, and became tlic chief 
v/rerkinp plant of that oricanizaiion, long defunct, but with its fli.irter 
new Equity's br.se. Ko at the first excuse the one-man's clique could llnd, 
it induced the barring of Variety from all Equity olllces. Then it i.ssurd 
a month'y "Equity"', ol-o used for perso'ial public.'ity purposes and to t«-ll 
the members what thg sinp:le bander \\a:Ued them to know, kcq^ing 
silent about other niatt<'rs concerning Iviulty, and b( Howing nl Variety 
when Variety published what "Equity"' suppressed. 



Variety does not claim io be a preacher. But it does claim to have as 
much right praying as a preacher has writing In uew.spapers. So, having 
read Mr. Irvine's impassioned prayer for "somebody's daughters, some- 
body's sons," "fluttering with broken wings" "where flesh flaunts itself 
on paAde and men and women play with fire." Variety is worried about 
others who, it seems, are "in the midst of influences destructive to the 
soul," and offers, In spirit entirely as reverent as that of Mr. Irvine's on 
behalf of the "moths' In the flame," the foliowlnir: 

A PSALM OF THE NARROW PATH 
Eternal Father, Thou art Lord also of the narrow path in which 
should walk the ministers and preachers of Your Gospel. 

Follow, we pray thee, with tender solicitude, the soul of the preacher 
In New Brimswick, who, having coveted and stolen his neighbor's 
wife, was found murdered beside her; watch Thou over the preacher 
In Massachusetts, 64 years old, on trial for his liberty, charged by a * 
fifteen-year-old girl member of his fiock with being the father of her 
illegitimate child; watch Thou over the preacher in Georgia whose 
soul left his body after he had murdered his wife and his mother-in- 
law and cut his own throat; watch Thou over the preacher in New 
Jersey who recently eloped with one of his Sunday school teachers 
and set her up to live in a house over which he placed a sign pro- 
claiming the place a church; watch Thou over the numbskull on 
57th street who from one of your altars spews forth slander and 
yellow filth against his brethren, and whose missionary Is now— 
on the wicked "Rialto" — organizing a Manhattan branch of the vil- 
lainous Ku Klux Klan, loudly proclaiming that he is carrying dut 
Your Gospel of charity and kindness— with organized lynch-mobs, 
intolerance and hatred. 

Keep, O Lord. Thine own earthly representatives from the sin and 
shame and crime and scandal which of late have made them profane 
their cloth; and keep them, O Lord, in their pulpits, where they 
belong, and out of the newspapers, where they talk like fools. 



That brings the ohjecilvi's up to date. The objotives may not he 
amiss. If surees.«fiil, but to mako them successful, tho t.'oumil should 
tti p !n rakp .up ftflt fttnrflon »i«i the e<H»trolUng l>ody of i-Vinity, ii't <>ho 



sinuit' handf r take ra:e of the details and tho Council lake cat e of Equity 
as an organization. It is important, much more so than many ni' nil>»r.s 
of the Coiinoil appea^" to believe. 

We were led, Into this through cauHually r'Mding in copy an editotial 
herewith, about Mount ford and his operation of the Kats. Wc told 
E'.tfty on< e upon a 'in;.-^. in i)erson, wh.it Vir'f^iy tln)U':;ht v'i Moiinrf(u-d. 
Never liflH an: thing .arisen to alter that opinion, and we s.iy to the Coun- 
cil of K'liiity, not in defiance, not in anger nor In dlsijust -look out for the 
one man cuitrol — never allow a single man in Equity to do to E(iuity 
what Mountford did to the White Hats. It Is possible and it l.s pre- 
ventable—don't let history repeat itself. 



If the above prayer "works," there may soon be as few first-page 
divorce, murder, adultery and loose-talk scn.-aLions about ministers aa 
there are about the somebody's daughters and somebody's sons on Broad- 
way, where the wickedest playhou.«e "flaunting the fiesh" on the street 
V. as recently given over freely for the Word of God when tho police ran 
a girl missionary off the streets. 



LOYALTY— AND MOUNTFORD 

How easily one can be forgotten once his usefulness is exhausted was 
demon.strated this week when the story wetit around Broadway about 
the i)Jtiful condition, financially and physkally, of one of the former 
directors of the White Rats. This man. formerly reputed comfortably 
v.cll off, had sacrificed his time, his money and his health In the battle 
f(»r the Hats standard; had stood with his bn.k to the wall when the 
chilthouse was taken over by the X.itional Vaudeville Artists, and through 
It ^ill had been loyal and faithful to the Mountford regime, believing 
Mountford right, whether he was right* or wrong. 



"Blacklisted" and generally elassed as .in asTltntor throviph his unfilnch- 
ing loyalty to the Mountford el.in, forced to for<iTo his stage work be- 
4ju4i«e be found all doors closed as l.,n.', i^ ii,. held tl)"sc }»< !i( fs. his sav- 



Inj,'.^ account slowly dwindled down to tli" final penny, he found himself 
rliysicaily broken with no way to tuin^for immediate relief. The em- 
blem he swore everlasting allegiance to had ^folded up. Tho organization 
It repre;;ente(i had been Juggled around until It meant nothing. And 
yet :\li untfoid has another organization, still trying to eke out dues 
from such as this man. offering them nothing beyond a tankard of hot 
air and .some richly sounding promises. 



In his hour of distress they were nowhere to be fottnd, they didn't come 
to tl)<j front With any substantial offer of aid, and last week it looked as 
though overtures would be made to the N. V. A. to help the victim of hie 

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Friday, December 8, 1982 



LEGITIMATE 



II 



as 



AU AGREE TICKET BUYS SHOULD GO; 
OPPOSITION TO CENTRAL AGENCY PLAN 



Two Schemes Before Managers — McBride Favors 
Manager Control and Weeding Out of Undesir- 
ables — Can't Figure Profit in Leblang's Idea 



Before the directora of the Pro- 
ducing Managers' Association Tues- 
day, two plans for clearing up the 
theatre ticket selling situation were 
presented. The proposal of Joseph 
Leblang for the establishment of a 
centralized ticicet agency, in which 
the nianagers would be interested, 
was presented by Leblang. John 
McBride of the agency of that name 
was invited to suggest a plan, it 
being opposed to the one agency 
Idea. Both plans, however, called 
tor the elimination of "buys." 

Before any measure can be adopt- 
ed it will be necessary for a vote 
before a general P. M. A. meeting, 
but the indications point to a system 
of managerial control of the agen- 
cies. It is doubtful if the central- 
ized agency idea will be attempted, 
though there may result weeding 
out of certain brokers. 

Leblang stated he had an option 
on. the corner t)f 45th street and 
Broadway, formerly occupied by the 
Greenwich bank, the rent being 
llOOiOOO yer year, and that branches 
could be established. There wore 
some directors who favored the plan 
but others expressed doubt as to its 
practicability. It is understood Le- 
blang estimated he could sell 15,- 
000,000 tickets for a year on a mar- 
gin of 10 cents premium. Later it 
was stated that the fire laws gave 
the capacity of Broadway's legiti- 
mate theatres at 55,461, without 
counting the Hippodrome and Madi- 



son Square Garden, and that, there- 
fore, it would be necessary to sell 
full capacity f6r^ nearly 800 days. 
That it costs over eight cents per 
ticket to be put over the\w)unter by 
a broker without overheacl and ex- 
traordinary expenses was also stated 
and that further cast doubt that 
agency ticket selling could be ac- 
complished on a 10 cent premium 
margin. 

McBride appeared before the di- 
rectors accompanied by Tom Nor- 
ton of the Tyson & Co. Agency. 
McBride was asked to propose a 
plan whereby conditions would im- 
prove. McBride stated the brokers 
(22 in all) be given tickets on bale, 
with full returns permitted and the 
tickets always under control of the 
theatres. That all the agencies 
agree not to sell at more than 50 
cents premium and |hat where 
brokers were found disobeying they 
would be cut off from further al- 
lotments. The broker stated the 
agency field could be easily policed. 
He declared he was not seeking to 
divert business to his own agency 
and asked that if the plan were 
adopted, offenders were to be given 
plenty of opportunity to conform to 
the rules before harsh action be 
taken. 

One of the directors stated the 

plan was the exact proposal made 

by McBride a year ago which the 

broker stated was correct. At the 

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ELSIE FERGUSON'S DRAW 
HOLDS Umi' ON ROAD 



Star's New Play Surprising 
Management to Gross 
, Takings 



"The Wheel of Life." starring 
Elsie Ferguson and produced by 
Marc Klaw, Inc., slated for Broad- 
way this montli. will be kept on 
tour all season, its Broadway en- 
gagement being set back until next 
fall. The measure of the attrac- 
tion's business caused a change of 
plans, the ability of the star to 
draw exceptionally even surprising 
the management. The only extended 
booking made for this season is at 
Chicago, where the "Wheel" plays 
four weeks, starting Jan. 7, at the 
Blackstone. It goes to the coast 
from there. 

Last week the show grossed 
around $16,000 in Pittsburgh, play- 
ing to $7,400, for the two perform- 
ances Thursday (Thanksgiving). 
The unusual draw of Miss Ferguson 
was indicated from the start, it 
standing up to important takings in 
the smaller stands, as well as the 
city time played to date. In Spring- 
field, Mass.. It drew $G,600 in throe 
days, and $1,000 more for a similai- 
date at New Haven. 

The Klaw ofHce whs In a quan- 
dary where to spot the "Whcol" on 
Broadway, following the surprise 
hit of "The I,ast Warning" at the 
Klaw theatre. It had been Intended 
brlnglnr: the new play In for a 
limited date, but with business 
holding up on totir, bookings for the 
season W( re made. 



FORD'S REAL IHARRIAGE 

Cleveland, Deo. 6. 

The Abie f<f "Abie's Irisli lloso." in 
real life Wiill.ioe I'ord. has be<'n 
through many .stage mairia.«?os. willi 
divint'H of throe desiomlnations oili- 
ciating. Hut last Monday ho was 
one of the i>rincipals in a real wel- 
ding, when he maniod Martlia Ha- 
worth iti St. Arius' ("atliollo Churoli. 
— Miss Hawordi, more of the lain 
William Haworth, former actor, has 
been with "AMo's Irish Hose" duriiif; 
its run at tho iiopuMi*- on Itroadwa.x. 

For six motitlis sir.' has soon Konl 
wedded nij;ht after night with a 
Methodist iniJUKter, a rabbi and a 
Catholic i>rio.st omolalin^ to "mfiico 
the knot more binditHi:." Tho couple 
left last Tuosd.iy for Now Yoik. 
where Mr. Ford resumed his role in 
"Abie's Iri^li Itcse." 



BRADY WON TOSS 



Penny Flipping Decided Warwick's 
Salary 



Robert Warwick remains In the 
trio cast of "To L»ove" which stars 
Grace George and has Norman 
Trevor featured. In addition to War- 
wick. The latter's appeal to W. A. 
Brady that $750 a week was not 
enough for him out of town led to 
a sporting suggestion from the man- 
ager. It was that they toss a coin. 
If Warwick won the toss, he was 
to receive $850, but If Brady won. 
his salary would remain at $100 
less. 

Warwick lost but contended he 
still would be embarrassed If there 
was not a tilt in the weekly stipend. 
William Boyd was engaged to re- 
place Warwick, but there was not 
sufficient time for rehearsals. Ac- 
tor and manager finally got together 
before the show left New York last 
week for a four -week booking in 
Philadelphia. Warwick agreed to 
play out the Philadelphia time and 
It is believed he will remain with 
"To Iiove" for the remainder of the 
road time. 

The salary agreement for Phila- 
delphia calls for Warwick to receive 
$750 weekly If the show does not 
exceed a gross of $10,000. If It 
beats that figure, he is to be paid 
$850. 



PUBUCIZED GIRL'S SALARY 

, Cynthia Teal, former foster- 
daughter of the late Ken Teal, who 
has been receiving double page pub- 
licity across the continent in Hearst 
and syndicate S.iturday and Sunday 
papers, was offering herself last 
week to Broadway managers for an 
engagement. She claims to have a 
trained concort voice and to be only 
IS years old. 

Despite tho tremondf)U«' pul)licity. 
some 30 full pages in all of hor 
"confessions" of how she was 
"trained to fiooco rich society" by 
.Mrs. Teal, who is jiow In pri.'on in 
Switzerland, li>o salary .she ankod 
was surprlsinijly niiid. 



DUNCAN'S SHOW REHEARSALS 

The start of reb oalrsars ToF 1 b o 
Sam II. IfaiTis projluctlon to sii:i 
the Dun<"an Sisters is set for 'l^c-. 
18. Both Borri h.is been added to 
I ho cast. 

The Duncan pirls had to cancel 
their double vaudcvlllo enKagornejit 
in New York Koith li(»uses last week, 
through h(iarKcneas. Thoy liad 
Idayed a double cngageincnt the 
week before. 



MANAGEVa IDEA 

One of the big Broadway the- 
atrical managers nM^en asked 
this week by a Variety repre- 
sentative how he stood on the 
proposed centralizing of the 
theatre ticket selling In New 
York, answered ho was In favor 
o( It. 

Some system is required, 
said the manager, who declined 
to be quoted, to protect the buy- 
ing public and stop the agita- 
tion' His opinion was that a 
central ticket office should have 
a box office window and man 
for every theatre represented In 
It, without premium of any 
amount charged. 

He stated such a system 
would reduce gypping, and while 
gypping with the hits might not 
be preventable, it qould be held 
to a minimum. One way to en- 
force that, he said, would be by 
a detective force, with the name 
of the purchaser written by the 
box office man, when delivering 
the tickets, upon the face of the 
envelope, that leading to the de- 
tection If transferred. The the- 
atres have the right, he stated, 
to refuse to recognize trans- 
ferred tickets In violation of the 
conditions printed upon them. 

Asked if any plan did go 
through, when it might be 
placed In effect he replied. "Not 
before next season". 

The manager made It evident 
the central office was to be 
operated in good faith. 



UGHTNIN'S' 3D WEEK 
IN S. L NEAR RECORD 



"Chocolate Soldier" Only Com- 
petitor for Local 
Run 



St. I.ouis. Dec. 6. 
The fact that "Llghtnin" " (at the 
American) has played three con- 
secufive weeks recalls that only 
once before In local theatrical his- 
tory has this record been made. 
"The Chocolate Soldier" on its first 
visit to this city in 1911 set the 
record which "Lightnin* " now 
equals. 

In the same year "Little Miss 
Brown," & comedy, played three 
weeks, but the piece did not have a 
consecutive run, there being a week 
intervening between each of its 
three visits. 



SUBSCRIBERS SHY 

"Take • Chance" Not Rehearsing. 
Postponed Without Data 



Although the cast wa« called to- 
gether for "Take a Chance" last 
week, rehearsals were postponed, It 
being said the producers had decided 
not to ready the show until a Broad- 
way house was assured. The score 
was written by Harold Orlob, who 
is interested in the management, the 
words being by H. I. Phillips, a col- 
umnist on a New York daily. Orlob 
stated rehear.«<als would start soon. 
' The title of the show is slgniflcant 
in light of the reported promotion 
dinner held at the Casino in Centr.il 
Park. I'ersons Invited to subscribe 
to tlie stock were tho guests, and It 
was raid $80,000 lu\d been pledged. 
How much of that in actual cash 
was actually put up is not known. 
It is reported the supposed stock- 
holders liave not set come across. 



EMERSON'S PLAY BEING HXED 

Hecasting is Koing on with "The 
Wiiolo Town's Talking." the John 
Eniorson-Anita I..00S adaptation of 
a foioif;r» piece and produced by A. 
H. Woods. The show closo<l in 
yciaiilon after o|>etii!ii; tliere. with 
the report paying aboiil eight of the 
pnn iftais would b(!i r^lklUUlKl. ** 

Besidi's the re-casting there will 
have to be consi(b-raMo rewriting, 
it is said, and anotliei title may be 
Koloctod. 

In the origifial company w»'i*^ 
John Cumberland, WilTam Kf>sello. 
Wyunoy <;roonstreet, \lvlan Toltir. 
Jessie Haii)li, I^eo l\*-\.(j, \ iol* I 
Dunn. Ilazol Turnoy, Amy Ongley, 
Harold Salter, Gladys Frazin. • 



THE LEBLANG PLAN 

The plan of a centralized 
theatre ticket office, submitted 
by Joe Leblang to the members 
of the Producing Managers' 
Association, Is reported to en- 
compass more than Greater 
New York, on tho original lines 
laid down by Leblang. 

A Leblang system Is to be 
devised, If his selling scheme Is 
favorably acted upon, to extend 
the sale of the central ticket 
offices' membership or sales 
card (at |1 per year), to all of 
the principal cities, for local or 
Interchangeable use. 

The proposal Is said to be 
that in St. Louis, for the ex- 
ample, the holder of a card 
would be given any preference 
possible at a local box office of 
a legit theatre booked with at- 
tractions from New York City, 
or the St. Louis holder of the 
card, when In any other city, 
would stand in ttie same posi- 
tion for attention as though a 
local holder. 

In this manner It Is expected 
that such speculating as may 
be done In any other city will 
be curtailed to an extent by the 
Leblang system, and similar 
complaints by theatre goers 
such as may now exist in New 
York and Chicago will be done 
away with. 

The $1 charge Is expected to 
make the office's revenue with- 
out limit. 



MclSAAC'S IDEA 

Boston Critic Decides to Turn to 
Dramatic Production 



Boston, Dec. «. 
Fred Mclsaac, for eight years dra- 
matic editor and critic of Hearst's 
Boston papers and tha "Post," has 

left Boston to go to New York and 
enter ihe dramatic producing busi- 
ness. He Intends to Invest his own 
savings and is about to form the 
United States Play Producing Co. 
He has no definite plans beyond 
that, no script or star that he has 
gone wild over. He just has an Idea 
that producing is a good business 
and he proposes to start In it. 

Mclsaac has had some experience 
as a manager of concerts and sing- 
ers. Beyond that It Is not known 
that he has ever been an impresario 
or manager. 

Kick Young, once critic for the 
"Traveller," has succeeded him here. 



YIDDISH DOING BETTER 

Buffalo, Dec. 6. 

All signs of the present YJddish 
theatre season in Buffalo point to a 
revival in popularity of this type of 
entertainment. 

The second performance of the 
Hyman Jacubowitx Company at the 
Majestic Sunday broke the house 
record for a Jewish production. At 
11.50 top, the gross went over 
11,600. with the house completely 
sold out long before the curtain. 

The demand for seats for coming 
attractions is said to be the heaviest 
in 15 years. 



CHI'S NEW YEAK'S SCALES 

Chicago. Dec. 6. 

New Year's eve prices are already 
coming in for consideration from the 
legit managers. 

"Music Box Itevue" will get $8 at 
tho Colonial. "Bombo" prices have 
not been selected, but |10 Is most 
likely. "Partners Again," at the 
Kelwyn, will draw |5 for the lower 
floor. 

The managerr. are working out 
their ideas nnd only one surprise 
will come, according to the reports 
now i)revalent. 



HOLMES IN "REAR CAR" 

Ta>lor Holmes will be starred by 
♦ Ih' .^elwyoK in a new mystery play 
Oil lied "The Hear Car." to be the 
Clirislmab card at the Solwyn, Bos- 
ton. 

H*»lmos has been Jointly starring 
witii Fiiiuce.^i White in "The Hotel 
.Mf)UHo." which closed on the sub- 
way circuit last week. Miss While 
is reluiiiiug to vaudeville next wo<'k 
at the (Vntial, Now York, featured 
with a Shubert unit show. 



SHUBERTS HOLD ASTOR 
UNDER NEW LEASE 



$75,000 Reported New Rental 
Paid Bimberg Estate — Dis- 
pute Ended 



The Shubcrts will continue ten- 
ancy of the Astor, New York, under 
the terms of a lease executed be- 
tween the managers and the Bim- 
berg Rstate. The lease agreement 
is said to cover a long term and Its 
consummation terminates the dis- 
pute over the rental of the house, 
the owners of which claimed early 
In the fall to have received larger 
offers than that made by the Shu- 
berts. 

The new yearly rental Is said to 
be 175,000, the sum offered by the 
managers. The owners claimed of- 
fers up to 190,000, the Shul>erts set- 
ting up a counter claim the bids 
were nbt bonaflde and that their 
sub-lease save them the right of 
optional continuance. 

The new lease is reported calling 
for the payment of a sum equal to 
two years' rent, one-half to be the 
first year in advance %nd the re- 
mainder in payment of the final 
year. It la understood the Bimberg 
heirs have "cut a melon" on the 
Astor deal, It being the first praAts 
the estate has received on the 
property. Carrying charges are un- 
derstood to have absorbed the rents 
obtained from the original lease. 

The Astor was purchased by the 
older Bimberg from the Astor Es- 
tate and was leased to Wagenhals 
& Kemper. When « the latter firm 
retired from producing some years 
ago the house was sub-leased to 
Cohan & Harris and subsequently 
sub-let to tho Shuberts. who hav« 
since conducted It. The original 
yeArly rental is said to have been 
146,000. 



HOBART'S lOHAS CAROL' 
AFTER mODEMUS' 



Author, at Longport Home* 

Dashing Off Rhyme on 

Critics. Report 

■ ■ . - % 

George V. Ilobart is reported 
readying another "critic's Christ- 
mas carol," following up his "Nico- 
demus" of last season, which was 
widely commented on. Tha play- 
wright's contributions to various 
shows then appeared to have af- 
fected the reviewers adversely. He 
repaired to his home at Lorgport 
(Atlantic City) and sprinted off a 
voluminous ode, which he published 
in pamphlet form and sent to the 
scribes. 

Hobart's ability to dash off rhyme 
Is prodigious and It Is all the easier 
when he takes the critics as a top'c. 
A yardor two Is nothing for him on 
that subject. 

The particular spark that whetted 
his appetite this season was a com- 
ment winding up one critic's review 
of the "49ers," which was panned. 
The finale of the criticism men- 
tioned walking out In the Nov€'mber 
base and hearing "the laughtT of 
George V. Hobart coming from 
amid the housetops." George V. 
had thought the critics were off 
him for a spell, but that crack 
made his fingers Itch and he rushed 
back to Longport. 



HARE VICE GRANT 



Change in "London** Play in Chicago 
Company 



Lumsdcn Hare will stop Into the 
role of "Sir Percy" in the Cliioago 
company of "So This Is London" 
late this week. Hare closed Satur- 
day with "The Field of Ermine," 
which starred Nance O'Neil and 
which cflosed and was brought in 
from Elmira, N. Y.. Saturday. Tho 
latter attraction was an adaptatioa 
from tho Spanish. 

Tho "London" show openri at 
Cohan's Grand with I.awrenco (Irant 
In the "Sir Peroy" character. About 
the middle of the tlr.st week. John 
Meehan, stage director for Cohan, 
.stepped into the part, and continued 
until Hare Joins. the show. _ — 



Hodge's Play in Second House 

Chicago, nee. fi. 
William Hodge in "Kor AH of I's" 
, ,may be removed to another Chleaijo 
theatre, following tho filling of the 
allotted time at the l^a Salic. 

"The Demi-Virgin" is schedub d 
for the La Salle week before Christ- 
mas. 



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LEGITIMATE 



Friday, December 8, 1822 



INSIDE STUFF 



ON LEGIT 



Through an unusual clrcumstanre Variety Is obliRed to publish a con- 
troversy arising between Its local representative and a resident manager. 
Aa & rule such a matter Is ignored, on the ground the controversy Is 
•olely local. Here however the request by the manager to bar Variety's 
representative and the consent of the home ofnce to the request were 
circulated by other theatrical managers In the same city. That circu- 
lation in the form of a copy of the home onice's letter, sent to Variety In 
New York, was presumably circulated by the resident manager or some 
one else, in collusion with him, or It may have been done in connivance 
between the manager and a ticket speculator. 

It happened in Chicago. L.ou fTouseman is the resident manager who 
wrote his home (Woods') office in New York requesting that llalperin 
of Variety's Chicago office be barred from the Woods theatres (Woods' 
and Apollo) in Chicago. The complaint by Houseman was based upon 
Halp«r:n having, afier returning two first night tickets for the Woods 
theatre without explanation) sent to Variety a story. Houseman might 
resiKn from tho Woods employ through having connected with an ad- 
vertising service in Chicago. Houseman alleged Ha'perin had sent in the 
eton' maliciously, that he (Houseman) Is not Interested In an advertising 
•crvice. and that Variety's Chicago office sought to Injure him. 

The Woods office in New York wrote to the New York office of Variety, 
detailing the Houseman complaint and informed Variety Halperin (only) 
of the Chicago otHco was barred from the two Woods theatres in that 
city. It was this letter that reached all Chicago legit managers through 
A copy being .«»ent to each. ' ' 

The Woods letter was replied to by Variety, the paper stating It was 
agreeable to being barre^l from any theatre or anything Houseman might 
be connected with, but it asked the Woods office In New York to modify 
Its order only to the Woods theatre, Chicago, as against Halperin, The 
Woods office rtplied Variety's request for a modification had been con- 
tented to. and the bar against Halperin was withdrawn from both the- 
atres. To this Variety replied, stating it wished the bar against the 
Woods theatre to stand for the reason Houseman Is connected with that 
house, 

Mr, Houseman was alf=o written to by Variety In New York and given 
the name of the advertising service he is connected with -in that city, 
was asked to contirm or deny it. 



He 



The dailies reported the unpleasantness occurring early one morning 
last week between Pat t^omersot and William Ilalli;,'an. 

The Halligan-Somerset row happened in an uptown New York all- 
ri^ht cabaret. It was late in the morning when .Somerset, (who in Eng- 
lish and the son of a titled family), aocompanied by Savoy and Brcnnan 
entered. At another table was the Halligan party. Bill Halligan and 
Bert Savoy commenced to kid across the room. Later Somerset saunt- 
ered over to the HalMgan table and according to the account, hardly 
deigned to acknowledge} introductions. Savoy also walked over, when 
Halligan spoke kindly of Savoy, using his comment as an introductory 
to forcibly express his very decided opinion of Somerset, who stood 
close by. Somerwet retorted in kind or attempted to. but had Just about 
commenced when Halligan flew at him. right across the table, and they 
were separated on the floor with Halligan on top. During tho brief 
melee the account said Halligan had been so very active that Somerset 
couldn't pet set, and the one-sided battle ended that way. 

When it was all over Mr, Savoy informed Mr. Halligan he (Savoy) 
was perfectly disgusted with him (H.illigan), and he (Savoy) had his 
doubts if he (Savoy) would cvt r again speak to him (Halligan). Bill 
Void Bert he (Savoy) was growing too squeamish, but he (Savoy) said 
that was just how he felt the moment, and did not anticipate his de- 
cision would change about him (Halligan). 



The office of Oeorgo M. Cohan regards with some significance the rec- 
ord-breaking eastward run of the "Majestic" which carried the manager 
and his family abroad and compare the liner's pace with that of "Little 
Nellie Keley" and "So This is London". The Majestic beat the best 
previous time between Ambrose light and the Cherbourg breakwater, 
making the run in five days, six hours and 13 minutes as against the 
•'.Mauretanla's'' tin^e of five days, eight bours and nine minutes. The 
Majestic sailed Saturday and arrived 10 minutes past midnight Thurs- 
day. It was the first trip for tho vessel after entering the naval dry 
dock at Boston recently. At the time tons of barnacles were scraped 
from her bottom and new propellers fitted to the shafts. The record 
was a surprise, the captain having said no attempt would be made at 
•stablishing now figures. 



With the talk of ticket speculating, remedies, and the box offices, come 
reports alao of Broadway managers being Interested in the ticket agency 
tii.'^iness, through connections if not directly. One managerial firm Is 
Fa id to have an interest in tiiree dillorent agencies, one a straight 50-cent 
pr« mium office, another one of the gyp places and the other, cut rates. 
Joe LeBlang, the principal cut rater in New York, denies any theatrical 
manager is interested with him. LeBlang has two ticket agencies, known 
as the upstairs and downstairs places of his drug store annex. The up- 
ttairs sells in the usual way without reduction. 

Ticket agencies often In tiie past have bt^en of assistance lO producers, 
by making advances to them whi h were in reality plain loans. In fact 
Bome Of the agcmies have made outright loans to producers but the prc|- 
ducers apparintly don't considyr this entails any obligation on their 
part, other than to repay. 

The intricacies of the ticket agency business though In New York are 
like a maze. They are haid to locate or follow, back or forward. There 
are any number of gypping connections and there is no surprise when 
any of the connections are hn.illy revealed. The producers or some or 
maybe most of them, believe if there Is extra money to be had in theatre 
ticket Felling, the prodiuxr who produces the show is entitled to his share, 
on the theory if box office tickets priced at $3 may be sold as high as $5 
or 16 in a gyp joint, why should not the same buyers be content to pay 
the theatre tiiat amount, or if not, why should the gyps se \ire tickets 
at the box office price or slightly above to reel them over the gypping 
counter at the high bonus? This leads up to tho matter of a straight 
selling agency or the box office slipping <holce locations to the gyps to 
Rccure a gre.'.ttr price tlian cotiUl be had in the original place, although 
the gvppod amount of a necessity must be split. 

This slipping to tho gyps is being practised In Chicago, to an extent 

Where it is said that out there the gpys are being used as wel" to slip back 

■ the unsold tickets that may have been part of an outright btiy. into the 

theatre shortly before show time. That though Is one of the aspects 

hardly understood by other than the spec and the managerial end. 

Meantime the ticket talk will probably go on. always subjet to what 
the producer intere.sted in a ticket agency, may say to the ticket agency 
— asj»ociatr, <lesi»iie what the proUuccr may openly say in a mectmu of man- 
agers. 



TICKET AGENCIES 

(COntlnue»d from pag^ 11) 
tima the vota on the proposition 
wa« 43 in favor and none aptinst. 
It waa never put in operation, how- 
ever. Just who pigeon-bolcd the 
plan waa not disclosed. 

The Idea of a centralized theatre 
ticket agency boa received plenty 
of airing within the week via the 
dallies and in discussion among 
ticket brokers, the proposal of Joe 
Leblang coming under fire. 

A consensus of opinion among 
agency men, a class conceded to be 
experts on ticket matters, is that a 
centralized office would result in 
not alone failing to solve the ticket 
problem, but would open up the way 
for far worse conditions than are 
now alleged existent to the detri- 
ment of theatregolng. 

Some brokers frankly stated they 
would welcome tho attempt of such 
a ficheme, saying their own little 
problems would be mlnimlzedT con- 
cretely they would be able to han- 
dle only the hits and not be forced 
into buying tickets on attractions 
that they could not sell. That spec- 
ulators would be able to "dig out" 
the tickets necessary is regarded as 
a certainty. One agency man who 
long has been in the business de- 
clared the Lcblang plan would never 
go through. He said: "The man- 
agers themselves are as much to 
blame about tho ticket arguments 
as any one else; in fact, it's all their 
fault. W'hen they get a hit they 
start worrying about the brokers 
and we have to worry about getting 
tickets and then In trying to sell 
them. When the show isn't so good, 
the manager Is quick enough to 
»;end word about pushing tickets for 
his production." 

The agency men see a centralized 
agency impossible as a Joint mana- 
gerial venture that would endure 
apd no improvement over the pres- 
ent system if controlled by an Indi- 
vidual not a manager. That the 
ticket sellers would be reached to 
push tickets for certain attractions 
wouhl be tho natural outcome, the 
brokers say, just as at present the 
sellers in some agencies are 
"slipped" by managers for every 
ticket of a weaker attraction sold. 
Not being able to prevent sucb prac- 
tices, the brokers fail to see how 
the proposed centralized agency 
could flourish. 

In presenting the opinion that a 
centralized agency would not Quly 
not be a solution, but would make 
it eafcier than ever for "gypping" a 
ticket expert who has been work- 
ing on a plan for bettering condi- 
tions along Broadway explained 
that front locations would natu/*ally 
flow Into speculators' hands. The 
process of "digging" counts as a 
"legitimate" method of securing 
•Ickets for hits, whether from the 
box office direct or through other 
agencies. The sales of the latter to 
"diggers'' may be done unwittingly, 
although the frequent operations 
between brokers who receive allot- 
ments regularly and those who do 
not but "gyp 
known fact. 

agency, limiting all sales to a basis 
of 50 cents' premium has no less 
than five men scrutinizing orders, 
the object being to see aa far as 
possible that tickets reach the 
agency's regular customers. Yet 
a speculator has boasted he has 100 
accounts with the standardized 
agency, and the owners know of 
the boast, but are unable to de- 
tect the "sour" sales. 

The McBride agency, when Invited 
to express an opinion on the I..e- 
blang ticket plan for one big office, 
refused to comment, although In 
Leblangs proposal to the Produc- 
ing Managers' A.^sociation the Mc- 
Brides were invited to co-operate in 
the plan. That agency was the only 
one sn;;gested for participation. 

In the past the McBrides have 
g(ine on record again«t a central- 
ized a.gency. It is also known that 
certain managers Invited the Mc- 
Br des to form such an agency 
some time ago. They rejected it as 
an error in method and Impractiral 
of working out, saying the obje.tlon 
of managers as Individuals alone 
would defeat the project. The Mc- 
Bride organization widely advertises 
its policy of a 50-cent premium 
policy only. Its owners bave stated 
they arc not against tho elimina- 
tion of other agencies, but tliat the 
latter could Improve their business 
volume by following a similar pol- 
icj:^ 



"" just the same, is a 
Broadway's b'ggest 



•Uted, whlla tha raports that cer- 
tain managers ara Intareated In 
one or more ajranclafl further com- 
plicate! tha Lieblanc proposal 

The angle of membership cards 
costing fl per ysar. entitling bear- 
ers to buy tickets in the proposed 
centralised agency at box office 
prices. Is discontinued by some 
brokers who state the actual reve- 
nue so derived would not make the 
agency profitable. Belling for 10- 
cent premium, as proposed by Le- 
blang, is similarly considered. It Is 
understood the fee for charge ac- 
counts is not regarded favorably In 
agencies where that system now at- 
tains, but principally used as a de- 
vice to weed out bad accounts. 

Ticket men state that 90 per cent, 
of the sales In the premium offices 
are made on a 50 per cent, premium 
basis. Their idea is that good shows 
will always brin^ big prices, al- 
though there is a way to control 
most of the tickets for such attrac- 
tions. The solution la right with 
tho managers. 

The ticket agencies as a distinct 
service to the theatre and the pub- 
lic is recognized as an adjunct by 
many clear thinking managers. It 
is doubted whether the present sys- 
tem of agencies will be disturbed 
without matui'e consideration. That 
experimentation with the ticket 
matter would be harmful is also 
recegnized and a definite decision 
that would overturn the developed 
methods would be sure to find a 
number of important members of 
the P. M. A. opposed. 

Control of the agencies instead 
of radical or impetuous attempts at 
mandatory direction Is the more 
likely result of the managerial de- 
liberations which were started this 
week In the P. M. A. quarters. A 
committee composed of A. L. Er- 
langer, Sam H. Harris, Lee Shu- 
bert, Arch Sehvyn and Augustus 
Thomas has the ticket matter In 
hand. Tuesday a meeting of the 
boar<^ of directors of the P. M. A. 
received the committee's report and 
also the detail of the Leblang pro- 
posal. 

Before definite action is taken, 
however, the ticket situation must 
come before a general meeting of 
the P, M. A. and any radical move- 
ment would attain only after a vote 
by tho members at large. Intima- 
tions are that if a proposal for a 
centralized ticket office is accepted 
it could not become effective until 
next season, which If true disposes 
of tho matter for the present. A 
leading producer whose consent to 
a radical move would be necessary 
has left town for an extended stay, 
though It Is possible his proxy has 
been agreed on. 



STOCKS 



:\ 



After a more or less havurdoiui 
few .months, the Robins Player% 
in stock at the Orpheum Theatre^ 
Montreal, have closed. 

The Robins Players, headed by 
Edward Robins, played several suo« 
cessful seasons during the summer 
months at the Royal Alexandra, 
Toronto. When L. A. Solman, leesee 
of the Toronto house, took over tha 
Orpheum in Montreal, a policy of 
stock was decided upon, and the 
Robins Players were heralded 
broadcast throughout Montreal. 

The first few weeks' business waa 
fair, but rather below the expecta- 
tions of those interested In box of- 
fice receipts. Then a gradual falling 
off became very apparent. The In- 
dividual members of the company 
were very satisfactory, and the 
playgoing public found little fault 
in this direction. The choice of 
plays, however, emphatically did 
not appeal to the average stock au- 
dience. 

As to the future policy of the 
house, it is probable that a new 
stock company will be installed, 
which will split the season between 
Montreal and Toronto. 

Tho Orpheum Theatre occupies a 
unique position in the local theat- 
rical world. It is recognized to have 
the best location in the city, and 
started its career as Bennett's 
Vaudeville House. Later it con- 
tinued the vaudeville policy under 
the name of tho Orpheum, and when 
the Keith vaudeville went into the 
Princesa Theatre, a stock company 
headed by Charles Mackay aiid 
Lillian Kemble, now in pictures, waa 
engaged. This company, under tha 
able stage direction of the late Percy 
Meldon, created a record, and for 
two successive years did capacity 
business. \ 

Since that time, the Orpileum has 
been more or less of a white ele- 
phant. American wheel burlesque 
was tried and failed; a French stock 
company essayed to do business and 
also failed. Then Solmon, of To- 
ronto, leased the house, with the 
result that the fu^re of the Or- 
pheum is once more problematical. 



Dec. 11 will mark the return of 
Jack Kosleigh and Paula Shay to 
the Keeney's Stock, at Keeney's, 
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. N. Y., where 
Corse Payton's Stock has been hold- 
ing forth. The Payton Co, will go 
to the Academy. Scranton, Pa. The 
initial offering under the Keeney 
management will be "The Woman 
in Room 13." Kdna Buckler, Jack 
Connoly and Sussebell Sterling, of 
the Payton Co.. will be retained by 
the Keeney *IMayers. 



CHANGE WASHINGTON MGR. 

Washington, Dec. 6. 

Bob Leavitt has been sent to 

Washington to succeed FL G. 

Craerin aa manager of Poll's theatre, 

where Shubert attractions are being 
presented after a lapse of some nine 
months, during which time the 
house has been practically rebuilt. 
A peculiar situation has been 
created by the advent of Mr. I^eavitt 
inasmuch as Mr, Craerin Is still 
functioning In the capacity of house 
manager, having drawn salary 
throughout the summer months to 
supervise the reconstruction. 

When Mr. Craerin was asked as 
to just what the situation was he 
stated he did not wish to make any 
statement. He was and Is direct- 
ing the local destinies of the house. 
Beyond that he would make no 
statement. Mr. Leavitt was just as 
reticent when questioned, replying 
that he had been sent to Washington 
by the Shuberts to act as manager 
of the house. Hence the chief quea-. 
tion In theatrical circles locally Is 
who is the manager of Poll's. 



Lola May has replaced Ruth 
Harding with the St. Charles Stock» 
New Orleans. 



The Robins Players at the Or* 
pheum. Montreal, closed Saturday, 
with L. A. Solman of the theatre 
deciding to switch Its policy to 
holding melodramatic road shows* 



The Little theatre, New Orleans, 
has begun Its winter season of 
short plays and sketches. Coasts 
are recruited from amateurs among 
the elite. It is an "up-stage" In- 
stitution and receives little consid- 
eration from the populace becausa 
of its class distinction. 



The NIegemeyer stock at the 
Shubert, Milwaukee, has closed and 
Harry Munns. Chicago, attorney, 
states salaries were not paid. Credit 
tors are trying to secure an adjust- 
ment of claims. 



Some unusual fublicity was expected for "The Bootleggers," which 
opened weakly at the VMh Street last week, but one noti« e sent out from 
the Shubert office cau.sed surprise It was to the effect that negotiations 
•were on to present the play in London a« an expose of life in New York 
under prohibition, and with the title. "So This Is New Yorkl" It wa.'< 
Drfnted last week that (Jeorge >f. Cohan, In presenting "So This I^ 
London'" in Ivondon. might call the show there "So This Is New York!' 
nd It was presumed the idea was then borrowed for "The Bootleggers' 
The Item failed to attract the attention of the dallies, with a 



prfnted 

Lo 

a 

purpose 

possible exception. 



The Leblang prnporal so far as 
the other agencies are concerned 
caused some surprise, since I^e- 
blang is known as a specialist In 
cut rate selling, but with no wide 
concern with premium agencies. It 
is un<l«'rstood his plan was devised 
ulth the assistance of another 
broker who is well known in the 
advance price field. That Leblang 
is Interested in still another agency 
in the premium field Is generally 



COAST BOOKING CONGESTION 

San Francisco, Dec. 6. 

Noticeable congestion In bookings 
in San Francisco because of many 
coast productions that are under 
way bore for the legitimate the- 
atres. Willard Mack Is readyinp; 
'The Red Bulldog" In which he will 
star, while Wilbur Mack Is out here 
with \iil Harris to produce a big 
revue. 

The Georgia Minstrels also are 
going for a Pacific Coast tour. 



"Abie's Irish Rose," In stock at the 
President, Washington, last week, is 
said to have played fo $15,000 on the 
week. The experiment was tried of 
placing the Broadway hit In a stock 
out of town to take up the time, 
otherwise a road show of the play 
would have made tho city. It is of 
interest to legit producers and stock 
people. 



LEGIT ITEMS 



DUNCANS' SHOW SET BACK 

Vhe new musical play for the 
Duncan Sisters, which Sam H. Har- 
ris will produce, has been set back 
until nfter the holidays. It Is re- 
ported the book was unsatisfactory 
and returned to the authors. 

The Duncans have been playing 
vaudeville Since their return from 



Following the death of her father, 
Frank Bacon. Bessio Bacon did not 
appear In "Lightnin' " at St. Louis, 
with Helena Shipman substituting 
until replaced by Marguerite Miller 



Yetta G« fTiMi haa succeeded Nell 
Kingsley as press agent for thS 
Park music hall. 



The wife of Lep Solomon, treas- 
urer of the Mus'c Box. New York, 
has been painfully ill and was to 
have been operated on for lirain 
tumor at tho Nurologlcal Institute. 
She was Improving early this week 
and the operation believed unneces- 
l sai-y. 



Friday, December 8, 1982 



LEGITIMATE 



13 



LEGII SHOWS AT FUU SPEED 
ON BROADWAY JUST NOW 



Big Grosses Last Week with Thanksgiving — More 
Dramatic Hits at Prerent Than Usual — Houses 
Starting to Darken, Prior to Holidays 



Last fall, business for Thanksgh^ 
ing week was rated better than that 
of Christmas to New Year's, dis- 
counting the extra performances, 
and this season a similar record is 
likely. Last week's business is 
claimed to be better than the 
Thanksgiv.'nK v/eeU of last year. 
There were not as many exception- 
ally big grosses because the current 
list has not as many musical 
smashes as last season, but it has 
more dramatic good things, and the 
margin of profit earned by tTic latter 
is greater. i v 

This season with Chrintma.*? and 
New Year's day falling on Monday, 
opportunity for theatre "celebra- 
tions" on the eve of the year wll bo 
lack'ng. Up to date, the scales have 
not been made any higher than the 
existing Saturday night rates. 

Last weeli's best grosses of the 
season were accomplished by extra 
■matinees for most dramatic shows 
•and holiday prices for both Thanks- 
giving performances. 
/, The non-musical money leaders 
Were topped off with "So This Is 
London," which drew nearly J22,000 
at the Hudson by playing 10 per- 
formance's. "Hamlet" was a close 
.second at the Sam H. Harris, gross- 
-InK a little under $21,000 In eight 
performances, but with $3 top and 
the holiday scale applying Thura- 



day. "Merton of the Movie V took 
next honors, going to J17,000 at the 
Cort. "Kain" played to all it could 
get into the Elliott for a total of 
$17,200. "Loyalfies" went to new 
flgurcK at the Gaiety, for more than 
$17,000 in. "The Fool" beat $16,000 
at the Times Square without an 
extra performance, which gave li 
an edge on the others. AVlth over 
$14,000 for "The Last V.'arning" at 
the Klaw, over $13,000 for "East of 
Suez" at the Eltlnge and "Abie's 
Irish Ro^e' at Republic, and with 
"The Awful Truth" nearly as good 
at the Miller, the non-musical3 did 
more than flourishing trade. 

Zlegrfeld's "Follies" continued Its 
distinct music.nl leadership, poing 
to 537 300 at the New Amsterdam 
without nn extra matinee but with 
a top admission of $5 for Thanks- 
giving r.iprht*;-? performance (regular 
scale Is $4 top here). The new 
"Music Box Revue" went to $31,500 
with one extra matinee. "Little 
Xel.io Kelly * performed iierfectly at 
the Liberty, going to a new gross 
of $2G.50O with one extra matinee. 
'Greenwich Village Follies" stuck 
to eight performances and got close 
to $26,000. The new "Bunch and 
Judy" at the Globe got off to a 
Tuesday start, with the pace about 
$25,000 Indicated. 'The Lady in 
(CorKinucd on page 1T>) 



FOUR MUSICAL SHOWS 
REHEARSE AT CENTURY 



STOCK TRY-OUTS 

FOR NEW PLAYS 



"Fashions of 1923" for Winter 

Garden — ^"Virginia" and 

"Heidelberg" 

The Century Is again a bee-hive of 
Shubert production activity, with 
four musical attractions out of half 
a dozen shows being readied there, 
dated to reach the boards in New 
York or on the road by Christmas 
time. V. v:*.-^ ■- ". ^:' ^ -- :/ -':_.. 

The musicals are "Virginia" (first 
called "Cousin From * Nowhere), 
adapted from the German, "Heidel- 
berg" also an adaptation. No. 3 com- 
panjj^ of "Blossom Time" and the 
new Winter Garden show. The 
latter is to be called ''Fashions of 
1923," the series Idea being kept, 
but, the title itself new for musical 
production use. Its opening date 
deiSends 6n completion of the re- 
modeling work being done at the 
Garden. 



Play Brokers Offering Scripts 

Without Royalty to Stock 

Companies 



Play brokers are trying out a new 
way of getting a line on a new 
play's possibilities. They circular- 
ize the representative stock com- 
pany managers offering the new 
works for try-out productions with- 
out royalty. Although the scepery 
and production angles are neces- 
sarily slighted In the atock try-out. 
the broker and author can get a 
fair idea of the play's chances on 
Broadv.'ay. If the stock production 
is half-way fair, Broadway man- 
agers and backers are invited to 
assume profesi'onal responsibility. 

The inducement for the Broad- 
way producer is that he can see the 
script in the raw, already mounted, 
without having to engage n r€M«t and 
produce, to gather an Idea of its 
chances. 



EQUmr IN CHICAGO 
HOLDS ODD OPINION 



Says Griffith Should Indefi- 
nitely Provide for Chorus 
Girls' Transportation 



EQUITY RENTING 



Asked Cash in Advance Reported 
for 48th St. 



SIX TICKET AGENCIES ARE 



CARR DECISION REVERSED 



Wife's Alimony Matter Sent to 
Referee by Court .. 



;a: 



INVOLVED BY FEDERAL TAXES 



Deputy Marshals Pladbd in Offices — 1920 Unpaid 
Taxes Charges by Government, Ranging from 
$8,000 to $23,000 



• Federal deputy marshals were 
placed Ini six theatre "ticket agencies 
on Broadway on the orders of the 
collector of internal revenue in 
l>Jew York because of unpaid as- 
sessments ranging from $8,000 to 
$23,000 claimed by the government 
as its share of excess premiums 
withheld. It was reported the 
agencies would be sealed, but bonds 
were liled by the brokers pending 
a settlement of the claims. The 
agencies affected are Newman's, 
Alexander, Jacobs, Cohn, Arrow 
and J. L. Marks'. 

The assessments cover the re- 
turns for 1921, at which time the 
commissioner's report showed the 
total tax paid from agencies in 
New York was a little over $L'5,000. 
Of that sum one agency was said 
to have paid in $20,000. A warning 
was sent out, and in the returns for 
1921 the amount paid the govern- 
mtint from New York brokers 
Jumped to $95,000, although it cov- 
ered a season when business was 
much under that of 1920. The total 
payments on tickets sold at a 
premium for the country in 1921 
was $199,000, as against $39,000 for 
1920. 

The complaint was made by Sol 
ZiAer originally, although he is 
now in the ticket business, being 
in the office of the Tyson Co. (W. J. 
Fallon). The basis of the assess- 
ments is said t be the stubs of all 
agency tickets which were collected 
for eix months from the various 
theatres. Under the law brokers 
must pay the government 50 per 
cent, of all premiums obtained in 
excess of 50 cents. On the allega- 
tion the hlx agencies failed to do 
so, the asae smentH were computed. 
It is reported the burden of the 
1iccu.«?ed brokers fs—^o prov©^ ilie 
government wrong In Its contention. 

When Zuber recently ro.«<ignetl 
from governmer.t service and wa."« 
employed by I'.iIIon, ho wa:< placed 
in charge of a new ofTlct^ in the 
Lotigacre buildi.ig. formfiiy occu- 
plfd by Tyion's ' Fift'.i Avenue." 
The plan of tiie oni«e was to hf 
opposition ( ut r.Ttes, but th;it was 
dropped and the «.tTice l.^ Erllins (•x\ 
a premium basis. 



BUYS DATE FOR "MEETON" 

Marion Davies, the star of "When 
Knighthood Was In Flower," has 
bought the special matinee of "Mer- 
ton of the Movlesv at the Cort thea- 
tre on Christmas day and has ar- 
ranged to invite as rhany wounded 
and disabled soldiers as the house 
will hold to make up the audience. 

"Mertbn of the Movies," by the 
way, is In big demand for benefits. 
The performance at tha Cort on 
Tuesday, ^Tan. 6, has been bought 
by the committee that is arranging 
a benefit for the Bentwood Convent 
for Catholic Girls of Brooklyn and 
Long Island and that same week, 
on Friday, Jan. 19, the Jacob Rils 
Settlement has taken the entire 
house. 

The American Osteopathic So- 
ciety.too, has booked a perform- 
ance for Its members and their 
families exclusively, during the 
week of July 4 next, when It holds 
its annual convention here. 



In the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, 
last Friday, on the inotlon of 
Frederick E. Goldsmith, attorney 
for Mrs. Mary Carr. to reopen^ the 
dicmi:rtal of Mrs. Carr's motion to 
punish her former husband, for con- 
tempt, in failing to pay alimony 
awarded under her decree of divorce. 
Justice Lewis reversed his previous 
decision, and ordered the matter be- 
fore a referee for final adjudication. 

Mr. Goldsmith presented an af- 
fidavit by Mrs. Carr, averring a 
general release of all alimony claims 
held signed by her was secure^ by 
misrepresentations of Carr and his 
attorney. Harry Saks Hechheimer. 
Emanuel Morganlander, an asso- 
ciate of Hechheimer's appeared for 
Carr. 

The amount of unpaid alimony Is 
over $17,000 at the present rate of 
$4M.00 monthly. Mrs. Carr, through 
Mr. Goldsmith has started other 
suits against Carr, under one of 
which Carr was obliged to file ball 
of $5,000 before leaving with 
"Partners Again" for Chicago last 
week. Carr furnished ths bail in 
the form of Liberty Bonds and other 
securities. 

It is said Carr will be required to 
return to New York from wherever 
the show is playing to attend the 
hearings before the referee. 



"Hospitality," the Equity Plarers* 
second lu'oductlon try, is lIMed for 
another week at the 48th St., cut 
rates figuring In the attraction con- 
tinuing a week or so longer than ex- 
pected. There has been announced 
a comedy called "Why Not?" by 
Jesse Lynch Williams, as the suc- 
cessor, though the ckact date for 
premiere is uncertain. 

•that Equity would welcome a 
visiting attraction at the 48t!i St. for 
a time at least was current along 
Broadway. ^ Two attractions ar« 
said to have irought the house re- 
cently. One was "The Field of Er- 
mine," which closed last week on 
tour. Reports are that Equity in- 
sisted on rent in advance, which 
caused the deal to fall through. 



Fund Benefit March 18 in Chi 

Chicago, Dec. 6. 
The Actors' Fund benefit will be 
given at the Auditorium on the aft- 
ernoon of Friday, March 16. , 



Chicago, Dec. 6. 

Two of the chorus girls who cam* 
to Chicago from New York with/" 
D. W. Griffith's "One Exciting 
Night," which had Its Chicago first '. 
showing at the Illinois, did not tak«< ^ 
advantage of the offer of A. H. Var- 
ley, company manager, to return 
tlicm to New York with tho other 
girls, but seek throug/n the local 
Equity office here to have their 
tickets to New York assured them 
in the event that a position they 
have taken with a Chicago attrac- . 
tion might not eventually take the 
girls to New York. 

Mr. Varley's contention is that 
the girls were engaged under a 
contract assuring their return to 
New York, but with no thought 
they would seek another engage- 
ment while In Chicago; that tho 
Griffith company stands ready to 
fulfill its contract to the letter, but 
could not think of depositing tick- 
ets or their equtvalemt with, tho 
Chicago office of Equity to guaran- 
tee against a contingency such as 
the girls foresee. 

The Equity Chicago office sees. It 
differentl}', presupposing tho girls 
might go out with an attraction 
from Chicago which could eloae. say 
in Arlsona. and pay fares back to 
Chicago. In that event the girls 
would need fares to New York, and 
the position is taken by Equity that 
the "One Exciting Night" manage- 
ment should gxiard them against 
this contingency. 



EAIPH lOHO BETTEl 

Ralph W. Long. wh<f, for tU« sec- 
ond time within a year, was strick* 
en with pleuro pneumonia, wa« 
reported resting favorably at his ' 
home, the crisis having been passed 
last Friday. 

It will be several months befora 
Long will resume his duties as gen- 
eral manager for the Shuberts. 

Physicians advise a trip abroad 
when he has convalesced. 



SHIPMAN VS. DALY 



HUNGARIAN EQUITY BRANCH 
MAKES TERMS FOR MANAGERS 



Recently Formed Branch of Four A*s Agrees with 
Hungarian Producers — Can't Rehearse After 
Two Weeks . 



Author Bests Actor at Gambling— • 
Judgment Qivon Assignao 



KLEIN'S MELLO-FARCE 

A melodramatic farce by Augus- 
tin McHugh will be the first legiti- 
mate contribution- of Arthur Klein 
to the New York stage. 

The piece is entitled 'Five After 
One." and will shortly start re- 
hearsing. 

Mr. Klelri. who Is tho general 
manager for Shubert vaudeville, 
produced a unit show for the circuit 
this season, with Gertrude Hoffman 
heading it. During a lay-off on the 
circuit (laf>t week) the unit show 
played a tplit between Grand 
Rapids and South Tend, at $2.')0 
top, doing a laraei- grci;s than i* 
cxrectod. 



"BOGEY" ANDREWS MARRIES 

A. ('.. CDogoy') Andrews CLa 
Tpndre.s.^e*; was wod in Now Vor!; 
l«> Winona Shannon, t?i.*5ter of EHie 
in November, tiie mnrringe being 
unannounced. Hoth are middle aped 
and v.-cll l;no\vn In tho legitimate. 

The groom has appeared in many 
r.ro;id\vay productions and at one 
time played with Richard Mnnsfield. 



Arnold Daly's session at chemin- 
de-fer with Sam Shipman, play- 
wright, in Paris last Jan. 29, set the 
thespian back 11,600 francs, or S1.266 
in American money. Daly gave 
Shipman a check for the amount 
payable at the Guaranty Trust Co., 
New York. Shipman In turn as- 
signed it to Jacob Abrahams, who, 
when he presented the check, found 
it could not be satisfied because of 
insufficient funds. 

These details are revealed In the 
suit subsequently begun by Abra- 
hams against Daly to recover the 
full amounL Daly defended that 
because It was a gambling debt the 
complaint should be dismissed. 

When ordered to appear for ex- 
amination before trial Daly de- 
faulted, whereupon his defense was 
stricken out and Judgment for the 
full amount plus costs and Interest 
awarded Abrahams. 



ACTOR SUES KUOEL 

Ilc;^inald Barlow, now appearing 
in "Shore Leave." the Frances Starr 
show at the Lyceum, New York, has 
brought suit to recover |l,2&0 
against I^ee Kugel. 

liarlow alleges, through Ivcndler 
& (}uld2jtein, that he paid the $1,250 
to Kugel for a half interest in the 
n«t profits of the "Old Lady SI" road 
company, also agreeing to appear 
in the road show in the role of "Abe" 
at 1300 a week. Kugel never sent 
the £how out again, Barlow alleges. 



The Hungarian Equity, a newly 
organized branch of the four A's, 
at a recent conference last week 
with the Hungarian Theatre Man- 
agers' Association, agreed on the 
following contract clauses: 

One week's salary in advance 
must be paid to every member of 
the Hungarian Actors and Artists' 
Association of America and Can- 
ada, -Inc., at the signing of new 
contracts. This Is to be deducted 
weekly at the rate of 10 per cent 
and paid into the Hungarian Equity 
treasury where it Is kept as a se- 
curity until tlie expiration of the 
contract. A minimum $45 weekly 
salary in New York is also pro- 
vided for and |35 on the road, the 
managers to pay fares, sleepers and 
all hotel expenses. -. _ v 

Victor Vajda. representing the 
managers, ali^o agreed, after seme 
wrangling, that Hungarian mem- 
bers taken ill during their engage- 
ments will be paid half salary for 
two weeks; fourth, actors cannot be 
compelled to rehearse after two 
weeks. After two weeks the man- 
agement must pay a sum agreed 
upon In advance, this not to exceed 
half salary. 

Fifth, managers cannot engage 
non- members without the con.scpt 
Of the Hungarian A. A. A. and only 
on the condition 10 per cent, of non- 
meoif***!'!*' saiarles mujet be raid to 
the .t^ick and benefit fund of the 
association. 

Aladar Zv.adanyi, the orjjaniza- 
tton'H proHident. formed tlie aaeo- 
ciation three months ago. At pres- 
ent !>0 i>er cent, of the Hungarian 
tl«espians are enrolled as nif mbers. 

Charles Drirvas is vice-prcHident; 
Martin M. Lukars, serretan'. and 
Louis HegeduH, treasurer. 



''BLOSSOMS' " CHANGES 



Robert Fischer snd Nancy Welford 
Replacing Somerset and Day 



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Edith Day and Pat Somerset will 
be out of "Orange Blossoms" wheo.' ^ 
the Royce musical show leaves tha 
Fulton for the road Saturday. It 
was reported tha management's 
displeasure over charges ag^ainst 
Somerset brought by Carle Carlton, 
former husband of Edith Day, and j 
aired at Ellis Island, resulted in I 
their withdrawal. But the English 
actor showed a letter from Edward 
Royce to the effect he and Miss 
Day had run of the play contracts 
for New. York and were free to 
withdraw when the show went on 
tour. Somerset stated Miss Da/ 
and himself were entirely friendl/ 
with Royce. ^ i^^ ># 

For several days last week Som* 
erset was out of the show because 
of injuries sustained in a cabaret - 
incident with William Halliffan. 
Walter Regan, who was formerly In 
"Irene" with Miss Day, and who la 
rehearsing with "Glory," w*a * 
hasty substitution. : ' -*fi 

Robert Fischer, who has b«en hi 
the cast, will replace Somerset, tha, 
rotes being slightly switched* ' 
Fischer playing Kitty's uncle In* i 
stead pf the young law yer. Nanc y ' 
Wclford. also in 4H|L "Blorsoms*^ 
cast, will take over.flBi Day's p.>rt,' I 
and Mary Lucas is named for Miss' . 
Wei ford's present role. Flscfter 
broke into the dailies Tuesday tn 
the role of a hero, after a man 
leaped into the Hudson from a 
ferry boat. Fischer and another 
man jumped overboard, but failed 
to effect a rescue. 



14 



LEGITIMATE 



Friday, December 8» 1928 



''"' 1 T* ' 



SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT 



Figures •■timatad and eommant point to soma attractions boing 
successful, white the same gross accredited to others might suggest 
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in 
house capacities, with the varying overhead. Also the sizs of cast, 
with eonsequert difference in necessary gross for profit. Variance 
in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatio 
play is also considered. 



•Abie's Irish Rose,** Republic (29th 
week). Eighth month for a com- 
edy that at flrst was not placed 
In long run division. Lool<s 
planted for season and la pilinR 
up one of biggest profits on list. 
£xtra matinoe last week and bet- 
ter than 113.000. 

"Better Times, HIppo<irome (14th 
week). With two '$8,000 bouses 
Thanksgiving Day and two days 
approximating $15,000. big house 
went to best figures this season; 
takinca between $75,000 and $80.- 
000. 

"Blossom Timea," Century (68th 
week). Three matinees, with ex- 
tra matinee afforded by holiday 
sent this second seaaon operetta 
to $20,000. This attraction la to 
be counted as one of best pi'oflt 
makers on Broadway. Third house 
for show. Good cut rater now. 

"Bunch and Judy," Globe (2d week). 

- New Dillingham show opened 
Tuesday. Nov. 28. and is whipping 
Into ahapa. First week's pace 
about $25,00<l. Ought to cling for 
run. 

Hihauve-Souris," Century Roof (45th 
week). Morris Gest-Baileft won- 
der attraction still maintaining a 
$5 top udmiaalon scale. Fourth 
program announced for next 
month In celebration of Russian 
attractlon'a accomplishment of 
year on Broadway. 

•East of 8ue«." Bltlnge (12th week). 
Woods' beat dramatic try thus far 
thia aeaaon. "Suez" ought to be 
In going for some time. Got $1S.- 
100 in ulna performances last 

"Fashiona for Man," National. (1st 
week). New Ifolnar play which 
opened rf^veral weeks ago on road 
and won favorable comment in 
every stand. Succeeded "The Cat 
and Canarjr" Tuesday. 

■Follies," New Amsterdam (27th 
week). Ziegfeld show did not 
|i^y extra performance, following 
usual custom of switching mid- 
week afternoon to Thursday 
(Thanksgiving). Leads Broadway 
said last week played to $37,300. 
helped by a $6 admission scale for 
holiday night. 

"Greenwich Village FoUiea," Shu- 
bert (13th week). Also stuck to 
eight performance week, matinee 
switching to Thursday last week. 
Both "Follies" too biff for extra 
matinee, but Saturday prices at- 
tained for eve and on Thanksgiv- 
ing. Gross nearly $26,000. 

■Hamlet,* Sam Harris (4th week). 
First of Shakespearean speclala 
and- over with a bang. Eight per- 
formances last week for nearly 
$21,000. Only "So This Is London" 
got more, latter attraction play- 
ing two extra matinees. "Ham- 
let" is $3 top. Last week's ligure 
best. 

■It is the Law," Ritz (2d week). 
New mystery thriller brought in 
Wednesday of last week and get- 
ting favorable comment from crit- 
ics. Got $6,600 in four day.s. Sat- 
urday night being capacity. 

■Kiki," Belasco (54th weelO- Belas- 
co's winning drama and longest 
running attraction of non-musi- 
cals in town. No extra perform- 
ance last week, but piece con- 
tinues tq show marvelous draw 
and got around $15,000 again last 
week. 

"Lady in Ermine," Ambassador 
(10th week). Leads the new oper- 
ettas and lower floor support 
steady and strong. Upper floor 
still can be improved. Nine per- 
formances last week sent gross 
to over $19,000, best draw since 
opening. 

•Last Warning," Klaw (7th week). 
Three matinees last week gave 
mystery play be.st gross since 
opening. Successful first try by 
new producers, with long run in 
sight. $14,300. 

"Listening In," (Bijou (Ist week). 
Latest of dramas with mystery 
factor to arrive. Opened out of 
town recently and brought in 
waiting Broadway house. Bijou 
guai'anteed. Opened Monday. 

"Little Nellie Kelly," Liberty (4th 
week). Went to great gross last 
week with extra matlnoo and hol- 
iday prices figuring. Nearly $26,- 
600 on the week, with only "Fol- 
lies." "Music Box" and "Village 
Follies" more. Latter admission 
scale bigger. ^ 

"Lira," Daly's 63d St. (2d week). 
New colored show and flrst ol 
kind for production house in New 
York this season. Critics attract- 
ed and notices credit It with be- 
ing corking dancing show. Busi- 
ness good and run indicated. 

"Loyalties." Gaiety (11th w^^ek). Ca- 
pacity Bhow of English play- 
wrlgliti ng^ gxtra matinee last 
« .?ek sefll^f 1 uss to best Jiince 
opening, totals being around $17,- 
©•0. Daily matinees for holidays. 

•■Marton of the Movies," Cort (4th 
week). Cinch for balance of sea- 
aon, and looks one of best com- 
edies ever adapted from book, 
credit going to adapters. ESXtra 
performance last week, witb tak- 
ings best since premiere. $17,709. 
^^hi satUnc amart audiaocc . . .-. 



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"Music Box Revue," Music Box (7th 
week). New production played 
extra performance last week and 
again counted exceptional gross, 
takings beating $31,500. That Is 
slightly under Election Day week, 
Wednesday matinee (day before 
Thnnk.sgivlng) not going to ca- 
pacity. 

"Orange Blossoms," Fulton (12th 
week). Final week for this mus- 
ical, with cast changes before 
leaving. Pace has been slowing 
up over since agency buy was over 
and show never was capacity 
draw. Goes to Boston. House 
dark until Christmas, then getting 
"Secret«," English hit. 

*'Our Nell," Bayes (1st week). New 
musical with rural background. 
Oi>ened originally as "Hayseed." 
and was brought back when man- 
agement changed. Reported good 
prr):)erty at out-of-town showing 

''Rain," Ma'xine Elliott (6th week). 
Holds own little place at top of 
dramas in point of demand and is 
selling out for all performances, 
with standees on all floors. Ex- 
tra performance last week for new 
high gross of $17,300. 
"Romantic Age," C<»nedy (4th 
week). Milne comedy of fair 
proportions. Will be withdrawn 
Saturday. •'Gringo" succeeding 
next week. Held to eight per- 
formances last week, when gross 
was little under $7,500. 
"Rose Bemd," Longacre (11th week). 
Final week for this foreign adap- 
tation. Show was listed for 12 
weeks and It was first thought it 
might stick longer. Dropped 
sharply in last month. House 
dark for several weeks, with 
Ethel Barrymore continuing here 
and due in "Romeo and Juliet." 
"R. U. R.," Frazee (9th week). The- 
atre Guild's flrst try which moved 
uptown three weeks ago. Looks 
like money getter, and pace close 
to capacity here. Last week. 
with extra matinee, takings 
around $12,000. 
"Sally, Irene and Mary," Casino 
(14ih week). Rose to big figure 
for $2.50 musical again !ast week, 
with attraction gettirTg break from 
vlnilurs and gross of $18,000 or bit 
better. Increase over previous 
week is notable. 
"Seventh Heaven," Booth («tb 
week). New drama that figures 
to last season out. Box oflflce call 
excellent, and coupled with agency 
support affording business close 
to capacity. Three matinees last 
week for a gross of $14,300. 
"Shore Leave," Lyceum (18th week). 
One week more for Frances Starr 
show, which goes to road. Has 
been moderately successful on 
Broadway and should have profit- 
able tour. David Warfield in 
"Merchant of Venice" succeeds 
week of Dec. 18. 
"Six Characters in SearcVr of an 
Author," IVincesB (6th week). 
Novelty in imported dramas spot- 
ted in small house which has ca- 
pacity of around $6,000 at $2.50 
top. Takings with extra matinee 
last week $5,000. That made a 
profit. 
"So Jhis Is London," Hudson (15th 
week). Played four matinees last 
week, being only attraction to give 
10 performances. With holiday 
scales applying for Th.anksgiving 
gross went to $22,000, topping all 
non-musicals. 
"Spite Corner," Little (11th week). 
Making profit though not draw 
flrst indicated. Extra matinee 
last week sent gross to around 
$8,500. Figurea to stay through 
winter. 
"Springtime of Youth," Broadhurst 
(7th week). Got about best pa- 
tronage last week since opening 
'but has not shown real strength 
nnd is liable to be taken off soon. 
"The Ma.«!ked Woman," Woods 
show, due here at holiday time. 
"The Awful Truth," Henry Miller 
(12lh week). No extra matinee 
here last week, house having 
afternoon performance regularly 
Thursdays. Business moved up- 
ward, gross being near $12,800. 
"The Bootleggers," 39th Street (2d 
week). Comedy-drama founded 
on practices of rum runners. Show 
was given slamming by critics. 
Played to $4,500. 
"The Fool," Times Square (7th 
week). Solid dramatic hit. No 
extra performance last week and 
no extra prices for holiday. Gross, 
however, went to over $16,O00l 
OuKht to stick to big trade for 
Re;»r,nn. 
"The Gingham Girl," P^arl Carroll 
(15th week). Best figures since 
opening last week and bIgKe.sl 
grosfi of muslral $2.50 top shows. 
Got around $20,000 without extra 
matinee, but with $4 top charged 
Thanksgiving eve and more than 
srale for two other performances. 
"The Love Child," Cohan (4th 
week). Showed further Improve- 
ment last week when gross ap- 
proximated $12,000. Extra mati- 
nee aided. If added Impetus can 
be maintained, French adaptation 
will stick. 
"The Lucky One," Garrlck ($d 
veelOi Another week for second 



HMEY DAY HOPS ALL 
BOSTON ATTRACTIONS 



"Scandals" Leads Takings at 

$26,000— Cecile Sorel at 

$5 Top Does Ditto 



Boston, Dec. I. 
Juat when things were shaping up 
a bit rocky for the attractions in 
town, some of them having over- 
stayed for several weeks. Thanks- 
giving with its holiday season came 
along and jolted numerous Boston- 
ians and friends Into the theatres. 

Very good last week at all the- 
atres, and in every case business 
was ahead of that done the previous 
week. There was sufficient pep to 
last from Wednesday until Saturday, 
and the houses for the most part 
were capacity Thanksgiving night, 
the night before and Saturday. 

The punch did not stay in the 
business for the opening of this 
week, however, and considerable re- 
action was noted all over town, 
business bling light everywhere. 

There were changes of attrac- 
tions at three of the legitimate 
houses. Frank Tinney came^ into 
the Sbubert when Bddie Cantor and 
his show stepped out. and "Bulldog 
Drummond" into the Hollls to take 
the plate of "He Who Gets Slapped." 
"The Dover Road" came Into the 
Plymouth after **Anna Christie." At 
the Boston opera house the Russian 
Opera Co. came in for a two weeks' 
engagement, playing at a $3 top. 

"Bulldog Drummond* (Hollls, 1st 
week). Opened fair. In. the final 
week "He Who Gets Slapped" picked 
up $9,000, which was $2,000 better 
than the previous week. *'He'* never 
had much of a Togue here, and the 
break wasn't any better because It 
was playing against "Anna Chris- 
tie'* at a Shubert bouse. 

"White's Scandals" (Colonial, 4th 
week). Business better last week 
than was hoped for. with the show 
grossing $26,000 for the nine shows. 
ThTs was $4,000 better than the 
business done the previous week, 
and about on a par with the money 
the show took in when It opened 
here. 

"Captain Applejack" (Tremont, 
4th week). Trailed along with the 
rest, and did $9,000 for the week. 

"Tha Dover Boad" (Plymouth. 1st 
week). While not very strong for 
the opening, la figured for good 
business later on. With the final 
week of "Anna Christie." it went 
up to $12,000 because of the big play 
over the holiday. 

••The Bat" (Wilbur. 14th week). 
Did a bit better than $17,000. Run- 
ning very strong. 

Russian Grand Opera Co. (Boston 
opera house). First of two weeks' 
engagement, playing at ft $2 top. 
Ceclle Sorel, on the week she played 
the house, did about $2^.^00 at a 
$5 top. 



swrt- 



HEART BREAKING WEETSOPENING 
REPEA1H) LAST WEEK IN CHICAGO 



Needed Thanksgiving to Balance for Monday and 
Tuesday — All Houses Felt Early Slump — ^Jolton 
May Remain All Season. 



Theatre Guild show. Milue com- 
edy that n\l8se^. New produr^tion 
to follow at Christmas. 

•*The Old Soak," Plymouth (18th 
week). No extra matinee for this 
moneymaker, which rcgularfy 
plays Thursday afternoons. Prob- 
ably best gross since opening, 
however, with- nearly $15,500. 

**The Tex-s Nightingale," Elmptre 
(3d week). Announcements were 
made at end of first week that 
"Rose Briar" would be the Christ- 
mas card at Empire. Last week 
with extra performance over 
$10,000. 

"The Torch Bearers," Vanderbllt 
(15th week). One week more for 
Little Theatre satire. While draw 
has been limited, it has made 
money. Nine performances last 
week for about $8,000. "Glor-" 
comes Christmas day. house being 
dark one week. 

**The World We Live In," Jolaon's 
B9th St. (6th week). Brady's 
"Insect" play held within eight 
performances last week, playing 
to little under $11,600. An even 
break or little profit. 

"Thin Ice," Belmont (10th week). 
Held to usunl number of perform- 
ances but went up bit with gross 
about $6,000. Figures to run 
until first of year, or three or 
four weeks more. 

"Up She Goes." Playhouse (5th 
week). Looking up lately, but 
totals not what musical show 
should get at $3 top to make real 
profit. Eight performances last 
week for over $lir00O. 

"Whisperinn Wires," 49th St. (18th 
week). Enjoyed one of best weeks 
since opening; without extra 
matinee total not much undor 
$10,000. Smart figure for this 
mystery piece. 

"Why Men Leave Home," Morosco 
(13th week). Mentioned for road. 
but Increase -in trade should keep 
this clever comedy in through 
winter. Extra mntihee last week 
for gross of $10,000. 

"Yankee Princess," Knickerbocker 
(10th week)l Finnl week, produc- 
tion going to storehouse. Attrac- 
tion costly to operate and lost at 
average draw of over $13,000. 

"The Doormat," Punch and Judy 
(1st week). Added starter to 
week's premieres. Announced by 



Chicago, Dec. 6. 
Except for Friday night's trade 
being better than Wednesday 
night's (Thanksgiving eve) out- 
pouring, in most cases, traditions of 
Thanksgiving week presented them- 
selves in true form in all of the loop 
houses last week. 

Much did the managers have for 
which to be thankful. The week 
started off slower than anything 
recorded hereabouts for box-ofAce 
receipts for some days, but the an- 
ticipation of what was coming, and 
which did come later in the week, 
probably helped to hide the gloom 
that any auch business as was 
checked up around town for Mon- 
day and Tuesday night would have 
sprinkled around at another time. 

Conditions Monday and Tuesday 
night reached a high peak in the 
matter of empty seats. Not a house 
in town escaped what showmen 
here now consider very Important — 
the tremendous Monday -Tuesday 
..slump. They are treating the sit- 
uation more seriously since It has 
been forcibly brought to their at- 
tention. After the early week busi- 
ness, shows have to sell out the 
last half in order to escape the 
stop clause mark. The concerned 
nights (Monday-Tuesday) are ac- 
knowledged off-nights in any big 
"Jlty. but the Chicago slump has 
tripled its force this season and 
more will probably be heard about 
this angle later in the box-offlce 
reports from Chicago. 

"Music Box Revue" fell to an 
estimated house of $2,900 Monday 
night and only did a little better 
Tuesday night, preventing the costly 
array of talent from approaching 
the "Follies'" business at the Co- 
lonial, despite the overflow patron- 
age on the week-end. This is one 
show this season that must do con- 
secutive record business to have all 
ends meet, for It Is the season's 
biggest gamble without any argu- 
ment. Saturday's matinee drew the 
best business this house has done 
this year at the Saturday matinee. 
Indicating the football opposition 
has vanished. 

At the other two big hits in town. 
"Bombo' and "Shuffle Along.** an 
alarming bunch of empty seats 
were noted Monday night, but the 
Apollo slump hurt the "specs" 
greater than it did the box-offlce. 
To the showman who studies all 
angles of important situations, not 
a solitary complaint should have 
been made for the light business in 
the early part of the week. The 
playgoers were merely w.V*'ng for 
the big chance to. celebrate Thanks- 
giving joys. This celebration came, 
but with the business Wednesday 
night and Friday night fooling 
those who rely on traditions. It 
was Friday's business that went 
high, with the (Eve) trade not 
reaching expectations. A miniature 
fall-off was noted in the Saturday 
night receipts at some of the 
houses, but the "big four" of the 
week ("Bombo," ''Music Box.** "The 
First Year" and "Shuffle Along") 
closed the week with early sell- 
outs. 

Al Jolson's business stepped fur- 
ther along the path of marvelous 
achievements. His record hasn't 
been marred at all by the worthy 
oppx>sitlon at the Colonial. It's now 
getting to a point where it is un- 
likely that the comedian will be 
even removed for other fields on 
the second designated time — week 
after New Year'a The Shuberts 
want him to play out the season in 
Chicago. 

•The First Tear" continued its 
erratic engagement at the Woods', 
this time ascending for a record 
business. The attraction is receiv- 
ing altogether too much "pushing" 
at the hotel stands, at the expense 
of other dramatic shows, to claim 
the long time run hoped for. This 
week and next week will give a 
closer acquaintance with the exact 
"draw" of the Craven piece when 
consecutive record weeks are con- 
sidered. 



all the stronger In the advertise-* 
ments, despite sharp punnlsms from 
some of the critlca^.A line was car- 
ried In the advertisements that the 
attraction would move to another 
theatre Dec. 17, but thla is doubtful 
now, since it iM reported Hodge la 
sticking to the clauses of his con- 
tract, not being obliged to go if tha 
business doesn't fall below a certain 
figyre. Al Woods' "Demi-Virgin" 
is headed for the LaSalle to follow 
the Hodge play, and instead of open« 
ing Dec. 17 the Woods play will, 
probably have to hold off for at least 
a week. By that time It is thought - 
there wUl be a house available for 
the Hodge show In town. 

The Playhouse added to its brief 
engagements — this time with "At 
the End of the World." Ten nights 
is all this play received at Lester ' 
Bryant's theatre, adding to the blr 
losses of the year. "He Who Gets':' 
Slapped" opened Monday, arlth Sam 
H. Harris presenting it. Joseph. 
Gaites is directing the Harris prea*- 
entation, and If ever a show received" 
advance boosting, regardless ot 
what was known about it. the prea** 
ent Playhouse attraction got it« 
There's a personal hope around town 
that Gaites "comes through" with, 
his wishes for this engagement. 

Harry Lauder pulled a capacity' 
clientele at the Studebaker. Seats 
were placed on the stage at several 
of the performancaa, bringing plenty, 
of am ilea to Frank Gaazolo'a face. 
"The Cxxurina" did an even buslneaa 
at the Powera. helped greatly with 
the limited engagement. Doria 
Keane's show was highly praised by 
the critics, and there is reason to 
believe that it would have .experi-. 
enced success with at least four 
weeks more. Otis Skinner arrives 
at the Powera next Monday night. 

"Kempy " made a lot of monev at 
the Selwyn for the attraction own-, 
era, but the piece isn't strong enough 
for the glittering and expensive new 
house. Grant Mitchell hasn't drawn 
here as a star since "The Tailor 
Made Man." and the accumulation 
of facts covering the surplus of 
sniall town plays In town keeps the 
Selwyn from doing the $15,000 with 
"Kempy" that must be done to 
match the expensive ideas conveyed 
in the atmosphere of the theatre for 
modem-day theatrical structure. 

At the other Twin (Harris) "Six 
Cylinder Love" has reached the 
height of its popularity, although" 
there is every promise of a good de- 
maiid for this piece until after th» 
New Year's business is reaped. The 
one and only surprise of this en- 
gagement has been the weak mat- 
inees. 

"Cat and Canary" continues to 
pile up great business at the Prin- 
cess. "Bill of Divorcement" goes Its 
merry way on the independent 
booking at the Central. "So This Is 
London!" hasn't settled into the 
Cohan stride at Cohan's Grand, but 
there is every reason to believe the 
piece will hold a profitable aver-, 
age for many weeks to come. 

The week's business wasn't any 
criterion of what la the actual 
"draw" of the shows now in town. 
It roust be remembered the high 
figures resulted from Thanksgiving 
week, considered one of the best 
weeks. If not the best week of the 
whokj season. Those shows which 
didn't gather the extra "maauma" 
the past week are threatened with, 
complications in the next thre# 
weeks, but the close students of ^he 
Chicago situation are watching to 
see if the Monday-Tuesday slumps 
creep up to Wednesday, and if this 
happens all hope for the managers 
overcoming the "stop clauses" now 
in the majority of the contracts held 
by shows in town will be lost. , 

Last week's estimates: 

"Bombo" (Apollo, 11th week). 
Cracked 'em for another walloj^ If 
everw there was an individual theat- 
rical institution here Al Jol.ion has 
become it. Torpedoed for $36,700. 

"Music Box Revue" (Co.onial. 3d 
week). Little off Monday and Tues- 
day, but smashed into the $34,000 
class with help of good Saturday 



"Shuffle Along" found some un ^. _, , . .. .^ . ^ - 

expected empty seats Monday and i"aWnee. Promises to hold profitable 
Tuesday but went like wildfire once average for remaining five weeks 
started at midweek, closing Just this ,"*2Ul**',L''*^"'*i'. °^ expen.se. 
aide of $20,000. another wonderful! Shuffia Along" (Olympic, Sd 
week for the Olympic. I ^eek). Just enough of early week 

"Greenwich Village Follies" mad« ''UnfiP to prevent the record Thanks- 
a lot of excitement at its premiere giving eve and day business to shove 
at the Great Northern, drawing '* '"t" new record. Careful reckon- 
opening figures of $3,600, but went j '"^_gave little short of $20,000. 
Into a frightful slump M.^nday night, '.' ^"'«* Year" (Voods, 4th week)? 
not regaining until Thanksgiving " former business of "Friendly Ene- 
nlght. when it started again, eventu- mies" l.s rernlled correctly. Craven's 
ally holding to draw $18,600. The P'^V ^'^^ $21,600 created new record 
cjjpnrity at the Grerjt Nor'thern for this house. 

saved the * Village" show, which re- 1 "The Czarina" ^Powers. 1st week), 
ceived some splendid attention in ' D't^w repiesenfative Powers opening 
campaigning by both John J. Gar- ; and went neatly over $10,000 mark 
rity and Richard Meaney. ! by sudden call Friday night. Llhn- 

Willlam Hodge's show, "For All '^^d stay helping Otis Skinner 

...<c» o K'— •-•-"• -^ — ..-vv. ^j of ITs," took such an unexpected opens Dec. 11 in "Mister Anlonio." 

Bklward Whiteside for opening spui't at the I>aSalle that the Henry I "8«x Cylinder Love" iHarris. Dth 
Thursday. I Ford indorsement was 'played-up" I (Continued on page U) 



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Friday, December 8, IWt 



LEGITIMATE 



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TWO MUSICAL SHOWS IN PHMY 
PLAYING TO EVEN GROSSES 



'Dearie" and 'Tangerine" Both Got Around $25,000 
Last Week— "Blossom Time" Run It in Eighth 
Week— "Gold Fish" Jumps Up 



Philadelphia, Dec. «. 
The neck-and-neclc battle of buHl- 
ress between "Tangerine," at the 
8hubert. and "Good Morning Dearie," 
At the Forrest, was one of the most 
interestlne features of Thanksgiving 
week. 

Neither show achieved a general 
sell-out record, but both boosted 
their first week records by a couple 
of thous^and dollars. Whatever 
weakness "Dearie" had was In the 
balcony, while with "Tangerine" It 
was an occasional break downscnirs. 
Without an extra matinee "Tanger- 
ine" did about $25,000. while 
"Dearie." which had an extra mat- 
inee Thursday, went Just above 
$26,500. The latter was a gain of 
about $3,500. 

The advertisements now have 
"Tangerine" leaving after another 
two weeks, which will b-ing it to 
Dec. 16, and will proba"bly mean that 
the Shubcrt will be dark the week 
before Christmas, as it was last 
year. There is a chance "Tanger- 
ine's" run may be extended to Dec 
21. "The Passing Show of 1922" is 
the Christmas week booking. 

"Good Morning, Dearie." which 
eame in at the same time that "Tan- 
irerine" did, Js likely to run until 
Christmas (five weeks in all), when 
"White's "Scandals" comes in for a 
two-wock stay. "Scandals" has not 
done so very well the last two year's 
here, and the short booking Is be- 
lieved to be the result of hesitation 
to take a chance on the usual For- 
rest engagement. 

The big surprise in town is still 
"Blossom Time," now in its seventh 
Week, with business still good and 
• advance sale encouraging it. It was 
Reported that this musical show 
would quit after another two weeks, 
but many of the wisearfres now say 
It will run until after the holidays. 
At all events, it will beat "Sally's" 
■tay by a couple of weeks at least, 
though of course the money taken 
in is much less In a smaller house. 
A claim of $21,000 was made by the 
show for last week, but it is not 
likely it quite reached that figure, 
which would mean ultra-capacity 
for a house which is not supposed to 
be able to do more than a few hun- 
dred dollars over $20,000. At any 
rate, that figure was passed, with 
the aid of an extra matinee. "Blos- 
som Time" has gained in gross dur- 
ing each week of its stay here. 

A pick-up was also shown at the 
. Walnut, where "The Goldfish" 
t>Iayed its fourth and final week. 
The stay was considered too long 
for this Marjorie Rambcau comedy, 
and the third week saw a big drop, 
but with the holiday crowds (and 
without the aid of an extra matinee) 
business went up from a scant $7,000 
to over $9,000. The reason for this 
decided Jump is hard to say, as the 
show had apparently worn out its 
word-of-mouth advertising appeal. 

The Broad with "La Tendresse," 
Sione too well treated by the critics. 
In its second week, saw little or no 
fluctuation in the business. An ex- 
tra matinee was given, and the 
iweek's gross was about $11,000. This 
business, while not what Henry 
Miller and Miss Chatterton were ex- 
pected to bring here, is about the 
best the house has had this season. 
•*The Czarina" had a couple of good 
weeks, but "Nice People" was a ter- 
rible flop, and "Dulcy" had only one 
week out four at real money. Ac- 
cordingly, the Broad, which had a 
big season last year, has been a 
weak sister this season. 

The Garrick, which had last 
week's only opening, "Molly Dar- 
ling," paper heavily Monday night 
(in fact, reported to have turned 
away about $500 because of that), 
showed some encouraging signs 
during the week. The critics were 
surprisingly kind to it, both in their 
reviews and in their Saturday chat, 
and that, together with an exten- 
sive billing and elaborate exploita- 
tion. It is fiKured this one will build 
for its four weeks. "Molly Darling" 
and "Tangerine" are playing at a 
$2.50 top, while "Good Morning. 
Dearie," is $3. 

This week saw a new complcxton 
on things theatrical. After a month 
or more with six nf the seven houses 
running musical shows or farce 
comedies, three dramas opened 
Monday. The critics almost to a 
. man chose "Anna Christie" at the 
_ Walnut, although "Chris." from 
which it was made over, played the 
Broad here a couple of years ago. 
"Christie " is in for four weeks, and 
there is a great denl of sppculation 
concerning its success. It la felt 
that if it slumps In its third week 
(Just before Christmas) that the 
holiday infiur will keep the average 
up. "The Monster" is the next 
booking at this house. 

"To Love" opened at the Lyric 

Monday, and would normally have 

drawn the critics and much of the 

attention. As it is, it h;^d to battle 

for notlcs, Ths length o£ ruQ for 



this Grace George play from the 
French has not been announced. It 
Is being watched with Interest in 
view of the engagement of "La Ten- 
dresse," another French play at the 
Broad. The third opening this week 
was a repeat — "Abraham Lincoln" 
at the Broad. This engagement Is 
for only two weeks and is another 
large question mark. 

Following the custom this season 
of first a feast and then a famine, 
next Monday will see no opening:i 
whatsoever — the second time this 
has happened within two months. 
Dec. 18 Mantcll is booked to open 
his annual engagfemcnt at the 
Broad. 

Dec. 25 there will be at least three 
openings (possibly more if "Blos- 
som Time" ends its run" or "To 
Love" finds the going hard), and 
they will restore the preponderance 
of light shows. In addition to 
"Scandals" at the Forrest, this date 
will see "The Passing Show" at the 
Shubert and "To the Ladles" at the 
(Jarrlck. which thus reverts to the 
non-musical after seven weeks of 
musical comedies. "The Perfect 
Fool," v.'ith Ed Wynn, is announced 
for the Forrest Jan. 8. This was ad- 
vertised for last season, but never 
arrived. 

Estimates for last week: 

''Tangerine*' (Shubert, 3d week). 
This show has finally lifted Shubert 
from slough. Business shot up last 
week around '$2!>,000. Doubtful 
whether show stays more than four 
weeks. 

"Abraham Lincoln'* (Broad, 1st 
week). Opened to fair house, with 
prospects doublfuL In for two 
weeks. 

"Good Morning, Dearie" (Forrest, 
2d week). Encouraging signs 
shown, apparently Ju.stifying heavy 
papering Monday night, when house 
was Jammed. In for four weeks, 
considered by many too long. Fine 
notices. 

"Anna Christie'* (Walnut, 1st 
week). Opened well, with fashion- 
able house and all the regular ortics. 
"Goldfish" went up to something 
Just show of $9,500. according to 
house ofllcials. "Monster," "Dover 
Road" and "Green Goddess" (return) 
announced. 

"Blossom Time" (Lyric, 7th week). 
Big bu.slness goes on for this oper- 
etta; advance sale causes manage- 
ment to be doubtful about setting 
end for stay. With extra matinee 
last week's gross went up close to 
$21,000. Remarkable for this house. 

"To Love" (Adelphl, 1st week). 
Opened fairly well, and absence of 
real dramas lately figured to help 
business. Length of stay not an- 
nounced. "Just Married" did about 
$5,500 in last week, a slight gain, 
.but not much considering crowds on 
Thursday, Friday and Saturday 
nights in most houses here. 



$9,000 FOR "VILLAGE FOLLIES" 

New Orleans, Dec. 6. 

"The Greenwich Village Follies," 
at the Tulane this week, will get 
probably $9,000 on Its reputation, 
about all it brought to New Orleans 
with this production made up for 
the road and such towns as this. 

The stock at the St. Charles this 
week looks to be going at about a 
$6,500 pace with "The Broken 
Wing." 



SHOWS IN CHICAGO 

(Continued from page 14) 

week). Just can't seem to draw 
matinee business, but most satisfac- 
tory with $13,500. Should hold at 
least until middle of January. 

"Lightnin'" (Blackstone, 66th 
week). Greatness of run injured 
with sadness of lYank Bacon's 
death. This expected in town where 
great actor died. Not expected to be 
felt as much In Boston as here. No 
attemot to check business. 

"Thank-U" (Cort, 14th week). 
Stepped over $11,000 once more, and 
holding around this figure gives both 
house and show big profit. 

Harry Lauder (Studebaker, 1st 
and only week). Did the usual by 
crowding 'em on the stage at i'"rid;i.v 
night's performance. Wontltrful 
week for the new house owners, for 
$24,446 was ch»?cked off. "Spice of 
1922" opened Sunday. 

"Kempy" (Selwyn, ad week). 
Went strong at week-t-nd, but not 
enough to overcome full force of 
Monday-Tuesday slump in order to 
hit higher tha^; $10,500. House get.s 
first good booking "break" Dec. 24 
with "I'artners Again." 

"So "yiis Is London I" (Cohan*.-? 
Grand, Id week>. Not fully in 
j throes of usual Cohan ."bang suc- 
cess," but Hurry Hidings working 
hard on it. Hit off $l3.60a and 
popularity spreading fast 

"For All of Us," (I.A Salle. 2d 
week). Made sensational spurt and 



SYRACUSE. MINUS; 

LEGrriNSlUMP 



Mrs. Fiske's 'Taddy" Fails in 

Draw— "Marjolaine" 

Starved 



.. Syracuse, K. T., Deo. 4. 

Theatrical patronage In this city. 

as far as the legit Is concerned. Is 

mostly minus. Since "Blossom 

Time" played the Wletlng, there has 

been a downward slump in patron- 
age. "Marjolaine" at the Wi#ting 
for the first half of the week starved, 
in spite of generous advertising and 
even more generous publicity. John 
Henry Mears, owner of "Marjolaine" 
was quite outspoken in his dis- 
appointment. 

On the heels of "Marjolaine" came 
Mrs. Fiske in her new play "Paddy," 
also booked in for three days. It 
opened Turkey Day to two light 
houses, and business Friday and 
Saturday was equally disappointing, 
in spite of the lure of the Fiske 
name. 

"Paddy" was not very kindly re- 
ceived by the local critics, although 
they warmly praised Mrs. Fiske for 
her delineation of the morphine 
fiend. The play is tragedy in spite 
of its grim* humor, and ranks with 
Nance O'Neil's newest, "FiiHd of 
Ermine," also seen here recently, as 
quite disgusting. 



CHI'S "DEMI-VIRGIN" 

Woods Determined Chicago Shall 
8e« It 



Chicago. Dee. f. 

Chicago "Tribune's" editorial of 
the yesteryear notwithstanding, A. 
H. Woods Is going to make another 
Chicago "try" with one of his risque 
discu.s8ed plays. This time it will 
be with "The Demi-Virgin." How 
the piece will be campaigned hasn't 
been decided. 

As the booking now stands In Its 
tentative arrangement, the LaSalle 
gets the Woods attraction. It was 
originally scheduled for Dec. 17 pre- 
miere on the theory that the Hodge 
show at this house wouldn't last. 
The Hodge show has overcome a 
bad start and poor newspaper no- 
tices, sailing strong at the present 
time for a Chicago stay. It is re- 
ported Hodge objected getting out 
of the LaSalle as long as he was 
protected with the terms of his con- 
tract. 

It now looks as If the Woods show 
will be delayed until Hodge Is given 
some protection by a booking at 
some other Shubert house In town. 
This would Indicate "Demi -Virgin" 
won't come until either Christmas 
or New Year's. But Woods, who 
was here last week. Is determined 
the "stripped poker scene" will be 
observed by the loop, despite the 
tirade waged against "Ladles' 
Night" by the "Trlbune." 



CAHT LOCATE KAHAOEK 

Chicago. Dec t. 

H. R. Socman, manager of the 
Toby Wilson Co.. applied to O. H. 
Johnson, who operates a dramatic 
agency In Chicago, for an Ingenue. 
Bessie Brooks was submitted. The 
agent was authorized to book her 
for the engagement. The contract 
was executed and she was told to 
report at Salina« Kans., for re- 
hearsals Nov. 26. 

When a telegram was sent to See- 
man, he could not be located and 
to date nothing has been heard of 
the manager or the organization. 



ran into $11.R00, fooling everybody 
and fighting hard to stay instead'of 
giving up house. "Deml-Vlrgln" 
booked for Doc. 17. but will prob- 
ably be post|)oned until Christmas 
or New Year's. 

"Bill of Divorcement,* (Central. 
5th week). Went along its quiet 
way, making Just enough profit to 
.'latlsfy Allan Pollock. Reported 
between $5,000 and 16.000. 

"At the End of the World" (Play- 

h'>imp, fir.st full and final week). 
Failed to make any response to 
campaign; going out Saturday night 
with "He Who C.ets Slapped" open- 
ing Sunday. Another record brief 
engagement for this house. Report- 
ed around $r>,00n. 

"Greenwich Village Follies" 
(firoat Northern, Ist week). Went 
intr) big call for premiere, drawing 
$.^,,600. but slumprd with thud until 
Tliank.'^giving businesH rallied trade 
f<»r a $18,500 week. This house is 
hard to size up. fooling the checkers. 

"Cat and Canary" (Prlnres.i. I3th 
wf'ek). Punched out gross of $17.- 
00 and will continue high for holi- 
day season, for is "set in" as firmly 
UK any show la town, seeking long 
run, 



BEOADWAT 8T0RT 

(Continued from page 18) 
Ermlns** sprinted to $10,000. 

Of the $2.50 musicals "The Olng- 
ham Girl" went into the load, with 
over $20,000, Its best week. No ex- 
tra matinee was played, but the 
scale was lofted to $4 top Thursday 
night and there were two $3.50 per- 
formances. "Sally, Irene and Mary" 
responded and took an amazing 
Jump In business for about $18,000 
on the week. "Blossom Time" had 
another big profit week with be- 
tween $19,000 and $20,000 at the 
Century. 

Preparatory to the new attrac- 
tions dated for the holidays, half 
a dozen Broadway houses will go 
dark starting Monday. "Orange 
Blossoms" will depart from the Ful- 
ton, "The Yankee Prince^" will 
stop at the Knickerbocker, and 
"Ro.se Bernd" at the Longacre, 
lights going out In all three houses. 
Next week will be the final here of 
"The Torch Bearers" at the Vander- 
bllt, which win be dark a week. 
"The Romantic Age" quits the 
Comedy Saturday and will be suc- 
ceeded by "Gringo", the only pre- 
miere in sight for next week. 

The holiday card Is lighter than 
last year, a sign of the presence 
now of more substantial attractions. 
Christmas Day promises "Johannes 
Kreisier" at the Apollo, "Glory" at 
the Vanderbllt. "The Clinging Vine" 
at the Knickerbocker. "Romeo and 
Juliet" at the Longacre. "The Tid- 
ings Brought to Mary" which is to 
succeed the present "Lucky One" at 
the Garrick, "Secrets" the highly 
touted £>ngllsh drama ^t the Ful- 
ton, possibly a new attraction for 
the 48th Street and ope for the 
Broadhurst. It Is likely the latter 
house will get "Will Shakespeare" 
the Winthrop Ames production on a 
timely subject, due Jan. 1. One of 
the Shakespearean productions ar- 
riving in advance of the pack Is 
'^The Merchant of Venice", succeed- 
ing "Shore Leave" at the Lyceum 
after another week. The Moscow 
Art Theatre will debut at the 44th 
Street Jan. 8. and Jan. 4 Balieff's 
"Chauve-Souris" at tlio Century. 
Roof will offer a fourth program. 

This week's premieres had "Our 
Nell" at the Bayes and "LlstenVng 
In" at the BlJou. both Monday night, 
and both regarded with favor. 
"Fashions for Men" a new Molnar 
play bowed Into the National Tues- 
day and won fine notices. "The 
Doormat' 'an added starter for the 
week was listed for Thursday night 
at the Punch and Judy. 

"Irene" made the best showing 
last week in the subway houses, 
pros^g its class at the Bronx opera 
house by getting $13,500. compara- 
tively better than the excellent tak- 
ings at Newark the week previous. 
"The Hotel Mouse" terminated Its 
tour at the Broad Street, Newark, 
getting $11,600. "The Monster" was 
profitable at the Rivera with about 
$10,000 grossed. In Brooklyn ''The 
Dover Road" got about $9,000, and 
"Nobody's Fool" under $7,000. Most 
of the outlying houses played an 
extra matinee. 

The Buys and Cuts 

A complete list of the buys In- 
cludes "The Lady In Ermine" (Am- 
bassador), "Klki" (Belasco), "The 
Seventh Heaven (Booth), "Aimer" 
(BlJou), "Springtime of Youth" 
(Broadhurst), "The Gingham Girl' 
(Carroll),* "Sal fy, Irene and Mary" 
(Casino), "The Love Child" 
(Cohan), "Merton of the Movies" 
(Cort), "Rain" (Elliott), "East of 
Sues" (Eltlnge). "R. U. R." (Frazee). 
"Whispering Wires" (49th Street). 
"The Bunch and Judy" (Globe). 
"Loyalties" (Gaiety), "Hamlet" 
(Harris), "So This Is London" 
(Hudson), "Little Nellie Kelly" 
(Liberty), "Spite Corner" (Little), 
"The Awful Truth" (Millers), 
"Music Box Revue" (Music Box), 
"Follies" (Amsterdam), "Up She 
Goes" (Playhouse), "The Old Roak" 
(Plymouth). "The Fool" (Times 
Square). 

The attractions at bargain prices 
numbered 20, with the Shubert unit 
shows at the Central also offered 
there beginning late last week. 
Those attractions offered are "Our 
Nell" (Bayes), "Thin Ice" (Belmont), 
"Springtime of Youth" (Broad- 
hurst), Shubert units (Central), 
•Blossom Time" (Century), "Love 
Child" (Cohan), "The Romantic 
Age" (Comedy), "Liza" (Dalys), 
"Texas Nightingale" (Eimplre). 
"Hospitality" (48th Street), "Fan- 
tastic Fricassee" (Greenwich Vil- 
lage), "The World We Live In" 
(.Jolson), "Hoso Rernd" (Longacre). 
"Shore I^eave" (Lyceum), "Yankee 
Princess' (Knickerbocker), "Why 
.Men Leave Home' ^Morosco), "Up 
She C.ocH" (Playhouse). "Abie's Irish 
Rose" (Kopubllc), "U Is the Law" 
(Ritz). "The Bootleggers" (3Dth St.). 



ERLANGER GOES WEST; 
WORKING ON "BEN-HUR" 



May Suspend Producina for 
Present — New Houses on 
^ Coast • 



A. L. Erlanger has gt)ne to Los ''. 
Angeles to superintend the plctur- 
lt.itlon of "Ben-Hur." which Gold- 
wyn win produce. Prior to bis de- 
parture he ordered the closing of 
"The Yankee Princess," which goes 
to the store house from the Knicker- 
bocker. New York, at the end of ths 
week, and other Indications are that 
he win not be concerned with fur- 
ther legitimate producing until lats 
In the season. 

In addition to ths "Princess" ven- 
ture Erlanger is reported to b« 
Jointly concerned in "Orange Blos- 
soms" with Charles Dillingham, al- 
though that attraction Is presented 
by Edward Royqe at the Fulton, 
New York. It was first said that 
Royce would have ready another 
musical show to succeed "Orange 
Blossoms" at the Fulton, which Is 
supposed to have been leased to him 
by Erlanger, and remodeled for th« 
purpose of being made a permanent 
musical comedy house. "Blossoms'* 
leaves for ths road, and the houss 
after being dark two weeks will get 
''Secrets,"' an English play, which !• 
highly regarded. Sam H. Harris 
win produce "Secrets.** The Ssl- 
wyns sought It as ths next attrac- 
tion for the Selwyns, but Erlanger 
Is said to havs Insisted ths attrac- 
tion be booked into ths Pulton. 
Whether Roycs wlU try another 
musical Is undeolded. 

The "Ben-Hur" Aiming is ths first 
Important picture project to gala 
the personal attention of Erlanger 
for a number of years, although th« 
picture rights to many of the attrac- 
tions controlled by him and by ths 
Kiaw & Erlanger firm luivs been 
disposed of. Klaw & Erlanger went 
into pictures on a large scale through 
Biograph and tied up about I500.000 
In the making of medium length 
film. The venture with Biograph 
occurred when featured of five and 
six reels sUrted to bs recognised 
as the standard feature length. Ths 
K. & E. films were of 2,000 and I.OOt 
feet, and most havs been on ths 
shelf since making, Ths ons ex- 
ception noted was ths rslease of 
"The Fatal Wedding.". Some of tb« 
K. Jb E. subjects ars said to bo i: 
sought after for re-maklng. 

The writing of ths scenario for 
"Ben-Hur" is ths Joint work of Er- 
langer and Juno Mathls. who cams 
east to confer with ths producer. 
Ths picture rights to ths Wallace 
classic, which toured for 20 yean^ 
were purchased about two years ago 
by Erlanger. Zlegfeld, DllUngham 
and Robert Ooelet (who owns ths 
Knickerbocker building theatre) 
from Marc Klaw, the estate of Jo- • 
seph Brooks, the Wallace heirs and 'I- 
the publishers of "Ben-Hur" in book 
form. The Erlanger Interests ars to 
receive 60 per cent of the profits on 
the picture, and a large sum has 
been paid In advance by Goldwyn. 

While on the coast Erlanger will 
arrange for several new theatrea 
He win sell the Mason Opera House 
and the offlcs building adjoining la 
Los Angelea A new theatre Is 
planned next to ths Alexandria 
Hotel. He may also erect a new the- 
atre in San Francisco. Ths lea<is 
on the Columbia held by J. J. (3ott- 
lob expires next season and a re* 
newal is not Intended. -^ 



ADE PIECE FOR MEIGHAN 

ChU'ago, Dec. 6. 
George Ade Is to write a play for 
Thomas Melghan. A Thank<<glvlng 
r^onsultatlon »\as hr>ld at White Sul- 
phur Springs. W. Va.. which Is the 
former home of Oscar Price, promi - 
nsnt In the movie world. 



WERBA'S S£C0HD 

Louis F. Werba wlU havs two 
productions ready shortly aftsr tho 
first of the year. His production 
of "Bamum Was Right," which won 
favor at ths try-out recently, will 
go into rehearsal again next week. 
Some changes In ths script havs 
been worked out by John Meehaa, 
who will direct, ths fresh presents^ 
tlon. The show is dus for Broad- 
way Jan. 8. 

The manager Is also readying a 
musical comedy called "Adrlenne,** 
for which Seymour Brown wrote 
book and lyrics and Al Von TUzer 
the score. 



ROOF CONYERSIOH 

The Nefr Amsterdam Roof, which 
was long the locale of Zlegfeld's "'" 
"Midnight Frolics," Is being con- 
verted Into a theatre as planned, 
and has tx^en offered for regular 
presentations beginning Jan. IS. 
The house is open for rsntsi, or 
terms. 

With the Century Roof also * 
theatre and the Bayes made over - 
several years ago, Broadway is now 
without any roof «nter|»rlss-.whlch 
fiourlshed before prohibition. . ^>i. 



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LEGITIMATE 



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OUT OF TOP REVIEWS 



GIVE AND TAKE 

Atlantic City, Pec. I. 

iWarloa Kniffvr Norm* 1.^ 

John Bauer, Jr CheMter Morris 

Sam Mann 

AuffUdtIn Duncan 

CharlvH n<»w ('l.irk 

.Douflaa Wood 



Albert Kruit«»r 
John Daufr, 8r 
iMnirl Drum.., 
TtMOMUi Oral v., 



>••••••• < 



Aaron Hoffman has taken to the 
popular caua« of Capital and Labor. 
Hi» effort waa revealed at the 
Apollo Monday, and as a finale of 
the viewing of the performance, 
produced by If ax Marcin and staged 
hy W. H. Qllnkore. It la at this Ume 
a bit bard t« determine whether 
Mr. HoCTman wanted to b« serious 
at all— or whether he Intended to 
have comedy or farce or burlesque 
of bia subject. From the program 
and a rather strict viewing of the 
play it would seem that he Intended 
to write ik play to bo seriously 
acted, tboroby galninc a comedy 
touch to the subject The laughs 
are plentiful in thia play — inten- 
tionally — and they are heightened 
by a brogue for both tbo leading 
characters. 

It seemed to bo the genwal opin- 
i<m of aa audience containing many 
sUgo peoplo that the play will be 
II success. It la cut perfectly for 
two leading ma>e comedy roles, just 
a» waa "Friwtdly Knemies.** One 
part is the capltaliat and one the 
laboring man — personal friends of 
long standing in tbo samo business. 
There is opportunity for much 
character work and for i^ frequent 
tear and sohi, 

Few plays that have come to cnr 
stage In the past IS months have 
been so evident^ miscast in their 
leading roles aa this new play. 
Augustin Duncan, an actor of seri- 
ous and firm mien, tried his best to 
smirk and smile through tho capi- 
talistio part with so much evidence 
that it was apparent at all times. 
As bis foil there was Sam Mann, 
one of the best of the German dia- 
lect comedians, who never forgot 
ho was burlesquing, and thereby 
spoiled his part utterly and beyond 
comprehension. Throughout the 
play there was present the feeling 
of something worth while being 
spoiled in tho acting and the pro- 
ducing. 

There were three parts that 
rather saved the piece — an attrac- 
tive stenographer who had no vis- 
ible relation to her burlesque father 
was well played by Norma Lcc. 
Chester Morris used his sympa- 
thetio lerlons mood as the capi- 
talist's son and Douglas Wood in- 
terestingly offered a millionaire 
who had been accused of insanity. 
Charles Dow Clark as a banlter 
who had nd banking personality 
gave one of his regulation parts. 

It is a story wherein the capi- 
talist's son is Inured to the ap- 
plication of the United States gov- 
ernment plan of administration as 
a community method of operation 
of the factory. The holding of 
meetings and "Congress" sessions 
is carried forth to the point of the 
ridiculous with the owner as presi- 
dent and the employes In all other 
ofhces. "When disaster threatens, 
tbo employes come forth with their 
resources to bolster up the presi- 
dent, and the plan turns from the 
impossible to a serious success. 
Before reaching this end it is, how- 
ever, complicated by the slprnlng: of 
contracts for vast stores — for this 
is a canned goods fac'tory — with a 
man who is thought for some time 
to be mentally deranged and there- 
by to have plunged the business 
Into additional disaster. 

As said, the play has larpe enter- 
taining possibilities, properly cast. 

Bcheuer. 



musical comedy string of composi- 
tions, yet there are several numbers 
that are certain to liave a popular 
appeal. 

The story is not unlike many 
other musical comedies which has 
the comedian impersonating a 
wealthy heir and being the focal 
point about which the complications 
are centered. 

Marjorlo Gateson. with the prin- 
cipal role among the women, is a 
stunning looker and possessed of a 
voice that is above the usual, com- 
bined with which are acting talents 
of no mean measure and the ability 
to dance. It is rather too bad that 
she has not more to do in the piece 
as it now standa Maude Bburne, 
another artist of unlimited ability, 
seems wasted on a minor housemaid 
role that doesn't give her sufficient 
scope for ber talents, and L*ionel 
Papo is another player of distinc- 
tion who la also seemingly wasted. 
Allan Kearns and Flavia Arcaro both 
scored, although the characters as- 
signed them seemed rather fruitless. 

However, musical comedies, if 
they have some groundwork of good 
materia), ar« usually whipped into 
stkape. and "The Uttle Kangaroo" 
certainly aeems to have a lot (tf the 
necessary material on wbleb to 
buikL Nnrt. 



ducts a studio for artists^ Amongst 
the others, Edwin Mordant'* Rus- 
sian artist was supe)*b. 

It is almost a certainty that with 
a few minor changes this piece 
should enjoy a run on Broadway. It 
contains the essential characteris- 
tics generally supposed to be in- 
cluded in a play of this kind. 

Clifford Brooke did the staging. 

Biggins, 



BROADWAY REVIEWS 



*A.' 



THE RED POPPY 

Atlantic City. Dec. t. 

Recruited from the Parlaian stage 
and of the authorship of Andre 
Picard < American adapter not men- 
tioned) the play which gave up tho 
title for the song "My Man** came 
to life at the Apollo last week. 

For some unaccountable reason, 
the title has been shifted to "The 
Red Poppy," which in this lackadai- 
sical version of the play is merely a 
resort of the underworld wherein 
the second act takes place. In sim- 
ilar relative value were the setting 
and acting of the try out perform- 



THE CLINGING VINE 

Hartford, Dec. 6. 

Henry W. Savage presented his 
new production, "Tho Clinging 
Vine," starring Peggy Wood, at 
Parson's Nov. 30. The book and 
lyrics are by Zelda Sears, while the 
score ia the work of Harold Levey. 
The latter conducted the orchestra. 
Ira Hards staged the production, 
wbilo the dances and other ensemble 
work were handled by Julian Alfred. 

"The Clinging Vine" is tbo un- 
usual in musical offerings; aa a mat- 
ter of fact, it is more of a comedy 
with music than a musical comedy. 
It has a definite plot that is well 
worked out and put over with the 
aasistanco of some exceedingly 
clever comedy lines. Tbo mualcal 
numbers are catchy and clever, and 
'oecmed to win popular approval hero. 

The production Is carried out along 
the usual Savage lines — tasteful and 
seemingly expensive as far as the 
costuming was concerned, at least. 
The indications ftrom the reception 
that tbo piece received hero on the 
opening performance are that it will 
win favor on Broadway. 

Pesrgy Wood has the rolo of a 
clever business woman who ia lo- 
cated in Omaha, where she is the 
wholo works, but comes oast and 
falls into the hands of her modern 
grandmother, who is a social butter- 
fly and who, like the majority of 
grandmothers of today, moves with 
a zip and dances with dash. Before 
the Omaha business woman knows 
it she is drawn into a whirl of social 
activity that has her hopping finales 
and doing the butterfly thing, as are 
the others. In the end her business 
sense returns, however, and she 
manages to outwit u trio of eastern, 
ers who are trying to put over some- 
thing on the younsr man that she has 
fallen in love with. It is a mther 



ance. ^ ^^ 

The piece has many merits «», pretty little comedy tale 'that 'zc"da 
drama and even as spectacle. It sears tells with real finish. 



offers opportunities and with a ca- 
pable cast should have a future. The 
local presentation of Picard's work 
suffered by comparison with the 
perfection Belasco bestowed on the 
initial performance of the same 
author's "Kiki" on the same stage 15 
months ago. 

There was the Princess in a djll- 
llke world, quite bored, the quest for 
her past and the revelation she had 
come from the Apache districts to 
her third mate. Then to the abode 
of her past, to find her in love with 
a powerful stranger who haunted 
her life and fell under her spoil. It 
was a variegated scene witii mu?h 
activity and color. Then back to tho 
boudoir where was committed mur- 
der and proved live and a dramatic 
question marlc ending. 

The cast was headed by Estelle 
Winwood, who did some very dr.i- 
matic moments without filling the 
part as it could be filled, but who 
succumbed in artistic importance to 
the striking performance of Bolu 
Lugoiji, a newcomer over here. Leon 
Gordon did his usual effective play- 
ing very well and there was an ac- 
tive, enthuKiastic overdose played by 
Betty Ross Clark that warranted 
attention. Bcheuer. 



Miss Woods enacts the role as- 
signed her cleverly and gets her 
numbers over in a manner that only 
she c.*in. which fully compen?:.ites for 
her rather llprht voice. Tho balnnre 
of the cast is good and the chorus 
has a lot of pep and is well drilled. 
The dressing is pretty and the stage 
pictures are effective. Neict. 



FASHIONS FOR MEN 

Peter Jnhaas O. P. Hcsfle 

Ad«le Beth Mmrrin 

L«dy Bdyth0 TreMlder 

Oacar. ......•.• Clark* Blhrwroall 

Lady TiWMt— Osedrlcb 

Phlllp Prank Peters 

aeatluDsa Falrfaoi Bun^Mr 

Paula Hel«B Oatasan 

Adolf Geors* Frenfrer 

Count Kdwla Ntaaadar 

DdMvery Boy Jamca Hac*n 

Domokoa Georc« Frenser 

Santba Fairfax Burckcr 

MftlO* ••••••••••■••••••«•••••• • • JOttB MSS^W 

Maid .' Sedoaia Kiln 

LAdy KathrUM Haden 



LITTLE KANGAROO 



MIKE ANGELO 

Scranton, Pa., Dec. €. 

Michael Anirelo I.«o Carillo 

Newton Carlton Fyrun lU-asly 

Annalwlle Carlton....... Ethet Dwyer 

Ivan .Smlrnofr Kdwin Monlant 

i'arlotta Swift BIythe Daly 



MASKED MEN 

Baltimore. Dec. C. 
Present*-*! at Fords. B» It (more, by Msjor 
C. Anderson WrlRht. Writtt-n by Ma>>r 
Wrlphf In coftjunction with l^rrg^on Olllctt. 

Asfe.Mity F:o-ene«> Karle 

WilllHm Harry Fothern 

HoTon T/Oudpn Tfolpn HcImM 

JiKllte Carey Albert Sackett 

IWtsey liaxall Krtn OHrien Moon- 

Shirley Sherwoot* Orinville Palmer 

Jan«? Ha,xaM Klizabfth Trvlnic 

Frank I,ouden Edwtnl FieldinK 

Walter Garrett Fr*>(l Tiflon 

Carwon Itotley Pett 

Teirord Marriott Jerome Lawler 

nrunton AViinam Morr.in 

Wa.«»h Phillips Kre^l O. Fenlmore 

MlMi Mix ConaLanofl Hope 

Mrs. Callahan Doro'hy (Jal" 

.Tpffrtef. Coburn. Prosocntor. . . .S.im T^weff 

Clerk of the Court ...Paul llenricha 

JudXe of Court Edward Power 

Detective Phil Flanajan 



Here is a frank out-and-out piece 
of propa>?anda directed with much 
force and vim against the Ku Klux 
Klan, hut it is so frankly a preach- 
ment that much will have to bo 
done with it before it really quali- 
fies for a metropolitan success. 

It has its possibilities, and its 
audience will he composed of a cer- 
tain type always interested in such 
stuff, but its appeal can but he lim 



Tommy filoan , Reb<rt Strange .. — 

Alice YounK , Alice Mann j ited, however, if the piece is given 

Sally Young .Mary Meek ^ j.pal production an4 a press agent 



There aneaked into town and the 
National theatre Tuesday, very 
quietly and sedately, an extremely 
interesting and quite important the- 
atrical event. A play by Ferenc 
Molnar. author of "Liliona"; the ad- 
vent of another new producer, 
Maurice 8. Revnea; O. P. Heggia in 
a straight leading man character; 
Helen Gahagan in an outstanding 
role. 

Revnea Is an agent and broker in 
foreign plays, handling dramatic 
and picture interests. The name, 
one that a body feels like reading 
backward to see what it speMs. is 
unknown to the public. Revnes has 
dabbled, but nerer before presented. 
In this instance he has aeverikl 
partners, among them John P«ter 
Toohey, manager of thia enterprise. 

Miss Gahagan is the attractive 
amateur who bobbed up in "Manhat- 
tan" (hiter called "Bast Side. West 
Side") and was given a chance in 
"£h-eams for Sale" on the strength 
of it. Both were failures, but she 
was placed under contract to TVil- 
Ham A. Brady. He loaned her for 
this venture, and she plays a diffl- 
cult, romantic dran>atic lead, al- 
most a star part. Including the 
three weeks "Fashions for Men" has 
been breaking in and the entire runs 
of both the former plays, her open- 
ing Tuesday night signalized the he- 
ginning of her eighth week in all as 
a professional actre.^'s. This reads 
like an Arabian Nights romance. 
Yet it happened. And there wasn't 
a tremor of the novice nor a slip nor 
a falter. Those who knew who she 
was, wondered, and those who 
didn't, wondered who she was. 

Revnes gave the Molnar comedy 
a superb staging and showins:. 
"Fashions for Men" le a famous hit 
in Vienna and other continental cen- 
ters. It has neVer been done In 
Knplnnd, however, and the original 
English translation was made by 
I?cnjamln Glazer. an American, who 
also stagetl (directed) the piece. 
This was Mr. Glazor's first known 
activity as a maestro of the drama — 
and his work is intellij^ent, human 
and fine, even though hia American- 
ization as a transl.itor missed; he 
could have kept the Jiuda-Pesthish 
flavor, which he did, and stHl have 
turned in an end here and there 
and faced up a seam now and then 
to quite meet the American tastes. 
And he can still do some judicious 
cutting of conversational minutia 
and detail to advantage; he can al.^o 
fade out on the final kiss without 
the anti-climax now existing in 
.settling up some comp.initively un- 
thrllling business details thereafter. 

Hepgie is well cast, though it was 
strange reversal of the types he has 
so wonderfully well — so famous-ly-* 
done before. He plays an almost 
unbelievably benign, forgiving, af- 
fable, amiable, soft-hearted chump 
— who gets everything he wants at 
last because people just can't resist 
his kindness, sneer and shout and 
laugh and plot as they will. 

When the first act rang down it 
seemed that a classic had arrived. 
There hasn't been a fleeter, tighter, 



more encaginir iuad more craftsman* 
ly first act seen in maybe 20 years. 
It seemed It couldn't possihly hold 
the pace through the two yet t* 
come — and it didn't. The second ac| 
waa fair, the third slightly better. 

With all. "Fashions for Men** baa 
a chance, if it thrives long enough 
to live down that utterly ruinous 
title, which has as much dramatic 
Interest around It as a haberdashery 
ad. If Beaunash wrote a play hy. 
that name, it might have a value- 
but Molnar. the author of "Liliom,** 
who did the weirdest and wildest 
roughneck the afage has ever loved 
— "The Hairy Ap«^ not barred— 
should never. haTe gone to bat ia 
this country with such a title. 

The story la far from the fanciful 
thing that "I^llom** was. It is very 
close to the ground, has to do with 
the owner of a store and his clerks 
and customers, and would be a much 
atronger attraction if it were made 
United States in atmosphere, locale 
and lingo. The Molnar gems would 
not be lost, not one — and there uxm 
many. 

Aa a contribution to the season** 
forbidden-word list it could still run 
in ita two--"8educe" and "harlot" — 
which are not con.spicuous and can 
never put it in the big league cuaa- 
Ing class with "Rain" or "The L«va 
Child." anyway. 

The plot centers about the good- 
natured merchant, who gives hia 
wife to his clerk and lets him take 
hia savinga to support her withw 
goes broke and returns to the serv- 
ice of a cheese-manufacturing baron* 
taking with him hia girl bookkeeper, 
whom he Wanta to protect, but who 
goes with the purpose of becoming 
the baron's mistress because she 
craved silk pajamas and stroni; 
cologne. 

The l>aron fires him because he in- 
sists on chaperoning and because 
he corrupts the whole farm by hia 
mercies. They Job him by giving 
him the money his first wife took, 
claiming she had sent it hack. So 
he gets back his store. The girl 
comes to him; sho is on tho verge 
of giving herself to the amorous old 
baron, who has offered her a man- 
sion the moment she steps into it 
(and his arms) hut the saintliness of 
the chump stops her, wins her, and 
saves her — and she starts in saving 
him from himself by running the 
business, collecting the bad accounts 
(she ought to get a good notice In a 
trade paper for that!) and throwing 
out the clerk who stole his flr.<«t wife, 
and whom he had hired back. 

It's a first-rate story and a deli- 
cious comedy. If the action kept 
stepping throughout as it does in 
Act 1, and some trimming would yet 
help much, it would be a hang. 
••Fashions for Men" cannot depend 
on the high-brow element that went 
mad over the lowbrow •■Liliom"; it 
will stand up as a box ofllce comedy 
or not at all. Lait. 



OUR NELL 



Malvlna llolcombe Jim. Jlmmie Barry 

Mortinser Fiayne John Merkyl 

Pelejf Doolittle Jimmy liarry 

Joshua llolcombe Frank Mayns 

Frank Hart Thomas Conkey 

Deacon Calvin Sheldrake <;ay Nichols 

Helen Ford Kva Clarlc 

AnjjeKne Weeuis ICmnvi llalif 

Chris rvmins Olin Ttowland 

Mrs. Kogera Lorm Sondersoa 



I'eter Swift (•erald Swift 

>ll9t-hai 'Parkoff Adrian Koecly 



liartford. Conn., Dec. 6. 



Leo Carillo, supported by an ex- 



Btlenne Lhival Victor Casnimore 

Walter Ownc....... Kdwaril l^-ster 

Mabel Ketchum Patricia O'Hearn 

Billy Irvinr Allan Kearn;^ 

Henry Crawford Oeorre lYabort 

Caroline Parfltt Flavia Arrara 

Fisher Uarry White. imb 

Kuaan Maurle Eburnc 

<:'harles Ketcben IJonel Pape 

Knld Irvinr Mar)orte CateAon 

Bobby Janet St<^e 

Plana Marlon Hamilton 

Ptioebe .Arline McGUl 

DuMy Donald Ituas 

Porter Jo* Donahae 

pumm • Nick I.Anfr. Jr 

L>ubb Horton Spurr 



The new Oliver Morosco produc- 
tion, "The Little Kangaroo." which 
opened in Stamford last week, came 
to Parson's Tuesday for Its second 
perfornumce. The piece is a musi- 
calised version of "Somebody's Lug- 
gage'* and has James T. Powers as 
the star, he also being credited with 
the authorship of part of the book 
and lyrics. Mark Swan was co-au- 

Ihor on the book, whilo the score 

was composed by Werner Jan.'^Rcn. 
Ned Waybum staged the produc- 
tion splendidly, with an especially 
attractive chorus working wonder- 
fully well in a series of danro num- 
bers. 

Jimmie Powers is a comedian of 
the old school in musical comi'dy 
and this is a return to iho stuKe 
after an absence of several years. 
He worked hard, but at times his 
efforts seemed to fail of registering. 
Incidentally the book of tho piece 
will have to be cut con8ld*^rably be- 
/ore it la in shape for Broadway. 
The ecore, howevrr. Is dellRhtful 
anudi better than the average 



Alfred Hopper James T. Powers J ceptionally strong cast, opened here 

in his new play by Edward Loacke 
to an auditnce that will long re- 
member his delightfully, clean com- 
edy-drama. Mr. Carillo, with re- 
markable accent and a touch of 
camedy over tho difficulties the 
Itnlian immigrants have with the 
English language, won his. audience 
from beginning to end. In response 
to many curt.nin calls he stepped be- 
fore a house and amazed with his 
perfect diction, outside of the char- 
acter. 

The play is in three acts, covering 
a period of time designated as one 
month, with the locale in an artist's 
studio in New York. The story is 
of Mike Angelo, who engages him- 
self as a caretaker and artist's 
model and spends his spare time in 
the study of painting. When a con- 
test is announced he decides to com- 
pete. 

lie and a Russian artist are smit- 
ten with the same girl, Annabelle 
Carlton. Both decide to paint the 
Madonna, replacing the face with 
that of the girl's. Mike is obliged 
to paint from memory, while his 
rival has tho advantage of the girl, 
herself, as model. Smirnoff, the 
Kus.slan, learning of Mike's en- 
deavor, attempts to destroy lils can- 
vas, but fato intervenes and he ruins 
his own effort. Tho truth is fol- 
lowed by Mike winning tho prize 
and the girl. 

Each character demonstrates a 
careful study has been made. Ethel 
Dwyer as the heroine was excep- 
tionally charming and Byron Beas 



is clever enough to start a news- 
paper discussion, then it stands a 
good chance. That is a forecast. 

But in its present state, all Bal- 
timore agreed that it was well-nigh 
hopeless. It is ten-twenty-thirty 
melodrama resurrected with a few 
of the essentials eliminated, and 
with many flowery speeches about 
this grand and glorious country of 
ours, with its splendid Ideals and its 
great accomplishments. This stuff 
is brought in by the heels and 
often dragged out the same way 



showing that it is not well written 
(alid is not calculated to stimulate 
much interest as a play. 

There is a prolog in a klan kavern. 
This is a ghastly set, with a cross 
in the r^ar showing the Interior of 
a red cave. The action starts im- 
mediately. A Negro Is brought be- 
for the tribunal of the organiza- 
tion and scared white — and into a 
recantation of the truth. Then a 
Jew is brought in and given 48 hours 
to stop underselling Christian mer- 
chants. Then an Irish Catholic is 
brought in, and because he tells the 
koo klucks what ho thinks of their 
orRani:iati«n, he is killed off neatly. 
That is the first of three murders. 
And after the murder, the chaplain 
of the klan, a man of (>od, pro- 
nounces a benediction which beats 
any speech that the Egyptian mem- 
bers of the ancient and royal so- 
ciety of motherless mummies ever 
made. 

That is the prolog. It has interest 
because Major Wright as.surca ua 
that the ritual of the klan is used 
therein. Be that as it may, the 
ritual of the klan is not dramatic 
material. 

Thus the play goes on. It Is 



such stuff seriously, although the 
fart that Major Wright was the 
author of the New York "World's * 
expose gives it additional weight, 
if only for the fact that the "World's* 
expose was used by many papers 
throughout the length and breadth 
of the land. But as a play, it doesn't 
"jell," and needs much work on It to 
really land. It has an excellent cast 
and has a few good ideas in the 
work, but the experienced hand of 
is a good play doctor must be passed 
y, lover it several times to make it at- 



Ed. Davidow and Rufus LeMaire 
expanded their legitmate and vaude* 
ville agency activities early in tho 
season by putting out a imit show 
for the Shubert circuit. It ia 
"Troubles of 1922," which has not 
yet swung into position at the Cen- 
tral. The revue section of "Troubles" 
was regarded aa having good proa* 
pects for development into full 
musical length and is slated to be 
made into revue for Chicago next 
summer. Recently E. Ray Goets 
prepared a rural musical piece called 
"Hayseed," which is the present 
"Our Nell." Davidow & LeMahre 
went further intq the managerial 
end by absorbing, with others, the 
Goetz show, the latter retaining a 
small interest The score writers, 
George Gershwin and William Daly, 
are among those investing. As 
"Hayseed" the show opened for a 
try-out and was brought back for 
recasting last week under the new 
management it reopened Poll's. 
Washington. Davidow A LeMaire 



tain any semblance of a piece of 

dramatic worlc _ _ _ 

Anyhow, Vrtd Tiden is the most [ apparently do not claim full controli 
per cent, villain | their names appearing on the pro- 
vf«« 't *u^ ^«i„ gram as the directors of "Our NelL" 



ley Unpr c a a t d «« » woau who coa- forceful in ita way if one la to take laganda. 



whole-souled 100 

since "The Bad Man." the only 

touch lacking is a sense of humor. 

There is comic relief in the play, 
hut no humor. Florence Earle plays 
the freak noaid and spills cocktails 
over the stage. 

Helen Holmes has the emotional 
role, and the tide of emotion 
sweeps her clear out of the witness 
chair in the trial scene. She and 
the curtain fall together, but she 
does it well and earns her applause. 

Albert Sackett and Fred G. Fenl- 
more bear a considerable share of 
the burden, while Miss Erin OBrlen 
Moore and Miss Constance Hope arc 
pretty enough to grace any stage. 

Some of the local critics were kind 
to the piece, while "The Evening 
Sun" gave It a sound pannlnr- It 
termed it a tenth rate propaganda 
play and said that there was not a 
moment when such a piee^ of drivel 
had a chance. However, several 
weeks ago this same critic called 
Marillyn Miller a prima donna, so 
he may he wrong again. It may 
be only a ninth rate bit of prop- 



Sisk. 



Our Nell- is billed as '•a musical 
mellowdrayma." The term was 
coined in the spirit of the "dray- 
maUcsv and it is the intent of the 
authors the audience shaH take it 
that way. The idea of the book is a 
travesty on the ''Way Down East" 
type of play, rural throughout in tho 
atmosphere of the two acts. There 
is a handsome Desperate Desmond 
villain, a pretty country lass who 
was In the city and whom he "has 
In his power-— until just before the 
curtain, the country constable, tho 
deacon who Is going to foreclose the 
mortgage, the willingness of tho 
girl to marry the villain to save the 
farm and the foiling of the good 
looking bad man who was a bucket 
shop operator, with a reward lifting 
the homestead's in«lebtedncss and 
the gal free to marry the hired man. 
The "story" of •'Our Noll" mny 
sound comic but the comedy of tho 
show is far more up to the <'h.ir- 
actf'rs and the players thrmselves, 
and they delivered at the Bayes 
Monday night (Dec. 4). Goetz may 



Friday, December 8, 1928 



LEGITIMATE 



ir 



luive had in mind the ducceMful 
Urat act of "The Qittflrham Oirl" 
which amid rural aurroundinca gets 
off to a etrong start, when he order- 
ed the book from A. B. Thomas and 
Brian Hooker. A« the players over- 
top the material, eo do the muuical 
numbers and the score will count 
much in favor of "Our Nell" getting 
on. on Broadway. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jlmmie Barry were 
lifted from a long life in vaudeville 
for two of the ileads, with Mr. Barry 
carrying the weight of the book and 
most of the comedy. Barry's bit 
with the sweet Bva Clark whose 
singing is one of the good things 
In "Our Nell." was a really amus- 
ing scene. It has the pair dishing 
up the neighborhood gossip. Barry 
was the constable, carrying a tire 
pump instead of a cane, the reason 
being that the darn thing hid a 
potion of hooch. When he doled it 
out he said "Al's here," and all New 
York knows Ai as the bootlegger in 
*rrhe Old Soak." In the second act 
Barry had a chance with part of the 
Barrys' vaudoville routine and it was 
spotted to a nicety. Mrs. Barry, 
however, was in a matronly role. 
and the "actress" was played by 
Ijora Sonderson. a/titian haired and 
livefly person. Miss Sonderson is 
new. It is said she ascended quickly 
from the chorus of a Broadway show 
but she impressed as possessed of 
considerable natural- ability. Her 
foiling of lorry's rube was excellent. 

The outstanding comedy per- 
formance — and dancing — were given 
by Emma Haig and Olin Howland 
(brother ^t the Jobyna. in "The 
Texas Nightingale"). They are hick 
BweetheartH all the way, except for 
the dancinp. and it is his idea that 
they get some coin together and go 
to "Louse" Angeles, there to be- 
come plot lire stars. He has written 
several scetiarlos and actn th'^m 
funnily and with tear wringing re- 
sults. Howland entrance on a b"ke 
was one of the best laughH. The 
first of their stepping bits camo 
with "The Cooney County Fair." 
Here tho chorus was well used as 
the freaks and features promised at 
the fair. 

MiRs Haig and Howland had one 
of the f how s best songs in "Walk- 
ing Hon^c With Angellne," in the 
second act. Both did specialty 
dances, with Miss Halg's always 
pretty work earning the best in- 
dividual applause of the evening. 
JHer lisping rendition of lyrics was 
rather in the atmosphere and r^he 
has a cute way about her. Also she 
makes a line team mate for tho 
elongated and comic Howland, who 
never for a second was out of char- 
acter. Both stepped it in a barn 
dance number. Miss Haig made a 
spinning finish and all but tumbled 
over tho footl!ghta. Howland caught 
her. else there might have been an 
accident similar to that which 
forced Migs Haig out of the "Music 
Box Revue" last summer and re- 
sulted in hospital treatment for 
weeks. 

The show's best number is "In- 
genue Baby," which came early in 
the show and was never matched. 
It's a bear of a melody with a novel 
twist, sure to start whistling. "Baby' 
earned all the encores given it. the 
number bringing out the 12 youthful 
choristers in little gingham frocks. 
They looked like young chickens for 
any farm. The eong was led by 
John Merkyl, the handsome villian. 
the one "who ain't done right by our 
Nell." 

Miss Clark, "who ain't done noth- 
ing." but whose grandpap insists on 
forgiving her Jtut the same. ^fol- 
lowed the "Baby" number with* an- 
other corking song, a ballad, "Old 
New England Home." The male 
chorus of six hayseeds formed a 
▼ocal background for Miss Clark's 
laudable effort, which went for en- 
cores. 'It was Miss Clark's oppor- 
tunity and the really only one. A 
duet marked for her and Thomas 
Conkey late in the show was out. 
Mr. and Mrs. Barry had one double 
number, "Little Villages." a lyric 
with the name of many funny New 
England jumping off places men- 
tioned. IJarry was in a production 
number, "Names I Love to Hear," 
principally handled by Miss Haig 
and Howland. 

"Our Nell" was staged by W. H. 
Gllmore and Edgard MacGregor. 
There are two simple sets, ratl»er 
well carried out by Herbert Ward- 
The production is not a costly one. 
the main Idea being a musical nov- 
elty. The opening was a quarter 
hour over time and shortening the 
book would be advantageous. If the 
nonsense of the story gets over, the 
numbers and players will do the real 
Job of making "Our Nell* a Times 
square favorite. Ibrr. 



IT IS THE LAW 

lUker C. W. fJoorJrIch 

Fisher Rlrhanl .''»• vpn-*>.. 

nyron ChariM I". »at«a 

Yatea John K. M >chu 

Walker John liurr 

John.<^on Jack Th«»n>e 

Rutnuon JampH I^inhart 

DttnnUon Joseph De .<):«rani 

Pair** Thoman H>o«l 

WUHam h UH a M »A. 11. Van Hurcn 

Qorfion Travefjt Hans Kober; 

Ruth Aim* Te": 

JuMtIn VUf^r Ka:ph Kollani 

Lillian U->»e nu dirk 

Throrlorp Ci'mmin^s William Inc«»r»r>|i 

Albert Woodruff Arthur Jloh: 

"Snlfer Kvans ' Alemani-r ()na<>v\ 

J.tmon l>o'an Wallor Wilder 

Edwnnl llar'cy Frank \Vc>itrrl'>n 

Vll»n Valeria Vaiarl" 



BufTalo notices of this. Elmer I* 
Rice's most promising opus bince hi.s 
"On Trial" sensation, were supcr- 
latlveiy glowing, Coupled was the 



fact *^t Is the Law." which debutted 
at the Hits. New York. Nov. M, did 
so only at the expense of the new 
Fay Bainter piece, "The Painted 
Lady," originally scheduled for this 
house. . The conjblnation of both 
happenings pitched expectation 
high. Probably that Is the reason 
the realisation fell shy. Sans the 
heralding reports, sans the fanfare 
and dogtown enthusiasm, this play 
would have been viewed in much 
the same way many another Broad- 
way offering slips onto Main Street. 

The displacement of the Bainter 
play was made possible probably be- 
cause of family connections. It 
isn't likely William Harris. Jr., 
would allow another's show to come 
into his own theatre. But in view 
of Sam Wallach's eponsoring. that 
probably accounts for it. Wallach 
was formerly associated with Har- 
ris and is a brother of Mrs. Henry 
B. Hanrls. 

"It Is the Law" Ave years ago 
would have l>een a sensation, ^ut 
since Rice wrote "On Trial" the 
flaahl>ack idea has been vaudevUled 
and tabloided to death. The idea Is 
no longer new. and Ita resurrection 
In the legit could only be forgiven 
the man who first used it success- 
fully. The story must perforce 
carry the play. This Hayden Tal- 
bot provided, from which Rice fash- 
ioned the dramatic version. It is 
super-villainous melodrama. The 
heavy's villainy Is accounted for by 
pre-natal Influence which makes 
him dread the sight of ftre tongs and 
enables him to stop the beating of 
his pulse at will. These two points 
arc ingeniously, though obviously, 
planted for dramatic assistance in 
the last climax. 

The play is In seven scenes, not 
differentiated into acts, but split up 
by Intermissions into three acts. 
Scene 1 is the card room of the 
Gotham Club. Justin Victor Is re- 
ported pardoned for the murder of 
Albert Woodruff eight years ago. 
This is confirmed by the appearance 
of Victor. Enter also an English- 
man, a club member. For no reason 
whatsoever Victor shoots at the 
Vandyked Britisher. The district 
attorney member exclaims that 
there will be no prosecution for his 
second milrder. The reason is ex- 
plained later after Mrs. Ruth Vic- 
tor starts telling her story. The 
flashback takes the action to the 
Cummiiigs home in 1913. Woodruff 
and Victor are rival suitors. Victor 
fufills his name in the quest for 
Ruth's hand. The maniacal Wood- 
ruff fancies himself wronged and 
vows vengeance In true melodra- 
matic fashion. • 

The accomplishment of his ven- 
geance Is the highlight of the plot. 
Woodruff secures Snlfer Evans, a 
"snowbird" second story man, as 
the real murder victim. He resem- 
bles \Voodruff strikingly, and be- 
cause of this the former plans to 
frame the murder on Victor. 

A court battle lasting these eight 
years still flnds Victor serving his 
life sentence, his wife taken from 
him on the eve of his marriage. 
Victor spurns the governor's pardon 
at first because of Ruth's relation- 
ship to that state ofllciaL He lives In 
the hope the old theory, that a mur- 
derer comes back to the scene of his 
crime to gloat and brag, will vindi- 
cate him. He Is In the firm belief 
the murdered man really is Wood- 
ruff. When the latter returns, with 
an English accent and a goatee, for 
the purpose of wooing Ruth again, 
it proves his undoing. How Ru^h 
was so blind as not to see through 
the Englishman as her former suitor 
ia slid over glibly. The match of 
wita is rather deftly handled. If not 
convincingly, whereby ahe deduces 
how the pseudo murder of Albert 
Woodruff was accomplished. 

The final scene is the Ootham 
Club once again. The membera now 
agree with the d. a.'s declaration 
that Victor will not be prosecuted. 
The reason Is because a man cannot 
be tried twice for the same crime — 
"It ia the law." However, to take 
the Airse of blood off the hero's 
conscience the vIHaIn conveniently 
comes to life, explaining he had 
merely pulled the pulse-stopping 
stunt again. Q. E. D. 

The line reading was noticeably 
high pitched, probably Intended to 
tense the action,' and In a small 
measure accomplishing the thrills In 
the big situations. That these thrills 
could be enhanced by subdued his- 
trionics has not been taken account 
of, although Lester Lonergan has 
made a good Job of the staging 
otherwise. Livingston Piatt's set- 
tings are adequate, but they do not 
provide for as speedy scene chang- 
ing as would be desired. 

The play looks like It will make 
money. An important reason there- 
fore may be that theatregoern will 
probably appi*eclatc being In on the 
murder instead of worrying for two 
and a half hours over "who Killed 
hlmr 

The casting ts consistently high 
grade, all except that of the A. P. 
reporter, who is supposed to scoop 
the town on the story that is bointr 
enacted. K every A. P. ncw.ihotinfi 
treks new.'* in the manner tho X<1- 
iow did at Uie Ilitx the Ass(»ciatMtl 
Prea.s would have to disorganize 
For the re.'^t Arthur Hohl docs the 
most distingui.shing work in the 
hankloss villain part. Alexander 
Onslow did nicely with the "Snlfer ' 
character. Ralph Kellard was a 
satisfying hero, at times a bit too 
heroic. Alma Tell had little to do 
as the heroine, but did that well. 
Rose Burdick handled the other fe- 
male part satiafyingly. Abel. 



LISTENING IN 

JoluMtlMa Cumberland Dodaon lCiteh«l1 

Ifr. Murrlson Olorsle MaJ^ronl 

MlrUoi Adrian Helen FUnt 

J*n*C Vaa'SJoaa Minns. Oocnl>«ll 

John Coomber ■meat aiendtnnlitR 

Hnrrjr Van Sloan . . . ^ Harrv 8tabb« 

WUliam Archer Willteni Kelchley 

Dr. Barhman PraJik Anar«>wa 

Jeti&a Mao Keasoa .....Prank J. Kirk 

Ifeasenser Qeorse Oaston 

Abu • Herbert V^rjeon 

Mr«. P«int>erton Marsarvt Linden 

Recinald I'eifiberton William Davldaon 

OeulTrejr Uerald Stopp 

Offloer C. L>. flhnaraon 



Every Indication of another knock- 
out for another new producer with 
another spook piece. This is cer- 
tainly a great season for the unat- 
tached entries with "The Last 
Warning," "It Is the Law.- "The 
Gingham Girl." "Our Nell." **The 
Torch -Bearers" and other current 
successes operating under banners 
unknown to the keen eyea of the 
lookouta on the Broadway main. 
This one i« offered by "Milton Pro- 
ductions.** 

Milton Productions waa orfaolsed 
by Milton Hershfeld. of Trenton, 
associated with the Sablosky 4b Mc- 
Gulrk and Stanley interosts (of 
Philadelphia). The author is Car- 
lyle Moore, who wrote "The Un- 
known Purple." That thriller was 
produced by Roland West. Marcus 
Loew and other vaudeville lumi- 
naries were reported interested. 
Through that connection, directly or 
indirectly. Hershfeld and Moorv 
drifted into association. 

"TWfe Unknown Purple" attracted 
favorable notice, though It was tin- 
can claptrap, and was pulmotored 
into a New York run that made no 
profits. "Listening In" will prob- 
ably do just the reverse. It is 
scarcely likely that the caustic 
critics will treat it respectfully or 
respectably, but It will just as prob- 
ably run on and on and clean up a 
fortune. It is a rare combination 
of hokum and pure art — the art of 
intriguing an audience with elemen- 
tal trickeries and booberizing a lot 
of serious-minded adults into shiv- 
ering and shuddering over a ghost 
story that would challenge the In- 
telligence of a feeble-minded Infant. 

It isn't Ov feeble-minded story at 
all. Not sinre "One Day." in that 
same little theatre, tho Bijou, has 
theVc been as intricate and counter- 
plotted a story untangled. But the 
subterfuges In putting it over are 
juvenile in their simplicity, yet ter- 
rific in their effectiveness — psychol- 
ogically. The audience gasped and 
.suffered. The suspense was In long 
chunks and nobinly breathed. 

The tale sets out with the theorem 
that an old nut, dying, bequeathed 
an eerie homestead and a fortune to 
his nephew with the proviso that he 
carry on Investigations into the 
communication betwilen the living 
and the mortally dead. That is plain 
enough, isn't it? From there It 
brings in the grand-nephew, with 
many complications, and he goes 
through horrors and actual inter- 
views and experiences with ecto- 
plasms, prophecy, second - sight, 
foresight, inspired dreams, and 
everything that could be contrived 
by "listening In on the infinite." 

Moore's other play dealt with that 
childish wish we all have had at 
some age or other — to be Invisible; 
this one takes the other baby-mind 
crave, to know the unknowable. This 
boy is tipped on the market, told of 
railroad wrecks yet to happen, and 
many more uncanny things — and we 
see him get it — by a spirit that 
moves his hand to write. 

It tangles itself into lore situa- 
tions, a murder that turns out to be 
only self - hypnotic imagination, 
scandal, cross-situations, complexi- 
ties and a final happy ending — with 
an explanation that it was all hu- 
man and explicable, an explanation 
so feeble and shabby that it insults 
the very respectable and cunning 
plot it destroys. It would seem 
much better (and dare the plausi- 
bilities rather with complete mys- 
tery than a lame alibi) to leave it 
all on the level — ^a hypothesia of 
actual Intercourse with spirits; as 
It Is. the moral it teaches is Incon- 
sequential and the short last act 
goes- a little way toward dispelling 
what has been built up beautifully 
as a gripping and rattling ghost of 
mysticism and miracle. 

Ernest Glendinning. as the youth, 
makes the plaj^ possible. With all 
Its stout qualities, it would be an 
awful thing if that role were In less 
happy and less able hands. Glen- 
dinning has power and he has poise, 
he has comedy that Is as graceful 
and as creative in pantomime as 
with the aid of the many crack lines 
given him. He Is an upstanding 
fellow and he crashes through, de- 
manding concentration and com- 
manding conviction with every syl- 
lable and stir. • 

Especially as a lover, he Is bully. 
He never pas.sos the ab.soIute prob- 
abllition, and in this one cfl'cct, 
alone, could anyone be entirely hu- 
man in this iiysterica! play, which Is 
drama, tragedy, farce, problem-play 
and Kpirit-fake, all In one. When 
(JlondinriinR Is permitted to be en- 
tirely easy, with m>m*» of the weight 
of the Intinitc and the ectoplasmic 
lifted, he Ih a man down to the 
heols. When the vagaries of th<' 
P(;rlpt carry hlni afi(?l<l, however, he 
steps in whatever tempo the author 
flutterM. He Is the i*ivot of the per- 
formance and the apex of the whoh 
affair. 

His loading woman. Miss Oombell. 
through her worrisome affectations 
is not as admirably displayed. Th( 
others of the cast work nominally 



=aac 



BEDSIDE CHATS 



BT NELLIE RETELL 



\ 



I hope you had aa nice a Thanksgiving as I did. I hope you me; as 
many staunch, tried and true friends. I know they were my f cuds, 
because they left their work, places of amusement, nice home^ and good 
dinners to come to see me. I hope you all saw as many pretty flowerailv 
that you had pumpkin pies, candy, fruit, cake and champagne, and got 
as many lettMV, telegrams and cards from friends aa I did. 



I also hope you were privileged to make as many people happy as I 
waa. By dividing what was sent to me with the lesa fortunate people 
In the hospital. I provided soKokes and dellcaciea for a great many 
paiionts. whe. without my contributions, would have had no sign of 
Thanksgiving other \han the very fine dinner which was supplied by, 
the hospital f. too. had dinner on the house and relished It immenselyi.' 
I hope I will always have as good. 



I am very thankful for the telegrams which came early and late and 
were pinned on a screen in my room. The contents of some of them 
afforded great amusement to my callers. One from Nellie Nichols, who, 
a.s you know, la a Greek, read: "I'd like to give you turkey, if I could 
separate It from Greece." 

Constance Talmadge says I may have Greece and Turkey for all ah« 
cares. (I prefer a goose. Connie.) 

Alf Wilton wired: "We have been drinking your health until we neaT:^ 
ruined our own." 

Another friend wired: "If I wasn't too busy workinf, Td come dowa ' 
to tell you about the turkeys in town and on the road." 

Other wires came from E^dgar Allen Woolf. Jenle Jacobs and Paulia* 
C^ok. Sophie Tucker. Esther Lindner. Van and Carrie Avery. Heleae 
Davie. Earl Nelson, E. F. Albee. Irvin Cobb, Sam H. Harris, Norma an€ 
Constance Talmadge. 



:<i. 



Frank Behrlng (how do you spell it, Prank?), the manager of tht»t 
Sherman House in Chicago, came In. He wanted to know if I wanted^! 
my room changed. (I always used to.) He brought messages from every* 
one around the hotel, including the laundryijian, who Inquired if I would 
kick if he should lose the camisole that I am wearing now. Mike O'Brien*-^ 
the night watchman, sent me word he had missed my visits to Chicago. 
I'll be there again, Mike, but my little girls that you used to go up to 
tho room to look after for me while I was at work are grown up now^V 
But we still need your watchful care. 



Frank remembered some of my favorite dishes, whicl^ (he College liUQI'; 
puts up in cans, and he brought them to me. 



•. I:- 



Something that brought laughs and tears waa a letter from LondoO'^ 
written at Ethel Levy's party and containing mesaages from every Amer*^ 
ican present, Including Clifton Webb and Mother, Norma and Constance 
Talmadge and Mother, Fanny Ward, Joe Coyne, Fay Compton. Helen and 
Josephine Trix, Carl Hyson and Dorothy Dickson. Justine Johnston and 
Walter Wanger. her husband, and Claude Grahams -Whita. 7 



The New Tork Newspapei^ Women's Club invited me to their banquet 
at the Vanderbilt. but, being on a diet, I could not attend. 



Will Page thoughtfully remembered to send me tickets to the dress 
rehearsal of his show. I could not attend for that old reason — de la 
femme — "I have nothing to wear." . .• i' 



By the way. my old friend "ZIt" gave a swell dance at hie Ca«lno and 
did not invite me. My bankroll is not as large as that of some oC hia 
guests, but I'll wager you my next mess of powdered magnesia that I 
can dance as well as some that I hear were there. 



A 



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The New York theatrical press agents organised a club, and one of 
the first things they did was to make me a member, TH« purpose of the 
club la to suppress, exterminate and eliminate pass grafters. While I 
was Immensely pleased and flattered at the high tribute paid me by my 
fellow craftsmen In thinking of me as still an active press agent. I must 
confess that I am not sharing their experiences with pass grafter^. 

I have been press-agenting this institution for three years, and. I 
understand, have it pretty widely advertised all over the world. And as 
yet no one has applied to me for admission for himself and an out-of- 
town friend, and I don't believe I could give away a pair on the aisle if 
I tried. And no one wants my job. Even my openings are not largely 
attended. I expect I'll have to paper the house for the next one. My 
greatest trouble here Is my expense account. I pay all and get no rebate. 

The Joke of it la I had only that very day written to two of the organ- 
izers of the club for some tickets. Honest, boys. I wanted them for my 
nurses. 



George F. Hlnton. manager mt the "Loyalties" company, sends me a 
copy of the play In book form, and says. "Since we can't bring the show 
to your bed-side, here's the book.'' Thanks very much. Now. cuaa^ 
down and read it to me. 



• Herbert Weber, son of Harry, writes me from Chino, Cal.. that he im 
entirely surrounded by walnuts. Well, he's lucky. Those nuts at least 
know they are nuts, and come out of their shells sometime. 



Other things I had to be thankful for were visits from Mrs. William 
Grossman. Belle Bernstein. Rodney Richmond, William Stewart and Misa, 
St. John. Mrs. George Baxter and sons. Launcelot and (}eorge; Florence'' 
Green. William Sleeper, Ada Mae Weeks, Grace Weeks, Mr. and Mrs.^ 
Wellington Cross. Edward V. Darling, Mrs, Ernest Boschen (nee Farber), 
Mrs. Farber, Mr, and Mrs. Barney Davies. Zoe Beckley, Mr. and Mrs. 
Ralph Belmont. Mrs. J. C. Turner. Mrs. Frank Campbell, Mrs. Charleg- 
Osgood and daughter Charlotte. Frank Evans. "Pollard," John Pollock, 
Norma Talmadge, Mrs. Talmadge and Buster Keaton. 



And the month of Novernber brought Jack Lalt, Madam Haverstick. 
Josephine Drake, Frank Behrlng, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bernstein. Mrs. Jules 
llurtiff, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Witmark. Mrs. Glasier. Harry Grant, Molly 
Fuller. Mabel Fenton Ross. Dorothy Seigal, Mrs. Minnie Lindner. Mrs. 
Hahlo. E.^ther Lindner, Al Clinton (the oldtlme minstrel man). Mrs. Sol 
r'apier. Alice Robe. Mike Rabeffo. Ed Lawrence and Nina HarrinRton. 
Hazel Blair. Ed Hughes' mother, Jenie Jacobs, Mile. Dazie, Mrs. Burke. 
Carrie Scott, Mrs. Clarence Willetts. Ada Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 
(;orman, Mrs. Jennie Meyerowlts. Harry Burton, Mrs. Alf Wilton. Dorothy 
Dahl, Larry Jacobs and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDonald. Stella 
Kahn. Mary Margaret McBride., Joe Phillips, Mary Moore. Cora Moore. 
IJelle Gold. Mr. and Mrs. G. Horace Mortimer and Horace, Jr.; Matthew 
White, Jr.; Joseph Flynn. Joseph French Johnson (dean of New York 
Iniversity). Herbert F. de Bower. Mrs. Farber. Jennie Bernstein. Beau- 
mont Sisters, Susan Westford, Eva Davenport. John Hall. James Hughes, 
.lames J. Broady. Mrs. Hayden, Constance Farber, Irvin S, Cobb. E. F. 
Alhte, Mrs. Edwin Cohen, Mike Goldreyer. Mike MindUOr Bernard So|hM«. 
Thomas J. Ryan and Mabel Rowland. ^F^ 



^ind satLsfactorlly enough. The pro- 
<lurlion la In one set, entirely work- 
ihle for the story. If there Is an- 
other high spot In the playing, it 
Koes to William iJavId.son. a clean 
and straightforward artist with af- 
p<>arancc and a smashing personal - 
itr. _ 



"Listening In" would have been a 
seven -day wonder and a several - 
sea.son sensation had It been the 
first of the flood of garish "mys- 
tery" plays. As It Is, It may take it.i 
place with the faHtest of current 
f'omi/clitlon and will probably out- 
live most of It. /.«if. 



M 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



FHday, December 8, 1922 



CLARK and BERGMAN 
"Seminary Mary" (Musical Comedy) 
27 Mins.; full ataga (apacial sat) 
Palaca 

That an act as r.ew aa Clark and 
Bergman's "Seminary Mary" is 
ahould reach the Palace so early 
and be given the closing the first 
half position, bespeaks the confi- 
dence vaudeville has In this stand- 
ard team. They could call a skit 
anything: It would remain Clark 
and Bergman. You know what they 
will do and you want them to do 
just that, and the that is talking. 
sinKing and dancing by both. 

Gladys Clark la ever sweet and 
charming, and now she has more of 
a voice, using it in double numbers 
with Bergman, who remains his flip 
Juvenile, of crisp repartee that tucks 
away a laugh in every line. They 
glibly talk, having for the plot scene 
the front yard of a prettily set sem- 
inary grounds with the angular 
Margaret Hoffman as the prim pre- 
ceptress, stating to the invading 
young man he is the first male on 
the lot and there are seventy-five 
^irls within. 

After the title song, rather catchy 
in a popular vein and probably 
written by the Lewis-Young-Meyer 
combination, there are a couple of 
unrestricted numbers the couple, do 
very weTI, with Miss Clark lending 
the harmonizing qualities of her 
voice to the effect 

The akit was written by Joe 
Browning, who has supplied a like- 
able frame work that fits the prin- 
cipals. It is susceptible of being 
worked up to any degree as struc- 
tures of this sort are thoroughly 
elastic for vaudeviUiana. 

The story is that of Bergman as 
a salesman having missed the last 
train in a small village containing 
the aeminary, calling there in the 
hope of remaining over night, meet- 
ing a young girl in the person of 
Miss Clark, and falling in love with 
her. It ia mutual, but when the 
principal of the sphool discovers the 
young woman ia still harboring the 
youth, after ordering him ofC the 
grounds, the girl is summarily ex- 
pelled, through which incident Mr. 
Bergman is again permitted t& de- 
liver that line (of hla own) "Will 
you marry mc?" 

It ia open likely to argument how 
much of the dialog is from Mr. 
Browning and how much from Mr. 
Bergman. On the fence of the 
grounds is a sign reading, "No 
Men Allowed." Miss Clark calls 
Bertjman'a attention to the sign. He 
reads it. and replies, "Yes, but it 
does not say pos-i-tive-ly." 

"S*'minary Mary." with its attrac- 
tive principals and setting, easily 
kVufflces for the Clark and Bergman 
big time tour. Skne. 



THOMAS J. RYAN and Co. (2) 

"Ahead of the Timea" (Comedy) 
16 Mins.; Three (Parlor) 
Alhambra 

Thomas J. Ryan, a real old-timer, 
did a comeback last season with one 
of his old skits. This new vehicle, 
a Carleton Hoagland production 
credited to the authorship of Edgar 
Allan. Woolf, serves the purpose for 
Ryan's "Tad" personation, although 
the former skit was equaly well 
suited. "Ahead of the Times' has 
the sole advantase of being really 
new, although the general idea is 
somewhat similar. Judged strictly 
as a playlet it is childitihly obvious 
in its simpMcIty. 

Ryan, as before. Is the modern 
Tad with the up-to-the-minute 
divorced daughter who craves for 
bright lights and cabarets and be- 
rates her parent as being many 
years behind the times. Ryan de- 
cides to move up several years 
ahead of the times, and frames it 
with the chauffeur. He instructs 
him to call up every two minutes 
in a falsetto voice an'' ask for Ryan. 
Meantime Ryan has bedecked him- 
self in a flashy get-up that is cer- 
tainly no disguise for any angelic 
purposes. It's a sartorial layout 
that hits one in the eye — gray suit, 
red socks, red tie, green hat-band 
and yellow shirt. The phony calls 
convince daughter that her dad Bas 
been cheating somewheres, and she 
decides to forego her stepping out 
if only he, too. reforms. 

Hazel Flint reads her lines well, 
and I^alph Bond does the chauffeur 
acceptably. Ryan, for his share, 
throws in a couple of jigs that would 
credit a Juvenile stepper. One ia 
announced aa an impression of 
Relly (Kelly and Ryan) when they 
played Tony Pastor's years ago. 

The new act is set for the trey 
position on big time bills. Abek 



AUNT SALLY and BAND (7) 

18 Mine.; full stage (special draoe) 

23d Street. 

Aunt Sally Is a atout woman 
working m chocolate colored facial 
make-up. She sings the modern 
jazx songs with ability and dances 
unusually for a woman of her size 
and weight, a guesa placing her 
avol dupois at 250 or posHibly more. 
A Jazz band of seven men, Tuxedo 
clad, plays Aunt Sally's accompani- 
ments and fills in with the usual 
select 'ona. Aunt Sally's size and 
name immediately suggests Aunt 
Jemima, not only in the matter of 
weight and that both are about 
the same proportions, but that both 
use chocolate make-up. and both 
deliver songs in about the same 
manner and delivery. The Aunt 
Jemima jazz band are clad as 
bakers, and the Aun^ Sally band 
are in Tuxedos— otherwise there is 
a striking similarity about the man- 
ner of presentation and general 
outlines of both acts. 

The Aunt Sally turn Is a good one 
of its type, and a feature for small 
timers. It is possibly a feature for 
the big timers also, but that simi- 
larity to Aunt Jemima's turn is 
bound to cauHo comment, wheiher 
the Aunt Sally act plays small or 
big time. Bell. 



ALLEN and CANFIELD 
Songa end Talk 
17 Mins.; Cne 
American 

Boy and girl crors-flring with the 
conversation intimating the action 
ia outsid^ of a ballroom. A trio of 
vocal numbers, one of which calls 
for the duo playing ukes, auma up 
the musical score. Both are in 
evening dress. 

The miss is the comedian of the 
act. She has a vast majority of the 
punch lines to deliver as well as 
offering more or less "mugging" for 
a means of gaining returns. The 
rolling and smoking of a cigaret by 
her is also an incidental. 

Nothing out of the ordinary in 
the act from any angle. A ballad, 
sung by the man. prompted an out- 
burst. Such Is invariably the case 
at the American. The girl hints at 
having possibilities, for at spaced 
Intervals she revealed fiashes of 
ability. At present there la too de- 
cided a tendency to resort to low 
comedy methods. She might do 
equally well if working as a 
straight comedienne. The thrice 
dally audiences, however, will 
probably accept as is. Skig. 



LILLIAN HERNE CO. (4) 
Comedy Sketch 

16 Mina} Full Stage (Special Set) 
68th St. 

This skit, enlivened with a little 
song at the piano by the principal,' 
carried plenty of Interesting plot 
dialog, sufln(!lent to overcome the 
lack of laughs expected in a com- 
edy sketch. The story ia novel, 
cleverly constructed and unrolled 
in a neat manner, dealing with a 
double love tangle with a sharp 
climax that embraces a rather nifty 
adjustment of complications. 

A girl is engaged to be married, 
but Is loved by another. The girl 
ia visiting this chap and his sister. 
The sister is married, but her love 
ia sought by another. An elope- 
ment Is planned, nipped in the bud 
by the visitor, who discovers the 
trespasser is none other than her 
own fiance. The internal plot is 
well framed and while it doesn't 
carry big laughs, it stands up on 
its own foundation. 

Misa Heme aa the sweetheart is 
all the role requires. Her opposite 
is well cast, likewise the married 
woman, but the heavy man is a bit 
too "heavy" In delivery and, while 
but a small part and played pas- 
sably, it Is the weak link, if such 
it might be called. However, it 
doesn't mitigate against the act's 
success. • 

Good comedy skits are scarce agd 
this ia rather good, sufllclently so 
to pass the requirements of the 
bigger small time houses and Inter* 
mediate theatres. Wynn. 



HARRISON and DARLING 

Talk and Songa 

14 Mine.; Two (Special) ^ . 

American 

Mayhap one of Harry Cooper's 
old acta revived, with a mixed 
couple instead of two men. The 
man works as a Hebe postman, 
while the woman blazes the trail 
with questions. Each changes cos- 
tu: 4 to conclude in evening attire. 

It's mostly haphazard comedy 
with two songs inserted. On^. a 
ballad, was "in" for the American. 
The turn carries a special split 
drop, picturesque enough to look at 
but seemingly unnecessary. The 
man should take time to brush off 
his tuxedo before entering the 
second time. The letter carrier's 
uniform, previously worn over it, 
left considerable material thereon 
and it ma(.€ for a rather disorderly 
appearance. 4 

The act will please in the smaller 
houses, though minus any out- 
standing characteristic to lift it be- 
yond that. Skiff, 



FRANCIS and DAY 

Musical 

14 Mins.; One (Special) 

23rd St. 

Man and woman In high-class mu- 
sical turn. Woman Is violini.st of 
finished artistry and man j>lays 
piano and cello. Feature of act that 
helps to lift it above regulation 
turns Of its typo and qualify It aa 
big-time material is lighting system 
that calls for side lighting, special 
footllght arranprements an<l spots. 
the whole perfectly blended a» to 
color schemes. Woman in addition 
to being exceptional musician is 
looker of first water, with stage 
presence, personality and definite 
air of class marking every thing she 
does. Man does accompanying on 
piano mostly, rendering good ac- 
count of himself in cello solo. Act 
!• ready for best a» It stands. 

Bett. 



LA FRANCE BROS. 

Head Balancing 

13 Mins.; full stage (Special props) 

Broadway 

Evidently an Importation. Both 
are headbalancers, the entiro act 
being performed in the upside down 
positions on special lighted pillars. 
Upside down juggling, hoop spin- 
ning, smoking, drinking, etc., are 
equally apportioned to each, one 
costumed as a bell hop, the ' **»e* 
in evening attire. 

A head-stand atop a chair on w 
pole supported on the shoulders of 
the understander was good for an 
encore, which consisted of novelty 
rope skipping. 

It is an Interesting novelty, but 
can be cut down to ten minutes 
for American audiences. Too much 
repetition of the upside down stuff 
made it look like an endurance test. 
It dragged in spots. Con, 



GARNET and LUCILLE 
Songs and Talk 
13 Mins.; full stage (special) 
Orpheum, San Francisco 

San Francisco, Dec. 6, 

The act is dressed with a beau- 
tiful drape, in full stage, of the new- 
est design, fronted by the girls of- 
fering an introductory melody, fol- 
lowed by a quartet of double num- 
bers. Both make costume changes 
for the latter two songs. Some talk 
is delivered with their heads 
through an opening in a "drop" 
while changing costumes. / "blues" 
song, minus the orchestra. Is an en- 
core. 

As far as appearance is concerned 
this sister team can hold their own. 
They possess voices deserving of a 
better position than they held at the 
Orpheum. The girls did exception- 
ally well. Josephs. 



FRANKLYN FARNUM and Co. (2) 

Sketch 

19 Mina; full 

Fifth Avenue -* ^ ' 

A pleasing personality- has Mr. 
Famum, which reveals itself all 
through this comedy playlet. The 
picture star ia doing a characteri- 
zation of a former member of the 
prize ring, but now a plumber that 
entails the usual slang and nasal 
vocabulary. Augmented by the 
smile it makes it much easier to 
listen to. 

The story deals with the plumber, 
having cleaned up his work, sitting 
down to read a novel found on the 
parlor table when the author walks 
In. It's his apartment. Some con- 
versation between the two informs 
that the laborer is a former light- 
weight champ, having lost his coin 
because of a gal. The author hires 
him as a chaperone, being engaged 
himself, but afraid of . a picture 
actres«i who is after h^n. Enter 
the gal who almost nails the novel- 
ist, but Is thwarted by "Jimmy," 
who recognizes her as "Lizzie," the 
gal who gave him air and walked 
with his bank roll. It finishes with 
the pair on their way to a supper 
to talk things over. 

The company is capable with the 
man doing straight in full evening 
dress and the woman, a supposedly 
Russian actress, until the discovery, 
when she reverts to vocalizing 
minus the foreign accent. Also in 
evening attire. The same goes for 
Farnum, who switches from the 
overalls to a dinner coat. In all, 
a nice appearing trio. 

It's a neat little skit, holding 
plenty of chuckles and with a few 
touches to the dialog ■ should be 
able to fulfill its mission. F<arnum's 
personality will please in any house. 
J. V Skip. 



ELIZABETH NELSON and BARRY 

BOYS (3) 
Songs, Talk and Acrobatic Dances 
16 Mint.; One and Two 
State 

A novelty for this class of time, 
full of pep, with a versatile routine 
that runs the gamut from comedy 
patter to acrobatics, with dancing 
thrown in for good measure. But 
the trio havo neglected to supply a 
finish that will follow the preceding 
work. 

Both men are clevei talkers, 
working in black and white face, 
while the girl gives Just the needed 
touch of class. Her dancing Is 
above the average, and her acro- 
batics, coming at the latter portion, 
did much to place It in the novelty 
division. 

The straifBTht man is a good tap 
dancer, and earned an* individual 
score with his solo. Just now this 
combination needs a finish more 
than anything else. With that intro- 
duced, they have a corking three 
act, and one that should keep busy. 
They did very nicely at Loew's 
State. Wt/nn. 



DAUM and SCOTT 

Equilibrists 

7 Mins.; Two ano Full Stage 

58th St. 

Two men In white costumes with 
sweaters worn for opening, working 
before special black drape In "two" 
for the greater portion of the seven 
minutes utilized. Understander Is 
lying on stomach at opening, while 
partner comes on for hand-stand on 
his feet, lifted "prlght with action 
on lower limbs of understander. A 
good feat Is three pulls from the 
ground to hand-to-hand upright 
and one that calls for Individual 
applause. The whirl around the 
back is another corking feat, as 
done by this team. The finish Is a 
leap from a pedestal to a hand 
stand, a trick introduced some 
years ago by the Belleclalre Bros. 

A good opener and one that will 
get by anywhere. Vrj/nn. 



SCOTTY and MADISON 

SISTERS (2) - _^ 

, Piano Act 
15 Mins.; One 
American Roof 

Man and sister team in a piano 
routine, the former at the piano and 
the women up front. A "Roll Them 
Bones" blues, unaccompanied, got 
the most. The man's "McGregor" 
number at the Ivories doesn't mean 
anything to the act and should be 
discarded. Even a familiar pop 
number would do better. The girl 
to the right of the audience in the 
"Homesick" closing number waved 
her hands awkwardly and would do 
better Just to stand still. She sug- 
gests she doesn't know what to do 
with them. 

Went mildly No. 2 on the Roof. 



LEIGH and ARTHUR 
Talks and Songs 
15 mins.; one (special) 
23d Street. — 



Man and woman In conversational 
turn, with a couple of double song 
Interludes. Special drop, showing 
hotel exterior. Man does taxi 
starter and woman Is possible cus- 
tomer. Talk is interesting, judged 
by small time standards, the routine 
evidently having been arranged 
with the neighborhood houses In 
mind. It fllla the bill In that re- 
spect. Act passed nicely No. 2 at 
the Twenty-third Street. Bell, 



GILBERT SISTERS and ARM- 
STRONG 
Piano Act 
14 Mins.; One 
American Roof 

This was the second three-people 
piano routine on the bill, spotted 
Na 4. In the deuce a similar sister 
team and male pianist combination 
held forth, although this fared con- 
siderably better. The sisters have 
a n>odicum of personality In their 
delivery, and Armstrong at the 
piano feeds glibly in the double 
numbers, although the material on 
the whole is small timey. The sister 
in the abbreviated dresses scored 
In her solo. The other's bride num- 
ber went big on the strength of the 
cleverly written "all mine* verse.s. 
There has been a Gilbert Sisters 
act in the three-a-day before, but 
t^is looks like a different duo. Pop 
house speed combination. Ahel. 



-RIGHT OR WRONG'» (4) 

Comedy Drama 

21 Mine.; Three (Special Drapea) 

Broadway 

Originally written by Sam Ship*: 
man and Clara Lipman for Crana 
Wilbur and Martha Mansfield, who 
played it last season In vaudeville. 
The present cast is big time, if they 
care to repeat It. The story holds 
Interest through the novel treatment 
and "twists," which concern a fe- ' 
male writer about to be sentenced 
for shoplifting. She is seeking mate- 
rial for a book on penal inatitutions. 

An audience Interruption occurs 
when a man walks down the aisle 
and proclaims himself as responsible 
for the girl's downfall. He confesses 
he Is a crook. The judge interro- 
gates him on his motives for sacri- 
ficing himself, and is informed that 
psycho-analysis is the cause. He 
sentences them to marriage, per« 
forming the ceremony himself. 

Mutual confessions prove both to 
be celebrities. The crook Is a 
famous explorer with a penchant 
for romance and >intrigue. Another 
"twist" holds the Interest right to 
the final curtain. The lines are 
bright ■ and contain many laughs, 
none of which was s'urred by the 
splendid actor who has succeeded 
Wilbur. Con. 



FOUR PHILLIPS 

Balancing and Juggling 

12 Mins.; Full Stage v«<^ 

Colonial *T- 

Two men, a woman and boy com-t 
pose the quartet. The turn con» 
sists of varied types of balancing 
and juggling, the act opening with 
juggling of clubs while the per- 
formers are balancing on barrels. 
One of the men balances perch on 
forehead, his partners atop perch. 
Combination juggling Is performed 
In several similar difilcult positions. 
There Is also some head to head stufE 
by the men, with juggling to maktu 
it more complicated. 

What Is described as the world's 
record balance, has the understand- 
er balancing a ladder on forehead* 
with man and woman on ladder. 
No head arrangements are used by 
understander for any of balances. 
The boy does an acrobatic stunt or 
two. 

The athletic routine Is excellent, 
but the dressing of the turn should 
be conformed to a more harmonious 
arrangement — something that would 
go better with the purple drop. 
Good opener or closer for any type 
of house. I , . Bclh 



ROBEY and GOULD 
Talk and Songs 
15 Mins.; One 
American Roof 

Straight and Dutch comic. Both 
boys make nice appearances, the 
comedian distinguished by the gut- 
tural Dutch brojue and a rose- 
tinted nose. The chatter is credited 
to the authorship of Bard and Pearl. 
The latter must have ^ good mem» 
ory considering the hoary babies 
they have pieced together. But at 
that. If the team can get away with 
such up-to-the-minute quips as 
"What part of Venus do you like?" 
Ans.: "I guess yoi better glvo me 
my hat and let me go home," they 
can get away with anything, so 
what's the difference. Judging from 
the response the Tuesday Roof 
audience is about 20 years behind 
in the matter of gags. 

They are strenuous workers and 
the straight has a sympathetic 
tenor that clicks, so they have 
something substr.ntial anyway. They 
scored the hit of a tedious lay-out 
next to closing. Abel. 



JAMES GRADY and CO. (2) 
Sketch i 

17 Mins.; Three (Special) ' V 

American Roof 

The act worked before a cottage 
exterior on the Roof which may or 
may not be the act's property. Most 
likely a standard house prop, since 
scenery awitching from downstairs 
to roof Is impractical. Mr. Grady 
doeJi an old "crab" type. Two 
women are, in support. One is a 
"little orphan Annie" type who 
talks a lot. In fact, they all do. It 
is considerably talkative throughout 
and finally w!nds up with the gal 
being the old man's niece, the 
daughter of a son or daughter (that 
part of the plot planting is not quite 
lucid) from whom he has bee|i 
separated for years. 

Of course, with a p!ot like this 
the prop of the locket or engraved 
watch must be included in tbo 
scheme of things. 

Small time. . Abel. 



RAINBOW TRfO ^^^^- 

Acrobatic and Comedy 
10 Mins.; Three 
American Roof 

Dude understander, male comic 
and husky woman (straight) in an 
acrobatic routine with some comedy 
via a mechanical prop. It is an 
Automatic W^eather Bureau chest 
with a dial pointing to the weather. 
The tramp comic inserts a coin 
and the dial spins to the rain sign. 
A squirt of water shoots through 
on his face. A figure of an ofll- 
cer with mechanically operated 
hands is also part of the props. The 
slats are operated for claque ap- 
plause at the end of some trick. 

The acrobatics are a scries of 
hand-to-hand stunts. The well-, 
built woman and the straiglit alter- 
nate as understander;*, the comlo 
aloft. The act interested closing 
the Roof show. Abel. 



PICKARD'S SEALS 

12 Mins.; Full Stage 

Plckard wonks throe seals with 
the usual jugjling a)ul balanc- 
ing stuff. It is certain to please 
in the sm<all time houses. 

Of the three seals, the smaller 
one In the center furnl.slies certain 
comedy that Is a distinct asset. The 
musical stuff at the finisli makes a 
good getaway bit. Fred. 



Friday, December 8, 1922 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



19 



20TH CENTURY REVIEW 

Bhub«rt untt nhow at Central. New Tork. 
w«ak D*o. 4. 8tarrin( Four Marx lirotherfl, 
;irlth Krans and White and Olara and Mtnhku 
featured. Vaudevill* acta: Novell* Broa., 
ICarle Roaale. bealdee the featured tume. 
Principal* In revue: Juliue H. Marx. Her- 
^^ Marx. Edward Metcalfe, Meta Btaui- 
ford. Mlaa Rowi. Arthur Marx. I^o Marie. 
21 chorus girls. Cart C. Oray. musical 
ilrector. 

. Th« Four Marx Brothers In "The 
fOth Century Review," unit ahow, 
have a comedy pec-formance, because 
Ch« Marx Brothers are In it. They 
lire In It twice, happllj' — as an act In 
the olio and In the "Marx Bro.«i. Re- 
vue," that composes the closing sec- 
tion. , 

Th« brothers* olio turn la the 
"Theatrical Manager's Offlce." their 
latest low-comedy skit, and portions 
of their other act are in the revue. 
It'a their humor (actions and dialog) 
that grets the laughs. The laughs 
are almost continuous, for Julius 
Marx gets a lot out of dialog. He ii 
also an action comedian now, kid- 
dingr around on his feet and other- 
wise. 

In a way the program at the Cen- 
tral this week may be devoured by 
the Marx boys' admirers, for'it lists 
them Individually, so you can now 
find out who is who among them. 

A capacity crowd Tuesday night 
Baw the show. It was a club that 
bad bought out the entire house. At 
last the Central naw capacity on a 
week night, and it was a weak night 
for the show business along Broad- 
way, as was Monday also. 

Just before the Marx vaudeville 
turn were Kranz and White, who 
also talked besides singing songs. 
Al B. White went into the pit to 
direct, doing gags down there, with 
Krans standing on the stage. They 
did very well. Neither appeared in 
the revue. 

It hurt the vaudeville section to 
have the two all-mon acta atid botli 
comedy turns follow one another. 
Previous the vaudeville held Olga 
and Mishka. "with their catchy 
dances. Olga especially did superb 
work, while Mishka must have 
trained the chorus of girl Russian 
dancers who did their bit in the 
revue. The 16 girls also appeared 
at other times, opening the show at 
flrat by spreading themselves across 
the stage in "one" in an introduc- 
tory number, a common device of 
the units that tells how little atten- 
tion was paid to the construction of 
the shows before they opened, else 
the repetition would soon have been 
caught and prevented. 

The Novelle Bros, were No. 2 with 
their bird whistling in clown make- 
up, and Marie Rossi sang a couple 
of straight numbers No. 3. Then the 
Olga and Mishka dances, followed by 
the male acts, from which point the 
show could be said to have started, 
running somewhat slowly before 
then. 

This unit should do business, for 
the simple reason there are plenty of 
laughs in it. The Marx boys may 
greatly profit in one way or another 
at the head of their own show In a 
Shubert theatre on Broadway. They 
are a versatile quartet of laughable 
funmakers. Sime. 



PALACE 

The outside and the Inside stuff 
round the Palace this week Is al- 
most a part of the performance to 
those who will look and listen. The 
outside stufT Is a board with the 
reproduction of a letter written by 
David Belasco to Martin Beck and 
dated Aug. 23, 1921. Mr. Belasco 
informed Mr. Beck what he thought 
of "HIghlowbrow." by S. Jay Kauf- 
man, as played by William Halligan 
ftnd Co. (The art was then about 
to open on the Orpheum Circuit.) 
Ifaybe Kaufman wrote the letter 
himself, but that doesn't di-spute 
the Belasco signature Is genuine. 
After Belasco got through telling 
Beck about the playlet, he started 

^ talking about Halligan, saying what 
a fine young star that bird Is. and 
notifying leek that* after the sketch 
finished Its vaudeville time with 
Mr. Halligan. Belasco wanted Hal- 
ligan to go under the Belasco man- 
agement. The sketch is finishing 
its vaudeville time this week, with 
Halligan, and Halligan is now re- 
hearsing in the new Jack Lait 
comedy, "Genevieve," so it looks 
9lm though Beck crossed Belasco 

\ through not advising him, or Ilalll- 



WALTER HILL and CO (2) 
•'Poor Old Jim" (Comedy) 
18 Mins.; Full Stage 
23rd 8t. 

This comedy sketch Is based on a 
basically funny Idea. In brief it 
treats of a woman who cures her 
husband of the souse habit by call- 
ing in a doctor, hnving the doc give 
hubby a shot of ether, and as hubby 
is coming back to consciousness, 
having the M. 1>. coiiviiue him he 
Is dead. 

The wife and doc conver.^e as if 
the husband w.is not in the room, 
trea ting his prt'sonre :is that of a 
ghoati and discu^sTrfi; husband'.-! 
burial, wako. etc. 

This perinlt.s of surc-rire contody 
that Just ripr!es along like a breeze, 
carrying: Iniuhs nt tin- r.if*.' of <in*' a 
second. The hu.«biu»d'n am.'iz*'tnent 
when he bc'^ins to heliove the doc. 
and accopts xho physician's edict 
that he Ik de.id, cotitains -eal Iiiuih • 

Tli(- thri'c 1 oi>j)|c h.'indle it well 
It's sure for ll'.e pop houses. 

Sell 



gan Is too modest to tell Belasco 
that letter is equivalent to a con- 
tract, or maybe Kaufman told Be- 
lasco to sign here and nothing 
would go. Either way William Is 
not Injured, for he is doing good 
work in the rather cleverly con- 
structed little playlet by Mr. Kauf- 
man, that is A swift playing comedy 
novelty for a variety bill and vaude- 
ville should not lose It. 

The Inside stuff are with the 
Mortons, the four of 'em, including 
Sam, Kitty. Clara and Joe, and the 
lately wedded Gordon Dooley- 
Martha Morton as a turn. The 
two-act precedes the four-act In 
the second half, with Martha and 
Gordon walking in on the four-turn 
as It Is about concluding. As Gor- 
don, called on by Martha (who says 
she left him In the trunk), enters, 
he kisses Clara, after shaking hands 
with Jpe, then bumps into liis 
father-in-law, and, after kissing his 
mother-in-law, Kitty, I ;mps hack 
into "Pop." It even gets a laugh 
from the assembled family. 

Other than the mention of 
"Brunswick, N. J.," a coupie of 
times and two of the acts using 
"Wild About Harry," one vocally 
and the other musically, with no 
one singing or playing "Gallagher 
and Shean," the program was nor- 
mal Monday evening, with .vomo- 
thing of a light rear orchestra at- 
tendance for the Palace. 

In a curtain speech Kitty Donor 
announced the three Donors (Kitty, 
Rose and Ted) will separate as a 
vaudeville act after this week, "each 
going our owji way," which sug- 
gested a multiplicity of production 
engagements for the Donors. Then. 
Kitty cutely said. "Come out, Ted 
and Ftose. and take your bow.s," but 
the relatives made It singular in- 
stead, with one. 

The Donors returned to New 
York last Saturday, dating this 
week at the Palace through wire- 
less as they were leaving the other 
side. Booked abroad for 12 weeks, 
they are reported as having tired 
afler four and asking for a release. 
Their stage turn, opening after in- 
termission, ran a bit too long. 30 
minutes, but seemed to be thor- 
oughly enjoyed, Kitty cutting up. 
bursting a globe in the gutter, 
something Gordon Dooley repeated 
later. 

The Doner turn In formation, two 
girls and a boy, dancing and sing- 
ing, was not unlike the Lorraine- 
^Ilnto act. closing the show. Ted 
Lorraine and Jack Mlnto (formerly 
known as Jack Cagwin) singing 
and dancing with Margaret Davles. 
It was late when the latter three- 
act finished the evening and It was 
a hard spot for them, another hard 
spot being assigned the Halligan 
sketch. No. 3. 

Closing the flrat part were Clark 
and Bergman (New Acts), who did 
27 minutes In a pleasing manner for 
so new a turn. 

Will Mahoney switched places 
with Marlon Harris as programed, 
Mahoney taking No. 4 and Miss 
Harris No. 6. It was a spot for 
Mahoney and he did well enough 
with his nutty stuff, but did not 
hog It, and stated before departing 
he had better not stick around, as 
the bill looked all-Irish this week 
and It might mean trouble for him. 

Miss Harris did her beat with 
the blues, and the blues are her 
best. She contrasted with a lengthy 
ballad that sounded like a recita- 
tion aa she did it. Its second por- 
tion perhaps was recitative, but 
still Miss Harris, who Introduced 
herself as a disc singer, should 
stick to the discs and blues. Her 
pianist also announced himself as a 
composer, J. Russell Robinson, and 
played a medley of his composi- 
tions, putting In the final number 
as a plug. 

The Dooley-Morton act Is going 
to get well set, for its laughs arc 
plentii Uy suj)plled by the Dooley 
falls, while Martha Morton as a 
step dancer Is very attractive. She 
has the family looks and the family 
steps, getting both over, while 
Dooley can make the musicians 
laugh as easily as the audience. 
The boy is a wonder at falls. 

The Four American Aces opened 
the show with their showy casting 
turn, getting more for the opener 
than ordinarily goes to that Palace 
position, while Bender and Arm- 
strong, who followed, were other 
acrobats, held up No. 2 by their 
finishing trick of the flying aomer- 
.saultlng leap into the toe-to-toe 
catch. It's surefire, but not so much 
so as when confined to its creators. 

Sime. 



ALHAMBRA 

Whether it was Ben Bcrnie or the 
ten-act bill (although only nine ac- 
tually showed Monday night), the 
draw waa there. 8. R. O. prevailed, 
*li« boxes being jammed to their 
fullest, ditto the balcony and gal- 
lery. The last act has that upper 
tier to thank for its faithfulness 
else It would have been performing 
to an empty house. Pra'lically 
seven-eighths of the lower floor 
made for the exits after P. n Boj iile 
and Barnl. on at 10.45, dfcidfd to 
rail it a night at 11.15, and this only 
Mfter Ruth Ro> e had sung to th«' 
i>and's accompaniment. 

A cardboard replica of P.tMriie i.>* 
!>'rching atop the hou.sc mar(iuv<- 
this work and probably accountcl 
for no small perccniago of the busi- 
ness. The show as programed wu." 
all jazz< d up, three of the acts not 
.-howing. Bernle was moved do^n 
to the ace position and could have 



done an extra 15 minutes. He has a 
smart looking bunch of youngsters 
who can compete with the best of 
'em. That college boys* Introduc- 
tion may or may not be on the 
level, although they certainly look 
like youngsters just out of school. 
Bernle has a good bet* In the cor- 
netlst, a corking "hot lips" tech- 
nician, and that fancy trick drum- 
mer is also good for flash purposes, 
although J. Kenneth SI.s.«on and 
Johnny Johnaon, whom he brought 
forth for aolo bends, are the brains 
of the band on the arrangements. 
Bernle's showmanship elevates the 
act into the peer of vaudeville band 
turns. The "Samson and Delilah" 
number Is a new idea, first used In 
their second week at the Palace. 
The "World Is Waiting for the Sun- 
rise" rendition clicked aa ever. In- 
cidentally Bernle pulled a nifty 
local that showed most of the cus- 
tomers are familiar with the traffic 
courts, announcing his next number 
from the play, "The Last Warning, 
by Magistrate House." This records 
it as Bernle's property. 

Miss Roye preceded Bernle and 
accomplished her usual stop-the- 
show riot. Miss Roye seems to have 
gotten a little stouter since last 
seen, a change that does not harm 
her personal appearance. At 10.45, 
with J?ernie and another act to fol- 
low, she tied up proceedings, beg- 
ging off with a little spceclj plug- 
k'ing her v.ork on the Columbia 
records, which, she hoped, would 
find as much favor with the fans as 
herself. 

The Spider's Web opened, show- 
ing the Earles in a smooth iron-jaw 
and acrobatic routine performing in 
the center of the web drop. The 
couple work In full length white 
tights. Jack Joyce, the monopede 
dancer, was "in" from the start. He 
insisted on securing a female dance 
partner from the audience, but could 
not coax anybody on. Thomas J. 
Ryan and Co. (New Acts). 

Charles Harrison and Sylvia Da- 
kin, assisted by Billy Hogue, were 
a comedy wow with their intelli- 
gently framed routine, which is re- 
plete with whirlwind material. They 
open ensemble wltji a "three of us" 
ditty, Harrison as an old man. Miss 
Dakin in spinster get-up and Hogue 
as the "kid." 

Jim McWilliams, No. 5, was an 
added starter. Ho cleaned up with 
his >ianolog and nutting, and, as he 
remarked, "There are different ways 
of maklnf; a living, rome use a lead- 
pipe," which klddlngly disparaged 
his bit and hoke routine. It was a 
comedy clean-up nonetheless, a tri- 
bute to his knowledge of vaudeville 
values. The encore opera travesty 
at the piano recalled him again for 
an extra plug of a number he com- 
posed. 

Bobby McLean closed the first 
section with his ice skating rou- 
tine, which is preceded by the In- 
teresting reel taken last year In 
Norway, where he wrested the 
world's title from Mathieson. Mc- 
I^ean announced he leaves for Eu- 
rope In January to defend his title. 

Miss Roye reopened after inter- 
mission. Bernle was followed by 
Nora Jane and Karl, closers, who 
were cruelly slighted because of the 
late hour. They have a dance rou- 
tine with an attempt at novelty 
that deserves better attention. 

Abel 



COLONIAL 



The Colonial held more than a 
suggestion of Its old-time atmos- 
phere and prestige Monday night. 
The 'house wasn't capacity, but not 
far from it. A nine-act bill of 
standard acts was the patronage 
accelerator. No fault to find with 
the make-up and quality of the ar- 
rangement, excepting the necessary 
evil of mOst of the turns having 
played around the big city so mucn 
as to make them a bit familiar for 
the regulars. 

Irene Franklin, headllner, was 
second after intermission, and more 
than h^ld her own. She was given 
a reception when she entered and 
fhiished with a speech. Miss 
Franklin has had better song rou- 
tines than the current one, songs 
with more laugha and brighter 
lyrica generally. The "Spotlight" 
number with the cape holding a 
flock of small mirrors; the song 
about the woman shopper returning 
to New Rochelle, with some nat- 
urally funny patter based on the 
Idiocy of the average time table; a 
bathing number that had Miss 
Franklin in a bathing suit of the 
vintage of '93; a kid recitation and 
flapper ditty,, with "Redhead" for 
the demand encore, with the "catty" 
dame for good measure, each regis- 
tered Individually. MisS Franklin 
said at the conclusion of her act 
that it was at the Colonial that she 
made her first New York appear- 
ance with Burton Green 16 years 
ago, 

J)ody and I^owls, next to closing, 
aiul following Miss Franklin, 
started with a rush with their 
Chera Bocha," but had to battle 
'em a bit after that with their talk. 
Thoy caught them again and held 
'cm i)erfoctly with the "Chora 
I'.Hcha" verses for the finish. Funny 
how an audience will yell their 
liead.4 off at a gag in a comedy 
song tiiat, if spoken, would sail 
right out the door. The song has 
a lot to do with It. and "Chora 
Mocha" Is a classic— an act In 
ii.Hvlf. 

Joe Browning wa.s another turn 
tliat ran considerably to comedy 
-nngs. Browning got the first crack 
at the house In the second half, 



however, and that helped ft lot. The 
topical ditties of the Browning act 
are excellent examples of how a 
comic song should be written. Not 
a wasted line, and the punch placed 
exactly where it should be. Brown- 
ing delivers them without a miss. 
He overstayed his time a bit Mon- 
day night, miscalculating the ex- 
tent of his applause. Herbert's 
Dogs concluded the show, the leap- 
ing hounds holding the house and 
keeping Interest at fever heat. 

Too much singing In that second 
half. The first half ran off pleas- 
antly, with Maurice Diamond and 
eo. closing that section. Diamond 
has developed Into a good low 
comic. That Is his forte, and the 
turn can stakid more of his likable 
clowning. Following the Bob Al- 
bright turn, which had been a wow. 
Diamond caught 'cm on the fly with 
a comedy fall that was pure hoke, 
but justifiable. Helen McMahon's 
scarecrow bit Is a real feature of 
the turn. The toe dancer also 
stands out. Real vaudeville In the 
Diamond act, with plenty of fast 
dancing and lots of laughs. 

Bob Albright has a finish that Is 
surefire. After he has the house In 
a plea.'^ant frame of mind with his 
songM and stories, Albright springs 
a couple of colored boys, who show 
real talent as dancera. One la Al- 
bright's pianist, not disclosed as a 
colored youth until Albright Is 
ready to spring his surprise, the 
other a natural dancer. Albright's 
stories are ancient on the whole, 
but there's a new audience every 
50 ye.ars. so what's the difference? 

Valerie Bergere and Co., third 
m^th "Oh, Joy San," held the 
IRetch spot perfectly. Joe Roberts 
was second with a banjo specialty 
that brought reminders of the day 
when no vaudeville show was com- 
plete without either a banjo or 
xylophone turn. Roberts did four 
or five numbers and went over in 
great shape. 

The Four Phillips (New Acts) 
opened. Bell, 



{ r inutes before the house knew what 
It waa all about. Davis' opening 
barrage had too high a gear ratio 
for the gathering to assimilate, 
after having listened to George 
Moore's English drawl during the 
preceding minutes. At least until 
they got used to it. 

Moore, showing seventh, has two' 
girls of appearance with him, sup- 
l>lemented by a routine that enter- 
tains. The singing may have no 
particular value other than as a 
diversion or for filling In, but the 
comedy overcomes whatever defi- 
ciency lies In that direction. The 
act contains a number of quips 
formerly used when Moore was with 
Mary Jayne that are of more or 
less substance. The trio were well 
received. 

Preceding came McOrath and 
Deeds, still prone to overdo certain 
of their laugh-provoking bits, espe- 
cially the boose incident routjned 
on a bench. Both boys Impress as 
being capable of handling better 
material than is at present in their 
I)08se8sion, though the current struc- 
ture will certainly allow them to 
register In nny thrice dally hou!*e 
they may enter. Franklyn Farnum 
(New Acts) supplied the sketch, 
while Bostock's Riding School ter- 
minated. 

Connoly and Francis did yeoman 
service when deuclng It, though 
such was not the case until the 
boy and girl Introduced the uke and 
harmonica bit. The Instrumentnlls- 
Ing cleaned properly to the point 
where the youth was accorded 
opened arms during the remainder 
of the evening in his Improviatng 
betwixt eplaodea. Harvard. Holt 
and Hendrlck In their bicycle baa- 
ketball contest encountered a certain 
dimculty In gaining and then hold- 
ing Intereat. Too much stalling in 
scoring goals Is probably the most 
logical reason for the Indifferent at- 
titude out front. A condensing of 
the running time should help. 

Alfred Farrell and Co. opened. * 

Bklff, 



STATE 



Business was decidedly off Mon- 
day evening at the State. When the 
final show started the house wasn't 
more than two-thirds toward capac- 
ity. The feature picture for the flrat 
half Is "Streets of New York," a 
listless feature, reviewed elsewhere. 

In the vaudeville division the top- 
liner was Four Queens and a Joker, 
a quintet of four women and a very 
capable light comedian, who also 
dances. The man Is a seady worker, 
looks good and handles a rather 
tough part with exceptional ability. 
The* girls also look well, and show 
a flash Irv wardrobe. For a State 
showing the act did remarkably and 
despite the difllculty evidenced by 
most talking acts, this group man- 
aged to get their patter over to gen- 
uine results. 

Hope Vernon, a cute little brunet, 
who works in a house eye with a 
repertoire of popular numbers, has 
been well directed In the production 
of her little vehicle. Miss Vernon 
makes a few changes, all appropri- 
ate and very pretty, and closes with 
a violin which she manipulates, but 
produces the musical sounds herself. 
It's a nifty little flnlsh to an other- 
wise good turn. Her peacock num- 
ber Is also a novelty and away from 
the conventional In "single" songs. 
She did sufllclently well to attract 
production attention, and looks as 
though she might qualify for a mus- 
ical show if given proper oppor- 
tunity. 

Eddie and Edith Adair with their 
familiar "Shoe Shop" offering were 
another specialty that got over their 
talk. In such a big house one can 
readily understand the handicap 
natural to a talking act, for half the 
patter Is lost before It travels past 
the center of the atiditorium. The 
Adairs have an act that gets by 
strictly on Its dialog, and they suc- 
ceeded In working up Interest with 
heavy laughs. This earned them a 
big hit. It's a well written skit 
with a light theme and a heavy 
body. 

Chas. Semon and his musical In- 
struments were an early addition to 
the vaudeville section and In the 
late show got over big. Hla Is away 
from the stereotyped vaudeville 
"single," and for the small time Is 
sure fire regardless of conditions. 
Ho worked a trifle long but kept 
them entertained. 

The Weiss Trio, with perch and 
risley work, eked out a hit, the 
ladder bit going especially well. 
The comic Is a good trouper and 
know.s how to accentuate his com- 
edy points. They scored a safe hit. 
Nelson and Barry Bros. (New Acts). 

Wynn. 



5TH AVE. 



A fair enough running order the 
first half that pleased the Tuesday 
night patr(jnage without causing 
any undue excitement. Connoly of 
Connoly and Francis was the fig- 
ure of the evening through migrat- 
ing across the stage between every 
act to the strains of his harmonica. 
It got so the house was looking for 
him. 

rt»rliine Tltton, No. 4, took away 
tho npiilausc hit, mainly on the 
strength of her closing "stew" 
ruirnh'T. Previous to that she was 
building up with a trio of aongs, 
but the finale connected just where 
(hey like«l it and the youiig woman 
was 'in." The f.utbur.st yufllced ff»r 
an nbbreviatcd .si)eech. tiicely reii- 
d»'red. • 

Davis and Darnell, next to clos- 
ing, bre«/od through fot F«vf,iidary 
honor.-, though il setmed fully two 



EQUITY SIDESTEPS 

'■ , (Continued from page 1) ^ v 
I22.S0 In all, before he opened with 
"Scandals" in the summer, restor- 
ing him to good standinir in the 
organization, and he was in good 
standing when White abruptly dis- 
missed him from "Scandals," be- 
fore the show left the Globe, New 
York, to open In Boston. . ' 7 . 

Another claim by Equity Is that 
Ardell's contract with "Scandals'* 
waa not on an Ek|uity form of 
agreement, but Is In the form of a 
personal letter from White to Ar- 
dell, .as binding as any Equity 
agreement, but without the mani- 
fold clauses and pedantic pharase- 
ology of the Equity agreement. 

Ardell or his attorney (reported 
as Lyman Hess of Hess & Kahn) 
Is said to have requested an arbi- 
tration through the Producing Man- 
agers' Association. The associa- 
tion's official Is reported to have 
replied he will place the matter be- 
fore the P. M. A. executive com- 
mittee, and recommend action be 
taken, inasmuch as White is a P. 
M. A. member with a 110,000 bond 
posted with the organization, unle.as 
Equity should object to the P. M. A. 
taking action. 

The relators of the atory are 
paralleling the two Instances of the 
actors' organization walking out on 
a member in good standing In favor 
of a manager, while the managers' 
association may take steps to a'd 
an actor with a grievance agalnsit 
a P. M. A. member. 

Another report saya that when 
Ardell called at the Eqiilty head- 
quarters In New York, explaining 
his case and asking that an arbi- 
tration be ordered, he waa advised, 
after having been Informed Equity 
could not act, to Kce a certain law- 
yer whoae name was mentioned to 
him. There Is no verification that 
Ardell did call on the attorney rec- 
ommended by Equity's headquar- 
ters. That attorney, If retained by 
Ardell, would have acted In in In- 
dividual capacity for Ardell as a 
client and would have left Ardell 
subject to a fee for possible liti- 
gation. 

As Ardell estimates, according to 
the report, that his final damage 
under tho run of the play contract 
with White may reach a total of 
125,000 under his salary of $600 
weekly with the show, Ardell is said 
to have requested arbitration to 
avoid prolonged litigation In the 
Supreme Court, where a damage 
action for that amount would have 
to bo placed, with the atttending 
exi)ense. Including attorney's fees. 

Should an Independent arbitration 
be nnanged for in the Ardell mat- 
ter It may create some agitation, an 
any number of players hold other 
fli.in Erjtiiry form cnntrnctST 



Anoilui report Is that Ardell al- 
leges to hold a claim againt^t Harry 
P.estry and will bring suit to re- 
cover $G00 from Bcstry. one week s 
nalary, that Ardell claims be paid 
to Bestry as an agent, for the en- 
fr.ngf ment. As Ardell appeared In 
".S.andal.s" but six weeks, the mtor 
Is reported .to allege he lias beco 
I harfced excessive commission. 



80 



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VBW YORK CITY 

Krith'a Palaca 
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•Irving Kiahei 
BaronesH Dc HoUub 
Jim McWilllania 
Jdlle Leitiel 
(Others to fill) 
Katih'a Riverside 
Et«l« Junia 
Beaumont i^ln 
Kdna Aug Co 
The Brianta 
Camllta's Ulrds 
iOthera to fill) 

■fHh'a Rajal 
Ben Welch 
Tvette Rugel 
I.aKrance Broa 
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Joe Roberta 
Four Morton* 
Valerie Bergere Co 
Dancing M'Donalda 
(One to nil) 

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McKarland A P 

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t)haw A Lee 

A A F* Stedmaa 

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Koor Phillipa 
(One to fill) 

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Fiaano A l>an<lauer 
Roma Two 
(Ottaera to fill) 



W'ulah A Elli* 
K A K button 
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2d halt (7-10) 
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lat half (11-13) 
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ad half (14-17) 
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Ray Coalin 
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California Ramblers 
Marguerite A A 
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Sd half 
Will Muhoney 
.♦^now Col'mb's A H 
to Miles from li'w'y 
(.:hung Wha Four 
(Two to nil) 

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'"1 he Wngtr " 
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Wm A J Mandel 
Owen McUiveney 
I>utson 
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3d half 
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' Mom' Franklin 

Tom Kejly 

Smith As Jamos 

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Speeders 

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2d half 

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The Sterlings 

Kalth'a Hamilton 

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Frank Work Co 
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2d half 
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Dub Albright 
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Urljrroe A Rauh 
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2d half 
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Frank Work Co 
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:d halt 
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2d half 
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Allen A Canfield 
Davis A Darnell 
McGrath A Deeds 
Ilerbcrta Bceson 
(One to nil) 

1st half (11-13) 
Butler A Parker 
Polly A Os 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (14-17) 
Louise Carter Co 
Sandy Shaw 
Murray & Maddox 
(Others to nil) 

Keith's Prospert 

2d half (7-10) 
Frank Farnum Co 
Corlnne Tilton 
Swift A Kelly 
•.Mysterious Olll'tte 
(Two to nil) 

1st hnlf (11-13) 
Marjfle Coates 
M A A Clark 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (U-17) 
Kennedy A Krsmor 
Mi^non 
.Speeders 
(Others to nil) 

Moss' Rivlern 
Frank Farnum Co 
Harry Roso 
Henry A Mooro 
Ous Fowler 
(Two to nil) 
2d half 
Geo Moore Co 
H S'toddard Co 
Juliette Dlka 
Jimmy Lucas 
(Two to flU) 

ALBANY 
Proctor'* 

Adonis A Dog 
Knapp A (^ornella 
McCart A Dradford 
Barrett & Cunneen 
Jlashes of Snnglnn<l 

2d half 
Rekoma 

^feohan A Nfwtnnn 
Bloom A Slif-r 
Howard's Ponies 
(One to nil) 

ALLEN TOWN. PA. 

Orphenni 

"Welcome lun" 



Ilall A Shapiro 
liernard A Bets 
Threo Lorden* 
TAB H"aly 
2d half 
Anderaon A Graves 
Has&ei Green Co 
Jack La Vler 
Pay ton A Ward 
(One to nil) 

ALTOONA. PA. 

Orpheum 

George Moore <'o 
The Diamonds 



Realms of Fantasle 
Duffy A Sweeny 
Rupert Ingelese 

CHARLESTON 

Victoria 

(Augusta split) 
1st half 

Wells A Burt 
The Parados 
Kitpe A Dutton 
Fred Lewis 
Connors Danceland 



Booking Excluaivtly 

WITH 

Orphenm, B. P. Keith (Wett- 
ern) W. V. M. A. 

and AfRliaUd Circuit* 

ERNIE 
YOUNG 

AGENCY 

WILLIE BEKGEB, Book*ff lUgt, 

•tjit* 1313, Masonic Tgmptg Bldg. 

Ghicago 



J 



Peters A La DulT . 
Burns A Wiisoa 
(On* to All) 

2d half 
Henry Horton Co 
Gene Morgan 
BIBa Bu 
(Two to fill) 

AMSTERDAM. N.Y. 

RIaHo 

Noel Lester Co 
Snow A Naune 
Stephens A Hol'ter 
Lew Hilton Co 
Fink's Mules 
2d half 
Casting Campbells 
Taxi 

Helen MorattI 
V Lopca Orchestra 
(One to All) 

ASBtRY PARK 

Main St. 

I Bernard Gtrls 
Princess Winona 
Howard A .Sadler 
Gager Midgley Co 

2d halt 
King Bros . 
I^w Hawkins 
Walmsley A K'ling 
Princeton Five 

ATLANTA 

Lyrla 

(Birmingham split) 

let half 
Martell A West 
Dunham A 0'M'll<^y 
"Listen Lester" 
Sisters Arnctte 
Cl.<iytoa Drew Co 



CHARLOTTE 

VIetarIa 

(Roanoke split) 
1st half 
W Hale 'A Bro 
Millard A Marlin 
Chas All ho ft 
Thomas Sextet 

CHESTER. P.\. 

Adgement 

J A H Shield* 
Blsle White 
Grey A Old Rose 
Clifton A De Rex 
Jans A Whalen 
Parisienne Three 

Zd half 
Witt A Winter* 
Jack Martey 
Lanlgan A Hancy 
Howard A Rose 
Bigelow A Clinton 
Lynn A Thompson 

CINCINNATI 

B. F. Keith'* 

Fifer Broa A Si* 
Healy A Croaa 
fiafayette's Dogs 
Zahn A Dries 
Margaret Hassler 
"Show Off " 

CLEVELAND 
l«5th Si. 

Downey A Clarldge 
Lew Hilton Co 
Kovacs A Goldner 
Gordon A Ford 
Bob Hal) 

Palaee 
Tan ArakI Jap* 



ARCHIE 



«nd 



GERTIE 




B. F. Keith Vaudevilla 



AITBrRN, N. Y. 

JelTerson 

Dunedin A Play 
Arthur A Whitelaw 
Morris A Shaw 
(One to nil) 
3d half 
Conover's Dog# 
Haley Si* 
CNeil A PlunVett 
(One to All) 

BALTIMORE 

Mary la ml 

Aatumn Trio 
Gautier A Pony B'y 
Moody A Duncan 
McLaughlin A E 
Fannie Brloe 

BATON ROI'GE 

CoIambIa 

(Shrt^veport split) 

1st half 
Tyler A St Claire 
Dillon A Mlltun 
Annabolle 
Brady A Mahon»'y 
Toto Hanitiier Co 

BIRMINCHAM 

Lyric 

(Atlanta split) 
Ist half 
Valentino A Bfll 
O'Brien A Jos'phine 
Hal Johnron Co 
Hibbitt A Maile 
Little Jim 

BOSTON 
B. F. Keith's 



Halt Ermine A B 
Venita Gould 
Fenton A Fields 
Lillian Shaw 

COLUMBIA 

Coiambia 

2d half 
Jordan Girls 
Crane May A C 
Kelso A Dcmonde 
Barrett A Farnum 
Gordon A Germalne 

COLl'MBl'8 

B. F. Keith** 

Kihia 

Tony A George 1 
Walters A Walters 
CAM Dunhar 
"Awkward Age" 

DETROIT 

Temple 

Schlrhtl's Manikins 
Tabor A Green 
Hantpton A Blake 
Ulossom Seely 
Powers A Wallace 
May Wlrth Co 
Vaughn Comfort 
Boy A Boyer 

E ASTON, PA. 

Able O. If. 

Anderson A Grav»»H 
I'ayton A Ward 
Jack I.n Vipr 
(Two to fiin 
2d half 
"Wf-lrorno Inn" 
MM. M . ..^.t.. =, Hall A Shapiro 

Alexanders A Sm'b I Bernard A Bet2 

~ ARTHUR SILBER 

BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH 

PANTAGES CIRCUIT 

OM FITZGERAI>n RLDO.. NEW YOXUL 
Phones BRYANT 7tt;«— 4829 



Joe Cook 

Thos hi Sh'-a 

.Marino A Martin 

\ uriTiark 

Lee A rranston 

Bryant A S'ewart 

Bill Genevieve A: W 

Bl FFAI.O 

Shea's 

nroMson A Kdw'rd^ 
Kane Ju <Jraiit 
li .\n«lTNon A Pony 
Jos K \\ Mt^on 



TAD Hoaly 
Tlirt* l.or»l»ns 

EIJ/ ABKTil, N. 

Proctor'* 

Ainaros A tJb'y 
» hn«< Morntl Co 
Walsh A Kllis 
<'has \VII««)n 

2d hsif 
Thr> RpUt'TS 
A Sutlivan*C.J 
Marjf)»r« t Ford 
llrl?.«'; A Its II h 



**XJttla Driftwood" 

XBIE. PA. 

Colonial 
Kemater A Smith 
Letpalg 
Wilton Sister* 
Peplta Granados Co 
Claud* A Marlon 

OERM'NTOWN^A. 

Orpheam 

Nathane & Sully 
GAR Perry 
Dexso Better 
Holland A Oden 
Claire Vincent Co 
Trixle Friganxa 
Gallettr* Monkeys 

GRAND R.4PIDS 

Enipres* 
Snell A Vernon 
Carter A Cornish 
Lydell A Macey 
♦>vene Troupe 
Bird Children 
B Sharpc's Rev 

IIAMII^TON. CAN. 
Lyrle 

.Hberwin Kelly 
.v'argent A Marvin 
Home Town Follies 
Donavan A Lee 
Rodford A W'rhler 

UARRISBCRC} 

Majestic 

Henry Horton Co 
Bigelow A Clinton 
Gene Morgan 
BiBa Bo 
(On* to nil) 

2d half 
George Moore Co 
Burns A Wilson 
The Diamonds 
Peters A LaBuff 
(One to All) 

INDIANAPOLIS 

B. F. Kelih'a 

Osborne Trio 
Ormsbe* A Rening 
Four Muaketeers 
Shattuck A O'Mell 
Joe Laurie Jr 
Marga Waldron Co 

JACKSONVILLE 
Arrade 

(Savannah split) 
1st half 
P A M Dale 
>Iaxon A Brown 
Rice A Werner 
OScott A Mary Ann 
Four Readings 



KKWABK. N. J. 



Meae A Frya 
China Bloe Plate 
PreaaUr A Klalaa 
Bob LaSall* 
Herbert'a Dog* 
HometewB Follies 

NKW BRCNSWICK 

SUta 
4 Casting Mellos 
Mason A Shaw 
Elm City Four 
(One to nil) 

2d half 

Three Whirlwinds 
Mae Francis 
Wanier A Palmer 
(One to nil) 

NASHVILIJfi 

PriiiceM 

(Louisville split) 
1st half 

The I^rays 
Dore Sister* 
Babies 

Gilbert Wells 
Marie Cavanagli Co 

NEW ORLEANS 

(Mobile split) 
Ist half 
Johnson A Baker 
Jack Hughes Duo 
Iterron A Gaylord 
Kmma Barl 
Leona Hall ReT 

NORFOLK 

Academy 

(Richmond split) 

1st half 

Sawyer A Bddy 

Flaherty A Stonl'g 

t> Fitch Minstrels 

rHILADBLPHIA 

B. F. Keith's 

Pour Ace* 
Four Ylleroma 
Greene A Parker 
Emilie Lea Co 
Chief CUipaulican 
Juliet 

Ryan Weber A R 
Jimmy Luca* Co 

Key*ton« 

Sllva Brann Co 
Hank Brown Co 
Rellly A Roger* 
Texas Four 
"Timely Aevue" 



WANTED: A SUCKER 

TO PRESENT MB IN 

**GOULASH^' 

A Delightful .Musical Comedy FuU of 
Paprika. 

EDWARD J. ZADAY 



LONG BRA.NCH 

Broadway 

King Bros 
Lew Hawkins 
Walmsley A K'ting 
Princeton Five 

2d half 
3 Bernard Girls 
Howard A Sadler 
.Sager Midgley Co 

LOl'ISVILLB 

Lyric 

(Nashville split) 
Ist half 
Francis A Wilson 
Keltons 

Sampsel A Lconb't 
.Nell McKlnley 
Three Melvin* 

IX) WELL 

B. F. Kelth'a 

William Ebs 
Adams A- Grimth 
Powell A Itrown 
The Saytons 
WAG Aheam 
HlRKlns A Bates 
Harry J Conley Co 

MOBILE 
l^rlc 

(N. Orleans split) 

Ist half 
Worden Bros 
Rhodes A Watson 
Miller A Fears 
Jennings A Dorney 
Gautier's Toyshop 



U'm. Penn 

Miacahua Co 
I..anigan A Haney 
Bob Albright Co 
Tracey A IfcBrlde 

2d half 
McTntyre A Holc'b 
Acella Weston 
"Little Cottage* 
(One to nil) 

riTTSBCRGH 

Davis 

Chas Ahearn Co 
Brown A Whlttaker 
Ruby Norton 
AI Shayne 

PI>A INFIELD 

Plalnfleid 

GAL Garden 
Haney A Morgan 
Bobby Randall 
"Sirens" 

2d half 

Four Casting Mellos 
Alexander A Fields 
Golden Gate Three 
(One to nil) 

PORTLAND. MB. 

B. F. Keith's 

Creations 
Geo Rolland Co 
Bolger Bros 
Demarest A Col'tte 
Dixie Hamilton 
Pierce A Ryan 



CHAS. J. FREEMAN 

OFFICES 

BOOKING WITH ALL 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

SUITE 307. ROMAX BLDG. 

245 West 47th Street 
NEW YORK 

Phone: BRYANT M17 



MONTREAL 

Imp(*riHl 
(Sunday opening) 
Frcscotf A H Eden 
Cook A Oat man 
•Shrin'^r A F'zB'm'ns 
Cornell Leona A Z 
Betty Donn 
Boudini A Bernard 

Princess 

(Sunday optning) 
.Splendit A Partner 
Boreo 

M Murray Co 
I-ing A BhiU.ly 
"Night In Spain" 
Princeton A W't^on 
Van A Pfhenrk 
RAW Roborts 

MT. VERNON, N.Y. 

Proctor'* 

2d half (7-10) 
Harry Burns I'n 
Geo Moore Co 
Keane A WhltT)'y 
Watts A Hawley 
Ilavard Iloit A K 
Jnrrow 

l8t half (11-13) 
Mosconi Family 
l*rnnk Farron 
(Others to nil) 

2d hnlf (14-17) 
Kddic Foy Co 
' Lone»onie M.tnnr' 
Brent A I'artn* r 
(Othrri to fill) 



PROVIDENCE 

E. F. All>ee 
The Wesk Spot 
Well* Va A Wert 
Allman A Hsrv.w 
"Fashion Phow" 
Watts A Hawley 
Chic .Sale 

QIEBKC. CAN. 

AodltoHnna 

Patrice A Sullivan 
Welch Mealy A M 

READING, PA. 
Majestic 

r,ee Kids 
Lyons A Yopco 
Knowles A White 
(Two to ni!) 

2d half . 

"A'.l at Soa;^ 

M. l!.n Mruln 
l'»el ,<j CorMn 
(Two lo nil) 

ROANOKE 

Ro«in«tke 

(Charlotfo sr.:i! » 
Ist half 
Robbie C.iird.ine 
KoUolte I'.nrl & W 
.Mlllewhlp A Gt'i.I 
Dennos Thlb'It Jt <' 
B'-ll A Caron 

ROCII ESTER 

"Temple 

Tesrhow's Cufs 



Minre*Bt Vewer 
Holmea A Lavera 
Johnny Bark* 
Rooney A Bent 
Davla A Pelle 

BICHMOND 

Lyrla 

(Norfolk apUt) 
Ist halt 
Ford A Price 
Fields A Fink 
Robbin* Family 
Gene Greene 

8CBENECTABV 

Proetor'* 

Casting Campbells 
Helen MorattI 
Vine Temple 
Build Own Home 
Haynes A Peck 
Fred V Bower* Co 

-Cd half 
Noel Lester Co 
Mablo Burke Co 
Stephen* A Hol'ster 
Lew Hilton Co 
Fink's Mules 
(One to nil) 



Waiiaer * Palmar 
Hasel Oreen Ca 
(One to flll) 
Id half 
MaaoB A Shaw 
Danny Dugaa O* 
Elm City Four 
"Blrena" 
(On* to flll) 

TBOT, N. T. 

Proeiar'g 

Rekoma 

Meohan A Newman 
V lopes'* Orchestra 
Ploom A Rher 
Howard's Ponies 

2d half 
Adonis A Dog 
Knapp A Cornelia 
McCart A Bradford 
Barrett A Cunneen 
Flashes of Bongland 

UTICA. N. T. 

Colonial 

Mabel Burke Co 
O'Nell A Plnnke'tt 
Taylor A Bobbe 
Russ A Foss 



NEIL 
McKINLEY 

HEADIINIKG DELlfAB TIME 

WITH HIS PLAYMATE 

AL DOWNS 

Thii Is My Twenty-ieyenth 

CONSBCLTIVi: WEEK 

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 

ALF T. WILTON 



SAVANNAH 

BIJou 

(Jacksonville split) 

1st half 
Roberts A Demont 
Will J Ward 
Fiaher A Hurst 
Martha Pryor Co 
Morton Jewell Co 

8YIL\CISE 

B. F. Keith's 

McSoveroIgn 
I)u For Boys 
Keen Spear A O 
Sybil Vane 
Breen Family 
Freda A Anthony 

Praetor's 

Alanson 

lis ley Si!* 

Betty Washington 

Taxi 

Salle A Robles 

2d half 
Three McAdams 
Taylor A Bobble 
Arthur WhUelaw 
ITavnes A Beck 
(Two to nil) 

TAMPA. FI.A. 

Victory 

(St Petersbg split) 

1st half 
Clown Seal 
CofTman A Carroll 
Bowers Wters A C 
Eckert A Harrison 
Four Madcaps 

TOLEDO 

B. F. Keith's 



Canova Dogs 
(One to nil) 

Id half 
Roger Grey Co 
M'C'm'k A Winehill 
Duncdln A Play 
Bezxian A White 
Rose Review 
(One to nil) 

WASHINGTON 

B. F. Kelth'a 

The Stanleys 
The Dutlons 
Belle Baker 
W Cross Co 
Ibach's Bntert'ners 
Deagon A Mack 
Weber A RIdnor 
Jack Joyce 

WILMINGTON 

Aldlna 
Witt A Winter* 
Melntyre A Holc'b 
Jack kfarley 
Howard A Boss 
Cecelia Weston Co 
Lynn A Thompson 

2d half 
J A H Shields 
Miller A Marphy 
Jans A Whalen 
•Show Off" 
Elsio White 
Parisienne 

YOIfKKRS 

Proctor's ' 

3d half (7-10) 
Polly A Os 
"Pedcstrianism" 
*Lavine A RItx 
(Others to nil) 
1st half (11.13) 



THE LANGWELL 

us W. 44th St.. New York 

Th* Best $1.00 Dinner In Town. 

Ask BETTY DONN 

TOM HARRISON. Manager 



J S Blondy Co 
Van A Tyson 
Anderson A Yvel 
R Shirley A Band 
Olson A Johnson 

TORONTO 

Shea'a 
Harry Moore 
Alice Hamilton 

Billy Arlington 
B C Hlllism 
"Son Dodgers" 
CM'awford A Brod'k 
Runaway Four 

TRENTON. N. J. 

Capitol 
A A G Fall. 
Ulis A I^e — — 



Al Herman 
(Others to nil) 

Xd half (14-lT) 
Harry Kahne 
Butler A Parker 
Ben Beyer 
(Others to fill) 

YORK. PA. 

Opera House 

"All at Sea" 
Peel A Corbin 
Mella A Bruin 
Kibbler Orchestra 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Lee Kids 
Lyons A Tosce 
Knowles A White 
(Two to nil) 



POU CIRCUIT 



BRIDGEPORT 

Poll's 

Alexander A Hardie 
Franklin A Hall 
Rdith M Capes Co 
Janet of France 
Dolly Davis Rev 

2d half 
WVdlck A La Due 
Warden A La Coste 
Dave Schooler Co 
Jean Granese Co 
Shura Rulowa Co 

HARTFORD 

Capitol 

Gordon & Rica 
Stono A Francis 
Bork A Sawn 
MorK'an A Bind -r 



Walton A Brandt 
Shura Rulowa Co 
«d half 

Gordon A Rica 
Franklin A Hall 
Berk A .Sawn 
Stone A Francis 
Kdlth M Capes Co 
Dolly Davis Rev 

8CRANTON, PA. 

Poll's 

(Wilkes-B're split) 

1st half 
O'Conneli & Austin 
K^lly A Drake 
F Clayton Rev 
Oscar Lorraine 
Little Cinderella 



CHESTER FREDERICKS 

CLEVER JUVENILE 
** D-ineer and Imitator 
Third Sen««nn Featured with 
—^ — 4»as Edwards' Revue 



WATKRBVBT 



"Uptown A Dov, n" 

2d half 
T, A H Zeiirli^r 
< )rren A Drew . 
Dillnn A rarkLr 
\Valion & Mrandt 
U< rser A Irwin 

NEW HAVEN 

Palare 

P A C La Tour 
Wardoll A l^t'iisa 
.!• in <'iran'^'««^ Co 
Mab'l >!i»:une Co 



SPR'tiF'LD, MASH. 

Palace 

WedirU A Ladue 
Orren A Drew 
Dave Schooler Co 
Itrooks A MorK'it. 
Phlna A Picks 

2d h;<lf 
Lehr A K»'nnedy 
'•Ka*ihK)n Shop' 
MoFKan A Biml. r 
lA>uis Hart 
(One to flll) 



Ij A H Eelgler 
Leher A Kennedy 
"Faahlon Shop" 
Schoen A Squire* 
Louis Hart 

Id half 
F A C La Tear 
Brooks A Morgan 
"Uptown A Down" 
Janet of Franc* 
Beyle A Bonnett 

WILKESB'RE, PA. 
Pall's 

(Scronton split) 



1st half 
Davis Trio 
Harry Walking 
Gerald Griffln C:* 
Cooper A RIoardA 
Revue La PatlU 

WOBCESTEB 
PaU'a 

Boyle A Bennett 
Dillon A Parker 
Bersar A Irwia 
(Two to nil) 

Xd half 
"Tunea A Stepg** 
Johnny Murphy 
Otto Bros 
Phina A Picks 
(One to nil) 



*••• 



BOSTON KEITH CIECHIT 



BOSTON 

Boston 

Helen Miller 
Rellly Focney A R 
Josephine .\muros 
Ward Bros 
Girlie A Dandies 
Gordon's Olympla 
(.Scollay Sq.) 
Harry White 
Burke Walsh A N 
Thornton A King 
Amaranth Sisters 
(One to nil) 
Gordon's Olympla 
(Washington St.) 
De Marios 
Wilson A Wilson 
Flynn A Carroll 
Angel A Fuller 
La Bernicla Co 

Howard 

Frank Wilson 
Brent Haye* 
Kenny A Hollls 

BANGOR. ME. 

BIjMi 

Louis Stone 
Hugh Emmett Co 
Lyric Male 4 
Moore A Goodwin 
Aerial De GrofTs 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
John Le Clair 
Melva Sisters 
Johnson A Hayes 
(Three to nil) 

BROCKTON 

Htrand 
Glenn A Richards 
Dorothy Ramer 
HowarU A Lewis 

"Rubevllle " 

2d half 



Four Travelers 
(Two, to nil) 

HAVERHIIX 

Colonial 
Janls A Chaplow 
Da It on A Craig 
Lew Brice 
Kric Phillips Co 
(One to nil) 

2d half '; 

Wilson A Kepp*| 
Marie Sparrow 
Dee King A H ■>- 

Stone A Hayea 
Kanaxawa Japa 

I^WRRRCK 

Emplsis 

Adams A Morin 
Dee King AH 
Fern A Mario 
Five Avaions , 

2d half 
KrnJe A Ernie 
Howard A Fields 
"Rubevflle" 
(One to nil) 

LEWI8TON 

Mnsio Hall 
John L? Clair 

Melva Sisters 
John.-'On A Hay*a 
(Two to nil) 

2d half 
Louis Stone 
Hugh Rmraett Ca • 
Moore A Goodwla - 
Aerial De Grolfa 
(One to nil) 

•LYNN, MASS. 
Olyaitpl* 

Clasn Manning A C 
Stanley A Birne* 
Frank Van Hoven 
(One to nil) 




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Tonriag Orpheum Cirruli 
Hall for Earope April 9 

DirecUon BILL JACOBS 



Janls A Chaplow 
Whalen A McShane 
Raymond Bond Co 
Eric Phillip Co 

CAMBRIDGE 
Central Sq. 

2d half 

Mora A Reckless 2 
Stanley A Birnea 
l^w Wilson 
(Two to nil) 

FALL RIVER 

Empire 

Kanazawa Japs 
M Russell A .Sambo 
Travers A Douglas 
Lew Wilson 
Reynolds A D Co 

2d half 
Collins A Hart 
Dallon A Crafg 
Howard- A Lewla 
(Two to nil) 

FITCHBCRG 
Conunlng* 

Wilson A Keppel 
Marie Sparrow 
Howard A Field* 
Stone A Hayes 
Mora A Reckless 2 

2d half 
Plerlert A Srotteld 
Bradbury A ScuMy 



2d half 
Lew Brice 
M Andre A Girls 
(Two to nil) 

MANCHESTER 

Palaee 

Two Stenard* 
Jeanette Child* 
Raymond Bond <Se 
Krnie A Ernie 
Collins A Hart 

2d half 
Adams A Morln 
•"armen Brcclls 
Thos P Jackson Ca 
Fern A Marl* 
Five .\valon* 

NEW BEDFORD 

Ob'mpla 

2d half 
Class Manning A O 
Jeanette Child* 
Travers A Douglaa 
M Russell A Samb# 
Frank Van Hovoa 
(One to nil) 

NEH'PORT 

Colonial 

2d half 
Glenn A Ricbarda 
Dorothy Ramer 
Nat Jerome Co 
It'n'lds Doncgao 0# 
(One to nil) 



CHICAGO KEITH CIKCUIT 



CINCINNATI 
Palaca 

Brosius A Brown 
Frances A Marcell 
Sherlock Sis A c 
Waire A Dyer 
Hickman Bros 
France* Kennedy ' 

CLEVELAND 

Hippodrome 
Western Pastimes 
Seamon Conrad Co 
Danc'g Humphreys 
Tony tJray Co 
Hagcr A Goodwin 
Three Wfber Girls 

CLINTON, I A. 

tapltol 

Althea l/ucas Co 
Joe Hfijan A Coriips 

2d half 
Acta vo 
Lloy^d A Ooode 

< K\WF'DSVILi-: 

KtrumI 

I'.ipo St iJrcen 
Till-'' Itiirii.'inn S:.( 

DAYTON 

B. F. Keitht' 

ItuiiiiKTio Bro:» 
f^tnn Sian>y Cn 
W rodwfirds Co 
Jack Wilson 
II Antiljii Cn 
2d half 
Wilson Bro<» 
Whif.-n.'ld A Ir- I'ntl 
Bcrtriini A aaxuiu 
v., St A <;i;.(l/ 
Anafol Fii.ill'nd f'„ 
Klowri Uovuo 

Dktkoit 

l.a Sulle (iMr«:.ii 

Mike l><ii)!lik (^> 
Uae »^ iZ 'IrUf-y 
M'-Klnlf-y ^:lF|«V, 
(Two t.> HID 

I'd ha.f 
)Iiinili< rto T'.ioH 
\V IM words • 'o 
Muiiitord X- .-'lii '1 1 
Ituililv W!<l».»n 
Youth & M'.iuiy 



EV'NSVILLK, Um 

VIetary 

KInzo 

Dun lay A Merrtli - 
Lambert A Pish 
White Huasara 

2d half 
Alth<>a Lucas Oe 
O'Malloy A M'xHeli 
"Echoes Scotland'* 
Jarvis A JIarrlson 
"Current of F'un'* 

FT. WAYNE. INBl 

Palaca 

F.d g, Wynn 
IleynxMii A White 
Van A Carrie Aver^ 
(On'.' to nil) 

2d half 
Daly A Burcb 
M'Klnl.y Sisters 
(Two lo fill) 

FliNT. MICH. 

Palaee 

I'l ^ !< A Wilson 
N''.rm»n A T>andea ■ 
M Vim Fosse n 
Filztf. r'ld A Carrol) 

2<1 half 
Bcviil Sydneys ' 
I'-'na A Lohr 
".Inhn'y's Now Car" 
"Tho Sh*'lk" 
Kr.Tnk Drvoe Co 

II'NT'GT'N. W.T4. 

Ilinitingfon - 
('nbhy Bros 
Van A Carrie Avery 

INDIANAPOLIS — 

I'Mlaca 

'i'oyliind PVollcs 
• l'»-io Miller 
V.ri; inn A Berry 
':ra-e Ay»r A Bro 
r .: U I i « »• 
((Ml" to flll) 

li'l.'MZOO. MICH. 

Ketfont 

.•^!n.-Ia,r A Grny 
Ki I nU I)evo«; <'o 
l>ii\;ii A- Synionds 
I upi.M Four 
(•Jiii; lo nil) 



Friday, December 8, 1922 



VARIETY 



8i 



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yonnan A L*»d«« 
Mlk* DonllB ۥ 

4TW* !• All) 

■OKOMO. um. 



Ifllton A Li«IimaB 
CMTadlBf* Animal* 
t4 kalt 

Ctea Rogera Ca 
liarDOlda A White 

l^VMNO. MICH. 



FamU Tiaytov O* 
auia Stanlay C« 

mODUROWK, o. 



14 half 
Daly A Barcb 

gaddy Waltoa 
ttey Bruch 

irSKBeON, MICH. 



Carl«a A Da Frlaa 



lat half 
!/•• Ualajr 
Oct Handworth Co 
McDonald Trio 

PADUCAH, KT. 

Orpheoaa 

lat half 



LEE MASON 

With STAN SCOTT 
•^•body c«B »l«*ae evarybody.** TBT 
...we ara worklns «Y«ry day. 



Mumford A Stanley 
Cwn^ll A Ffcye Sla 
tiarrr Comer 
Arthur De Foy Co 

Id half 
Sinclair A Gray 
}|»bel Harper 
Paval A Symonda 
Beninl Broa 
Kama Four 

l^XXIKGTON. KT. 

Bra All 

Wilson Broa 
Whitefleid A Trel'nd 
Toat A Clady 
.Tacqae Yvell Co 
Ktown Revue 
2d half 
Jacit Wilaon 
Burn* A Lorraine 
(Three to flil) 

LIMA, O. 

Vaarot O. R. 

O A M I.e Fevre 
Marah A WllUama 



Ronutnoa Slatera 
Paul Rahn Co 
Ball A LeClalre 
"Echoea Scotland" 

KICHMOND. VA. 
Murray 

CVMalley A Maxfleld 
Tlnta A Tonea 

2d half 
WDermott A VInc't 
l!orradlnl'a AnimaU 
Hill A Quinel 
Sullivan A Myera 

BAC.INAW. MICH. 
JaVera Cttraad 

Royal Sydney! 
l>ana A I.ohr 
•John'y's New Car" 
Four of V 
"The Shplk" 

2(1 half 
Fitarer'ld A Carroll 
Newell A Moat 
H Van Fosacn 



CBaaday apaalac) 
Victor Maora 
OallatU * Xakla 
Falay A LATaar 
Clavdla ColamaA 
Adolphoa A Co 
Billy OlaaoA 
LawtOB 

■AN rSAKCTSCO 

CMdca Oata 

(Sunday opening) 
Leo Beera 
Qlenn A Jenkina 
Juggleland 
Adelaide Bell 
Dcoley A Salea 
I>r Thompaon 

Orphemm 

(Sunday opening) 
Pilrtation 
Alma Neilaon Co 
Perone A Oliver 
C A F Uahcr 
Signor Frlaco 
Little Billy 
Adele Rowland 
Lea Gellia 

SK.%TTLK 

OrplM>«aa 

(Sunday opening) 
Middletun A S 
GAP McRley 
Waller C Kelly 



Saaalaa D 4 laral'a 

BIy 

Joha B Rymar 

FraakWard 

nOCnt GMTT, lA. 



Zalaya 

Fraaklla A Char lea 

BaaSamaala 

(Thraa to fill) 

2d half 
Rosy La Roeca 

Plnley A Hill 
Sehwarta A Clifford 
Valand Gambia 
"Shadowland* 
(On* U fill) 

TANCOUVEB, B.C. 

Orphaam 

Eddie Leonard 
Hallen A Ruasell 
Taacano Broa 
MAtlla Bart 
••Proflteerlng" 
Billy Dale 
Qulzy Four 

WINNIPEG 

Orpheam 

Bert FitzKibbon 
Jack Hanley 
Wilfred Clark 
Kddie Miller 
El Rey Sia 
Roacoe Alia 
Lea Kelliroa 



Whita * Ba«k , Bobby Banr 

Marealla Caraaaa Ca | Flo Talbat 
Margaret Merla * Maa Myara 

lOirW dBCUIT 



MBW TOBX dTT 



SHUBERT CIBCUIT 

(Th« Shubert unit shows are 
printed herewith in the order of 
their travel. The shows move over 
the circuit intact.) 



OBPHEUH CIRCniT 



CHICAOO 

raiaco 

(Sunday opening) 
Sophie Tucker 
Van & Corbttt 
Smith A Barker 
Willlama A Taylor 
J A J Olbaon 
Ntata Lake 

(Sunday opening) 
Cue Bd wards 
Sandy 



Bird Cnbar«t 
Alexandria 
Leo Donnelly 
(One to nil) 

MILWAUKEE 

Palaeo 

(Sunday opening) 
Clrcumfi^antlal E 
Miller A Bradford 
Redmond A Wells 
Stars of Teaterday 



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nmtitml Dantlat to tka N ^. A- 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 



|A*S 



mr IPataaaa Bide > H. T 



Eva Fay 
Marmein Slaters 
Paol Decker Co 
JAW Hennlng 
Cahill A Romaine 
(One to All) 

DENY BE > 

Orpkaana 

(Sunday opening) 
Morcan Dancers 
Bcllo Montrose 
Jack George Dno 
Devan A Flint 
Novelty Cllntona 
Gordon A Day 
iTusbea A Debrau 

DRS MOINES 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
"Flanhes' 
risher A Glimore 
Corlne 

Smith A Strong 
Wllnon Aubrey Trio 
Herbert A Dare 
Tork A Kln« 

DULrTH 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
H B Walthall 
Bmest iliatt 
Spencer A Williams 
Langford A Fred'ks 
MAP Miller 
PeMarco^A Band 
Visser A-To 

KANSAS CITY 

Main Street 

JAN Olms 



Seed A Austin 
Bersnc's Circus 
Dankoff Co 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Hrnn«pla 

(Sunday opening) 
Xa>u Telleiren Co 
Jessie Reed 
Anderson A Bart 
Dave Fer^uaon 
Mme Herrmann 
Herberta 
Sully A Houghton 

NEW ORLEANS 
Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Vera Gordon 
Bekefl Dancers 
Artistic Treat 
Three White Kuhns 
Kay Hamlin A Kay 
Billy Collins 
Margaret Padula 

OAKTJIND. CAL. 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Parlor Bedrm A B 
McKay A Ardlne 
Neal Abel 
Juggllnir Nelsons 
MrRae A Clegg 
Conlln A Glaaa 

OMAHA. NEB. 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Creole Faah Plate 
Family Ford 
Kennedy A Beria 




1 G S Toupees Make-Up 

ODXI4 l*«nd for Price List 

u,!" G. SHINDHELM 

n I I^ E. 1M W.46 th S.t, N. Y. 



Simpson A Dean 
Dave Manley 
CKDonnell A Btair 

5oore A Kendall 
iralval of Venice 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Haxry Holman 
Hector 

Cllsabeth Brica 
Dancing Kennedys 
Herbert Dyer A Co 
Frawloy A Louise 
Irene Castle 

LINCOI.N. NEB. 

Orphonm 

(Sunday opening) 
firetta Ardine 
Weavtr A \Voav> r 
Bessie CllfTord 
r.'handon Trio 
liabcock A Dolly 
Crossy A Dayne 
James Stevens 

LOS ANOEI-KS 

mil street 

(Sunday opening) 
Bailey A Cowan 
McCarthy 81s 
luck Nortfin 
Hyams A AfiTntyre 
o to fill) 

On»heuin 

(Sunday <>iMnin8:> 
Willinms A WoSfus 
'".rRce Poro 
fetter Writer 
\nrtr;efr Trio 
Meehan's l»o;;fl 
*!oyal (iaHcoiKni a 
V & 13 f-it.\nt<"i 
1 ct'r«>on N'port .?• 1* 

MKMPins 

Orplienm 

'p 1-yl" AmU 
e iwnnjai to 



Nagyfys 
Senator Ford 
Faber A McCnwan 
Karoll Broa 

PORTLAND. ORE. 

Orpheum 

(Sunday opening) 
Dugnn A Raymond 
B Folswm A Band 
Bernard A Oarry 
Wayne A Warren 
DoWitt Burns A T 
Florenls 
Eric Zardo 

sacr'amento 

Orpheam 

((11-13) 
(Siimc bill plays 
Fresno 14-16) 
Henry Santry 
H A A Seymore 
D D H? 
Burke & Durkin 
McDevltt Kelly & Q 
Hnso Ellis A Rose 
Alberts 

ST. ix>ris 

Orpheum 

Mrs R Drew 
Marion \V««el<<» 
I'Kinlk'.in A M'rison 
I^MpeiMy A Chain 
Kerr Ac Weston 
Fitflit Blue I)emfin:« 
KMith Clifford 
Iloras A Wills 

ST. r.tiL 

Orpheum 

(Sunilay openlnx) 
lid It h T.illaforri) 
I cw l>i>''l<^t;i<lt r 
rivlHR H'-nrys 
r Hr.ni'-n A Bro 
.■M K H.iil 
i'aly Shelly A Co 
Ainiiiir'iiH & I'h'lii.^ 



NEW YORK CITT 
Ceatral 

-Whirl •t S t*' 

Roy (^unr^mlngs 

Florence Schubert 

Purrella Broa 

Kyra 

Keno A Green 

H. O. ■ 

"SOtb Centary R«t» 
Four Marx Bros 
Krana A White 
Olga A Mishka 
Novelli Broa 
Maris Rossi 
Meka Stamford 
Royal Ballet 

BROOKLYN 

Creaeent 
"MldaHa ItoreU'* 

Whipple A Huston 
Purcell A Ramsey 
Rl^Ks A WItchie 
Claire Devlne Co 
Three Chums 
Georire Mayo 

ASTORIA. L. L 

Aatorla 
(Boro Park. Brook- 
lyn, split) 
1st half 
"Stolen Sweets" 
Watson Sisters 
Steppe A O'Neil 
Berk A Braxll 
KlnRs Syncopation 
DeKoch Trio 

NEWABK. N. J. 

Keeney'a 
"Fneta * Flgnren'* 
Burt A Rosedala 
VUIanl A Roaa 
White Trio 
Six Stellas 
Twlnelle A Bolla 

PHII^ADELPHIA 
Cheatnnt St. O. H. 
"Splee of Ufa" 

Sylvia Clark 
Kramer A Buyle 
Frank Gaby 
Julia Kelety 
Pell A Walker 
3 Walnwrlght Sla 

WASHINGTON 

"Troablea of 19tt" 
Courtney Ststera 
George Jesaell 
Ann Codee 
Edwards A Manuel 
Ann Lowenworth 
Sam Bennett 
Gertrude Hayea Jr 

ALTOONA. FA. 

Mlahlar 

(11-12) 

(Same bill plays 

Weller, Zancavllle, 

12-14: Courts 

Wheeling. IS-fS) 

*'S«eppla' Araond'* 

James C Morton 

Ventour Bros 

Harry Bloom 

Mortons 

Harry Reye Cto 

Bard A Pearl 

PITTSBURG n 
Aldlne 
"Olmme a Thrill" 
Tip Top Four 
Sorel A Qluck 
Gene Barnes Co 
Herbert A Daggett 
Nnnlna A De Fay 
Gardner Trio 

CLEVELAND 

SUte 

(Sunday opening) 
"Midnight K'ndera" 

Smith ft Dale 



I.adellaa 
Bent A Clare 
Ruth Thomaa 
Sid Gold 

8T. hOVW 



(Sunday opening) 
Nora Bayes 
Hannaford Family 
Paaquali Broa 
HAG Ellsworth 
Billy McDermott 
Bert Baker Co 
Richard Walley Co 

Peggy Carhart 



Jahnny Clark Ca 
Jaaa LaCroasa Co 
Qalan A Caverly 
F Stafford Co 
Jack Inglia 
Qraanwlch Villagera 

2d half 
Taflin A Newell 
Qilberta A Armatr'g 
Welch A Peterson 
Cosmopolitan Co 
(One to fill) 

Anaeriean 

Swaln'a Animala 
Flake A Fallon 
Welaa Troupe 



Downing A Baddy 
4 Qaeana A Jokar 

Roaiavard 

Randow Trio 
Art Smith 
Gordon A Realy 
Katherine Murray 
Coamopolltan Co 

2d half 
Ed Oingras Co 
Margaret Farrell 
Holden A Herron 
Greenwich VlU'gers 
(One to flII) 

Aveaaa B 

Hamilton A Verno 
Charlotte Meyera 
O A B Parka 



MAX FACTOR'S 

SUPREME PREPARATtON 
Removar— Whit^alag^— Roagc— Pawdar 

SOLD IN NKW TOBK BT 
Bartow A LutlMT. I>ruMlsts. B'war A Mtb St 
CsiUral mug Co.. 7tb Avs. A Utb St. 
JaoMs' 44ih St. Drag Store, ttk A««. A 44tb St. 
C O. Blgekiw. IiK-.. «th Ate. A tlb St. 

SOLD LN CHICAGO BT 
Buck A Earner 'n and PuhUc Drug. Co. 



«. CuaslsflMiai. Oistrtbtrtar, • PaltMa Mesa. 
New Ysrk Clly. 



Downing A Budlty 
"Headllners" 
Jim A Jack 
••Rolling On" 
Lew Cooper 
Maek A Brantley 

2d half 

DeMoel Bros 
Chna Gibba 
Nelaon A Barrya 
Grace Cameron Co 
Royal Pektn Tr 
Golden A Lewla 
Delaney A Kellar 
Jack Inglls 
(One to All) 
Vicforia 

Chaa Glbbs 
McCormack A R 



Page A Orsy 
**Dancing Shoes" 

2d half 
Pedrick A DeVere 
KIrabcrley A Pare 
Demnreat A Wms 
Leach LaQulclan 3 
(One to fill) 

BRC»OKLYM 

MetrapalMaa 

Sterlings 
JAB Page 

CalTln A O'Connor 
Roae's Midgets 

2d half 
Randow Trio 
Jerome A France 
Clark A O'Neal 
Rose's Midgets 



Fid Oerdaa 

Felix Herman Co 
(Two to nil) 

BitLTIMORM 

Hlppadnraaa 

Aaatralian Delaos 

Bckhoff A Gordon 

Adrian 

Nat Burna "'■ . 

•ToUies" 

BIRMINGHAM 

BUoa 

Stanley A Attr« 
Cleveland A C'tney 
Henahaw A Avery 
Serve -U-FoujL 
Powell OlInJOTa Co 

Sd half 

Dalley Broa 
Rainbow A Mohawk 
Grey A Byron 
Grant Gardner 
Bothwell Brown Co 

BOSTON 

Howard 

Lacy Gilette 
n A L Walton 
Browning A Darla 
Rolwrta A Boy no 
Adier A Dunbar 
M Blondell Rev 

BrFFALO 

State 

Horltck A 8 Sis 
Gordon A Delmar 
Nevlns A Gordon 
Weber A Elliott 
•The Old Tlmera" 

CHICAGO 

RUlto 

Freer Bacfgott A F 
Connors A Boyne 
W A Weston Co 
Olive Bayea 
Olga A Nicholaa 

DAYTON 
Loetr 

LeFleur A Portia 
Armstrong A Tyaon 
Fred Weber Co 
Hawkins A Mack 

••Folllea" 

nOBOXEN» N. J. 
Lacw 

Bennin!;ton A Scott 




CHICAGO 

Engleweod 

(Sunday opening) 
"Pleat y af Pep" 

Chaa Howard Co 
John Qnigg 
Dolly Morrison ■ 
Dewey A Rogers 
Emily Clasper 
Townes & Franklin 

DETROIT 

Detroit O. H. 

(Sunday opening) 
"Hello Everybody" 
Gertrude Hoffman 
HAW Lander 
McCoy A Walton 
Carey Bannon A N 
Billy Rhodea 

TORONTO 
Prinecaa 

"Sacceaa" 

Abe Reynolds 

Nonet! a 

Ben Holmea 

Reno 

Warren A O'Brien 

Bernard A Scarth 

BUFFALO 
Critcrlaa 

"Carnival of Fan" 

Alfred Latell 
Clark A Verdi 
De Wolf Girls 
Clemon Belling Co 
Romaa Troupe 
Bell Hamison 
Jack Held 

Open Week 
"Rase Girl" 
Arco Bros 
Althoff Sisters 
Louis Simon 
Libby A Sparrow 
Shep Camp 
Harry Coleman 
Robert Halllday 

WORCESTEU 
Worcester 

(BIJou. Fall River 




Grace Cameron Co 
Royal Pekln Tr 

2d half 
Stanley Trip A M 
Melroy 81s 
Frank Stafford Co 
Chaa G Seanion 

Lincoln Sq. 
Russell A Hayea 
Claire Carroll 
Bardwcll Mayo A R 
Benny Harrison Co 
"Bits Dance Hits" 

2d half 

Jean A Jacques 
JAB Page 
Calvin A O'Connor 
Strickland'a Co 



Fnhoa 

Tallin A Newell 
LAM Hart 
Eddie Foyer 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
Johnny Clark Co 
l..owe A Stella 
Thoa P Dunn 
(One to fill) 

Oaten 

Ed GIngras Co 
Marsaret Farrell 
Jas Grady Co 
Gilberts A Armstr'g 
Bra Tanguay 
2d ha^ 
Welaa Troupe 



BEFORE VOU LEAVE ON 

YOUR ROUTEr- 

FOR YOUR WINTER 

SUIT and OVERCOAT 

BEN ROCKE 

Specially Deaignrnd 

Ready-io-Wmtr Cioihet 

1632 BROADWAY 

Ai Mih Street NEW YORK CITY. 
Telephene CIRCLE .'ISO? * 



Green A Blyler 

Jack .Strouse 
Cleveland Rronner 
Frank J Corbett 
I^Ia Chalfonte 

CHICAGO 
(iurrick 

(Sundiiy opening) 

••rmttrSr •# v»*^ — 

Heriiuin Tlmberg 
Nat Nazarro 
Tiurk \- r.ubl'>s 
Iiarlliii,' ft TImb r« 
l-:i.xc Ac r lUlMun 
l^n Darning Dolls 

CINCINNATI 

^liiibrrt 

(.*^unllay opening) 
"Keunlted" 

W.ber A Fie',d!i 
< ban X Al.l-i«h 
Lj iin <J«iiior 



apllt) 
1st half 

"Main St. FullieM" 
Fred Ardath 
Three Dalace Rls 
Morria A Cami>h'-n 
Commodore Band 

BOSTON 

Mnjenti 

"Eehoes of B'wuv 

Kd<lie NeHon 
Irving <i Hay 

Nip A r)elch»r 
Murray Slatfiri" 
<;p«)rc«> Strfnfrl 
Kthil Davia 
Five Han<j» 

0|>en Werk 
"May With Ijiu-i 
J'.on'T Iinh.MT 
ll.irr T>\ins 
lluja'alvu liri,.-* 



Greeley 84. 

BAD Wilson 
Lowe A Stella 
Mardo A Rome 
BAB Adair 
Clark A O'Neal 
Creole Cocktail 

2d half 
Bader LaVelle Tr 
Fiske A Fallon 
•in Wrong' 
Tilyou A RoRcrs 

Dclancey St. 

Jean A Jacques 
Jin>my Klynn Co 
Fox A Kelly 
Chae F Seamon 
"Follies" 

2d half 
PIckard's Seals 
Mirdo A Rome 
Jocclyn A Turner 
Qulnn A Caverly 
•l-'ollies" 

Niitional 

Roma Duo 
Jerome A France 
'In Wrong" 
Tilyou A. Ilogers 
(One to All) 
2d half 
BAD Wil-un 
KatlK rlnc .Mu.r.jy 
Bard •••.•: 11 ?,tayo A R 
B»nny Harrison Co 
Tarza n 

Orpheam 

I'lrkards Srals 
Mi'lroy Si.slers 
Thos P Dunn 
II lit!' n A lit iron 
'rarie;»n 

2d half 
Mark A Ilfjill'v 
\Ut\,Tn.n> k A^ It 
K A K Adair 



Gordon A Hesly 
Roeber A Gold 
Bv» Tanguay 

Palar* 

Pedrick A DeVere 
Klmberley A Page 
Alton A Allen 
Learh LaQulnlan 3 
(One to (III) 

2d half 

T^aDsIgs Duo 
Charlotte Meyers 
Page A Gray 
Kddls Foyer 
"Dancing Slioea" 

Warwick 
I^nn A Mital 
Mona Liza A Boya 
Demareat A Wms 
Royal Davea 
(On* to fill) 

2d half 
/{amsy's Birds 
Dorothy Wahl 
Prevost A Coelet 
(Two to nil) 

ASTORIA. L. I. 

Avtorla 

2d half 
Russell A Haye.i 
Hope Vernon 
Alton A Allen 
Headlincrs 
Lew Coop«r 
"Boys Long Ak<j ' 

ATL\NTA 

Grand 
Dalley Bros 
fcainbow A Mo.»'xvl; 
(iroy A Byron 
i'othwell Brown Co 
Grant Gardner 

2d half 
LeRoy Broa 



"Boys Long Ago" 
Gary A Baldl 
Sheik Entertainers 
(One to nil) 

2d half 

Waison'n Dogs 
Flo RInj; 

Kent Alien A On 
Miller Packer A S 
Powell Sexl»t 

LONDON. CAN. 

1.4MW 

Flying Howar.ls 



Faller A Vaaea 
Helm A Lockw'ods 

2d half 
Brgottl A Herman 
Warman A Mack 
Meatlng A Ross 

MEMPHIS 

Btata 
T^Toy Bros 
Bertie Kraemer 
Morley Sla 
A Hyde'a Orchestra 

2d half 

Stanley A Attra 
Cleveland A C'tney 
Henahaw A Avery 
Serve-U-Foar 
Powell Oltmora Co 

MILWAUKEE 

Miller 

Toa'd Be Surprised 

MONTREAL 

lisaw 

BelllaDno 
Stevens A Brunelle 
Homer Llnd Co 
Harry Bewley Co 
Sparka of B'way 

KEWARK 



Three Martella 

Brennan A Wynne 

Rudinoff 

Tower A Darrell 

Primro«e MInalrela 

NEW ORLKAMS 

Crascaat 

niom Broa 
Berrl A Bonala 
Ho«y A Evans 
Silvers A Berger 
Gen Plaaaa Ca 

Sdkalf 
T.aToy Bros 
Bertie Kraeasar 

Morley Slaters 

A Hyde's Orchestra 

•TTAWA 

:'.' Lacw 
Jeanette a Norm'na 
Maaoel Kamatne a 
Bddte Heron Co 
Fraxer A Bunco 
St Clair Twina Co 

FBOYTDENCK 



Bknway Barlowes 
T^eonard A Culver 
Wella A Anger 
Rthel Roacman Co 
Hughes A Pam 
Jaxs Jubllea 

2d half 
Harrey DeVora S 
Cunld's Close-Ups 
Wilson A McAvoy 
Joe Fanton Co 
(Two to fill) 

RP'CFIELD. MAM. 

Broadoray 

Harvey DeVera I 
Cuptd'a Close-Ups 
Wilson A MAvoy 
Joe Fanton C^ 
(One to flII) 

Id half 
B'kaway Barlowea 
T.^onard A Culver 
Ethel Roaeman Co 
Hughes A Pam 
Jaza Jubilee 

TORONTO 

Yong St. 

Reo A He1n»ar 
RAH Walzer 
Haze! IlaMam Co 
Fox A Brltt 

•Follies" 

WASHINGTON 

Strand 
Kdwards .Vr Allen 
Mae A Hill 
I^ord Rob<>rta 
MrCormIck A I 
John D>>Koe Tr 



GUS SUN CIECUIT 



Ri:ffalo 

Lafayette 

Three B»lmonts 
Francea A Hume 
Jack Broderirk Co 
Joe Whitehead 
Broadway to Dixie 

DCNMIRK. N. Y. 
Park 

Rial A Llndstrom 
Marka A Oallagber 
Devoy A Dayton 
Parish A Pern 
Myron Pearl Co 

CL'NS rLLS, N.Y. 

Empire 

Walton A Marshall 
Santiago Trio 
(Foar to fill) 
2d half 
T^ouIm Mayo 
Stuart Girls 
Weston's Models 
(Three to All) 

NIAGARA FALLS 

Cntomet 
Rial Sr IJndatroni 
Devoy A Dayton 
Jean HoUis 
Pariah A Pern 
Myron I'earl Co 

2d half 
Labey Broa 



Helm A T.'ckw'd Bin 
Kelly A Watera 
Frey A Rogers 
Mile Rhea Co 
COne to All) 

OLEAN. M. T. 

Palaea 

Labey Bros 
Marks A Gallagher 
Keller A Waters 
Eddie Tanner Ca 

ROCHESTER. N.Y. 

Victoria 

Frlsh Howard A T 
Mile Rhea Co 
Id half 
Newport St Irk A P 
Four Svaans 

WATERT*WN, N.Y. 

Araa 

The Shatlucks 
Strong A Ryder 
Four Sosana 
Newport Stlrk A P 
Paper Paradise 

2d half 

Olympla Desvall Co 
Herbert A RInet 
Frtah Howard A T 
Ratoushka Co 
(One ta All) 



Pric 



DENTIST 

within rsasoa to the profesaion. 

Dr. M. 0. GARY 

N. W. Cor. Stats aad Raadolph Sta 

Second floor over Drug Store 

entrance t W. Randolph St.. CHICA GO 

WESTERN VAUDEVILLE 



CHICAGO 

American 

Twins 

(Five to All) 
2d half 
Inez Hanley 
Youth * Melody 
(Four to All) 

Hedrle 

Larliicr .t; Hiid-^-.n 
'l*wo Leiirhfon^ 
BAT P.ayne 
'Lei's Go" 
Christy A B.-nnrll 

2d halJ 
<"5len<o<» Snters 
Glfforl A Morton 

I iiiooln 

Fox A Ka< k 
In»-z Hanley 
"i'lga Is Plgrf" 



Creedon A Davis 
(Two to All) 
Id half 
Twlna 
(Five to All) 

MtiiesUo 
C A II Polly 
Al Lester Co 

C.ene A MIgnnn 
Keno Keyes A »1 
Brazilian Heiress 
Cleveland A Dowry 
Boliby Hennhaw 
isbakawa Broa 

BL'M'NGTON, ILL. 

Msjeatle 
Luster Bros 
"Graduation Day" 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Melnotte Duo 



Seymo'r A Jsaaatf 

"Songs A Scenes" 

C'D'R RAPIDS. lA. 

MnJesUe 

Crystal Bennett Co 
Vincent O'Donncll 
Billy Gerlior Revue 

2d half 
Harvey Haney A O 
Ethel Parker Co 
Barry A Layton 

CENTRALIA, ILI^ 

Grand 

Granville A Flelda 
BAT Payne 
Morgan Wooley Co 



Mowatt A Mallaa 
Henry Catalans Ca 
Murphy A Lockaiar 
iTtaree to All) 

MILWAUKEM 
Majaatio 

lAhoen A DupraaoA 
llulUn Slaters ^ 

Mnntell's Manikins 
Drisroll Long A R 
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All matter in 

CORRESPONDENCE 

r«f«r* to current 

week unleea 

otherwise 

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VARiETY'S 

CHICAGO 

OFFICE 

state- Lak* 

Theatra BIdg. 



Sophlo Tuckrr is doing 40 to 45 
iminutes at the Palace and leaving 
her audience hungry. At the open- 
ing matinee Sunday every number 
was rlehly rewarded with applaune 
jRnd she made two rurt.iin speeches. 
Next to closing and in a full stage 
special set, it was required she do 
seven minutes in "one," at the con- 
clusion of which she found two 
grand pianos on stage and a sotting 
being arranged for Snell and Ver- 
non. The instruments were to be 
moved to the first entrances, where 
they were left, as it was impossible 
to get them through. Ernestine Ver- 
non did not know this and attempted 
to exit as usual after the Sncll and 
Vernon act. but was forced to back 
up and make her way off stage in 
"two." 

Elizabeth Brico is on the same 
till, but there is no conflict, for Mlsa 
Brice la on fourth, and does a dif- 
ferent cycle of song numbers. 

Johnny Singer and his dancing 
dolls open the show and give it a 
rapid start. Valand Gamble follows 
with rapid calculation. Introduced 
\h a comedy act in which the 
straight man is the comedian. John 
Davidson, billed as "the distin- 
guished dramatic and moving pic- 
ture star," appears with "a com- 
pany of 12 American actors." ac- 
cording to the program In "Circum- 
Btantial Evidence." The program 
need not assure observers that his 
company was gathered together 
-without seeking talent acroKs the 
water, for neither the English come- 
dian or the German singer could pos- 
sibly be accepted as representative 
of the best to be found abroad. The 
company is divided into a singing 
section and a comedy section. The 
first is fair only, while the latter is 
satisfactory. Mr. Davidson's work 
Ihines and the playet Itself alv.ays 
has been notable for its appeal. 

Elizabeth Brice scored nicely in 
fourth place, with Leo Mipton at 
the piano and was followed by Leo 
Donnelly and Marjorle Dalton in 
** 'Tis and 'Tisn't," which is a clever 
skit, splendidly done. Don Barclay 
and Del Chain hold sixth position 
with comedy which is more than 50 
p^r cent the same as that offered by 
Eddie Nelson and Irving OUay at 
the Garrick some time before with 
Shubert vaudeville. Barclay is a 
comic with a method all his own. 
His quiet methods are effective and 
throughout the act is highly enter- 
taining. They precede the head- 
liner and are followed by Bob Snell 
and Ernestine Vernon in an artistic 
presentation of ring work in which 
a one-man feet catch is featured. 

Loop. 



bow's End," a pretty posing act. 
Ben Nee One followed and dupli- 
cated his recent success at other 
Chicago theatres. 

Fred Lindsay scored^ decidedly 
with his whip cracking exhibition. 

I^iddell and Gibson kept the audi- 
ence interested throughout and there 
was genuine surprise when the sec- 
ond wig was removed. Eva Shirley 
and band came next on the program. 
Fenton and Fields provided the sec- 
ond surprise of the show by their 
entrance and from that time on 
pounded vaudeville home runs. The, 
Osborne Trio brought the perform- 
ance to a successful conclusion. 
O'Donnell and Blair and Bob Hall 
are doing well in the shows this 
week, but were not a part of the 
first performance of the week. 



The half of the Rialto show which 
is booked in Chicago measured fully 
up to the five acts of a road Loew 
show which comes into that theatre 
each week, making a ten-act bill 
which la one of the best seen at that 
theatre In some time. The road 
show consists of LaFleur and Portia, 
Armstrong and Tyson, Fred Weber 
and Co., Hawkins and Mack and 
Vlnsta Maslova and Co., while the 
locally booked acts are Bob LaSalle, 



perfect articulation. There Is more 
than music to a song when Bob 
LaSalle sings It- His numbers are 
a little spicy, but could not be 
styled suggestive. A dance Imper- 
sonation of Friscoe is used to close. 
One of his songs, a Chinese number, 
was rendered by Nora Bayes when 
at the Garrick recently. 

Vlasta Maslova and Co. offer "The 
Story of the Dance," a pretentious 
offering In which four ladles and 
two men. all good dancers, present 
a variety of terpslchorean displays, 
making a number which outranks 
the usual feature of the Loew- shows. 

Haydn, Goodwin and Rowe, ap- 
peared to less advantage here than 
when recently seen at the Majestic, 
but at this registered big. They 
get their nun^bers across better 
than their singing ability warrants, 
scoring on their cabaret qualities. 

James Kyle Macptirdy and com- 
pany are seen in "Stingy," a comedy 
sketch which has no merit and 
which Is valuable only Inasmuch as 
MacCurdy is willing to go to any 
hoakum lengths to get laughs. 

Armstrong and Tyson have n 
combination which is lacking In ef- 
fectiveness although the man of the 
team evidences class at times and 
the girl goes through the gamut 



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The cities under Correspondence 
as followa. and on pages: 

ALBANY 24 

BALTIMORE 23 

BOSTON 32 

BUFFALO 26 

CHICAGO 22 

CLEVELAND 30 

DENVER 28 

DES MOINES 26 



INDIANAPOLIS 32 

KANSAS CITY 27 

LOS ANGELES 31 

LOUISVILLE 27 

MEMPHIS 28 

MONTREAL 26 

NEW ORLEANS 24 

SAN FRANCISCO 22 

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WASHINGTON 31 



The Orpheum held an enthusiastic 
audience Sunday night with a num- 
ber of the acts receiving more ap- 
preciation than they actually de- 
served. The bill lacked balance 
though containing good entertaining 
qualities. McKay and Ardine topped 
and proved the program's outstand- 
ing hit with excellent material. 
"Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" failed 

to create much of an Impression, al- 
though sections of the farce secured 
howls. The kissing scenes were the 
most effective. The individual ef- 
forts of Helen Goodhue predom- 
inated, and It was she mostly re- 
sponsible for what little applause 
was forthcoming at the finish. 

Conlin and Glass scored a de- 
served success with their well pre- 
sented comedy in numerous scenes. 
The same may be said for Neal 
Abel, offering some worthy stories, 
and who danced off to fair enough 
returns: 

Dooley and Sales repeated their 
previous success, while adding the 
lost pocketbook bit for additional 
laughs. Count Terrone and Trlx 
Oliver pleasingly supplied with 
songs and at this particular per- 
formance forced a halt in the run- 
ning order. The Juggling Nelsons 
held the entire house through an 
announcement of an afterpiece to 
follow. Meanwhile they connected 
and received much appreciation for 
their well staged and sightly jug- 
gling turn. The afterpiece consist- 
ed of various bits by the other 
artists under the leadership of Mc- 
Kay as master of ceremonies. The 
Rufords were out of the show, be- 
in;? replaced by Garnet and Lucille 
(Is'ew Acts) in the opening spot. 



waVbled through to a substantial hit, 
MacUae and Clegg closed in an en- 
tertainment bicycle routine. Harold 
Alberto opened with talk and magla 
feats done in a showmanship maa* 
ner. 

Hobart Bos worth has severed hla 
connection with the Motion Pictura 
Utility Corporation here and haa 
gone to Los Angeles, where he will 
be a member of the cast of "Vanity 
Fair." 



There has been a sort of an epi- 
demic of theatre hold-ups In thia 
section during the past few month*. 
The latest was the T and D theatra 
in Oakland, where last week two 
armed thugs held up the cashier. 
Bliss Esther Fteffens, and Manager 
Ralph Kreutzberger and obtained 
1800. 



Frank Ellis* Orchestra is going 
into the St. Francis hoteL 



The Victory, San Jose, is being 
completely renovated. 



The Community Chest Benefit 
staged a show for one night in San 
Jose last week at the Victory, and 
the receipts for the one night to- 
tHled $191,250. Patrons fixed their 
own price on seats and the amounts 
ranged from one to five thousand 
dollars. The show was given under 
the direction of the Elks. 



Maydn. Goodwin and Rowe, Tom of musical comedy characters In the 
Mills, Hart and Helane and James accepted style. 
MacCurdy and Co. Bob LaSalle Is 



It doesn't seem that the State- 
Lake audience will ever tire of jazz 
bands, for Eva ShirKy drops in tliis 
week with another of tlu-ni and 
scores quite as strongly as the pre- 
ceding organizations of this nature. 
Miss Shirley is giving her act a 
standing among offerings of this 
nature by not doinj^ but two son^s 
and having only one other Injeitetl 
feature in a boy dancer. There 
were many insistent encores Sun- 
day at the tirst show, but Mlsa Shir- 
ley left them hunu'ry for more. 

The show opened with "At Rain- 




proving a big hit. Vlasta Maslova 
and Co.. featured, are offering class 
enough for the biggest theatres. 
Tom Mills opened the show, a 
pantomimic comedy act on the style 
of Joe Jackson, getting quite a 
number of laughs and measuring up 
to requirements of small time 
vaudeville. 

Hawkins and Mack present a reg- 
ulation blackface comedy act which 
has most of the talk pertaining to 
boxing. The comedian scores with 
a slow eccentric dance, but other- 
wise the offering is typical of me- 
dium time. 

LaFliur and Portia could open a 
bill in a better grade h^juse satisfac- 
torily. The woman is one of the 
original Four Portia Sisters. She 
does a few contortion stunts and 
one good teeth trick. The man 
works on the rings and does a teeth 
spin while suspended in mid air 
which lasts two mintites. lie did 
342 revolutions at this show and 
then was able to take a bow with- 
out showing effects tif the whirling. 
Fred Weber and Co. have a ven- 
triloQulal act irt which the company 
is a lady who does no more, as far 
as the audience knows, than walk 
across the stage at the opening of 
the act. Weber is a clever ventril- 
orjulst and has an interest it\g act. 
His baby crying stunt went partic- 
ularly big. 

Hob LaSalle scored with songs, 
wliich Is due to his personality, 
good voice and particularly to his 



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Every act on the bill at. the Ma- 
jestic was liberally rewarded with 
applause at the last show Monday 
night. I..e Hoen and DuPreece have 
a shooting act which has novelty, 
inasmuch as there is very little 
marksmanship and the performers 
run more to song and comedy talk. 
HoUins Sisters appear in a special 
set, displaying very pretty cos- 
tumes, and sing with a routine 
mostly double numbers. They have 
pleasing voices and an attractive 
vaudeville style. Grindell and 
Esther carry the small-time mark 
very plainly, but satisfied at the 
Majestic, where his comedy and her 
attractive appearance overcame any 
lack of talenL 

Henri Margot registers with an 
elaborate dancing offering In which 
he is. assisted by two dancing girls 
while two more play violin and 
piano. Margot is a clever dancer 
and Ms girl associates are charm- 
ing and callable dancers, while tho 
girl musicians contribute Impor- 
tantly to the offering 

Duval and Symonds have some 
bright talk and^tne comebacks of 
the man are sd introduced as to 
score to the very limit. It Is sel- 
dom that dialog of this nature Is 
put over so successfully, and little 
doubt but what this act will be 
heard from In the future. 

BernivicI Brothers, with an elab- 
orate setting and a company In 
their support, present their violin 
playing with the same splendid suc- 
cess that has characterized their 
offering In the past and were re- 
warded with .bountiful applause. 

Billy Beard, blackface monolo- 
gist, tilled the next to closing posi- 
tion, never letting down in his work 
and scoring as few entertainers of 
that class are able to do nowadays. 

The Six Has.sans duplicated their 
success at the Palace, starting off 
with a few poses, which Is n neat 
way of Introducing tumbling, and 
getting into pyramid building and 
finally into whirlwijid tumbling. 



The schedule at the Pantages, this 
week, does not blend well but If 
taken individually a majority of the 
acts are of high calibre. The LeGrolw 
featured in the billing and appeared 
fourth. Their brief contortionistlc 
and acrobatic offering left the 
house calling for more. De Michele 
Brothers with a violin and harp, 
supplemented by comedy, scored 
heavily when showing next to clos- 
ing. The Four Ortons closed to ap- 
preciation in presenting their wire 
act. 

Hanson and Burton Sisters found 
It heavy going, when deucing it. In 
a singing novelty that contains 
numerous magical feats by the man. 
The girls are pretty besides singing 
and dancing pleasingly. Farrell and 
Hatch two colored boys try too much 
for comedy and waste time stalling 
for bows. The couple flashed good 
voices and should go in for more 
straight singing. The Avolos open- 
ed in an ordinary routine on 
xylophones. 



Gouverneur Morris has filed suit 
in the United States District Coi*rt 
against the Distinctive Productions, 
Inc., for an accounting of the film, 
"The Man Who Played Ood," which 
starred George Arliss, 



Frank Keenan is going to take his 
new play, "Peter Weston." which 
had its premiere at the Alcazar, to 
New York. He plans to start re- 
hearsals this week and be ready to 
open Jan. 16. 



"Knighthood" Is being shown at 
the Franklin theatre in Oakland and 
the seats are being reserved. This 
Is the first time In the history of this 
house that such a policy has been 
In force. 




Business Is much Improved, over 
the previous week, at the Golden 
Gate. The same might be said of 
the quality of the show. Bailey, 
Cowan and Davis headlined and won 
high favor. 

Claudia Coleman offered Impres- 
sions of various types of women, 
artistically done, and predominated 
on this bill, although her style seems 
best adapted for the twice daHy 
houses. Devitt, Kelly and Quinn got 
laughs with their comedy though 
the dancing remains the act's prin- 
cipal asset. Alice and Mary Mc- 
Carthy caught on with their tiny 
but highly effective harmony. They 



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The Injunction c«.«?e of Tom 
nrown vs. C. L. Erown, ^et for a 
hcarlnp here last week, was post- 
poned on agreement of attorneys. 



Fred W. Jordan, advance apront 
of "For fJoodness Sake," ha.«j a claim 
of $600 against the company, which 
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THIRD Floor Clothea .Shop for profea- 
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He Invltca all you artom to take tha 
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By ROBERT F. 8I8K 

FORD'S— "Masked Men." 

AUDITORIUM— "The Monster." 

NEW LYCEUM — "Buddies," 
■tocki 

MARYLAND— Keith Vaudeville. 

ACADEMY — -Whirl of New 
Tork" unit. 

PALACE — "Keep Smiling," 
Columbia Burlesque. 

FOLLY — Mutual Burlesque. 

GAYETY— Stock Burlesque. 

GARDEN— Pop vaudeville with 
♦H^alvert Valley." 

HIPPODROME>— Loew Vaudeville 
with "The Infidel." 

Century — "The Impossible Mrs. 
IBellew." 

CENTURY ROOF— Cabaret. 

RIVOLI— "The Sin Flood." 



At the Rlvoli this week, Victor 
Herbert is leading the house 
orchestra of some 30 musicians and 




ALMA NEILSON 



AND COMPANY IN 

''BOHEMIA" 

DirMtlon: LEW GOLDER 

This W««k (Doc. 4) 
Orphoum, Portland, Ore. 



is rendering a program of his own 
compositions. The picture "Sin 
Flood," is short and even with the 
additional attraction, the program 
is not prolonged. 

Billy Baskette has been down for 
several weeks whipping a local 
revue. "The Baltimore Follies" into 
shape. This production will be given 
by Marcus, Loew In the Hippodrome 
next week (Dec. 11). Its cast will 
consist entirely of local talent, 
recruited chiefly through the news- 
papers. Hilda Wager is to be fea- 
tured and many other local beauties 
will a))pear. 

BusinesM here last week was big. 

•Liliom." with Joseph Schildkraut 
and Eva LeGalliene, at the Audi- 
torium, got fine notices and near 
capacity throughout the weekf with 
an extra matineQ Thanksgiving. 
The show grossed around |16,000 
with little paper out. 

"Rose Briar" proved a disappoint- 
ment as a play but BiUie Burke has 
a rather loyal following here and 
they came out In force to greet 
the^star. All the critics, with but 
one exception, Vandercook on the 
newly establlehed "Post," panned 
the show unmercifully. One of 
them, J. O. L., usually a rather 
sympathetic Writer, saying the piece 
Itself was an insult to the Intel- 
ligence of any audience. * Notwith- 
standing all of this, the house held 
good audiences during the week, and 
held capacity Thanksgiving matinee 
and night shows, with the same con- 
dition prevailing Saturday night. 
Mr. Tarklngton, Mr. Zlegfeld and 
David Burton were here patching 
up parts of It and changing much 
of the last act. It Is possible It 
grossed $13,000 or more, duo to the 
holiday business. Mr. Ziegf eld's 
luvish production covered many i 
faults in the play itself and did 
much toward sending those not so 
critically Inclined home happy. 

"The Nightcap" at the Lyceum 
was done with the stock there and 
proved a disappointment from a 
business standpoint. The first night 
held a pitiably small house but 
business picked up to small as the 
week went on. It probably grossed 
|4,500 or thereabouts. 

The Maryland, playing Keith vau- 
devMle, had one of the banner weeks 
of Its career, playing a monster bill 
with May Wirth, Marion Harris, 



Ibachs* Band, Powers and Wallace 
and Bryon and Broderick among 
those on the bill. An extra show 
was played on Thursday and the de- 
mand for seats was so great that an 
11 o'clock show was put on Satur- 
day night. The Academy, playing 
"The Rose Olrl" unit, did a fair 
business with the holiday trade 
doing a lot to help. The big Army- 
Marine football game here last 
Saturday brought thousands of 
visitors into town and had its effect 
on patronage at the nlghb shows. 
The Academy business went around 
$7,000 with many two-for-ones out. 
The Auditorium had two-for-one 
tickets out for the Monday night 
show of "The Monster.'*, 



Thursday night, Fred C. Schan- 
berger and his son, J. Lawrence 
Schanberger, owner and manager of 
the Maryland theatre, respectively, 
gave a Thanksgiving dinner to every 
vaudeville artist in town. The Shu- 
bert forces were present, as were 
the acts playing at the Garden and 
the Hippodrome. The Ibach band 
at the Maryland furnished music 
for the affair; which was held late 
at night in the Jnrdin de Danse, 
l>eIow the Maryland theatre. 



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Prices. Boats are boIbs very ffnilt arrange earljr Porel«n Mone^ 

boaorht and void Liberty Boada boasht and sold. 

PAUL TiyCSlO A son. 104 Baal 14«li St.. Ifew York. 

Phoaei StomrcaaBt eiSO-0137 



The Baltimore "Sun" lias had one 
more break with a local playhouse. 
This time it is the Lyceum, which 
is playing stock, produced by George 
Marshall. This week's production 
of "Buddies" had the mischief 
panned out of it by the "Sun," while 
the other papers were more or less 
indulgent. The Hobart piece was 
really given an elaborate stock pro- 
duction, with Roland Young, who 
created the role of Babe; Harry 
Minturn, a dramatic actor, last seen 
on Broadway in "The Endless 
Chain," and Frances Howard, a 
musical comedy miss, as Julie. Quite 
a company was put around them, 
and the production figured as a 
pretty expensive piece of work. But, 
nevertheless. It got a panning, and a 
good one at that, and the ire of the 
management was aroused. After a 
telephone conversation with the 
"Sun" editors, the newspaper men 
told the theatre men that here- 
after they would refuse to accept 
their passes. This action came 
after a pass was refused at the 
Tuesday afternoon performance. 

Already this year the "Sun" has 
refused to accept passes from the 
Academy of Music, but this came 
while Frank McCune was manager 
of the theatre. Since John B. Camp- 
bell has been in as manager rela- 
tions have become friendly once 
again. The whole thing Is merely 
an age revival of the question as to 
whether a newspaper can' say what 
it likes about a show. In this case 
the point Is proved that a news- 
paper is not begging for passes, but 
will accept them only fhen friendly 
relations exist between the theatre 
and the paper. 



and closed. Langdon Glllett, who 
was stage manager of the show and 
who was also co-author with Major 
Wright, got but the attachment, and 
It was accepted by Harry A. Hcnkel, 
the ErIangcr representative at 
Ford's. The entire company was 
owed two weeks' salary, according 
to reports, and when the ghos^ failed 
to walk the company members de- 
cided to do that stunt themselves. 
Ergo, the attachment. It was the 
first that had ever closed a show in 
Ford's theatre, according to the 
major, and he was very much down- 
cast about it all, as ho had just re- 
turned from New York and had 
arranged for money and had als<> 
arranged to come into the Forty- 
eighth Street theatre next Tuesday. 
The play opened here Monday 
night to a good house, but which 
was mostly paper, it being said that 
less than $100 reposed In the box 
office. It drew a general panning, 
and on Tuesday night money was re- 
funded and the show called oft. Ma- 
jor Wright said that while he was in 
New York he had hired a new di- 
rector to replace Gillett, wtiom he 
had fired Sunday night. He said 
that he intended to whip the show 
rapidly Into shape so that it would 
be in a fairly decent way for Its 
metropolitan premiere. 

A statement given out by Major 
Wright follows: 

Upon seeing the show In Harris- 
burg I realir.ed the terrible condi- 
tion of the piece from Improper di- 
recting, so upon arriving in Balti- 
more Supday I immediately told 
Langdon Gillett that it was impos- 
sible for him to go farther with the 
piece, as he was Incapable. 

I had taken Gillett from the new 
Lyceum stock company in Balti- 
more, where he was stage manager, 
to construct my play on the Ku 
Klux Klan for stage presentation. I 
left Baltimore Monday night for 
New York, refusing to pay Gillett 
his last two weeks' salarv for rea- 
sons that he had not folloived in- 



structions or in any way^ placed the 
show In shape for our metropolitan 
opening. This condition was brought 
to me by every member of the cast, 
who urged me to secure a new di- 
rector, saying that they would go no 
farther with Glllett. While I was in 
New York Gillett attached the show, 
throwing over 30 people out of em- 
ployment, simply to avenge himself 
on me as an individual and keep the 
production from going into New 
York. 

It was said that Glllett acted aa 
the Equity agent and closed the 
show for non-payment of salaries. 
But he could not be reached Tues- 
day night. Wright said that he 
owed Gillett $290 for two weeksT 
salary. 

This makes the ending of the sec- 
ond try which Wright has nade 
with his Ku Klux play, the first be- 
ing entitled "Behind the Mask.** 
which had a few brief weeks up 
New York State. 



MLLE. TWINETTE 

A Gifted Artist of the Aet. 




"Masked Men," Major C. Ander- 
son Wright's expose of the Ku Klux 
Klan done into a dramatio piece, 
was attached after it had played one 
performance at Ford's theatre here 



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Dorothy Dodd 

(Formerly Dodd and Nelson) 

Will Appear Shortly in an Act of Speci€d Sonf^ 

and Talk Written by 

GEO. KERSHAW and RAY GARDEN 



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ments ready; also comedy versions, patters, etc. Drop in and get some of our "real service." Write, wire, phone or call for your copy. 

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BRYANT 6424 

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ALBANY, N. Y. 

HARM AN US BL.EECKER HAI.L 
— Thia week. Proctor PUiyera In 
"Getting Gertie's Garter." Next 
week, "The Faacinatlng Widow." 

PROCTOR'S GRAND— Pop vau- 
devlHe and pictures. 

MAJESTIC— Bntire week, "Heads 
Up' (Mutual Wheel). 

MARK STRAND— First half. "The 
Pride of Palomar.'* Second half. 
"Nero." 

CLINTON SQUARE— All week, 
"Notoriety." 



THCilPKlL CUTS 



Th£ STANDARD ENCfiAVING CO Uc! 



LELAND— AU week. Priacilln 
Dean in Under Two Flacs." 



More publicity attended the debut 
of Mary Ann Dentler as the lead of 
the Proctor Players at the Hall 
Tuesday afternoon than that ac- 
corded any previous local stock star 
with tt&e exception of Minna Gannt>el, 
for whom a guessing contest wa^ 
.staged prior to her coining to town. 
Miss Dentler received special notices 
in all dallies, the "Evening News' 
especially giving her a good "send 
ofT' with a "spread" on page 3 of 
Mondays paper, the spot where the 
new i>e^per displays its feature 
storiea. 



Frank Stirling, secretary of the 
Albany Kiwanis Club, resigned last 
week. to accept a position with the 



Robblns Amusement Co. of Utica. 
which operates a chain of theatres 
in central New York. The Robblns 
company was recently incorporated 
Willi a capital of 13.000.000. Sterl- 
ing left the stage several years ago 
to engage in business in Albany. At 
one time he was the lead of a stock 
company at Utica. 

The sketch written by Jacob 
Golden, city editor of liie "Knicker- 
bocker Prcsfi" and Thomas G. 
Stowell. publicity director of the 
Slnte Tax Commission, will be given 
a try -out at the Grand Dec. 14. 16 
and 16. The piece has been titled 
"H. D. Q." It is a story which deals 
with the radio. 




Edward J. Hart, general repre- 
sentative for F. F. Proctor who 
does all the booking for ihe Hall, 
toltl the writer this week that a 
New York chorus will be engaged 
for "The Fascinating Widow" next 
week. The local taJent who were 
awarded prizes in the "Albany Fol- 
lies" at the Grand a few weeks ago 
!»lso will be engaged. Tommy Mar- 
iflle h.os been specially signed for 
tiie musical play. 



Main street at Amsterdam. N. T., 
which Includes the Amsterdam the- 
atre and the Warner hotel. It is 
understood the structilres will be 
converted into a mammoth depart- 
ment store. The Amsterdam the- 
atre, formerly called the Opera 
House. Is one of th« oldest in the 
state. 



(guide the Saenger Amusement Co., 
Inc. 



"Amateur Night" has returned to 
the Majestic, where mutual burles- 
que is being played. O. H. Stacy, 
manager of the house, has had a 
rocky road trying to draw the old 
burlesque fans who were regular 
patrons at the old Kmpire (now 
razed), where the Columbia at- 
tractions played. It is reported, and 
resorted to the "Amateur Night'* 
stunt to boost business. The 
amateurs will hold forth on Friday 
nights. When the Majestic first 
opened 12 years ago "Amateur 
Nights" were staged in connection 
with the popular vaudeville policy, 
but after a while they gave the house 
such a "black eye" that they were 
dispensed with by the manager, 
Kmil Dfciches. who also built the 
theatre. 



A novel publicity stunt was 
launched by Fred Elliott, manager 
of the Clinton Square, in connec- 
tion with the showing of "Notoriety" 
at his house this week. Maurine 
Powers, the sixteen -year-old star 
of the film, came to Albany Sunday 
and was to make an appearance in 
conjunction with the screening of 
her film at the Albany Penitentiary. 
There was a defect in t^e projec- 
tion machine, however, and the pic- 
ture was not screened for the 
prisoners. Miss Powers inspected 
the jail, had her photograph taken 
with Sheriff John J. Allen, grabbed 
off much space in the local dallies 
and departed from our town. 



NEW ORLEANS 

By O. M. SAMUEL 

T U L A X E— "Greenwich Village 
Follies." 

ST. CHARLES— St. Charles Play- 
ers in "The Broken Wing." 

PALACE— Vaudeville. 

CRESCENT— Vaudeville. 

STRAND— "The Young Rajah" 
(film). 

LIBERT Y— "Rags to Riches" 
(Olm). 

TUDOR— 'Queen of the Moulin 
Rouge" (ftlm). 



Eddie Hogan. doorman at the Or- 
pheum for many years, has been 
forced to retire because of ill health. 



Jack Loyacano, formerly connect- 
ed theatrically, died here ttie other 
day. 



Harold Goldenberg, treasurer of 
the Tulane for Ave years, has opened 
a ladies' ready-to-wear establish- 
ment called "The Harold Shop." It 
adjoins the Grunewald hotel. 



Anti-saloon convention here thi« 
week. But New Orleans remains 
the wettest spot in these United 
States. 



Lasses White and his minatrel 
aggregation occupy the Tulane next 
week. 



•Tou'll Be Surprised." the Loew 
unit show, playing at the Crescent 
the latter half of last week, sent the 
receipts up imiheasurably. 



B. V. Richards and Julian Saenger 
ar« vacationing in the west. They 



THAT FUNNY WHEEZE 



about grafting a Packard gland 
on a Ford first appeared in 
JAMES MADISON'S MONTHLY 
COMEDY SERVICE. You can't 
do without it if you want the 
newest of the new monologues, 
double cross-fire sidewalk con- 
versations, single gaga. etc. — and 
all STRICTLY ORIGINAL. 

No. 9 is now ready. For $15 
I will send a full year (12 issues) 
beginning either with current 
issue or No. 1. 

Single copies are |2, or any 4 
for IS or 9 for $10. 

JAMES MADISON 

1493 Broadway New York 



It is reported that William Bern- 
stein, owner of the Colonial and 
Hud.son in Albany, is'lnterested with 
New York men in the purchase of 
the old Kehoe Block in Little Falls, 
N. Y., as a theatre site. Negotia- 
tion for the purchase of the property 
have been started. If the deal is 
consummated. Little Falls will have 
three theatres, as W. H. "Pop" 
Linton, owner of the Hippodrome 
in that city and the Hippodrome at 
Utica, has already announced that 
he will erect a new theatre on East 
Main street, and Little Falls and 
Herkimer interests have purchased 
the Burrell property on North Ann 
street for the purpose of building a 
motion picture house. 



i^oston interests have purchased 
the McClumpher property on Elast 



One of the Paul Whiteman or- 
chestras is at the Crescent the last 
half next week. The band leaps 
from this city to McVicker's. Chi- 
cago. 



it'M Pure Financial 

SUICIDE!! 

Bat we must vacate tnnr 
premises 

DECEMBER 3l8t 

And dispose of our present 
stock at any price 



YOU CAN GET 

LADIES' 

FUR COATS 

FOR PRACTICALLY NOTHING 

RiGHT NOW 

Coma In and Look Thorn Over 
Whila Thoy Last. 

ARNOLD ROTH 

166 West 46th Street 
NEW YORK 

(■ntranoe Throofh Mack's ClothM Shop) 

'Unrry-Hnrry-Hurry" 



EDDIE MACK TALKS: 



No. Ill 



BRIGHT UGHTS OF VAUDEVILLE AND LEGIT 



PALACE 

4 Mortons 



CENTRAL 

4 Marx Bros. 

Kranz & White 



COLONIAL 

Lewis Sl Dody 

Maurica Diamond 



GLOBE 

Tom Brown's 
6 Brown Bros. 



The above performers have made personal appearances in Mack's 
New Clothes Shop, on West 46th Street, this week, to be outfitted 
for either the stage, street or both. Everyone is a recognized head- 
liner and all recognized Eddie Mack as the bright light among 
clothiers. 

MACK'S CLOTHES SHOP 

MACK BUILDING 

Just a step East of Broadway on 4«th Street 

OTHRR 8TORR: 1.^8? BROADWAY. B*t. 47lh and 4Sth Streets 



TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND OTHERS 



CHARLES-BORRELLI 



(FORMERLY WITH JEAN GRANESE) 

NOW PLAYING HOT TEMPOS FOR 



BOB La SALLE 

N#i»f wAek ("Dec. 11) Proctor's, Newark. Playing exclusively for B. F. Keith 



Direction ROSE & CURTIS 



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Ra» SamiMlt and H«r songs, 
ttw Dockstadsr and his travti- 
radio. 

DAVID 

QUIXANO 

a SPANieH BARITONE 

sharod honor and onthooiastk 

a^^lauso at tho Orphowm Sunday. 

QUIXANOb whoso namo is 
DAVID, is a suro>onouth Span- 
iard with a suro-onowgh voioo 
which has boon hoard with in- 
torost in Kansas City hoforo. 






BHIS lEZT WEEK 

(ContiBuod firom Pace }l) 



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LoMbardl Cmmwi C9 
Cnlt a Catto 
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Ifania A l^wnmm 
Bertram A AaOm 
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Lloytf N«va«a Co 
Jack LJptaa 
DrUko a Karl 
Doasal a l^ary 
Dane'* Cetekrttl«« 
*T^««a Shaeir* 
Mehrilla a RuJ« 
Parker Brea 
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Bvalya PkliUpa C» 
Mill* A Dnaeaa 
M MacDcrmoU Ca 
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Heaury Manca 

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Janrla A Harrtaoa 
A I Ifoara Ban<l 
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Z>aBlar A Manill 
I^»a»ey Naon Co 
Lydall A Qlboaa 
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KAN. 
Nav«lt7 

Tka Balklno 
Smith Broa 
Pantheon Slarara 
HIbkert A Nuatat 

2a half 
Paal Howard 
Moraa Siatera 
Oaorga Lovett Co 



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Pantarea 

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I^umars 
Major Rho<l*a 
PhMbrIck A DeVoe 
Rath Budd 
Shrrman Van A H 
^alerltf-'a Antmala 

\ 8T. PAUL 

Pantajrea 

Betty A I^u Hart 
Vt(>r<>3r A CJnrk 
Noodt^n Faran 
Joale Heather Co 
Pato A Pa let 
Hate A Wiley 

WINMPWO 

Pantacva 
flliialdo Broa 
Pierce A Ooir 
L Burkhart Co 
Kltner A Rraney 
Thalpro'a Circus 
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Pantairoa 

(11-13) 
(Same bill playa 

Saskatoon 14-19) 
Bobhy liohman 
tVard A Doolay 
Barnes A Hamlltoa 
Norton Melnotta 
Jack Goldle 
Beven AlKeriana 

Travel 

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The Uladiatora 
Wilson A Addlo 
Kl Cota 
NacParland 8ia 



Walter Browar 
Choy Lln» Foo 

SPOKANE 

P^atarea 
Netaon'a Cat land 
r>ave Thursby 
Jan Rabinl 

Western A Bllao 
Bita A Piecea 

SRtTTlM 
Paafarea 

Pennoaa A MlUan 
Cxpoaltlon Four 
K a J Chaaa 
Rowland A Meahan 
"Cheyenne Daya~ 

VANCOUVNR, B.C. 

Ptuitacca 
Arnold A Florence 
Ryan A Ryan 
Jewell A Rita 
Haverman'a IJona 
"Alias Nobody" 
Harry Tlsha 

TACOMA 

Paataroa 

I.^ach Wallen Trio 
Kaufman A Lillian 
Chernyoff 
Morgan A Gray 
(' Cunningham 
Byron Brua 

PORTI^ND, ORK. 

Pantacea 

Alex B A felveljB 
Maude filarla 
KidicaloBB Rlcca 
Britt Wood 
Blaka'a Mules 




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THE REASON 

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2^8 Tfenaont Street 
JACK UAKEY 



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18 Bii«r»p' 8Tr<( 

JACK cHO'ALey 
C'NC'NNATI 






SAL COOK 
1S82 Broadway '^^ V', 

LOS ANGELES 



NEW YORK 



RdTSBURGM 



20' S-r»'b4 ■'*n», B'oa 



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MINNEAPOLIS 

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Faahlon Plate Rey 
Travel 

(Open Week) 
Wcldonas 
Baddy Walkar 
Chinholni A Brcen 
Bronson A Renee 
Great Blackatoaa 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Pantaeea 

TJlIlan'8 DoKa 
Tollman Revue 
Orcat Maurico 
Bensee A Baird 
Little Pipifax 
Charbot A Toronl 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

Paatacea 

Tkrea Avollaa 
Han'B A B'taoa Bis 
Tluraa La Oraha 
Da Mlchalla Braa 

Four Ortona 
Farrell A lUten 

LOS ANGBLXS 

Panta«ea 
Daly Mae A D 
Tufk A Clalra 
Kennedy A Rooaay 
RlKRolatta Broa 
Jeo Beraard Co 

SAN DIBGO. CAI. 

Pantavca 

JAR Mitchell 
Mllln A Mirier 
easier A Beasloy 2 
Riatnir <;eneratlon 
Somman A Sloan 
Prosper A Mcrrilt 



L'O BKACII, CAL. 

Pantairea 

fclma Braatz 
Prierre A KInfC 
Klatlng's Animals 
Sidnry S Styne 
Kajlyama 
Kirkamith Sislera 

SALT LAIUE 
Paatacaa 

ni-is) 

Burt Shepherd 
Fnrro A Rlrhard 
Alexander 
Vokea A Don 
Clifford Wayna Co 

OGDEN, CTAH. 

Pantairea 

BIHy Kelly ReT 
Abbot A White 
Welderaon- Siatera 
Five Preston* 
Five Lameya 

DENVEB 

Pantairea 
Floret te A Jeoflirfa 

•Fate" 

Rives A Arnold 
Kitamura Japa 
Lillian Ruby 
Bock A Rtono 
Jack Denipsey 

COIX)RADO RP*G8 

I'aniavaa 

(11-13) 
(Same bill plays 

Pueblo 14-K) 
raraon A Knn« 
"loetx A Duffy 
Karry Harklna 



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H. HICKS & SON 

675 Fifth Avenue, at 53d Street 

Hbtc ff little fruit deliyered to your home or 
jom friesdi^tAke it U yoiT week-ead trntiag 



Roblnaon A rierre 
T>ardo A Archer 
Golden Bird 

OMAHA. NBB. 

PaiitaKea 
Roaa Wyae Co 

"SteppinK Some" 
Oeorjfe I>ashay 
.Toan A Valdar* 
Ross A Edwards 
Billy Swede Halt 

BANfiAS cmr 

Pantaffoa 
Foar Rosea 



Dorothy Lewis 
Davis A McCoy 
"In tnilnarown" 
Marietta Maalklns 

MKMPmS 
Paatacos 

Wilfred Du BoH 
Marlon Claire 
"NIsht Boat" 
Pace Hack A M 
Ff'ln A Tennyaoa 
Harry ninea 



INTEBSTATE CnLCUIT 



DALLAS, TEX. 

MaJaaUe 

NJobe 

Stanley Chapman 

Van A Bel) 

Ford Dancers 
Rubin A Hall 
Norria' Baboons 

FT. HMITB, ABB. 

MaJmOJa 

Mankin 

Maxflcid A Golaon 

Blklas Fay A B 

(Two to fill) 

FT. WORTH, TEX. 
Majeatio 

BAH Skatell 
Flanders A Butler 
Harry Brvea 
Sheila Terry Co 
Harry Jola<>n Co 
Industrial Band 

■OrSTON. TEX. 

MuJeMtia 
Al Strykir 
Walters K fJoold 
Harriet Ileinpcl Co 



Carlisle A Lamal 
Bltda Morris 
"The Storm" 

UTTT.B ROCK 

Maiestta 

Mankin 

Maxfleld A Golaon 
Grace Half Co 
Dlam'Dd A Brennan 
Mabel Ford 

2d half 
Catherine Sinclair 
Bennett A I^a 
Walter Flahter Co 
(Two to fill) 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

Majeatle 

(Talsa split) 
lat half 
Den Valeria 
I>aurel Lee 
Ruloir A Elton 
Herbert Brooks 
(One to fill) 

BAN ANTOMO 

Majestic 

Fankus A Sylvtr-* 
Uudcli A Duii1k^» 



Priitceso Wahletka 
Mildred Harris Co 
Clara Howard 
Minstrel Monareha 

Tt'LBA, OKLA. 
Majeatle 

(Okla. City apUt) 
1st laalf 
Jackie A Blllie 
Browne SIstera 
Bob Marphy 
Five Palrowara 
(Oaa ta Bit) 



WICMITA. KAN. 

Orpheaai 
Dallas Walker 
BIBe Burton 
Harry T.angdon Co 
Ai Tucker 
Babb Cnrroll A S 

Zd half 

rJme Trio 
Kane A |{<>rman 
Jack Benny 
Sewrll Sisters 
(On* to Bll) 



THo Continental Hotal» Hoboken. 
N. J., which served as a barracks 
diiring" war tini^B, has be<>n sold. 
The n«?w owner is H. Korwitz, who 
will remodel the place. Ho adver- 
tises that the okl landmark will be 
turned into a hot«l for theatricaJ 
people. 



REHEARSAL HALL 

TO KKNT UV IIOI II OK MAY FOR 
At'TS, PKOIH < TIONH or DAX ISO. 

Also i'ermiineutly. Wall Heated. 

145 WEST 43d STREET 

Off Btfaadwoj. , 9%mam ■aoot 2«7ft. 



Louiso Arvnstrong, who ran away 
tram her home In Newarit, N. J., 

Ia.«<t week, was apprehended on 
Broadway and 4!d strevt Tuesday 
evening at 8 o'clock by her aunt 
and an operative of the Val OFar- 
rell detective agency, which wa.«? en- 
raged in the search for her. Miss 
Armstrong had been engaged as sec- 



retary for Al Herman, tho agent In 
the Homax building, since last Fri- 
day. &]«• came to Herman with a 
note addressed to a former employe 
of Hernmn'Ot Asking thAt she bo 
given employment as stenographer 
and signed by a Dr. Dillon. 



An N. V. A. complaint luui boen 
filed by tho "Trip to Hitland" Act 
against 'Yiogs of HltlABd." Title 
infringement Is charged Tho 
former is tho aoBgwriters' Act. 



''Valentino Vox" is tho title of A 
serial story running daily in tho 
New York -AmericAn." Valentino 
Vox is the name of a TAUdevlllo 
ventriloquist. „ 



Chariot Jsnson, Jeweler And for- 
merly A TAudevillo Actor. recently 
set upon and shot through tho 
shoulder by thugs/^denlea ho is deod. 



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NOW TEACHING 



BUCK AND WING, WALTZ-CLOG, SOFT-SHOE AND ECCENTRIC 

DANCING. Aleo producing arts and amateur entertainments. 

Class lessons daily 11 to 12 A. M. Private lessons by appointment, 

LON MURRAY, Associate Instructor 

Chalif Russian School for Dancing 

163 WEST 57TH ST., NEW YORK Cmf r 



VARIETY 



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IVI. WIXIMARK Sc SONS 



CHICAGO 



THOS. J GLIGLEY 



PHILADELPHIA 



35 So. 9*.'- a: «.et 
ED EDWARDS 



BOSTON 



2 S Trea-or-t Street 
JACK LAHEY 



BALTIMORE 



855 Harr!*cn Temce 
FRANK roSS 



DENVER 

9:? St P»u\ Srrre 
JOS. L. MANN 



PROVIDENCE 



'8 B ' ►v JO Sf let 
JACK CROALEV 

CINCINNATI 



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MER WELL SCHWA RZ 



SAL COOK 
1562 Broadway =^' ^\U' 
LOS ANGELES S E A tjL E 



NEW YORK 



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FRANK GIBNEY 



PITTSBURGH 



J, J GERLACH 



SAN FRANCISCO 



5ca Pi-t.irM-, s an 

JACK HLHLEY 



MINNEAPOLIS 



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BUFFALO 

By SIDNEY BURTON 

Colonel Van Wle, treasurer of t\i« 
Majestic and one of the most 
widely known house treasurers 
between New York and Chicago, was 
absent from his post for two days 
laHt week and on his return an- 
nounced that he had been married. 
The bride is a non-professionaL 



Maurice Revnes* production of 
Ferenc Molnar's comedy "Fashions 
For Men" at the Teck was enthus- 
iastically received by the local re- 
viewers. No show of the season has 
found more generally commendatory 



comments from both press and pub- 
lia It opened in New York Tuesday 
at the National. Asid* from the 
Thanksgiving performances, busi- 
ness was below par. "Mister An- 
tonio" at the Majestic fared scarcely 
better, the consensus being that the 
Tarkington show is antiquatedL 



By a decision handed down by 
the N. T. State Court of Appeals 
this week. L.oew's theatre lost its 
appeal from the ruling of the Ap- 
petlate Division and will be called 
upon to vacate the Main Street site 
which it now occupies. The prem- 
ises were formerly occupied by the 
Golds Clothes Shop and when L.oew 



OLIVER WALLACE 

WORLD'S PREMIER MOTION PICTURE ORGANIST 

SECOND YEAR 

GRANADA THEATRE* SAN FRANCISCO 



started to build, the dothlnir concern 
was forcibly ejected from the site 
in disregard of Its righta under its 
lease. The matter haa dragged 
through the courts for over two 
yeara The decision Just rendered 
holds that Loew had no right to the 
premises and that Oolde was wrong- 
fully ousted. It la said that the 
clothing shop sustained damages of 
close to $100,000 for which Lo^w Is 
answerable. 



. DES MOINES 

By DON CLARK 

Famous Players has opened a film 
exchange at 1117 High street. 



The Iowa Is dark this week after 
having had one of the most success- 
ful months In recent history of Des 
Moines' legitimate housa Ed Wynn 
played the Iowa four days ta capac- 
ity. Charles Gilpin in "The Em- 
peror Jones" did a big business for 
three daya May Robson drew 
nearly capacity and Elsa Ryan In 
"Intimate Strangers'* did excellent 



"FRIENDS AND OTHERS PLEASE READ STATEMENT BY" 



L LLIE E 



JEWELL 



FAULKNER 



JEWRLL-FACLKmCB CO. 

Manikins 

12 Min*.; Foil Stat* (Sp«cUl 8«C> 

Brood wny 

Thia ifl Mm*. Jewell of manikin fara«, 
tided by Faulkner, a man. In the manipu- 
lation of the little flgurea. In thia. the 
manikins are worked on a small platform 
set before a backinc of a house with 
windows. Impresatons of "Bringinff Up 
Father," "Mutt and JefT' and a number 
•f picture stara. the (Igurea rcpreaentinK 
ths principala worI«ed in the inimitable 
Jewell fashion to great rcaults. 

A baseball diamond is next shown with 
catcher, batter ami umpire represented In 
action, the man adding dialog from back 
of the scenes. At the concluaion the 
drop parts to reveal Mm*. Jewell handl- 
lag the strings from atop the small stage. 

It's a novelty as It always has been, 
away from the usual closing act and 
right np to the Jewell staiKlard of former 
year*, which says sufflclent. , WTNN. 



Thanks to Mr. Wynn for his very kind criticism here shown but due 
to his mistake must take this means of announcing that my act is neither 
owned or manipulated by Madame JewclL I was associated for many 
years with my Father, the late Jesse Jewell, in the presentation of 
Jewell's Manikins, which fact seems to cause confusion; so, to protect 
myself and prevent others getting credit for my many year* of hard 
work and thousands of dollars outlay to perfect my present act, 

MANAGERS, BOOKERS, AGENTS, CRITICS AND OTHERS 

PLEASE NOTEi 

■•,•■•.••■■-<.■'.■. 

THE BASEBALL MANIKIN act known in the past at 

LILLIE JEWELL FAULKNER AND CO. and THE 

[miniature revue wUl in future be known ONLY at 



business last week. The next legit- 
imate booking for the house is the 
last week in December. 



"Main Street' 
this week. 



in stock at Princess 



LILtlE FAULKNER 

Presenting "PLAY BALL" 

Batterici — Harry Weber, East; Simon Agency, Wcit Umpire, Eex Faulkner. ♦ 
Booked Solid. How (Deo. 7-10), Eeith'i Fordham. 

lot Week (Deo. 11-13) EeiUi*t Jeffeiion; (Deo, 14-17), Xoii' Coliieom 



Films — "Woman Conquers** at 
Strand. "Sherlock Holmes" at Des 
Moln^ "Her Only Way" at Garden. 

MONTREAL 

By JOHN M. GARDINER 

HIS MAJESTY'S— Walter Hamp- 
den. 

PRINCESS— Vaudeville. 

GAYETY—Dan Coleman and his 
American Girls. 



KENNARD'S 
SUPPORTERS 

t4» W. SSth SC. M. T. 
PtaoM nu Bojr 0S44 

Bend fnr Catalnirue 




LOEWS — ^YaudevUIe and picturetb 

IMPERLAIi— VaudeTille and pie* 
tures. 

P I C T U R IB ROUSBS— CapltoU 
"Monte Grlsto"; Allen. **The Sla 
Flood ": Regent "Shackles of Gold": 
Strand. "A Woman's Sacrifice**; 
System. "The Girl from Porcupine": 
Midway. "The Storm"; Maisonneura, 
''Broadway Rose"; Mount Royal* 
"Sohool Days"; Paplneau. "Penrod": 
Belmont, "Two Minutes to Gk>**: 
Plasa, "Burning Sands'*; Crystal 
Palace. "Queen of the Turf." 



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INERS 

MAKEUP 



Est Henry C Miner, Inc. 




ii 






Introducing The Muriel 

This charming new model b developed 
in black or grey suede as well as all 
patent The two button novelty oxford 
effect is indeed a distinctive bit of 
originality. 

ANDREW GELLER 

1656 Broadway 

At Slat Street 

"W'e give special attention to custom and 
mail ordevM. 




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he has been re-engaged by the same management, to retunwand top the bill week of De- 
cember 4th — to give him another chance to make Ids mark (not Marx) and to show a friendly 
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Laid off last we€^, thanks to Election, Moss Empires^ Stoll Circuit, Variety Controlling 

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> KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. HUGHES 
SHUBERT — "The Green God- 

GRAND— "Uncle Tom's Cabin." 
GAYETTT— "Youthful FoUies." 
GARDBN— Bridge Musical Stock. 
ORPHEUM— Vaudeville. 
MAINSTREET— Vaudevlll*. 
PANTAGES— Vaudeville. 
GLOBE— Vaudeville. ; 



Tr For The BoudoirX^^ 



STEINSMnkEUP 



^ ^\StZm COSMETIC co./Af^ 

^•^■430 BROOMK ft>>^Py 



PHOTOPLAYS — Newman, 'Tess 
of the Storm Copntry"; Royal, 
"Singed > Wlnga"; ^berty, "The 
Kentucky Derby"; Vantages, "The 
F'ace Between"; Maln»treet. "The 
Hound of the Baskervlllea"; Oiob^, 
"Jhe Altar Stalrp." 



Contrary to the indications of the 
advance sale and the Sunday open- 
ing, Ed Wynn in the "Perfect Fool" 
enjoyed a big week at the i:>hubert. 
BuHiness gained steadily each night, 
and capacity was the rule after 
Monday. The regular Wednesday 
matinee was not given, the mid- 
week afternoon performance being 
changed to Thursday on account of 
the holiday. 



plaintiff In a $20,000 damage suit 
a^alnet the Mutual Burlesque Abso- 
clatfon for the loss of a ftve-year 
franchise. Is piloting Peck * Kolb's 
"Hlppity Hop'' show over the Col- 
umbia circuit. Mr. Taylor is one of 
the oldest burlequers in point of 
service on the wheel. 



Charles H. Taylor, who Is the 



iBOOKSTRIP 



WELDON.WILLIAMS&LICK, 



PORT SMITH, ARK. 



The Forbsteln Radio Orchestra la 
now featured in the Pompeilan room 
at the Hotel Baltimore, while the 
Coon-Sanders organization Is the 
musical attractions In the Plantation 
Grill at the Muehlebacha. The lat- 
ter bun«»h Is also one of the featured 
"events" .on ths Newman theatre 
bill daily. 




Well-^rotmied Men and Actors me 

SLlKUM 

GRCASELESS 

HAIR DRESSING 
// KeejK theJMrinfiace 

At Toor Pruic Store, or Send fl.OO to 

T. NOONAN & SONS CO., BOSTON 





A surprise act, or afterpiece, al- 
though It was offered Just before the 
last act, was Introduced by the peo- 
ple on the bill at the Orpheum last 
week. It was called "More Poses 
from the Ole Family Album" and 
, was Introduced following Yorke and 
I Kings "The Old Family Tintype." 
' All of the performers In the other 
acts appear as old tintypes and are 
introduced by Yorke. After the in- 
troductions ths ensemble Join in a 
comedv version of the "Lucia" sex- 
tet, following which the various in- 
dividuals give bits of Hinging, danc- 
ing, etc. Many of the acts have 
been together on ths circuit for a 
number of weeks, and the specialty 
Is running as smooth as a regularly 
framed production. Whenever a 
new act appears on the bill it is at 
once added to the "afterpiece." Last 
week's new artist was Rae Samuels 



LOUISVILLE 

i By SAMUEL E. HYMAN 

MACAULEY'S. — Irene Bordonl 
("The French Doll"), Monday- 



Wednesday; Denlshawn Dancers, 
Thursday; Walker WhiLcsides 
(•The Hindu"), Friday and Satur- 
day. 

SHUBBRT.— "Passers By" (Stuart 
Walker company). 

<iAYETY.— "Baby Bears" (bur- 
lesque). 

B. F. KEITH'S NATIONAL.— 
Vaudeville. 

B. F. KEITH'S MARY ANDER- 
SON.— "Burning Sands" (film). 
RL\LTO.— 'Ebb Tide." 
MAJESTIC— "Above All Law.** 
ALAMO.— "Notoriety." 

WALNUT.— "Heedless Moth." 
KENTUCKY.— "Manslaughter." 

Ths second production of the 



Studio of Dance 

45 West 57th St. 
NEW YORK CITY 



University of Louisville Players at 
the Dramatic Workshop was even 
more successful than the first, both 
from an artistic and monetary 
standpoint. Three performances of 
"She Stoops to Conquer" were pre- 
sented to audiences that taxed ths 
V. urktii^op'u capacity. The news- 
papers devoted more than ths usual 
amount of space in their reviews. 



TaylorXX 

Strength OMntrea 
long Bervice 

Taylor XX is 
"cheap" at 

TAYLOR'S 

M KART RANDOLPH IT. 

Sit N*. HA14BTKAD VT. 

CmCAOO, II.L. 

210 West 44th Strsst, N. Y. C(ty 



»75 



KITTY DONER 



SISTER ROSE and BROTHER TED ■ . , 

aOSlNG IN VAUDEVFLLE THIS WEEK (Dec. 4) AT KEITH'S PALAC^ NEW YORK 



Home AddresM, LARCHMONT. N. Y. 



j'.>:i.}i'\ ;^' ?•. ,' 



WANTED! 



STOCK COMPANY 



irti. ■-.:, 



ORPHEUM THEATRE 

; in the Heart o/ ' 

MOm^EAJ- 

IS NOW OPEN FOR A FIRST-CLASS COMPANY 

, TO FOLLOW WITH 
A Summer Ssason at ths Roysl Alsxsndrs Thsatrs, Toronts 



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COMPLETELY EQUIPPEIX 



READY FOR BUSINESS 

Addrefs WM. BREEN, Royal Alexandra Theatre 

TORONTO. ONT. 



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Friday, DcccQjber 8, 1988 



rcT-.- 



HEWS OF DAILIES 

(Continued from page 9) 



Tuesday night, last week. Intoxl- 
c&nta valued at 110,000 are alleged 
to have been found. Including 18 
casea of Black and White Scotch, 
200 bottlea of wine and the eamc 
number of chami^gne. Moore 
claimed the liquor had been stored 
previous to prohibition. He had been 
previously raided by federal agents. 
The arrest of two men. loitering on 
the street, brought to light the fact 
that bootleggers arc employing 
bodyguards to protect them from 
pickpockets when attending social 
functions. 



Mrs. Sarah Allen, known along 
Broadway as "Mother" Allen, was 
guest of honor at a surprise party 
given by about 35 friends. The af- 
fair was held at the Stage Door Inn. 
The event was Mrs. Allen's 71st 
birthday. . ^ . 



Wallace Beery, picture actor, has 
announced his engagement to Miss 
Virginia Sutherland of Leavenworth. 
Kansas. Mr. Beery was formerly 
the husband of Gloria Swanson. 



A new advertising scheme for 
N^w York was demonstrated a few 
days a«o by an English concern 
using aeroplanes to write in the sky. 
The writing Is done by means of tt 
trail of smoke exhuming from the 
tail of the machine and done at a 
height of 10,000 feet. The initial 
demonstrations were most success- 
ful, being favored by perfpct weath- 
er the first day, with the writing of 
•'Hello. U. S. A.." being said to have 
covered a distance of four miles. 
The innovation, for this country, 
has been going on for some time in 
France. It Is the English concern's 
Idea to establish an American com- 
pany. 

The story of Ada Gladys Powell, 
deported from this country shortly 
after her arrival, and who said she 
had crossed to marry James Dale, 
actor, has lead to the immigration 
officials notifying the actor he will 
also have to leave this country. 
Dale is appearing In "Loyalties." 
Serious admissions of the girl led 
to the order of departure. 

* 

Commissioner Enright has Issued 
an order that all pistol permits will 
carry the photograph of the person 
to whom they are Issued. For the 
current year, approximately 30,000 
permits were given out. 

The New York city traffic problem 
Is far behind the situatlon^n Lon- 
don, where close to $50,000,000 has 
been spent in the last few years in 
an efTort to gain a solution to the 



A celebration at the Casino, New 
York, scheduled for Dec. 2S, will be 
held in honor of that playhouse's 
40th^ anniversary. Stars wlio have 
form'erly appeared at the theatre 
will be Invited to take part in the 
festivities. 



The Producing Managers' Asso- 
ciation has formed what is to be 
known as the American National 
theatre and whose aim It will be to 
support all "little theatre' move- 
ments throughput the country. 
There are 56 theatrical directors 
and producers included under the 
title who will support the project. 
A school of dramatic arts will be 
In conjunction with the movement, 
which Is to favor amateur produc- 
tions. The association will supply 
the money and experience to en- 
courage the carrying out of the 
plan. 



At a meeting of Democratic 
leaders a tentative legl.slative pro- 
gram was discussed, which includes 
the abolition of the Miller film cen- 
sorship commission and a referen- 
dum to place New York on record ns 
in favor of the sale of light wines 
and beer. The program is subject 
to amendment by Governor-elect 
Smith. 



• THE SEASON'S UNIQUE NOVELTY ^ 

SAM M i ^ CARL 



MOORE AND 




THE VICTOR, VOCAUON and COLUMBIA RECORD ARTISTS 




IN 



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SPOONING siill BAIL00NIN6 



Bookmd solid until 1924 by B, F, Keith Vaudeville ExchQtige >. 
Thi» week (Dec. 4), Keith's Riverside, New York * 

Next week (Dec. H), Keith's Alhambra, New York 

M. S. BENTHAM OFFICE iMrection CHAS. H. ALLEN 




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DENVER 



By A. W. STONE 
'Twas a good week for Denv^. 
The fact that ThartftBglvlng day 
came along helped, of course. But 
there were other reasons, chief 
among them meritorious shows. 
"The Merry Widow." at the Broad- 
>*'ay, gladdened the hearts of all 
concerned by drawing in real 
money at $2.50 top. Business was 
gdod from the start. Thanksgiving 
receipts swelled the^ total to ap- 
proximately 117,000 for the week, 
including three matinees. Jefferson 
DeAngells as "Nish.** the messen- 
ger, struck local plaj'goers as con- 
siderably stilted in his comedy. 
James Liddy, Tom Burton, Peggy 
McClure and Warren Proctor came 
Jn for a generous share of praise 
and applause. It was like old times 
to see the Broadway filled to the 
topmost gallery. 

The vaudeville houses did well, 
aided by the Thanlesgiving rush. 
The bill at the Orphcum wasn't one 
to startle the natives, especially for 
a holiday week. Harry Watson, Jr., 
billed as the greatest comedian on 
earth, failed to tie anybody into 
knots of convulsions. Vincent 
O'Donnell. former Gus Edwards' 
star, made a hit with his singing, 
while Elizabeth Kennedy, of Ken- 
nedy and Berle, exhibited what 
local critics hailed as real dramatic 
ability. The balance of the list was 
mediocre in the extreme. 



mer leading man, was playing the 
same role in the Wilkes hou.«e at 
Los Angeles, according to local re- 
port. A Cohan farce always gets 
over big In Denver, especially at the 
Denham. Gladys George scored 
again, adding the laurels she had 
won here in tho tew weeks .since 
sbei^ame. \r' ' :i^: -^.y-K' •,■■•/■, 



A change of judges In the "Speed- 
ers Court'' of Los Angeles failed to 
result in a more lenient policy, so 
that over 100 men and women were 
behind bars Thanksgiving morning. 
Amongst them was Edith Sterling, 
film actress, who was sentenced to 
Ave days. She is the third woman 
to receive a sentence of "time" to 
date. 



The Empress had a good week, 
notwithstanding the fact that it fol- 
lowed one of the ten-act weeks for 
which the house is establishing a 
vogue. Tommy Wyser, of Ross, 
Wyse and Wyser, had the audiences 
stamping and applauding /or more. 
The announcement that next sea- 
son he will co-star In pictures with 
Wesley Barry aroused noticeable 
approvM. How true the announce- 
ment is remains to be seen. 



Claude Sanders, manager of ex- 
ploitation for the Famous Piayers- 
Lasky corporation, was r.abbc d by 
a detective and two uniformed po- 
licemen at the Union station as he 
stepped from his train Dec. 1, and 
Informed he was wanted in Salt 
Lake City for violation of the Mann 
white sU^ve law. 

He was loaded into a patrol au- 
tomobile and carted to Central 
station. Rick Rlcketson. attached 
to the local publicity bureau of F. 
P., and H. W. Braly, one of the cor- 
poration's salesmen, protested vig- 
orously against the Arrest, declaring 
there must be some mistake, but 
Chief of Police RuRg Williams 
merely exhibited a Salt Lake tele- 
gram and declined to release the 
prisoner. 

About the time that Saunders had 
made up his mind to spend a few 
days In jail, although confident there 
had been a mistake somewhere, 
somebody grinned and gave the joke 
away. The deal had been "framed" 
by Rlcketson and several confeder- 
ates in order to make Saunders feel 
he had reason to remember his 
Denver visit. The police depart- 
ment. Including the chief, had been 
in on the frame-up. 

M. S^Wllson, local manager of the 
corporation, and H. A. Ellison, man- 
ager of Princess and RIalto, were 
preparing to offer bond when Saund- 
ers tumbled to the truth." 

He came to Denver to attend the 
annual western district Paramount 
sales conference, scheduled for this 
week. 



LOEWS ST.\TE— Vaudeville. 
LYCEUM— Pates Musical Stock. 
LYRIC ^ Field's Minstrels. 30-1. 
Capacity, 



also has appeared in several recent 
comedy releases. ;.j. 



Howard King, former newspaper 
man here, and hlj» brother, Floyd 
King, owners of Hugo Bros, circus, 
are In Memphis for the winter. The 
show winters here. 



Gene Mason, of the unit show at 
Loew's State, spent what he terms 
the finest Thanksgiving in many 
years in New Orleans. Thursday. 
The town is Mason's birthplace and 
his mother lives there. For Ave 
years he has been on the road and 
had not seen his mother. 



Emily Taft, niece of the Supreme 
Court Chief Justice, William How- 
ard Taft. is in the cast presenting 
"The Cat and the Canary." 



Billlc Lord, four-year-old star In 
Universal pictures, is a Memphis 
child. Billie is the aoit of J. O. 
Lord, for 16 years the traveling rep- 
resentative of a local, syrup con- 
cern. Billie has been given posi- 
tions in suppoH of Agnes Ayres and 

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"Bringing Up Father," at the 
Broadway, following the ''Widow," 
Is pliding Into town with practically 
nothing in the way of advance paper 
or press notices. Seats offered at 
75 cents top. "Take It From Me" 
follows." 



Musicians of the Strand. White 
Plains. N. Y., were enjoined by Su- 
preme Court Justice Young when 
they gave 24 hours' notice that they 
would go on strike. The cause was 
a piano player in another theatre, 
but a member of their union, who 
failed to collect a bill for $92. 



"The Meanest Alan In the World" 
at the Denham sustained the repu- 
tation of that stock house for good 
business when the offering is a light 
comedy. They stood in line for 
practically all performances. 

While Ivan Miller, leading man, 
was essaying the principal role in 
the Cohan play, George Barnes, for- 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 

By WALTER D. BOTTO 

ORPHEUM— Vaudeville. 
PANT AGES— Vaudeville. 



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A holiday audience at the Pearl. 
Pittsburgh, a picture house, was 
thrown Into a panic when flames 
broke out near the operator's booth. 
No one was Injured, but five firemen 
were overcome by smok*. ^ 

Eugene Walter, playwright and 
author. Is eerlously ill at the Black- 
atone hotel in Chicago. Mr. Walter 
is there to rewrite portions of "At 
the End of the World," now current 
In that city. 

Irene Dalton. film actress, of Los 
Angeles, Is named In a divorce 
action brought by Mrs. Way Owens, 
of Toledo. The Owens' are promi- 
nent socleti' people. 




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Vince Carline has booked **Th^ 
Bat," "The Cat and the Canary" and- 
"The Circle" for early December at 
the Lyrit. >* / J 

Howard Gale, ahead -^^ "The 
Circle," at the Lyric. Dec. 12-18. has 
been coming to Memphis for 18 
years as a pf ess agent. Gale wais In 
Memphis Tuesday and recalled 
some of the plays as far back as 
"The Black Crook" and other an- 
tiques of the old Bijou days. 



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Cabaret and Resort. 
The Service is com- 
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who play for phono- 
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the cost is surprisinjily 
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SYRACUSE, N. Y. , 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 

WItJTING — First half. Pepgy 
Wood In "The Clinging Vine"; last 
h»1f. dark. 

BASTABLE — All we^k, "Father 
•n Vacation." 

B. F. KEITH'S— Vaudeville. 

TEMPLE— Vaudeville. 
! ROBBINS - ECKEL — "Knight- 
llood." Indefinite run. 
. STRAND— "Broadway Rose." 
' EMPIRE— "Ebb Tide." 

CRESCENT— "Nice People." 



The show busines.s is going to, not 

,the dogs but the women. The last 

Uiree advance agents to visit the 

wletlng have been members of the 

fair Sex. 



' Purchase of the Oneonta theatre 
(N. Y.) from O. S. Hathaway gives 
the Schlne Theatrical Enterprises of 
Gloversvllle, headed by J. Meyer 
Schlne, 14 houses in Central and 
Southern New York. 



DETROIT 

By JACOB SMITH 

^NEW DETROIT— David Wartteld 
■I "The Merchant of Venice." 

GARRICK— Pauline lYederick In 
Guilty One." Big business. 

SHURERT-MICHKiAN — Bon- 
fctelle Players In "East Side, West 
Side." 

MAJESTIC— Stock. Branded. 

8H UBERT-DETROIT— "Success." 
Opened to capacity. This house al- 
ways does capacity on Sundays, 
Saturday and Friday nightss, bus- 
iness holding about even. It Is 
noticeable that receipts Jump when- 
•ver big headliner announced. 

TEMPLE— Keith vaudeville, hav- 
ing no trouble In getting $1.50 for 
orchestra seats Saturday and Sun- 
day evenings. It moans a big in- 
crease In the weekly receipts. For 
the first time in years this house is 
i»dvertlsing its forthcoming head- 
liners. 

_ OA YETY — Fred Clark's "Let's 
Go." 

PHOTOPLAY HOUSES— "Pride 
Of Palomar' at Capitol; 'Youhg 



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Rajah" at Adams: 
qutTs" Ht Madison 
Hroadway-Strand; 
onlal. and "Under 
WashliiRton. 

COLONIAL — Sh 
At the Party; Mu 
and Grace Harvey; 
Frank Button. 



"Woman Con- 

; "Shadows" at 

"Pawned," Col- 

Two Flags" at 

eedy vaudeville. 

rray Stutz; I>ee 

Stciner Trio and 



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WANTED-THREE or FOUR UP-TO-DATE, LIVE-WIRE MANAGERS, 
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"Sally" opens next Sunday at 
the New Detroit taking the place of 
the usual booking of the "Follies" 
at this season, "Sally" will slay 
two weeks opening In Chicago 
Christmas week. I'rlces charged 
here are |4.40 top — same as for 
"Follies." Advance 8al« tremendous. 



John Wltstach 
lion man.ager for 
wyn oIUcc. 



Is now exploit a - 
the Detroit Gold- 



The new owners of the Liberty. 
Detroit, formerly owned by John 
II. Kunsky, have put in colore! 
Vaudeville; 60o. top. 



Nick Altrork, coach for the Wash- 
ington baseball team, is an added 
attraction with iho Loyalty Clrcu.s 



wlilch opened Monday for a week at 
the Liglit (Juard Armory. This is 
under the auspices of the I..oyalty 
Masonic L<)d>?e. The actft comprise: 
Joe Modgini Hiding Troupe, Four 
Flying Valentines, John liobinson 

Sensational 



Military Klephans. 

Aerial 



I'M.sher Sisters, Daisy Levan, 

Jack Moore Trio, Nick 
Aet Adair and his Clown 



Youngs, 
Altrock, 



P.and, Mangeane Troupe of Aero* 
bat.s, Torellia Dogs. 



Mayor Cnuzon.s has closed the 
Maxln«; Cafe charginjj that liquor 
was sold and Indecent dancing per- 
mitted^ The Ralph Williams 
OrclKKtra playing there succeeds 
Seymour Sinion.s Syncopators at tlie 
Monto Carlo cafe. 



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Sensational Violinist 
and Conductor 



LOEWS 




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VARIETY 



Friday, December 8. 1922 



JBC 



"THE CIRCUnr OF OPPORTUNmr 



SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 

ALL APPLICATIONS FOF ENGAGEMENTS AND TIME FOR SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE SHOULD BE MADE TO 

* SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE - 

ARTHUR KLEIN, General Manager •- 233 Wert 45th Street, NEW YORK CITY 



LETTERS 



Wkea •endlas for oiall €• 

TARIKTY addreM Mall Clerk 

POBTCARUS. ADVKRTI91NO or 

CIRCULAR LKTTKR8 WILL 

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LKTTBRS ADVBRTISUD £11 
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Aldm iM^l 
AlvlK Billy 
Aibl«r Herbert 
Ashkr J Mr A Mri 

Balaqver S T 
Barolajr Jack 
Barney Charlea 
Barrlnrer DoJIy 
Baiaett A Bail-r 
Bell Adelaide M 
Beaalocer Pr&nlc 
Blacklock Tom 
Blacde R W 
BloadF Bee 
Blroh Mug*nt» 
Brewer Frank 
Broolu LoUa 
Badreau John 

Camla Wtlliam 
Clairon Laura 
Clarke Austin 
Clark Florctta 
Chrlatr A M'Donald 
Coatea Maria 
Colin Mabfl 
Coml»a A K 
Connellr A Radcllff 
Covlncton HelPO 

r>anea Royal 
Darcy Harry Mre 
Pavla B Mr A Mrs 
Davls-Hanford 
Davla A Darnell 
Dalra H C Mrs 
Dehaney F K 
Delro Ouido 
Dlol Bdw n '. 

DolUrer Mra 
DorUa Frank 
Poro Orac« 
Drew L B 
Drla^ll Qeo M 
Dunn F P 

Edmoade ChMs Mre 
Kdwarda Paul 
Kd wards Renee 
Eldridce Harry 
Elroy Betty 
Krfottl Ruth 

Follette A Wicks 
Franka Jesiiie 

Galbath Mable 
GPta Georiti* 
Goldatein Mr 
Gordon II 
Ciray Bensi^ 
Guerlie Lnura 

ITale Madlyn 
liall Frank Mra 



Hamilton Oordon 
Harris Donny 
Haiieltine Jock 
Hayea Brent 
Hochnian Helen 
Howat Walter 

Kalama MomI 
Keeley Jean A Art 
Keet John 
Kins Helen 
Kraft Toddtea 
Kramer Maa 

Lamplnlea Bros 
I^Salle Bob 
Lawrence Del 
liClo John 
If^onard Frank 
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Lloyd Mra U 

Maloney B 
Malioy Rubr 
McCormark & R 
McTntjrre Grace 
McNeil Dixie 
MIndoxa Roy 
Moran Claire 
Moore Jamea 
Moran Siatera 
Morton Misa L 
Morriaon Leon 

Neilen Kay 
Nelaon* Hobby 
Nelaon Gwen 
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O'Brien WiUiana 
Olson Jean 
Orchard Kam 

Payton Harry 
Pelionan O 
Perry Ned 
Peterson V 

Race Thomas J 
Randell J 
Kay Julia 
ReddinK Leo 
RiberK Inez 
Robinson M ' 

Hoden Ben 
Rose Margaret 
Roye Samuel 
Ryan Mra J 
RuKClier Michael 

St Alra Addie 
Steel Helen 
Stevena Millie 
Stoll Sylvia 
Kwain John 
Syncopated Seven 



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nraaae Stella 
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Budd Ruth 
Burns Pete 
Bryan Leo 

Carol Al 
Coburn Vera 
Craic Mel 
Cross Georya 



Dixon T J 
Day George 
D.vight A H'mphr'y 

Fields Billy 
Fair Polly 
Freehand Bros 

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Gibson Florence 
Oeorgales Trio 
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Klein Mra J O 

Lee Mrs Bryan 
Layman Viola 
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Lopes J R 
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Maafle'd Harry O 
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Palmer Paul E J 
Ponafurd Virginia 

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Smith Billy 
Simmons James D 
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Sealie Ethel 
Spengler Ralph 
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.General Executive Offices i 

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Masonic Temple Building 

SIDNEY M. WEISMAN in Charge 



CLEVELAND 

By C. L. WALTERS 

"The Merchant of Venice," with 
Wurfteld, had good week at Ohio. 
The upstairs was sold out through 
(he week, but the floor had a few 
vacancies the flrst three nights. 
Thereafter. Including Thanksgiving 
and Saturday matinees, "S. R. O." 
was the welcome password. Esti- 
mated gross, $20,000. 



THE STANDARD INDEPENDENT 
VAUDEVILLE AGENCY 

FALLY MARKUS 

1 547 Broadway, New York 

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first time locally at the Metropoli- 
tan by the Robert McLaughlin 
Players, played to light attendance 
excepting the opening Sunday night 
and Thanksgiving evening. The 
production, the best of the repertory 
season at this house, deserved much 
better support. 



Lionel AtwiH was the lieadllner at 
B. P. Keith's Palace theatre. Three 
performances on Thanksgiving day. 
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million people in a limited area a.s 
its direct source of supply, capac- 
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the rule of the day for a consider- 
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interior is as eflfective a drawing 
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By ED KRIEQ 

Ivy Sheppard, well-known coast 
stock leading woman, heads the 
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which has gone on the road. 



John Talt expects to start remod- 
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great. - / 

George BovyHr Is agent for the 
Harry Fox "Oh, Look" show, play- 
ing coast towns. 



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rick, was booked for that house, but 
at the last moment "Just Married,** 
with Lynne Overman and Vivian 
Martin, came In for a Sunday nlsrht 
opening. Indications point to a good 
week. 

Henry Millar and Ruth Chatter* 
ton In "La Tcndressc" are at tho 
NationaH having a big house for 
the oponing Monday night. David 
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Venice" comes to the house Doc. 10. 

Poll's has the San Carlo Opera 
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opera. This organization always 
docs a big week here. 



The Cosmos — Vaudeville. 
Loow vaudeville at the Strand. 

Plcfure houses: Loew's Palace^ 
Wallace Reid In "Clarence"; Loew's 
Columbia, "Trifling Women"; Cran. 
dall's Metropolitan, Charles Ray In 
"A Tailor Made Man"; Moore's 
RIalto, "Shadows." Creatore, the 
Italian bandmaster, Is directing the 
RIalto orchestra as a special fea- 
ture^ for the current week. 



••Abie's Irish Rose** enters Its 
second week with the stock oom* 
pany at the President. "Buddies" 
Is about to go into rehearsal to 
follow at the close of the run of 
this piece. 



The Ambassador theatre Is used 
on Sundays as a church. Tho ser- 
mons draw almost as many as do 
ths film shows during the week. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

By HARDIE MEAKIN 

A stidden switch on bookings 
gav^ Washington throe worth-while 
attractions for the current week. 



John McCormack appears at 
Poll's Dec. 12. following Geraldino 
Farrar, who openn Dec. 7. Both 
appear under the direction of Mrs. 
Wilson Greene. 



Graham Velscy of the President 
stock company, while laying oft 
during "Abie's Irish Rose,'* went 
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VARIETY 



Friday, December 8/1922 



a^uryi. 



LOYALTY— AND MOUNTFORD 

. ,. : (Continued from page 10) 

own foo'ishnoss, now that his iiKffulncss has ondej Insofar as the Mount- 
ford combination was concerned. It's a bitter pill for this particular In- 
dividual to swallow, to accept aid from anyone much less from the or- 
granizations he has battled nil his life, yet in such a contingency he muat 
hide his pride and bow to the inevitable. 



The White Rats operated and lived under a union labor charter. Mount- 
ford still opeiates and lives by virtue of that same charter, upon which 
he traded with I'xiuity for his future. He seemingly saw to it that his 
future should not be minjrled nor confused with aiy of his former sup- 
porters, unless they cou'd and would continue to send him "the dues", 
the everlastinp: Mountford cry that requires the work of a stenographer 
and the postofflce to collect. What the old loyal White Rats tftlnk of the 
"charter" now mifiht be interesting to hear. It got them nothing but 
trouble as manipulated by Mountford, and it gets them nothing now, but 
appears to force them Into charitable channel.'^, while Mountford contin- 
ues to eat, sleep and smoke his cigarets without a thought from him 
concerning the fate or future of the men who made him, stuck to him 
and whom he walked out on— with the charter. 



WILLIE AND EUGENE HOWARD 

STARRINQ IN ' 

"PASSING SHOW OF 1922" 

Direction MESSRS. SHUBERT Wint«r Garden, New York, Indeflnitt 



CHARLES 



"CRY BABY* 



If it were not so sad it would be a laugh, to look back, recall the ad- 
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to their selfish agitator, how he bulled them for the money he could get 
out of them, and what he U'd them into — to desert them, because they 
couldn't work and couldn't pay 'dues". Whatever has been said of 
Mountford now goes duuble. 



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JIM 



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Maxine ElliotfsS S"ii.^>:^''"J 

SAM H. HARRIS Pre»ent« 

JEANNE EAGELS 

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CHARLES DILLINGHAM ProsenH 

LOYALTIES 

By JOHN GALSWORTHY 

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'THE FOOL" 

CHANNING POLLOCK'S 
New Play Produced by the Solwyns 



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"LiniE NELLIE KEU.Y" 



BOSTON 

By LEN LIBBEY 

Just when the Keith people had 
about made up their mind.s. arcovd- 
ing to current report, that there 
wasn't a whole lot in this name- 
draw stuff along comes Klsie Jani.s. 
back to the vaudeville stag^after 
an absence of five years, who gave 
the Ioca\ Keith house at the Monday 
matinee the biggest attendance for 
months on that day. 

The orchestra was very near ca- 
pacity. The boxes were occupied, 
both down and up.stairs, and whilo 
some of the attendunco could be ac- 
counted for by the fact that m.«ny 
of those who came to the city for 
Thanksgiving were .still wiih us. this 
could not account for the line that 
was at the advance ticket window 
when the .show was clo.sing. 

The most fastidious of vaudeville 
patrons couldn't find .a single "yip" 
against the acts that occupy Uie J^pot 
position on the bill this week. True, 
at the Monday matinee f)ne of these 
acts — Miss I..cit7.cl -»- did not show, 
due to the failure of her apparatus 
to arrive in town; but with her back 
in the bill it 8houl(i run the house 
full for every performance and leave 
a big turnaway on the la;5t days of 
the week. 

Following ^lisR .Tanis came Chic 
Sale. The appeal of Sale's act i.s 
counlr>'wide. He held the house in 
the palm of his hand. 

Tlie show is ofx^ned with Samaroff 
and Sonla. billed as a bit of old Kur,- 
sia and which is actually a novel 
twist put on a dog act. It being the 
first act of this sort seen at the 
house for some lime 11 got over very 
well. 

Al Mamaux and Jimmle Rule, the 
fojnier a National I.eague pitcher, 
were next, and Ala singing demon- 



OSWALD 




WOODSIDE 

WOODSIDE 
LL 



KfrkE— — ANbV 

NAIO and RIZZO 



Presents 

A MUSICAL BREEZE 
Direction JESS FREEMAN 



BLANCHESHERWOOD 



AND 



strated how he is still holding a 
place on the vaudeville stage at a 
time when even the football season 
is in a fair way to be forgotten. 

"The Minute Man." with Raymond 
Bond featured, is a "tab" filled with 
wit and action, and although it runs 
a bit longer it is so well put to- 
gether and put over that it doesn't 
develop a single .soft spot. 

Wells, Virginia and West, always 
a riot, are no different this trip. 

While it trailed along for several 
minutes with good comedy action, 
the real thrill of the Fred Walton 
and Mary F.rant act is the finish, 
when she slips her dress off and in 
arrayed in whatever term females 
use for B. V. D.'s. The finish puts 
it over to a whirlwind. 

With the bill running as planned, 
Miss Leitzel will show in next posi- | 
lion, but Monday afternoon Grace ^ 
and Hallie DeBeers were penciled 
in. Their dancing act went over 
very fair considering the handicap 
the girls were working under. 

Bert F'ord and Pauline Price close 
the show with their "dancing on a 
silver thread." 



BROTHER- 

In AVIATING ANTICS 
Direction: MARTY FORKING 

^JACK •ntTJESSJE'' 

GIBSON 

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 

Direction JACK GARDNER 



WKKSW 



'NIN.% 



INDIANAPOLIS 

By yOLNEY B. FOWLER 

MITRAT— Ruth St. Denis. Harry 
Lauder. 8-9. 

EXGLISH'S— "Perfect Fool." 
BROADWAY — "Moulin Rouge 

C {rla " 

PARIC— "Wine, Women and Song." 



I^cgltimate business slow last 
week, but movies, downtown houses, 
played to capacity. 

C. Roltare Eggleston. manaaror of 
Keith's, has consented to co-operate 
in the Little theatre's movement to 
develop a Hoosler school of play- 



AMERICA S FOREMOST THEATRES AND HITS. DIRECTION OF LEE AND J. I. SHUBERT 

-(illEATF>»T MCSItAI. HIT OF AGES- | Dl AVUnHQr 4«'h R of HT Bryt 2C2i, 

I J n-ninUUOt m«Ud<m» Wed. and S»L 



'»', C^OriAN Mats. VVeil 



M. 



nVay m 42.1 St. 
WMt., 2.30. 



THE LOVE CHILD 

ilj IIENRV HATAILI.E 

Atlaptod fur tlie AmerU-nn .StaK* 

IJy ^!AUTIN IIROWN 

with » Nirtitlile < ompnTi.v. Inrludinf 

HMtNKV Ili.At KMER 

JANET UKKMIEK 

I.EE ilAlii:K 



— .lOHN <iOI,l>EN 81CCES.SE« 



Madge KENNEDY 
in SPITE CORNER 
By Frank CRAVEN 

I I T TI P Wc«»t 4Uli Street. 
i^t 1 t f^^ EvenlnKfi at H:::0. 
Matlneei* \Vr«lneHduy uml Sulurdaj- — 



HEAVEN 



BOOTH 



West 45tli Street. 
EvenlfiRfi ut R:30. 
— Matineeii WedneiKlay aitd Saturday — 



"BLOSSOM TIME 

Second Triumphant Year 

CENTURY THEA. 



Eves. 8:S0. 



R?d Rtretet and 
Cent, rark Wewt 

Matinee.-* Wed. and .Sat. 



AQth Q# Then.. W. of llway. Et». R:SO, 
tain OK. M:it.s. Wfd. and Sat.. 2:30. 

— IIEADMNER OF .M^-^TERY I'l.AYS— 

WHISPERING 
WIRES 

—HAS THE TOWN TALKING— 



"Dellchtfnl maalrNl eomedy. well acted, 
danced and nuuk." — Eve. I'uat. 

UP SHE GOES 

"Better than 'Irene'— What more coald 

ynu autkf" — Eva. Telejrain. 



^FNTRAI THE^.. 47th & Bway. 

l^*-"*^ A AXr^l-. Tu i.-P n»liT. 5;i.-, ,n,l » 1.'. 

SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 

Wrek nectnnlnR .MONDAT MAT., Dec. 11 

The WIHRL of NEW YORK 

.\Bd A.N AM. STAR VAUDEVIIXE RILL 
EXTRA ATTRACTION: 

FRANCES WHITE 



B. S. 

M 



at 
41 St. 



*6ls' BROADWAY 

B. F. KEITH VAUDEVILLE 

The PRIDE of 
PALOMAR'! 



With M\R,IOKIE DAW 



SM ARK W^ 

xranU 

Itrondtvay H 47th Ht. 

' "A NATIO.NAL INSTITt'TION- 
Direction .loMppli I'liitiUett 

"Th« BEAUTIFUL and 
DAMNED" 

STRAND SYMI'HO.NY ORCHESTRA 

CARL £DUt'ARI>£ Coaductur 



AT THE GLOBE 

"The BUNCH 
and JUDY'' 

ENTIirSI.\HTI(' WEL<OMK FOR 

(IIARI.E.S III! l.l.NMI AMH 

M;W MISIC'AI. ENTEIJTAINMKNT. 

•IT'S A (iKEAT HilOW."— Kv«. Tel 



SHUBERT 

KvoM. 8 30. 



THEATRE. 4«t»i Sfrrft, 
— Went of I'.ri'atlwaj -- 

Mata Wed. and .*^al 



Greenwich Village Follies 



Fourth Annual Piodnction 



AMBASSADOR ;';iV,: L?:?„,1.'i-,".'5I 

Matinena Wetlnenduy and Saturday. 
The International MuHi«>al HucceM 

THE LADY IN ERMINE 

WITH 
WII.DA BENNETT /k WALTER WOOLF 

and a PrceinlriPnt Ca."it 



BACON and FONTAINE 

World*! Greatest Dancing Skateri 

NOW F£ ATI RED 

IKGERSOLL PIEB BALLROOM 

DETROIT, MICH. 

~JIM~ and GLADYS """ 

Guilfoyle 

Direction BILLY JACKSON 

John Keefe 

"SPITE CORNER" 

LITTLE THEATRE. NEW YORK C ITT 

CAEtdN EMMY 

AND 

HIS MAD WAGS 

BOOKED 80LID — ORPUEl'M CTV, 

Direction: BURT CORTELYOU 



BURTON CARR 

"The Irish-Alaskan** 

SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 

with 
Jack Raid's "Carnival of Fun" Co. 

Direction RUFUS LE MAIRE 

wripht.s by booking for at least on« 
performance with the regular bill of 
"The Marriage Gown" one of th« 
four prizo-wlnninff plays selected by 
the society a few weeks ago. It wai 
written by Judith K. Syllenberger of 
Kokomo. 



f. RAY C0M8T0CK and MORRIS CCST Pre««Rt 

THIRD 
KI>iTION 



i K I. EVE. NT II 
I MONTH 



Balieff's '"""" 



riripnn Theatre. 
V-"AV1 Matinee 



Theatre. W. 4Hth St. 

3 Wed. Bflil 



i-;v». H.\', 

MERTON of the 
MOVIES 

Ifnrry I eon Wllnon's Htorj I>r)»nintl«ed 

hy tiro, H. Kiiufnntn & Mar«' (<innell>, 

— WITH — 

Glenn Hunter ; Florence Nash 



MARION DAWS 

KNIfiHTHOOII ^'^^uve Souris 

WAS IN FLGWEHi century roof ;',">'^..«^' 

Hut.. Mill. Hiid HoImIm>n. ^.t.i, 1:l.-> & H^^O^ 1;^,.- ...n ,,„. -, ^ * CP W 



TIIF. \TKE I 

Kt 7lh Av.. .'CASINO ■""' * "•■"•'«»«» r»«i. 8:53. 
f^>SATU}Sorni^^ 1 . ^'"'ln.c. Wed. nnd Sat 

Musical Comedy Sensation 



JOLSON'S 59th ST. 

KvfH. H no *r illii<'''.<i Thiiix and S.i' 



THE WORLD 
WE LIVE IN 

(The Insect Play) 

Djr J08KF and KAREL CATEK 



SALLY, IRENE and MARY i 

—WITII- 

Eddie Powling and a Great Cast 



ExcitluR blue-law wars are stir- 
ring up two Indiana towns — Wabash 
and Martinsville. The trouble at 
Waba.^h started when P. H, and 
William Dlokson, owners of the 
Kaglea tlieatre, open<'d the house 
and started regular operation Sun- 
day afternoon, Sov. 26. Kh«?riff Hoyt 
Summerland kicked in the front 
door.s and arrested both. Ho held 
them in Jail three hours. They 
opened again In the eveninnr, and 
next morning were arre.mod for vio- 
lating tlie Sunday-clo.sing laws on 
affidavits in a ju.'^tice of the peace 
court. They were released on 1100 
bonds. In the wake of this the own- 
ers are diarussing filing suit for 
damages for the broken front door 
a.gainst Slieriff Sunimerland. It was 
reported petitions are being circu- 
lated a.sking |»eople to stay away 
from churclj during the figiit. om- 
ciaJs said they had heard niinorH of 
impeachtfient proceeding."^, but dis- 
counted thfni. The Dlcksons pl^^aded 
ant guilty to all the cnsoi^ .igain.ot 
them, and trials were to be lield this 

Wt'f'lc. 

Meantime at Martin.sville cases 
w«i,. p. ii.iiri'^ in city and circuit 
• oijtt.s ,l^';lit;^.t I'tank J. Kombu^cW," 
owner, and Frank .Tewell. manager, 
of the CJrnre theatre on charges of 
oporatiii- Sunday. Mr-*, .luiia Wo.id- 
uard .swore out aindavits again.st tlie 
tluatr'' men, t'hurche.s and rt-forin 
organizations were behind the move. 
Tlip mayor and chief of policy ^f 
\Vabavti discu«isod a.l\ isabiiity t»f 
a<l«liixg CO .special patrolmen to the 
force and shutting up cverv line of 
bu.sine.ss on Sunday, but loaclicd no 
definite deciaion. 



Friday, December 8, 1922 



PICTURES 



33 



GRiFFmrsmnroFANATioir 




In iial Special, First Shown Eight Yean Ago, Hat 
^ Everything — Revival for This Week at Selwyn, 
r New York — Ku Klux Klan Konnection - 



Eigl^t years old, and atlll the 
daddy of 'em all! 

Il'a showing over at the Selwyn, 
New York, for a week's run, pro- 
duced identically, with the possible 
exception the crinoline usherettes 
are missing, as was the Initial per- 
formance for New York, which oc- 
curred at the Liberty during the 
first week of March. IfllS. 

It looks very much as if this were 
the standard film for all time. No 
matter how often seen, there's 
always that "kick" or thrill in- 
volved that no other snocial feature 
or general release has held. 

And it always causes a panic 
amon? the censors or societies of 
one «ort or another. There's never 
been a picture that drew more "re- 
peats" in attendance than this one. 
That's definite. Nor has there ever 
been an evening's entertainment on 
the screen produced to compare 
with this first 12-reeler which in- 
augurated the $2 picture playing in 
a legitimate house. 
* The recent and present publicity 
regarding the Klan situation made 
it problematical /as to just how the 
house would receive "Birth" Mon- 
day night, and the general concep- 
tion had it about right. Every 
early appearance of a Klansman 
on the screen, w.is a signal for naif 
the audience \o burst In:.) applause 
along with minor hissing. It con- 
tinued so until the gathering 
seemed finally to realise that the 
Klan the picture wa's telling of had 
no connection with the organization 
of today. Whence they quirted 
down and let the film proceed with- 
out prejudice. 

The two-day controversy be- 
tween Griffith and the state pic- 
ture commission, settled by the 
producer saying a title would be 
inserted to the effect that the m.in- 
agement disavowed any connection 
with the present Klan, or an an- 
nouncement would be made, con- 
cluded in the title being flashed. 
It was not a slide, but incorporated 
Into the film. It stated that after 
the reconstruction of the South, 
following the Civil War, the origi- 
nators of the Klan put away tnolr 
uniforms and disbanded the organ- 
ization forever. This wording was 
flashed at the completion of the 
story. It might have save.! con- 
siderable annoyance if It nad been 
shown at the beginning of the eec- 
onQ half, or, at least, pr»^v;(us to 
the activities of the Klan, which 
takes up such a major portion of 
the concluding footage. 

The "Nation" is the masterpiece 
of the screen. You can't get away 
from It. It has everything. De- 
voted to that part of American his- 
tory which is the most romantic 
and picturesque, it has pathos, sus- 
pense, anti-climaxes, climaxes, de- 
tail, unison in the cast, big produc- 
tion (called tremendous when flrst 
shown), capably cut and titled, 
Griffith directing, Thomas Dixon's 
story, mob scenes to make it al- 
most a continuous spectacle, a 
mu.<4lcal score by Joseph Carl Breil 
that for appropriateness has never 
even been approached, and excel- 
lent photography. Also, as to the 
camera work in this picture — 
granted there has been vast im- 
provements made in securing vari- 
ous effects since the "grinding" on 
this film was done — nevertheless, 
there's not a camera man who has 
since turned out a finer piece of 
work than did G. W. Bltzer when 
he "shot" this production. Not for- 
getting that this was the initial bit 
of night photography to be pro- 

As to the cast, Mae Marsh has yet 
of $500,000, which in generally re- 
rated at 1300,000 as the actual sum 
spent on the film. It would be In- 
teresting to compare that expendi- 
ture of money with that which 
Fairbanks cut loose with for "Robin 
Hood," or for "Knighthood," "Four 
Horsemen," etc. Though what the 
"Nation" would cost today to pro- 
duce cannot be estimated. 

As to the fact, Mac Marsh has yet 
to equal the performance she gave 
here, which borders on a classic, as 
the young sister of the Cameron 
family; Lillian Glsh has sobbed and 
fought through many a "special" 
since: Henry Walthall worked up to 
this effort through the old Biograph 
days and has since slowly faded 
away; Wallle Reld has never had 
a more realistic fight than the bar- 
room battle he takes part In; Spot- 
liswoode Aiken, George Selgmann 
xnd Miriam Cooper are still in the 
nims. Resides which directors and 
other luminaries have sprung from 
others of the cast, which includes 
Maxfield Stanley, Ralph Lewis. El- 
mer Clifton, Mary Alden. Walter 
Long, Raoul Walsh, Donald Crl.ip. 
Josephine Crowell and Bobby Har- 
ron. passed aw.ay. 

The picture itpelf remains the 
•ame, including the backstage ef- 

'>ct«, and. In some instances. Is 
. owing a ftw addiiionril sccn'?s 



that must have been deleted after 
the flrst few performances eight 
years ago. Certain bits eliminated 
m the Chicago showings are also 
now Included, though. If rightly re- 
calling, the midwestern screening 
was somewhat more geneVous than 
the New York performance. A spe- 
cial "run" Tuesday morning for the 
authorities may have done away 
with a few specific episodes, though 
that didn't seem necessary. 

D. W. Griffith, himself, has yet 
to surpass this effort. That Includes 
"Intolerance," "Hearts of World," 
"Way Down East" and "The Two 
Orphans." Many a director has 
taken material from "Nation" for 
the specials they did make or are 
making, which, possibly', can't be 
helped, because this picture holds 
so much — but let It be said that 
Griffith did his ut w;»h this one. 
And they've never topped It. 

Reverting to the ivu iviux Klan 
affair in connection with "Nation" 
at the present time. It's the belief 
of tny numbef of people this very 
picture with its spectacular and 
thrilling v.hlte mus'.ccd costumed 
riding Klansmen, as they were in 
long years ago, suggested to a little 
crowd of coin-getters In tho south, 
located principally at Atlanta, that 
the moment was opportune for a 
revival of the Ku Klux Klan. From 
that commencehient. It Is thought, 
comes the present Klan and its con- 
sequent agitation, the Klan grow- 
ing beyond the money crowd, 
spreading all over but still remain- 
ing partially under the domination 
of its recrcators. However, that is 
but a side li^ht on "The Birth of a 
Nation," although the Klan's ani- 
mo.sity against tho picture brought 
forth the conclusion. Skig. 



DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS 

Boston. Dec. S. 
Feature l*«n«rth drama fatherctl by the 
WhalhiK Film Con>oratlon of New Bedford, 
Ma»s. Producod by Elmer C:iffon. Scenario 
by John L. K. Toll. Raymond McKce carry- 
injr le.id. R.^lance of caFt incudes WiUlaoi 
Wa:cott. William Cavanaugh. I,e:sh R. 
Smith. Mar{cu?rite Crturtot. Elizabeth Foley. 
Thomaa White. Juliette Couriot, Clarice 
Vance, Curtis rierc*. Ada Laycock. Claru 
Bow, James Turflcr. Patrick Hartiffan. J. 
Thornton Baston, Capt. Jamen A. Tllton. 
Special score hy Henry F; Gilbert and pho- 
tography by Alexander O. Penrod. 



Despite Its amateurish cast. Its in- 
different photography, Its crude plot 
and Its obvious attempt to attain 
historical fidelity at any sacrifice of 
entertainment, this whaling film has 
displayed entirely unexpected draw-* 
Ing powers. Booked Into the Selwyn 
theatre at a $1 top as a local-Interest 
picture during a three-week gap In 
the legitimate bookings caused by 
the flop of "It's a Boy," It drew real 
money from a fleld not ordinarily 
invaded by feature films. 

Its name, while apparently a cum- 
bersome handicap, Is apparently an 
asset, as a study of the faces at |1 
per at the entrance Indicated that 
the pull came from that type of citi- 
zenry who recognized Psalm 107:23- 
24: "They that go down to the sea 
In ships, that do business In great 
water; these see the works of the 
Lord and His wonders in the deep." 

The film is backed by si group of 
ship owners, bankers, mill owners 
and business men in New Bedford, 
Mass., a historic old Mas5:acliusetts 
city formerly the headquarters of the 
world's whaling industry. The whole 
city was placed at the disposal of 
Clifton, including every historical 
curio In the possession of the famous 
Dartmouth Historical Society. 

The story creaks with historical 
accuracy and with Its methodical 
story of the stiff-necked Quaker ship 
owner of a centuiy ago, his eloping 
son who Is cast away on a desert 
Island, with the baby adrift on a 
raft, to be recovered by the captain 
on one of the Quaker's whalers. The 
Quaker's daughter's sweetheart Is 
unable to marry her until he kills a 
whale. Is shanghaied aboard a 
whaler, -ttavea the ship, kills his 
whale, locates the shipwrecked 
brother of his bride-to-be and re- 
turjis to New Bedford Just In time 
to battle his way through a storm 
and frustrate the wedding of his 
sweetheart to the villain. To those 
who love old New Encrland of nearly 
a century ago and to those who love 
stories of the sea, arid there are 
myriads of both, the picture will 
pull. 

Its real novelty, however. Is when 
the action goes Into the Carribe.in 
Sea and the actual killing of a big 
sperm whale is portrayed with star- 
tling reality. The hnrpoontng, the 
mad rnco of the towed whaleboat, 
tho attack of the whale upon the 
boat with Its ultimate upset In a 
.•^bark-infested sea, are genuine 
thrillers, and if there is much fak- 
ing. It is incredibly clever. The 
pictures of the approaching storm, 
while merely a quiet touch to the 
picture, gets over to applause, some- 
thing Ihnt perhaps a group < f clouds 



has never done before In a picture 
house. Tho filming of tho cutting 
up of a whale, the slicing of the 
blubber, and the spectacular picture: 
of the kettle fires burning on the 
decks of the whaler at night and 
lighting up the sky for miles with a 
roseate glow against a background 
of smoke are also unbelievably In- 
teresting. 

The average flim fan will remem- 
ber the picture for Its whale fight 
and for its close-ups of a dead 
whale and how whales are actually 
stripped of blubber, the si)erm oil 
baled out of the head, and how the 
whale bono Is hewed out of the mas- 
sive man^mal. It's a safe bet that 
nine out of ten normal fans will 
criticize the picture because U 
doesn't kill more whales and show 
more about how they were har- 
pooned In the olden days, before the 
whaling gun and other modern safer 
methods of killing came into vogue. 

With better photography ashf^re, 
probably missing for lack of studio 
facilities, and with a cast that would 
do some semblance of justice to the 
picture and to McKee, and more of 
the life aboard a real old whaler 
with a real old crew, the picture 
would have been a knockout. Aa It 
stands It Is still a good feature film, 
unrolling Its story as might some 
maritime Yankee- born Charles 
Dickens, ponderously, accurately, 
convincingly, and holding the Inter- 
est of anybody who was ever held 
by Dickens or Gibbons or the story 
of the Pilgrim Fathers. 

It will be Interesting to see how 
New York takes It. lAhhcy. 

HUNTING BIG GAME 

San Francisco, Dec. «. 

The premiere presentation of the 
Snow African Expedition pictures 
enUtled "Hunting Big Game In 
Africa With Gun and Camera" oc- 
curred here last week at the Cen- 
tury, opening that house under Its 
new picture policy and registered an 
emphatic hit. This house seats 
2,000 and the picture Is getting |1 
top. 

The success of this remarkable 
film is the result of word of mouth 
advertising, for audiences repeatedly 
show their enthusiasm by bursting 
into spontaneous applause In dif>> 
ferent thrilling sections of the film. 
The credit for the exploitation be- 
longs chiefly to Jack Brehany, act- 
ing for EugefflF^oth who controls 
the flim. William McStay is pub- 
licity director. 

The flim starts with scenes of the 
arrival of the Snow Expedition on 
the African 'coast with a few shots 
of whale hunting. Almost at the 
very beginning bursts a scene that 
brings gasps of astanishment. It 
shows the stamping ground of the 
"Jackass Penqulns" with literally 
milllona of them on every hand. 
Then follows a scene as the birds 
In their clumsy way make a mass 
movement into the sea. 

Practically every specie of animal 
known to haunt the African plains 
and jungles are shown In their 
native surroundings. Many excel- 
lent closeups obtained by means of 
the telescopic lens give the audience 
a comprehensive Idea of these 
creatures. IMenty of comedy, due 
chiefly to the title-writer. Scenes 
showing the chasing of herds of 
wild animals with a flivver brought 
many a laugh. Then there Is the 
stalking of vicious ^ lions and 
leopards and the final destruction 
of them with a rifle shot. One 
scene reveals a bull rlnoceros charg- 
ing the camera, head on. Thousands 
of baboons are revealed, trooping 
from the jungle to the water hole 
and returning like a battalion of 
soldiers. 

The picture dloses with scenes of 
the discovery of a herd of wild 
elephants in an extinct volcano 
crater. These huge beasts are of 
the killer type with the enormous 
ears. Some remarkable "shots" of 
the animals are obtained and the 
hunters flnally bag a mammoth 
specimen. 

There is an exceptional quality to 
the photography. Most of the flim 
was developed and finished In a 
laboratory on wheels In the jungles 
of Africa. The musical score Is ex- 
cellent, the work of Gino Severi. 

It Is expected that the flim will 
have a long run In San Francisco, 
after which It Is to be road -showed. 



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OUTCAST 

Famotis Players, presented by Afloljih 
Zukor. stnrrtnir Klsie Ferguson : adaptod 
from the play by Hubert Henry Davles by 
Jo'ephlne I^nvett. Shown at the Rivoli 
we»>k of Dpc. 4, 1922. 

Miriam lC]sl« Fercuson 

Oeoffrey Sherwood David Powell 

Tony Hewlitt William Pavld 

Valentine Moreland Mary MaclAren 

John Moreland Charlos Well«>slfy 

Nellie Kitsex Teddy Sampson 

De Valle William Powell 

If recollection serves, Miss Fergu- 
son appeared In this vehicle on the 
screen, as well as on the stage^ at 
some prior time, and that this pro- 
duction then would come under the 
classification of a recreation for 
the picture houses. Anyway. "Out- 
cast" Is a good picture, cleverly 
handled to get by the cen.'ors, 
which the original story of the pHy 
would not have done, and supplied 
with a few added thrills certain to 
please picture house audiences. 

In adapting for the screen Jose- 
phine Lovett has wiped out all the 
suggestion the hero and heroine 
lived together for a period of time 
after she is brought In from the 
streets to the bachelor ajiartment, 
where three of the boys are knock- 
ing over a few tall ones. Instead 
she has her in from , the streets 



within a few hours after she uo- 
cided to lead a life of shame and 
before she has had time to fall. 
Instead of being In the sime apart- 
ment as a misiress of the hero of 
the tale she Is the business partner 
who has brains and Is making 
enough money to furnish her own 
apartment on Park avenue. 

All of this Is fair enough as far 
as the picture goes, but It is also 
the direction of Chet Withey and 
the playing of David Powell oppo- 
site Miss Ferguson that get over 
the picture. Powell is coming along 
like a house aflr^ in his last few 
pictures, and If ever any one was 
ripe for starring honors in the mal» 
division, he appears to be the 
logical candidate at this time. 

The balance of the cast as far a<> 
the real action Is concerned 
amounts to little. Mary MacLaren 
as Valentine Moreland tries to as- 
sume that blase Inertness that 
Katherlne MacDonald affects, and 
loses out by it. It Is only a couple 
of years ago that this girl looked 
like the biggest bet that the scre<*n 
hid had in .'-.ome time, but evldent1> 
association and an aptitude of as- 
similating mannerism through It 
seemingly has stopped her from 
goln? forward as she should have. 
Teddy Sampson handles a bit In 
the picture rather cleverly; Wil- 
liam Powell Is a fairly good bet as 
a South American. Fred. 



' LORNA DOONE ^ 

R. D.* Blackmore's famous ronuince, Aone 
Into screen form by Maurice Toumeu '. 
Released by First National. Directed by 
Toumcur. Photcsraphy by Harry Sharp. 
At the Strand, D«c. S. 

Lorna Doonc Madff« Bellamy 

John Rldd John Rowers 

Sir Ensor Doone Frank Keenan 

"The Counnellor'* Jack MacDonald 

Carver Doone Donald MacDonald 

Ruth Norris Johnscn 

Lorna, as a rh|ld May Oirarci 

Jolui. M s child. ^Cbsrlcs Hatton 



If there Is anywhere In the whole 
scale of literature an Idyllic romance 
of young love. It Is this simple, hon- 
osf. unsophisticated tale. Done into 
screen fom» with a fairly adequate 
presentation, Its fate takes on spe- 
cial Interest, for It puts to tho test 
the argument of many commenta* 
tors on the picture against sensa- 
tional sex and problem plays. If 
the fans want poetic romance In Its 
most colorful form, here It "Is In 
large proportions, In a work of fic- 
tion that has stood the test of time 
and supported by generations of ro- 
mance lovers of all ages and varie- 
ties. 

PIctorlally, the flim Is a splendid 
effort, although It has most of the 
faults of dramatized books, princi- 
pally that it Is episodic In its dra- 
matic unity and is loosely knit. The 
story Is jumpy, with disconcerting 
leaps from the village of the robber 
Doones to the peaceful valley near- 
by, thence to 17th century, London 
and back again. These transitions 
are trying enough, -but there Is am- 
ple compensation In the thrill of 
separate episodes, such as the battle 
of the yeomen and the robbers, the 
spectacle of the Royal christening 
and others. 

Toumeur has managed to achieve 
a dlgnlfled and convincing atmos- 
phere of romance In ancient times. 
The accoutrements strike one as 
authentic and the spirit of the pro- 
duction creates a satifjfactory Illu- 
sion, no mean feat In realizing for 
the eye a story that has lived until 
now only In the imagination. But 
the Issue before the film public is 
more than production methods. The 
question Is how will it respond to a 
poetic love story typical of the old- 
fashioned school. 

The picture is well acted. Madge 
Bellamy has just the right wistful 
quality of beauty for Lorna. daugh- 
ter of the nobility, abducted and 
forced to "live among the brutal 
robbers, and Frank Bowers realizes 
fairly well the Blackmore hero, John 
Rldd. strongest and bravest of ro- 
mantic heroes. The histrionic hon- 
ors, however, go to that best of 
character portrait makers, Frank 
Keenan, as Sir Ensor Doone. 

The scenic features of the picture 
have been splendidly managed. The 
stage coach Inn might have been 
lifted from an authentic print of the 
times. The spirited passage of the 
coach robbery on the seashore Is a 
smashing bit of pictorial emphasis 
and the action In the robbcrd' vil- 
lage Is scenically impressive. So Is 
the ceremonial pageantry of the 
royal christening and the marriage 
of the hero and heroine in the vil- 
lage church. Misted photography Is 
used to flne effect and the back- 
grounds are always beautiful. 



A BLIND BARGAIN 

Ooldwyn production, starring Lon Chaney 
and 5lirected by Wallace Worstey. ,Rarry 
Pain is the author, with the sconarij hav- 
ing hern adapted from a f>tory of bla. At 
the Capitol. New York, Dec. 3. 
Dr. I.iimb ) 

Th« >Iunchback J I,on Chaney 

R-'bTt RAymond McKee 

Angola Jncoiifllne Ix>Ban 

Mrs. I.amb Fontaine I^Ftue 

Mrs. Sandell VirKinia True Bonrdman 

U«'s«ip AifK ie Herrins 

Angela's mother Virginia Madison 



fnir of the Imagination to swallow 
thia .' ". and beyond the work of 
the star himself thore Is nothing to 
raise this film above the average 
feature. 

It deals with a prominent surgeon 
who is a fanatic on prolonging tiie 
life of man, and to this end carries 
on secretive experiments with 
human subjects. A hidden operat- 
ing room, paneled passages and Iron 
barred cells, where the subjects of 
previous failures are kept, are all 
Included In the screening. The 
main topic is cf a young former 
A. E. F. sergeant, made destitute by 
the war. offering his services to the 
curgeon without knowing what he la 
fretting Into In compensation for an 
operation which will save his 
nothor's life. One of the results of 
Dr. Lamb's experiments, a hunch* 
back, who has reverted back to the 
half ape stage of development. Is 
kept at the hou.se as an assistant* 
The wife and this half animal con« 
stantly attempt to frustrate th« 
doctor's plans. 

The ex-soldier is pulled away . 
frc>m a charity ball by the surgeon 
and taken to the house for the fuN 
Ailment of his bargain. Morning Irf 
to see tho onoratlon performed, but 
tho hunchback reveals to the young- 
ster the predicament he Is In. though 
being discovered in the act. and tha ■ 
mad physician decides to go through, 
with it Immediately. It lends to a 
struggle, with tho youngster belnr 
overpowered and strapped to tha 
table, after which the doc goes into 
the alleyway between the cells to 
get the hunchback. The degener^ 
ated human pushes a spring whiett " 
releases a crazed physical giant, an- 
other specimen that failed, who at- 
tacks the surge6n and kills him by 
brute force. 

The latter scene is th« kick, re- 
vealed In flashes of the struggle and 
by the facial expressions of tho 
hunchback. Love Interest has been 
Interspersed through an affair be- 
tween the former "doughboy" and 
a girl with the concluding footage, 
showing the mother entirely recov- 
ered, the boy and girl married and a 
publishing company accepting tho 
story of the actual experience. 

Chaney, doubling as the do<!tar 
and the hunchback, gives a credlt-r^. 
ablo performance and allows to^/ 
some double photography that is b|f^ 
no means unworthy of mention. Al*i 
ways at his best In a grotesquo 
make-up, Chaney predominates in 
the character of the man-ape, uslnir 
the ungainly lope of tho supposed 
animal as a means of locomotIoa<A 
throughout the Interpretation -of tho 
character. Other than that the cast 
Is just ordinary and lends no no- ^ 
ticeable support. The production' 
runs almost entirely to Inferiors, 
with the scene of the charity ball 
being tho most lavish so far as set- 
tings are concerned. Colored pho- 
tography Is used to enhance the 
scene, though It Is que»tionaMe If it 
helped materially the picturo as n 
whole. •( '■ 

The Sunday night audience at tho 
Capitol, generally demonstrative if 
the feature Is to their liking, 
accepted the "Bargain" calmly, 
minus an applause flnish. Skig. 



Another addition to the "horror" 
situation so prevalent in Action, 
theatre and on the screen for the 
past year. The script Is shy of 
originality in plot and In telling, 
seemingly having borrowed numer- 
ous inf^tances from at least one 
novel, as well as a stage production 
which has only been out of New 
York about three weeks. Somewhat 
fantastic, it takes a bit of stretch- 



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LUCKY DAN :■''-*■ 

Phil Ooldstone product4on. starrinjr Rich- 
ard Talmadse. released by Capital Plcturea. 
Htory by W. A. lASVoy, directed by Wm. 
Curran. A western atoown at I..oew s New 
York. N. Y., on doubto-feature bill. 

Lucky Dan Rlcharl TalmadM 

JtosA Chapman Dorothy Woods 

Duck Chapman O. A. Wtlliams 

Slim Connor...... R. B; Jennings * 

Slippery Jo« Ernest Van PaU 

One of the usual type of Richard 
Talmadge westerns, not better or 
worse than the others designed for 
the small houses whore the nickel 
and dime admission prevails. At 
Loews New York It was the weak 
sister on the program, which held 
"What's Wrong With the Women r' 

The author choso formula No. 1 
for his picture — the old rancher with 
a daughter and a mortgage on his 
ranch. The heavy holds the mort- 
gage and wants to marry the girl. 
The hero has no dough, but gets 
wealthy In time to save the ranch 
for the girrs father and the girl for 
himself. 

It's the old, worn and thousand- vj; 
times told tale without a single new 
twist to make it different in the 
slightest, and to the New York's 
aiidlence the picture seemed like a 
comedy. There wefs at least three 
different touches In the picture that 
would have been good sight gags folr 
any comedian in Alms. 

Talmadge does all his usual tricks,' , 
such as leaping to the back of a 
horse from the ground and into mov- 
ing automobiles and out again in the 
self-same manner that he has done 
in any number of other pictures. At 
best he Is ju.st a fair imitation of 
Fairbanks when he did that western 
stuff in the old Triangle days, and 
Talmadge Is far from being even a 
good Imitation. With better story 
material he might stand a chance of 
developing a following in the bigger ' 
and better dally change houses, but 
with what they are handing him for 
pro<luctlon he can't get started. 

Tiiero Is a lot of riding stuff and 
three or four flghts. It seemed that 
whenever the director got to a point 
where he didn't know what to do 
next he would either have Talmadge " 
whip three or four other members of 
the cast or else jump on a horse's 
bark and lead them a chase. 

The matter of production did not 
call for any great expense. Three 
Interiors arc all that are used. All 
are cheap one -room sets and all tbo 
other s'^enes were shot outdoors. 



S4 



PICTURES 



Friday* December 8, 1922 



•1 



THE SUPER SEX 

^rank R. Ad.-vms production from the 
Coamopolitan itory of "Miles Hrewster 
and th» «uper Six" bjr Aaama Adapted 
and dir»cted by I^mbert Ilillycr. Din 
trIbuUd by Amftrican Ucleaninr. Shown 
at thA C&m«o, week t>«o. 4. VJT2. 

lilies Brewster Uigginm Robert Oordon 

Irens Hayes Charlotte I'ierr* 

Mr. Ill«Klns Tully Marahal. 

Mrs. Hl««lns I.ydla Knott 

Oraadma Krswstsr Gertrude ClaJn 

Cousin Roy Albert MacQuurrlc 

J. Gordon Davis L.ouls Nailu-aux 

Mr. Hayes Ooorge Hunny 

Mn. Hayes Uvelya Burns 

After Tlewinff thla picture one 
wonders how and why the young 
American Releasing Corp. secured 
It, when the older and perhaps big- 
ger diatributins organlsatiuna In the 
field are clamoring so loudly for 
(ood picture productions. This one 
la a good one, no matter from what 
angle you look at IL It is better 
than some of the early real good 
Charlie Raj pictures and a produc- 
tion of the same tjpe. It is cast 
perfectly, It is directed finely, and 
it is a picture good and strong 
•nough to play any one of tho big 
pre-release houses and not only 
satisfy audiences but pull biuiiness, 
because it is a picture that will get 
word of mouth adTertising. 

In It Ljunbert Hillyer seemingly 
has done something for pictures 
which in its way is almost as great 
as the close-up. From this time on 
ons can expect to get a follow up on 
his Idea of splittiog action with a 
spoken title by almost anyone of the 
directors, for it is a real advance- 
ment and the only one that has come 
along since the close-up. Talking 
pictures? Ko. not in the fullest 
sense of the word, but ad near talk 
as one can get without the words 
actually beign uttered. 

Hillyer takes his characters and 
■tarts them on a speech. In the 
centre of it he givs the spoken title, 
following it with the character con- 
cluding the speech. And you don't 
have to be a lip reader to get what 
is uttered even before the title is 
flashed, so wetl do the speeches fit 
Into the action. 

Incidentally in Robert Oordon, 
who plays Miles Brewster. Hillyer 
seams to have picked a boy destined 
to land as big as Ray did in the 
matter of personal popularity, pro- 
viding he has in his next couple of 
pictures, direction as capable as 
that which he had the advantage of 
in this picture. The Irene Hayes 
contributed by Charlotte Pierce is 
likewise- as clever a piece of work 
as that which Gordon does. How 
Booth Tarkington will love both of 
these two young people on the 
screen and figure how "much he 
would have liked to have had them 
characterizing his youngsters of 
fiction. 

As for the stoiT It Is one of those 
that they rave about but seldom get. 
Clean, wholesome with a delightful 
vein of comedy, a cleverly handled 
love story of youth, in a wsnderful 
background of small town home 
atmosphere. 

No matter where your theatre and 
less matter fhe kind of theatre it 
Is. from the highest and smartest 
to the smallest and cheapest, you 
can't go wrong with this one. yt^ur 
audiences will love It. Fred. 



ling people are concerned In the 
principal incidents, the only sym- 
pathetic characters being the yuung 
lover and the heiress out of luck« 
who really are subordinated to the 
parallel story of a domestic mlxup 
that really should form the basis of 
a farce Instead of a polite comedy 
drama. 

The progress of the romance is 
constantly Interrupted and over- 
shadowed by the introduction of ex- 
traneous matter, and in the sum- 
ming up It seems that the love story 
has been slighted in favor of a so- 
ciety satird" in which the young 
lovers arc not vitally concerned. The 
young people are interesting. The 
elders are not. 

Mary Fenton. so the story runs. Is 
reduced to temporary poverty by a 
law suit over her inheritanos. She 
has Just been evicted from her hall 
bedroom for non-payment of rent. 
The Walford family are nouveau 
rlche, a little vulgar and selfish In 
their precarious wealth. The young 
son retut^ta from cow punching in 
the west, a wholesome unspoiled 
youngster, who declines to agree to 
his parents' plan to marry hiai off 
to a rich wife, sister-in-law of a 
cousin who married for money. 

Mary walks the streets homeless 
and in famished desperation strikes 
up an acquaintance with the cousin 
at a fashionable hotel entrance. She 
is invited to dinner, and being seen 
in the cou^n's company is palmed 
off as his wife's sister. From this 
start. Mary is presently installed in 
the Walford home, more by force of 
circumstance than her own schem- 
ing. Papa and Mamma Walford 
plot to throw Mary and the boy to- 
gether for tho benefit of the family 
fortune. The son falls In love, but 
is restrained by the girl's supposed 
wealth and his own poverty and 
things are at an Impasse when the 
real sister-in-law appears on the 
scene. 

The instant the son' learns that 
their now unwelcome guest is 
penniless he makes violent love and 
is accepted just in time to learn 
that she is in fact disgustingly rich. 
There is an episode of a Jewel rob- 
hery, of which Mary Is accused, and 
this adds to the complications and 
heightens the surprise twist which 
is rather violently brought at the 
end. The long arm of coincidence 
Is pretty well worked throughout 
the piece, and there are times when 
one becomes a bit dlzxy keeping up 
to the astonishing happenings, such 
as the husband picking out two 
strangers to rob his house so that 
he can collect the insurance and the 
circumstance that the chief robber 
Is a rooming housa friend of the 
heroine and comes in pat at the 
right, minute to save her from the 
police. 

These screen coincidences have to 
be gulped down quickly or they 
choke. That's the kind of picture it 
Is. It won't bear close inspection, 
but if you don't examine its plausi- 
bility too closely, It passes for en- 
tertainment Ru$h. 



York police at ths psychological 
moment. 

The story has several discrep- 
ancies which will not bs noticed 
by the average picture fan. It is 
an interesting tale, splendidly cast 
Oertrudo Astor« was almost too 
beautiful to be so villainous, but 
gave a convincing performance. 
Lillian Rich was sweet and appeal- 
ing as the young wife, and Denny 
was manly and virile as ths center 
of the maelstrom of the connivings 
of the confidence gang that had 
wormed their way Into his father's 
favor by posing as distant cousins. 

The photography was excellent. 
the race being exceptionally well 
'blended. A real race was taken 
with frequent cut -backs to sh«w 
Duke Charles" and "Twllighf* 
fighting it out neck and neck for 
the $10,000 wager. The splicing 
was masterly. 

It's a sure coin getter for ths pop 
priced picture houses. As a pro- 
gram release it achieves st>ecial 
feature proportions. Con. 



WHAT'S WRONG WITH WOMEH 

ProducM by Daniel Carson Ooodsaan for 
Bqaity and rs'.vased in the state's rights 
fluarkst. 9t«ry and script by D. C. Qool- 
man. dlrrctsd by R. WHIIam Nell. Six 
meis. Shown at I,oew'« Now (pTork. N. T., 
on double featore bill. 

Jamss B.'iscMa Wilton tAckayc 

Mrs. Bascom Julia Swfyns liordon 

Bllse Bascom Ceostance Bennett 

James Relden Montssa L<ove 

Jack tse Rod La Rocque 

Janet I^ee Darbara Caitle'oa 

IJaby te* Helen Roland 

Mr«. Neer Iledda Hopper 

I.\nyA WstBon Huntley Gordon 

John Maithsws Paul McAllister 

A Friend Mrs. Oscar Haaunsrsteln 



man takes up his resldsncs on the 
island. Ha informed the chief that 
he might jtist as well return to his 
former mode of life and take unto 
himself as many wives as he cares 
to have and to eat, drink and be 
merry, in the meantime copping a 
native girl for himself. This leads 
to his un<loing, for on the night that 
there is a celebration over the re- 
turn to former conditions, the trad- 
ing boat arrives and the captain as- 
certains what has been done and 
that the cause of the general dis- 
turbance Is also the no account hus- 
band of the woman he loves. A fight 
follows In which the captain Is 
worsted and the offender makes his 
e8<»pe, only to be tracked by the 
native who was turned down by the 
girl when ths white trader made a 
fuss over her. 

There is some corking sea stufF 
in the picture and a couple of native 
island touches that make the picture 
worth while. Dagmar Godowsky 
makes corking looking native vamp, 
who goes about her business as 
though she enjoyed it. 

The title "Altar Stairs" refers to 
the fact that the heroine of the pic- 
ture left her husband immediately 
after they were wed. With his 
death she naturally takes the second 
trip to the altar with Mayo. Fred. 



DAUGHTER OF LUXUKY 

A;do1ph Zukor presents Arnas Ayres In 
"K Daufhter ot Luxury"; adapted by 
Beula Marie TKx from the play. 'The Im- 
iwslor," by Leonard Merrick and Michael 
Morton. Directed by Paul Powell. At the 
Kew York RIalto, Doo. 4. 

Mary Fenton Aitnes Ayrea 

Blake Walford Tom Gallery 

Kllpn Marsh Kdith Torke 

mil Marsh Howard Rartton 

liOftus Walford Kdward Marlindel 

Mrs. Walfrod Sylvia Ashton 

Red Conroy * Clarence Burton 

Mary CoBsrora Zasu Pitts 

•tJharlla Owen • Robert Schable 

•Winnie Bcrnlcs Frank 

Genevlere Fowler Dorothy Oordon 

Nancy... < Muriel MacOormlc 

A society comedy-drama Is here 
presented neatly. It has a capital 
thread of romance, an agreeable 
flavoring of comedy and character 
drawing and telling comedy com- 
plications. The defect is that it is a 
talky play In the first place and 
here Is struggling with the unhappy 
medium of pantomime. 

The result is little action and long 
passages of draggy developments, 
most of which are dlsclosei via 
titles. However, It does build up to 
a satisfying climax and the last reel 
Is the best of the five, loaviug" a 
pleasing final effect in the happy 
working out of a tangle of inlsun- 
derstandlnga A lot of rather trlf- 



KENTUCKY DERBY 

Universal -Jewsl producttoa adapted from 
the play by Charles T. Dasey, "Tha 8ut»- 
ui<ban." The scenario Is by Oeorse Hull; 
photnin'aphy t>y Victor Mllnsr; dtrectt>d by 
ICins Uasrutt; at B. F. Moas' Broadway, 
Dee. S. 

D(>nald Gordon Ras^nald D<>nny 

Alice Bixjwn Lillian Rich 

Col. Moncrlef Oordoa Emmett Kins 

Ralph Gordon Walter MoGrall 

Helen Gordon... Gertrude Astor 

Col. Rome Woolrlch Llonei B<»lmore 

Joe Ranee ...KInfrslsy Benedict 

Newcoml>e Bert Woodruff 

Top^r Tom Brt Tracy 

Bob Thurston Harry Carter 

Capt. Wolff Wilfred Lucas 

Jensen .Pat Hnnnon 

Mrs. Clancy Anna Hernandec 

Tlmmy Clancy Vsrna Winter 



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MICHIGAN FILM REVIEW 

JACOB SMITH, PuhliMher 

415 Free Press Bldg. 

DETROIT, MICH. 



This Is a pip of a meller featuring 
Reginald Denny, who Is crashing 
Into prominence through the 
medium of athletic scenarios and 
a clean, manly per.sonaMly. The 
scenario frbm the old melodramatic 
play, "The Suburban," allows the 
director ample scope for action, 
hinged around the universally ap- 
pealing horse race and thorough- 
bred. 

The screen version follows the 
play somewhat, but shakes off the 
restrictions of the speaking stage 
when the hero is shanghaied and 
kept prisoner aboard a sailing 
vessel for three years. A pair of 
villains aided and abetted by a sea 
captain (muchly resembling Jack 
London'.<i famous sea bully, and also 
nnmod Wolf) succeed in estranging 
I^onald Oordon from his father. Col. 
Moncrief Oordon, a Kentucky 
breoder of thoroughbreds. 

The crooks steal $20,000 from the 
Gordon safe, throwing suspicion on 
yuung Gordon, who has Just been 
disowned by the Colonel for marry- 
ing the girl of his, and not his 
f.ither's choice. Gordon is kid- 
naped after being blackjacked In a 
sailors' lodging house in New York, 
and kept on the sailing vessel for 
three years. His young wife doesn't 
(1«>spair, and is Anally awarded 
when Gordon escapes after savinR 
WolTs life in a shipwreck. On his 
death bed on an island in the China 
Spa Wolf confesses his duplicity to 
Gordon. The latter returns in time 
to frustrate the schemers who 
luibed the Jockey named to ride the 
Colonel's horse In the Derby. 

Gordon switches Jockeys at the 
last moment, after appealing in 
vain to his father and Informing 
him of the plot. "Duke Charles" 
wins, saving the Colonel from 
flnanctal ruin. The crooks are ar- 
rested on a warrant from the New 



One flash at this production and it 
is easily seen that Daniel Carson 
Goodman started out to make a 
super-special. In this he failed, but 
he did turn out a whale of a program 
picture that in entertainment value 
stands out. The exhibitor that tokea 
this picture can either do a !ot of 
business or none nt aM, just on how 
he handles the exploitation. It is a 
picture that offers untold opportuni- 
ties in an advertising way, especially 
in the small towns and cities, an! 
there is where it oupht to clean up 
The story deals with the unrest 
among the women of today. Their 
constant quest of a thrill, no matter 
If they p.re amr>pg iho wealthy or 
among the middle class, their gen* 
er.al dissatisfied frame of mind over 
their own status in life, which 
eventually leads to the breaking up 
of homes and unhapplness. In a 
sense it is a sermon, but on the 
screen the theme is carried out In- 
terestingly. 

In cast the producer has gone the 
limit In the matter of names, and 
here certainly is a picture that one 
can bill practically as all-star. In 
production he has not stinted, and 
the picture shows that there was a 
lot of money spent on it. 

Jack Liee (Rod I a Hocque) Is a 
young archttect employed In the of- 
fice of Bascom (Wilton Lackaye). 
His home life is ideal, his wife being 
a good helpmate until she gets in 
with a grass widow who lives in the 
same apartment house. Then she 
starts moving in a fast set and 
the family goes to smash. Lee's em- 
ployer, a |5O,P0O a year man, has no 
better luck In his fomily, and In both 
cases H Is the women folk of the 
family that are the cause of the 
trouble. Through It all there is a 
carpenter who lives in the basement 
of the apartment house of the Lees 
who portrays a character akin to 
Jesus, apd in a quiet way he is the 
factor In strniprhtenlng out the af- 
fairs of thta.Lees, while the Bascom 
family likewise comes to see the 
light, and all ends happily. 

The cast without exception Is good, 
and La Rocque, Barbara Castleton. 
Lackaye and Hedda Hopper all 
score. Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein, the 
widow of the theatre builder and 
grand opera impresario, did a bit 
as a souse that landed. In Introduc- 
ing the character.**, however, there l.<» 
nothing to indicate who Is playing 
the various roles, and this makes It 
rather dlfflcult to the average plc- 
tivegoer to distinguii^ who is who. 

Fred. 



STREETS OF N. Y. 

A Burton King produ'ction. which 
has no bearing whatever on the title, 
selected undoubtedly for its attrac- 
tiveness, other than through the 
introduction of a number of sec- 
tional views of Greater New York, 
which precedes the unfoldiig of a 
weird, almost impossible melodra- 
matic yarn, and one. that Is neither 
interest-bearing nor sensational, ex- 
cept, possibly, near the finlHe. Then 
a rather good flood scene is shown 
with the principals struggling In 
the water in an overturned f»hanty, 
which tumble.s down a falls, ending 
the story and adjusting the com- 
plications. 

Just why the streets of New York, 
Coney Island. RIlia I.sland or any 



other pcrtioo of the mstropolic was 
selected for the title and shown la 
chopped views Is problematical. 

Tho story deals with the history 
of a crooked hanker, who saves 
bankruptcy and ruin by lifti.ig llOO.. 
000, placed In his hands by a sea 
captain. Immediately after banking 
this sum. the captain returns and 
demands it, learning of the banker's 
ruin, but upon being refused, con- 
veniently dies of heart disease. 

The banker and his chief clerk 
have the secret between them, ths 
banker keeping the money and th* 
clerk the receipt for It. which hs 
deftly lifts from the dead man's 
pockets. 

Years later, we see the banker's 
iaughter grown up, a oharitably* 
Inclined girl, pretty, etc Also ths 
sea captain's widow and crippled 
boy. crippled In an auto accident In 
which the banker's daughter was th« 
passenger. The mother Is a wtvik, 
haggard old wo^ian, who scrul 
floors for a Uvlng. The director h 
her placed in the banicer's office. 
Then dispossess proceedings. Ths 
boy. a street violinist, meets ths 
banker's daughter, a love affair and 
the flood scene, which culminates la 
their marriage and the straighten- 
ing of the banker's business deal, 
the son getting his father'j money, 
of course, while the banker and h S 
chief clerk rush to their death v«ver 
the waterfalL 

It Is a penny thriller, and a poor 
one at that. What acting is oMered 
is of the average type. wUt; *he girl 
shining In this department. The 
interior scenes are all of the con- 
ventional sort, well set. but nothing 
exceptional. As a fcuturo i-icture. 
this is Just one of those passing 
things that flll a program, but mean 
nothing at the gate. 

Its title, misleading, of r-ouree. 
shows the producer's sagacity, for 
such a title carries some value a.s a 
magnet, even though it has no tvla- 
tion to the subject pictuied. It 
failed to arouse any enthusiasm at 
Loew's State Monday and l>eyond 
the water scene has n'.>thin(; to rec- 
ommend It. Wtfnn. 



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WHAT FIRST NATIONAL'S 




ALTAR STAIRS 

This Universal feature has Frank 
Mayo looking like a mirror reflection 
of Wallace Reld. Seemingly all that 
U. will have to do is to furnish Mayo 
with a line of Reld stories and they 
ViTlll develop this ctar to an extent 
where he will be in lino to steal all 
of Reld popularity at the box offlce. 
This picture is an Interesting one 
that will please the majority of 
audiences in the daily change of 
program liuUF.es. hut not strong 
enough to make the grade on three- 
day or week run. 

It is a otory o( the south seas with 
Mayo the captain on a trading 
schooner. He ia employed by a com- 
panj' that operates from one of the 
principal I.Hlands. On the island 
that Is the home port there Is a girl 
with whom the c:xptutn falls In love 
and although chc seemingly returns 
his affection sho refuses to marry 
him. Tho reas'f; bring slie has been 
secretly wed to a chap who has 
developed Into a bad boy. Through 
picture coi.MC'dc.ice this husband is 
one of the crew the captain has on 
board his ship slated to act as the 
company's agent on one of the 
islands. 

On this Island a parson has set 
up a church and convinced the 
natives they should embrace 
Christionity, they accepting his 
teachings until the trading post 



ARE DOING 



- .^ "BRAWN OF THE NORTH" 

George T. Poivler, Lux Theatre, Banff, Alia, wires: 

"Broke all summer and winter records with Strongheart In 
'Brawn of the North.* Patrons demandfki return showing^, 
which I am booking. Such a picture makes an exhibitor's life 
worth living. Believe you have the world beaten." y .: 

"' "EAST IS WEST" ^ : ' 

The New York American says: 

"Constance Talmadge scores in 'East Is West.' She docs 
all sorts of dramatic things. I unhesitatingly say that it is the 
best picture she ever made. An excellent picture and amusing 
Never a let-up." 

;•;■.; "MINNIE" ;..,.- '•-."";:. ^v^'t;•;^:•\■' 

The New York Telegraph says: 

"Marshall Neilan's 'Minnie' is so human and natural and so 
absurdly tragic that it is quite overpowering. No touch is left 
out to make it true to life, but the reality of the externals are sur- 
passed by the penetration of the heart." 



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"SKIN DEEP" : .: 

E. D. Keiltnan, Grand Theatre, Topeka, Kan., says: 

"Thomas H. Ince's 'Skin Deep' is melodrama and unusual. 
Put it on with special settings and cleaned up." 

"THE MASQUERADER- 

H. J. Longaker, H award Theatre, Alexandria, Minn., says in 

the Exhibitor's Herald: 

"Guy Bates Post is a real actor. 'The Masquerader' holds 
the attention to the end. Everyone proclaimed it extra good." 

. "THE BOND BOY" 

Life says: -■■.■■,:■.•■ •.-■:■;.'.-■',./''*'■.; -.^ 

"There are several fine qualities evident in 'The Bond Boy.' 
There is the acting of Richard Barthelmess, and the direction of 
Henry King. There is a trial scene which is a marvel. There is 
a thrilling cha.se and many gorgeous backgrounds." 

> "OLIVER TWIST" 

Jud^e says: 

"All the people who love 'Oliver Twist' arc going to have 
the time of their lives. Jackie Coogan plays him to perfection 
and looks the very image of him." 

FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES — 




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PICTURES 



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SWEDISH BH) CINCHES 
r 100 P. C. MONOPOLY 

Absorbs 100 Houses Held by 

Central, the Only 
^^ Competitor 




^ ;The Swedish Biograph now holds 
rcomplet^ monopoly of the produc- 
distributlng and exhibiting 
business In 8w3den, the only 100 
per cent, national control in the 
ir<Mid. The absolute monopoly was 
eompleted. according to advices re- 
o^ved in this eountry a few days 
Ago, by the purchase of all assets 
Including leases of the Film Central. 
This property includes control of 
About 100 theatres, among which Is 
the Palladium in Stockholm, the 
biggest picture bouse of the capital. 
and the rival of Biograph's Red 
Mill. 

The change of ownership was by 
outright purchase. Blograph pre- 
'. viously controlled by ownership and 
lease more than 160 theatres and 
l-the Central operation gives the 
company about 2Stt theatre proper- 
tiss. actually all the cinemas in the 
country. 

Film Central came Into existence 
two or three years ago as an active 
exhibitor and distributor, although 
It never did go into production. It 
announced indeflnite film making 
. plans at one time, but they never 
materialised. The pictures the con- 
cern handled were mostly foreigns 
handled on the territorial basis. 
Among its holdings was exclusive 
^«xhibltion right to the Famoue 
kPlayers product. Its announced in- 
;.tention was to buck Swedish Bio- 
tsraph and it began with a rush. 
About 14 months ago Central was 
declared insolvent and its opera- 
tions were continued by the courts 
under an equivalent of a receiver- 
ship. 

The effectiveness of the Bio's 
control practically ties up all of 
Scandinavia for distributor pur- 
poses, for control of Swedish terri- 
tory carries with it a strong posi- 
tion for Norway and Denmark. 



Majestic, Houston, Opens Xmas 

[ . The new million dollar Majestic 
tbeatre will be opened at Houston, 
fTexas, Christmas week, according to 
announcement of Karl Hoblitzelle, 
president of the Interstate Amuse- 
ment Co. 



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V AMUSEHEHT STOCKS 

^ (Continued from page 3) 
that the stock has got back 
within speaking distance of those 
figures, and in addition the pool 
itself and its following may be pre- 
ffomed to be well financed from the 
profits of the last campiign, the 
stage ought to be set for some sort 
Of a repeat, allowing always that 
general market conditions are 
favorable, and the only view that 
seems to be anywhere near unani- 
mous is that the turn of the year 
will see a resumption of the up- 
grade, at least to the extent of a 
normal spring rise. 

A new pool need not necessarily 
be of the same pefsonnel as the 
old one. The point is that Fam- 
ous has demonstrated that it can 
be run up, and attractive possi- 
bilities beckon to adventurers at 
large. v V 

Canadian Co.'s Paying 

The weak holdings in Loew ap- 
pear to have been pretty well 
cleared away and" the stork is said 
to be in what arc described as good 
hands. Loew was the subject of 
several favorable developments 
during the week. Announcement 
was made of the issue of bonds 
covering the price of the Astoria 
theatre purchase, and the appoint- 
ment of the Empire Trust Co., as 
trustee. This makes it appear 
that outside financing will care for 
the theatre purchase and current 
cash will not be drawn upon. A^'hat 
ultimate effect this move will have 
on dividend policy remains to be 
seen. 

Directors of Loew's, London, 
Ont., voted to pay a 8^ per cent, 
dividend on the preferred stock of 
that company, on account of back 
dividends which have accrued. Pay- 
ment goes to holders of Dec. 10 
and checks are to be dated Dec. 



20. The algnlficance of this detail 
is that the Loew Canadian com- 
panies are beginning to care for 
their arrearage. The organizations 
are almost independent of the par- 
ent company, but their improved 
position reflects a better light on 
the New Tork Institution. Loew 
made a fractional gain during the 
brisk rally of the rest of the mar- 
ket on Wednesday, although Or- 
I phetm made a new low on the 
movement of 19% at the same hour 
and Famous players was listless 
close to its level of il9. the low 
point 'of its range for the iMist fort- 
night. 

Orpheum Pwulea 

There Is no explanation of the 
Orpheum behavior which is a com- 
plete puzxie to the talent and even 
to showmen who follow trade con- 
ditions closely. It was presumed 
that a factional operation was under 
way. but this was advanced prin- 
cipally for wont of a better explan- 
ation. 

G(«idwyn got somewhat out of the 
dumps Tuesday and broke through 
six on Wednesday in moderate trad- 
ing. Presumably a clique is getting 
ready to exploit announcement of 
plans for the filming of "Ben Hur." 
The film trade has no line on Gold- 
wyn and since it was listed on the 
Stock Exchange have let it severely 
alone. 

Technicolor broke away from its 
"peg" at 25 and in three sessions 
eased to 21 flat on dealings in 104 
to COO a day. The campaign for dis- 
tribution has been undertaken In a 
mild way. Several brokers adver- 
tised announcement in the financial 
publications that they were pre- 
pared to deal in the issue as 
specialists, among the number being 
Meinken & Daetz, outside broker:^ 
at 111 Broadway. The dip is a 
repetition o) the old story. Oper- 
ators in a new issue can easily man- 
age to advertise the price at a 
premium in Curb dealings, but as 
soon as an aggressive marketing 
campaign gets under way the 
premium gives way and then some. 
Technicolor, of course, is new and 
untried and a test of its real value 
is still in the future. For the 
present it is a pure speculation. 
whatever its quoted price. 

The reported Curb transaction of 
10,000 Tpiangle at prices between 
4 and 8 cents a week ago is figured 
a sale of some individual to estab- 
lish tax losses. 

The luramary of transactions Dec. 1 to C. 
inclualvc: 

: STOCK EXCHANGE 

Thnrsday— Holiday. 

Tjiday— -^iAif^ niKh.L.ow. Last. Chg. 

Fam. Play-L,.. MM) t»l% VI »1% -f % 

Goldwyn COO &% 6% 5% 

Ijoew. Inc I.OIK) ISH 18>/k. 1S% 4 % 

Orphenm 1000 20H 20^ 20% 4 % 

Boston Mid 10 OrpDeam at 20%. 

Saturday— 

Fam. Play-L.. 700 W% »1 »!% - % 

Do. pfd 100 97 «7 97 —1 

Tx)ew. Inc 600 18% 18% 18Vi — % 

Orpheam aOO 20% 20% 20% 4- % 

Monday— 

Fam. riay-L... 1,«00 01«4 89 01% — % 

Do. pfd 100 97 97 f7 

Ooldvryn 1.800 A 0% 5% 

Ix)ew. Inc 800 18% .. 

Orphf um «M)0 20% 20% 20% — % 

rtofltnn aold 150 Orpheum at 20%020%. 

Twaday— 

Fam. Ptay-L.... 700 90% 80% 90 — 1% 

Do. pfd 400 99% 96% 96% — % 

Ooldwyn 900 9% 6% e%4% 

I^jew. Inc two 18% 18 18% — % 

On'heum 900 20 19% 19% — % 

Wtdnesday— 

Fam. Play-L... 1.300 90% 99% 90% 4- % 

Ooldwyn 1,000 9% 9% 9% 4 % 

Lopw, Inc 800 18% 18 18% 4 % 

Orpheam 700 19% 19% 10% — % 

THE CURB 



PREMIERE OF EHGIISH FILMS 

Providence. R. I., Dec. f. 

*7he Affairs of Lady Hamilton,** 
an English film, had its American 
premiere at the 6t; and. Providence, 
lajst week. It Is described as the 
story of the romance of Admiral 
Lord Nelson, commander of the 
British fleet which defeated the 
French and Spanish at Trafalgar 
Bay, and Lady Hamilton, wife of 
the one-time Ambassador ' to the 
King of Naples. 

In the picture both commence 
their lives in himible station. Emma 
Lyon is the daughter of poof par- 
ents and Horatio Nelson Is the son 
c! an Impoverished clergyman, 
whose cousin, an officer of the Brit- 
ish navy, finally agrees to start the 
lad as a cabin boy. Nelson's rfke 
in the navy is no less spectacular 
than that of the poor girl whose 
beauty makes her the toast of 
London. 

Lord Hamilton^ an English states- 
man, meets Emma Lyon and mar- 
ries her. She meets Nelson, then 
a naval captain, and a romance 
follows. 

Liane Haid a newcomer In screen 
productions. Is a striking beauty. 



Oempaey Marriage Story 

Los Angeles. Dec. C. 

Looks as though Jack Dempeey is 
going to run Charlie Chaplin a elOM 
second for the honors of being the 
moet engaged in the public eye. 

Right now It la reported here that 
the world's heavyweight champion 
pugilist is to marry Doris Deane. 



VALENTINO ADVISED 



Counsel Tells Him Not to Make 
''Personal Appearances" 



On advice of his counsel, Arthur 

Butler Graham. Rodolph Valentino 

concurs with the opinion it would 

not be wise to accept a number of 
"personal appearance" offers from 
mid-west exhibitors in view of the 
injunctive order awarded Famous 
Players-Lasky Corporation re- 
straining th^ picture actor from ap- 
pearing publicl'/ for commercial 
purposes. 

Valentino appeared Sunday at the 
De) Monte theatre, a St. Louis pic- 
ture house, under the auspices of 
the Italian-American Republican 
League. Mr. Graham states his 
cUcnt does not receive any re- 
muneration for appearances for 
charity purposes. Valentino made 
a short address to the audience ex- 
plaining why he cannot stay there 
the who^ week. 

Argument on the appeal from the 
injunctive order In favor pf F. P. 
was heard by the Appellate Di- 
vision Priday. Decision was re- 
served and will likely come down 
in two weeka Practically the same 
argument was heard by the five 
Jurists of the Appellate Court as 
upon which Justice Wasservogel in 
the New Tork Supreme Court de- 
cided for FanAouo. 



St. Louis. Too. f. 
Rodolph Valentino appeared In 
person Sunday at the Delmonte. and 



spoke on "AmerlcanlKatlon.** apply- 
ing it to the needs of his own coun- 
trymen. 

With Valentino, the Delmonte 
was packed closed to 6,000 people 
in a house that seats 2,800 for two 
hours before he appeared. So great 
was the audience and so Jammed 
that later the mob broke through 
the line to the center aisles and 
could not be driven back. During 
this rush to get close to stage sev- 
eral women fainted. 

When Mayor Kiel came on, the 
demonstration began. The mayor 
showed rare judgment when he 
"cut" the welcome and introduction 
stuff, merely pointing to the wings. 

Valentino entered and was greet- 
ed with a deafening applause which 
lasted three minutea Uio first 
word wa« "Ladiea** This struck 
the bunch ao funny — also appro- 
priate for Rodolph, and another 
storm of applause broke loose. He 
told of the InJmtctSon restraining 
him from working for anybody 
other than the Famouo Playerai, and 
added that ho could not b« an aa- 
siatant to an nndertaker if bo coold 
qualify for that lob, because tlM 
F. P.-Lw Corp. won't let him. 

Most of hia talk consisted of raps. 
and he concluded by saying bo 
would be willing to work for F. P. 
if It would hmJio tbo "Spanish 
Cavalier" as big a picture aa **Tho 
Three Musketeers.** 

His talk ran about If B»iniite% 
and when eloalni; bo waa srooted 
with aa much or more apptauiao 
than when bo came on. 



Thursday — Holiday. 

Friday— Salen. Hifk.T^w. "Ltknt. Chg. 

200 34 24 24 —1 



Technicolor, w.J. 

Saturday- 
Technicolor, w.f. 
D. W. Orifilth. 

Monday- 
Technicolor, W.I. 

Tuenday — 
Technicolor, w.k 

Wrdnefday— 
Technicolor, w.t. 



100 34 
100 1 



34 

a 



34 

a 



600 K% 22H 22H — IH 
200 23 31 31 - H 
800 aOH 19\4 13^ -1>4 



MOriONPieruM 

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JUDGMENTS 

Lionel Barrymrro; R. Powell; $1,- 
102.53. 

Harry Von Tilzer Miis. Pub. Co. 
and H. Von Tilzer; Ager, Ycllen A 
Bornstein. Inc.; $1,028.06. 

Harry Saks Hechheinf»er; National 
Surety Co.; $574.20. 

AIco Film Corp.; City of N. Y.; 
$5,972.95. 

Film Process Corp.; same; $611.33. 

Motion Picture Camer Co^ Inc.; 
same; $462.97. 

President Motion Picture Corp.; 
same; $1,505.36. 

Wisdom Amus. Corp.; same; 
$165.07. 

Model Amus. Co^ Inc.; T. J. Dren- 
nan; $58. 

Opera Stars Co., Inc.; same; $76.72. 

Dance Film Instruction Co., Inc.; 
same; same. 

C. A R. Amus. Co.; same; $45.89. 

Leemund Film Co., Inc.; same; 
$45.93. 

Roslyn Amus. Corp.; same; same. 

Raymond Film Co., Inc.; same; 

; .'UIU*. 



NO screen star has ever 
approached the fearless, 
appealing portrayal of a desti- 
tute woman's soul that Miss 
Ferguson gives in "Outcast.* 
Her most p»)pular stage play 
is by far her greatest picture. 
Both in her rags and shim- 
mering Paris gowns the star is 
magnificent. 




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Rumored Wealthy Bridegroom 

Los Angeles, Dec. 6. 
Ora Carew th^ screen actress i« 
reported as marrying John C. 
Howard, reputed to be wealthy and 
Mvlng at Haverhill, Mass. No date 
for the ceremony announced as yet. 



From tht well knmvn sensational Broadway stage success by Hubert Henry Davits 
Adapted by Josephine Lovctt ----.---.--- Directed by Chet Wilhey 



i^lWISS FERGUSON'S pcrfotm- 
^▼-i ancc is one of the finest things 
we have ever seen on the screen. A 
stirring, pathetic, and human figure. 
The romance of a life presented with 
many moments of real pathos. 



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(3-coL adv. Mats 
at exchanges) 






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'Tears are nothing to be ashamed 
of at the Rivoli this week. Gripping 
and sincere. The picture as a whole is 
-one of the screen's finest achievements. 
Miss Ferguson is, we think, the best 
actress we have in America.** 

—N. Y. World. 



FAMOUS PLAYERS ■ lASKY CORPORATION 



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PICTURES 



Friday, December 8, 1022 



NO REAL BIG BUSINESS ON 
BlAY THANKSGIVING WEEK 



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Capital First with $44,000 for "Hungry Heart*''— 
Griffith's "Nation" Returns Thu Week with 
Promise 



DENVER GOOD 



"Prid« of Palomar^ BiggMt Thing 
Last W««k 



Th« Broadway picture theatres 
Aid not show any remarkable apurt 
last week, even though they had tho 
amlstance of a holiday to awell 
their grosses. In this respect, New 
York seems to have been somewhat 
of aa exception to the rest of the 
country. Other places, the week 
proved a record-breaking one for 
the season; on Broadway it meant 
nothing in the lives of the big ex- 
tklbltors. 

This was the case even though 
the screen attractions that were 
praaented seemlnglj had unusual 
strength, at least as figured before 
the box office acid test was tried. 
The Capitol, which lead off in the 
point of receipts, had "Hungry 
Hearts," and pn the week it did 
$44.M0. Thla U a Uttle better than 
what the house bad been doing the 
paat couple of weeks, but not what 
was expected for a holiday showing. 
At the Strand, "Bast la West. " with 
the asslstanca of heavy freak ad- 
vertlaing in the dailies, front page 
•tuff and things of that sort, all of 
which oost heavy drought, did not 
help to materlallir smell the box 
office returns at the house to a point 
where they could bo marked as 
vnusuaU 

▲t tho Rlvoll. "Singed Wings." 
which lo<riced like a big draw before 
opening; did in the neighborhood of 
$18.00«, which Is belOw par, but the 
Rialto showed the unusual in the 
showing of the Technicolor produc- 
tion. *^e ToU of the Sea." and the 
public seemlnglT was interested, aa 
the receipts pointed to $24,000 for 
the week. 

"Robin Hood* and 'TCnighthood" 
are going along at what practically 
amounts to an even pace, with the 
former getting around |17,000 at the 
LiSrric, while th4 latter dropped off a 
little at the Criterion, going Just 
under $10,000. 

D. W. Griffith revived rrhe Birth 
of a Nation" for a brief run at the 
Selwyn. opening on Sunday, and got 
awfty with corking notices on his 
first masterpiece. The picture looks 
as though it will do business. The 
Fox special, "The Town That For- 
got God" at the Astor. is improving 
somewhat, and it looks like a pic- 
ture that will gradually build up. 
The Canieo is still playing American 
HH^aning productions, and getting 
its average business. 

Estimates for last week: 
Apollo— "One Exciting Night" 
(Griffith). Seats 1.200. Scale: 
Mats., $1 top; eves., $1.50. Finished 
last week with a gross around 
$$.S00. 

Astor — "The Town That Forgot" 
(Fox). Seats 1,131. Scale: Mats., 
$1 top: eves., $1.50. Fifth week. 
Still hitting just a Uttle better than 
$5,000. but pleasing those that see 
it. Building up somewhat; last 
week better account of holiday, 
when $6,800 was reached. 

Cameo— "What Fools Men Are" 
(American Releasing). Seats 550. 
Scale: 55-75. This is really a Sat- 
urday and Sunday house, with the 
gross on those two days usually 
around $3,200. with the balance of 
the week contributing around $1,800. 
Capitol— "Hungry Hearts" (Gold- 
wjrn). Seats 5,800. Scale: Mats.. 
80-50-$l; eves.. 55-85-$l. Ilad a 
corking week's business because of 
the holiday, with the gross at 
$44,000. 

Criterion — "Knighthood" (Cosmo- 
politan-Paramount). Seats 886. 
Scale: Mats., $1.50 top; eves., $2. 
Tenth week. Dropped a little last 
week, getting a few dollars under 
$10,000. 

Lyric— "Robin Hood" (United 
Artists). Seats ,400. Scale: Mats., 
$1.50 top; eves.. $2. Sixth week. 
Still pulling audiences; got around 
$17,800 last week. 

Rislto— "Toll of the Sea" (Metro). 
Seats 1,960. Scale: 55-85-99. The 
public exhibited a,n unusual interest 
In this picture last week, with the 
result that the house drew $21,000 
on the week. 

Rivoli— "Singed Wings" (Para- 
mount). Seats 2.200. Scale: S'>-''.'?- 
99. A good picture, but it did not 
pull as expected at this huuou i ..•- 
retu^ns were $18,100 on the week. 

Strand— "East Is West" (First 
National). Seats 2,900. Scale: SO- 
SO -85. They looked for a record- 
breaker here with this picture, and 
there was an unusual amount of 
money spent in extra advertislnp. 
but this did not pull as was ex- 
Iiected. The gross on the week 
went to around $29,000. 



TURKEY DAY PELED OUT 
KANSAS CTTY'S PICTURES 



ANOTHEB IN LOS ANGELES 

Los Angeles, Dec. 6. 
The town La to have a new picture 
theatre to be built by the Turner. 
• ]>ahnken A Langely Company. It 
in to cost no less than $1,250,000. 
The T., D. A L. Co. has been lont; 
*j»uiUished In the exhibiting buHi- 
m*B» aad at pr<>)«^nt owns a circuit 
•C niAOteen booses. 



Bad Business Early Last 
Week — Newman Saved 
by Heavy Bill « 



Kansas City, Dec. 6. 
Thanksgiving proved an oasis In 
what threatened to be a barren 
week in the film houses. In spite 
of the strongly advertised pictures 
and extra offerings In all of the 
downtown houses, the business 
failed to materialize and the houses 
were almost deserted the first half. 

First National had two of its 
features in opposition houses; the 
Liberty featuring "Oliver Twist," 
while the Royal's plea for patron- 
age was made with "Skin Deep." 
The Newman, with its 2,000 capa* 
city, not satisfied with Wallace Keid 
In "Clarence," added a ruimber of 
vaudeville acts in an effort to get 
the business, and it is to these 
extra features that a big portion of 
the week's business can be credited 
as the picture failed to register, 
other than as part of the snow. In 
the residential district, the Apollo 
led the parade with first runs, put- 
ting over three: "Hearts Haven," 
the first three nights; "Up in the 
Air About Mary," for the turkey day 
special, and "Other Women's 
Clothes" for the week-end. 

The Doric, one of the Harding 
houses, which has been dark since 
last spring, opened Thanksgiving 
for an indefinite run of "Nanook of 
the North." The house was leased 
for the engagement by W. P. CuUen 
of Pathe. The picture is at a 50- 
ccnt admission. This is not a first 
run here, it having been shown last 
fall. 

The Isin, the big residential house, 
put over some real budincss with 
"Grandma's Boy," with a 30 -cent 
top price. The picture was shown 
for the last half and seen by over 
10.000 — not so bad, considering it 
had Just finished three weeks at the 
Liberty. 

The Lin wood, undergoing lemod- 
cling and redecorating, v/as opened 
Thanksgiving, after some bfx 
months' darkness. "Human Hearts" 
was the opener. 
Last week's estimates: 
Newman -"Clarence** (Para- 
mount). Seats 1.980. Scale, mati- 
nees, 35; nights. 50-75. Wallace 
Reid. Using familiar saxophone 
playing incident as basis, Newman 
management featured "syncopation 
week." This jazzy Jamboree cx>n» 
sisted of a regulation musical revue 
and several acts. In addition, reg- 
ular Newman concert orchestra. 
Christie comedy, and a scenic, mak- 
ing one of the biggest bills ever 
presented in a local picture theatre. 
Tho feature had the critics divided 
as to its merits. It did not have the 
necessary appeal to get big busi- 
ness, and without the big show 
given In connection would have been 
a flopper. The first three nights 
badly off, but picked up Thursday 
and week gros.i I around $14,500. 

Liberty — "Oliver Twist" (First 
National). Seats 1,000. Scale. 35- 
50. Jackie Coogan. Picture exten- 
sively press agented and special 
showing was arranged for the city 
teachers. This part of the public- 
ity was sifmewhat of a boomerang, 
as many declared it "too gruesome 
for the children," although an ex- 
cellent picture. Others thought It 
mo.st appropriate for this time of the 
year, showing the contrast of the 
treatment of the poor of that period 
and this. Minstrels added. Around 
$6,500. 

Royal — "Skin Deep" (First Na- 
tional). Seats 890. Scale, 35-50. 
Milton Sills. Sure fire for lovers of 
the real old-fashioned "meller." 
"Ocean Swells," comedy. Gross 
about $7,000. 

Twelfth Street — "The Cowboy and 
the L.idy" (Paramount), Seats 1,100. 
Scale, 10-25. Tom Moore and Mary 
Miles Aflnter. IJusIness up to aver- 
age. "The Law of the Sea" and a 
Torchy comedy also on bill. About 
$2,300. 

Opposition films at the popuhir- 
prioed vaudeville houses: "Under 
Two Flag.s." Pantages; "The Jilt," 
(llobe; "L'p and At "Em," Maln- 
street. 



Denver, Deo. C 
*'The Pride of Palomar,** whloh 
supplanted Alice Brady in "Anna 
Ascends" at the Princess the week 
of Nov. 1$, was the outstanding pic- 
ture success of last week on Curtis 
street. "Anna Ascends" was pulled 
In the middle of the first-named 
week because it fiopped badly.. Just 
why is hard to determine. Those 
who saw the film appeared satisfied, 
but the U)oz office simply failed to 

show life, and Peter B. Kyne's Cal- 
ifornia thriller was caMed in to pull 
misters out of the hole. 

The Princess did business from 
that time on. and continued to do 
it the week following. "The Pride 
of Palomar" is Just the sort of 
Photoplay bound to be popular with 
Denver audiences, who like western 
thrillers above all other kinds — un- 
less It be society stufl?. 

Thanksgiving day packed all pic- 
ture houses, regardless of the merit 
of the attractions. The day was 
bright and sunny, without a hint of 
storm and only a faint snap of frost 
in the air. The 16,000 people \^ho 
packed Broadway park to see a 
football game didn't seem to detract 
from the throngs at the picture 
shops at all. 

Last weeks' estlmatea: 

Rialto — (Paramount>. Seats. 

1,250; prices: matinees, 25 and $6c: 
nights. 40c. Gloria Swanson in 
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew" did 
^ell. as always in Denver. Gross 
about $9,326. 

Process — (Paramount). Seats, 
1,050; prices: matinees. 25 and $6c.: 
night.<t, 40c "The Pride of Palomar" 
kept the house full most of the time, 
despite the fact that the film had 
been on four days the previous 
week. Gross close to $8,000. 

America — (BIshop-Cass). Seats, 
1.530; prices: matinees, 30c. ; nights, 
40c. Peter B. Kynes "Brothers 
Under the Skin." A good box office 
stimulant, apparently. Gross over 
$5,000. 

Colorado — (BIshop-Cass). Seats. 
2.4S6; matinees. SOc.; nights, 40c. 
Wesley Barry In "From Rags to 
Riches." Opened weM, sagged In the 
middle of the week, picked up 
Thanksgiving Day and finished in a 
blaze. Gross close to $6,000. 

isis— (Fox). Seats. 1,776; prices: 
matinees. 25c.: nights, 30c. William 
Farnum in "Without Compromise." 
Farnum doesn't draw with quite his 
old sureness, although he has his 
following. Lupino Lane In "My 
Hero" helped out. Gross approx- 
imately $4,100. 

STRONG FILMS AND 
HOLIDAY HELP GROS^ 



HUB'S HOUSES SUFFER REACTION 
AFTER YEAR'S BEST WEEK 



All Theatres Did Tumaway Last Week— Held Up 
After Holiday — ^This Week Slumped — Orpheum 
Breaks Record 

■♦ ■■ : — -__ ■• . 



WflAUNG FnH FIRST 
ROAD SHOW IN PHIIJI 



Holiday Saved Last Week From 

Slump — "Knighthood" 

Current Smash 



Los Angeles Houses All Have 

Good Week— Two "Hoods" 

Both Drawing 



Charlotte Greenwood in "New York** 
"Little Old New York," soon to 

.start at the Cosmopolitan's Rtudio 
' with Marion Davles starred. ha.« 

cng.Tged Charlotte Greenwood for 

u role. 

MiH8 Greenwood Ih also appearing 

In the "MuhIc Ilox Hevue" In New 

York. 



Los Angeles, Dec. f . 
^he hox offlce staffs were kept 
"on the jump" all week, the 
Thanksgiving festivities evidently 
serving as an Impetus to theatrical 
business. The legit and vaudeville 

houses "cashed in" big, as also did 
the picture theatre!^ The best 
draw for the week among the down- 
town houses was "Knighthood" at 
Grauman's Rialto. "Robin Hood" 
at Grauman's Hollywood ran a 
close second, with Lon Chaney's 
"Shadows" at Klnema, "Tess- at 
Miller's, "Dr. Jack" af the Mission, 
and Tommy Meighan In "Tho Man 
Who Saw Tomorrow" at Grauman's 
following close In their wake. 
"Brothers Under the Skin,** Cali- 
fornia, rolled up a nice profit The 
rain and subsequent cloudy weather 
hurt the takings a little. The 
week's estimates: 

Grauman's — "The Man Who Saw 
Tomorrow" (Paramount), Thomas 
Meighan starred. Special added at- 
tractions. Drew. $17,000. 

California — 'Brothers Under the 
Skin" (Goldwyn). Author. Peter B. 
Kyne, featured more than players, 
who comprised Helene Chadwick, 
Claire Windsor, Norman Kerry, Pat 
O'Malley and Mae Busch. Elinor's 
muflir a played-up card. Grossed 
112,430. 

Grauman's Rialto— "Knighthood" 
(Cosmo). Marion Davles In the big 
type. Business holding up; In fact, 
slight pick-up after a slight drop 
past two weeks. Took $11,200. 

Qrauman*s Hollywood •>- "Robin 
Hood" (Fairbanks). Increased 
business by arrangement with 
studio whereby patrons retaining 
seat ct^ecks admitted to Fairbanks 
studio. Approximately $15,000. 

Mission— "Dr. Jack" (Roach). 
Harold Lloyd starred. Begins to 
look as if picture will run till first 
of year, although second and third 
weeks showed falling oflT in re- 
eipts. About $10,000. 

Kinema — "Shadows" (Schulberg). 
^on Chaney plrvyed up. Chaney big 
favorite, and orowds held up 
throughout week. Netted $15,300. 

Loew's State— "Enter Madame" 
Metro). Clara Kimball .Young 
emphasized. Picture picked up 
after first day. Grossed $1S,1S0. 



Philadelphia, Dec. 6. 

Last week was something In the 
nature of the calm before the storm 
in local movie houses. The features 
booked at most of the houses were 
program pictures and no big grosses 
were turned In. In the advertising, 
the Stanley company "pointed" to 
this week, rather than emphasise 
their current pictures, and If it had 
not been for the holiday It Is likely 
that some big slumps In business 
would have resulted. As It Is, most 
of the houses did satisfactory busi- 
ness. 

This week, however, saw the en- 
terlniT of an ' Independent picture 
Into the field. This Is "Down to 
the Sea In Ships," the Elmer Clif- 
ton whaling picture, which opened 
Monday at the Metropolitan opera 
house. A real box office demand' 
was reported by those connected 
with the picture. The scale was 
25 cents to $1, with none of the 
orchestra seats higher than 75 
cents. 

Elmer Clifton and Marguerite 
Cortot were both present in person. 
It Is understood that the backers 
of the picture have the house for 
four weeks. This is the first real 
attempt to road show a picture here 
this season, and Is being watched 
with interest because of a bad name 
given Metropolitan for film pur- 
poses 



Boston. Dec. ».j 
The picture houses got the best 
break of the season last week on 
what Is considered tRelr winter pro- 
gram. 

This Increase was due to the 
Thanksgiving holiday, but the bus- 
iness started to show signs of im- 
provement Friday night and kept 
on building up until the end of the 
week saw a big tumaway at the 
larger houses with the smaller, 
houses playing to capacity. The 
Orpheum, the big Loew house down- 
town, had more people In the house 
Saturday than they have had at 
this time of year in a single day la 
the history of the house, the total 
tickets purchased being* close to 
10.000. 

The big Increase did not hold over 
for the first of this week, however, 
there being a slight reaction which 
was expected. It was considered 
quite remarkable by those that fol- 
low the houses that the "pep" stayed 
In so long for it wasn't what could 
be rightly termed natural — the play 
being better than is expected evea 
of a holiday. 

Griffith's film, "One Exciting 
Nlerht," departed from the Tremont 
Temple last Saturday, and Monday 
"Oliver Twist" opened for an In- 
definite stay. 

Estimates for last week: i 

Loew's State -—Capacity. 4,00<rr 
scale. 2S-50C. Gloria Swanson In' 
"The Impossible Mrs. Bellew," head- 
liner with "The Forgotten Law" un- 
derlined. "Clarence" last week play- 
ed to over $15,000, gain of about 
$2,000 over business of week before. 

Tremont Temple — Capacity, 2,000; 
scale, 50c.-$1.50. Jackie Coogan In 
"Oliver Twist," this week taking It 
over when It was vacated by Orlf- ' 
fith's "One Exciting Night" which 
ran for several weeks to businesa 
that was only so-so. 

Park — Capacity, 2.400; scale, 50c.- 
$1.50. "Knighthood" did over $10,000 
I last week.^an Increase of $1,000 over 



The big smash of this week, how- > week before. This film has been 
ever, must be accredited to "When I rather weak at niatinees but most of 



Knighthood Was in Flower," which 
opened at the Stanton and plans to 
stay at least four weeks. A private 
showing was * given on Sun- 
day night, at which society turned 
out. It was said by many that It 
was the most stylish audience that 
has ever attended a film In this 
city. Jack Potter. In advance of 
the picture here, had half of Rltten- 
L house Square in attendance. There 
were no less than five judges of 
higher courts and three railroad 
high officials there. 

The picture was given splendid 
notices in the dallies and ran up a 
big gross Monday, although rain 
prevented the figure from reaching 
the limit expected, or that achieved 
by "Manslaughter" at the same 
house. 

The Stanley has "The Impossible 
Mrs. Bellew" this week, and since 
Gloria Swanson's popularity has 
dwindled here, and also because of 
attraction at Stanton, gross is likely 
to tumble at this pet house of the 
Stanley company. 

Some very laudatory notices were 
given "Ebb Tide" at the Karlton, 
and ''Enter Madame" at the Aldine, 
but it Is hard to Judge the possi- 
bilities because of the rainy night. 
Both pictures are in for single week 
engagements, which Is considered 
surprising in view of program pic- 
tures having been given two weeks 
at these houses. 

The best of last week's business 
was done by "The Young Rajah." 
with Rodolph Valentino, at the 
Stanley. This film never came any- 
where near the gross of "Blood and 
Sand." 

Estimates of last week: 

Stanley — "The Young Rajah" 
(Paramount). Valentino's picture 
showed slump in interest In him 
here, but was above some recent 
weeks at that. Gross was al>out 
$25,000, partly due to Thanksgiving 
crowds. 

Stanton — "Nero" (Fox, second 
week). Business held up pretty well 
after apparently being on the verge 
of a serious slump on Monday and 
Tuesday. First of spectacles of this 
character to do anything at all here 
of late. Did about $11,500. 

Aldine— "Five Dollar Baby" 
(Metro). Not up to average set by 
recent pictures at this house, but 
holiday crowds made up difference. 
Short comedy with Bull Montana 
also heavily featured. "Enter Mad- 
ame" this week, with "Forget-Me- 
Not" in next. House seems to have 
reverted to single week policy, for 
tlnre at any rate. 

Karlton— "Singed Wings" (Para- 
mount), Got mixed notices and un- 
even business, which reached low 
ebb on Wednesday and then picked 
up wonderfully. About $7,000. "Ebb 
Tide" in this week, with "The Pride 
of Palomar" to come. 



this weakness was overcome after 
Wednesday and It trailed to strong 
closing. One more week after thla 
to go and then the house will ha 
taken over by "Robin Hood," sup- 
possed to stay for several weeks. 
The house is getting the best break 
with attractions that It has had for 
several seasons. 

Modern — Capacity, 800; scale. IS- 
40c. In line with other houses bus* 
Iness showed increase last week with 
house using "Till We Meet Again.** 
This week the house Is using "Tha 
Headless Horseman," with Will 
Rogers and has about doubled Ita 
advertising to line them up for this 
release. House did $T,000 last week, 
about $500 less than it could do with 
absolute capacity. 

Beacon — Capacity, scale, attrac- 
tion same as Modern, and did about 
the same amount of business last 
week. 

Selwyn— Did about $4,000 last 
week, the first < one "Down to the 
Sea in Ships." 



HOLIDAY HELPS DETROIT 

Reid's Popularity on Wane Judging 
From Last Two Productions 



Detroit, Dec. 6. -^ 

Last week proved a corking good 
one for all the picture houses, in- 
cluding the outskirts, on account of 
a great break on Sunday and an- 
other good break Thanksgiving Day. 

Adams — "Knighthood" completed 
Its fourth week to excellent bus- 
iness and could have remained 
linger. Gave way to "Young Rajah." 

Madison — "One Week of Love" 
proved good box office attraction. 

Broadway - Strand— FIr.st present- 
ation in the world of Harry Car- 
son's "An Old Sweetheart of Mine." 
Received excellent notices and was 
a bfg draw. Mr. Garson was here 
personally for the engagement and 
it was heavily advertised. 

Capitol — "Clarence " and Warlng's 
Pennsylvanlanji. While this hou.se 
had a good business on tho week be- 
cau.'Je of It being a holiday week, 
business was not up to e.xpectations. 
Indicating thnt Wally Reid's pop- 
ularity is on the wane. Ordinarily 
Reid at a Kunsky house has been 
assurance of capacity bii.sinosH. but 
such ha.<< not been the case on his 
last two productions. .^'— 



SPEEDY JACKIE 

Los Anpeles, Dec. 6. 

A bench warrant ha.s boen issued 
for Jackie Saunders, who l.s charged 
with automobile speeding. 

A Jail sentence pos.Hihly awaits 
her, as the Judges have bd-n meting 
them out rather generously during 
the last few weeks. ■' ';, 



Friday, December %, IMS 



PICTURES 



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IGORS OF NEW YORK STA1E ' 
CENSORSHIP BOARD RELAXING 



Cloininistion Broadening in Ideas of What Constitutes 
Art — ^Trade Speculates on Future of Censors 
Under New Administration - v r' 



Producers 



who bav« tubmitted 
^•Icturea to the New "t'ork censors 
since the first Tuesday following 
the flfst Monday in November re- 
port u more liberal attitude toward 

i" the screen. 

1^ For one thing numerous items of 
K|eant draperies have passed mus- 
hier, that would probably have 
drawn the scissors before election. 
' The method of passing instructions 
i to the film editors has been changed 
f in spirit. Instead of noting spe- 
cific scenes that ai'e ordered elimi- 
nated the "cut sheets" from the 
censor organization make comment 
in more general terms, leaving the 



COMPROMISE ON MTH' 
■ AND COO CLUCKS 



Film Permitted on Agreement 

to Repudiate ''Secret 

Empire" 



After two days of wrangle arid 
dispute before the New York State 
Picture Commission a compromise 
was reached Monday afternoon by 



which "The Birth of a Nation" was 
^noducer to interpret the meanlns: allowed to open Monday night at 



latir 
islai 



guided by his own discretion. The 
•bject appears to be to play it safe. 

If there is public comment on a 
kjlaring passage on the screen the 
censors can point to the reccrd of 
their communication to s^ow that 
they ordered, such changes as "see 
that the scenes between the lovers 
are made more discreet," or some- 
thing like tha^L 

Nothing more has come out re- 
garding the new state administra- 
tion's plans for dealing with the 
censor question.* Governor-elect 
Smith has pretty definitely made 
known his liberal policy In regard 
to control over pictures, but it is a 
question how far he can go in legis- 

^ing the commission out of ex- 
mce. The next Assembly will 
be Republican by a narrow margin, 
while a Demo-^ratic majority ob- 
tains In the iSenate. 
I Organisation politics would seek 
to retain the patronage of the 
commission's personnel. There are 
three commissioners at 17.600 a 
year and a host of Inspectors at 
llSOO, but the employes are mostly 
in the civil service class and not 
removable. The present Repub- 
lican regime recently framed a new 
seniority list of applicants for in- 
spector jobs and it is'presumed this 
list will stand after the inaugura- 
tion of the new Governor. 
I If the Republican personnel is left 
fan ofllce it would be highly probable 
to see a move in the Democratic 
Assembly to legislate the commis- 
sion out of office by rep%aling the 
law which created it. 



PRESENTATIONS NO 
; MORE AT M'VICKERS 



/n 



Jam With Chorus Girls Im- 
ported from New York, 
Mason. Ends Engagement 



' Chicago Dec. t. 

"Presentations" are a thing of 
the past at McVicker's and Harry 
A. Yerkes' Flotilla Orchestra is the. 
special attraction there this week 
In connection with "Clarence." The 
"change of policy" is said to have 
l>ecn determined upon in an effort 
to avoid the claims of chojrus girls 
3ngaged by Jack MaaOn and 
wrought here with the assi^^nce 
Uteir positions would certainly 
•last until after Christmas." 

Mason succeeded S. Barrett Mc- 
Cormack who was made producing 
.Tianager at the opening of Mc- 
Vicker's. Mason parted with Jones. 
Unick & Schaeffer last week. The 
chorus girls immediately placed 
'heir claims with Equity. 

Charles A. Nieggenmeyer, who 
las directed a resident stock at the 
Shubert, Milwaukee, for seven 
/ears, is now stage director at Mc- 
Vicker's, it is announced. 

The I'aramount policy of restrict- 
ng the showing of pictures seen at 
VlcVickcr's for a certain period is 
nneeting with opposition from man- 
igers in outlying districts, who 
-•H>mp}ain that the time is so long 
hat they lose the advantage of the 
oop advertising. 



Carewes Reconciled 

L#os Angeles, Dec. •. 
The FMwin Carewes are reconciknl. 
His wife started proceedings for a 
dlvorrc but called off the action last 
week. 



the Selwyn while D. W. Qriflnth 

agreed that an announcement would 

bo made from the stage and later a 
printed announcement would be in- 
corporated in the film as a title 
making U plain that . the manage- 
ment disavowed any interest in the 
Ku KIux Klan or its activitiea 

The complaint was brought before 
the commission specifically by the 
National Association for the Ad- 
vancement of the Colored Raca, but 
other interests Were heard in sup- 
poit<of the contention that the Grif- 
fith picture would promote race 
prejudice and provoke disorder. A 
lengthy discussion was carried on 
before Commissioner Cobb Saturday 
and an adjourned session Monday 
ended in the compromise. 

The growing issue of the Ku 
Klux Klan was the center of the 
row started In the New York Cen- 
sor Commission over the revival of 
"The Birth of a Nation" at the 
Selwyn. 

The Klan was not offlcially repre- 
sented at the argument, but It Is 
understood to be in favor of the 
picture and to have advised Its 
membershij) to patronize it. As a 
matter of fact, the advance sale for 
the single week at the Selwyn hung 
up new reo«rds. Three days after 
the engagement was announced the 
advance sale for the opening week 
had reached more than |1.000. 

Although the picture has been 
forbidden in several States, New 
York never before Interfered with 
its exhibiti<tn. It played a revival 
at tbe Capitol, New York, last 
spring and drew heavy patronage 
without a word from the censor. 
There was one demonstration at the 
theatre, when the announcements 
in the lobby and on the street were 
wrecked by agitators and the po- 
lice were called. There was no 
demonstration inside the theatre. 

The picture was released in 1915. 
Its early career was a story of con- 
tiOversy. It was allowed to play in 
Chicago for its first run, but Cook 
country authorities have since for- 
bidden its revival. The picture was 
stopped in Kansas and Ohio and 
those States never have seen it. It 
was shown In California, but 
stopped after a short run, and a 
court order forbidding its exhibi- 
tion now stands aa a bar in that 
St^e. 

7— TIA JUANA DULL 

Los Angeles, Deo. i. 

Dashing to Tia Juana, the week 
end sport of the film colony bunch 
that like to watch the ponies run 
and at the same time get a couple 
of drinks over the bar is off for the 
present. 

At least the j>ony part is, for the 
Mexican officials have ordered the 
race track closed. 

The track otllcialg are appealing 
the case and are hoping that they 
w|ll be able to reopen tomorrow. 



Jamee Young Reported III 

Los Angeles. Dec. €. 
James Young, the director, is re- 
ported, serious. y ill. At the same 
time Sid Crnuman is threatened 
with append icitis and under the 
care of doctors^ ~ . 



"Robin Hood" at Pershing, St. Louis 
St. Louis, Dec. C. 
"Hobin Hood' has been set to 
open at t^le Pershing Dec. 25, with 
a seat sale of reserved seats open- 
ing Dec. 11, but no admission scale 
yet announced. 



$14,000 WEEK'S GROSS 
IN BUFFALO HOUSES 



Loew'8 and Lafayette Led 

Last Week— Lafayette 

Third with $11,000 



Buffalo, Dec. 6. 

Thanksgiving played the leading 
role In the recital of last week's 
business In Buffalo picture houses. 
All theatres reported bumper grosses 
for the day, with everything going 
to overflow, down to the smallest 
community houses. 

Contrary to expectations end of 
week, showing strength, particularly 
Saturday business, which held up 
remarltably well, downtown houses 
reporting that Saturday supper 
show was almost as large as Thurs- 
day. Thia probably due to van- 
guard of Christmas shoppers in the 
downtown district. 

Hl8^ quality of offerings all roun<] 
kepe competition at top-notch. 
"Nero" at Hipp should have done 
better and is probably good for 
three days only in town of this size 
under present conditions. "Ken- 
tucky Derby" at Olympic received 
good notices, but business was re- 
ported under capacity. 

Downtown rivalry between organs 
is making the situation interesting. 

Last week's estimates: 

Loew'»— "While Satan Sleeps" and 
vaudeville. (Capacity. 3,400. Scale, 
mats.. 20; nights, 80-40.) Although 
neither picture nor vode particular- 
ly featured, bill proved well rounded 
and found favor. Seems to be forg- 
ing along at top speed, moving on 
Its own momentuni. Close to $14.- 
000. 

Lafayetto — "Skin Deep- and 
vaudeville. (Capacity, 3,400. Scale, 
mats.. 20-25 r nights. 80-60.) Show 
rounded Into good form and extra 
holiday sent gross to top. Belle 
Storey and Ernest Evans featured 
In billing, but scarcely up to tout- 
ing. Picture highly spoken of. 
House using billing, "Ultimate in 
entertainment," formerly used by 
Hipp. Doing steady business with 
the 60c top playing important part 
in high grosses. Well over $14,000. 

Hipp — "Nero." (Capacity. 2,400. 
Scale, mats, 15-25; nights, 26-50.) 
Fox spectacle started out well, but 
seemed to lack right kick for full 
week. Other features, including or- 
chestra and organ, doing as much 
as pictures to keep house in run- 
ning. Over 111,000. 

O/ympic — "Kentucky Derby." (Ca- 
pacity, 1,600. Scale, mats^ 16-20; 
nights, 20-25.) Widely heralded and 
used considerable extra advertising, 
but appears doubtful whether any- 
thing beyond passable business reg- 
istered. Holiday helped here, also. 
House showing signs of new life 
under Universal management, but 
still needs plenty of plugging to put 
it in. vanguard. Around |4,000. 

CAPT. GEO. AUO££'S SUCCESSOB 

"Herold." the German giant, was 
signed through Wirth, Blumenfcld 
& Co. to replace Capt. George Auger 
in the next Harold Lloyd comedy. 
Auger was signed by Lloyd when 
the latter was east two weeks ago 
and was to have left for the coast 
in a few weeks to actively engage 
kn pictures with the comedian. His 
death, Nov. 80, left the Lloyd peo- 
ple in the air and a jrire from the 
coast to Pathe instructed them to 
scour the field for a giant to re- 
place Auger. "Hirold" was secured 
and left for the coast this 



VALENTINO'S SECOND OFF 



Washington Pietura Housm 8t{|l 
« In Slump 

Washington, Dec. i. 

Although efforts were made dur- 
ing the past week to push the 
receipts of the picture houses out 
of the lull that was unexplalnable 
the preceding week, that lull 
seemed to hold on with the second 
week of the Valentino picture "The 
Young Rajah" taking quite a drop. 

Weather conditions were Ideal 
throughout the entire week and the 
pictures good, but the slump refused 
lo be lifted. ^ 

Estimates for the week : 

Loew's Columbia — '^The Young 
Rajah," Paramount, second week. 
Capacity, 1,200; scale, ?0-35c. mats.; 
35-60C. nights. Second week of this 
last of the Paramount Valentino 
pictures took decided drop in spite 
of extra advertising, hitting about 
$10,000. 

Moore's Rialto— "To Have arid to 
Hold." Paramount. Capacity. 1,900; 
scale mornings, 25c.; afternoons. 
35c.; evenings. 60c. This "super 
special" seemingly caught the in- 
terest and held the gross for the 
week up to and possibly a llttlo 
higher than the preceding week. 
Did close to $6,700. 

Loew's Palace — "Quincy Adams 
Sawyer." Metro. Capacity, 2.500; 
scale. 20-35C. mat.; 86-40-50c. nights. 
This Metro special with five well 
known picture stars heavily featured 
was rather a quiet picture with the 
exception of the finish which saved 
it. Created some mild interest 
whtch coupled with the usual estab- 
lished patronage of the house ran 
the gross up to about -$8,500. 

Crandall'a Matropolitan— "White 
Shoulders." First National. Cap- 
acity. 1.700; scale, 20-36c. mats.; 85- 
50c. nights. This Katherlne Mac- 
Donald feature which had billed with 
it equally as prominently as a Bus- 
ter Keaton comedy, "Electric House" 
did Just about normal business for 
the house. Got about $8,000. 



FRISCO'S BUSINESS UP 
ALL AROUND LAST WEEK 



All Houses Improved with Holi- 
day — Big Game Picture 
Got $12,000 




San Francisco. Dec. I. 

Business generally in the first run 
downtown picture bouses was better 
during last week when compared 
with the preceding week. The out- 
standing offering is "Hunting Big 
Game in Africa" at the Century, 
where the picture opened with a 
complete sell-out and kept up the 
pace throughout the week. A heavy 
advance sale also is reported. 

"The Big Game" picture got $12,- 
000. 

California — "The Impossible Mrs. 
Bellew" (Paramount). Scats 2,700. 
Scale. 60-75-90. Gloria Swanson. 
Did turnaway business Saturday 
and Sunday. Gross, $16,500. 

Granida — "The Young Rajah" 
(Paramount). Seats 2.940. Scale. 
60-76-90. Rodolph Valentino. Busi- 
ness otT. Drew $21,000. 

imperial — "Sherlock Holmes" 
/Paramount). Seats 1.426. Scale. 
35-50-76. John Barrymore (second 
week). Running along to fair at- 
tendance. Got $8,000. 

Strand — "Shadows" (All Stars). 
Seats 1,700. Scale. 40-55. Don 
Chaney. Drawing well. Gross. $11,- 
000. 

Tivoll — "Lorna Doone" First Na- 
tional). Seats 1.800. Scale. 26-40. 
This latest production of Maurice 
Toumeur got big send-off In press. 
Business $9,000. 

Loew's Warfield— "June Madness" 
with Viola Dana, and Buster Keaton 
In "The Electric House" (Metros). 
An elaborate revue preceded the 
pictures. $11,000. 

Frolic— "Wolf Law" (Universal). 
Seats 1,000. Scale, 10-30. Prank 
Mayo. Receipts, $3,400. 



HELEN FERGUSON PREACHINO 

lios Angeles, Dec. <. 

Helen Ferguson of the films has 
the honor of being the first actress 
to mount the pulpit of the Wllshirc 
Congregational Church. Others In 
the flfm world have been invited but 
they have all been men. 

Mi.ss Ferguson aald that the screen 
will eventually play the biggest role 
on making the world cleaner and 
better. She urged the public to over- 
look some of the faults at this time 
and to measure it by the good that 
It is doing. 






Jules Frankel Bought Gift's 
Cincinnati, Dec. 6. 

The mysterious purchaser of 
riift's theatre last wenk was Jules 
I'Yankel. who, with his associates, 
t-onducts a chain of picture and very 
small lime vaudeville houses In the 
Ohio Valley. Gifts was at first re- 
ported bought by Ike Llhson, who 
rontrolo practically all of Clncin- 
natl's first run houses. 

The first Intimation that Frankel 
wa!« the purcli.ispr catiie wlw?n Noah 
.Schcrhter, who has been doing his 
prr-HS work at the Empress, was put 
fn fharge at Gift's, succeeding Lew 
Heck. 



SLOW FIU WEEK 
SAVED BY HOLIDAY 



Picture and Legit Theatres in 
Chicago About Same 
Last Week <v 



Chicago. Dec. 6. 
The new McVicker's seems to have 
given up Its last trial at "presen- 
tations." After experimenting with 
a producer. S. Barrett McCormlck, 
who had experience in presentations 
and failed to deliver after a trial 
here, the owners of this theatre 
next took up a stage producer. Jack 
Mason. Mr. Mason also failed to 
como up to the expectations of the 
owners of McVicker's. They have 
now done away with presentations 
and will present feature bands or 
names whenever possible to obtain. 
It Is said that McVicker's is angling 
for bands. It Is doubtful if any 
theatre in the country can compete 
with Balabap & Kata along present 
tatlon lines. This firm has four 
theatres, with their own artists, 
architects, special stage, etc. They 
can afford to spend between $3,000'- 

and $6,000 for a presentation and 
pro rate it among their four houses, 
which only makes the cost stand 
each house like a feature act. 

With McVicker's naw policy of 
doing, away with ballets aqd preaen-;, 
tations. it is figured that between 
ono and two extra shows can be 
given, which would make a differ- 
ence of quite a bit of money on tha 

Griffith's **One Bxditing Night.** 
also figuring^ on cutting down tba 
"nut," disnUsaed the chorus of IK 
the girls being iaken back to New 
York. It cannot be figured out how 
this picture wlU make any money 
during its run at tha Illinois, but it 
should not lose any, and the prestlga 
should be worth something. - 

Estimates for last week: 

'^Young Rajsh" (Paramount) (Mc- 
Vicker's). (Seats 2.600; sca'le, mats., 
49; night, 69.) Valentino still holds 
certain sway with younger sex, tind 
theatre played to continuously gopd 
business. $27,000. 

"One Exciting Night" <D. W. Grif- 
fith) (Illinois). (Third week.) 
(Seats around 1.600; scal«f $1* 76, 
50.) With the chorus let out and 
same amount of business still com;* 
ing in to box oflica, will lust add 
around $1,000 to right side for pro* 
ducers of this picture. First-' half 
of the week business weak, with 
capacity holding Friday. Saturday 
and Sunday. Around $11,000. 

"One Wonderful Night" (Univer- 
sal) (Randolph). (Seats 68$: scale, 
mats.. 36; night, 60.) Herbert Haw- 
linson received good send-off in 
dailies. This house is maintaining 
a steady grind and depends on turn- 
away from Chicago, State-Lake and 
Roosevelt for 60 per cent, of its 
clientele. With the grind policy can 
take care of other overflows with- 
out showing hold-out. This house 
does not need a tremendous feature 
if other three bouses are doing busi- 
ness. 

"Dangerous Age** (First National 
(Chicago). (Seats 4.200; mats. 60; 
nights. 66.) Declared to be "plpptn." 
with Louis Stone in for extra praise. 
Business first half way below par, 
same as in legit theatres, with last 
half of week tremendous. Around 
$36,000. 

''Ma nala ughter" (Roosevelt). 
(Seats 1,276; scale, mats.. 30; 
nights, 66.) (Second week.) Sur- 
prised every one by holding on to 
continuously good business. Touch- 
ing around $18,000. Will remain 
sti-ll another week, as it contracted 
for three. "Loma Doone" slated to 
follow. 



STRAND'S FIGHT 



Depends on Location and Features 
to Buck /.ll Newark 



Newark. N. J., Dec. C. 

As the^ first fruits of its cam- 
paign to grab the big pictures, the 
Strand has secured Harold Lloyd 
in "Dr. Jack" and will show tho 
feature beginning Dec. 29 for an in- 
definite run. 

The attempt of the Strand to buck 
the Adams Brothers (Newark the- 
atre) and the Fabians (Branford, 
Rialto, Goodwin and Paramount) la 
arousing interest here. In the Bran? 
ford the Fabians have the largest, 
and with the possible exception of 
the Tivoll. the finest house In New 
Jersey. Against this the Strand has 
only its location to recommend it 
while it has changed its policy so 
frequfnlly in the past few years it 
has no permanent clientele. 

Various figures have been an- 
nounced, but the actual seating ca- 
pacity of houses Is: — Br.inford, over 
3,300; Rialto. 1.600; Paramount, 
1.250; Goodwin, 700. This gives the 
Fabians nearly 7,000 seats against 
the Strand's 1,200. while the New- 
ark holds 1,$60. The Strand main- 
tains a combination of big features 
and location can'l h9 ^aalffia 



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PICTURES 



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Friday, December 8, 192t 



'NO FOREIGN PICTURES," NEW 
FAMOUS PLAYERS SALES SLOGAN 



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Publication of ''Next 39" Discloses Only One With 
Wallace Reid — Bebe Daniels Merely Featured 
or Co-starred — Pushing Hiers as Fat Comedian 



EXHIBITORS HOWLING 
OVER "PALOMAR" 



Claims High Price for Box 
Office — No Adjustment of 
v Contract Given 



•The new 33 haven't got a single 



boy star, to replace Ai buckle, In- 



"De- 



foreign picture In the line-up." That 
is th» slogan that the Paramount 
sales force is using on the new 
series which was lined up at the 
sales convention In Los Angeles 
two weeks ago. Beemingly, the 
Paramount sales organization iMie 
been instructed to pound home this* 
fact and get the exlilbitor'a atten- 
tion away from the imported flops in 
the flrst series of the 22-23 season 
and have them concentrated on the 
fact that the foreign productions in 
the list were the only pictures which 
failed to pull at the box office. 

The new line-up does not appear 
to have any particular strengtii if 
taken by and large. The ansv/er 
to the entire series is that Para- 
mount is leading off with the Cos- 
mopolitan production "Knighthood." 
Under ordinary circumstances, they 
would pass up a Hearst-made pro- 
duction and put one of their own 
features as the lead. 

A resume of the attractions slated 
la the Z^, mad4 by a film man well 
up on exhibition values to the ex- 
hibitors, shows that there are but 
12 that look like box office wallops. 
Of these, two are remakes. The 12 
selected as fairly certain to be sure- 
fire are "Knighthood," "Java head," 
"The Covered Wagon," "The Ne'er 
Do Well" (because of Thomas 
Meighan's personal following), Pola 
NeglfTs first American -made pro- 
duction, "Bella Donna"; "The Rustle 
of Silk," the second Negri 
classe"; "Hollywood." with its 
stars; "White Heat," another Melgh- 
an: "The Beautiful Adventure," 
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" and "The 
Exciters." The two remade produc- 
tions among these are "Bella Don- 
na" and "The Beautiful Adventure." 
The latter was or.'ginally made as a 
Frohman Empire All -Star picture 
and released by Mutual in 1917. 
David Powell, who is supporting 
Agnes Ayres In the new picture, 
was in the original production. 

The other remakes in the list are 
"The Trull of the Lonesome Pine," 
"Vendetta" (originally made by 
Fox, with Robert Mantell), 'A Gen- 
tleman of Leisure" (originally a 
Lasky, with AVallace Eddinger 
starred), and there is a question 
whether or not "You Can't Fool 
Tour Wife" wasn't made as an in- 
dependent about the time that 
"Don't Change Your Wife" was is- 
sued. 

The complete list of productions 
In the 39 in the order named for 
release is "Knighthood," Dorothy 
Dalton in "Dark Secrets." Gloria 
Swanson In "My American Wife," 
C. B. DeMille's "Adam's Rib," 
"Drums of Destiny" with Mary Miles 
Minter, Jack Holt In "Nobody's 
Money," Mclford's "Java Head," 
Betty Compson in "The White 
Flower," Marion Davletf in "Adam 
find Eva," Agnes Ayres In "Racing 
Hearts," James Cruze's "The Cov- 
ered WaRon," "The Nth Command- 
ment," Thomas Mcighan in "The 
Ne'er Do Well." Alice Brady in "The 
Leopardess," Pola Negri in "Bella 
Donna," William DeMille's "Grum- 
py," "The Go-Getter," Gloria Swan- 
Kon In "Prodigal Daughters," Mel- 
ford's "You Can't Fool Your Wife." 
Allan Dwan's "The Glimpses of the 
Moon," Mary Miles Minter In "The 
Trail of the Lonesome Pine," Doro- 
thy Dalton In "The Law of the Law- 
less," Jack Holt in "The Tiger's 
Claw.** Walter Heirs and Jacque- 
line Logan co-starred In "Mr. Bill- 
ings Spends His Dime," Fitzmau- 
rice's "The Rustle of Silk," Pola 
Negri In "Declasse," James Cruze's 
'; ••Hollywood," Lionel Barrymore and 
v'Alma Rubens In "Vendetta," Thos. 
. Melghan In "White Heat." Agnes 
• Ayres In "The Beautiful Adventure." 
Betty Compson In "The Woman 
With Four Faces." Gloria Swanson 
In "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," Wm 
DeMille's "Only 38," Bebe Daniels 
and Bert Lytell In "The Exciters." 
— Wallace Reld in "A Gentleman of 
lielsure," Penrhyn Stanlaws* "Chil- 
dren of Jazz." Dorothy Dalton In 
••Fog Bound." Alice Brady In "The 
Snow Bride." and Jack Holt and 
Agnes Ayres in "The Light to the 
Leeward," 

A study of the list reveals n 
number of things. There Is but one 
Wallace Reid production listed, also 
there Is indication that Walter Hcir.q 
la in line to be developed as a fat 



dicated by the fact he Is being co- 
starred with Jacqueline Logan, who 
Is also evidently to be "made" by 
Paramount. Other features are there 
Is a switching back and forth in the 
cases of some of the stars, for Mary 
Miles Minter is only featured In her 
flrst production in the list and 
starred in a later one; Bebe 
Daniels, even though She was the 
best card for money that the old 
Kealart had, is given only feature 
.honors in two productions and then 
co-starred witU Ben Lytell in an- 
other. 

As a matter of fact, there will be 
only 38 pictures of the 39 slated. 
The surprising thing is that Pola 
Negri, according to the present 
plan, will be finished, as far as this 
series of productions is concerned, 
when she has concluded her first 
picture, "Bella Donna." Her sec- 
ond vehicle, "The Song In the 
Shadow," will not be made so as 
to be included in this releasing pro- 
gram. 

The outlook is that there may 
not be a Wallace Reid picture, al- 
though Reid Is down for "A Gentle- 
man of Leisure." The production 
may or may not be included, ac- 
cording to whether or not Reid re- 
covers sufficlefitly to return to 
work. He was also scheduled to 
appear in the production of "Mr. 
Billings Spends His Dime," and the 
original advertising had that as one 
of his productions, but Walter 
Hiers and Jacqueline Logan are co- 
starred instead In the picture. 

In connection with the adver- 
tising for the second series of the 
1922-23 season the Paramount is 
distributing a date book for the ex- 
hibitors which will cover all of 1923. 
In it Is classified their productions 
of the past to January, 1923, In such 
manner the exhibitor will have 
great ease in picking any one of 
the releases. The productions of 
.stars are listed as such, those of 
directors under the names of the 
same, and there is an added de- 
partment which classifies stories as 
to type. There are 13 classes, de- 
fined as follows: Big City Life 
Dramas; Comedy (with five sub- 
divisions), as Automobile Comedy 
Dramas, Co-Star Feature Come- 
dies, Femile Star, Male Star, Small 
Town Comedy Dramas; Crook 
Dramas; Domestic Dramas; Di- 
vorce Problems; p-ather Love 
Dramas; Gown Pictures; Great 
White Way Dramas: Mother Love 
Dramas; Historical Dramas; Out- 
door Dramas; Sea Dramas: Secret 
Service; Small Town Dramas; 
South Sea Settings, and Stage Lite 
Dramas. 

Seemingly, the absence of foreign 
productions is a verification of thi? 
story printed months ago and de- 
nied at the time that Famous Play- 
ers were through with the German 
company with which it was inter- 
ested. Some say that In all the 
German venture wound up with a 
loss of $2,000,000 registered against 
the company. 

With the announcement the Para- 
mount again is getting the Jump on 
the field of distributing organiza- 
tions as It did in the spiing of the 
year. 



The Theatre Owners' Chamber of 

Commerce is making a howl over 

the box office flop the Cosmopolitan 
production "The Pride of Palomar" 
is. At the meeting of the organisa- 
tion last week a committee was ap- 
pointed to take up the matter of 
adjustment of the rental prices 
under which the picture is con- 
tracted through Paramount, ^hls 
week the committee reported back 
no adjustment could be secured. 

It is said the committee of ex- 
hibitors, which included William 
Brandt, Leo Brecher and Hfirmon 
^aflfa, were Informed If it were pos- 
sible for any one person to deter- 
mine the box office value of a pic- 
ture before it were shown that 
person could name his own price 
with any of the big distributing 
companies. As the exhibitors had 
signed contracts for the production 
at a certain figure they would be 
expected to stand by their agree- 
ment It is reported Harry Bux- 
baum of Paraknount's New York ex- 
change made the statement and he 
pointed out that when "The Face 
in the Fog." anothei* Cosmopolitan, 
unexpectedly developed into an ex- 
traordinary box office attraction, 
there was no increase in the rental 
price asked by the exchange. 

The exhibitors claim that on the 
strength of the advance propaganda 
for "The Pride of Palomar" they 
were Jockeyed into signing for the 
picture at prices that were an in- 
crease of from 100 to 200 per cent. 
over what they had paid for "The 
Face in the Fos* and "The Valley 
of Silent Men." 

As a result of "The Pride of 
Palomar" controversy there will be 
a new method employed by the 
T. O. C. C. in advising Its mem- 
bers generally as to the merits of 
pictures through their own review- 
ing committee. This reviewing 
committee incidentally when it tried 
to gret a screening of the "Palomar" 
picture was switched at the local 
Paramount exchange, according to 
their story, and another picture 
which the exchange felt was sure 
fire, was shown Instead. 

In the future the reviewing com- 
mittee in the Instances where an ex- 
change refuses to permit a screening 
of a picture will take it for granted 
that the distributors are afraid that 
the picture is not up to standard 
and will Inform the exhibitor body 
that screening was refused so that 
the members will be able t6 form 
their own opinion as to the reason 
for the refusal. 



"DADDY LONG LEGS " 
BAIT FOR A. B. C MEN 



NEW YOKE EXHIBITORS 



UNING UP, 1,000 DAYS 






A. B. C. Increases Strengdi — ^Hiram Abrams* State* 
ment — J. D. Williams Declined to Organize Na« 
tional Exhibitor Combine > 



Reissue of 1st National's Pick- 
ford Release Appears 
Likely 



BOWLING SETTLES ^ 

Salary for an unplayed portion of 
his play or pay contract with the 
Eddie Dowling Shubert vaudeville 
unit, the first unit to close on that 
circuit, was demanded last week of 
Dowling by Saranoff, the violinist, 
who held the agreement. 

Dowling adjuRte<l the matter by 
paying Saranoff $300. His salnry 
with the unit was $300 weekly, 
alone, and he had been paid up to 
tRe date of the show's closing. 



WHpE STAYS WITH ^EERLESS 

A general denial is made ot the 
rumor that Arthur White Is to sever 
his connection with the PcorlesR 
Booking Corp., which Huni>lles the 
attractions In film form for t'.ie 
Keith. Proctor and Moss housef. 

The story caitied 6lrc'.ilHtiori dur- 
infi the last weciv that White, for- 
mrly one of the important execu- 
ti\eH in the Paramount home o'llice, 
would shortly leave Peerless. 



The Indications are that the 
A. B. C. exhibitor franchise holders 
are going, to get a battle from the 
two big circuits on their playing 
of "Tess of the Storm Country" 
with Mary Pickford as the star. 
According to the plan under discus- 
sion at present the circuits will 
play a reissue of Mary Pickford's 
"Daddy Long Legs," originally re- 
leased througlMp'irst National day 
and date with the new Pickford 
'Storm Country" production. 

According to the advices on the 
matter new prints have been turned 
out for the local First National ex- 
change and a new line of parer for 
advertising purposes is available 
for "Long Legs." The circuits are 
believed to have made a bid for the 
First National reissue with a price 
, set thdt is less than 33^ per cent, 
of what the A. B. C, franchises call 
for on the new Pickford, with the 
underetandlng that they were" to get 
new prints and paper for the pic- 
ture. *" . , 

The A, C. C, however, has rot ar? 
yet set the playiiXg sche«hil:^ for 
"Tens." Originally It v.-as planned 
lo release . the i»lcture Christmas 
week, but the exhibitors hor/led 
that down by stating that during 
the holiday period their houses 
were certain to do bu.sinc.s with 
anything and that they would want 
to hold back on the .Mckford re- 
lease until after the flr.st of the 
year. 



Durlntr the middle of the week, 
Hiram Abrams (United Artists) 
came forth with the statement that 
he was for the A. B. C. proposition 
as a nation-wide movement as a 
t>rotection to both the independent 
producer and the exhibitor. This is 
looked upon as a shrewd trading 
deal on the part ot Abrams for the 
formation of independent booking 
organizations in the field against 
the circuits will make it possible for 
him to take bids from both sides on 
the product that he Is marketing 
through United and Allied Artists. 

A peculiar phase of the Abrams 
statement is that he had a deal on 
with the Loew circuit up to 
Wednesday for both "Robin Hood" 
and "One Exciting Night." The A. 
B. C. is also known as bidding on 
the Fairbanks picture, as well as 
on the Cosmopolitan production, 
"Knighthood," the organisation's of- 
fer on the latter picture being made 
direct to Cosmopolitan through the 
medium of Nathan Burkan. who is 
attorney for Hearst, as well as for 
the exhibitor association. 

The A. B. C. incidentally has 
added about 100 first run days to 
those that It already had. with the 
result that there are now approxi- 
mately 400 days in the circuit Their 
taking in of all opposing houses of 
the independents with flrst, second 
and third runs considered will line 
up around 1,000 days in the Greater 
New York territory for the combi- 
nation. 

In the exchanges, the Jbellef that 
the organization will not he able to 
cling together seems to be some- 
what shattered by the knowledge 
that the exhibitors Joining the or- 
ganisation. In addition to purchas- 
ing a $100 share of stock to become 
a franchise holder, are also de- 
positing a bond of $10,000 each that 
they will fulfill their franchise obli- 
gations to take the 12 pictures of 
the first year of the organization. 

The general release date of "Tess" 
In the A. B. C. houses has not yet 
been fully decided on, but it will 
occur some time shortly after the 
first of the year, although It was 
originally planned for Christmas 
week. 

The existent arrangement will 
call for a division of the product as 
the A.B.C. gets It by alternatlhg in 
the first run houses that are oppo- 
sition. The dates on "Tess" will be 
decided by a toss between opposing 
first runs after which they will al- 
ternate on the pictures released for 
the remainder of the year. Thus 
the exhibitor who first gets "Tess" 
will let his opposition get the sec- 
ond picture which might be either 
"Robin Hood" or "Knighthood" and 
then If the organization secures the 
Harold Lloyd "Dr. Jack" picture 
that will go to the one that flrsl 
had "Tess" providing that it is the 
third release of the A.B.C. 

In New York this week on 
straight discussion of combination 
possibilities It was stated that in- 
stead of the three organizations. 
Famous, First National and Metro 
combining, if the neccesslty aaose 
for producers and distributors to 
protect themselves against Inde- 
pendent exhibitor booking combina- 
tions, the situation as far as Fam- 
ous and Metro are concerned could 
be easily handled through those two 
organizations getting together and 
handing cut ten -year franchises to 
the bigger circuits of the country 
for their product and letting the 
Independents take whatever else 
there was left In the market. 

A movement of this sort with the 
real shortage of good screen pro- 
duction in the market it is believed 
would readily clear up the sitim- 
tlon as far as the Independents are 
concerned, becau.-^c they would be 
unable to net material sufflrlent to 
operate their houses with high grade 
prod uc tiers. 



to combine^: ?" he repeated tkt! 

question asked of him. "Only thing 
for us to do. It's our only salva- 
tion". He refused to say that tht 
M. P. T. O. A. was behind plan, 
However, he predicted that a ma«. 
jorlty of independent exhibitors 
would support, .and co-operate with 
movement. i 

A visit to the various neighbor* 
hood theatres revealed that these 
exhibitors had been adyised not f- 
talk. Nevertheless, several wer«^ 
very anxious to express their dls*" 
satisfaction with distributing con- 
ditions; particularly, the protection 
given Skouras Bros., also the price 
demanded for pictures that been 
"milked" dry, after showing thent 
in 18 or more theatres owned by 
the Bros. The few that did talk 
have pledged their support and co« 
operation, and added, they would 
fight to the finish— -If a fight is 
necessary. Thus, the movement 
among exhibitors forming a com* 
pact organisation to combat the 
monoply of feature pictures as well 
as to Improve booking conditions 
threatens to be a real battle. On 
the other side at the various ex« 
changes the managers were in ig- 
norance of such a' movement. Some 
maintained that a combine was Im- 
possible, that the exhibitors would 
not co-operate, that they could not 
work In harmony. 



FEDERAL COMPLAINTS 
ON "MUSIC TRUST" 



St. Louis. De •. 6. 
Thai the St. Louis txhl)>itor!; ^\.:i 
combiiie for collective bookinrf oT 
film may be attributed .n part io 
the teorgani-aiion of the Vixhibl'on? 
Film Exthange. nnd in a gieatir 
part to the Halement , i f Frc.l 
Wehrenberg. chairman of the M. 1*. 
T. O. A.. St. Louis league and 
new^ elected president of the re- 
organized exchange. "Are we gains 



Nat'l Body of Exhibitors Goes 

to Attorney-General — Ameri- .- 

can Musical Society Silent 



Reviving a matter' that has been 
threshed out irt the courts two years 
ago, Sydney S. Cohen, president ot 
the Motion Picture Theatre Own- 
ers of America, In company with 
other national officers of the ex- 
hibitors body, lodged formal com- 
plaints against the American 
Society of Composers, Authors and 
Publishers in Attorney General 
Daugherty's office and with the Fed- 
eral Trade Commission in Wash* 
Ington, p. C. The general allega* 
tion was made that the society is n 
combination in restraint of trad« 
and that its processes are pre- 
Judicial to the interests of the pub- 
lic and theatre owners. 

The so-called, by the exhibitors, 
"music trust" has long been a thorn 
In the existence of theatre owners 
who have objected to the payment 
of license fees. Litigation in sev- 
eral state courts, defended In turn 
by the Individual defendant or the 
state theatre owners' associations, 
have always been decided in favor 
of the publisher-owner of the copy- 
right. The Copyright Law of 1909 
specifically vests full control of the 
public performance of his copy- 
righted composition with the copy- 
right owner and he *can do with it 
as he sees fit. 

Cohen met with National Direct- 
ors H. B. Varner of Lexington, N. C, 
and A. Julian Brylawski of Wash- 
ington, and M. J. OToole, chairman 
of the National Public Service Com- 
mittee of the M. P. T. O. A. In deter- 
mining the specific form of com- 
plant to be presented. Their con- 
tention is that* copyright law does 
not provide for the tax fees, and 
that it is nn emb.argo on the free 
expression of Apierican musical 
g-enlur. . =: 

Local ofllclalfl of the A. S. C. A P. 
make no comment other than the 
exhibitor has the altc:natlve of not 
playln.*; copyriRhted cumpnsi'tinns 
controlled by the Koriely. if Ihey 
rec!: to climlnr.to tho i>ayment ot 
thr t>r n f 1 trniH pg r B t? n t i kt yvnv 
lor what confitltutoM '0 y.cr r<»nt o* 
ih-^ avcraRc llim i.io';ram. they can 
r.f^complifh it ly not performing the 
^(•cictys muaic. >.. -V 



Bc:rb3ra Caslleto.i in * The DA'* 
Fo::'f. ' n:>.t." v«!)lch etartcl . >i1 
th'n: t\o?!:, direoteil by J. O.-rdon Btl- 
ward.-, ha J r.arba.'a Castlotou l.i the 
lead. 



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Fairbanks or Other United Artists' Films — Result 
of Row Over Booking "Robin Hood" 






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Detroit, Dec. «. 
United Artists and Douglas Fair- 
banks stand to lose at least $200,000 
In bookings In Michigan as a result 
of the action taken by the Michigan 
Motion Picture Theatre Owners as- 
sociation In virtually effecting a 
boycott on United Artists. While it 
Is not a deliberate boycott and 
while the association used no co- 
ercion In getting its members to re- 
fuse to book future United Artists 
productions it did use every per- 
•uasion in the matter, all of which 
is perfectly legal according to the 
findings of former Judge Alfred J. 
Murphy, attorney for the associa- 
tion. He declares it is legal to per- 
suade and that the association has 
only done that. 
^ The association last week sent out 
L * big folder 'with a cartoon ridicul- 
K ing Douglas Fairbanks and urging 
' exhibitors not to book any future 
United Artists ' or Douglas Fail - 

to Monday, 
postcards had 
^ been received from exhibitors, rep- 
resenting not less than 150 theatres, 
in which they went on record to 
the effect that t^ey would not play 
any more "Douglas Fairbanks or 
United Artists productions." 

It is the first time since the or- 
ganization of the Michigan motion 
picture ownet^ that any concerted 
action has been taken to urge its 
members to refuse the bookings of 
any one company. "The United 
Artists must bo made an example 
of," said Henderson Richey. of the 
association. "They are the hardest 
organization to fight in some ways 
, and yet the easiest. Hardest be- 
" cause they have excellent pictures 
and easiest because they have given 
-' us a real case against themselves. 
Had they been dfiJ'omatic they 
could have saved themselves all this 
annoyance. AlJ we wanted from 
them was an assurance that they 
would not do it again and for them 
to admit that they had erred." 

N. C. Chapman, manager of the 
Orpheum theatre for the Shadukiam 
Grotto, who booked "Robin Hood" 
from John Fairbanks direct, says 
be does not intend to let the ex- 
hibitors association "lick him". He 
is now negotiating for other big 
pictures and says any further 
tampering on the \part of the ex- 
hibitors association will bring a 
suit fnr damages. "The exhibitors 
association have a right of course 
to do certain things for the uplift 
of the Industry, but they have gone 
too far. Our deal with John Fair- 
banks was absolutely a fair one. 
We paid the price and we showed 
It at $2 prices which was not in 
competition with the regular pic- 
ture houses. The Broadway-Strand 
or Johji H. Kunsky certainly would 
not change the entire policy of their 
theatres and put "Robin Hood" on at 
$2 with two shows daily. It would 
be better for them to stick to their 
own policy and to play "Robin Hood" 
after its Orpheum run. They have 
no more right to show pictures at 
$2 if they are a continuous policy 
houKO than the legitimate theatre 
would have to enter their field, if 
you want to put it that way. I be- 
lieve that every theatre has a right 
to show whatever it wants, at what- 
ever prices as long n.s it pays what 
the produc( r asks. If he is willing 
to gamble, whose l)u.sine«s is it? 
The case of the OriJJunmi is not 
comparable with any other city and 
neither does it .«!et any precedent 
' that is against the exhibitor. It is 
my personal opi?»Ion that the Michi- 
gan League ha.s gone Just a step 
too far, both ngain.st Mr, Fairbanks, 
the I'nlted Artists and in n.'^in^' its 
influence to stop the Oritiieum tiie- 
atre from geJting any murt" big pic- 
tures." 

Manafrer Chapman has stirred up 
oxciteTnent fi^r the fir^•t-^uns by 
angina U\i* ()rt»li« urn tlicaXr«-pol- 
Icy for llie "Ilol)in ilood ' enj^ago- 
inenr. The pirlure comiilot'.-il four 
weeks ;u %2 prices, all fu«a?s re- 
servftl on Satiirdity. l)-c. 2. On 
SuTiday, l)(i\ .lid tlir Orplieuni in- 
augi!ial«.'d ix puligy of Ji»e, tlit)W.s 
tlaily, with jvri.:e/< on tJ»G main floor 
r^«lii.:cd to Tj rmts a'i<1 fl ai ni?;ht 

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WATCHING NEW FflJU 
THROUGH STEREOSCOPE 



Device on Every Seat at Sel- 
wyn — Picture Unseen by 
^ , Naked Eye 

Following the tenancy of D. W. 
Griffith at the Selwyn, who Monday 
switched from the Apollo for the two 
remaining weeks' rent of the latter 
house, there will be exhibited the 
new stereoscopic films called "Tele- 
view." The new film is not intelligi- 
ble to tho naked eye but must be 
viewed through a device akin to the 
stereoscope. Each seat in the Sel- 
wyn will be equipped with the de- 
vice, adjustable to the face of any 
person seated. 

It will cost 135,000 to equip the 
Selwyn with the "Teleview" peeping 
^devices. The corporation controlling 
the new pictures plans similarly out- 
fitting one theatre in each city. The 
showing at the Selwyn is, however, 
an introductory one, the manage- 
ment intending no more than a brief 
exhibition, although the "Teleview" 
has an option of three weeks follow- 
ing the single week arranged for. 

"Teleview" is due at Christmas. 
Jane Cowl is dated for the Selwyn 
late in January in "Romeo and 
Juliet," but may be assigned another 
house, dependent on the run of the 
film "Teleview" is backed by John 
Borden, the wealthy Chlcagoan, who 
has had m'any adventures and who 
is a backer of the greatly successful 
yellow taxicab venture. 



WILLIAMS OFFICE 

Opens New York Quarte 
Schenck Deal 



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J. D. Williams is back from the 
coast and now installed in his own 
offices in the Strauss building at 
5th avenue and 46th 8t»eet. Will- 
Lams moved Into his suite Wednes- 
day, but prior to that time he had 
been practically keeping ofl!lce8 in 
the lobby of the "Rltz, which adjoins 
the Strauss building. 

Early this week Williams again 
denied the rumors to the effect that 
he was going to be associated with 
Jos. M. Schenck or that the latter 
was to be with him in his new ven- 
ture. He pointed out that it was a 
year aft%r he started on the forma- 
tion of First National before there 
was • anything tangible regarding 
that organization and stated that 
such might be the case with his 
new plans. Williams also stated 
that there was no truth that there 
was a deal between himself and 
one of the executives of the Insj^i- 
ratlon Pictures Corp. 



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FUSSINa OVEE PATTEN 

Los Angeles, Dec. 6. 

Former Postmaster Patten, right 
hand man for Hays on the coast, 
was greeted on his arrival here by 
tho heads of the various large com- 
panies that are members of the Hays 
organization. He is to make a study 
of studio conditions and report back 
east to Hays. 

The company ofllclals are making 
a great fus.s over him. 



in tho hon.se, and no doubt the.se 
prices are charged merely to let it 
be known its run at |2 in not ended 
The new poi y Is virtually the 
s.'ime as In effert at the Ad.mjs, 
.Madison. Broadway- Strand or Fox. 
the regulation first-run picture 
houses, and practically infers that 
"Robin Hood" will not bo sold to any 
of thnsp fht' .-iitres an d that the th w 
l)olicy at tlf" Orph«^Mim is in realit.v 
()io first -nm oji '■K"I)-in llood." 

It would not be surprising to Kee 
tilt! Orpheum announce ih.it "th's? 
picture will not be shown .-it an>- 
(liiier Detroit theatre" and Ih. prices 
drori)rd a.i:;ain after a f«'w w 'ks h' 
order to tret the trade {votn the peo- 

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KARL mCHEN DEALS 
BLOW TO FILM MEN 



Claims Business Is 'Controlled 

by Group of Foreign-born 

Speculators'' 



Karl K. Kitchen, who writes on 
theatrical topics for the New York 
"World" Sunday magazine section 
and also publlclBos "Hitchy-Koo " at 
divers intervals, has written an ar- 
ticle. "Whafa the Matter With the 
A|ovJos?" in "Columbia," the omcial 
organ of the Knights of Columbus. 
He states, in part, in an attack on 
the industry's executives: 

"In the first place, the film In- 
dustry in America is controlled by 
a group of foreign -born specula- 
tors, the majority of whom are 
actually unable to speak the 
English language with dny de- 
gree of correctness. Pants press - 
ers, deli-atessen dealers, furriers 
and penny showmen started In the 
picture business when it was in 
its infancy, and they are the type 
of 'magnates' who preside over its 
destinies today. 

"The whole industry is in the 
grip of men of this type — uncul- 
tured opportunists from Central 
Europe from whom, until they are 
retired from the motion picture 
business, the American public 
caji never hope to see any real 
improvement In the photoplay. A 
few better pictures will be made, 
of course, but the great bulk of 
tho product will be cheap, and 
without taste — like the men who 
make theni. 

"Har.sh words, you say. But It 
is necessary to point out this fun- 
damental fault with the movies 
before setting forth the others. 
When a better class of producers 
make motion pictures there will 
be better pictures.'* 

He adds, "The days of alien 
domination of the American mo- 
tion picture industry are num- 
bered and nobody knows it better 
than tho Illiterate but crafty 
•magnates' who are in control at 
the present time. , ., . , 

"When this change oomcs about 
there will be less of the 'favorit- 
ism' than now exists throughout 
the production end of the indus- 
try. Naturally, In any business 
In which beautiful women are em- 
ployed there are bound to be in- 
stances of favoritism. IJut the 
number of untalented and entirely 
superfluous young women who 
are foisted on the public today 
will be considerably lessened." 

Kitchen continues: "Practically 
all the film companies are turn- 
ing out the same , type of picture?. 
Photoplays today are as stand- 
ardized as sausages, and no effort 
is made to change them. Because 
they made money in the past the 
companies are turning them out 
to<lay expecting them to make 
money in the future. They are all 
made with the same formula, with 
tho result that when a theatre- 
goer has seen four or five pictures 
he has really seen four or five 
hundred. 

"The best proof of this Is the 
fact that whenever a so-called 
unusual picture is shown — a pho- 
toplay that is a little different 
from others— it is almost invari- 
ably a big financial success. But 
let one company make a success- 
ful SCI story and every other 
company will follow suit. Soon 
the public Is surfeited with them." 

In conclusion: "The fact that 
too many photoplays glorify 
crime and criminals and that 
they make heroes of seducers 
and heroines of prostitutes is, 
of cour.se, deplorable, but not 
particularly Ferlous. To ehronlele 
nil the minor faults would rerjulro 
a ."-mail siz^^l volume. The funda- 
mental ffiults are the ali<'n doml- 
natif)n with its curse of relatives, 
and the copy-cat methnds em- 
ployed by every company. When 
they are eradicated — as they pure- 
ly will be -we shall have fewer 
and better movies." 



CERTIFIED INCREASE 



A. B. C DECLARES PRODUCER 
PLEDGES INSURE FUU SUPPLY 



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Independent Makers Volunteer with Offers of Ma- 
terial of Sufficient Footage to Fill Bookings 
Indefinitely — Covers N. Y. Group Only 



TRADE SCOFFS AT SUIT 
OF VITA VS. FAMOUS 



Anti-Trust Action Regarded as 

^^Childish Squawk"— Vita 
Once in "Trust" r 



Vitagraph filed an anti-trust suit 
against Famous Players and other 
parties in the Federal court in New 
Yorlt late last week, alleging a con- 
spiracy in restraining of trado and 
a virtual monopoly of first run 
houses, and demanding damageu uf 
J6,000,000. 

The trade was not disposed to re- 
gard the court action seriously. 
Vitagraph's product is of the mod- 
erate priced kind. Instead of first 
run theatres being tied up to the big 
distributors a number of exhibitors 
have been forced to combine in a 
mutual booking arrangement calUd 
tho A.ssociated Booking Company 
for the specific purpose of buying 
pictures in the open marliet In this 
case first run exhibitors complain 
that their supply of first run fea- 
tures is restricted, or the reverse of 
Vitagraph's contention. 

Showmen looked upon Vitagranh's 
suit as a "childish squawk" because 
Vitagraph didn't enjoy what It con- 
sidered a proper demand for Vita- 
graph pictures, :„•; • 

As a matter of fact, Vitagraph 
and its present chief, Albert E. 
Smith, at one time were an intimate 
part of tho Tightest, tightest l!ttle 
trust the industry ever saw, when 
a member of the General Film Co., 
which attracted the attention of the 
Department of Justice before it 
went into bankruptcy. Vitagraph 
was the prime mover In a little 
consolidation of its own, the V. Ij. S. 
E., a releasing combination that 
functioned for a long time. Thl.-g 
present suit seems merely a follow- 
up of a recent Federal Trade Com- 
mission complaint against Famous. 



EXPLOITATION SONGS 



Kansas Exhibitors Raise Royalty 
■\ Point 



The Kansas Motion Picture The- 
atre Owners' Association Is oppos- 
ing the music tax demands as con- 
cerns the performance of "picturd 
fcongs." 

This exhibitors' body deems .«?ongs 
like "The Sheik," "Rodolph Valen- 
tino niucH." "Oliver Twist." "The 
Old Homestead," "Isle of Zorda," 
"Lorna Doone" and numbers on 
that order which are written around 
a film production for mutual pub- 
licity purposes as an exploitation 
stunt and should not be Rii>»Jei'ted 
to a music license fee like other 
copj-rlghted songs. 



BILL HART BACK ON SCREEN 

William S. Hart is coming back to 
the screen and he Is again going to 
be linked with Famous PlAyers in 
.any productions that he may do. 
That at least Is the word that has 
been sent out unofTlcIally since Hart 
arrived in New York a weelc ago 
aboard tho Paramount special from 
the coast whi( h brought baek the 
deh'ifates to the sales convention 
which that organization held in Los 
Angeles. 

Hart Is h<^re looking for stories. 
House, ClroHsman & Vorhaus are 
looking after his business affairs, 
at lea.st William Gros.sman of that 
(irm, who has been the screen star'.s 
adviser, is in almo.st daily touch 
with him. 



Circle, Indianapolis, Advertises 
Raises in Scale 



Indanapoll.'-. Per. f>. 
The Circle, movies, rai.'ud it.s 
prlrrs last week from 2r>c. «ifter- 
nonns an«l 25'*. .'Uiel 4''.c. evi-nini^s to 
30c. afternoons ar.d aoc. and 50c. 
f'veriinKS. 
I'u'l page ad.si slpjutd by tho P.oard 
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mulntulned un the old price ecolc. 



FRISCO PRODUCERS ORGANIZE 

San Francisco, Hoc. 6. 
— Mnttnn pirtnro produr»»rs in San 
Franei<='0 held a meeting la.st week 
and formed a co-operative organ- 
ization of wlilf'h N. Hragomanovich 
was elected president. 

The companies included In th*^ 
n^^w a.s.t;0(:iation are tho West C )ast 
l-'ilm <!orf»oratlon. I'au] f5/»r-on 
; ■ .ii.j «r ■.•'.M»;a!;o:i. ..i>.t •" ;. 
f ;i'f<T,i'<»i I'li'-t^iplny, Ire, aiid :'.: , 
CJoidc-n Ciatc Film Corporation. 



A statement emanated from the 
Associated Booking CO., made up 
of independent exhibitors in the 
metropolitan area, that enough film 
for their purposes had been prac- 
tically pledged by independent pro- 
ducers to insure their programs on 
a first run basis far ahead. 

Beyond this condition it was de- 
clared tho cooperative group had 
te ted out by intorvlewa and corre- 
spondence the views of outside pro- 
ducers sufficiently to be convinced 
that their position as independent 
buyers of pictures was secure. 

Until this canvass of producer 
opinion had been made it remained 
a question what the attitude of the 
producer would be^ If the inde- 
pendent had declined to do business 
with the A. B.C. or bad shown a 
dl position to hold out for high 
terms, the venture would have ap- 
peared doubtful. EUther the exhib- 
itor pool members would have had 
to go back to their Individual book- 
ing with the big distributors, as 
before, have filled their programs 
with outsido product l>ookcd Indi- 
vidually or turiied their homes over 
to second run. This would have 
been a return to the old practice 
toward the correction of which tho 
A.B.C. was formed. ' 

Most of the iturvey is b.ased upon 
correspondence" frbm independents 
who approached the A.B.C. volun- 
tarily with a vleiv to opening nego- 
tiations and the data concerns only 
the New York group without refcr- 
enee to the other cooperative pools 
which have formed or are reported 
forming in St. Louis. Texas and 
other sections. A movement is 
pro.iireFsing toward the int<5r-rela« 
t!on of there groups which would 
be stronger than any single alliance, 
but the a.«;surapce of supply is al- 
ready ample for the New York 
synelicato alone. "* 

Iiid ligations of a helpful attitude 
On the p;irt of the Independent pro- 
ducer are of the utmost importance 
to the A.B.C. members. It is rec- 
ognized that the outside exhibitor 
stands between two fires. All the 
A.U.C. exhibitors are in competition 
more or less severe with either the 
Keith exchange associates or the 
Locw chain. The big circuits make 
it their business to secure as near 
100 per cent, of the desirable attrac- 
tions as possible in order to give 
tho best show and to keep desirable 
pictures out of the hands of rivals. 

The big distributors want the 
booking of tho important circuits 
because it is the most profitable. 
From t;me to time effort has been 
directid toward an arrangement for 
tiie division of programs in certain 
zones. It was suggested that Fam- 
ous riayers for Instance deliver a 
leading release to a Loew neighbor- 
hood theatre one week and to an 
Independent in the same «one the 
next week, both houses being first 
run. The scheme fulled at the out- 
set be ause Loew and the Keith 
bookers would not agree to the di- 
vision and the distributor took the 
position ho could not enforce the 
praetiee except OH tho circuit's 
agreement. 



VALENTINO'S ENGLISH DATE 

Oha«. B. Cochran, English pro- 
ducer, has entered into a tentative 
airrcement with Rodolph Valentino^ 
picture star, calling for the appear- 
ance of Valentino and Mr.s. Valen- 
tino in London at $3. COO weekly, 
providing the litigation now on be- 
tween Valentino and the Famous 
IMaycrs should be decided against 
Valeritlno. Should the final »PFult 
of tho litlKation permit Valentino 
to play in America, the picture star 
will play tl.e large film houses, 
making per.«onal appearances with 
Mrs. Valrutino. 

Cochran plans to place Valentino 
in one of his I/<>ndon revues, if the 
drrjK ion Is against Valentino play- 
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Sam Goldwyn Secretive 

Los Angeles, IX'C. (5. 
My.-lery surrounds the presence 
Ikii! of Sanniol Goldwyn, who ar- 
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VOL. LXK. No. 4 



NEW YORK CITY. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1922 



48 PAGES 



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HAYS CLEANING UP COAST 



CABARETS ASK TRY-OUTS" 



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BY RECOGNIZED ARTISTS 






Mostly Vaudevillians Invited to Perfonn for Nothing/ 
**To Show" — Imposition Following "Invitation* 
Turns — Standard Acts Pay No Attention 



"The Broadway cabarets have 
irone crazy," or their managements 
or booking agrenta have, according: 
to vaudevillians, who state with 
much Indignation that when ap- 
proached with an offer for an en- 
gagement In one or more Broa4- 
"way cabare-ts It was suggested that 
they "try out" before rec«^ivlng a 
contract. 

This request has been placed be- 
fore recognized artists, mostly 
vaudevillians. They look upon it 
as impudent and hare paid no at- 
tention. 

.■The acts say this Js a follow-up 
of the imposition practiced upon 
th«m through having professional 
friends as entertainers ln«the cab- 
arets, who have Invited them to the 
restaurant to do a turn as a favor, 
which they have done. 

Tha "invitation" turn, gratis, is 
generally ascribed as the cause of 
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BANKER OLD FILM MAN 



Baldwin Who Takes Loew Bonds 
Formerly Biograph Director 



The transaction by which tlie 
Kmpire Trust Co. of New York 
takes over a bond issue covering 
the purchase price of the Glynn & 
Ward theatres on Long Island by 
the Marcus Loew interests, recalls 
that the president of llie Empire 
Tru?t is Leroy Baldwin, wlio was a 
director in tlie old IJiograph Co. 
wh'vMi tli.'it concern unti the ICdlson 
Co. fornif^d tiie basi.M of the Pictur** 
Patents Co. and the General Film 
Co. 

T!i'.' -.Ill film 'Trust'" was liu crea- 
tion (*t" Jeremiah . Kenn«*»l.\" who 
bought control of Hiusrraph. and 
liiildwin was a llfc-lontj bu.sir.eas 
a:i80(r:uU' of KonneJy. The iindt»r- 
staTulincr in Ihe thejitre ^bu.'<in»-^^- is 
"that {\)v Trust Co.'s tl'UfilWSlilp is 
tem|M.iiiiy mill tli.at iilT!niat.^;.\ llie 
bond.-" \\ill he maiketed. M 'nnwhile 
the s-eiuity is depo.sitod witii tlie 
Empire on i-orre kind (\ a \\>u:\ ur- 
ransf'Mnont. 

Ot all the bonking ni**n wljo iiave 
a finmr in the picture \tif. (Baldwin 
Is said to be the Ix-.st i>if.ii ri)*U on 
«N>n<(itlonH in the <•♦ Ilnloiil and j^en- 
•ral lb sat re trades. 



HIGH RECORD FOR GROSS 
TAKEN BY 'THE BAT" 



Over $4,000,000 to Date— 

Wagenhals & Kemper's Hit 

Playing All Over World 



Wagenhala A Kemper's ''The 
Bat" is "now flying' all over the 
world. In addition to the American 
companies touring, Gilbert Miller 
has two in the English provinces, 
Robert Courtneidge is presenting a 
company in India, the play is in its 
10th month in Australia, and two 
companies are being readied for 
Scahdinavla. 

"Tlie Bat's " total gross here has 
already established a world's record 
of nearly |4. 000, 000, secured in less 
than two ai><l one»half seasons. 
There are seven companies of the 
champion mystery play on tour In 
the U. S., as there were last season. 

Its Broadway run record of two 
weeks over two years was topped by 
"Lightnin' " which ran three years. 
Though the latter toi)s all comedy 
attrtietions for run, "Tlie Bat' is 
(Continued on page 3» 



VISITING THERE 




Intends Making Picture 
Players and Producers 
Behave, Under Pain of 
Being Expelled f at om 
"Film School" — ^Some May 
Be Banished for Year or 
Longer if Disobeying — 
Co-operative Working 
Agreement Against "Bad 
Boys and Girls*' — Keep- 
ing Producers from Con- 
flicting, Another Plan of 
Chief of the Movies 



TOO MUCH MONEY 



REMEMBERED STAFF 

Patron of Teller's, Brooklyn, Left 
Bequest for Courteous Employes 



Los Angeles. Dec. II. 
The present trip Will H. Haya Is 
making to the coast seems to be 
surcharged with significance. It is 
purely and solely a business visit. 
All the dining, onteitaining and 
"yesmcn"' speeches are out The 
(Continued on page 6> 



The estate of Joseph Ki:emrinn, 
a Brooklyn (X. Y.) insuran<e man. 
who died four veHrs—njfo, l.^ heiii^; 
teUle«l up now. Among the besiye.HiH 
is one for the box otllce and usher 
staff employes of the Shubert-Tt'llei- 
theatre, Brooklyn, oi' which the de- 
r"n.«»d wa."« a regular i»atron. In 

H j»j»t«^* iatiow iut ttie f .tin-[^- - ioK 

.sliuWTi him by the ii(Mjs«» 

.Mr. I'^i-emann remembered them in 

his will. 

i'.ec.iu.-e of lepr.'il tefhiilcalitief- t'nr> 
.-liin !;• not deflTiitel* derided upon. 



MUSICAL "MERCHANT" 
PLAYS TO $50 NIGHTLY 

Mother of Composer Wants to 

Buy Princess Theatre to 

Continue Run 



CHI BALCONIES BEING FILLED 
BY CUT RATES It) WORKERS 



Ex-Treasurers Proiboting Succettful Plan — Selling at 
Half Price to Employes of Large Concern — Is 
Called Community Ticket Club 



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MAX SPIEGEL SUFFERS 
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN 

Unfortunate Theatrical Ven- 
tures This Season — Unit 
and Legit Productions 



Max Spiegel, theatrical producer 
and member of the Mark Strand 
Co., operators of the Strand picture 
houses throughout the Kast, is con- 
fined In New York, suffering from 
a nervous breakdown. 

Spiegel is the producer of several 
Shubert vaudeville units, ulso the 
recent Norah Bayes production 
"Queen O'Hearts" which had a short 
run recently. His Illness is at- 
tributed to worry about business 
condition.s and follows a number of 
unfortunate ventures theatrically 
the current season. - 

Mrs. Spiegel has also been under 
the care of pliysicians for several 
months past. She is the daughter 
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DALE'S PLAY CLOSED 



I 



It will ringe l)etween l.'JiiO .'»rid_$KflO 
to be divided between tiie two box 
offlce women and ll\e ui^hpis. eni- 
ployrd tlurinj^ Mr, Ki.ienninn s 
patrun:<ge. 



Lonilfjn, Dec 
Tlie mu>'iejil. "Metcluint of \en- 
iee. " with Adrian lleo-hnm. its com 
!)OKer. i.« playing to 10 pound- tabout 
%r,(tt nightly at the Duk^ of York's. 

Tlje boy's mother. I^ady Rr^pcbain. 
has <fr»red 100.000 pounds to th" 
.Melvllbs to puK-hise their Princess 
attaelje , theatre, in vvlii' h she WlidWi^ in ron- 
linue th*> in- oi' th«' muHieal vt'ision 
nft'T it ends ai the Prln'T'csti. The 
Al'^hiiles are askiiK ITO.OOO ponixls, 
)-tatin« the.\ retiised ;( laru'er bid 
ih.in Lady IJeecbum'.s cfl'er at au<- 
tlol'. 

Yo'l;!^' Iteecliam Is l?)e f-'U of the 



Heeeliatn futniiy. for lori^: yemx eon - 
ed with grand opera over here. 



"Nobody's Fool" Sent to Storehouse 
by Shuberti 



Chicago, Dec. ] S. 

Some az-trcasurers of leading 
theatres of Chicago have eVolved 
a scheme for disposing of balcony 
tickets. It started with such suc- 
cess It has attracted the attefitloti 
of showmen and is said to have 
received endorsement as a method 
of solving the problem of empty 
balconies, a serious matter In the 
loglt houses of Chicago and marty 
other oJtles. 

The concern is called the Com- 
munity Ticket Club and It deals 
with the welfare organizations In 
the leading concerns In the out- 
lying districts of Chicago, where 
great numbers of people are em- 
ployed, such as Western Electric 
at Cicero, which has 39,000 em- 
ployes; International Harvester Co.. 
14,000; Chicago Telephone Co. and 
Illinois Central Railroad. 

The plan Is to have representa- 
tives of the Community Ticket Club 
appear before bodies of employes 
and offer cut rate tickets to thosu 
theatres with which the Community 

(Continued on page 3) ' 



j neee 
• neel* 



".Vobody's Fool.'* the Alan Dale 
eomedy-dr.ima whlcli was made a 
matter of dispute between Augustus 
I'itou, the Shuberts and the critic, 
closed alter being out for several 
W(:ekH. 

The play wa.n orijrinully produced 
by Pltou with May Itobson starred 
about two seasons -aj;o. luit was 
no»\er shown in New York. Last 
monfh it agiiin rea<hed the boards 
nnder (he direction of the Shuberts, 
who planned it for iiroadway, but 
sent It to the stnrehons»s nfirr play- 
ing the Maj#'Stir. lJiof>UIyn. 

Pi toil claim d lie had never le- 
linqiiished hi.x rights and that b" j 
held a claim to whatevei- prolUs 
the piece niigljt ciirn under the 
Shnb' rt management. Notices were 
s«Mve<l by his attorney, but thf pro- 
pof.d nrtiun b.\' Pilou was dropped 
n the show was called in. 



CHURCH NO THEATRE RIVAI 

Syracuse, N. T., Dec. 13. 

"When the Christian church tries 
to compete with the theatre, it loses 
out, because the theatre can enter- 
tain very much better than the 
Christian church." the Rev. Dr. 
Samuel C3. Trexler. president of the 
New York and New England Synod 
of the English Lutheran Church, 
and the "fighting parson" of the do- 
nomination, told Syracuse when ha 
spoke at the thirtieth anniversary 
jubilee of the Church of the Re- 
deemer. 

Dr. Trexler's attack was directed 
at ministers who deal with sen.«a- 
tlonalism and at churches which 
drop religion to concentrate upon 
other things. 



COSTUMES 

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EQUITY PROMISES FUNDS 



TO STRIKERS IN BERLIN 



All But Five Houses Closed as Players Demand Pay 
Based on Living Costs — ^Dollar Contact Reports 
Make Trouble 



•JLyK. 



Paris, Dec. 2. 

Almost all the Berlin theatres 
irere closed last week, with ac- 
tresses selling • their Jewels and 
automobiles to help their poorer 
•Isters. 

Such was the report received by 
cable when Mabel' "Carrisoa made 
her debut at the State opera house 
In Berlin In aid of German singers, 
In the midst of a general strike of 
theatrical people for an increase of 
salaries. The dispute Is over a dif- 
ference of about 300 marks (50 
cents, according to the rate of ex- 
change) a month. The actors de- 
mand their wages be regulated ac- 
cording to the average price of food 
for the month, and the dispute may 
last several ^i^eeks. 

The Actors' Equity Association 
sent a cable from New York ex- 
pressing sympathy and promising 
funds. Five houses are defying the 
•trike order, substitutes playing In- 
stead of the regular companies. 
Actors are speaking at the moving 
picture halls, explaining to the pub- 
lic the cause of the strike at the 
legitimate theatres. 

It Is stated the strike is aggra- 
Tated by reports of dollar contracts 
being* offered by American agents 
during the past season. A pro- 
vincial opera troupe of some Im- 
portance, specializing in Wagner, 
sailed last week with scenery and 
baggage, to play under the manage- 
ment of Blumenthal In the United 
States. 



PARIS RIOTS OVER RICH 
AUTHOR'S TRAVESn 



NEW PIECE AT COMEDIE 



Comedy by Ds Curel Does Only 
■ Fsirly— Mme. Pisrat Has Lead 



Paris, Dec. 13. 

The new work of Francois dc 
Curel, produced at the Comodie 
Prancaise December 6, was fairly 
well received. It is a three-act 
comedy, only moderately well pre- 
sented and unevenly played. 

A rich country manufacturer has 
his heiress educated in Paris una- 
ware that she will be a woman of 
wealth 'when her education is com- 
pleted. The girl, Hortense, falls in 
love with a middle-aged philosophi- 
ral professor and becomes engaged 
to him. but after residing some time 
In the country falls for the husky 
gentleman farmer who is her neigh- 
bor and finally marries him. while 
the professor nobly withdraw.^ and 
devotes himself to science. 

The intent has apparent" y been to 
make it a humorous picture of the 
' triumph of young love over the 
complacent philosophy of middle 
age. The title might be rendered 
•The Moderation of the Wise'. 
Alexandr<*« the outspoken young 
farmer and Bernard as the uncle 
are excellent, but Herve'a playing 
of the professor and Mme. Plerat 
as Hortense arc unconvincing. 



Grafting Bird's Tongues on 

Fish Proves Too Much — 

Closes and Reopens 



Paris, Dec. 13. 

"Locus Solus," a delirious cubist 

rave in six tableaux, was put on 

Dec. 7 at the Theatre Antolne, but 

was withdrawn hastily whtn the 

public made an angry demonstr.a- 

tion, abusing tho rich author who 

had leased the theatre $tnd paid all 
costs of the production. ■ 

It was tried again Monday with 
the entire third act suppressed, but 
still is too wild to secure, or indeed, 
to deserve a hearing. The venture 
goes down as a complete fiasco. 

The offering might be described 
as a crazy futuristic revue and is 
as absurd as It 1 Incomprel.ensible. 
The title refers to a hermit sci- 
entist who makes wlerd Inventions 
such as taming worms by playing 
to them on a violin and grafting 
birds' tongues on flsh in order to 
produce submarine concerts. 

A dizzy audience which had sat 
through these proceedings came to 
the conclusion that the wealthy 
author, Raymond Rou^sel, was try- 
ing to mock moJern art fads, but 
he had missed his purpose by a 
wide margin. The burlesque, if it 
is meant to be a buriCsque, lacks 
humor or wit. 

SignoreV plays the eccentric sci- 
entist. Others in the cast are Mor- 
ton and Fabre, as judges; Georges 
Flateau, amusing as a court clerk; 
Felix Galipaux, Mile. Capazza and 
Mile. Jasmine, dancers. Maurice 
Fouret has written a curious score 
for the ballets while Poirct has 
outdone all precedent in the design 
of fastastic costutncs. 




FRANK VAN HOVEN saysz 

My route 14 years ago this month, 
the dates as nearly as possible cor- 
rect, but the houses right: Monday 
and Tuesday, The Electric, Mil- 
waukee ave. ; Wednesday matinee. 
Dreamland, Madison ave. (was 
closed); Thursday, 11 a. m. till mid- 
night on every hour. The American; 
Friday night and all day Saturday^ 
The Pastime, Hammond, Ind.; Sun- 
day, Schindler's, all day and nearly 
all night. "Was nearly shut." Next 
week, Crystal, Logansport, Ind., for 
Ammons' good old John Hardle, 
manager; 25 smackers. The next 
week. The Polly, South Halsted. 
Dressed in the operator's cabin and 
came down thru the audience to the 
stage. Was held over two days and 
a half. Lived at the Palace, "owed 
my life," and ate at the "Sewer," 
Van Buren and Wabash. 'AFPY 
DYES. 

FRANKIE VAN HOVEN 



13 PLAYS CLOSE IN • 
LONDON IN TWO WEEKS 



AMEKICANS IN EUROPE 

':■■ Paris, Dec. 13. 

Among the American newcomers 
to the Frcnth capital this wefk are 
George M. Cohan and Harry Mun- 
dorf. 

In Paris last week: Miss T.aura 
A. Smith, author, en route to New 
York; W. D. Foster, picture pro- 
ducer; E. ir. Sothern and wife 
(Julia Marlowe), James K. Hack- 
ett, Ralph Lawton (of Musio Dept. 
of Iowa University), Louis Sherry 
(New York restaurateur^, H. D. 
Maisch (designer), Harrison Fisher 
(painter). , 



Six Stopped Last Saturday. 

and Seven Wilt Wind Up 
This Week 



DE COURVILLE'S DEBTS 

Bankrupt London Producor Owss 
. £100,000 



London, Dec. IS. 

The affairs of Albert de Courville 
are occupying the attention of the 
bankruptcy authorities. His liabili- 
ties are estimated at about £100,- 
000, while his assets consist of a 10 
per cent, interest in a recently pro- 
duced revue, "Smoke Rings," and 
some book debts which are not sup- 
posed to realize anything. In 1905 
the debtor was a Journalist. Later 
he became private secretary to the 
late Sir Edward Moss, head of Moss 
Empires, and shortly after assistant 
to the managing director, then gen- 
eral manager and producer at the 
Hippodrome. He produced "Hulloa 
Ragtime," "Hulloa Tango," "Zlg 
Zag" . and many other revues. He 
also produced "Tho 13th Chair," 
"Tho Very Idea" and "Cheating 
Cheaters." ; •*. 

At about this tfmd hts Income 
ranged from £10,000 to £12,000 a 
year. The production of "Plf Paf 
at the Marigny, Paris, involved him 
in the loss of thousands of pounds. 
Further losses followed with "Hulloa 
Canada" and "Pins and Needles." 

A trustee to administer the estate 
has been appointed. 



London. Dec. 13. 

Six plays ended tlieir London run 
last Saturday, and seven more will 
conclude locally this week. 

Thiosc stopping were "Rockets," 
■Phi Phi," 'Mary Stuart." "Cencl," 
"My Old Dutch," "Destruction." 

The seven for this week are 
"Merchant of Venice," "Whirled 
Into Happiness." "Dear Brutus," 
"Round in Fifty," "Balance," "Sec- 
ond MYn. Tanqucray," "The Smith 
l^amily." , ; 



CASINO OPENING DEC. 14 



Volterra Announces Premiere of 
House Burned Out Last Summer 



PARIS PRODUCTIONS 

Paris, De . 8. 

"Lcs Vignes du Seigneur," by 
Robert de FUrs and Francis de 
Croisset, will be presented at the 
Gymnase within a few weeks, witii 
Victor Bouchet, Lefaur, Jeanne Pro- 
vo.st, Alice Cocea and Mm*^. Cheirel. 

"Cnpoulade a Marseilles," by Mou- 
ezy Eon. is duo at the Chatc'ct next 
week. 

Rehearsals are well in hand for 
tho rtvue "Kn Douoe," by Jaoqucp 
Charles and Wilkmefz. to be tlio 
vehicle for the reopening of the 
Casino de Paris this month. The 
leads are Earl Leslie, Dorville, Oy- 
Ra, St. Granier. Mmes. Mistinguett 
and Joan Caroll. A new show is 
^ b1«o beinir prcuarcd for the Folies 
Bergcre. 



SUMMER CONSERVATORY 

Paris, Dec. 13. 
Franci.s Casadesus, director of the 
American summer conservatory of 
music at Fontainebleau for the i>flst 
two years, denies he is resigning his 
position, but it is understood he Avill 
take an extended leave and may be 
replaced by M.'^x d'Ollone next sea- 
son. Paul Vidal, chief of the eon- 
ducting course, may withdraw be- 
fore the spring, and probably ^^il! 
be replaced by Andre Block. 



Paris, Dec. 13. 

The Casino announces its open- 
ing tomorrow evening. The house 
was closed several months follow- 
ing the fire which destroyed the in- 
terior. 

It was planned by Leon Volterra 
to stage the reopening in Novem- 
ber, but the work of putting it in 
shape took longer than expected. It 
is now a very line establishment 
with an up-to-date stage, said to 
be unrivalled in Paris. 

The new piece is a revue, "En 
Douce " by A. Willemetz and Jacques 
Charles, produced by the latter, 
with music arranged by Maurice 
Yvain. 



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Th«" Mont "Pp*»ciai"ular Exhibition cif A» ilal 

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DEMAND FOR LAUGHING LADY 

London. Dec. 13. 

An American demand from two 
.«(jur«'(a f«jr tlio rights to Alfred 
^'utro's "LauKhinK Lady" at the 
tJlobc, has advanced th^^ author's 
terms to a largo bonus an»l advance 
r;iyaltic.«. 

William A. Brady has iilaced ar, 
offer, desirincr the piece for firarc 
(tforgo in tho States, and Arthur 
ITopUins wants it for Ltlicl IJarrj- 
nmre. 



RHINESTONES 

» THE LITTLEJOHNS 



AMERICAN REVUE AT GAB DEN 

London, l>oe. ]J. 

Tlie .*=:ir O.^wald Stoll rrvue wi;h 
<;c'orge Hobey and the rern.iind'r of 
the leading principals, Aii)«Tican. 
will be presented toward the ••nd of 
January at Covent Garden. 

Sir Oswald has feeurej a l".i-e 
on tho Gnrden for the pi«*eo, to be 
I.^.:i.' a iOu\l JJc . J. i i-._Lu', 



WITMARK'S TERMS FOR KELLY 

London, Dec. 13. 

Witmark & Sons of New York, 
the publishers of the mu.sic of Geo 
M. Cohan'.-* 'Little Nrllic Kelly", 
are a.sking JIO.OOO in adv.-inee roy- 
alty and six pence per copy sold 
f(,>r the British music publis4iin>; 
rights to the play, when produced 
over hero by Charles B. Cochran. 

The Feldman (Kn^lish music i>ub- 
llslier) jigreement witli the AN'it- 
marl<s does nut include production 
numbers. , 



REVUE FOR BOULEVARDS 

Pari.s. Dec. 13. 
A revue is being rehearsed /or 
the Theatre I'oulevards which has 
r ew pfn e d mtM Owhtln under tenipor. 
ary m.inaKem'nt with a revival of 
Fauchoir's comedy '"La Donseuse 
Kiiei-due ' fr(»m tho The.iire Albert. 
Tlie ])Uro \\:\H created three years 
ago at 1 1)0 Theatre Mathurins. 

SAILINGS 

De.'. 9 (Iriim London for. South 
Afri«-a), \(.hU and Adam.i, 

Der'. 13 {from Loudon for Vew 



SAVAGE DECEIVED 

Amsricsn Producers Picked Boys 
for Girls — Tomson Twins 



London, Dec. 13. 

When Henry W. Savage in New 
York read a report the Tomson 
Twins had scored a success here 
he cabled over tD engage them for 
one of his American productions, 
under the belief the Twins were 
girls. 

Arriving here he found thi Twins 
are boys and is farming them out 
in vaudeville to fulfill his contract. 

ACTS AT ALWAMT^TtA 

London, Dec. 13. 

Despite an attack of gastritis suf- 
fered by Helen Trix, the Trix Sis- 
ters scored sensationally when open- 
ing Monday at the Alhambra. 

Wilkie Bard was out of the Al- 
hambra bill for this week, with 
reticence by the management as *o 
the reason. Tex McLeod substituted. 
McLeod is becoming the usual 
deputy for disappointments in the 
halls, while he is playing the cab- 
arets in town. 



lOIE FULLER AT OPERA 

Paris, Dec. 13. 

The pupils of Loie Fuller will 
appear in a series of dance per- 
formances at the Opera here, open- 
ing toward the end of this month, 
and running into January. 

Lydia Johnson and K. Alperoff 
arc to appear in the light fantastic 
at the Olympia. 



B. WILLIAMS' DICKENS' BEP. 

Montreal, Dec. 13. 

Bransby Williams, the English 
actor, is expected to make a Cana- 
dian t ur next season with an all- 
English company in a Dickens rep- 
ertoire, giving dramatizations of 
some of Dickens* most popular 
works. 

It Is reported that Fred Forrest 
is directing negotiations with the 
Trans- Canada Limited for arrange- 
ments for this trip. 



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LORD BACKING "POLLY" 

London, Dec. 13. 

The backer of "Polly" down for 
production December 30, at the 
Kingsway, is Lord Rothniere. 

"Polly is a sequel to "The Beg- 
gars Opera ". Its prima donna will 
bo Lillian Davis, concert artiste and 
her first time placing legitimately. 



1,500 POUNDS AT BENEFIT 

^ I..on(lon, Dec. 13. 

The Royal Command performance 
yesterday at tho Hippodrome in aid 
of the Artists' Benevolent fund 
realized L.'iOO pouiul.s. 

A lengthy bill was splendidly re- 
c'-ived, barring a coui)le of excep- 
tions upon it. 

PEGGY ONEIL IN NEW PLAY 

London, Dec. 13. 

In February, fo lowing "The Dover 

Uoad" at the Haymarket, I'eggy 

O'Neil will appear there In Horace 

Va -hr irs "Miss Maii e np t te"i 



THE GOLD SEEKERS," 
PARIS KLONDIKE MELO 



Reads Like Film Serial, But 

They Like It— Picturesque 

Effects 



Paris, Dec. 13. 

"Les Cherchereurs d'Or," a sort 
of underworld drama set in Alaska 
and having a plot like a film serial, 
was produced at the Renaissanc* 
Deo. 8 by Mme. Cora Paparceritt 
and was well received by the Pa* 
rlsians. It is the work of Jacques 
Rlchepin, husband of Mme. La- 
parcerle. In collaboration with 
Francis Carco. It has some pie- 
turesque snow effects and sledge 
dogs give it atmosphere. 

Nelly leaves New York to tak« 
possession of her father's estate in 
Dawson City an ..jcertain tho 
cause of his suddtn death. Sho 
distrusts a Chinaman who was her 
father's former servant. An out- 
law gang, designated "the black- 
birds," hire a renegade Indian to 
murder Nelly, Intending to rob her 
of papers which will enable them 
to seize the dead man's property, 
with the use of another woman to 
impersonate Nelly. 

But Jimmy defeats the scheme* 
saving Nelly's life and forcing tho 
Indian to reveal the plot. Nelly 
pretends to be the other woman 
and in disguise visits Dawson City, 
where she learns her father had 
been a highway robber and former 
leader of "the blackbirds." 

The new chief, Tom, falls in lovo 
with Nelly and attempts to murder 
Jimmy but Nelly comes to his de- 
fense and shoots the bandit chief. 
Jimmy fears to confess his love be- 
cause it was he who killed her 
father, although in self-defense. 
He disappears, but later, in tho 
fourth act, the pair meet in New 
York and the happy ending is set. 
George Collin Is splendid as tho 
honest Jimmy; Harry Baur Is tho 
outlaw Tom and Mme. Lapercerio 
has the role of the heioine, pic- 
turesque in furs. 



FAVORS 'BATTLING BUTLER*^ 

.:•:;.. "^ London, Dec. 13. 

Produced at the Oxford Dec. 8, 
"Battling Butler'' v.as favorably re- 
ceived by the press. 

It is a musical farce starring Jack 
Buchanan. He has an excellent 
company In support and the show 
was well received at the opening. 



CHARLOT'S REVUES AT COURT 

London, Dec. 13. 

The revue productions to be made 
by Andre Chariot will hereafter bo 
presented at the Court, through an 
arrangement Just entered into. 

As reported last week, Charlor 
and Paul Murray have dissolved 
their producing partnership. 



PAN' S. R. 0. BEFORE OPENINO 

I-ondon, Dec. 13. 
Although "Peter Pan," revived foir 
a matinee attraction at the St 
James', will not open for a fort- 
night, the house is solidly sold out 
for tho "^'Pan " matinees for six 
weeks In advance. 



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LUPINO FAMILY'S "PHI PHT' 

London, Dec. 13. 
The entire Lupino family ha>'0 
purchased from Charles B. Cochran 
the road rights to "Phi Phi." They 
will send the piece to the provinces ,. 
with Barry Lui)ino piaj^ing Stanley 
Lupino's role. 



GREEN PRODUCING PLAY 

London, Dec. 13. 
Hnrry Ctreen has a dramatic piece 
by Fanny Bowman, called "Quito 
Ilumnn"' he intends i)roduolng when 
in New York. He sailed December 
9, on the "Baltic". . 



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• Famous Players was the c^ut- 
•tanding performer of the amuse- 
ment group this week. It got up 
within a fraction Of 95 on Wodnea- 
day afternoon under the influence 
of bu>lng juppcsed to be on ac- 
count of pool interests, although the 
Identity of the clique did not conie 
out. AVhHe Famous wa.s movinj 
from rs to 85 in half an hour, Loew 
showed tome signs cf life. It came 
out four times on the ticker, scor- 
ing nn improvement cf mor? thin 
half a point, buying probaby being 
I Inspired ty the £:ho.,:r.3 cf tl:? 
li amusement 'eader. Orphcum acted 
l; contrnry-wice. Up to 2:30 AV-odncs- 
i, day the Orphcum s: mbol hud not 

?;• appeared and the previous close 
within a fraction of 19. its lov.' since 
f laat rpring. The Orphcum board is 
f due to mtet this month and rumoi^ 
i are in the air that many matters 
I, will n.'.ve to be thrashed ouf at the 
" session. 

Technicolor Drops 



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that the bond issue for the Astoria 
theatre has been handled by the Em- 
pire Trust Co. Instead of the Liberty 
National is prwumed to have some- 
thing to do with the retirement from 
the board of Harvey D. CJlbson, who 
is In the Llbertj-. 

Orpheum Dividend 
It was a year ago al the Decem- 
ber meeting that -the dividend was 
passed, and tlic trade does not look 
for a resumption of payments at this 
time.* While box-olflce returns dur- 
ing the first two months of th«' 1922- 
23 season v.-ere declared to be big. 
reports in the trade since mi<l- 
October have not put so favj;a'ilo 
an acpcct o:i the situation. Oi'i)heum 
is compelled to maintain a number 
of unprofitable stands like Omaha 
in order to provide for jumps, and 
losses in such points cut into^the 
profits of such houses as the* State- 
Lake and Majestic, Chicago, and tiie 
Milwaukee house. The factional 
troubles within the company, al- 
though they appeared to have been 
smoothed away some months ago, 
are now said to hang over the forth- 
coming meeting, intensified by the 



The only other development of 1 probability that the dividends will 

continue in abeyance. No forecast 
of the dividend vote h:»s been made. 
b\it the ticker record of the stoclc 
during the past month indicates 
pretty clearly that no disbursement 
will be ordered at this time. 

Universal Meeting 
The picture industry thi.i week 
got into the vogue of capital read- 
justment which has been running 
wild In American industry. An- 
nouncement was made that a sj>o- 
cial. meeting of stockholders in the 
Universal Pictures Corporation 
would be held Dec. 26 to vote on the 
proposed increase of capital from 
10,000 shares of |100 par to 70,000 
shares of th^ same par, or /in in- 
crease in capital stock from $1,000,- 
000 to $7,000,000. In other cases of 
capital increase this year it has been 
assumed that the new stock would 
be distributed, at least in part, as 
stock dividends, the general purpose 
being to avoid heavy tax penalties 
on accumulated surpluses. What the 
Universal Intention is was not made 
plain in the bare announcement. 
Universal Is practically a closed cor- 
poration and there is verjr little 
stock in outside hands. In the trade 
the possibility was .^discussed of an 
effort lo dispose of stock to the 
piiblic and make application for list- 
ing, but there was no basis for sup- 
posing this was in view. 

The aummary of transactiona Dec. 7 to 
13 inclusive: . 

STOCK EXCHANGE 

Thursday— Sales. High. I«ow. T.a«t Chr. 
Fam. Play.-I... 800 \n\<i 90% DOS 

Do. pfd SOO 07 SMt 06 .— U 

Goldwyn 1,200 OVa 6H 6% 

I.r^w, Inc 1,200 \n\ 18"i4 18»i 

Orphcum 200 lJ)Vi lO'* 19>4 

noflton said 110 Orpheum at l.'>4. 

Friday— 
Fam. Play.-L... 1.000 OlU OOli 90K 

GoMwyn 400 6Vi « 

I.oow. Inc COO 18«,» 18'4 18^4 

on)»ipum r.(X) 19'/; io>; lovi 

Boston aold 2i0 Orpheum at 10@19>,l. 
Saturday- 

Fam. riay.-L.. 7,100 OS^i 9P 

Goldwyn 000 6 JB 

I^rw, Inc 1.8«H» IS'i iRi. 

Orpheum 500 10 10 

Mnndny — 

Fam. IMay.-T... 4,400 Ofl'i J>2 

Do. pfd 100 w\ vn\ 

Goldwyn 8tW 5*4 

Ixjew, Inc 00<l 18"j 18',i 

On'henm 700 lOVi 10 

HoRton Bold 200 Orpheum at 19 

Tuesday — 

Fam. Play.-L.. 1,000 O.l'i O.n 

Goldwyn 100 C « 

I.oew. Inc 200 IS'i 18 

Ort.heum fl<¥) 10 10 

Hoston K'M 10 Orpheum at 10 

AVednesdav — ' 

Fam. P;ay.-I... ."..100 04% O.*? 



note was the collai)re of Techni- 
color on the Curb. This! newcomer 
was nursed along fcr several 
month.i while a price of 23 to 26 
was maintained. Two weeks ago 
thei^e were evidences that a cam- 
paign cf distribution wa.i Impend- 
ing and the quotation tapered off to 
19. Then trading stopped for four 
cpnsecutive sessions and the next 
Appearance was at a difference of 
4 points. ,_ 

What has happened is probably 
the old story of ftimilar notations. 
The stock is offered on a "when 
issued" bK^is and a speculative in- 
terest looking for a quick profit gets 
In. When the fledgling falls to take 
wing they^ become discouraged and 
retire for what they can get. As 
far as surface indications go Tech- 
nicolor is in the same position as 
when it made its debut, but It has 
gone through the usual experlent:e 
of debutantes on the Curb. It never 
was anything but a wide-open 
^ST»«culatlon. It's an uphill job to 
put colored films over, as testified 
by the record of Klnemacolor, which 
went further with the art than any 
other process, but finally was pretty_ 
completely allandoned. 

Business in the amusement Issues 
has been at low ebb. Famous 
Players got over the 5,000 mark 
only twice, last Saturday when It 
was moved up from 90 to 93 In half 
an hour of trading and again 
Wednesday when another 2 points 
was added in a similar swift bull 
drive. Dealings In the other securi- 
ties have been extremely small. On 
Tuesday, otherwise a busy session, 
only 200 shares of Loew changed 
hands. The surrounding marlcet 
ought to inspire some kind of 
ehergy in the amusements, for 
business has been moderately large 
in the general list and prices have 
been consistently strong. With an 
eye upon the promised bull market 
scheduled for January, present per- 
formances are being watched care- 
fully for a line on the Issues that 
are likely to get on the band wagon. 
If the theatre stocks remain dull 
and weak until Jan. 1. it may be 
diflrtcult to attract a following to 
them when the big move gets under 
way. For that reason wonder is 
cxprcsseil in some quarters that the 
reputed pools remain idle. .• 

The week's budget of gossip in- 
cluded the report that the V»lock of 
I..oew stock which has hci-n in the 
hands of one of the bani - 'miI been 
taken up by company i i^ at a 

l>rico variou.siy estimatvil ». .m 19 to 
21, and this stock prelum. ntiy had 
been addfd Ui »yndlcat»» li-jldings. 
What bearing this «lo\ olnptncnt 
inlBlit have oil the f Jit mo of tho 
i!ecurit\ did ftot ^appear. Tl'.e fact 




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CAPTIVATINQ THE CAPTAIN 

The "off-stage" experiences of 
show folk as screened by "Starland 
Revue" Includes In a recent Issue 
the piquant "Janet of France" 
aboard the "La France" returning 
from a visit to her native country. 
The above view shows Janet and 
the Captain. 



FILL CHI BALCONIES 

(Continued from page IJ 

Ticket Club has dealings, and to 
provide these tickets through the 
welfare organization. The buyers 
cclect the atttactione from those 
submitted and get entirely away 
from the go- In -a- body idea or the 
exchanging of coupons or especially 
printed tickets, whlclf has become 
such a nuisance to box oflftces. 

The Community Ticket Club 
makes outright buys of a certain 
number of tickets for the firii fo^ir 
or five nights of the week and thus 
promotes attendance on nights 
which are often off. It buj's the 
$2.20 balcony ticket for $1.10 and 
disposes of it at $1.35, making 23 
cents profit. It buys the $1.50 bal- 
cony ticket at 83 cents and disposes 
of tt at $1.08. making the same 
profit. There. is no return asked of 
the box offlce and no exchange of 
tickets of any kind. The tickets 
are sold to the organization, which 
delivers them to the welfare oflf^cers 
of the big companies. 

There is no possibility of the 
tickets being presented for refund 
for the theatres are permitted to 
stamp on the tickets "no refund" 
and there Is no chance of a pos- 
sible patron coming to the box of- 
fice asking for a scat, having a good 
one handed out and then proffering 
"hardwood" In place of cash for the 
ticket, which has been one of the 
great drawbacks to previous efforts 
along this same general line. 

The scheme results in splendid 
advertising for the theatres, inas- 
much as the selling representatives 
arc constantly talking at gatherings 
of employees. 

Another advantage Is that the 
representatives make it their busi- 
ness to secure tickets from the 
same theatres on the main floor at 
box offlce prices for the executive 
heads of the corfcerns. as evidence 
of appreciation of the permit to 
serve the empkjyees through the 
welfare department. 

It Is known that the Community 
Ticket Club has arrangement^ by 
which the balcony seats of three 
tjieatres are disposed of. The pro- 
moters, who are not known, avoid 
advertising of every kind and con- 
duct their business privately, with- 
out conveying the idea of a cut rate 
ticket. 



SPIEGEL'S BREAKDOWN " 

t (,'(»;. liiiUfd from im;. • !• 

(f till- late Mltol'.c'il L. M:iru. w:»o?ej 
bmiher. Moe Miirk. is now at the' 
head of the fc'trand I": terprine?', in- ' 
« ludlag Strand, New Yorii. 

8pi"Rel fornieri\- was cxt'^nsively 
interested in the Columbia I'Uii'— que 
circuit. V V 



U. S. PAPER FOR SAFETY 

The United States Government Is 
making r campaign urging holders 
of war saving stamps to convert 
their sa^ngs from th» -matured 
stamps 4o United States Treasury 
saving certificates. A total of 
$625,000,000 In stamps matures Jan. 
1 and the campaign is undertaken 
to protect this huge sum from care- 
less spending or attacks of schem- 
ing sharpers. Cash will be paid for 
the maturing paper which may be 
presented at banks and postofflces. 
where a receipt will be issued and 
the cash mailed by check. 

The W. S. S. may^e exchanged 
for the new obligation Immediately 
at , banks and postofflce.s. The 
merits of the transfer are: 

The new certificates are abso- 
lutely safe, being a direct obliga- 
tion of the government. 

They ruu five years, but may be 
redeemed at any time. 

Denominaticns. $25. $100, $1,000 
sold on discount basis for $20.50. 
$82 and $810. They are protected 
at the Treasury I^epartment, Wash- 
ington, and are protected against 
loss or theft and are free from 
«> ttt(o . o ounty a.nd Innl t.iy flnJ from 
normal P'ederal Income tax, and 
finally tluy are not subject to mar- 
ket fluctuations. 



IN LONDON 



London, Dec. 4. l gingered up for Its last weekn, and 
Charles Fawcett, one of our best Harry Tate is now doing «ne of his 



character actors, died in ^he 
Charing Cross Hospital Nov. 23. we 
was playing at the Lyceum with 
Albert Chevalier In "My Old Dutch" 
as recently as the previous Monday. 
He was 70 years of age. In his 
early days ♦le was a popular come- 
dian with John Hqjlingshead at the 
old Gaiety, and later with Willie 
Bdouln at the old Strand. 

Another death, Nov. 21. was that 
of Austin Brereton. He was the 
biographer of Sir Henry Irving, of 
H. B., and of Laurence Irving, and 
the author of several widely read 
and (scholarly books on theatrical 
matters. He had also been business 
manager of West End houses, In- 
cluding the Shaftesbury and the 
Queens. For a long time he had 
been chief dramatic critic to the 
"Stage." as well as a contributor to 
the Observer. He was 60 years of 
age. 

Lord Cromer has been, appointed 
the Lord Chamberlain in place of, 
the Du".e of Athol. , , > * 



FILMING TRILBY" IN FRANCE 

London. J>ec. 13. 
FilmiTipr of "Trilby" in Paris ,and 
the south of France will be done 
, by llichard Walton Tilly. 



Nina t Boucicault, daughter of 
Dion Boucicault and fhe original 
Peter I'an, was married secretly 
Nov. JJ5 to Donald Innes-Smlth. She 
was the wklow of Edward H. Kelly, 
an actor, who achieved some dis- 
tinction in eccentric parts. She is 
55 years of age while the bride- 
groom, who has not been married 
before, Is 45. 



C. B. Cochran has acquired three 
new plajs by Eugene O'Xell — 
"Anna COrlstle." "The Hairy Ape," 
and "Emp)(ror Jones." It Is said he 
will produce them in April. Of the 
three "Emperor Jones" has been 
promised for some time, but its 
production was postponed owing to 
the illness of the original leading 
man who was to have appeared in 
London. He has also secured 
Brieuxs "L'Avocat." -.v. 



Sir Alfred Butt will produce 
"Blossom Time." the Schubert 
piece, at the Lyric, Dec. 18. Clara 
Butterworth will have an Important 
place in the cast. Percy Homing 
and Courtice Pounds will also be in 
the cast. - 



Sylvia Leslie, leading lady in the 
Buchanan "Battling Butler" pro- 
duction at the New Oxford, is to be 
married to Evan Thoma«, who is 
playing in "T-he Cat and the 
Canary" at the Shaftesbury. After 
the ceremony. Lady Ward, the 
bride's mother, will hold a recep- 
tion on the st^^e of the Shaftes- 
bury. ' 



old motor car burlesques, while the 
skit on broadcasting, which was a 
dull affair when the show opened, 
has now arrived at the accepted 
standard of this comedian's work. 



Harry Weldon, who has been top* 
ping the bill at the Alhambra for 
the past two weeks, will play- 
George Itobey's part In "Round In 
50" when the revue goes from the 
Hippodrome tq Liverpool for its 
Christmas run of eight weeks. 
Afterwards, the show goes on tour. 



"Passion," the first German film 
shown here since 1914. opened at 
the Scala Nov. 27 before a packed 
audience. consisting mainly of 
pressmen and aiembres o( the 
trade. It had an excellent recep- 
tion. The picture Is undoubtedly a 
great production .but there have 
been as great from other sources. 
The first half seemed to drag, main- 
ly composed of the rise, througli 
kissef. of the courtesan, but the 
second half, with its wonderfully 
stage-managed crowd and revolu- 
tionary scenes, gripped the audi- 
ence as few pictures have Ixad the 
power to do. ; v ,: i 



Edmund Gwenn will play the part 
in "Blossom Time" for which Cour- 
tice Pounds was originally cast. 
Pounds will now play the part of 
Schubert, the composer. 



Leslie Faber will take up Godfrey 
Tearle's part in "The Laughing 
Lady" at the Globe when the latter 
leaves to play the leading part in 
"Arlequin" at the Empire. 

The cast for "Through the Crack," 
the Christmas matinee attraction at 
the Apollo, is somewhat remarkable 
considering that the production .Is 
a children^i show. It Includes Far- 
ren Soutar, Eric Lewis, Frank Cel- 
ller, Hilary St. Barbe West, Leslie 
Frith. Clara Greet and Muriel Pratt. 
Edith Craig. Ellen Terry's daughter, 
will produce. • 



Bombardier 'Wells has again re- 
turned to the stage, and Is appear- 
ing at the Holbom, which has re- 
verted to vaudeville, in an American 
police sketch, "The Star Witness." 



A second version of "Snap" at the 
Vaudeville is due. This coincides 
with the retirement from the cast 
of several favorites who are wanted 
for pantomime. Joyce' Oaymon, in 
"Deae" at the Garick, will take up 
Cicely Debenham's part. Joe Night- 
ingale that of A. W. Baskcomb, and. 
Malsie Gay in -place of Clarice 
Mayne. 



The program for the Royal per- 
formance at the Hippodrome. whlcH 
has received their Majesties' ap- 
proval, consists of: Harry Weldon, 
the Trix Sisters, Du Callon. "Saw- 
ing Through a Woman." the Flem- 
ings, an animated cartoon, "Tlshy," 
by Tom Webster, Will FyfiTe. Muriel 
George and Ernest Butcher, Arthur 
Prince, Kharum. the. Jovers, and 
Lorna and Toots I'ounds. 



The Channel Islands have nev'tr 
produced anything of much value 
to the stage and literature beyond 
Victor Hugo andK Mrs. Langtry, but 
the Plya Actort are about to pro- 
duce a play by a Guernsey drama- 
tist, Edgar Wilford. This is en- 
titled 'Widow's Weeds," and the 
leading parts will be played by 
Margueret Watson and Sybil Arun- 
dale. 



Bidding for the Melville Brothers' 
house. th«' . JPrlncess, started at 
(Continued on page W) 

CABARET TRYOmra 

(Continued from page 1) 
Broadway cabarets being of the 
impression they dan have artists go 
on their floors to determine If they 
are suitable for a cabaret. It's 
somewhat after the vaudeville fash- 
Ion of a new act "trying out" be- 
fore securing a regular date. 

Blame Is mostly placed upon the 
agents who book for cabarets, since 
it is acknowledged that though 
some, restaurant men know no more 
now about the show business ^han 
Jthey did before mixing up with it. 
^e restaurateurs gauge their cab- 
aret performance by the amount of 
their coveur charge and the gross 
of the gat# through the coveur, 
hoping to break even on the cost 
of the performance in the super- 
fluous charge per person, and 
trusting that with good busine«8 
there will still be a profit left from 
the coveur gross to add ^n to the 
net from the enormous clrccks sad- 
dled upon patrons of Broadway 
cabarets. 

The restaurants, although having 
the same scaled menu card, as a 
rule, with all prices up to the skies, 
'differentiate between the $2 coveur 
and the $1.50 or less coveur res- 
taurant by calling those under |3 
"the popular price places." 

The places with the smaller 
coveur do not go In for as extensive 
entertaioment. as the high{>r-gated 
ones. One of the $2 coveur cab- 
arets Is now playing a show re- 
ported costing $4,000 weekly. Other 
cabarets are looking for one. two 
or three performers,- offering a 
small weekly guarantee with a per- 
centage of the coveur as salary. 



Following the Christmas run of 
"Th(« Blue Bird" at the Duke of 
York's, Marie Tempest will be seen 
there In "Good Gracious, Anna- 
belle," supported by her husband, 
Grahame Browne. She has not ap- 
peared in London since 1914. 



The Shake.'^peare ^Memorialists, 
who arc ke^n on a national theatre 
and ha\<' some £60,000 to play with, 
held^ono of their meetings at Kings 
College last week. Many chaotic 
suggestions were made : nent the 
l»etterment of the British stage and 
their i»et scheme, but only one 
tangible thin.f? materialized from 
the tangle of peecji and fuggestion. 
Thi.« was thr %otif><{ of i; 1,000 to 
llli.' "Old VIL ' ." — ^— ^— — ^— 



f Godfrey T<'arl<.- has handed in his 
Il »iice to terminate hi.i engagement 
Willi Marie I..obr in "The Laughing 
Lady" at the Globe. He will ap- 
pear in "Arlequin" at the Empire 
whrn that fantasy follows "The 
Sniilli Family." which flnishes 
somnwb'ie about Christmas. The 
prcseiit piece has been considerably 



"THE BAT'S" RECORD 

(Continued from page 1) 

the peer of all dramatic productions 
in America theatrical annals. Its 
total takings top all by reason of 
the number of companies success- 
fully toured, as against "Lightnln's" 
two companies last year and three 
this season. 

The Bopton company of ''The Ba^** 
in its 15ih week at the Wilbur, 
aimed for the record run of that 
stand. Through a years stay, as 
in Chicago, is not predicted, the 
boo king extf-nd^* Miitll April. Tbe 
gro.ss there lia.s fallen under $15.00* 
but twice since opening last LabM» 
Day and has never been under 
$12,300. 

The authors* royalties continue to 
enrich th<>^wo authors, Avery Hf»p- 
vvood and Mary Roberts Rlnehart. 
Th«y receive at present from $2,20* 
to $3,500, each, weekly. 



VAUDEVILLE 



Friday, December 15, 1922 



SULTAN'S 35 H-WIVES NOW 
H. B. MARINEIirS GIRLY ACT 



International Agent Believes It — Turning Harem Into 
Theatrical Attraction — "Exact Replica of the 
Performance Given by the Sultan'\ 



*■ 



Over In New Jersey, somewhere, 
H. il. MurineUl is a domesticated 
man, alihough in New York he is a 
foreign agent internationally known 
and up-to-date, never reported hav- 
ing bad habits. 

But In New Jersey he's a gentle- 
man fanner, if Jersey ever has any- 
thing gentlemanly. As a farmer 
Marinelll is on the side of horticul- 
turist, or something that sounds 
that way, meaning he grows m)wers. 
When hortifying, Marinelll mixes one 
flower with another, and from re- 
cent accounts, If Mr. Marinelll 
grows poppies, he has been mixing 
them with his tea. 

For list to this — an ex-offlcio 
Btaiement from the Marinelli barn: 
The ex-wives of the Sultan of 
Turk*»y, supposedly 35 In number, 
may be brought to this country 
as a theatrical attraction If ten- 
tative plans, now formulating, 
are consummated. 

It Is proposed to stage an exact 
replica of the performances given 
by the Sultan for his harem, in- 
side the palace, with the exception 
that, at the conclusion, the former 
wives will discard the veils from 
their faces. The presentation will 
necessitate a lavish setting, and Is 
to be artistic and scenic in effect, 
with a major portion of the nctual 
performance devoted to various 
native dances. • 

H. B. Marinelli is handling the 
project from this end. 
"Which In substance proves that 
Mr. Marinelli reads the newspapers 
when he's not doping out new blends 
for old roses, but this la the off- 
season for roses, excepting "Rosie 
O'Crady" In vaudeville acta as a 
life-saver. 



NO CABARET DATES 
WITHOUT CONSENT 



Booking Office Holding to 

Terms of Contract— "Terri- 

torial" Clause Violation 



^ TWINS DONT AGREE 

About Marriaocr but Both Are Back 
in Vaudeville 



In the future. the Keith office will 
take cognizance of any act holding 
a contract for consecutive bookings 
playing a cabaret or ^utside en- 
gagement without permssion from it. 

The Keith pay or play vaudeville 
contracts contain a "territorial" 
clause which is violated when an 
act plays a cabaret engagement 
within five miles of any Keith- 
booked house. An additional clause 
giv< s the Keith offlce exclusive right 
to the services of a vaudeville act 
while playing the Keith circuit. 

An act playing a cabaret during or 
fifier theatre hours breaches the 
Keith contract, according to the 
Keith people, and leaves Itself open 
to cancellation of the entire route. 

The growing habit of certain type 
of acts to double from a Keith house 
into cabarets was brought to the 
attention of the Keith offlce when a 
Keith 'siingle" was advertised as 
being present through the courtesy 
of E. F. Alboo by a cabaret booking 
agent, who has no standing in the 
Keith organization. 




1 



-VETERANS" QUIT 

L«fiv« Manae«r and Form Th*ic Own 



CHARLES ALTHOFF 

Viroinian-Pilot and Norfolk Land- 
mark, Dec. 6, 1922 
Next comes the Individual star of 
the Academy program. Charles Alt- 
hoff. As a rube constable and an 
amateur fiddler, he wins the hearty 
approbation and sympathetic ap- 
plause of his audience. Althoft lays 
aside his amateurishness as a fiddler 
for a moment and plays several old 
tunes very w^ll. 

Direction EDW. 8. KELLER 



Tha nine members of tha 'Vet- 
erans of Variety" act, bavin* found 
fault with the methods of Leroy 
Rice's managing guidance, gave two 
weeks' notice to Rice laat week and 
left. They arc^ playing this week at 
the Colonial, New York, under the 
"Old VaudevlUIana" title. The com- 
plaint of the old-timers alao brought 
a summons frum W. Dayton Wcgc- 
farth to Rice for the purpose of as- 
certaining the Issues. 

The "Old Vaudevillians" are being 
booked by Alf. T. ^Vilton, and Rice Is 
preparing a new edition of "Vet- 
erans of Variety." 

The act was formerly jointly con- 
trolled by Dave Marlon, Rice •nd 
James Madison, the author. Rice 
bought out their Interests. The act 
complained of certain salary misrep- 
resentations. 



FRED FENTON'S YELP 
ABOUT HIS NICE DOG 



Southern Paper's Editorial 

Rjles Comedian — His Dog 

Never Stole Towel 



LOOP'S BIG TIMER 



Orpheum Circuit Will Have New 
Theatre for Vaudeville 



San Francisco, Dec. 18. 

The Love Twins, in vaudeville, 
who recently won publicity by their 
double marriage, are in the lime- 
light again, this time because one 
«.t the sisters has decided she 
• doesn't like married life. 

i'.arnet Martin Is the unhappy 
l.ove Twin, who says she is going 
to divorce George D. I\eed, a Holly- 
-ivood broker. The other twin, Lu- 
• ille, declares her match is success- 
fnl and she intends to stick it out. 

Iloth the girls have returned to 
the stag© and last week opened ai 
the Orpheum here. 



STAN STANLEY— $80 WEEKJ.Y 

Stanley Morgan Childrey. other- 
wise Stan Stanley (vaudeville), 
must pay' his wife, May Childrey. 
$80 weekly alimony as a result of 
her suit for separation, according 
to New York Supreme Court Jus- 
tice C.iegerJch's deci.«?lon. Cruelty 
w:is allepred. 

Mrs. Childrey also gets custody 
ot their six-year-old boy nnd four- 
year-oW daughter. - 

SWEENEY'S BROTHER KILLED 

HarriSburg, Pa., Dec. 13. 
.ToHeph Sweeney was struck and 
killed by an automobile near his 
home here last Sunday. He was 
a brother of Fred Sweeney (Duffy 
and Sweeney) and known to vaude- 
villians through having accom- 
imnied the team for several sea- 
sons. Duffy and Swefuey rancelled 
this week at Shea's, BuffAlo* 



Chicago, Dec. 13. 
The recent report of the Orpheum 
circuit's Intention to build a theatre 
within the loop to house big time 

vaudeville has been, confirmed by 
Martin Beck. 

Mr.' Beck states the site has been 
acquired and plans are being drawn. 

It Is understood the Orpheum will 
endeavor to have the new local big- 
timer vie with Keith's new Palace, 
Cleveland, for elegance of construc- 
tion and furnishing, in order that 
the theatre, situated at this point. 
Hhall be a national publicity, gptter 
for the Orpheum circuit. 

The present Orpheum's big time 
theatre. Palace, is now alone In the 
local field and Is of comparatively 
small capacity. 



ANOTHER IN GARY 

Young and Wolf lo Build Third 
House to Cost $800,000 



MONOLOGIST PRODUCING 

Ben Harrison Oikow's "Virtuous 
.<?lnner8" will shortly go into re- 
hearsal. The C. & I.. Amusement 
Corp., capitalized at |25,000, has 
been formed to produce. 

Milt Collins, the vaudeville monn- 
■logist. is financially interested. Mil- 
lon Lowenthal, a Wall street niiin. 
forms the other initial of the hold- 
ing company. 



ARRIVED FROM AUSTRALIA 

San Francisco, Dec. IJ. 
Arrivf'd on the Sonoma from 
y^u^ti-alia: l^Yank "Whitman and 
Florence fUinn. Miss Bunn Is of 
the Hprightly Sisters, nn Engli.sh 
•ct. She will do a sincle. 



Chicago, Dec. 13. 

.Sliow business is terrible, but they 
l^eep on building new theatres, to 
par.iphrase the w. k. gag about 
building schoolhouses that stopped 
the show for Joe Miller in Noah's 
ark. 

The latest new theatre planned is 
at <Jary, Ind., where Vernon Young 
of <'.ary and C. J. Wolf of Wheeling. 
W. Va., will erect a theatre building 
on Broadway to cost J800.000, which 
will have a two-story offlce building 
i)i connection with it and a theatre 
itself seating 2.600. .. 

Young and Wolf now own the Or- 
pheum and Broadway in Gary. 



Divorced Absent Minstrel Man 

Syracuse, N. Y.. Dec. 13. 
Producing evidence that her hus- 
band, Howard Wilcox, minstrel show 
end man, procured a divorce from 
her in Montana and tliat )te has 
married again, Helen Wilcox won a 
decree of divorce htre from Justice 
Louis Martin. Mrs. Wilcox swore 
that her minstrel husband left her 
live years ago and had only once 
nturned to these parts, then for 
the funeral of his father. 



Chicago, Dec. 0. 
Editor Variety:— r 

In a recent issue of a publication 
in the south I read an article criti- 
cizing dogs being allowed Into ho- 
tels with guests, and in particular 
it mentioned "This nuisance is car- 
ried out mostly by theatrical folk." 

Evidently this "panning" comes 
from a new clan, one that should be 
placed in the same category with 
the pseudo-ministers who are al- 
ways on the alert to poison all and 
everything in connection with our 
profession. 

Perhaps this same editorial was 
the root of a hotel clerk In one of 
the leading New Orleans hotels 
telling me I could not take my dog 
to my room. After I had been as- 
signed to my room, I took the dog 
to the theatre, where to my pleas- 
ure I found the dog got the best 
break after all, for the rooms there 
were kept cleaner than at the hotel, 
and if they had had beds in the 
dressing room, I would have con- 
sulted the theatre manager about 
ihe.rates for the week. 

In defense of the dog, I might 
add he does not ruin the furniture 
by leaving lighted cigarets on t^e 
dresser, does not spoil the designs 
on the carpet with tobacco juice, 
nor does he hold any midnight gin 
festivities, and he never stole a 
towel. While he is in the room 
at night he will prevent any dog 
hater from relieving me of my 
watch and wallet. All In all, he 
has better hotel manner.s than 
many guests, not counting those 
who fjeratch matches on walls. 

He deserves all the comfort he 
can get, for he is an asset to the 
act, helping to contribute toward 
the hoke that buys the apartment 
houses, while the best some hott'l 
clerks can do is |25 a week, and 
hold the only room advertised at 
$1.50 with bath, and used as bait 
in the hotei guides. 

This same hotel does not cater 
to the profession. When the racing 
season is oft, also is the gyp, and 
if the season is a flop for conven- 
tions they cheerfully solicit pa- 
tronage from our field, who travel 
most of the year and are the main- 
stay for most hotels. So it all goes 
to prove "You can't fool a horse- 
fly-' FredJ'cnton, 

Fenton and Field.". 
<^P- S.— W'ould send the above to 
some other paper but don't think 
any other would print it. Always 
having believed Variety is In a dazo 
most of the time, am taking a 
thanoe to catch you in one of your 
hootch moments when it will get 
in. Don't disappoint me.) 



Jennings Open Shop 

(Miicago. D« c. 13. 
Choty and Dot Jenning.s, formerly 
in vaudeville, have retired and 
opened a 'Sweet Shopi^j" next door 
to the Dearborn theatre. 



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REVIVES "WIFE SAVER' 

The former vaudeville sketch, 

"The Wife Raver." played by Frank - 

lyn Ardell, has been revived by him. 

Mr. Ard«'ll will reopen with th»' 
act next week. 



LORAINE'S ESCAPE 



Auto Tumbles Into Ravine, After 
Traveling Over ley Road 



Scranton, Pa., Dec. 13. 

Leaving Philadelphia, Oscar 
Loralne started to motor here In 
his car to play Poll's. After about 
100 miles of good concrete road. 
Loralne suddenly found himself 
trajb'eling on ice at a high speed. 

Before able to get the car under 
control he had to swerve to avoid 
an approaching auto. In doing so 
Loraine's car skidded, slid to the 
edge of the road and dropped down 
into a ravine 25 feet deep. 

Loralne was rendered uncon- 
scious. W^hen regaining his senses 
he was cold and numb. Using his 
flashlight, he signaled to the road, 
some cars stopped and he was car- 
ried up, to find that beyond a feW' 
scratches on the face he was un- 
hurt. 

His car was totally wrecked. 



FOY SUES AGAIN 

Asks State Courts for Share of 
"Gallaghcp-r?"---/' Royalties 



Br>'an Foy. 8.>n « i Eddie Foy, has 
started a new 125.000 suit in the New 
York Supreme Court for accrued 
royalties alleged due t.;» the "Mr. 
CJallagher and Mr. Shcan' song, 
against Ed Gallagher and Al Shean, 
features of Zlegfeld's "Follies." The 
complainant, suing under his name 
In private life, Bryan Fit/gerald. 
alleges he is part author of the song 
and wants a third of the 175.000 
sheet music and phonograph and 
music roll royalties It Is alleged to 
have earned. 

Foy is being represented by 
Laurence L. Cassidy, of O'Brien, 
Malevlnsky & Driscoll. A suit was 
begun, through same counsel and on 
.sImUar Issues In the Federal Dis- 
trict Court. New York, some months 
ago in which Foy asked for a re- 
straining order against the public 
performance of the song and an In- 
junction against Jack Mills. Inc., 
the publishers. The injunction was 
denie^^ Diversity of' opinion over 
Foy's alleged residence In California, 
where he la domiciled writing pic- 
ture scexjarios, has been linally de- 
cided that Foy is only temporarilly 
located there. His legal residence 
is still New York. 

Another action, begun by Duffy and 
Sweeny, a vaudeville team, is still 
pending ngain.st CJallagher nnd 
Shean. Tho plain tiff.s allege that 
they originated tho "Mister" song 
idea. Trade-mark infringement i.'^ 
alleged. 



AMERICANS FOR ENGLISH REV. 

Jean Bc.lini was rchedulcd to sail 
for London Tuesday on the "Beren- 
garia" to pave the way for "You'd 
Be Suprised," the revue for Sir 
Oswald Stoll at the Alhambra. Lon- 
don, to open Jan. 22. George Robey 
hrads the cast. .. .• ^ 

The Americans engaged ir^lude 
Harry (Zoup) Welch, Cook and 
Rosevere. Lon Ha.scall, Hnnder.s and 
Millis, Alma Adair and Jack Ed- 
wards. Seymour Felix will .stage 
the dances and the hook will bo 
supplied by Billy K. Wells. All of 
thp latter except Wel]« sail Dec. 30. 

The chorus will be engaged in 
England. 



Eltinge Opening on Orpfieum 
St. LouIh. Dec. 13. 
Julian Eltinge will reopen in 
vaudeville at the local Orpheum, 
l>ec. 17, booked by William Morris, 
Jr. 



MOSS' B'WAY THEATRE i 
STAGING X L K. WEEI 

''Keith Komedy Karnlval" Ful| 

Billing, But Initials to Be 

Generally Used 



BroadTray may be startled next 
week to read the billing for Moss* 
Broadway theatre pop vaudeville and ! 
picture show as "K. K. K. Week.** I 
The Initials are taken from the full 
title of the special engagement,- 
"Kelth's Komedy Karjilval,'* with 
Danny Simmons of the Keith offlce 
placing the show. 

Another unusual feature for tha 
week's engagement Is the Insertion j 
at each performance of three two- ' 
reel comedies, each somewhat aged, 
and being "The Cure" (Chaplin). 
"Th« Rent Collector" (Seamon). and 
"Cops" (Keaton). In addition, there 
win be the customary nine acts, all 
comedy, or to be made so. 

The Broadway plays what it 
known as "The SUte-Lake Policy.'* 
giving four performances dally, with 
but seven of the acts appearing for 
each show, though all pictures are 
repeated. This system allows turns 
to appear but three times daily. 

The Inclusion of the three two- 
reel' film comedies will be In th« 
nature of a contest to determine 
through laughter of the audience 
who of the picture comedians will 
be the most popular during the< 
week. 

There Is no record of a regular 
performance anywhere heretofore i 
holding three comedy films. ' 



Big time agents in the Keith of- 
lice have been instructed to have 
a representative of their office pres- 
ent in tho Keith exchange on Sat- 
urday afternoons. 



MANHATTAN 4 BACK 



Originals of Fsmous Vsriety Quar- 
tet Rejoin J| 

A famous variety quartet of long i 
yesteryear was revived this week . 
in New York, with the original 
members assembling Wednesday 
for rehearsals, preparatory to an- 
other tour in present-day vaude- | 
ville. * 

The originals are Sam J. Curtis, 
John Rogers, ^Jim Cunningham, 
Jackson Marshall. All have ap- 
peared In one or another way in 
theatricals since dissolving the 
original union. 



IK ANB OUT 



Van and Schenck left the b:ll at . 
Shea's, Toronto, Thursday, one off 
the team suffering loss of voice. 
They were forced to cancel Mon-_ 
trenl this week. . ' 3l 

Wm. Kennedy (Kennedy and ' 
Mason), who has been in St. Luke's 
Hospital, New York, since Nov. 2, 
where he underwent an operation 
for appendicitis, replaced Mignon 
at the Fifth Ave. Monday of this 
week, first appearance since taJKen 
ill. 

Grace Hayes left the "Biinch and 
Judy" show at the Globe, New York, 
last Thur!?day, complaining of ton-^ 
silltls. She had not returned up to 
this W^ednesday, though continuing 
to be billed. 

Vivian Siegel and Harry Carrol 
were forced to cancel next week's 
engagement at the Palace. New 
York, on account of Miss Siecrel's 
throat afTlictlon, which prevented 
her from opening at the State. Jer- 
sey City, the last half of this week. 



NEW ACTS 



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Virginia Milliman, returning, with , 
single turn. ' 

Artie MehlJnger with Club Royal 
(cabaret. New York) orchestra. 

rdvvard J. Zaday In "Goulash,** 
miniature musical comedy with five 
people. 

Frances Pritchard, after a year's 
lay-off due to Injured ankle.s, re- 
sulting from hard dancing. Is re- 
hearsing a new vaudeville vehicle. , 
She has been ofl^ciating as hostess/ 
in several cafes meantime. 



ENGAGEMElfTS 

Charles W. Hamp». with Janet of 
Franco (vaudeville), return engage- 
ment. 

Tracey McBride, "Bunch and 
Judy," Globe, New York. j 

Stanley Howlett, Charles Fran-J 
Pis, for "The Tidings Brought tO| 
Mary." (Theatre- Gdild.) j 

S'dney PhlUir»P, for "Gt^nevitveJl^ 

Leslie Howard, Ethelb^rt Jl;iles,i 
"Tho Lady Cristllinda." 1 

Virginia MacFaden. "The (3od otj 
Vengeance." 



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Jsck Inglis, Quinn and Cav^rly 
ind Jean La Cross have been signedj 



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O'Donnel booked all' 



for a tour of the Loew circuit. Fit»- 
patrlck and 
three turns. 



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Friday/ December 15, 1922 



VAUDEVILLlE 



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PANT AGES' FATHERLY ADVICE 
'^ TO INDEPENDEirr AGEIfIS 



Tdlf "Boyt*' How to Act— Replies to ''Round 
Robin/' but Not Fully — Depends on New York 
Office— Pan Knoyrs All . ' 



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' ,:. Chicago. Dec. 18. 
The Independent agents of Chi- 
cago are going to make their "round 
robin" to Alexander Pantuges, which 
protested against Charles E. Hod- 
kina' actions as general representa- 
tive of Pantages. stick, if avoidance 
of the local Pantages oftlce can ac- 
complish this. Startinj this week 
none of the agents in the move- 
ment have had business dealing-s 
"With the local Pantages booking of- 
fice. 

The agents again met la.«!t Satur- 
day at the ofilce of Jack Fine. .\ 
reply from Alexander Pantases, re- 
ceived the night before by S.im 
Kramer, was read. It was a satis- 
factory letter in a way to the agents. 
but Pantages avoided the real issue. 
An attempt will be made to have 
him see things from the independent 
agents' viewpoint. 

It seems that the letter to Pan- 
tages was revamped after a copy 
had been given to Variety, for his 
reply touched upon acts which had 
rot been mentioned previously in 
Variety's report of the cla^h. Pan- 
tages cited that one act the agents 
complained of, was booked at >250 
when olTered at $225 by an independ- 
ent agent, had been booked by him 
direct for another tour of the cir- 
cuit at $275. Regarding Earl Ful- 
ler's band he said the act had not 
made any money on the tour at ^ 
the money paid it and that it would 
have been ridiculous to have booked 
It cheaper, even If an Indcpt'ndont 
agent submitted it at less money. 

Pantages made It plain that Nan 
Elliott is his booking representa- 
tive in Chicago and Charles E Hod- 
kins is his personal representative 
and field man; that he deperds upon 
New York mainly for his bookings 
and considers Chicago material "riff 
raff" in the main; that ho is thor- 
oughly familiar with what is going 
on in hia New York and Chi^'ngo 
offices. 

I»antages explained his idea of 
outside agents was for thorn to write 
his Chicago office with their list of 
acts and when the Chicago offices 
wanted one of these the agent would 
be advised. 

"Boys." declared Pantages in the 
missive, becoming fatherly. "Don't 
make threats. Threats don't get you 
anywhere. And don't knock. Knock- 
ing is a vain effort." (Or words to 
this effect.) 

The Independent agents sent the 
following letter: 

Chicago, 111., Dec. 9, 1922. 
.Variety Office, ^ 

Chicago, III. 
' Dear Sir: • 

The Association of lT^oj)x.'TA<int 
Artists of Chicago wish to deny 
the statement printe(\ In Variety of 
December 8 to the effect the 
agents were weakening in their 
stand taken against the local Pan- 
-. tages office. 

Contrary, they are more em- 
phatic in their determination to 
uphold their stand since their first 
meeting. They have agreed unanl-" 
mously to discontinue all business 
relations with the Chicago Pan- 
tages office until they (artists' 
representatives) recel\»' pome as- 
surance from Mr. Pantnges that 
thjsy' will be treated fair and 
square in all buslnes.s relations. 
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPEND- 
ENT ARTISTS. 



MONK ACT NOT SIGNED 
FOR ORPHEUM TIME 



Turn Disclaims all Knowledge 

of Intended Booking — Suit 

Against Shuberts 



Following the report ^n Variety 

l.nst week that "Max and Moritz," 

the foreign chimpanzee act, had 

been booked on the Orph'eum cir- 
cuit to opeif last Sunday in Chi- 
cago, Reuben Castang and Charles 
Judge, the owners and trainers of 
the animals, disclaimed all knowl- 
'^■dge of any contemplated Orpheum 
engagement. 

The same denial vr^B entered by 
A. E, Johnson of the Worth-Blu- 
raenfeld agency, who is the turn's 
booking manager. Neither could 
explain how the Orpheum circuit 
had laid out a route and had it in 
its office for the monk turn with 
the opening date as Variety men- 
tioned. Nor was there any informa- 
tion forthcoming from the Orpheum 
circuit offices concerning tlie 
matter. 

The act came over to this side 
under a contract with the Shuberts, 
through Johnson, guaranteeing it 
eight weeks at $750 weekly, with 
transportation. Acting as an added 
feature for some of the unit shows, 
It failed to receive full settlement, 
its last unit engagement having 
been with "Zig Zag" (Pe.arson). 
Messrs. Castang and Judge now 
have a claim filed with their attor- 
nows for *$2,000 against the Shu- 
bert circuit. 

Johnson denied the act had been 
offered at a lower salary than that 
contracted by the Shuberts, and 
stated that, instead, as the Shubert 
contract was for the purpose of 
bringing the turn over, its salary 
had now increased over the original 
$750 weekly received. 




UNIT GROSSES 



BuainMs Off Lost Week for Univer- 
sal Reason 



As an aid to the American public 
in identifying either Mr. Fox or my- 
self, let it be pointed out that Mr. 
f^x appears on the left above, my- 
self on the right. This is a legal 
method whereby each individual be- 
comes personally liable^n connection 
with process servers, romantic 
women and the tongue of scandal. 

(Signeu 1 V ,^ . 

George Rockwell 



ORPHEUM PLAYS ONE 
OTHER 'SHUBERT ACT' 



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Adele Rowland Booked for 

Coast Houses — Reported 

Engaged for Two Weeks 

San Francisco, Dec. IS. 

Adele Rowland opened at the Or- 
pheum this week. It Is the Or- 
pheum circuit's big time local bouse. 
Miss Rowland may be heKl over for 
another week or routed to the Or- 
pheum, Los Angeles, for next week. 

It is said she has been booked by 

the Orpheum for two weeks only. 

Known as a "Shubert act" through 
having previously appeared In Shu- 
bert vaudeville in the east, Miss 
Rowland's , Orpheum engagemer\f 
brought more than normal notice 
from professionals hereabouts. 



Shubert vaudeville generally suf- 
fered a drop throughout the circuit 
last week. "Frolics of 1922" at 
Loew's State, Cleveland, did a re- 
ported gross of 110,129. Weber and 
Fields at the Qarrick, Chicago, drew 
111.200. The Central, New York. 

with Marx Brothers* "20th Century 
Revue." got $8,000. 

"Spice of Life" at Keeney's, New- 
ark, did $7,500. and "Say It With 
Laughs," at the Majestic, Boston, 
did $5,000. "Midnlte Revels," at the 
Harlem opera house, New York, did 
$7,000. 

The Academy, Baltimore, with a 
vaudeville show, played to $4,042; 
Norah Bayes, heading another 
vaudeville show at the Shubert, 
Cincinnati, did $6,000. and "Success" 
did $6,000 at the Detroit opera 
house, Detroit. 

Buffalo took a drop last week with 
$4,200; -Washington, with "Steppin* 
Around." was also low with $4,228. 
The Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 
d:d about $7,000 with "Troubles of 
1922." "Midnight Rounders" at the 
Aldine, Pittsburgh, did about $5,300. 

The depression was generally as- 
cribed to the usual falling off occur- 
ing around holiday time. 



HARRY VON THZER 

IN BANKRUPra 



Involuntary Petition Filed — 

Liabilities $20,000--Pub- 

lisher for 20 Years 



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"MOVIE TESTS" CLEARED 



Casey RufM Hart Act Is No Iri' 

fringement 



HIRSCH TRIAL STARTED 

Mincola, L. I., Dec. 13. 

The trial of Hazel Hirsch, under 
the indictment against her for felo- 
nious assault on her husband, Wallie 
Hirsch, In Freeport last summer, 
was to have commenced here today, 
after several postponements. 

It is said the prosecution has en- 
countered difliculty securing its wit- 
nesses. 



ENGUSH GIRLS WOREHirG 

St. Louis, Dec. IS. 
The 16 English chorus girls left 
here when the Jack Singer Shubert 
unit show "Hello New York" closed, 
are now said to be playing In Chi- 
cago. The girls were here for a 
few days with the report the show 
owed Cissy Hayden, who owns the 
act, $1,400. 



The other "Shubert act" booked 
by the Orpheum circuit was Irene 
Castle. While the Keith office main- 
tains its ban against acts that have 
ai)peared in Shubert vaudeville, the 
Orpheum ppople appear to • select 
them as they please. ., 



Pat Casey, of the Vaudeville 
Managers' JProtective Association, 
has decided for William V. Hart In 
a complaint filed by Joe Ward and 
Tom Madden arising from a 
"Making Movies" act. Hart's act is 
called "Movie Tests." Casey ruling 
the latter differs in title and presen- 
tation from the "Making Movies" 
idea. 

Harry Crull, New England man- 
ager of a number of Keith houses, 
with headquarters in the Albee the- 
atre, Providence, wrote Hart's act. 
It was shown that there are a num- 
ber of "Making Movies" acts in 
vaudeville of similar title and idea. 



The Harry Von Tilzer Music 
Publishing Co., which has been over 
30 years In the business of pub- / 
lishlng popular music, had an in- 
voluntary petition in bankruptcy 
filed against it this week on tb«^. 
petition of Ben Bornstein, AgerV 
Yellen &^ Bornstein, Inc., and Ed* ^ 
win Starn, a former Von Tilser em- 
ploye. Starn is now associated with 
the A-Y-B firm, of which Ben Born- 
stein, who was formerly business 
manager (^ Von Tilzer, Is manag- 
ing head. 

Ager. Yellen A Bornstein, Inc., 
claim $1,028, which includes the in- 
terest on a $1,000 judgment against 
the Von Tilzer Co. on a note given 
to Bornstein. The claim was as- 
signed to his corporation. Bornstein 
and Starn also have a $1,000 claim 
each for money due from Von Til- 
zer, who Is one of the oldest and 
best known among American song- 
writers. 

The petition alleges $20,000 liabili«i t 
ties and $1,000 assets. The assets 
are probably underestimated con- 
siderably. Von Tiller's current 
"Picture Without a Frame" is 
showiniT up well on the sales. 
Royalty statements on rolls and * 
records from other song* du« In 
February Will tilt It considerably. 
Von Tilzer's old favorites are still , 
selling by mall order from Bears- 
Roebuck and direct, as Is a bound 
volume of some of the champ song- 
writer's past hits. 

Tho Ager. Tellen St Bornstein 
combination, which Includes Milton 
Ager and Jack Yellen. both song- 
writers. Is a few months old firm. 



LEW HILTON VIOLENT 

Lew Hilton while appearing at 
the Lyric, Hamilton, Ont., Thurs- 
day last week, suffered another ner- 
vous attaok and became so violent 
that Vic Stone, his accompanist, 
had to call for assistance from the 
stage hands. It took four men to 
hold ililton before he became pac- 
ified. 

Hilton may retire to a sanitarium 
for a time. \ ^ ' 



DONERS IN GARDigj SHOW 

The three Doners, Kitty, Ted and 
Rose, ■ have been engaged for tl^e 

new production that will reopen the 
Winter Gardn, New York. It is the 
piece formerly called "HItchy Koo" 
and will reappear without Ray- 
mond HitchcocIc 



STEWART'S SEPARATION 

The separation action begun last 
week against V/illiam Stewart 
(Bryant and Stewart) has been 
amicably adjusted out of court. 
Frederick E. Goldsmith, by long dis- 
tance with Stewart, who was play- 
ing at Keijth's. Syracuse, effected a 
separation agreement for Mrs. 
Stewart, with adequate provisions 
for her maintenance. 

The Stewarts have been married 
18 months. Cruelty was charged, 
the plaintiff alleging the comedian 
earns $350 weekly. . " 



MARGARET FAYE KILLED 



BILL HART J(S AN ACT 

William S. Hart; the picture star, 
may take the vaudeville plunge via 
the Keith circuit. It is understood 
that Hart has a sketch prepared 
for the two-a-day should the salary 
difficulties be overcome. 



Qail Kane has sailed for Europe. 
She is under contract for pictures, 
which will be filmed In Rome. 



The Bristol, Bristol, Conn., be- 
ginning the week of Christmas, will 
be a full week with six instead of 
five acts. • 



COLORED ACTOR ARRESTED 

Syracuse, N. Y.. Dec. 13. 
. Julius Foxworth, colored, of New 
York, was arrested at Elmira on a 
New York warrant charging fclonl- 

,OUS assault on his brother. Taken 
into custody when about to open a 
three-day engasremcnt at the Ma- 

..jestic with his wife, Foxworth pro- 
"Te.stcd hlH In nor on re an^^ clHim^'d 
that he ha.l introly slapped hl:^ 
brotlu-r in \hp faro. 

According to Now York slouths 
who fame for the nrtor, hf u-od a 
blackjack on his brother when the 
latter refused to return .i revolver 
that tho brother, Goor^o Frxworth, 
had takon from Juiius upon his 
threats to Phoot up the Lafayette 
theatre, a colored playhouse, In the 
metropolis. 




KEITH'S BILLING FOR BEN BERNIE 

HOW DEN BERNIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN BILLED BY THE KEITH'S 
ALHAMBRA, NEW YORK, AND KEITH'S ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN(THIS WEEK). 



Dancer Killed in Auto Smash'up— • 
Several Professionals Injured 

Chicago, Deo. It. 

Margaret Faye, of Harry Cornell 
and the Faye Sisters, and Milton J. 
Morford, hotel man, were killed and 
a number of professionals badly In- 
jured in an automobile accifient at 
Saglna^. Mich., last Friday.) f , 

Harry Corn.811 and the Faye Sis-* 
ters were playing at the JcfTers- 
Strand in that city. 

The lnjur<»d are K"t^ll<» Fwy* ruls- 
ter of Margaret), Yvonne Strauser. 
Tlilie Normand, Harry Cornell and 
Larry Comer. 

The body of Margaret Faye was 
brought to her home in Chicago for 
burial. 

The Faye Sisters fnd t!omeIl 
were appearing at the ButterAeld 
house in Saginaw. They accepted 
the Invitation of Morford to make 
up a pfirty for an automobi^ ride. 
The accident occurred when the 
party was returning to Saginaw 
after visiting a road house near 
town. Morford was driving when 
the car skidded Into a post. All 
were thrown out except Margaret 
Faye and Morford, who were on the 
front seat and were instantly killed. 
The others were rushed to the Sag-* 
Inaw general hospital. The girls 
are still confined there. 



DOROTHY AjNTELL'S PLIGHT 

Plucky Aetress* Helpless Invalid, 
Seliina Baskets 

Dorothy Antell is confined to her 
apartment, 612 West 178th street, 
and would like to hear from mem- 
bers of the profession. 

Miss Antell has been laid up for 
three years, following a serious In- 
jury suffered through falling down 
stairs in Poll's. Hartford, oa New 
Year's Eve, 1919. - 

Miss Antell Is still unable to move, 
being encased In a cast from her 
neck to her feet. 

Since being Incapacitated for 
work, the invalid has been eking out 
a precarious existence by selling 
hand -made baskets for 7S cents 
each. 

She sued the Poll people following 
her injury and won the case. An 
appeal was taken. 



Sears- Roebuck A Co., Chicago 
mall order house, report an Increa**—" 
in sales for Nov. of 24.77 per cent, 
over Nov., 1921. Soars-Roebuck 
business is regarded by Wall Street 
as an index of public spending. 



The Ossining, Osslninir/ rf. T., 

closed for alterations Saturday, 
Dec. 9. The capacity will be en- 
l.irged before reopenUic, 



VAUDEVILLE 



KEITH'S "SPECIAL CONTRACT 
WEEDING OUT UNDESIRABLES 



KEIIH^ SUPERVISOR 
mUACDtrSWHAT 






Friday, December 16, 1928 



Booking Officers' New Department Proving Effective 
•—Big Time Agent* Opposed — See Danger to 
Themselves in Long Time Contracts . . 



The special contract In the Keith 
olBce is credited with weeding out 
more embryo vaudeville acts that 
haven't the necessary talent to 
••make good than anything ever be- 
fore attempted along these lines. 

The new material discovered and 
developed through the medium of 
this department more than pays for 
the time and trouble wasted on the 
weak ones, and deprives the ama- 
teur or untalented professional from 
the time honored alibi, "They won't 
give me a chance." 

The thre« Proctor houses booked 
by Johnny Collins are utilized as a 
clearing house for any act desirous 
of a chance to show before the 
booking men. If the condition of 
the books is such that it is im- 
possible to give the act an imme- 
diate booking for a half week the 
artist can appear on special nights 
when the number of acta is dou- 
bled. Two shows are played and 
the act is "reported" upon, getting 
quick action if the report is fa- 
vorable. 

Several "unknowns" haje secured 
convecutive booking as the result of 
these "showings" and signed to long 
term contracts by the Keith people. 

Like all Innovations, the "Special 
Contract Department" is meeting 
with some opposition. Vaudeville 
agents look with alarm upon the 
functioning of the department and 
are reported as advising acts not to 
accept "showings" or to accept the 
long term contracts when offered, 
arguing that by so doing the act is 
tying up for several years and is 
not in a position to ask for a raise 
of salary when conditions war- 
rant it. 

Despite this the department was 
swamped with applications from 
acts, following Variety's story of 
several weeks ago. Dozens of acts 
requested opportunities to "show," 
many on the lists of Keith agents 
claiming they were getting r\p ac- 
tion and asking that they be al- 
lowed to do business "direct." The 
number of acts in the "direct" cate- 
gory is larger than ever before and 
has thinned out the lists of the sev- 
eral agents to anemic proportions. 



ARGUMENT PREVAILED 



Shuberts Persuaded to Take Over 
Mascon and Keeler's Unit Contract 



REID'S UNIT REMAINS 



"Carnival of Fun" Not Closing— In 
Buffalo This Week 



Jack Reld's "Carnival of Fun." re- 
ported closing by the Shubert 
vaudeville office, is to rennain bn the 
circuit. The unit is playing the 
Criterion, Buffalo, this week, and 
will continue over the regular Shu- 
bert unit stands. 



JUDGMENT UPHELD 

Dave Vine and Luella Temple, 
who held a 20-In-24 week contract 
with Shubert Advanced Vaudeville, 
Inc., and were awarded a |2.000 
verdict in the City Court in a 
breach of contract suit, were a>;ain 
upheld on the appeal. The Appcl- 
l.ate Term has alllrmed the Judg- 
ment with costs. No opinion was 
filed. 

The original judgment totallrd 
$2,081.02. The complaint alleges 
there was due nine weeks' salary 
(having played eleven weeks) at 
$375 or $3,375. Of this amount, they 
waived $1,375 on advice of Fred- 
erick E. Goldsmith, their counsel, 
for the purpose of securing speedy 
trial in the City Court. They were 
awarded a decision for the full 
amount. 



ENGLEWOOD RAISES SCALE 

The Englewood, Chicago, a Shu- 
bert vaudeville unit stand and for- 
mer burlesque house, increased Its 
prices 33 1-3 per cent., beginning 
this week during the engagement 
of the unit, "Plenty of Pep," with 
Jimmy Hussey as an added attrac- 
tion. 

The Increase in prices will be 
permanent, according to E. T. 
Dcatty, owner of the house. 



Fine's Vaudeville Show Comes In 
Chicago, Dec. 13, 

Jack Fine's vaudeville road show 
stayed out 10 days, and In that 
period played a return date at 
Goshen, Ind. 

The people are back in Chicago 
9—kiug work. 



The Shuberts have taken over the 
Mason and Kee'er contract of 20 
weeks held by the latter with the 
Unit Producing Co., which produced 
and operated "Town Talk" and 
•Funmakers". Mason and Keeler 
were with "Town Talk" but two or 
three weeks when it closed. - 

Homer Mason is said to have 
called on the Shuberts and request- 
ed that the Shuberts take over the 
contract. Asked why that should 
be done. Mason replied the Shuberts 
should assume the unplayed weeks 
of the 20 week contract on the basis 
of a moral obligation, inasmuch as 
Mason and Keeler had no klowledge 
"Town Talk" would close so quickly. 

After Mason's argument the Shu- 
berts agreed to take over the con- 
tract. 

Muson and Keeler have been play- 
ing as an act in the unit Iwuses 
playing vaudeville shows for the 
last three weeks. 



Wegefarth Thinks They Don't 
Keep Track of Their Acts — 
Issues Order ~ 



MAim OF REMAINING UNITS 
AND ^TRAKHT VAUDEVILLE 



FALL RIVER DROPS UNITS 

The Bijou, Fall River, will leave 
the Shubert unit circuit after Jan. 
1. The house has been playing the 
units th. last half. It is leased by 
Samuel Lebowich who will install 
the James Stock Co. after Jan. 1. 
The stock players have been play- 
ing the Empire, Fall River, under 
the same ownership. 

The units business at the Biiou 
fell below $700 dally, which decided 
the change. 



^ nX AND INJURED 

Jack Simons announces he has 
recovered from a long siege of dia- 
betes and will be on Broadway by 

Xmas. ■]■'■-■■:., 

Betty Martin (Martin and Moore) 
Is recovering at 330 West 43d street. 
New York, from her prolonged ill- 
ness. 

BiUy Jerome, the veteran song- 
writer, was hit by a taxi Monday 
afternoon while crossing West 73d 
street and Amsterdam avenue. New 
York. Jerome was under the im- 
pression tjie cab, which was parked, 
would not start as he was crossing 

Marion Dyer is in the Woman k 
Hospital, 109th street. New York 
City, recovering from a major opera- 
tion, which was performed on No- 
vember 29th. 



An order Issued to the Keith 
airents this week by Dayton Wege- 
farth calls attention to laxity on the 
agents' part In taking proper care 
of the billing of acts. Among other 
things, the order says it Is Wege- 
farth's opinion that not more than 
five of the agents can give the right 
billing of th9 acts they represent. 
It concludes with instructions to the 
agents to equip themselves with 
complete knowledge on the subject. 

Another Wegefarth order says, in 
effect, the agents must do more than 
going through the motions of re- 
porting on Sunday and then bowing 
out. If an ag<»nt leaves the floors 
he must leave a phone number by 
which he can be reached Imme- 
diately on Sundays hereafter. 



Speculation Over Shubert Circuit — Nekt Four Weeks 
Will Tell — Grosses Not Noticeably Increased-^ 
Straight Vaudeville Decreasef House Profit 



"RITZ GIRLS** IS IN 

'The Kits Girls," formerly a I^w 
Fields unit production, with Harry 
Cooper heading the cast. Is back in 
New York, after trying to wildcat 
it for a while in the middle west, 
following the show's departure from 
the Shubert . unit circuit a few 
weeks ago. 



BTTXY 6RADT RESTORED 

Billy Grady, of the Ed. S. Kellar 
office, was reinstated by the Keith 
office Monday. Grady had been off 
the booking floors for two weeks fol- 
lowing a mix-up with the Boston 
Keith office over the booking of 
John Steel, the tenor. In the Gor- 
don, New England, houses. 



Jack McCarron in Shubert House 

J. H. McCarron. who has been 
studio manager for Louis B. Mayer 
in Los Angeles and who recently re- 
turned to New York in behalf of a 
vacant seat indicating device, has 
be^ appointed house mahager at 
the Harlem O. H. (Shubert units). 

McCarron assumed his duties at 
the uptown theatre this week. 



Two Straight Bills Next Week 
The State, Cleveland, and Chesnut 
Street opera house, Philadelphia, 
will play straight vaudeville of the 
Shubert brand next week. At the 
Cleveland house the straight bill 
previously at the Garrick, Chicago. 
and headed by Nora Bayes, will be 
given, excepting the Hannefords, re- 
placed by the Robinson elephant act. 



Temple, Fort Wayne, Poor So Far 

Chicago, Dec. 13. 
The Temple, Fort Wayne, Ind., 
installed vaudeville Thanksgiving 
day. supplied by the States Agency 
of Detroit. Business poor so far. 




HOLLYWOOD CLEAN-UP 

(Continued from page 1) 
chief of the movies is very much 
on the Job. ► f . 

Behind it all Is the Indication the 
trip is to be largely concerned with 
<ia general clean-up movement in 
the producing ranks. Not only 
among the players but the produc- 
ers as well. As for the latter a 
definite and concrete form of co- 
operation between them is to be 
dvolved. 

It Is to be one of those business 
combinations which wiR tend to 
keep the high-priced stars leaning 
toward loose living on the straight 
and narrow. It will mean that 
after the co-o|>erative working 
agreement Is decided on the chief 
of the movies will be in a position 
to say to the bad boys and girls of 
the industry, "You're expelled," and 
the expulsion will virtually mean 
they will be through as far as the 
screen is concerned. 

Hays will not voice the plans that 
are In the making nor will he di- 
vulge the manner of application 
when ready. Everything thus far 
even hinted at Is in the most diplo- 
matic of language. A possibility of 
a closer business co-operation In 
the future 1 : only hinted at. 

But there is behind it this: — 
Hays started for the coast on a 
hurry call just about two weeks 
after Thos. Patten, who is to or- 
ganize the coast branch of the Mo- 
tion Picture Producers and Dis- 
tributors of America started for 
this point. Patten was hardly here 
when word came that Hays was on 
his way and that was imihediately 
after the executives of several of 
the most influential members of 
the Hays organization held a local 
pow-wow. 

Preceding the "Generar* to the 
coast came the word Hays was 
going to try to work out some con- 
dition where living conditions 
would be made a little more ideal 
for the players and others of the 
screen producing world. That in 
itself should have been enough of 
a hint for the majority. How can 
anything be more ideal than hav- 
ing all the money that an ordinary 
mortal could wish for and no place 
to spend it, except perhaps through 
certain of life's excesses. That is 
really the condition with practi- 
cally all of the leaders, stars and 
near stars. Their trouble has been 
that they have dipped into the pie 
an(^ pulled out a golden plum that 
was far bigger than their highest 
expectations, and then came the 
manner of trying to find how to 
I spend the princely incomes. 



C B. MADDOCK 

Presents 

HARRY B. WATSON and REG. B. MERVILLE 
in "FIFTY MILES FROM BROADWAY" 

This wrek (Deo. 11), Jefferson and Coll.srum. New York 

N^-xt week (Dec. 18). Proctor's Newark 

Week of Dec. 25, Keith's Alhambra, New York 

Week of Jan. 1, Keith's Royal, New York 



Just how Hays figures to make 
them behave without a combination 
that would discipline them by either 
dropping them from the screen al- 
together or perhaps setting them 
down for a year or more which 
would be virtually the same as 
banishing them for the picture pub- 
lic is the most fickle in the world 
and would build up new Idols to 
worship meantime. 

Hays is to remain on the coast 
until sometime after the first of the 
year and his return to New York 
early in January may bring about a 
statement that will start a new era 
in the picture production field. 

The producers In addition to hav- 
ing the cooperative agreement re- 
garding players will also possibly 
be Invited to another which will 
prevent the duplication of produc- 
tion with three or four rival com- 
panies, all shooting on the same 
type of stories, and incidentally a 
self inflicted censorship at the 
source of the manufacture of film 
that will do a great deal to wipe out 
cen.sorship measures where they 
exist and prevent the possibility of 
the reformers legislating for new 
measures of a like calibre. 

Those are Hays' ideals at this 
timo. evtn though he exprense.s them 
in manner veiled, but the Kenor;il i.s 
going to let it be understood he is 
not unable to wleTd tho big slick and 
not afraid to do ro If players and 
producers alike do get on tho job 
and start behaving better in the 
Aim school. 



Just how many units will re- 
main on the Shubert circuit will 
be determined by the unit grosses 
of the next four weeks. The unit 
producers despite reductions in sal- 
aries are not making money. 

According to sources close to the 
Shuberts, some help was recently 
'given the unit producers in an ef- 
fort to induce them to stick longer. 
The Shuberts personally are 
anxious to retain as many units 
as possible on account of the terms, 
and to aid in keeping open the the- 
atres now playing units. 

A unit grossing $7,000 or better 
weekly may lose money for the pro- 
ducer, but the house can make 
money on the percentage. It Is 
claimed. Every week the units re- 
main on 'the circuit is counted as a 
profit for the house, even If the lat- 
ter doesn't do better than break 
even. 

The conversion of the Affiliated 
circuit to straight vaudeville will 
eat up this house profit unless the 
policy is successful In increasing 
business. The number of "repeat" 
acts will tend to keep down receips 
also. Other com^lderatlons make 
the success of the straight vaude- 
ville policy a matter for conjec- 
ture. Its adoption becam. neces- 
sary when the units began closing. 

The group of unit producers now 
operating units are all known as 
"Shubert allies," but how many of 
them will stick beyond a given 
point unless business Improves con- 
sistently, isn't declared. 

The withdrawal of several units 
was claimed to have strengthened 
the drawing power of the units re- 
maining. The good shows rotating 
around the circle were presumably 
helping the show behind by word 
of mouth advertising. With the 
units, however, according to the 
grosses since ' the thinning of the 
ranks, there has been no general 
Increase in grosses. One or two 
units that have been stronger draws 
than the others have bettered busi- 
ness slightly by having a g^jd show 
aliead, but the average hasn't in- 
creased enough to inspire any op- 
timism for the future of either ths 
unit policy or the straight vaude- 
ville one under present conditions. 

Tho Shubert vaudeville circuit 
has but one straight vaudeville bill 
playing the current week. This is 
the Nora Bayes show at St. Louis. 

Two weeks ago the Shubert office 
said that straight vaudeville shows 
would travel Intact over the circuit 
and would be at least four In num- 
ber. That week three vaudevllls 
bills were organized, but contracts 
for one week only were Issued t. » all 
except the members of the Nora 
Bayes bill. 



- PAYING FIEEMEN 

Troy, N. Y., Dec. 13. 

A change from the p'-esent sys- 
tem, in which the larger theatres 
pay permanent firemen a per diem 
rate to perform duty at the '^ouses, 
to one in which men would be as- 
signed by the chief from the ranks 
of the paid department, with an In- 
crease in the yearly license fee fdr 
all theatres, will be brought about 
if an ordinance Introduced in tho 
Common Council by Majority Lead- 
er Fred A. Ca^ey is passed. The 
ordinance provides for a sliding 
scale of fees, ranging from $1,000 
for the largest houses to $200 for the 
smallest. At the present time a gen- 
eral fee of $50 is levied. 

The big theatres now p y firemen 
$3 per day. so that they would not 
be afferted to an appreciable extent 
by the increase, but the small the- 
aiii3 would feel it. 



Unit House Dark Next Week 

Washington. D. C, Dec. 13. 

The Bflasco, KhubertH* local unit 
hou.sp, will be dark next week (be- 
fore Xmas), with the "Troubles of 
1922" closing the theatre Sunday, 
after having played eight days in 
the house. 

The Belasco will reopen Dec. 24 
with the unit policy. 



Friday, December 15, 1928 



BURLESQUE 



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AMERICAN WHEEL'S SUIT 
AGAINST COLUAffilA 



Action for $500,000 Started by. 

Now Defunct Circuit — Herk 

Signs the Complaint 



A legal action asking damages to 
the extent of $500,000 has been 
started in the Supreme Court of 
New York by the American Bur- 
lesque Association against the Co- 
lumbia Amusement Co., J. Herbert 
Mack, Jules Hurtlg, Rud. K. Hy* 
nicka. Samuel A. Scribner, John J. 
Jermon. Warren H. Irons and 
Thomas Henry, alleging that since 
In or about the >ear 19'21 the de- 
fendants mentioned in the sum- 
mons and complaint "conspired, 
connived, planned and schemed to 
destroy the business of the Ameri- 
can Burlesque Association and its 
good will." 

The suit by the American against 
the Columbia and its directors and 
officers comes as the aftermath of 
the warfare that started between 
the two burlesque circuits during 
the season of 1921. Following some 
Inconseonential skirmishing In the 
early rart of November. 1921, be- 
tween the warring factions the Co- 
lumbia began the battle in earnest 
In the middle of January, 1922, 

The source of the trouble between 
the American and Columbia and 
apparently indirectly the result of 
the present lawsuit, was a dis- 
agreement between I. H. Herk and 
Sam Scribner. Herk was slated to 
go into the Columbia as Scribner'.'? 
asBistant early in October. 1921. and 
actually took over the duties of the 
post, but for one day only, Scribner 
Informing the other Columbia di- 
rectors he (Scribner) needed no as- 
sistant, and Herk withdrew. 

Other causes of the present action 
In the complaint of the American 
•against the Columbia are "that the 
defendants Hurtig and tVanen H. 
Irons during theatrical season 1921- 
1922 failed and refused to permit 
burlesque shows controlled by them 
to appear at theatres at which said 
shows had been booked by plain- 
tiff." This refers to th.e .nulling out 
of the Haynriarket, Chicago. 

The organization of the Burlesque 
Booking Office and the booking of 
ex- American shows is another 
cause of action given. 

The complaint also states on In- 
formation and belief the plaintiff 
alleges that the defendants through 
Influence and control over certain 
alleged creditors of the plaintiff, 
caused to be filed against the plain- 
tiff a petition In bankruptcy in the 
District Court of the United States. 

The complaint concludes with the 
allegation that by reason of the 
plaintiff havlniT been prevented 
from keeping Its agreements, and 
having been dama:::ed through the 
Interference of the booking sched- 
ule And the agreements In reference 
thereto, through the loss of profits 
In the carrying on of Its business 
damages In the sum of $500,000 is 
•sked. 

Chas. L. Hoffman and Henry.. A- 
Friedman are attorneys for the 
American. 

The complaint was signed by 
I. H. Herk. president of the Ameri- 
can Association. 



it had been reinserted after the 
Monday performances. 

Stone is said to have at first ob- 
jected to eliminating again the 
verse, with Mack's ultimatum fol- 
lowing that the performance be 
gone through exactly as censored 
Monday afternoon or there would 
not be 'another performance by 
Stone given in the theatre. 

Stone was engaged Jointly with 
his wife, Etta PlUard. for "The So- 
cial Maids" by Hurtig &. Seamon. 
The team is said to receive $500 
weekly, a huge salary In burlesque. 



10 COLUMBIA SHOWS 
MUST PASS CENSORS 



Possibilities for Former Unit 
Producers if Attractions Fail 
to Reach Standard . 



BURLESQUE REPORT OF 
COLUMBIA AND MUTUAI 



Denials and Rumors During 

Week — Columbia Sees 

Indirect Connection 



The final inspection of some 10 
shows on the Columbia wheel re- 
poried as below staiulard was start- 
ed thi.s week by Tom Henry and 
Jess Burns, Columbia censors. Any 
of the attractions not found to have 
been brought up to standard since 
receiving notice some weeks ago 
will be ordered off the wheel. 

The Columbia declined to give out 
a list of the Columbia show.s in- 
spected this week. Tlie findings of 
the censors and final review will be 
made known in about 10 days. 

The possibility of ore or more 
shows being ordered off tbe Colum- 
bia wheel means more than what 
that might seem on the surface. A 
couple of weeks ago it was an- 
nounced in effect through Columbia 
channels that the chance.'i of any of 
the ex-Shubert unit shows receiving 
a rouie on the Columbia wheel were 
hopelefs. 

The orderiAi? off of nny one or 
more present Columbia shows, how- 
ever, according to a statement made 
by a Columbia official this week 
altered the chances of the former 
Shubert unit operators, In that it 
appeared a strong' possibility that if 
a Columbia show ifihould be ordered 
off. the replacement of it with a for- 
mer unit show was within bounds 
of possib'lity. 

With its present 87 shows, the 
Columbia has two open weeks. 



ACTOR WARNED 



George Stone Failed to Obey Co- 
lumbia Censor 



The maTter of censoring at the 
Columbia, New York, nearly reached 
a climax last Friday afternoon, 
when the theatre management in- 
formed George Stone, principal 
comedian with Hurtig & Senmon'.s 
"Social Maids," unle.«is he obeyed 
the censoring given the perform- 
ance the previous Monday afternoon 
he would not be permitted to go 
upon the stage. 

Included in the original censoring 
was a vorse in a pick-out number 
during a .school girl "ence scene in 
which the word "bass" was used in 
an offensive manner to rhyme. It 
had been ordered out Inimfnliately 
and remained* out at the Monday 
night show, when .T. IlTbort Markr 
who censors the performanccH of 
the Coliitiihia burlpsque attraction." 
at th" 'if^nrre of Ihxt name, on 



SAM HOWE'S CREDITOBS MEET 

A meeting of the creditors of Sam 
Howe was called last Friday by 
Augustus Dreyer, attorney for the 
burlesque producer. It Is said the 
creditors represented an Indebted- 
ness of about $8,000 by Howe. 

Supposed to be possessed of con- 
siderable real estate, one creditor 
asserted none of it Is In Mr. Howe's 
name. 

The Sam Howe show on the 
Columbia burlesque wheel was re- 
cently ordered closed and Howe's 
wheel franchise cancelled through 
the performance not reaching the 
mark set by the Columbia censors. 



A somewhat tangled burlesque 
story came up during the week, 
confounded through denials and re- 
ports. It concerned the Columbia 
and Mutuaf burlesque wheels, along 
with some of their integral arms in 
the way of producers. 

The denials were from John Jer- 
mon (Jacobs & Jermon). Columbia, 
and S. W. Manheim (Mutual) to the 
effect Jermo» had purchased any 
part of the Manheim & Vail Mu- 
tual holdings, either of theatres or 
shows. . ♦■;',.-,•; ■ ; .■;.-- : 

Acceptance of the denials seemed 
general, but, on the other hand, it 
appears to bo known that Jermon 
is the personal holder or through 
a t'dummy," of one-fifth of the Mu- 
tual stock so far out) about $20,000 
in all, of a capitalization of $100,- 
000, the remaining $80,000 not hav- 
ing been issued. Other holders of 
the Mutual stock in like percent- 
ages are the Krauses and Mann- 
heim, among others. 

It appears to be conceded that of 
late the Columbia executives have 
undergone a change of opinion over 
the advisability of Jermon being 
associated with the Mutual. At one 
time it was strongly hinted to Jer- 
mon to drop the connection. Lately 
came rumors that I. H. Herk, un- 
able to protect the former burlesque 
producers who went into the Shu- 
bert unit scheme with him, had 
thrown out feelers as to a possible 
and future connection with the Mu- 
tual, to expand that circuit. The 
Columbia gr up is said to then 
have withdrawn their objections to 
Jermon's Mutual holdings, seeing 
through them an indirect path to a 
business sympathetic but indirect 
unison with the Mutual. This would 
leave the Columbia in the form of 
a protectorate over the Mutual, it 
is said, and at the same time pre- 
vent outside afilliations, meaning In 
fact. If Herk gathered the rem- 
nant*, of the disrupted unit circuit 
to his side for the purpose of form- 
ing another burlesque wheel it 
would have to be an altogether new 
venture. 

Such a move by Herk, it Is be- 
lieved by burlesque men, would be 
additional cares for him in furnish- 
ing the ou$<ted unit producers with 
finances, since the producers retir- 
ing from the unit wheel are said to 
be in straightened circumstances 
and unlikely to be able to raise 
more production funds for this 
season. 



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BTTBLESaUE ROUTES 

WILL BE FOUSD ON PAQM 
\Thirty'»ix in Thia Itsue 



ly 



t iiioon.'t, a«ain review. 



-Mflmi , ^__ 

the r,'«rfc:mance Monday evening, 
to note that hin instnictionM have 
been followed. 

.' Friday when Variety appearc" 
with .'I I ovic'.v of "Tiio S'jrial Maids. 
Mr. Ma«'!c riotii^ed the r('\"iew statf 
the re\ ie-.ver had seon the sho'. 
Tufsdny night. Variety'.** reviowo 
mentioned the "bass" ver.io aa espe- 
cially offensive, giving Mack the cut 




BURLESQUE REVIEWS 






— TAXIE FEATURED IN BIG PHOTOPLAY 

i .iniou'« C'nninf* Tlirxpian U lio WIiim N>w I.nnrrlii on Srre«>n At>poars ' 
"III IVrnon'^nt I'ro«"(«T"H FIflli .\\rnur. 

The above scene shows Mar^iierito Coutot. Hus.soll (Wiffon and Tavi«> 
v. a i;cen§ from 'J.'U'qii^l'nc." ;i mammoth new .lames Oliver Ciitwood 
•;<ti!re. directed by Dell "llenderHon, at;d reloased by tiie Arrow V\\n\ 
'orporalion. 

Taxie returns to Keiih Vaudeville in a unirjue playlet, opening Decem- 
I'T IS, at Proctor's 6lh Ave., .New York. Hi.s associate playprs are Kd. 
Mien and Miss Kdna (tregg. The bookings are handled by K. K. Nadel 
if the I'at Casey Agency , 



KANDY KIDS 

(Mutual Burlesque) 

Jak« Mayers Johnny Weber 

Hufk MKJee Oeorge Ola y ton 

I Clieatom Harry I. HeaaU'> 

Wtllle Tnkett Wallace Jatknon 

Mias Taken Mario Orrnier 

l.ofta Pep t«rar(» Tremoni 

Mary Wise Mury MoPhoiaon 

Jake Potar's "Kandy Kid.s* at the 
Olympic thi.s week is a corking good 
burlesque show for any circuit. It's 
a good show because Johnny Weber, 
the veteran "Dutch" comedian, i:; 
heading It and bocnuso it has by 
some kind of financial magic dug up 
one of the youngest and peppiest 
choruses seen this season. The 16 
piria are of uniform build— a novelty 
for burlesQuo — and of uniformly 
plea.sing appearance. They dair.c 
together in ballet and ensembles — 
another burlesque novelty — not go- 
ing in for individual touches and 
solos. 

Weber is one of the oldest bur- 
lesque comedians in point of expe- 
rience before the public. He has a 
Dutch dialect you coiildn't dent with 
a hydraulic drill and a knowledge 
of values — gleaned from years of ca- 
tering to the "rough and readies'* — 
that make him sure fire all the time. 
He handles his audience like a ma- 
gician, playing upon their likes and 
dislikes and never failing to give 
them just what they want. 

The wardrobe of the chorus and 
principals is worthy of comment. 
The girls make numerous changes, 
all in good taste and all fresh look- 
ing and spotlessly clean. The sets 
also looked well, and while not elab- 
orate were in keeping with the rest 
of the production, which is a marvel 
when you consider that the Mutual 
producers can't allow themselves 
much over a "grand" weekly for sal- 
aries for 16 choristers and seven 
principals. 

Harry L. Beasley, a tall, well- 
dressed, suave straight man; George 
Clayton, an old -school character 
and heavy, and Wallace Jackson, a 
Juvenile straight of pleasing appear. 
(Continued on page »; 

MIITUAL'S SOLID ROUTE 
BEGINS XMAS WEEK 



First Time Since Organized- 
Preparing for Next 
- Season 



The Mutual Burlesque wheel for 
the first time since It was organized 
will have a solid route beginning 
week of Dec. 25. Two additions to 
its houses. Park, Bridgeport, Conn., 
and Duquesne, Pittsburgh, go into 
the Mutual route on Christmas Day, 
the Bridgeport house starting with 
the "Monte Carlo Olrls^" and Pitts- 
burgh with 'Band Box^Revue." 

The Mutual will have 24 solid 
weeks with the two new stands. 
Heretofore there has been from one 
to two weeK's lay off from time to 
time. 

The Duquesne was a Mutual stand 
earlier in the season, but dropped 
out after two or three weeks. Jake 
Ueberman, last with the Shubert 
unit show "Town Talk," will be 
house manager. 

Middle west capitalists will build 
a new house In Indianapolis, it Is 
reported, which the Mutual shows 
will play next season. It asserts. 
This season the Mutuals are playing 
the Broadway, Indianapolis. 

"Baby Bears" and "Jazs Babies" 
were ordered off by the Mutual cen- 
sors last week for repairs. Both 
shows reopen following a week of 
revision. 

The Mutual stand in Cincinnati, 
People's, will be renovated Uirough- 
out and reseated with a larger cap- 
acity next season. 



WARDROBE BURNED 

76 Costumes of "Broadway Flap- 
pers'* Destroyed — Lots $6,000 



Boston, Dec. 13. 

Reventy-six costumes belonging to 
"The Broadway Flappers' (Rube 
llernstein) were destroyed by fire 
here Friday night, in the cleaning 
place they had been sent to, prior to 
the show opening this week at tne 
Columbia, New York. . , .; 

The loss is $5,000, covered. It Is 
believed, by Bernstein through a 
floating Insurance policy carried by 
him. 

An order was Immediately placed 
fbr new costumes, with the Interim 
provided for In a makeshift arrange- 
ment. 



Vaudeville New Year's Eve 

' The Columbia. New Vork, has de- 
cided to play a third show .Sunrlfiy. 
Dec. 31. starting it as a New Years 
Rve performance. It will be the 
same bill giving the second vaude- 
ville sliffw f.f the (l.iy at thut bur- 
lesque theatre. 



B'WAY FLAPPERS 

(COLUMBIA BURLESQUE) 

Tlaron Oulden ia<k Hurt 

I.Uke Warm Clydi» Bateii 

.Tohnn|.» Walker Jim Hamilton 

Petor n<iwson Victor ''aplln 

TI«lf Bnd H«lf Mijor .'i)hni»on 

H«l>< Hnd Hals Anroii on«1 K->njr 

^rr4y Flnpppr ^fr^o Dl« 

Klo Hiipp<<r Phlrlev Mallrtt* 

Tlnv PdOMhlne .Vlnn!«> PhlMips 

Dolly Rainbow Ko**- Ford 

•'Broadway Flapper.s" marks Ruhe 
nern.«!tein's initial season on the 
Columbia wheel. It's a good : liovr 
— one of the best the Columbia has 
had this season, with several out- 
standing features that anj' burlesque 
show might be glad to boast of. 
One of the most noticeable things 
about the "Flappers" is the smooth- 
ness and speed with which the en- 
tertainment runs along. 

Jack Hunt and Clyde Bates, the 
two comics, are recruits from the 
American wheel, both having been 
with Bernstein's American troupe ' 
for several seasons. That Ameri- 
can wheel training must have meant 
more to a performer with talent 
than heretofore expected. Judging 
by the way the American graduates 
have been cleaning up on the Co- 
lumbia circuit tills season, A little 
bit rough at times, and even more 
than a little bit at others, the 
comics, who do tramps, are always 
funny. 

Belly laughs— lots of 'em, the kind 
that makes the hardest boiled bur- 
lesque fan roll off his seat— pre- , 
dominate in the "Flappers." There's 
one scene, for Instance, in which 
Bates Is a bartender supply iner 
drinks for customers who never pay 
and. of course, he mixes drinks, 
which means that ho tosses the stuff 
all ,^vor the place, himself and 
everybody in sight— and when he 
Isn't tossing the liquid about he's 
expectorating it around the stage — 
sounds crude, but howlingly funny 
nevertheless. r . , 

The final scene of the show '(%'.". 
that sure-flre. classic of burlesque. ' 
"Irish Justice." That couldn't fall ,-; 
do>yn no matter how it was done, •' 
but as played here it might stand 
as a standard illustration of how 
"Justice" should be handled to get • 
the maximum comedy out of it. Mr. 
Bates is the judge, and there's more 
liquid manipulation, with additional 
expectoration. The good old bladder 
is brought out with the usual com- 
edy rfesults. that is to say. several :< 
bladders were brought out. Bat-es 
busting three or four during the 
course of the-skit. Hoke of the old 
school sort maybe — but nothing 
could be funnier. 

Mr. Hunt shines equally well in a 
banquet scene. In which he insists! 
on reciting "Dan McCrew"; in a 
talking act In "one" with Jim Ham- ^; 
ilton, who, incidentally, is one of tlie > 
best straight men burlesque has ar- \ 
quired in many a long year, and in 
a number of other comedy acenoH... ' 
The talking («cit of Hunt and Ham- 
ilton stopped the show cold. 

There are no bare legs in the 
"Flappers;' the choristers wearing 
tights %)il the way. And they are a 
great bunch— working all the time 
and dancing much better than the 
average. ; 

The ancient habit of grabbing en- . 
cores whether the audience calls for 
them or not never figures for a mo- 
ment In the "Flappers." the show 
Just snapping along from bit to 
specialty with 10 changes of scene 
that make for a degree of variety 
that Is one of the most valuable as- 
sets of a show that has a«.sets In 
abundance. 

In Mae Dix the "Flappers" has a 
soubret who has everything u bur- 
lesque principal woman should have. 
She can dance like a demon, sings 
pleasanHy, with an enunciation that , 
makes each syllabic Intelligible to,, 
the farthest corner of the hou: e. and 
owns a figure that is fauUIesa. \ . 
good comedienne besides. Vlnnie 
I'hllllps is another woman princi- 
pal who stands ou't Attractive ap- 
pearance, personality and a corking 
Hong delivery place Mis.s Phllllp.s at 
the topmost rung of singing hou- 
brets. Shirley Mallet te also classes 
on appearance and is a splendid 
dancer with a flare for acro'oatlcs 
that will send her up the ladder 
quickly as she goes along. Hose 
l''ord is the prima. Her voice is 
.sweet but a bit shrill. She does well, 
however, with several songs. 

Miss I'hllllps and a couple of 
choristers stopped the show with a 
Hawaiian number that had the three 
strumming ukes. 

A couple of colored chaps, Aaron 
and Kelly, do several specialties, 
harmony songs and soft shoe danc- i 
Ing, all of which landed heavily. 
Victor Cur>lan, the juvenile, l.s also a 
clover stepper. Major Johnson, a 
dwarf, appears in the afterpiece, 
figuring importantly in the comedy 
returns. 

The costuming la bright and up to 
(late and the production up to mod- 
ern standard.^ scenicaliy. The 
"I"! I ii(."i s" has more pop .vongs of 
ifrvMi viiitagc and they are handled „ 
better than any show f^een in ^ 
months Oil the Columbia Circuit.' 
The show \» a bit spicy in spots, but 
it's competently handled and never 
ofl\'nsive. 

As a real burlesque entertainment 
"Broadway I'"Iappers" nsore than 
fill.>s the hill. Business was very g.jo»« 
at ihc Cohimt)ia TucsU:i> night. 

iJc<*. 



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OUTDOOR AMUSEMENTS 



Friday, December 16, 1922 



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CARNIVAL SITUATION JAMMED, 
FOUOWING TORONTO CONVENTION 



Higher Grade Outdoor Showmen Without Medium — 
Former "Organ" Repudiated — New Open Air 
Amusement Paper Fathered by Circus People 



Reports coming through carnival 
men, following the TQronto conven- 
tion of fair secretaries late last 
month, Bay the carnival situation is 
all jammed up. The "jam" accord- 
ing to the stories, does not apply 
to the actual business of conducting 
carnivals, but takes on the peculiar 
complexlng that at this time the 
higher grade carnival men are with- 
out a medium, meaning there is no 
trade paper they can look to as a 
medium to advertise in or read ad- 
vertisements. ' 

The condition never has been 
paralleled in the history of outdoor 
amusements. Long years ago the 
outdoor field had "The Clipper". 
Lriiter "The Ulllboard" dislodged the 
"Clipper" as the paper of the out- 
door business. 

That the pres=ent situation was 
forecast or foreseen by a group of 
outdoor showmen has been recently 
sensed when a report come from 
Chicago circus men and possibly 
interested carnival peopW were 
talking about starting a trade paper 
demoted whoHy to outdoor enter- 
tainment. The circus people men- 
tioned at the time were those in 
the Muggivan, Ballard & Bowers 
group, with their afl^liations and 
such friendly connections among 
the carnivals as were in sympathy 
with the movement. The reports of 
this contemplated formation are 
said to have reached the "Bill- 
board", which is reported to have 
sent a special messenger to Chicago 
to ascertain if the circus people 
were serious. It is said the repre- 
sentative of "The Billboard" re; 
ceived no information on the sub- 
ject, and Variety has no informa- 
tion concerning it beyond what is 
printed herewith. 

Reports from the same .sources 
as mention the newspaper condition 
al.so say there are no indicated 
changes in the operation of carni- 
vals next season; that they will 
operate as they hitherto have done, 
those that prefer lo give amuse^ 
ment without criticism continuing 
to do so and without paying any 
attention to the other b^and ^f man- 
agement which is of more on the go 
as you please order, otherwise 
known as "working under local con- 
ditions". 

There ."xre no probabilities of any 
con erted action during the winter 
by any one S'»t of outdoor showmen. 
to distinguish themselves or their 
outfits from any other. The slogan 
seems to bo among the carnival 
men that everyone must stand on 
his own, making it good or bad with 
each agreeable to the consequences. 
The state of the Indoor theatre 
busine.-s this winter may have much 
bearing upon what the carnival 
manager contemplates for next sea- 
Bcn, He knows the indoor business 
Is not good, especially on what is 
known as the road, the path the 
carnival more often travels In sea- 
son, and through this, along with 
the poor condition of outdoor busi- 
ness last summer, the average 
carnival proprietor is not inclined 
to forego what he considers a 
source of income, when he is of the 
belief that income may become a 
necessity for the new season. 

It appears to be an open argu- 
ment with the majority of the carni- 
val men whether it will be of bene- 
fit for a mass movement to formu- 
late any organization for regula- 
tioiji or control of the business. It 
looks to be a hopeless task to most 
of them, who say it's now as it ever 
has been, the survival of the fittest. 
Those surviving they say will be 
those of established reputation who 
can pick their route montlis in ad- 
vance, knowing their return date 
Will be welcomed, while the wild 
catter mu.«^t take his chance, perhaps 
finding the wild catting sphere lim- 
ited In area and being gradually 
held down or pushed out in that 
way. 

At present, though ,the carnival 
people seem to find more interest 
In the newspaper condition. They 
admit it is a funny finish to a long 
run of one paper, whore that paper 
apparently has lost its standing 
among the carnivals, with no other 
paper in sight to step into its place 



and no paper seemingly trying to 
replace It. ' . 

The paper the carnival Hffeoplc 
formerly looked to worked itself 
into an unexplalnablc position 
through seeking to assert itself In 
the field it had held so long. The 
method of the attempt displeased 
the carnival men. The paper's 
methods for a long while had dis- 
pleased the greater share of all car- 
nivals. The paper did not discrim- 
inate; it classed all carnivals on a 
level, and all carnivals knew they 
were not on a common plane. A 
carnival of repute could read in the 
paper the outdoor field had selected 
as its medium that it was a good, 
clean show, a notice the proprietor 
would have taken pride in were it 
written in good faith, but in the 
same i^sue he could also ^ead the 
same general trend about another 
carnival he knew to be held in dis- 
repute by the entire outdoor busi- 
ness. It dealt the same way with 
its news matters, and finally 
threatened to held a bludgeon over 
the heads of carnival and circus 
men not amenable to its desires. 
These desires were many and 
varied, and of a character that 
aroused antagonism in those against 
whom they were directed. 

In many other ways the matter 
of a newspaper led up to the To- 
ronto convention, and after that It 
appeared to be decided that there 
was no paper left 'Tor the carnival 
men. 

Several outdoor showmen havo 
been reported as so intensely miffed 
at their former trade organ they 
notified certain accessory dealers 
in outdoor supplies that they would 
place their patronage elsewhere if 
the dealers again advertised in the 
present disfavored sheet. This ac- 
tion while wholly Individual up to 
date is said to have spread through 
verbal conversations between car- 
nival men. 

The circus end of the outdoor 
newspaper situation has been plain 
to all followers of the condition for 
a year ,or more. Several of the 
traveling circuses seemed to for- 
sake the medium in a body. That 
was some months afeo. It was re- 
ported at the time to have created 
a decided rancor on the part of the 
trade paper affected, with the paper 
attempting to display its spleen In 
an effort to drive the deserting cir- 
cuses to return, something it failed 
to do, they ignoring the paper in 
every way. 

What the outcome will be of the 
proposed new paper no one In New 
York seems to know and none talk 
about it. 

A puzzling point to the carnival 
men In connection with the ^entire 
affair is the attitude of Variety. 
Variety Is blamed by the outdoor 
showmen as the instigator of the 
national campaign against carni- 
vals that developed following Va- 
riety's onslaughts against the dis- 
reputable phase of the business. 
As time progressed and the open 
air men .«?aw that Variety was 
not "slamming" the business but 
was attempting \o effect a clean- 
ing up of odious conditions, the bet- 
ter class of outdoor showmen lost 
their re.sentm'^nt against this paper. 
Some aided the movement. Others 
wrote to Variety offering to write 
special articles along the same lines 
if Variety cared for ihem. , 

Meanwhile Variety's object could 
not be determined. To a showman, 
indoor or outdoor, every trade 
paper must have an object in what- 
ever it does. The outdoor showmen, 
more so than the indoor ones, be- 
lieve a trade paper has a "policy." 
Tho outdoor men had been edu- 
cated up to that by their former 
medium. But they could not figure 
out Variety's objecL 

As first they decided Variety was 
after the outdoor advertising, but 
as a couple of years slipped by 
without Variety making any effort 
to secure carnival advertising, they 
could not understand it. Neither 
could they understand why last 
summer when newsdealers witTT 
carnivals wrote to the paper a.sking 
for a supply weekly the supply 
was efused except with one carni- 



val (Johnny J. Jones). Other Tiews- 
dealers with carnivals were in- 
formed that Variety was on sale on 
local newstands and could be pur- 
chased from them. 

Carnival men have asked Variety 
representatives why Variety "does 
not go atter the carnival business." 
Variety men have asked others on 
the paper and themselves, but with- 
out reaching any solution of the 
whole matter of Variety and the 
oarnivals. 

Variety never had an object or 
policy in campaigning for a cleaner 
carnival. It took up the matter 
as something necessary to the good 
of all good show busines.**, in or out 
of doors. It knew good carnivals 
could not be affected by blasts 
against bad ones, and it knew/ bad 
ones only would protest against 
anything that could Injure them. 

Variety's Intention always has 
been to lend itself to aid any man- 
ager or actor In the show busi- 
ness who was on the level. It has 
never stood for any manager or 
actor who was not. Variety may 
have been called many names, but 
it was never called a double crosser, 
and it has never found It neces.«ary 
to publish what kind of advertise- 
ments It would not carry, nor has 
it ever been ashamed of any ad- 
vertisement It did carry. 

Variety's carnival campaign hap- 
pened incidentally. Two of Variety's 
Njw York staff were motoring to 
Chicago from New York. In an In- 
diana town at six a'clock In the 
evening their car,/was forced off 
the mai'' street and had to detour 
three b!ocka both ways to get back. 
Arriving back, one of the tourists, 
while the other got something to. 
eat. Walked down the main street 
to find the reason for the detour. 
Nearing a ring of people, he saw- 
two local policemen In uniform 
standing In front of a platform on 
which at the time a cooch ballyhoo 
was being given (by an expert). 
The carnival then exhibiting "under 
auspices" was one of the most no- 
torious gyppers traveling. Before 
leaving the tourists drove around 
the village. Everywhere were 
Fords. They told e^oque^tly about 
the people coming InC^rom the coun- 
tryside (it was Satui'Hay night) to 
sec the carnival. 

The tourists talked It over before 
arriving in Chicago. They agreed 
that when the point was reached a 
carnival could fix to pull that stuff 
in a town of moderate size the best 
thing that* could happen for the 
good of aM show business was to 
start something to stop it. The 
reasoning was If a gyp carnival 
could wreck a town within a week, 
what good would that town be for 
alI«of the show business, Indoor 
travelling combinations or outdoor 
amusement, for the remainder of the 
season or the year? 

From that, the matter- pro- 
gressed as Variety continued its 
carnival articles, until the matter of 
advertising was brought up by 
Variety's Chicago oflSce. The Chi- 
cago office Informed Variety in New 
York that some carnival people 
wanted to advertise In Variety. 
The New York office advised against 
accepting it. Informing the Chicago 
office they believed If Variety ever 
got any advertising from carnivals 
under the conditions It could only 
be looked upon as a "silencer." 'f'he 
Chicago office persisted, for the rea- 
son It had solicited by letter several 
carnivals for An outdoor number of 
Variety (in August) and then had 
the advertisement of Johnny J. 
Jones ready to publish. Through 
the standing of Mr. Jones In the 
business and understanding Jones 
had no object in advertising In 
Variety, as far as V^ariety might be 
concerned, the Jones advertise- 
ment was published with an ex- 
planatory note in it from this paper 
Variety will Identify Itself with 
good show business, whatever or 
wherever It may be, whether it i;- 
outdoor or indoor. It wants to all> 
with the good show business, and 
no other, to mix In with no other, 
to have nothing to do with any 
other for bad shovV business will 
as surely ruin the paper hooked ir 
with It as it will ruin Itself tvnC. 
perhaps the entire branch of thr 
business it is in. • 

If the carnival siHiation evei 
clears and by that time or any tim' 
tho carnival men of repute have tk 
paper, they can have aoy legltimit 
service from Variety, in any wr.; 
they want It. but only the showmer 
of clean business principles in tli;. 



BID FOR INDUSTRIALS 

Fair agents are already canvass- 
ing the field of Industrial exhibits 
for the 1923 fair seasonr and agree- 
ments have already been signed for 
several of the New Jersey events, 
including Trenton. Business for 
New York is still in abeyance. • 

For several years the exhibits of 
farm and household implements and 
appliances for sales and advertising 
purpo.ses lapsed into dullness, but 
last year such concerns us General 
Motors and American Tobacco Co. 
bouj,'ht space at the big events for 
demonstrations of their products.^ 

This brought desirable revenue to 
tho fair associations, and they are 
In the field to txtend it for next 
season. •» 



CHARGES MOHR HIRED 
ASSASSIN OF BRUNEN 



Powell Says Victim's Brotber- 

in-Law Wanted Control of 

Doris Shows 



Mt. Holly, N. J., Dec. 13. 
Charles M. Powell, concessionaire 
in the Mighty Doris and •'erarri 
shows, remained unshaken under 
cross- examination on the third 'day 
of the trial hero for the murder of 
John Brunen, in which the dead 
I an'a brother-in-law, Harry C. 
Mohr, and his -^Ister, Mrs. Brunen. 
stand accused. * ... 

Powofl's story, recited on the wit- 
ness siand yesterday. Is that Mohr 
paid him small sums and promised 
11,000 if' he would shoo^ the show- 
man down. Mohr was general man- 
ager of the carnival outfit and, ac- 
cording to Powell, wanted to con- 
trol the property and also get pos- 
session of the showman's bank ac- 
count, amounting to around |4.000. 
He also ^ charged Brunen with 
cruelty to his wife, Mohr's sister. 

Powell told a .straightforward 
story, declaring Mohr pursued him 
for months urging him to do the 
shqoting; rehearsed him in the 
actual scheme to fire on the show- 
man as he sat at the kitchen win- 
dow reading the paper, and sup- 
plied the money for the purchase 
of the shotgun. 

Powell told of the preliminary 
plotting "to get Brunen" and gave 
this account of the slaying: 

"On the night of March 10 (the 
night of the murder) I met Harry 
at the Camden post office and we 
drove to Riverside In his car. 
Neither of us had any money. Two 
trains were due to pats the Brunen 
house and the plan was to fire while 
one of them was passing to cover 
the explosion. We stopped near the 
Brunen place and I got the gun from 
the hay loft In the garage. When 
the first train passed the dog 
barked and Mrs. Brunen called It 
Inside. The second train came along 
and I ran into the yard, up to the 
window and pulled the trigger just 
as the train rumbled along. I ran 
across the field to the railroad sta- 
tion where Mohr was waiting an*^ 
jumped into the car. 

"He said. 'Did you get him?' I 
said I didn't know, and he replied, 
'If you didn't we'll all be arrested.' 
Then he went along to keep an ap- 
pointment." 

The defense contends Powell Is 
insane and his testimony Is In- 
competent, but Justice Kalisch, who 
Is conducting the trial, questioned 
fhim and declared he found the wit- 
ness clear-minded and apparently 
sane. The first day's proceedings 
made It look black for Mohr, al- 
though the case against Mrs. 
Doris Brunen was not materially 
strengthened. 



\ TWO FAIRS MERGE 

Spokane, Wash., Dec. 13. 

Directors of the Spokane Inter- 
state Fair and Live Stock Show 
and the Western Royal Live Stock 
Shx)w have decided upon a merger 
of the two shows. The combined 
show will be held late in Septem- 
ber In 1923. 

A citizens' drive to raise about 
$30,000 will be launched at once un- 
der the direction of George A. Phil- 
lips. 



outdoor field; the others are not de- 
sired. It looked at one time a; 
though the clean up carhpaigi 
might divide the < utdoor showmer 
info two classes: goad and bar! 
U^may yet do so. If that occurs 
there epuld be littl trouble in de- 
termining which Is •which, witl 
each clas.«» like'y selecting its owi 
medium. It is unlikely both cl.iK.se: 
could agree \ji)on a singl*' mfdinm 
though that medium were .'igr»'ialil< 
;o a .♦:eloct5o:i )iy botli. 



CARNIVAL REGULATION 
LIKELY IN NEW YORK 

I 

Reformers Have Good Chance 

to Put New Law 

Through 



Albany, N. Y., Dec. 13. 
In the matter of reform and blu« 
law legislation the New York re« 
formers have left Just one chance In 
the new legi.slatlon. They may be 
able to do something with carnival 
legislation. A measure requiring all 
carnival companies to have a state 
license, paying aHax and be bonded 
and doing away with local regula- 
tion outside of permission to show, 
and followed by inspection, might ^ 
have some chance of passaire. The 
Canadian law in relation to car- 
nival companies is scarcely adapt- 
able to New York state for various 
constitutional reasons. 

The New York State Civic League 
is expected to reintroduce Its Duke 
dance regulatory measure, whl^h 
created such a wave of comment at 
the last session of the legislature. 
It being the first measure ever in- 
troduced In the New York state leg- 
islature which carried pictorial Il- 
lustrations of Its application. There 
is no chance of its passing. 

Among other measures reasonably 
certain to pass are a measure re- 
storing state regulation of the sale 
and use of narcotic drugs; an 
amendment to the workmen's com- 
pensatidn law giving the state^und 
a monopoly of this class of Insur- 
ance: home rule for cities and the 
authorization of municipally owned 
public utfUties, especially motor 
bus lines: a soldiers' bonus by con- 
stitutional amendment, together 
with liberal appropriations for hos- 
pital, penal and educational Institu- 
tions, the construction and repair of 
which have been too long neglected 
In tho Interest of economy, while" 
the state Itself is expected to go into 
the development of electricity on a 
large scale, using state owned water 
power, with the ultimate expecta- 
tion of spending from $100,000,000 to 
1200.000,000 to convert the state's 
"white coal" Into energy and sell it 
to the people at cost. 

While the Republicans have the 
lower house of the legislature by a 
slight margin, it is not anticipated 
that mucti of any attempt will be 
made to block legislation and to 
pass the buck. Political leaders 
realize >he temper of the people and 
are not going to give any legislativs 
excuse for the devclpoment of a 
third party fn this state which might 
very well absorb . what remains of 
the Republican machine. 



SNAPP BROTHERS WINTER ' 

San Diego, D?c. 13. 

Snapp Brothers' Carnival Showat 
which have been on a Ideal lot for 
ten days, under the auspices of th« 
Disabled Veterans of the World ' 
War, have announced that they will 
winter here, taking a location in th« 
southern part of the city and re- 
maining for about ten weeks. 

They plan to start out again at 
the opening of the orange show la 
San Bernardino. The present en- 
gagement here has fiol been the 
best, owing to early winter rains. ',;>■ 



Percy Wendell, football coach at 
Williams college for the past two 
years, has signed aT^contract to 
return next fall. He had been 
reported considering an offer to 
succeed "Buck" Ocelli at Columbia. 
Wendell Is an old Harvard baokfleld 
star. 



Tommy Cosgrove. Am.'^terdam cen- 
ter, is back in the game again after 
a long siege of pneumonia. He was 
stricken just before the New York 
State Basketball league opened its 
season. Cosgrove Is a New York 
policeman. ^ 



JUDGMENTS 

(First name in judgment debtor; 
creditor and amount follows.) 

Russell Janncy; Hiekson, Inc.; 
|c:{3.«o. 

Irving Dash; Charles Baretz, Inc.; 
<lft8.20. — . . 

Wm. Hechheimer; J. M. Ferguson 
(>t :il.; ll.lorj.GS. 

Albert Wray; City ®i New York; 
?1GS.09. r -^ -- 

Jack Rosoff; T. L. Singer; $2.'»4.47. 

Evelyn Blanchard; Lord & Tay- 
lor; $322.81. 

Blaney Prod. Co., Inc.; Rivoli 
11(^0 iiiK' C(... Ine.; $l,410.ar.. 

Brighton Beach Music Hall, Inc ; 
Mty of New York; S49 5«. 

C::''y Ti-Jc'c; M. ^I'ynM. , ' : ; »'.3, 



Friday. December 15, 1922 




AMUSEMENTS 



rvE 



aeae 






$1M000 DANCE HALL TAKES 
DANCING OUT OF FAD CLASS 



I' 



$15,000 Paid Orchestra tor Six Days by Trianon, 
Chicago's Newest Dance Palace, on Southside — 
: Put Over by Theatre Builders and Architects 



9 



I 



Chicago, Dec. 13. 
Dancing liaa taken its place in the 
amusement life of Chicago. It oc- 
cupie>s as much of an entrenched po- 
sition now as musical or dramatic 
shows In past years and promises to 
rival vaudaviUe and picture?. 

The development of dancing in 
ChicaKO has covered 12 years, 
reaching its climax last week with 
the opening of the Trianon, declared 
to be the world's finest ballroom, at 
Cottage Grove avenue a'^d 62 1 
street, an amusement palac<* certain 
to aflect picture and vaudeville 
business. - ■' " • ', 

Thp Trianon is practical evidence 
the dancing fad is not a passing 
fancy like roller or ice skating. The 
leader is Andrew Karzas. quite a 
financial man in the Cottage CJrove 
district of Chicago and owner of the 
Woodlawn theatre. He is spoken cf 
in t-wo-pagc layouts appearing in the 
daily newspapers as giver of "this 
marvelous tribute to democracy." a 
statement based on the ground that 
all can attend with admission II.IO 
for men and 60 cents for women, 
excepting Saturdays and Sundays, 
when the prices are given a little 
tilt. 

The Trianon marks the commer- 
cializing of dancing on a big scale. 
\V. J. Moore, president of the Amer- 
ican Bond & Mortgage Co.. backed 
the proposition to over $1,000,000 
and encountered no trouble in dis- 
posing of the bonds. The contribu- 
tion of Mr. Moore to the project is 
outdone in that of Robert Beck, 
president of the Longacre Engineer- 
ing & Construction Co.. who saw 
the possibilities of the project and 
interested Mr. Moor© in financing It. 
That such a proposition is not far 
separated from ehowdom proper is 
seen in the fact that Mr. Beck 
financed the Apollo, Woods and 
Selwyn & Harrla theatres in Chi- 
cago. Beck was instrumental in 
securing the architects Rapp & 
Rapp, and as a result there is an 
edifice whic^ Is a "veritable palace 
for the people." An oval ballroom 
is 170 feet long and 100 feet wide 
and 50 feet In height from floor to 
domed top. It is said that 3.000 
people can dance there comfortably. 
The opening band at the new 
place waa Paul Whiteman's from 
New York. This organization was 
paid $15,000 for six days and 
transportation. The Trianon opened 
with a grand ball for tho benefit 
of. the Illinois Children's Home and 
AW Society and the big ballroom, 
operating force and Whiteman's or- 
chestra were donated by Mrs. Kar- 
zaa. This charity ball, the first real 
society event of the kind ever held 
on the South Side, attracted the 
greate.«'t people of Chicago and the 
honor guest was General Pershing. 
There is no coat check graft or 
anything of that kind at the new 
dance palace. Ice cream and sodas 
are served but that is the only side 
pull of money. 

.iDanre business on the biggest 
scale has grown up in Chicago. 
^ten like Jack Lund, of Morrie Oar- 
den, have made money, but this Is 
the epoch marking event in that 
field of amusement. The Trianon, 
as compared to thd dance hall of 
years ago. is like the automobile 
to the ox-cart. It may be said of 
Chlc.igo dance halls of the last 12 
years th.it there has never been 
any scandal in their operation and 
that the commerci.Tlizlnpr of dancing 
may be taken to mean the elimina- 
tion of dancing's most objectionable 
feature.*;. 

The Ttianon'ii ballroom i.-? built in 
oval shapo and Is almost an exact 
ropy of the famous French Trianon. 
The pla<'c h:is a major r-iwitchboard 
the tame as a big theatre, and the 
. hand.«t.'»Tul is like the thror.e of a 

king. 

There Is ;t liin '.nroOlU f iuni »■ . li. <- l i 
liK'it relrei^hiMonta .nre served Mnd 
10 thetUin.'; stindp for men and 
w;/mfn. The checks di?!'!o:efl ihire 
v,e»e 5.100 in I lie pl;«ce at nne timo. 
with 1,S00 couples on the tlr)ni- nml 
l.r.OO ]>««(ii>U- id ilii' l)aironic^ ;•: 
tipcr-t.itor.s. _ The rcguliir opctjinR 
S;HiuU;ix ;iu;lu had S.iOU nlrpi3^-«J"«- 
The ushers and attendaniu aie all 
In UnuA XIV rtyle 
The hand ing of the Trianon is 



evidencing the ma.ster hand of an 
experienced showman, and Pat 
Campbell, exploitation man, is being 
credited with some splendid work. 



CONEY'S BOARDWALK'S 
GUHERING PREDICTION 



Outdoor Showmen Are Con- 
cerned — Way Be Earlier 
Spring Opening 



LEGALIZED MUTUELS IN 
N. Y. AS AID TO FAIRS 



Outdoor Men Figuring 
Chances of Change in 
Turf Wagers 



on 



Outdoor amusement nnen with 
special interests in New York state 
declare there is a good chance that 
the coming year will see the pari- 
mutuels In operation on New York 
state tracks in some fonii and under 
some sort of license, tax and regu- 
lation. For the reason that a tax 
on some form of legalized betting at 
the tracks would greatly benefit the 
subsidized fairs, the amusement men 

are prepared to^ do all they can to I j^^j^ orAp'rW, or abound EasVer 
further the proposition. j ^j^^^ 

Political leaders in the big cities j EdVard C 



The new Coney Island boardwalk, 

which will be completed In January 

for opening in March, is causing the 

resort's outdoor showmen consider- 
ably concern. It is a question 
whether it will favor their business 
or not. If the former, the improve- 
ment w^ill be surprisingly optimistic. 
The other viewpoint revolves on 
how the new streets leading to the 
bowery will be laid out and what 
their effect will be. In many cases, 
It will cut off a valuable avenue of 
approach. 

Already, Ilenderson'u part of the 
Steeplechase, Jackman's thriller, the 
popular five-cent ride; the "Love 
Nest " and "Drop the Dip ' have l>een 
affected because of the cutting 
through for the boardwalk. 

A number of outdoor .showmen are 
so enthusiastic on what the board- 
walk will mean for the concession- 
aires that they are preparing to 
open as early as February. The 
usual Coney Island opening is the 



MUSIC MEN 



The following have royalties from 
records and rolls due them, checks 
for which are Id possession of the 
Music Publishers' l»rotective Asso- 
ciation, 56 West 45th street. New 
York, awaiting the rightful owners. 
Each has been written at their la.**! 
known address but have evidently 
moved elsewhere, since .mail has 
been retiMrned as und»'li\ered. Com- 
munications from the following 
should be addressed to E. C. Mills, 
care of the M. P. P. A.; GuiMo 
Amauli, ^O. F. Beck. James liri ck- 
man. F." ItroUy, Brody & I'Yledsell, 
Pomposo Cabellero. Gus Goldstein. 
Head Music Pub. Co.. J. Fred Helf 
Co., 1^. J. Ilowley Music Co . Max 
Hart, Howard & Lavar. Placldo 
Izzo, William Jerome Pub. Co.. 
Jerome & Schwartz Pub. Co.. 
ivnlckerbocker Music Pub. Co. Isi- 
dore I^illian, Simon Katz, Norworth 
Pub. Co.. G. E. Pasquolotto. Nalale 
Di I'alman. I'enn Music Co., Aubrey 
Stauffeur & Co. None is a pub- 
lisher-member of the M. P. 1'. A., 
but the Victor. Q. H. S. and other 
companies Imvo remitted to the as- 
Kociuliuti as a general clearing 
house 'for tho dittribution of th«* 
money, which Mr. Mills has under- 
taken to do, although not obligated. 



COLUMBIA'S DROP 



Gross Dipped to $7,400 Last Week— 
Gayety, Boston, $8,500 



are liberal toward betting, and the 
courts have recently handed down 
decisions dismissing cases of prose- 
cution for oral betting. Indicating a 
liberal interpretation of the law now 
In effect. Since betting goes on in 
spite of the law there seems to be no 
reason why the dead letter statute 
should remain on the books, so the 
partisans of mutuels argue. 

The rural legislators would be 
likely to look kindly upon a system 
of taxing turf wagers, for the tax 
will probably go Into the state fund 
for education and agricultural devel- 
opment, of which the fairs would 
get a part. Rural legislators -ordi- 
narily back practical tax measures 
that bring returns to their constitu- 
ents and no opposition would be 
likely from the upstate politicians. 

While Governor Miller will retire 
with the prestige of an economical 
administration, it is said the state 
finances are sadly depleted and all 
sources of revenue must he used by 
the new administration, which will 
come into an exhausted treasury 
and departments requiring heavy ap- 
propriations following two years of 
pinching. A six-day track meet In 
Maryland not long ago brought the 
state three-quarters of a million 
dollars in taxes. From this figure 
it may be imagined what a metro- 
politan racing season would yield. 



Riegelman. president 
of the Borough of Brooklyn, pro- 
phesied that Coney Isla/id. through 
the medium of tho boardwalk, uill 
become the greatest amusement re- 
sort on the Atlantic coast within 
five years, barring none. That is, 
if the proper atmosphere is built up 
proportionately. 



B. Feldman & Co.. of London, 
take exception to the report their 
demonstrators interferre4 >vith song 
pluggers working In tho Interests 
of the Lawrence Wright house in 
recent Blackpool activities. Wright 
formerly worked for Bert Feldman, 
btit finally bought out his interest 
and is currently remitting in in- 
stallments. The report had it that 
every time Feldman receives an in- 
stallment he uses it to make fresh 
trouble for Wright. This Feldman 
denies for two reasons; firstly, all 
he has ever been paid is one in- 
stallment and this, Feldman con- 
tends, would be insufficient to fur- 
nish one week's ammunition, were 
he inclined to antagonize Wright 
which he states he is not, and 
secondly, Feldman sets forth, that 
without the success of the Wright 
house the future installments might 
be jeopardized which is the last 
thing he would desire. 



The Columbia, New York, droppt-tl 
considerably below the prcviou.i 
weelc last week with "Social Maidy,"' 
which played the house an the 
"Stone and Piilard Show* through 
the former 'Social Maids" playing 
there earlier In the season. The 
Stone and Pillard show did about 
17,400. - 

Kube Bernstein's "Broadway Flap- 
pern* at the (;ayety. Boston, dul 
about $S.500; "Chuckles of 1922' at 
the Bronx. New York, about $S.00O, 
and 'Follies of tho Day ' IT.r.OO at 
the Gayety, Buffalo. Tlie "Follies" 
Rross took the current season'i 
house record for Buffalo. 



Mrs. Herk Leaves Hospital 
Mrs. I. H. Herk left the Flushing 
hospital Monday, after a major 
operation tollowing an infection of 
one eye while driving a nail. 

Mrs. Herk will not lose the sight 
of her eye, as at first feared, but 
may carry a scar for some time. 



OBITUARY 



XIAHI IN WINTER 

Miami, Fla., may be the scene of 
unusual outdoor qjnusement acttnt?" 
In winter, judging from present 
plans amoQg showmen who have 
been watching that winter resort 
closely. Their study of population 
figures show that there la a 40,000 
resident population all year round 
and 85,000 in the winter. 

The unusually dry climate with 
Its negligible perccntaKe of oainy 
weather is another inducement. Out- 
door games, rides, etc., could be 
operated within an enclosure minu.s 
even any roof. 



The phonograph people are get- 
ting wind of the music publishers* 
proposed agitation for a four-cent 
disk record royalty as against the 
current two cents. This would 
necessitate legislative amendment 
of the copyright act. The record 
makers' attitude is that if the music 
men are truly serious about It. a 
combative attitude would become 
necessary. The possibility bf the 
disk manufacturers entering the 
music publishing business is cited. 
However, the makers resent any at- 
tempt at paying eight cents royalty 
per record when they pay four cents 
now (two cents each side). Also 
they objert to the publishers' pr;«c- 
tlce of dictating when certain songs 
should be released without htarting 
them on their way to popularity 
and depending on the record to 
carry the song. , 



WORTHAM'S ESTATE 
VALUED AT $50,000 



KANDY KIDS 

(Continued from page 7) 

antfe and nimble pups, rounded out 
the male roll call. 

The women are Marie Grenier, a 
full-bosomed, well-figured prima, 
with a fair singing voice; Mary Mc- 
pherson, a soubret with pep and 
personality who can dance, and 
Grace Tremont, a hard-working 
blonde soubret Ingenue, who led 
numbers exuberantly. 

The book by Matt Kalb consisted 
of old bits well done, some re- 
vamped and all funny. Tho com- 
edy scenes were broken up with 



Application as AdminStratriX ' spiclaltles of sure -Are callber. 
\-.. • • ..,• ■ .- .. .. An old-fashioned quartet of 

Filed by Widow — Estimate 



Includes All Property 



the 
men principals got over bin with all 
of the old hokum. Including the 
"nance" and the Dutrh comedian 
bent upon murdering him for inter- 
rui)tlng th»» songs. 

"On a Slow Train." another bur- 
lesfHie favorite almost as old as 
"lr:.«h Jusli('c" and just as popular 
.and funny when well done as It was 
lure. Weber made llitm roar with 



Dallas, Tex., Dec. 1.1. 

The estate of Clarence A. Wortham 
is valuf^d at loO.UOO by his widow, 
.Mr.s. I'.eile Wortham, in licr applica- 
tion filed at San Antonio, asking to j hii< funny dia!»'ct which mea-^ures up 
be appointed as administratrix of i to an\iliing in burl««H(iut'. The war 
her late husbands estate. , is over and the "Dutch" comics arc 

The estimate of value include.^ the j *-"'^7^'">f .\'^5|^,''l^."_f|.^*'l''.^^'.' 
show property of the deceased, per 



A new idea in song ex|)loHation 
Is being tried by L. Wolfe (Jilbert 
who has organized a million dollar 
corporation for the purpose of 
selling stock as widely as possible to 
laymen. This is Intended to make 
each stock subscriber a posssible 
patron of Gilbert's songs, the idea 
of the wide distribution being for 
the purpose of spreading a national 
network. The company will be 
known as the L. Wolfe Giiibert 
Music Corp., the present corporate 
title. The i>ar value of 300,000 pre- 
ferred shares at 8 per cent, i.s $5. 
While this stock subscription plan 
has been tried a number of times 
to finance theatrical and picture 
productions, It is the first time at- 
tempted in the music publishing 
field. Kaplan. Kosman & Streusund 
formed the corporation. 



sonal elTects and real property. 

Clarence A. \\'ortham died Sept 
24 In Cincinnati. His death ^^as 
sudden and shocked the outdoor 
amusement world. Known as the 
largest carnival proprietor in the 
country, his rise ha<l been meteoric , 
in thai field, Wortham r.itered it j 
abiiut nine jcar.s ago. He was re- 
i)orteil at his death to own or hold 

trrsT 



an interesl in lil It'USt r 
carnivals, witli his wcaltij estimated 
ill tho millions. 

RINGIING'S SON'S COIICERT 

C fiicutjo. 1«M . i;'.. 

not^fi Ikin'ilirig, l»ari*'>!MV ro.i of 

o:ie of I lie BiuKli'tK B. others oi CiV- 

ru^ f.^me. ^nvo a re;*ital ai ('«»h;»n > 

C.iand l.TSt Sut»dM>- \vh ch vva.s r. id-^I.v 

.exploited and an artistu- su ce??8. - 



A pick put number led by Wther 
j revealed specialty ability in almost 
I a df»zen chorus girls. Any one of 
j them would make Bee Palmer look 
I to hrr jello Laurels. This stunt re- 
' cpjved ofe.ans of encores and stoppod 
: the ix'rfurnianco just before the 
' finale. ; 

M'le. Fin, an Orjetttal ilanrrr. in 
co-f«>atured in the biilmi; i*iih 
j Wei ei-. She f^lid out in act two and 
I } hook a mean abdomen. She would 
h.ave to follow thai ciioru.-. but in 
t*4*T -ft trrt***t It** < 4<r4mi+^!*^4i 
she topped all the inusenlat eiil'f - 
taiumeni thai had prere»jc»d. 

"Th*^ U'andy Kids" is yuU\ to be 
ii-Cf.Md in t;ro.«^<: receipts for tlie <^fu- 
^(n< <MJ the I'.futual cin'Uit. only led 
» V IlavKV l"i<l-h. It'n an altracliori 
Jl.at will liuiM lifting !»atroriuRe for 
til' .\hiti:;i! ii loolced like .i : •.llout 
at tli'> (»ivpi{)e Tuesday niglit. :tnd 
the v\ny they walked c»ut on the liist 
.'iTTiateur Xiifu that nppi 'U"! handv 
it njonly to the "Kills." fun. 



The Santa Monica. Cal., cafe 
owner who became incensed at the 
American Society of Composers, 
Authors and Publishers' license tax 
dem.and and who vowed he would 
rather j.azz "Nearer My God to 
Thee" than perform the society's 
popular catalog, has written a letter 
of apf)logy and offers to settle two 
suits pending aga'nst him for $500. 
Among other things which thl.s cafe 
i Continued on page 23) 



JOE HARDMAN 

Joe Hardman. iO, died at Bellevue 
Hospital. New York, December 1. 
Death was due to dropsy. He was a 
partner of the late R. G. Knowles 
about twenty-five years ago, and 
also worked with his brother, Wil- 
liam Hardman. as Hardman Broth- 
ers. For a number of years he did 
a monolog in vaudeville, playit g 
clubs almost exclusively in the last 
few years. He leaves a widow, and 
two sons and a daughter. Burial 
was under the auspices of the Ac- 
tors' Fund. 



NORMAN SHERWOOD CARR 

Norman Sherwood Carr. con- 
nected with vaudeville for t'i years 
as a blackface comedian, died at his 
home In Crompton. R. I.. Dec. 11. 
He retired from the stage seven 
years ago because of 111 health. He 
was generally known as "Pop" C?irr 
and was 84 years old. 

NED BURTON 

Ned Burton, who had a long record 
for appearances, both on the legiti- 
mate stage and vaudeville, died of 
heart failure at his home iu New 



Georgia Westbrook Sworj 

Died December Cth. 1921 
■ he Will Live Forever la Our Heat is 

FAGG and WHITE 



CHORISTERS HURT IN AUTO 

Buffalo. Dec. 13. 

Jan^^ Decalve, 2.1, and Cutle Har- 
man. 21. chorus girls with the 
"Mimic World." at the Gayety this 
week, were painfully injured when 
an automobile In which they were 
riding early Tuesday morning 
crashed into a fence around an ex- 
^cavation in the downtown section. 

Al Shapario, manager of the show, 
was also in the party. 

AM wre taken to the Columbun 
Hospital here for treatment. ,, 

NEW OWNERS OF CHUCKLES" 

■ Cliiukles of 192J" is now con- 
trolled jointly by th*' H. C .Minetj 
Ksfate and Chas. Bell. Bell, who 
;s a wme ai^ent, acquired 250 ^,har.••,• 
of the Chuckles. Inc. sto 1; Irotn 
j the .Miners several weelcs .igo. IJell's 
interest is UTiderstood to be r>0 pet 
ee.it., wifh the price paid rei»o-u>(l 



York city Dec. 11. He was about 
72 years of age. His most recent ef- 
forts were in pictures, and he last 
appeared before the camera in a 
company supporting Thomas 
Meighan. He was In the supporting 
casts of a number of stars, Includ- 
ing John Barrymore ("Jim the Pen- 
man"). Alice Brady and FMsie l«>r- 
guson. 



PHILIP MASS! * 

Philip Mass?, assistant dirittor, ^ 
who had just completed work on .t 
production at the Blograph studios 
assisting Kdwin Cafrew, died at the '^ 
French hospital. New York, Dec. II, "^ 
as the result of a stomach operation, j 



GEORGE BARR 

George Barr. legitimate acto.-, I.iat 
with the Willam Hodge company 
died In New City, N. Y.. of heart 
disease after an illness of two ycari*. 



^■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■HiHMi^ 
IN yRMORIAM 

GEORGE BARR 



Who pa«M<l swar 
Dereraber 7tli. l*tt 

Age 74 



Mr. Batr was born in I..ondon, lUiK- 
land, and was G3 years old. Among 
his appearances In this country 
were those with George Arliss' com- 
pany and in "On Trial." He retir»»d 
two years ago to his summer home 
in New City. His wife, Rachel Ban. 
is the only surviving relative. 



The wife of Harry Bradley, who 
plays the priest in tho New York 
< onipany of 'Abie's Irish Itos( ." diCil 
tn Califm-nia. Bradley haa remrncd- 
to i>is work after atlendiiu the 
funeral on the coast. 



The mother of Ed Tindeli (Kd 
a/i.l Ma T/ndell) died Nov. 26. aged 
:.' at her home at Trenton, N.,J 



■* 



The mother of Ann Suthi»rlTn I 
«.d a ( 

,NOV, S.1. 



d>«.d a( Iter home in Chicago on 



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VARIETY 



Friday, December 15, 19S2 



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tst: 



SPORTS 



INCORPORATIONS 






The cabled reports of Sikl's con- 
fession of A frame between himself 
and Carpentler, when the French- 
man, through Slkl's double-cross- 
ing, lost the two European cham- 
pionships, may recall to many the 
reports at the time and afterward 
of the alleged frame between Jack 
Johnson and Jess 'SViHutd at 
Havana. 

The SikI confession followed the 
withdrawal of his heavyweight 
European championship by the 
French Boxing Federation. Through 
the intervention of a colored 
French Deputy In the House, the 
revelations came out, the Deputy 
Interposing a protean 

The Siki story does not appear to 
relieve Siki in any way. His con- 
fession seems to je govul ground.-* 
in itself for him to lose h »/ honors. 
But stories of Siki breaking out in 
restaurants abroad, causing com- 
motions and acting In a way that 
could land him on Blackwells 
Island over here have been fre- 
quently sent across, so whatever 
they do with the overnight colored 
champ -on the other side won't 
greatly interest the sporting fra- 
ternity over here. 

The Johnson- Willard rumors 
never connected WillarJ with the 
frame. Those who always have held 
the opinion the Johnsoii-Willard 
light was framed believed also that 
Willard never knew it, and that as 
far as Willard was concerned, he 
then did and always has thought 
he honestly won the championship. 
Some pretty smart people were 
concerned In the Willard-Johnson 
light. Some of them were show 
people and some were known 
never to have placed a bet on a 
gamble in their lives, always look- 
ing for a sure thing and not betting 
unless they got it. The first suspi- 
cion among a certain set in New 
York arose when It became known 
that a group of show people from 
Times square. In a common pool 
had been placing bets on Willard to 
win, from New York to New Or- 
leans to San Francisco, wherever at 
that time they could get down their 
money, and getting as high as 
three to one on Willard to win. 

Willard won, after (he place of 
light had been shifted about and 
so much money spent on the pre- 
liminaries it was a hopeless propo- 
sition to expect a profit through 
holding it in Cuba. Had Johnson 
won there was no money to be 
made In the States with him, for 
he was kept out of this country at 
the time through the fear of crimi- 
nal prosecution under the Mann 
Act on an indictment then pending 
against him in Chicago. It seemed 
unlikely that the people behind the 
match would gamble that far on 
the picture of the fight profit with- 
out knowing what they had. 

It is said that Johnson is the best 
actor the ring ever held, because 
he had to stall so long before find- 
ing an excuse to take the count, 
although there are any numb<;r 
of people at the ringside who 
will say and have said that as long 
as they live they will believe Wil- 
lard actually knocked out Johnson. 
Just what Johnson received out 
of it. If It were framed, no one 
know.s. Such terms as have been 
reported in unauthorized circles 
said that Johnson received $50,000 
in cash, paid to him by some means 
before he entered the ring, and he 
was to get BO per cent, of the an- 
ticipated picture profits, but the 
real Inducement to Johnson to 
throw it. according to the story. 
was the promise of immunity and 
privilege to return to the U. S. if 
he was not the champion, when no 
attention would be* centered upon 
him, and the further possibility held 
out that once back here he could 
ask for a return match, secure it 
and regain his crown. 

Kverything but John.-'.on losing 
broke wrong, and even the pictures 
could not be shown in the States. 
A long time afterward Johnson 
made a eonfo.ssion to a. newspaper 
man in London he had framed for 
the Willard fight, but he did not say 
he framed with Willard, but that 
ho had been cros.scd aftpr the fight 
was over. It was cabled and printed 
here but got no notice. Later he 
did come back to take his punish- 
ment on the criminal cli.irge and 
— reoeived a year in Leavenworth. 
Johnson had been badly advised. 
Had he ne\er run away it is <juite 
likely he could have gotten a sus- 
pended sentence on the charge, for 
at that time, while there was some 
feeling against Johnson there wns 
little sympathy for the white woman 
Involved. 

A second accounting of the estate 
left by Ilichard A. CanfieUl. gam- 
bler and art patron, who died Dec. 
11, 1914, M the result of a fall on 



'the steps of the 14th street 
station, made by Luke 



subway 
Vincent 
Lockwood. executor, filed and ap- 
proved last week In the Surrogates 
Court, New York, shows Mr. Can- 
field, wha was 58 years old and 
whose body was cremated, directed 
In his will that Grace Martin Han- 
non, daughter, receive the statuette 
"Bacchante" by MacMonnles; How- 
land Dartmouth Canfleld, son, a 
portrait of himself (testator) by 
Whistler, and the 
reference library. 
Kelly, servant, $2,000. William S. 
Coe, fi'iend, oil painting by Al- 
phons de Neuville, called "The 
Trumpeter," and David W. Buck- 
lin. friend, oil painting by Edward 
Detaille, called "Un Chasseur d'Af- 
rique." Both paintings were not 
found by the executor and were 
probably di.spo.sod' of by Mr, Can- 
field during his lifetime. Harry 
Melvill Brown, Clayton F. MoKen- 
ley and Thomas W. Sprague, 
friend.*?, stock in a stopper com- 
pany. Mr. Brown was to receive 
$50,000 worth and the other two 
each $25,000 worth. 

The remainder of his property 
into three equal shares: One as a 
life estate for Mr.*?. Gtnevieve W. 
Canlleld. decedent's widow, of 11 
Alton place, Brookline, Ma^.s., after 
whioh the income is to be divided 
equally between his two children, 
Grace and Howiand, and at the 
death of one the principal is to go 
to the survivor. 

One each for the two children, 
who reside with their mother, in 
trust for life, with the power to 
will the principal, or to their re- 
spective i.ssue. 

In his first accounting, filed Dec. 
9, 1916, Mr. Lockwood charged him- 
self with $1,205,760.90, and^ the net 
estate as $841,485.79. 

Court records show that Mr. Can- 
field's famous gambling house at 6 
East 44ih street. New York, known 
as "the place next to Del.s," was 
valued at $96,350. tl.e estate claim- 
ing an equity of $25,247. It was on 
Dec. 1, 1902. William Travers Je- 
rome, then district attorney, at the 
head of a squad of policemen, 
raided the place, breaking his way 
throu)^ the great bronze entrance 
doors. Mr. Canfield was In Europe 
and returned at once. He pleaded 
guilty, and was fined $1,000. 

The place known as the U. S. 
Club, at Saratoga .Springs, N. Y., 
was valued at $4,000. This was not 
the famous gambling resort sold 
before Mr. Canfleld's death to the 
city of Saratoga for $150,000, al- 
though Mr. Canfleld had put more 
than $»00,000 into that house and 
estate. y 

Mr. Canfiein was known as a con- 
noisseur of painting and ceramics, 
and pofl.=^e3scd the second laigest 
collection of Whistler paintings in 
America, which ho sold in Mar<'h, 
1913, to Mr. Knoedler & Co. Among 
the as.sets of the estate was a col- 
lection of Whi.siler lithographs, 
valued at $5,000, and a portrait of 
himself by Whistler, valued at 
$3,000. The other paintings sold for 
$10,370. His books were valued at 
$834; his porcelains at $12,915; his 
antique furniture and miscellaneous 
objects of art at $159,999, and other 
furniture at $7,095. There was a 
bronze "Bachante" by MacMonnies, 
worth $250, and jeweliy and other 
personal proi>erty w^ere valued at 
only $671. 



The adage "youth must be served" 
doesn't seem to hold good in roller 
polo. Recently published averages 
of the American Polo League show 
the veterans leading the youngsters 
by a wide margin. Bobby Hart, who 
was not exactly a boy when play- 
ing with Schenectady in the old 
State League sevjn or eight years 
ago, is the leading scorer with fifty- 
five goals, while Bill Duggan and 
Kid Williams, both out of the chick- 
en state when performing in the 
same circuit, are In second and 
third places with fifty-three and 
forty-live, respectively. Mossie Con- 
ley, Fred Penee and Bill Blount, 
all ex-State leaguers, are the lead- 
ing goal-tender.s. Conley with an 
average of .913. Pence with .905 and 
Biount with .894. Welch, Jette and 
I.,ovegreeri, newcomer.<i. trail the vet- 
eran "stop" artist.s. Others former 
.State leaguers playing in the 
American circuit are .Steve Pierce, 
Red WilJiarns. Frrddie Hnrkins, 
Fred Jean. Frajik Hardy, Bar)iey 
Doherty. Bob Griffith and .Ar.hie 
.Mulrlirad. NoTie of those men were 
sucklings then, eithor. New Bed- 
ford and Sale?n arejn a neck-and- 
neck race for the Ani'iican League 
championship honors. Other teams 
in the circuit ore Worcester, Ix)w- 
oll. Portl;»n<l und Providence. 
James B. Uobinson, '24, veteran 

(Continued on page 39) 



Reiianc* Vaud«vill« Agency, Man- 
hattan; capital, 110,000. Directors, 
A. J. Kratxka. Joseph A. Eckel, P. E. 
Birman. 

Abbott Theatrical Enterprieet, 
Buffalo; capital, $100,000. Directors, 
Harry Abbott, Jr.; Jacob Lavene 
and Roy Van. 

Robbins Enterprises, Utica; cap 
ital, $3,000,000. DlrectotB, Walter 
J. Green, W. C. J. Doolittle and 
Julius Rothsteln. 

Bond Photoplay Corp., Manhattan 
capital, $25,000. Directors, Philip 
historical and ^itb^rman, Jacob S. List and I^. G. 
Mrs. Virginia 

Atlas Distributing Corp., Manhat 
tan; capital, $50,000. Directors, 
Abraham Goldfaro, Philip Gardner 
and J. A. Courtrlght. 

Doormat Co., Manhattan; capital, 
$20,000. Directors. Solomon Good 
man, C. A. Smith and P. S. Good 
mafir ^ . vi 

Norca Pictures, Manhattan; cap- 
ital, $50,000. Directors, C. S. Ash 
ley, D. J. Dowling and H, J. Nou 
schafer. 

Representative Producers* Al- 
liance, Inc., Manhattan; capital, 
$15,000. Directors, Herbert Loewen 
thai, M. J. Wolff and Emanuel- 
FIchandler. 

C. and L. Amusement Corp., Man- 
hattan, theatres, pictures, etc.; cap 
Ital, $25,000. Directors, M. R 
Loewenthal, Milton Collins and Ly 
man Hess. 

Universal Film Manufacturing 
Company, Inc., Manhattan. Motion 
pictures: capital, $500; directors. 
W. S. McKay, Esop Poskanzer and 
M. A. Finn 

Helioart Pictures, Inc., Manhat- 
tan. Capital, $5,000; directors, Irv 
ing Missing, Arthur Missing and 
Charles L. Gaskill 

Convent Theatre Corporation, 
Manhattan. Theatres and motion 
pictures; capital, $20,000; directors. 
Jeanette Frimarck, Lavlnla Mark- 
ham and Rose Elsenstadt 

Success Theatre Corporation, 
Manhattan. • Theatres and Wiotlon 
pictures; capital, $20,000; directors. 
Jeanette Frimarck, Lavinia Mark- 
ham and Rose Elsenstadt 

H. and E. Sales Corporation, 

Manhattan. Motion pictures; capi- 
tal, $25,000; directors, E. D. Munn, 
H. E. Smith and H. H. NIeman. 

Morris Whits Holding Company, 
Inc., Manhattan. Conduct hotels 
and restaurants: capital, $250,000; 
directors, Morris White, Lillian 
White and Irving. Feldman. 

Tsrvas Reel Corporation, Man- 
hattan. Manufacture reels for pic- 
ture machines; capital,' $7,000; di- 
rectors. Max Sherover, Charles J. 
Ball and Jacob Bell. 

Park Amusement Corporation, 
Manhattan. Motion pictures; capi- 
tal. $5,000; directors, Harrv Welt- 
flsch, Philip Weltflsch and Florence 
Weltfisch. 

Angelui Pictures Corporation, 
Manhattan. Capital, $1,000; dlrec- 
tor.s, D. E. Hurwitz, V. E. Farratti 
and A. A. Kelley. 

Latin-American Cinema Corpora- 
tion, Manhattan. Motion pictures; 
capital, $50,000; directors, F. E. 
Cheeseman, H. T. Mason and Law- 
rence Sterner. 

Choral Society of the Friends of 
Music, Inc., Manhattan. Coitcert 
and theatrical business; capital, 
$500; directors. Earnest Lanier, 
Allen AV. Wardwell, and A. F. Selits- 
berg. 

Beilin and Horowitz, Inc., Man- 
hattan. Dramatic and literary 
works; capital, $1,000; directors. 
Etta London, Marion Elkin and 
Ruth Vogel. 

Leonard's Ringside, Inc., Manhat- 
tan. Restaurant; capital. $3,500; di- 
rectors, William Leonard, Loui.^ 
Schwartz and Aaron Schwartz. 

Bardine and Anderson, Inc., Man- 
hattan. Amusement; capital, $20,- 
000; directors, Mabel Bardine, Grace 
L. Anderson and A. Raymond Gaulo. 

J. Searle Dawley Productions Cor- 
poration. Manhattan. Picture; 
<'apital, $250,000; directors. Merla I. 
St. John, Grey M. Burns and Vera 
A. Robert.«. 

Premier Productions, Inc.. Man- 
hattan. Capital, $500; directors. H. 
J. Sanders, Nat Lesser and P^ay 
Alexander. 

Kapfall Productions, Inc., Man- 
hattan. Theatres, pictures; direc- 
tors, William Kaufman, Edward N. 
Bloomberg and P. H. Werss. 

Cypher Holding Corporation, Man- 
hattan. Capital. $5,000; dirootn?-.s, 
Charles .S., Ilervey, Lee R. Waller 
and II. Ned Marin. 

M. M. Amusement Corporation, 
Brooklyn. Capital, $25,000; direc- 
tors. Max Miller, Minnie Miller and 
Philip Stark. 

Troy Theatre Corporation, Buffalo. 
Capital, $50,000; directors. Moe 
Mark. E. B. Mark and Max Spieg^'i. 

State Theatre Corporation, Buf- 
falo. Capit.'il, $50,000; dir.'otorr!, 
Moe Mark, E.' B. Mark and Ma,\ 
Spiegel. 

Geneen and Mclsaac Producing 
Corporation, Manhattan. -Motion 
pi<tures; capital, $5,000; directors. 
James L. Robinson, Mercedes vun 
Mredow and Henrietta .Smith. 

Notable Screen Productions, Inc., 
Manhattan. Capital, $500; directors, 



CABARET 



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Police instructions for detailed 
men In cafes sent out this week go 
farther than in the past. The detailed 
policemen are to make note of all 
matters in connection with the 
operation of the cafes, reporting 
daily to their superiors, and includ- 
ing the names of all police officers 
visiting the places, whether or not 
In uniform. It applies only to raided 
places where a policeman has been 
detailed. The intent appears to be 
as much in locating other violations, 
such aa whether the place Is harbor- 
ing handbook men and drug traf- 
fickers, as it is to reveal booze sell- 
ing. The instructions read: 

"To all Oflflcei'8 Everywhere: 
"Procedure raided premises. 
"A — Ofiloers stationed in raided 
premises for the prevention of vlo- 
latldT» of the law will be required to 
make a report to their commanding 
officers at the close of tljejr tours of 
duty, setting forth the following in- 
formation: 

"1. A brief description of the 
premises; the names of the owner 
and proprietor of the place; the 
names of waiters, bartenders and 
other assistants in or about the 
place. 

"2. The nature and character of 
the business conducted In such 
place and the approximate number 
of customers served each day. 

"3. Whether or not the place Is 
equipped with a dumbwaiter* run- 
ning to floors above or below, and 
what, If any, supplies are carried 
thereon for service or .service to 
customei-s. 

"4. Whether or not there Is a stbck 
ticker placed in the establishment 
and the approximate number of per- 
sons In the place who are interested 
in ticker information. 

"5. The name of every oflflcer of 
the department. In uniform or other- 
wise, who visits this place during 
his tour of duty, stating /the hour of 
such visit. 

"6. If it be a saloon, cafe, restau- 
rant, cabaret or like place, they will 
report as to the kind of liquor as 
may have been served to customers 
and the prices charged therefor as 
shown on the cash register or ob- 
served without unnecessary, inter- 
ference with the business f>t the es- 
tablishment 



the season and other carbarett 
opened, the favored one of the sum* 
mer fell away, lost the entertainer 
who had l^een there for severaJ > 
weeks, and the place as yet has 
been unable to gather fresh busi- 
ness impetus. 4 



A report from Washington sayg 
revenue agents may be placed on a 
civil service list. This means their 
appointment, if it should be so de- 
cided, would be for merit with 
merit determined through examina- 
tlon. Whether present agents are 
to be asked to submit to the ques- 
tioning the report doesn't say, nor 
does it disclose on what points the 
fltnef^s will be hung. 



. ;•.••■• ■ ■-« 

With the holidays nearly here, a h 
large supply of phoney liquor has 1 
appeared, not the usual cut stuff, | 
but bad booze. Whiskey has l»een ^ 
offered in New York within 'the 
past two weeks for $70 and $75 a ^ 
case and champagne at $80 and $85. 3 
As there has been no rharked change ^ 
in the price of the regulation whis- •!, 
key, at $S5 and $9J (Scotch or rye), ; 
the lowered scale created an Im- 
mediate suspicion and liquor men ; 
say there are good grounds to dodge i 
any whiskey offered nowadays in j 
small lot.s below the general market .\ 
price. The lowered scale sceni.* to 
be placed just far enough below to 
make It attractive for the Inexperi- 
enced. The same with the -ham- 
pagne. Genuine champagne in , 
small lots is belng'sold at the very j 
lowest at $105 a case with the bet- ] 
ter known brands at $115'fiii$120. * 
Recently an offer was made of '^ 
three-star brandy at $40 a ca?e. 
That was too large a slice to induce 
sales. Can.\dian ale is commencing ^ 
to come over the border into New i 
York, In case lots, large anj $mall ij 
bottles. So far the distribution has j 
not been general enough i> make a1 
market quotation, the purchrsea ^ 
having been in large lots by prA'.it© 
agreement. 



H 



The hip flask order again has 
been given to the police with In- 
spector Bolan of the Times Square 
section once more starting on an 
enforcement crusade. The sama 



•<•? o„^v. t^f^^^^tt^^ ^* m. ~.».^^^«» 1 "^^thod as before has been adopted, 
7. Such information of a general . ^,_ . , - „ ..u i- * ,. 
. . _ 4^ ^ ♦ ?! i« ^ patrolmen taken from the list who 

character as may tend to disclose ' 

the nature and character of the 

businjess being conducted, especially 



any business which may possibly be 
in violation of the law. 

"B — A copy of this report will be 
immediately forwarded to the in- 
spector commanding the district for 
his information and appropriate ac- 
tion, and these reports shall become 
the basis of application for warrants 
or for summary arrests, or such ac- 
tion as the clrclimstances may war- 
rant. 

"Commanding officers will be held 
for strict accountability for prompt 
and eflflcient action upon these re- 
ports^ 

"WILLIAM J. LAHEY. 

"Chief Inspector." 



(Continued od page 3S) /'V 



Many of the Broadway cab.irets 
appear to be floundering about In 
an effort to patch up a drawing en- 
tertainment. Some profess to be- 
lieve that "names", whether of men 
or women, mean more to the coveur 
charge than do the girly revues. 
Single names and combinations of 
names are being tried with varying 
results. Cabaret producers say the 
places want girl shows but will not 
pay a price for them. A dressmak- 
ing establishment is reported to 
have put on a floor show of 11 peo- 
ple for $550 a week, gross. The con- 
cern did not figure production 
through having costumes on hand, 
and this, claims the producer, killed 
off the profitable price a girl revue 
must demand. One of tho reasons 
prompting the cabaret to secure 
"names" is the percentage agree- 
ment pos.sible, that often allow.s the 
house to escape without a guaran- 
tee. The names receive a percent- 
age of the coveur, sometimes half 
or more and once In a while the 
entire coveur, according to the ca- 
pacity of the engaging restaurant. 
The Broadway cabarets have been 
greatly held down through the one 
o'clock dancing limit but have 
hopes this will be luld to le.ss strict- 
ly aftei- New year's. 

Th e "name" thing seems to hnv.- 
iirlseiT with an old engagement 
during tlie summer when a single 
niiin h<ld dov.n aftf-r building up a 
(hied out re«ort that had not been 
playing to CO peoplo a night until 
ho enter*- d. The conditions wer»^ 
propitious. Othf^r cabarets that 
•"ouUl have ; akeii awny the busi- 
ness Avere closed for one rmson or 
another, it was warm and otiier 
places were hot Inside, while the 
open cabaret, fixed its covenr at $1, 



are eligible for promotion and used 
as detailed men to watch liquor 
taken from the person or the house 
In Broadway cabarets. A pinch 
was made at^^J^Iontmartre imme- 
diately after the order was Issued, 
a patron taking a drink being ar- 
rested in the restaurant after 
drinking from his o^n flask. Al- 
though .the police magistrates have 
repeatedly thrown out these kind of 
cases, the police pursue them. The 
police order at this time will be 
somewhat discouraging to restau- 
rant men looking forward to New 
Year's and a letting down of the 
bars on the 1 o'clock stop dancing 
rule. La.'-t week a new cabaret was 
visited the night It opened and a 
liquor violation arrest made, later 
dismissed. It proved, however, ho^ 
closely watch Is being kept for vio- 
lations, as when this place waa 
taken the night it opened there 
could not have been at the same 
time over 600 places in New York 
selling liquor openly, many of them 
over the bar. ■ ^ 



beioW all others In its 



When 



The dangers facing a prohibition 
agent are seldom mentioned in a 
discussion of the job, but they exist 
nevertheless. They ai*e not confined 
solely to the possibility of serious 
injury, even death, in gun fights, 
bottle battles, chair- throwing en- 
counters and rough and tumble 
scraps, but the drinking of poison- 
ous liquor is sometimes close to 
fatal. Recently a general prohibi- 
tion agent attached to the staff of 
Zone Chief John D. Appleby was at 
the point of <leath in a New York 
city hospttal from the effects of bad 
booze. The agent was sent to an 
up-state city to investigate com- 
plaints again.^.t saloons. After mak- 
ing a purchase of whiskey in two 
cafes lie tool: a train back to New 
York. At Poughkeepsie the "dry" 
officer became \ lolently ill and a 
doctor ordered his removal to a 
hospital in that city. The agent In- 
sisted, however, on returning to 
New York. On arrival In the 
metropolis he was immediately 
taken to the lloo.«'eveit Memorial 
Hospital, where he remained for ten 
days in a critical condition. Against 
the advice of attending physicians 
he left the hospital and is back at 
work. 



The newest Lily Lewis pptuluctlon 

on the Centu.y Roof, Baltimore. 

made its bow last week and 

went over with a bftnp. "Whirl of 

VContinued on page 37) 



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Th« Lynn, White Plains. N. T., 
now being altered, will reopen 
Xoaas day with a Keith vaudeville 
|>iil, booked by John J. Collins. The 
house will play six acts split week 
policy. The Keith circuit pur- 
chased a controlling: interest in the 
bouse several weeks ago. AtjOthat 
time It was being booked by Fally 
Harkus, the independent vaude\fllle 
agent, who continued to supply the 
bills until last Saturday, when the 
bouse closed /or alterations. The 
Hoosevelt, White Plains, is playing 
Keith vaudeville booked through the 
Keith pop priced department by 
Billy Delaney. 



The "Kings of Hitland," a sons- 
Writers' act formerly known as^ the 
"Words and Music Makers," have 
been ordered to resume their for- 
mer title on the complaint of Bobby 
Jon^s, member-manager of the 
"Trip to Hitland' combination, also 
* eongwriters* act. Title Infringe- 
ment was alleged. The "Trip" act 
le the original 11 people frame-up. 
It later split up into two factions, 
the other assuming the "Words and 
idusic Makers" cognomen. 



Harry Barrati* pianist and song 
writer also known as Harr^ Me'letz, 
was found shot to death in his 
Jipartment in San Francisco. His 
wife Grace Barrati, also known as 
Orace Cheney and Mrs. Grace 
Christy, declared he committed 
fcuiclde, but she was held by the 
police charged with murder. 



The Alhambra, Brooklyn, N. Y., is 
playing Sunday concerts of Loew 
circuit vaudeville booked by Solly 
Turek. The house plays stock dur- 
ing the week. The Alhambra came 
Into the Loew office with Ward & 
GljTin's Astoria. The Sunday con- 
certs consist of six acts three times 
ttaily. 



Re-elected judge of the Justice 
(Court at Boise, Idaho, Lawrence 
Johnston, the ventriloquist, now in 
vaudeville, will return to the bench 
7an. 1, closing his tour about Dec. 
15. Mr. Johnston held the same 
position 16 yeurs ago, before taking 
to the stage. 



^,1 The Palace, I^akewood, N. J., a 
GfOl Brill house, installed vaudeville 
«# a week-end policy Saturday. The 
bouse plays straight pictures the 
ilpst four days of the week, with 
FaJly Markus vaudeville Friday 
jBind Saturday. 



/' Nervo and Knox, the English 
58anoirV team (men) have returned 
ta London, after tompleting their 
■contract with "The Follies." which 
they Joined following their appear- 
ance in New York in the English 
production last spring oC "Pins and 
^'eedlcs." 

y The Shubert Sunday vau(>ev.11e 
concert haw been shifted from the 
Winter Garden to the Ambassador, 
New York, with the. first last Sun- 
day night, Kddio Cantor headlining. 
The Amhas.sndor s»vits 1.100. Its 
Bonday night s<Mle is $2.75 top. 

■■' The Keith's Boys' Band with 235 
)>ieces participated last Saturday 
morning at the River.side. Now 
York, In the morning entertainment 
for the rhiiilren given by Bert Levy, 
the ari:s'. 



Ford 8. Andercon, for 17 years 
With W'ilnur & \'iiic»'ut as inatiager 
and c.xoiMitive. ha.^ irsigr.ed. and will 
take a long rosi b»-fore resuming 
work. '....'-. 

.. Hugh Flannery, lurnwrly of Rock- 
ford. III., is manapring the new 
Pala'e. Sfnith Hend. In»l. It waH 
3>reviouMly r<'j)niird WMIi.im I lan- 
nery had th« ]»osi. • 



•The Irish Band, aecording to an 
*nnoun.'»-«n)< Ml. will p'ay in ronfcrt 
over li«'r»' imi'l \|Mil. wilhout in- 
vading \aude\ Il<'. 

Walter 0. Bo>vley h.t^ roy liieod 
Glen !•; r.';i.!v .mm m;i fi.ir;«'r of tiie 
yjiubert I'atU, I . • .nv(4|>c'lL*<. 

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Irving Lehman foiiniMl.\ in \.unle- 
vilie, iif MiaMH|si;ii{ tli^.piTjLve of LiJ-| 
lian i^rod^e^j ,, _, t,.,,- JMt.'>i 



GUARANTEEING SUCCESS 

The Theatre Guild, etrictly a New York institution, will not deny nor 
affirm it is an offshoot if not a child, of the Little Theatre Move- 
ment. The Guild came to life at the expiration of the Washington Square 
Players but unlike the latter the Guild went in for regula*^ play produc- 
tion Instead of the somewhat frayed blll-of-one-act-playlets idea, which, 
In itself, was probably inspired by the Grand Guignol, For the lust three 
of its four seasons or s") the Guild has sent plays from its source at the 
Garrick to Broadway and thence to the road. Guild shows on tour how- 
ever, have and are under the direction of Broadway managements, which 
is one sign of the Guild's well thought out policy of not rushing into 
theatricals in all phases for gain but to produce original plays. Certainly 
the Guild is desirous of making profits but isn't ly^ter the who'.e grab-bag. 



Equity Players was doubtless Inspired by the Theatre Guild. Glowing 
optimism almost paramount with the blue sky expanse of certain stock 
selling schemes featured the plans of this arm of Equity. It was broadly 
hinted that success at the 48th street theatre was only a stepping stone 
to the establishment of an Equity theatre in all the big cities. That 
sounded all right for an organization which, with thousands of members, 
had an eye on the possibility of being able to hand ou\ engagements. To 
date however, the Equity venture has been a failure and many of the 
original alms have automatically faded. ... 



Movements like the Theatre Guild and Equity Players are predicated 
on subscriptions, which ensure a certain patronage. The Guild rather 
than veiwing the entrance of Equity into its field as an Intrusion, feels 
just the opposite, as one of the smart business executives of the Guild 
explained it. He said that if Equity Players was a failure, it might mean 
a loss to the 8ub.«w'ribers. and if subscribers lost fatth it might greatly 
altect the growth of that class oC Guild patronage. 



Thet point Is.one of the most Important features of the Guild's system 
of operation. It started with several hundred subscribers. As its pro- 
ductions succeeded, and the organization's name became known, the l^st 
of subscribers steadily increased. Last season the Guild had 2,600 sub- 
scribers. This season it started out with clo.se to 6,000. and it hopes next 
season to have 1Q,000 subscribers. 



If that number la secured or even approximated, the Guild will be 
guaranteed against loss next season and its efforts will be guaranteed 
for success. There need be only a slight call at the box ofl[lce In order 
that the Guild earn the cost of production and perhaps a profit for such 
productions which may not appeal to the Broadway managers. It is be- 
ing considered by the Guild now to make a new production every four 
weeks next season and if the 10,000 mark in subscriptions is attained, 
the production program will likely be scheduled thus. Fe^y others than 
subscribers Would see the plays at the Garrick and the successes would 
be gladly admitted to booking on Broadway. ,^ - 



Building up the volume of subscriptions by the Gu^d means the es- 
tablishing or faith gnd sincerity with its patrons. 

•THE INEQOiTY of REISSUES ' 

A Supreme Court Justice in New York within the week rejected an 
application made on behalf of a picture star to enjoin the reissue of an 
old picture he had played in years ago under other management. Tlie 
court in its written opinion stated the owner of the Intended reissue 
contemplated no deception on the public, and, in substance, that the film 
was his property to do with as he pleased. 



That unquestionably Is the law, since the court so decreed. As an 
injunction action or application Is usually placed in a court of equity, 
the equitable point must be accepted as having been pas-scd upon in the 
decision. That -may settle that legally, but theatrically there appears 
but little denial to the statement that a reissue is often inequity of the 
grossest kind. 

About the simplest point for a theatre man to make would be the 
revival of a play with the original cast after the original cast had grown 
famous in the interim, with the producer to expect the members of the 
original cast to play at their original salaries In the piece. Or even to 
make it plainer, to revive the piece with Its original cast and show it to 
a box office scale lower than when originally produced. 



That happens in most instances with reissues of pictures. Take the 
Point Blank Film Co. for an example with a fictitious name. In 1910 
it engaged Mary Jane and John Jones at $125 weekly to star in "The Lost 
Road to Nowhere." Or maybe they didn't star. But they were In the 
picture. The film was released, ran its course, no one paid any attention 
to it and the film retired to the shelf as the players migrated elsewhere- 
Maybe Mary Jane or John Jones or both became more famed as the 
years advanced. In 1916 they or each of them commenced to attract 
notice. In 1922 Mary Jane became famous through a big picture produc- 
tion costing hundreds of thousands. It could not be exhibited at much 
under 75 cents lop, and more often $1, after having played legit theatres 
for $2. The same could have occurred with John Jones. Meanwhile "The 
Lost Road to Nowhere" slumbered on on its she'f. 



The big production went Into the picture houses. Jones or Marv Jane 
was billed and boomed in connection with It. Someone recalled he or she 
had played in "The Lost Road to Nowhere." They dusted off the old film, 
offered It for 30 cents a reel to exhibitors, and the exhibitors who could 
not get the big production or did not want it at the price advertised the 
same star or stars in "The Lost Road to Nowhere" right opposite the 
theatre playing the big production, with the ressue at one-third or less 
of the big one's admis.«ion scale, with the public left to decide which It 
wanted at the different scales. The big production with its manifold cost 
of producing over the oldiimer cou'd not possibly benefit. 



Nor would the rei.s.sue again tiave been sent around were the producer 
or the owner of it obliged to pay the difference In salaries to those stars 
in the rei.'fcue. The old film had run its course. It was through. The 
players had performed their portion of the contract, which was not for 
life or in perpetuity. When the film finished the course of all picture 
houses of its day, upon which pro<luction cost and salaries then had been 
based, it had no more moral* right to fasten itself upon a reputation of 
tl;e future it had no part in than the players themselves could have had 
the right to demand that il be reissued. 

The reissue goes farther. It digs up old flm.'T and stars an unknown 
|tlay»r in it who sin e th«-n has made a picture name for him or h<r self. 
There are any num'oer of ihu.se instances now. 

The remtdy, In view of the court decision. .Tppoars to be a time limit 
set today by picture actors against the use of th»;ir names in eonru'ction 
with a jiicture they are playing in. after a given time. Tiiat given time 
siioukl l*u twice the period it might need at [>reHent to have a film circu- 
late through the i)rop»'ss of playing all the "run.s" and other time of the 
picture world. It would be a pioiertion a.s well for the proilncers of the 
future who may watit to Invest large sum.s with stars f»Miured, with 
thei r productions lo have a clear field when presented, not to be hampered 
by reissues of y^ar.-J harlT 



Reissues ha\e brought nui- h rnoney to many produ e-s and distributors 
who ne\ er (ignieil th;ii piohl. rnu< 1j hh s'miur money has gone to legit- 
irnite f>r(Mlu«-ci •< and playwri^ilu.s who never thouglif nf pirtiite rights 
'.vhen putting on theii' stage pliiys. One pi( tnre disirilnitor re-»"si;ihh.slied 
it.-elt". rccf>vered over one million dollar.s and today Is in a heiilfhy con- 
dition throti'.'h rcls.snes of its pr«-vious li.sls. in which th*- |i!,»>er< of tiiose 
lilnis jicver received a (lo|I;ii- fr«»ni llie udditionfil jncoin*-. Whiclj sug- 
gests th.at a i)erpotual percentage arrangen»ent for pla.\ers witli n weekly 
guarantee whilu working on a pici ure w oiild in n measure protect theuclor. 
l||iOUgb it couUI dQ.no».»}M>j; f.»r thy ^ newt prod ncei:. Or perhaoa the New 
X9nk Sgv,r«"iP>'t>"i:«, jJcyisIpn J^/iJ Jiic tesLeU ou ajJi^ea; ur ^u uuuLhcr way. 



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AMONG THE WOMEN 



;*; By THE SKIRT 

That a burlesque show can be clean and still enlei| lining U proven 
this week at the Columbia, where the "Broadway FlappA s" is appearing. 
It Is a dancing shoV. 

Mae Dix, who has won medals for her perfect form, did some unusual 
dancing of the shimmy kind. Same can he said of Vinle Phillips, who 
dances as Miss Dix does. Miss Phillips is also blessed with a nice figure. 
All the 16 chorus girls can step. ' . ; r '-" 

The audience Monday afternoon received every number wUh enthu- 
siasm. 

The chorus, in gray satin dresses made with short 8kirt««. edged with 
silver fringe and green feathered hats, made a nice picture. 

Miss Phillips looked well in blue riding breeches, black boots and white 
satin coatee. The chorus then showed silver costumes made ia short 
pants with cerise feathers at the hips* ' "■■", , '• , ; 

Miss Dix wore a purple velvet dress embroidered In steel. She looked 
much better In a one piece tunic of solid crystal with a huge bunch of 
green feathers at the back. •';''> 

Rose Ford wore but two frocks worthy of mention. One was a solid 
crystal skirt and plain bodice with a long mantel of green mallne. The 
other dress was of jet. 

The chorus, in short yellow pants hung with black and red ribbons, 
looked well. Miss Dix wore an unusual costume in black satin over 
pants and bodice of a material In every color In the rainbow. Miss 
Phillip.s' dress of mauve chiffon had a full skirt and bell sleeves. The 
narrow gird'e was crystal. 

The chorus came on for a New Orleans number In black and silver 
skirts over orange. Miss Mallett was in a short frock of pale rose made 
In three ruffles. ;, , . . 

The girls again appeared in red and white striped dresses. 

The second act cabaret scene w.as most Interesting, inasmui h as having 
a raised platform and curtain at the back with the soloist on the floor 
and the chorus on the miniature stage at the back. The diners were 
seated at a horseshoe table, and the cabaret )>ihow given could walk out 
on any of our restaurant floors and l>e called corl^ing entertainment. .. 

What the scenario writer did to "Outcast," showing at the Rtalto. wai 
a crime. If "Outcast" was an adaptation from Elsie Ferguson's play. 
It was hardly recognizable. • . >:. ^^./'^^Ti^'u^^ 

Miss Ferguson was her own beautiful self, but how she stood for the 
screen story is a mystery. It gives Miss Ferguson plenty of opportunity 
to show beautiful gowns, and she went the limit, eveti to a negligee made 
with a cape entirely edged with ermine. 

As a mannequin a side hooped dress was enveloped In a cloud of black 
lace with a fan to mateh and a large black velvet hat. A gown and wrao 
of metallic brocade was the last word in screen dressing. One brocade 
velvet gown had one flowing sleeve and was hung with pearl tassels. 
Another wrap was of velvet and fur over a two-toned velvet dress made 
long in the waist. Chic was a plaid skirt and plain cloth top. 



If costumes made a show "The Bunch and Judy" at the Globe, would 
be.a whale of a success. When the curtain arose on the second scene, I 
have never seen a prettier picture, with the entire girl chorus in gowns 
of the side-hooped period in pink, mauve, gold, black and blue, all hand- 
somely embroidered. T^U white wigs were most becoming to all of the 
girls. . •., \.;:::, ..v^v..-. - . 

Another striking picture was the first scene of the second act, with the 
chorus, male and female, in scotch plaids. AdeLe Astaire wore a couple 
of pretty dancing frocks and one very ugly one In yellow and black fur. 

May Dooley was so funny her simple manner of dressing is a second 
consideration. 

Grace Hayes wore a good looking gown of white hung with Innumerable 
brilliant chains. '. .^•■■' ''■.<-■■. ■^:, .'"y 

The chorus In a carbaret scene wore velvet dresses In all the autumnal 
shades from yellow to brown. 



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Florence Tleed, In "East of Suez," at the Eltinge, gives such a superb 
performance her clothes seem secondary, but, nevertheless, her wardrobe 
is Worthy of note. A white gown of a soft material was made in tlie long, 
straight lines bloused a little at the waistline. The neck and short sleeves 
were banded in ermine, while from the elbows hung long loops of the 
white cloth. ^ 

Her dress of gold was covered with black gauze, with the shoulders 
and train heavily Jewelled. A white satin dinner gown was hung with 
bands of sparkling red beads. A house gown or negligee was of yellow 
satin with flowing sleeves of chiffon in the same shade. 

Gypsy O'Brien, on the stage for a few minutes, showed a lovely sum- 
mer frock of pink edged with very fine lace and tied at the waistline with 
a broad blue sash. 



The picture at the State the first half was "The Forgotten I^w," star- 
ring Milton Sills. Mr. Sills* leading woman is Clere Ridg'ey, a pretty 
girl with no ideas In dressing. All of her clothes were too short, or the 
picture was made before long skirts became the fashion. Muriel Dana, 
an adorable baby, did a crying^cene to perfection. Her little frocks were 
beautifully made. 

The vaudeville In the same bill had a woman with Johnny Clark in 
a rose velvet frock made over a lace foundation. 

Jean La Crosse, a singer of much merit, was nicely drcs«ied in black. 
A jet robe hung long at the sides and the neck was cut square. A red 
rose was at the side. 

An act called "Greenwich Villagers" had five girls nicely gowned. Its 
"faphion parade," when new, must have been handsome. One dress Was 
of coral velvet, close-fitting, with a mantle of mauve chiffon. Another 
was orange velvet covered with yellow chiffon. Chartreuse and go'd made 
another stunning combination. There was a black velvet dress profusely 
trimmed with Jet fringe. A crystal dress worn by the soloist vsas 
smo(heie,i in white chiffon. 



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INSIDE STUFF 



ON VAUDEVILLE 

I'l corre.-pondenc.e received from Australia. Variety*! corresponJv it at 
Sydney refers lo one (Jene Gerrard, an Australian character singer, re- 
peat'ng a joke or gug the Atistrallan was telling in his act as done at 
the Tivrdi in that city. \*ariety's correwpon-lent labeled it as in very bad 
taste and mentioned it should be taken out of the turn, an opinion evi- 
dently not shared by the management of th<; theatre. The gag Is: G.^r- 
rard t<^!ls of swimming anumgst a school of sharks to save a boy they 
had stirrounded while he was swimming. The talker said he returned 
.safely with tlie hijy. through ihp same s«hool of sharks. An assistant 
iMtk* wi»v tlie sliarka did not sv^al'ov -h- h'<;-. f'.orrnrd r'^jtli'-d: "IV • c •<.» 
he hail the .Stars and .Strip's p,,; . i ,. . ,,':■< chest .irul i»a.m<',i oii n.-* 
ba<k was 'VVe Won thi; War'. No one <oul.l swallow that, not even ;» 
shark"", a«ld»'i| Oinir.l. 

The i.-,inrs Kave F.lix .\.!lcr a l.eefsical; ."ahirday nl^M In (he Mrtii;.?i- 
l«'ry, wiih .» lull a't'tidan e in ilie grill room, to an ..flmi.-sion of $3 per 
l»er.-on. The speaUers on lb*.* dais were in co>ftinie. witli IMd-e ^Ju/.7.ell 
as a cfHivirl. I"r;ifikl>n Ardell uti ;< \ ill.iK». cofiM.i!«!»'. Aiuly Hice a^ a 
Mexican Hiniv ollli er. licit Haiilcii in a nondesi^rlpt garb, and S. Jay 
Kaiit;n»au, in U^a .wo/kii:;; •'^uit.,. .\.l!. . ivove a fmlie a«< fXtlM a.ljOrnmV;U. 



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Friday, December 15, 1922 



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8 NEW SHOWS XMAS DAY; 
25% CHANGE IN B'WAY LIST 



Few Admissions Increased for Saturday Before New 
Year's Eve — Dramas Have Call at Present — 
"Bunch and Judy's" Chance 



Very few attractions on Broad- 
Kay will loft the admission scales 
for the Saturday night before New 
Year's Day, wiiloh falls on Monday. 
Most manacrc'ments were in a quan- 
dary because of the holiday "break," 
and decided to allow the regular 
Saturday scales to ride. It will be 
the first time since the war that 
$10 top has not been i>lRoed for the 
leading musicals on New Years 
Kve. 

That the musical flock Is not 
quite up to the mark of the smash 
pace which favored that class of 
attractions for several seasons, and 
that the dramas have the strongest 
( xll In the present going may flgure 
in the decision not to nky the holi- 
day scales. ■ ..-'■';; ''?•!•■:;. 

The high-scale musicals, of which 
there are but fuur remaining, are 
the "Music Box Revue." which will 
not disturb Its $5 top; Ziegfeld's 
^•Pollies," normally $4 top, but 
which charged |5 for Thank8gi\ing. 
and win not go higher for the holi- 
days; "The Bunch And Judy," at 
the Globe at |4, and the "Green- 
wich Village Follies," which is 
charging |S Saturday nights, but 
will go to $6 for the Dec. 30 night 
show. The latter will be the highest 
scAle on the street. "Ldttle Nellie 
Kelly" will stick to its 18.50 top 
scale. An exceptional lift will be 
made by "The Gingham Girl." nor- 
mally 12.50 top. but $3.60 for Satur- 
day night. It will go to $5. "The 
Lady in Ermine" also will charge 15. 

Some of the dramatic leaders will 
also charge extra prices, the lift 
being a dollar over the regular Sat- 
urday scale. "Merton of the 
Movies" will go to 14, as will "The 
Awful Truth." and it is likely 
"Rain" will follow. 

An increa.se in the new produc- 
tions due for the holidays will mean 
an approximate 25 per cent change 
in the whole list. The new shows 
start arriving next week when two 
high scale non-musicals bow in. 
They are "The Merchant of Venice," 



with David Wartirld. at the Ly- 
ceum, and "Johuunes Kreisler" at 
the Apollo. The latter show will 
open ^^'c(lne: day instead of Monday, 
as first announced, and $11 will be 
the gate, with the regular scale at 
|4 top. The scale for the "Merchant" 
was not definite up to Wednesday, 
but it was generally understood $4 
and possibly |5 would be the regu- 
lar price. Another pre-Christmas 
entrant will be "The Masked Wom- 
an," suddenly booked into the El- 
tinge, Kucceedinp "Kast of Sues," 
leaving Saturday after company 
complications. 

Eight, and possibly nine, opening.s 
are marked for Christmas day. All 
appear willing to enter into the 
composite premiere date becau.'^e of 
the holiday trade, but it is likely one 
attraction will side-step the rush. 
Carded are "Secrets" at the Fulton 
(now dark), "The Clinging Vine." 
Knickerbocker (now dark); "Glory," 
Vanderbilt (dark next week; "The 
Tidings Brought to Mary," Garrick 
(dark next week); "Rose Briar," 
which succeeds "The Texas Night- 
ingale" at the Empire; "The I^dy 
Crislllinda," which succeeds "The 
Springtime of Youth" at the Broad- 
hurst; Leo Ditrichstein in "The Sub- 
lime Egotist" (also called "False 
Pretenses"), which succeeds "The 
Bootleggers" at the " 39th Street; 
"Why Not," succeeding "Hospital- 
ity" at the 48th Street, and prob- 
ably "Romeo and Juliet," with Ethel 
Barrymore at the Longacre, at pres- 
ent dark. The opening of the latter 
attraction is not made definite. 

There are a trio' of withdrawals 
Saturday, in "Shore Leave" from the 
Lyceum," "The Lucky One" at . the 
Garrick and "The Torch Be%rers" 
leaving the Vanderbilt. It is poss^i- 
blo "Our Nell' will ahso withdraw 
from the Bayes. 

Last week found a sharp reaction 
from the fine business enjoyed 
Tliank.^Biving week. Only one mu- 
sical f-how bettered its normal nace. 
(Continued on page 15) 



EAST SIDE'S SHOW HIT 
MAY MOVE UPTOWN 



Yiddish Theatre World's Sen- 
sation's Music Published 
and'Xanned" 



USUAL BAD MONDAY 
AGAIN IN CHICAGO 

No Balconv Business — Cold 

Weather Hits and 

Hurts 



GREETS IN JAPAN 



Chicago. Dec. 13. 

Business Monday night at the 
legit houses in town was l>ad as 
usual. The first real cold spell of 
the winter came in and hurt. There 
was no balcony trade anywhere. 

AI Jolson got $2,000 on the night; 
"Greenwich Village Follies," $800; 
"Music Box Revuo," $1,600; "Spice 
of 1922," $800; "First Year," $700; 
".Six-Cylinder Love," $400. 

"La Tendresse," with Henry Miller 
and Ruth Chatterton. opened Mon- 
day at the Blackstone to $1,800, and 
was sold out last nighty for a char- 
itable affair. 

Otis Skinner in "Mister Antonio" 
opened Monday at Powers and did 
$800; last night, $?00. It's a return 
engagement and ILmlled to two 
weeks. 



English Shakespearean Players Con- 
tracted For Orient 



Negotiations are under way for 
the establishment of a Yiddish play- 
house on Broadway in the Times 
square district. It is planned to 
introduce as the first production, 
some time in the spring, the 
musical comedy sen.sation of the 
Yiddish stage, "Dance, Song and 
Wine," by Joseph Tchernlavsky, 
termed "the Yiddish Irving Berlin." 

Several Jewish Art theatre produc- 
tions are* to follow. 

Those behind the movement esti- 
mate that between the million and 
a half Jewish population in New 
York and the half million transients 
(out-of-town buyers, etc.) there is 
a need for a Broadway Yiddish 
playhouse., Then, too, those of the 
faith who do not care to travel to 
the East Side might be attracted, 
not to mention the novelty appeal 
generally. 

Tcherniav.sky's show has only 
run .<six weeks downtown at Thoma- 
shefsky's theatre -on East Houston 
street. Already Harms, Inc.. which 
specializes in Broadway production 
music, has .seen fit to publish the 
'Fox Trot." the hit song from the 
show. A new musical comedy by 
the ."^a me composer will he done in 
English shortly. Another Yiddi.sh 
composer who has been reported 
preparing a score for Broadway is 
Joseph Humshinsky. 

The Vlctjr. Columbia and Aetilian 
disk record companies have al.so 
contracted to "can" the song under 
the composer's direction. 



ASKED FOR BAIL, GETS 
SERVED WITH SUMMONS 



Minna Gombel Answers Plea 
From Husband With Di- 
vorce Action 



The Ben Greet Players have Ijoen 
de<'lded on for the .lapanese season 
of Shakfspeare whiih was dated to 
start this winter in "Tokio. but has 
been set back until next fall. The 
contracts for the bookings in the 
Orient were made by James Barton. 
It provides for a guarantee of not 
less than .10 performances to be 
given, in the principal cities of 
Japan. The support of siudent.s 
there is virtually certain, as the 
school curriculum include Shakes- 
peare in the English cour.se. 

Greet and his company will ar- 
rive here in March, the first visit of 
the English artist for six year;*. The 
organlzalion will tour in Shakes- 
pearean tepertoire, sailing from tlie 
coast for Japan iti September. Last 
summer Cireet varied his program 
by tovu'ing the English seaside re- 
sorts offering plays by George 
B<'rnard Shaw. 



ACTORS' FUNDS ANNUAL SHOW 

The flr^t of a series of >)eneflts to 
be given under the auspices of the 
Actors' Fund of America will be held 
at the Century, New York, Jan. 19. 
Others are scheduled for l*hiladel- 
phia, Bo.ston, Chicago and Balti- 
more. 

A report read ft the Dco^^mber 
monthly meeting of the Fund trus- 
tepfl stated there is a great deal of 
distress curront among actors this 
season, $10,339.1*6 having been ex- 
pended for relief during November. 



♦LIGHTNIN' " LEAVES CHICAGO 

Chicago, Doc. 13. 

••Lightnin'" has left Chicago at 

last after a run of 67 >veek8, brok«Mi 

•nly by the death of i^sank B.icon. 

It la doubtful if this record will he 

turpAMed for many yeara to come. 



JAMES SHESGREENS FIRST 

.Sanford Stanton has taken cjiarge 
of the hookiiiKH of the seven com- 
l>ani..s of "Thf Bat," ai,d in addition 
romains a.« prfntriJl i>ross represent- 
ative for Wasenhals & Kemper, his 
l)Ositi()n boing that of general man- 
ager. 

Jamos .ShcHgre* n recently re- 
cently resigned from th«! Wagen- 
hals & Kemper staff to enter .pro- 
ducing on Ws own. II«; is readying 
"The Green Scarab," a diaina by 
John Stapleton. 



GRIFFIN LEFT $11,200 



G^-rald (Ji-iffln. actor, hft a n«' 
estate of $11,221 when he died 
.Marvh 1.",. 1919, at Venice. I'al., ac- 
coiding to .a state transfer tax ap- 
I>rai^al fiU-d in the Snrrogate'.s 
Court, N«\v York. Edward J. Coh- 
ncliy was nam»d txeoutor. Among 
\ho hvqufuxn was one for $.'ill to the 
Aciof<' Fund «>f America. The de- 
ceas«Ml WHS a l.fe member of that 
organization. 



Albany, N. y.^ Dec. 13. 

Life continues to break tough for 
Ferdinand Eggena. "press agent" 
and husband of Minna Gombel, now 
in ''Listening In" at the Bijou, New 
York. 

After being locked UD at the Al- 
bany county jail here for the last 
two weeks and appealing in vain to 
his wife to obtain bail for him, 
Eggena's case went before the grand 
jury last week and he was indicted 
on the t'harge of p.is^Mng a worthl«'ss 
(hoik amounting to soilTFrhing like 

$1,300 on Dr. W. E. llannick in Al- 
bany. On top of this, he was 
notified on Monday Miss (Jombel 
had started ;tn action in the New 
York courts to annul her marriago 
on the ground of fraud. " 

Miss Gombel alleges that fhe mr<r- 
riod Eggena after ho h.-ul conrted 
h^'r for several weeks in Syracuse. 
AU)!iny and the south. She clinrgeH 
thft he defrauded ht-r by .saying 
that he was a rii-h lioir. 

Soon alter things broke iapid!\- 
for Eggrna. He wa>< arr(»sted in Now 
York and brought here. He told I ho 
police he oould ^^et tlio bail re- 
rpiircd and kfi»t the toloi)hone to 
New Vork busy lor several days, 
but n«) bonds werr- forthcoming. Tho 
dailies ' jilayed up" the story, 
Eggena telling the roporto; s that 
Mis.^ <;ombol, will) was reh»'ar.'<inp 
at tho time, would "oomo to Albany 
and arran^o U>y the bail." JUit 
■l^'erdlr remain*^ behind t+ie bnrs. 
Tho only dir«'ct word from Minna 
wa.s her annulment summons. 

If the marriage is annulled, it 
will be the .socond matiimonial von- 
tu!e of Mi.s» Goniebi's tliat has hit 
tho rocks, sho haxing bopu divorc* d 
frt-m Howard Itiimsov. managor of 
the Knickerbocker Flayers at the 
Kmpire. .SyractJso. of which she was 
tho lead, before coming to Albany 
last spring. 



MISS O'RAMEY'S SONG 
HELD FOR 'DAFFY-DILL" 



Producer Hammerstein Claims 

It as Part of Play— Equity 

Told Not to Interfere 



Georgia O'Ramey, who recently 
withdrew from Arthur Hammer- 
steln's "Daffy-Dill." has set up a 
claim for one of the show's aong 
numbers called "Thfc Doctor." Miss 

O'Ramey wrote the lyric and the 
melody was composed by Herbert 
Stotharf, who did Jhe •'Daffy-Dill" 
score. 

When leaving the show Miss O'Ra- 
mey asked the song be dropped, but 
the manager refused on the ground 
that when a player contributes lines 
or numbers to a production }t Lj- 
comes part of the play. It appears 
that the point has established prece- 
dent in the courts. In this caae the 
number in question was but par- 
tially written by the actress. There 
was no royalty a?<ked when the song 
was inserted. 

Miss O'Ramey appealed to Equity. 
The dispute is not one within the 
limits of the arbitration agi-eement 
between Equity and the managers* 
association. An Equity official, how- 
ever, took the claim up with Ham- 
nteretein via the telepfjone. The nuin- 
ager hotly answered, tellings the 
official that Equity qualifled to han- 
dle the affairs of actors, but when 
it came to dictation as to produc- 
tions and what should or should not 
be retained, it was none of EquTfy's 
busine.es. The Equity man is said to 
have agreed that was so. 

The case of Miss O'Ramey and 
Hammerstein on an alleged breach 
of a run of play contract held by 
the ;»ctress was -fecently decided in 
favor of Miss O'Ramey, and she left 
"Daffy -Dill." replaced by Helen 
Leach. The claim was contendefl to 
have been decide<l on a technical 
point and provoked interest among 
managers. Immediately after the 
decision Hammerstein planned to 
have the case reopened, other man- 
agers agreeing with him that a prec- 
edent would be made which might 
be the basis for other claims where 
contract violatioiis wei-e purely 
technical. 

The manager, however, stated he 
did not eare to reopen the case, as 
he was willing to make a change in 
the cast, and if the case were re- 
tried and he won. he would then be 
compolled to continue Miss O'Ra- 
mey for the balance of the season. 



WOOffS LIKES GARRITY 

Shuberts' Local Rep. Left in Charge 
of Apollo 

Chicago, Dec. 18. 

John J. Garrjty remains in full 
charge of the Apollo, despite the re- 
vi-siun niiide on the visitlierc of A. 
H. \Voods in contracts, bearing on 
the management of the theatre. The 
way in which the Wase now reads 
returns tho Woods offices to their 
original interests in the Apollo, but 
ijistoad of placing Lou Houseman 
in chai-ge of the theatre, as was 
thought would happen,^ Woods saw 
irt Garrity's retainment, despite he 
is yhuberts' general manager here, 
the be.st move for the future success 
t»f the theatre low housing the big 
Jolr.on engagemont. 

The holding of Garrity at the 
Apollo didn't come as a surprise to 
those who have labelled the Shu- 
b« rts' gonoral ma)iager "the biggest 
theatrical manager in town." Com- 
ing from Woods, the appointment 
was a double tribute to the impor- 
tant and Kuocessfnl managerial du- 
ties that fiarrity has performed in 
tho la.st yoar. 



BEFUSES COOK DIVORCE 

Th.ii Gl.idy.s Hanpon. stago and 
s- reon actress, find Charles Emer- 
son Coolt, theatrical publicity pur- 
veyor and occasional legit producer, 
ai"o rnga^od in a divorce oontoKt. 
came out wh'^n .Tustioe Morsohausor 
in tho While l-'lains ( X. Y.) Supreme 
Court Iff used to confirm Referee H, 
\V. Hfiff i'h report roc^ommonding a 
divitro.. d«MMe«j in fa\or of Misi- 
Harson i Mrs. Cooki. 



PLUGONG 'THE FOOL" 
IN ADVANCE IN on 

Dailies Devoting Space to 
Broadway Hit— Question . 
of No. 2 Company 



All AN POLLOCK'S NEV7 PLAY 

Chicago, Dec. 13. 
Allan Pollock i nds his run in 
"Divcn omont" at tho Central next 
weok. ».ut will remain at that the- 
;Ure ami op«n <;hristmas night in 
"A Pii.f h Hitter," a farce comedy 
by II. M. Harwood. which he acted 
in .Now Vork la^t June, which will 
be given a now title, "Why, Cer- 
tainly.' 



Chicago. Dec. 13. 
The SeTwyns are evidently mak- 
ing a countrywide campaign ot 
their New York jucceas, "The Fool.*^ 
They struck it rich in publicity hera 
in Sunday's newspapers. 

The right kind of a campaign waa 
launched whereby Sheppard Butler 
In- "The^^ribune" gav^ up hig 
whole Sunday column to a contro. 
versy started over whether -or not 
Chicago was willing to wait lutll 
1923-24 to see the present Timet 
Squaie theatre hit or be content 
with a second company that might 
be promoted immediately. During 
the week all the other newspapers 
carried weighty articles over th« 
same issue. 

Then to top the attention for 
"The Fool" the Selwyn carried a 
•mall underline in the usual Sun- 
day advertisement reading " 'Th« 
Fool' played to 115.500 a,t the Times 
Square theatre. West 42d street. 
New York, last week. What of it? 
More later." This added to th« 
curiosity aroused over the piece. It 
all was some solid publicity that 
met with the approval of the news- 
paper critics. 

An attractive sign is now on viev 
in the Selwyn lobby telling patron* 
of the theatre that "railroad tickets 
and Pullman reservations for New 
York to see 'The Fool* may be se- 
cured at the Selwyn box office." 

Extraogjdinary offera made to 
Channing Pollock and the Selwyns 
for the picture rights to "The Fool** 
have been rejected but the attitude 
of several producers was such that 
the author has issued a warning to 
managers and picture producer* 
anent plagiarism of the drama. Th# 
remark of one picture man at the 
end of an unsuccessful conference 
was: "You can copyright 'The Fool,' 
but you can't copyright Jesui 
Christ," That led the author to 
frame a warning for publication. 
The theme of "The Fool" Is that oC 
a man who tried to live like Christ. 

Pollock stated that in his opinion 
the play was good for four seasons 
and that if put into picturea the 
future draw in small stands would 
be Injured to an extent that the life 
of "The Fool" as a drama might be 
cut In half. An offer from a repre- 
sentative picture man called for the 
author to receive 60 per cent of th« 
earnings after a deduction of |100,« 
000 for production. The producer in 
question has averaged $1,500,000 for 
.«;pecial pictures and Pollock's earn- 
ings were approximated at nearly 
three quarters of a million. 

The question of tho picturizatloa 
of "The Fool" may be settled short- 
ly, but with a bonded guarantee 
covering the release date. 



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BRADY'S PLAY AT 44TH 

Insect Piece Moving Downtowrt 
January 8 



"The World We Live In," also 
known as the "Insect Comedy,* 
showing at Jol.«?on*s Fifty-ninth 
Street, is to be moved to the Forty- 
fourth Street January 8. The lat- 
ter house is now dark, and is under 
control of William Fox for thres 
weeks more on a twenty-one-weelc 
co;^tract that started in September. 
W. A. Rrady has sought n house 
downtown for the foreign dramatio 
novelty, which has been handicapped 
at the out-of-the-way Jolson's. Ths 
draw downtown i."* eroected to be 
bettered by several thonsand dollars 
weekly. 

The Moscow Ait Theatre ha.s been 
announced for the Forty-fourth 
Street, but Ci-m-^tock &. Oest aro 
agr^'cablf to the charge. The for- 
eign attraction is not figured for any 
dfgree of transient liusihess. and 
the maragers prefer .Tolson's becauso 
of its greater capacity, particularly 
the balcon\', which seats 900. 



LEEWAY FOR DAIY 

AinoM l)al.v has been j;i\t'n A 
respite from the |l.;i»»5 judgment in 
favor of ,Tacob Abraham.'-, who 
brougln Huit «»n an n^.tslgnod note i 
favor of i^amu« 1 Siiijmian. tho play- 
wright. City Court .ludge Wendel 
has decided that the jtidgment be 
vacated on the mndhion Daly pay 
$120 costs and a|>peHr })e*\ 14 for an 
examination before trial. 

Daly lost the principal of the nofo 

at chemln-de-fer in Pari.^ last Jan. 

29 and gave Shipmnn a note for tho 

11,500 francs on the Guaranty Trust 

vCo^ New York. .. ._ 



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. M. A. DIREaORS VOTE FOR 
CONSOUDATED TICKET OFHCE 



Reverse Earlier Attitude Toward Agency Situation — 
See Enforcement of 10 Cent Premium as Means 
to Attract Public Back to Theatres 



PUNCH AND JUDY'S 
RECORD, SHORT RUNS 



DIFFERENCES WITH STAR 
aOSMG 'EAST OF SUEZ' 



A. H. Woods Taking Off Win- 
ning Play — Florence Reed 
Gets 10 P. C. of Gross 



* .Wednesday afternoon at a gen- 
eral meeting of the Producing: Man- 
ajjers' Association specifically called 
to tako action on a plan to adjust 
tho theatre ticket situation, it was 
voted to establish a central ticket 
agencj-. The result of the meethiR 
•was a complete reverriul of the di- 
rectors' meetings last we^k, when 
there was but one vote in favor of 
8uch a plan. The proposal to license 
all agencies and police* them to 
ffuard against sell ins tickets for 
niQ|^ than 50 cents premium was 
favOTod last week by the eight 
other directors present, 

Tho action of the P. M. A., If it 

♦ becomes a reality, will mean the 
. doing away of the "buys" Aystem 

and it may also eliminate cut rate 
selling. It was stated after the 
meeting that the executive commlt- 
- tee. which takes In the board of 
directors, had been ins'.ructed to 
formulate plans for the establish- 
ment of a central apency ut once. 
The plans are then to be reported 
baclv to the P. M. A. in a general 
meeting for the purpose. A vote 
in favor would then create tho cen- 
tral agency. 

Tho idea of a centralized ticket 
agency was proposed Jir^t in Va- 
riety more than a year ago, along 
the lines of the consolidated rail- 
road office. A site proposed at the 
time close to 42d street is still 
available. It was believed this 
week that if the central agency was 
. accepted as the way out the plan 
would not be put into operation 
untiljnext eeacon. At Wednesday's 
. mcerng, however, it was declared 
the proposal could be made a real- 
ity' within a few weeks. 

Two plans were placed before the 
association, one made by Joo Le- 
blang for a centralized agency and 
the other presented by John Mc- 
Brlde for control and supervision 



of the agencies now exi.stlng. The 
central office wa« considered radi- 
cal and the vote in its favor was 
a surprise. / ■■ 

The sense of the meeting was 
that if one agency could distribute 
all tho tickets at 10 cents over the 
box office price as set forth by Le- 
blang, the plan would meet greater 
favor on the part of the public than 
any system' calling fcr larger pre- 
mium. Those who spoke In favor 
of the central agency Wednesday 
stated a vast majority of patrons 
resented having to pay even 50 cents 
over the box office price and argued 
that if It could be established that 
the managers really desired to sell 
tickets to the public at box office 
prices or virtually so, It would go 
a long way toward winning back the 
sympathy of the theatre-going pub- 
lic. 

It Is belle'ved that if the central 
agency Idea is placed Into opera- 
tion tho leading ticket men will be 
asked to operate It.- That McBride 
and Leblang will be asked to co- 
operate to make the venture a suc- 
cess was generally believed. Both 
men have an intimate knowledge of 
ticket eelllng and though McBride 
has expressed the opinion a central 
agency Is not practical, his Interest 
in theatricals Is thought so strong 
that he would aid any plan to bet- 
ter ticket conditions. 

Though at last week's managerial 
meetings the two plans were named 
as coming from their proposers, if 
the central tiolict office is estab- 
lished It will be under the direct 
management of the managers. The 
point tliat appears to have won the 
managers over to the idea was the 
promise that tickets could be sold 
at 10 cents over the box office price. 
Whether that is possible is open to 
discussion. McBride's, which is the 
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'"Doormat" Lasted Three Days 

— Longest This Season 

There, Two Weeks 



Tl»« Punch and Judy maintained 

its house flop record when last Sat- 
urday "The Doormat" was with- 
drawn after three days. At the 
same house "Persons Unknown" 
ran as long, while the "49er8" 
flivved after two weeks there. 

The actual record for this season 
and last belongs to the Princess, 
which last winter played "Suzetto" 
but two days. 

"The Doormat" was first shown 
out of town, the direction then 
being the Players and Patrons, Inc. 
It is said tho corporation was pro- 
moted by A. O. Delemater. The 
management here was programmed 
as Edward Whiteside. The play 
was written by H. S. Sheldon. 



BUSTER COLLIER'S PLAY 



Authored with Jack Alicoate, Both 
Producing Xmas Day 



Tho sudden booking of "The 
Masked Woman'' Into tlie Kitlnge, 
New York, next week and the with- 
drawing of "Ea-it of Suez" caused 
surpritie along Broadway. "Suez" 
was conceded a success and has 
made money from the premiere. 
Difference of opinion between Flor- 
ence Reed starring In "Suez" and 
the Woods office led to the man- 
agement deciding to close the Eng- 
lish drama. It Is said "The Masked 
Woman," whicW opened favorably at 
Atlantic City Monday, was listed for 

another house. 

"Suez" has averaged between 
$11,000 and $12,000 weekly. It went 
as high as $14,000 and netted a profit 
of from $1,100 to $4,000 on the week. 
Miss Reed received 10 per cent, of 
the gross. 

It Is reported the Maughn play 
may not be permanently shelved. 



PEOPLE IN EQUmr SHOW 
HELP AGAINST STRIKERS 



Joined in Portland, Ore., 
Against Musicians — Piano 

Substituted 



POP'$ MEMORY 



"Sunshine" Hawks' Fiftieth Year 
- V with Same Storie* -. -^ 



DISSENSION IN "SPICE" 
BUT SALARIES PAID 



Shuberts' General Manager 

Assumes Responsibility — 

Miss Suratt Instigating 



Chicago, Dec. 13. 
"Siiit-e of 1922' opened to a big 
week at the Studebaker, but dis- 
sension geenvs to pervade the or- 

- ganizalion. Armaii Kaliz. the os- 
tensible producer, is said to have 
lost or surrendered all attempt at 
control, though still playing his 
part, and Valeska Surutt was re- 
portod instigating trouble through 
complaints to Equity bcoau.se of a 
jualary dispute. 

;. Miss Suratt accepted a percent- 
age when ahc opened, having de- 
manded one. Her hopes of huge 
gros.ses were disappointed and it 
appears she stooil out for a guaran- 
,tee of $1,000 a week, \vhi<'h guaran- 
tee she has not reached with her 

• percentage allowance since the 
show left Philadelphia. She has 
no contract and at present there is 
an argument over .iust what she 
was promised, just what she earned 
and just what ehc will s:ct. 

Stanley Sharpe. comiviny man- 



ANTI-KU KLUX PLAY 
GIVES BUT ONE SHOW 



"Extra," a newspaper play written 
in collaboration by Buster Collier 
and Jack Allcoate, will be produced 
(with their own money) by the 
authors Xmas Day. 

Mr. Allcoate has supplied the at- 
mospheric story and young Collier 
(son of Willie) the dialog. It is 
Buster's first playwriting attempt. 



■ Tuesday night at Cleveland, Tenn., 
Arthur Hawks, lecturer and humor- 
ist and the father of Wells Hawks, 
completed his 50th year on the plat- 
form, and incidentally reached his 
75th birthday. 

In a wire received from his father 
this week, the humorist, who is 
known as "Sunshine" Hawks, con- 
fided to his son that he is going 
strong and Is relating some of the 
same yarns he started with. 



Portland, Ore., Dec. 13. 
When "The Gold Diggers" played 
here for six performances, the mu- 
sicians at the Ilellig wore on strike/ 
having taken their complaint to the 
International and withdrawing the 

company's pianist. Although an 
Equity show, members of "The Gold 
Diggers" joined with the stage 
hands and obtained a player-piano» 
as well as a phonograph in substitu* 
tlon for the orchestra. 

The musicians had demanded the 
house engage seven pieces for the 
orchestra. When "The Skin Ciame* 
opened last Thursday at the Heillff 
a temporary truce was patched up. 
and the theatre had an orchestra oC 
five union men for the piece. 



FORCED "BUY" 



Ticket Brokers Obliged to Pureh«e« 
Tor Flop 



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A buy for about 200 scats nightly 
for "Our Nell" at the Bayes (Shu- 
bert) was forced on the brokers 
with the show pretty much a flop. 

Tho usual 25 per cent, return was 
permitted with the bigger agencies, 
fighting against taking any more 
4han 20 seats each for the attrac- 
tion. This week It was said tho 
buy might be off by tomorrow, aa 
the show was expected to leave. 

"Our Nell," the Davldow A, Le 
MaIre production of E. Ray Goetz's 
musical melodrama burlesque, which 
was to have closed last Saturday at 
the. Bayes, continued after unani- 
mous agreement of the company to 
accept half salaries until New 
Year's. ^ 



HALF MUSIC ROYALTIES DEMAND 
OF MUSICAL COMEDY PRODUCERS 



^'Masked Men" Ends in Balti- 
more — Unpaid Salaries 
Reported . 



•'Masked Men," an anti-Ku Klux 
Klan melodrama, which started an 
engagement in Baltimore last week, 
played but one performance. The 
piece is understood to have played 
three days In Wilmington prior to 
Baltimore. Unfavorable comment 
was meted the show, wliich was 
founded on Ku Klux exposure 
stories written by C. Ander.son 
Wright for a New York daily paper 
about a year ago. Wright was one 
of the play's producers. Under the 
title of "The Night Riders" Wright 
is said to have tried the play last 
season, it then lasting but a few 
days. 

From players who relumed to 
New York it was reported aalarie.^ 
were unpaid and Equity had taken 
rh.irgo of the box ortlco. Edward 
I'Melding is mentioned as represent- 
ing the cast and having secured 
$200 at the theatre aftor tho sliow 



ager, left here and retiiriiod to New j opened in Biltimore. the monc.\ 
York Tuesday, claiming; illnes.^. Ed. 
L. r.loom. general managor fcr the 
Siiuberts. arrived in his stead jind 
announced that there were no un- 
paid salaries. It wasKri-porled the 
ShubortM had uii<loriakrn to seo 
that all safarics would he pa'd In 
any event, as a result of %vhirh the 
Equity diniaiid f-»i- a hn.ul was 
witlidr.iwii. 

Meantime tlu-re i.-< an air of un- 
cerlaHUy about — Hw — t^4M♦!e « nt«^- 
pr;.s»>. with niauv n'p>i'"'s <ii«^ulat- 
ing, ihouijh tii<? box otluf receipts 
are big. 

It is rlimoreil that the Shulicrts 



Involves Mechanical, Sheet Music, Orchestra and 
Rp.dio Rights — Producers' Interest Sum^r as in 
Stock Release of Plays ^ 



have put a mortgage on tlioji- ptoi)- 
erty in the pruduetioti. hul they 
own \ery little in it. nvost of it 
bOihi;- ;ih"e.'Mly li\ pot heeitted to II. 
Robei L Law. Jack Lnit hus over 
$1j,0C0 royalty ov rdue. 



being used to pay tranportation 
back to New Yoik. Before the 
.show loft town theio were sit;ns 
that it was llnancially a bust. Cos-' 
(umes had not been delivered up 
tf> tho lime the .•^hon' \\':<n ready to 
entrain. One of the leads expostu- 
lited there was no use leaving, with 
tho manager replying as tlw |ilay- 
ers had ^ gone .^o far they might as 
well take :i chance further. 
— "Ala.skcd Men" i.^ tie > ••coml fliv 
of Klan plays thi.s .so. i. ,011. ' The 
Invisilile Kmpire," which favored 
the "Coo-Cluck.'?." stiandcd in tho 
lieart of Cloorgia after being out 
t>ut several weeks. 

From Chicago it has boon an- 
nouneod "Tho Invisible ICinpiro" will 
"K^ii'i be prcHonted, and a Chieajro 
theatre is listed to show it around 
the lirst of the year. , » ,. 



rights and' when royalties or fees 
are collected from such music, i|t is 
part of production Income just as 
is a percentage of royalties in the 
sale of sheet and mechanical music. 

Arthur Hammerstein who started 
the movement on the managers' 
part sent out an explanatory letter 
to other musical comedy producers, 
asking they attend Wednesday's P. 
M. A. meeting that the course of 
proceedure may then be decided on. 
In the letter it was pointed out: 
"If you will examine the contracts 
with your composers, you will note 
that you have the exclusive produc- 
ing rights, and these numbers that 
are sung and played throughout the 
country jcertainly must come under 
the head of producing". 

Among the musical comedy pro- 
ducers concerned with the claimed 
(Continued on page 34) 



The Producing Managers' Asso^ 
ciation at the Wednesday meeting, 
In addition to adopting the central 
ticket agency idea, adopted another 
momentous resolution In relation to 
musical productions. It was unani- 
mously voted no musical produc- 
tions will be made by any Broadway 
manager unless one-half of the 
music publishing rights, one-half of 
the mechanical record rights and 
one-half of the earnings from radio 
broadcasting are secured to the pro- 
ducer. The resolution becomes ef- 
fective Immediately. 

Action was forecasted through the 
activity of the managers upon see- 
ing a statement of the fees collected 
by the American Society of Com- 
posers, Authors and Publishers, but 
such prompt action was not ex- 
pected. The discussion at the 
P. M. A. meeting found no opposi- 
tion. It was pointed out tliat pro- 
ducers of dramas enjoy revenue 
from sale of stock and picture rights, 
which rarely happcnr, in the case of 
musi(;al comedies. The managerial 
action is tended to more e\cniy bal- 
ance th'* two d.'is.'^es of production 
and to reduce tho hazard that ac- 
companies musical show making. 

i'r*Hlu< ors of mn.'i(;il kIiows 
jiUiiined to a'jply ihroush the IV M. 
A. to the American Society of 
Composers, w^uiliors and IMibli.^hors 
for a .»<harp of tho fees collectoil by 

tlio society liom orchestras and p/N^p«« <.,rm ^-, ''ITANOAROO" 
r.Hli.) broadcasting stations using rUWJ:.KS UUl U* ILAWUAIIUU 

popular ))»ib"i-:hf<l iMU.*-ii-. TIm i< - "Tho Little l\ ang.i roo." piodiiccd 

.suit at tlie nieelin;^ v.J.s^ Tjc: oiid the by Oliver Morowo, an«l which was 

ir.uM'cal produfors" hopes. to have been a come-back for Jim 

Participation in tho earn;ni;s of my I'ov.(m.«, tho comedian, is now in 

the compoKors' society i" claimotl by .Now York, j o.idy to a^'tin rehearse 

1») produ ers of musical comodies, when a Puhstituto shall have been 

all members of the P. M. A. Con- fotind f(»r Mr. Powers 

tention tluit thoy shonid fhmc in The piece opened out of town, 

the >es i.s ijased c:i liio 1..41 t h;<J | I'l •>!» jj J'h.jl three New Ihigland 

for ail such attractions t»»e man- cities. Tho show is expected to rc- 

agcrs have the sole production sumo Xmas or New Year's week. 



NOT IN *'WILD FLOWER" 

iMve I'.ennett will stage the num- 
bers of "Wild Flower," the new 
musical show to be shortly placed 
in rehearsal by Arthur Hammer- 
stein. Kdith Day has been engaged 
as tho lead. The cast thus far 
select od does not Include l*at Som- 
crsof. 

"Wildfire" has n score by Herbert 
Stothard and \'lncent Youmans, and 
book by 6.»car Hammerstein, 3d. 



TO PLA^ TOLLY PREFERKED' 

"Polly Preferred," a comedy by 
Guy Bolton, tried out by the Mc- 
Laughlin Players In Cleveland some 
weeks ago, Is being produced by 
Comstock & Gest. Winehell Smith, 
reported Interested, is directing the 
play as a courtesy to the latter 
nmimgers and at the suggestion of 
John Qoldcn. "Polly" will open at 
Hartford, Decentber 28; 

In the cast are Genevieve Tobin, 
William Ilarrigan, Beatrice Nichols, 
Thomas Ross, Edward Van Sloan 
and Harold Malrldge. The latter 
played the role of the picture di- 
rector in the Cleveland stock and 
was engaged for the Broadway com* 
pany. 



COLORED THE/TRE AND SHOW 

A theatre near Broadway, to be 
permanently devoted to colored at- 
tractions, is being projected. A site 
on West Fifty-second street in pro- 
posed, the property there being a 
hall, which could be converted Into 
a theatre, without total rebuilding. 

Tho llrst attraction aimed for tha. 
new colored house is "How Come.**' 
now In production. The sponsors 
are Ben Harris and Sam Orlsman. 
They have incorporated the show 
under the title of the Criterion Pro- 
ductions, Inc. Harris, who controls 
the Hill theatre, Newark, was for- 
merly a lawyer. He composed the 
score for "How Come." * 



STARTING "TAKE A CHANCE" 

Th« rei)ort that the production 
of "Take a Clianoe," a now musical 
comedy by H.irold Orlob and If. I. 
I'hiUiiMi. has been delayed boc iuve 
of flnanftial reason is denied by 
Orlob. The author-manager stated 
I he only reason for delay was that 
booking conditions did not permit a 
r.ro.idway house becoming avail- 
able for the show Until the middle 
of .lanuary. "Take a Chance" v/ill 
l»e placed Into rfhcartial next wcel;, 
he says. ' ■ : 



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ON LEGIT 



Kail»eryn (-)f.l«ini;in I« Brnoral understudy for "The Baf In Boston. 
Her husband. J. .1. HosiMUlial, la manager with the show. The' «fU'(tlon 
Of Mis.s Oslornian was inn«Jc by the producing firm, AVaj^enhals & Kemp- 

F. Ray Comstook and Morris Ge.st arc to undtrgo an examination be- 
fore trial in the suit \vhi<'h the former has brought against Jennie Dolly 
to recover on a note of $5,000. Nathan Burkan attorney for the I>oMy« 
ftlleged that his clients were to have 50 per cent, of the profits of "Oh 
Look" In addition to receiving a salary of I'jOO weekly and that they did 
not receive any share of the profits. Judge CSavegan granted the ajipUca- 
tlon for the preliminary hearing. 

The concert tour of Ganna AVal.Ova. (Mrs. Harold McCormick) over 
bere is under the man igemenl of Jules Daiber. who appears, however, to 
be acting as her personal representative, making engagements through 
Other contracting parties, demanding for Mme. Walska at least $1,500 a 
performance with a percentage over a certain amount to be obtained by 
the contractor as a guarantee from the theatre. Daiber is said to have 
Ifme. Walska for 65 concerts. Offer.-; have been received from towns and 
cities offering a guarantee of from $2,500 to $3,000 for single concerts, to 
be scaled at |3 top. It is said the Hippodrome was offered for a Sunday 
night for Walska but with the condition that Instead of the usual $1,000 
rental for the Hip on Sunday, the house woud require 40 per cent, of the 
gross. John McCormack, Galli-Currcl and like stars draw aJound $10,000 
for a Sunday night at the New York Hip. There seems to be a wide dif- 
ference of opinion concerning the drawing power of Mme. WalsUa. It i^ 
mixed between her voice and the publicity she has re-eived. 

, The Andreas Dippel English Grand Opera Company is on tour, and at 
A $6 top scale. It Is reported the Dippel management refuses to reduce 
Its admis.-^ion rates, through the daily cost of the company being $4,000. 
Its gross for Thanksgiving in a middle western stand is said to have 
been $2,500, that being virtually a night performance though a matinee 
concert was given, the company's orchestra furnishing the program. 

Mary Garden in con.'crt is playing at $3 top and doing business. In 
mo.st engagements it Is reported the Garden management rents the the- 
atre. A one-night stand rental for theatres nowadays in said to be around 
$600, With the house satit^fled. 

Frank Tannehill nearly sold himSelf out of horse racing last week when 
disposing of his prize stable winner. "Blue Ribbon" for $1,200. The horse 
had won its last three races under the Tannehill ownership. Frank 
waved himself the privilege of an owners badge however, by retaining 
one of his horses, which he would sell however, to Gus Hill on install^ 
ments, if Gus could be persuaded to invest. 



No little measure of Al Jolson's phenomenal run in "Bambo" at the 
Apollo, Chicago, which may endure all season, is due to Al himself. It 
Is claimed nearly ^everyone in Chicago thinks he knows Al in person. 
They adress him as Al and Al stands in the theatre's lobby for that pur- 
pose. Little boys and girls call him Al, in fact he nods to all Chicago 
every time he meets it. It's nothing for the show to run after 12, as 
Jolson now, they say, when pei-formance is about over, tells the audience 
he will sing anything they want, giving 10 or 15 or 20 songs, according to 
the mood he is in. As "Bombo" is doing around $35,000 weekly, it looks 
like good show business on Al's part. 



Marillyn Miller Is reported to have stated to Flo Ziegfeld she was 
rot in need of a vacation, when "Sally'.s'' manager offered its co-star a 
three months leave without pay, following her illness in Philadephia. 
Mary -Eaton of '"fhe Follies" in New York, who had understudied the 
"Sally" role, replaced Miss Miller for several performan es. ^liss Eaton 
did so well Ziegfeld felt ca'led upon to offer Miss Miller the rest under 
the Impression the "Sul!:" girl's n!n*-s3 mny have b''«»n more sever** than 
■he thought. 

Ziegfeld, it is s;iid. will commence to cast the new Fannie Brice show 
In a week or so. He haJ^been giving his attention of late wefks to his 
wife's (Billie Burke) new play, whipping it into form. The piece is said 
to be In much better shape now. 

The magazine section of the New York "American" for some weeks 
has been running the "confessions" of Dan Caswell, Jr., of Cleve'and, 
who married Jessie Reed, the $100 a week chorus gir] with "The Follies". 
Caswell tells of incidents in connection with the chorus girls and their 
.Johns, backstage and in hotel rooms, at "parties', etc. Last Sunday he 
commended Fannie Brice for her deportment while with the show, also 
Mary Eaton, but did not appear to spare Mi.-s Reed, or a couple of the 
comedians. Caswell said that afttr Joining "The Follies", ex-parte, as a 
show girl's husband, and while an after-theatre bunch was in his hotel 
suite, with all of the guests invited by his wife, two of the "Follies" come- 
dians, after sending out for a dozen club sandwiches, stood at opposite 
•ides of the room, throwing the sandwiches at each other. When Cas- 
well interfered, they used him instead for the target, and later they did 
the same thing to him with soft boiled eggs, he claims. It's a good story 
for "The American'' but it won't send in Caswell very far hereafter in 
theatrical circles. He takes the Injured side for his own and .-peaks as 
tiioiigh he was deceived In his impression of chorus girl.n though ad- 
mitting in his last Sunday story that he drove a racing car from Pitts- 
burgh on the way to Cleveland, carrying three passengers and getting 
drunk with his pa.«sengers en route, so drunk he drove through one vil- 
lage seven time.**. He met Miss Reed one day. wag engaged the next and 
married her the following day, to later dis-jover she was the mother of a 
nine-year old child. 

One of Broadway's press agents who is trouping this season has 
refoi-med. When i)arked on the Ria'to, as he was for a. number of 
seasons, he cultivated a desire to beat the racetrack books, and never 
was able to install fishhooks in his po; kets. Now the hooks are inserted. 
When passing through last week, he made known h*^ was off the sucker 
liht of the bookies for good, or until the spring meeting, anyhow. With 
the money he has already saved and that which h*^ expected to put in 
bank, he is all steamed up to i)roduce a farce. He is logical enough to 
«ay that being a manager is a gamble too, but feels he has a belter 
chan' c with a ph^y than trying to outguess the ponies. There is anolhcr 
Broadw.nyite who became a manager Rome few seasons .iiro. nii'l* n !<>? 
of money and bcc.me spectacular In his plunging at the tracks. He too 
is said to have taken the pledge not to loss any more dough to U.e 
bookies, and next sea.'-'on. instead of a revue, will produce two other 
thows. That's the plan at present. 



Lon Hctjseman. the A. H. W^)ods' represent.itlve In Chicago, denle.-- 
Laving any Intert.'^t in an advertising service agency in ih.'it ciiy. 




Also that when the Greet Players were around with '•Pf*'*^^'^^*J, ^*" 
necessary for a different man to sell tickets each night. They believed 
that— maybe. As a matter of fact ••Hamlet" is drawing a class of Play- 
goer unknown heretofore at the Harris. The selling is almost continuous 
and the balcony goes first. Patrons for locations there appear to have 
plenty pf cash but nearly all sport little leather purses. 

Of the many Shakespearean presentations announced or pending, that 
of Belascos "The Merchant of Venice," with David Warfleld. is un^jues- 
tlonably the biggest production. There are 151 persons concerned, and 
the cost this far is said to be in excess of $180,000. the production calng 
for five baggage cars. On the road reviewers consider the production 
exceeds "Du Barry" or "The Darling of the Gods." W^hen it opens at the 
Lvceum, New York, the scale is expected to be $5 top for evening per- 
formances throughout the week. On the road it had been playing at 
$3.50 top. 

The pro and con debate over cut rates for the theatre will keep on, 
like the brook. The cut rate men talk as readily for their view as the 
managers can speak against It. although it does seem as though the only 
time the manager rebels against the cut rates is when he has a decided 
hit A recent example of what cut rates could have done came up In 
connection with "The Cat and the Canary." at the National. New York. 
That show was In the house at a $9,000 stop limit for two weeks. Some 
balcony cut rates might have been out for the National's balcony when 
• The Cat ' first opened, but these. If they were, were quickly withdrawn, 
for the piece was a pronounced hit. with nearly a record run for Its type, 
especiallv since it made that theatre. _ 

Toward the ending of the run "The Cat and the Canary" refused to go 
irto the cut rates for any part of the house, although It was then known 
the stop would soon be reached. It Is said the cut rates offered to guar- 
antee the show they would hold it $3,000 weekly over the stop limit for 
at least six weeks. But the show refused and left. Cut rates say they 
cou'd have held in the show for 16 weeks at least, and sold more than 
$3,000 weekly for it over their own counter. 

The point seems to be that notwithstanding the show would not go 
into cut rates and after being a terrific hit, it did not get any of the 
money or the people who would have gone to it via the cut rate ofiftces, 
since it left as scheduled. Which may or may not tend to assert that the 
cut rate Is an exclusive trade by itself, waiting for the bargains, just as 
much as the patrons of the Capitol on Broadway or the TivoU on Eighth 
avenue are waiting to see "Robin Hood" or "Knighthood" or any other 
special picture at the lower prices they may see them in those houses, 
in preference to paying the legitimate theatre's higher price. The same 
condition may be found throughout the country in the bigger cities — 
that there is a certain picture trade which will not pay over the picture 
house price for any picture, just as there .seems to be a cut rate business 
In New York that can not be induced to pay over the cut rate scale for 
a legit attraction. If that is so. the theatres themselves have made the 
cut rates possible through holding to a too high scale either upstairs or 
downstairs, or both, in their houses, with the upstairs doing the most for 
the cutlers. • . 

A manager often says the cut rates bring an undesirable crowd to the 
house if the orchestra is being sold at reduced prices, or the cut raters 
will drive away the motor trade, etc., but that runs for Sweeney, for 
unless there is a hit the autos never hear of it, and if it is a hit the 
orchestra never goes Into cut rates. , , 

Amid the volume of plan and announcement on forthcoming Shake- 
spearean presentations recently was included the probability of a man- 
ager other than Adolph Klauber presenting "Othello, ' with Charles Gilpin 
a.«^ the Moor. Klauber denies there is any basis for that report. The 
colored dramatic star is on tour In "Emperor Jones" under his direction, 
and the booking extends until July. He may then appear in London In 
the O'Neill play, returning here next fall for a new production under 
Klaubers direction. 



STOCKS 



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Wel!s Hawks at one time was press represeiit.it ive for Ren Greet, and 
the box oflice men at the Sam II. Harris therefore t:iKe his word for 
e\ cry thing abttut Shake<?pgare. With 'Hamlet" performing lofty busi- 

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There is s.iid to be a pergonal element back of the recent activity on 
the part of the Internal Revenue men who last week were ready to seize 
half a dozen theatre ticket agencies, the brokers putting up bonds cover- 
ing the government's claim of from $8,000 to $23,000 due on excess pre- 
miums for 1920. In ticket circles the gossip is that an auditor who takes 
oare of thp hooks of all the brokers concerned antagonized the federal 
men, and the latter are said to have been particularly diligent to "get 
even." 

One of the "Six Character^ in Search of an Author, ' the foreign drama 
at the Princess, is a girl with a sportsman's Instinct. When Brock 
I'emberton engaged her he explained the play was experimental and 
requested she accept $50 under her salary for the first two weeks, she 
to receive her regular salary thereafter if the play continued. She coun- 
tered with the proposition that she receive her full salary for two'weeks, 
she to accept $50 less after that time. The actress accepted the cut 
starting the third week, and to date has received $150 less than if she 
had accepted the manager's first offer. But she has not uttered a word 
(^f squawk. 

Last Saturday Eddie Dowling celebrated a birthday. It was generally 
known to the company, as the day before one of the principals also had 
a birthday, she being quite young. At the matinee Edna Mom. Louise 
Brown and Kitty Flynn. who are the respective "Sally, Irene and Mary* 
of the play, had Eddie's dressing room all dolled up. The old timers In 
the show ca'led at the dressing room to congratulate him and kissed him 
loudly on the cheek. 



The jam ".'^pice of 1922" got Into In Chicago Inst week appears to have 
been started by Valeska Suratt, who alleged $3,300 was due her. The 
amount, Mi<s Suratt later stated, was the* difference in a cut salary she 
agreed to accept after leaving Boston. Salaries for the St. Louis engage- 
ment cf the show were unpaid up to Chicago, but when the mix-up 
occurred .ill sa'aries were paid to date. Equity's Chicago representative, 
Dare, tried to burst in on the proceedings, but the company in an ensemble 
mpcting \ ot d him out. Meantime, however, there had been a demand 
that the cast become a'l Equity. Brendel and Burt, non-members, joined 
Equity, but Lor.a Hoffman stated she held a person;il contract with 
J. J. Shtibcrt and was a charter member of Fidelity. Slic declined to 
join E(iuity and left the show. 

The company agreed to have the adju.stment of all differences to 
J. J. Garrity. the Shuberts' Chicago general i*epresentative. and Frani; 
A. P. Gazzoia, minager of the Studebaker, where the show is now'playing. 
'Spice " is giving nine performances weekly during the Chi run, and the 
one-eighth extra to the p ayers is being pooled toward taking them back 
to New Yolk whtn the piece clo;ies, as it is expected to at the end of 
the inilefinite Simlebaker run. "Spice" got lots of publicity in Chicago 
through Ja k I^aifs name being used in connection. Lait authored and 
aided in |>rodi!cin.g the show, but has never received a cent from It and 
I. St all intere-^t long a?o iti the production. 'Spice' is doing between 
$16,000 and $1S,0(»0 weekly in Chicago. Tlic show i.s hooked up in the 
overhead at about $7,500 weekly. The Shuberts cl.iim to have advanced 
.$20,000 to the show sin 'c it opened in Atlantic City. 



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; .iuci.'on v,oi.i'.<i- v.iu.i it is alj ahojj . HavMcs.t .«14 iher.i tix^y <-^ \ ;.: , ^ 
t .-.skI t::e r;\ ntorv \h:u u eoanlo of wcoU.«, nfier whivh tiuy wo.iM i»e j 
iii*:.:^rcircd to,unplher hcuse and fresh boys put in chaise of the sclKiis J 



Sam Shipman, who Is in Atlantic City writing a play, has denied it Is 
for Fay Ilainter under William Harri.'-% Jr.'s, management. Mr. Shipman 
has had four offers for the piece without having r<'aehed a decision on 
its i)roducer. Shii)man may feel a bit miffed o\ei- Harris placing Miss 
Bainter- in "The Painted Lady," which was withdr ;iwn shortly after 
opening. Shipman g.ive Harri!< "East I.>* West," which made a fortUTie 
for both whi'e starring Mis.s Bainter. Shipman is reported to claim he 
was so Insistent "East Is West" would g<t over that, to clinch his argu- 
ment, he finally m.ide an Investment with Harris for the production in 
proof of his (onfidf'nce, and, ihrotigh so doing, secured a 30 per cent, 
interest in the show plus his royalf.v. In view of turning out one of the 
I; ?;?;*'> t hits of a decade, and for Miss Bainter. Shipman Is said to hold 
.K, _,.•.,■„.., ^r.. TTirriq mi'^bt have inquired what he had In mind f( r 
1. ...itr p .!;■ I .■',«r ■ ^ ..■■ . 11,' !.•'.. ' • ■'•• I'-.'-'ed t - ' •• 
j),'t.M.;r,i in o. 'n.ous'i lb It pee n >w i«:o.)id "j--.'.ly CilsiiinJa' is 
schctiulcd lor New Vurk December in, . 



The Blaney Producing Co., In«^ 
interposed three points of defeoat 
and counter-claims for $13,000 damo 
ages in answer to a $1,312.50 suit 
for rent on a Newark (N. J.) the* 
atre instituted In the New York 
City court by the Rivoli Holding 
Co., Inc. The defense did not in- 
fluence the court, judging from th* 
verdict for the full amount in tha 
plaintiff's favor. The Blaneys con-» 
tended that lack of heat in the the- 
atre damaged them $10,000; a leaky 
roof did $2,000 damage to scenery 
and the removal of a pipe organ 
from the theatre, which they as- 
sumed was part of the property and 
not merely leased, obstructed th« 
use of valuable box seats for a tim* 
to their damage of $1,000. The Ri- 
voli Co. sued for three weeks* rent 
at $437.50. 



"When the Drama Players Stock, 
which closed a long season here a 
few weeks ago. w^ent to Oklahoma 
City for a season in the Liberty 
there, the name of the organization 
was changed to the W^arfield Stock, 
after Theodora Warfleld. the lead- 
ing woman. J. L. Adams continues 
as manager of the company and 
Friday wired friends here as fol- 
lows "A new leading lady Joined 
the Warfleld Stock company, De« 
cerinber 3, named Theodora Warfleld 
Adams, eight pounds and with a 
real pair of lungs". 



Albert Van Antwerp, who ha« 
been playing second leads with th* 
New American stock, Spokane, for 
the past two months, has left th^ 
American following a disagreement 
with Albert McGovern, producing 
manager and leading man. "Van 
Antwerp claims he was given two 
weeks' notice due to his making a 
complaint to Ned Doyle, the Equity 
ranking official In Spokane, regard- 
ing an alleged salary affair in 
which Camllle Purdy, ingenue, waa 
claimed to have lost a week's sal- 
ary. Van Antwerp will go to hii 
home at San Francisco after ap- 
pearing In "The Hole in the Wall'* 
after this week. He has written to 
the New York Equity offlce ma|clng 
charges against McGovern. • 



Edward Renton will open a stock 
in Houston, Tex., Jan. 7. 



Maude Fealy will re-enter New- 
ark. N. J., with her stock company 
beginning Christmas at the City 
theatre. The house was owned by 
Joseph M. Stern but abandoned by 
him when he built the Tivoll. The 
City is close to East Orange from 
which Miss Fealy expects to draw. 
The experiment of placing stock In 
the Roseville residential section will 
be watched. Milton Byron Is to re- 
turn as Miss Fealy's leading man. 
"Her Temporary Husband" Ifl 
scheduled as the first play. 



A new stock opened this week aC 
Bay Ridge (Brooklyn) In Keeney'a. 
"The Woman in Room 13" was th« 
opening bill, with •'Nice People" to 
follow. Paula Shay Is playing 
leads and Edna Buckler seconds. 



Phyllis Gilmore, the understudy 
for the leads of the Proctor Players, 
Albany, N. Y., for many weeks, will 
leave to become the leading woman 
of the stock at the Colonial. Pitts- 
field, Mass. 



LEGIT ITEMS 



The cast for "April Showers,** 
Lew Cantor's musical comedy, in- 
cludes Harry Delf, author; Kath- 
lene Mirtin. Ryan and J^e«», Roland 
Grimes, Bertha Donn, Lewis and 
Brown, Rainbow Four. 



Joe Flynn will be ahead of 
".'Springtime of Youtli,' to open 
shortly in Bo.'H'on. 



Edward Royce will produce an- 
other mus^c.il comedy, although not 
at the l"'ulton, which was supposed 
to have been retited to him by A. 
L. Krlanger and Chailes Dillingham 
to be permanent berth for musical 
show.-i. The house gets "Secrets,** 
an English drama, which openg 
Chrl.'-tmas Da^. "Cinders," by Ed- 
ward Clark, has l)een accepted by 
Royce for ijnniediate production, the 
ffC'OTTr'^emjrhy ItTTit'iTph Frlml. Tho^ 
piece is founded on a Cinderella 
plot. 



Jay Barnes With ' Molly Darling" 

Jay 1 tames, ftirmer general press 
rerrcpentative for Oliver Morosco, 
is now general manager for Moore & 

Is in PhlluCe'jJhia v.-ta Mo iy 
Dur'.lng." 






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Friday, December 15, 1922 



LEGITIMATE 






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BEDSIDE CHATS 

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BT NELLIE BEYELL 



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You've said it with records of old and new tunes, ^ 
; Said It with egg-plant, melons and prunes, : 
' Said it with mirrors, hair brush and combi. 

Said It with Invites to stay in your homes, 

You've said it with quilts, pillows and slips; 
J. ' Said It with offers of long ocean trips. 

You've said it with china, silver and glasses, 
V Life memberships and theatre passes; 
S,^. You've said It with custards of delicious taste, 

~ , With Ice cream and catsup, tooth brush and paste, 
.^: Y'ou've said It with letters, a carload or two, 

Said it with Ecissors and library glue. r_. 

You've s^id it with Scotch, you've said it with rye; 
' You've said It with things that made me laugh and cry; 

You've said it with talcum and comfy night shirts. -s 
*??©@!!©®""" I ! 1 (Censored) but still my back hurts 



LTTTLVTHEAXBES 

Th« Brlatol Players, Bristol, 
Conn.. ar« ^vlng a new theatre 
erected bjr the community. The 
company's first attraction opens 
arouiftl Christmas. It wUI bt "Adam 
and Eva." v ' ~ 



The Green Mask Players, of 
Houston. Tex., are conducting a 
prize contest for one -act plays 
written by native Texans or stu- 
dents 'domiciled In the State. The 
contest closes Feb. 15. 



BROADWAY STORY 



They say everything comes to him who waits. Now let's see what comes 
to her who unweights. If a rather tall, thin faced slim woman, remindful 
of Eva Da\onport, approaches .vou, don't scream. It's no ghost or mere 
resemblance of the rctund comedienne. It is s-he in person, though con- 
siderabl.v Hooveflzed. No. the has not been sick — or worried. She is in 
perfect health and happy nt having regained her waistline. 

"Oh, Eva, dear friend, rre you III, or what happened to you." I gasped 
when she entered mj' room recently, minus much of her former tonnage. 
"Nothirg happened to me." she langlied, "I just got tired of carrj^ing 
around so 4nuch avoi-dc-avoir-de-p — you know what I mean even if I 
can't say it. And if it's too much for me to say or spell, then it's too 
much for me to carry, ' the explained. By edeatiflc dletings. she now 
tips the Fairbanks nt 70 pounds less than she did last March and has 
unbelievably decreased her waist and othcr.Jir.es. She enjoys the surprise 
and even f hock her new form nffords her friends. She has thrown away 
her cane. "I never felt better in my life — not even when I was sixteen — 
ten ycar.^ or so ago," she of crnt while corpulence giggled. "I've starved 
before and nearly died bo: ides estranging moct of my friends." r>he [).'o- 
cecded, "but now I am getting thin and can stiU be a human being. Can 
get in a telephone booth (if it's large enough) and only need one seat at 
the theatre. ' "All I want now." .'^he adds, "is a chance to thow the man- 
ager.s that It was really me and not my s!z? that was funny and that I 
can be funny without it." "But wen t you misc it thin winter?" I inquired. 
"You know it keeps u.s warm." "Nothing of the kind," Fhc retorted. 
"There's nothing in the v.or d Co cold as told fat." 

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Everyone digs up doctor stories for me. Louise Willeta tclis me this 

aior.v. but she doesn't vouch for its authenticity — whatevet* thut may be: 

A v/oman was visiting in the country, and was taken very sick. 

The village doctor was called in. but seemed all at sea about doing 

anj thing for her. The husband finally asked him if he knew what 

was the matter with the v.oman and what could be done, and the 

doctor answered: "Well, if It was fits, I would know what to do, for 

I'm just hell on fits." 

Her name isn't Mrs. Casey, but we will call her that. She is paralyzed; 
she cannot move or be moved without great caution. She is in a ward. 
She doesn't have a nice private room like some of us. She doesn't have 
the gorgeous flowers, fruit and expensive gifts that we have. She doesn't j 
have half the company that I do. But she is the envy of more than one 
of us who see her two fine daughters come every day^ rain or shine, to see 
"Mother, dear." and to feed her themselves, and to tie ribbons on her 
hair, to read to her awhile, to water the plant on the window sill, all 
things which we would do. but the daughters want to do for her. They 
are both employed all day. yet not a day in the year she has been here 
have they missed coming; and I. whose--«iearest relative Is a thousand 
miles awr..v, often wish for such devotion as Mrs. Casey's girls give their 
mother. 



If there are any playwrights In 
New Bochelle, N. Y., the New Ro- 
chelle Art theatre contemplates 
giving them first production prefer- 
ence. Thia new producing unit 
starts activities after the first of 

the year tinder Walter Hartwig's 

direction. A local picture theatre 

la being renovated to hduse the 

company. • « 



The Literary theatre is In Los 
Angeles. It gave Its first perform- 
ance at the Ebell Club and will re- 
peat the program monthly. The 
initial offering was made up of two 
comedies by M )liere. "Mescarille" 
and "The Forced Marriage." and a 
play of Maeterlink's. "The Death 
of Tintagiles." The players are 
under the direction of Frayne Wil- 
liams. . •, . . r . . • . 



Perhaps my dear old boss, Percy Williams, got the idea from my recent 
columns that I was losing my nerve and remembering celery Is good for 
the nerves, he shipped enough to rehabilitate me for a long time. Thanks. 
I'll keep my nerve up as long as I have friends like you to help me do 
It. I'm very thankful my eyesight permitted me to see those splendid 
thrysanthemums.. 

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When Mr. Williams caltTe In the other day he handed me a package, 
saying, "Here's something for your neck." I remembered the old g?ag 
about the girl who wanted something for her neck and got a bar of soap 
I was afraid to open It iti front of the nurse. It was all right, though. 



The executive board of the Kan- 
sas City The^re. the local theatre 
guild, which presented "The Truth" 
as Its first offering last week, for 
one night only, announces that the 
single presentation cost |1,300. Al- 
though the box oflflce receipts were 
but $999 the board considers the 
Initial offering showed a profit In- 
stead of a loss as a part of the |1.- 
300 expense was for material and 
accessories which can be used again. 
According to the report, the re- 
ceipts of the new enterprise from 
September 1 to November 27 we:e 
730 memberships at |5 each or 
$3,650. and the box oflFlce receipts for 
the "Truth." $999, making a total of 
$4,649. and leaving a balance after 
the expenses of the first performance 
of $1,849. 

"The Yellow Jacket" will be the 
nejdt play offered by the new organ- 
ization to be given December 29. It 
has never been seen In* this city. 



may have been the reason for the 
slow start In business, but the cuts 
kept the show going until It got 
noised around the attraction was to 
be reckoned with the winnerg um 
entertainment. * • 

The full cut rate list Wednesday 
Included "Our Nell" (Bayels). "Thin 
Ice" (Belmont), "Listening In" (Bi- 
jou), "Springtime of Youth" (Broad- 
hurst), "Blossom Time" (Century). 
"The Love Child" (Cohan). ••Liza" 
(Daly's), "East of Suez" (Eltlnge). 
"Texas Nightingale" (Empire), 
"Hoapltallty" (48th Street). "Fan- 
tastic Fricasee" (Greenwich Vil- 
lage), "The World We Live In" 
(Jolson), "Shore Leave" (Lyceum), 
"Why Men Leave Home " (Morosco) 
"Fashions for Men" (National), 
"The Doormat" (Punch and Judy), 
"Abie's Irish Rose" (Republic), *'It 
Is the Law" (Rltz)? and "The Boot- 
leggers" (39th Street). 

In addition, the Shubert unit 
shows ajt the Central have also beea . 
offered at bargain prices for th« 
past two or three weeks. 



\ 



LEDEREB^S *PAIB OF PEACHES' 

George W. Lederer's new musical 
show Is In rehearsal. The name of 
"The Strawberry Blonde" has been 
discarded and a new title Is being 
selected. The piece may be called 
"A Pair of Peaches." 

In the cast are Ada Mae Weeks, 
Stella Mayhew, Marguerite Zender, 
Madeline Cameron (of the Cameron 
Sisters, who have separated). Evie 
Grieg, Keene Twins, Fred Heider. 
Jack MacGowan. Adolphe Link, 
Stanley Forde. George Neville. Jo- 
seph Smith Marba and William 
Cameron'. 



ISABELLE LOWE'S OWN PLAY 

San Francisco. Dec. 13. 
Isabelle Lowe, leading woman at 
the Fulton, Oakland, has blossomed 
out as a playwright and her first 



The playing of three one-actera 
by the Stockbridge Stock at the 
Metropolitan theatre, 24th street 
and Madison avenue. New York, 
has been postponed until Dec. 14. 
, Heywood Broun, Don Marquis and 
Christopher Merely are the authors 
of the playlets. * , ^ 



"Whatever Illusions I may have haj^ that I am good copy were dissipated 
recently. In taking me out of bed, the nurse always lifts my feet first 
before attempting to hoist me up. The other day she <iwung me up on 
" my feet. I landed right in the waste basket that was standing near the 
bed. Now I'm wondering if she really Is as ignorant as she pretends to 
be or if that was an accident. It's bad enough to be left on the galley in 
the overset, but to be entirely "scrapped" is awful. 



Will Cressy calls attention to the fact that In Washington thei*e is a 
bronze tablet in honor of the horses and mules who served in the World 
War. And adds, "Try and find one in honor of the actresses who s^ved 
bver there." ■-- • 



The otlier day Dr. Sayre, one of the professors of orthopedics, came in. 
As he walked past the cage in which my bird was busily singing he 
noticed that the little fellow was standing on one foot, the othc" one 
"^pulled up under his feathers as though to protect it. I^Ie reached his 
hand in the cage and gently drew the bird to examine It. The bird did 
not appear at all frightened, but seemed to realize that he was in the 
hands of a friend. 

The sight of this tall, dignified bW't gruff mountaineer type of man 
holding the little songster In his big hands, examining its little .«ore foot 
and ministering to it; then taking the roosts out into the treatment room, 
washing them and i)utting them back in the cage was a sight long to be 
remembered by all of us who saw it. 



The Vagabonds, a little theatre 
group in Baltimore, opened their 
season Monday with Gilbert Ches- 
terton's "Magic." The play was 
generally panned, but the local play- 
ers were hailed with all the due ac- 
claim which one might expect of 
How tlme5^chango! When I was very young, and very small, my play- \q^^\ critics hailing local performers, 
things were^elcphants; and my nurses and protectors — the ones who • rpj^^ ^^^ theatre which the Yaga- 



Wlth the Installation of 1. Robert 
Broder as director at the Irene 
Kaufmann Settlement, Pittsburgh, a 
Little theatre got under way there 
last week on a scale that promises. 
"Penrod" was produced by the em- 
bryos for seven nights, and several 
thousand persons viewed the per- 
formances. The entire production 
was put on by the settlement under 
Broder's direction, the scenery hav- 
ing been built and painted by the 
settlement talent, the costumes 
having been made by sewing classes 
there, and general accoutrements 
supplied through work of many 
months at the neighborhood Insti- 
tution. Broder was a former mem- 
ber of the Neighborhood Players of 
New York. '^ 



rescued me from the mud puddles and barbed wire fences on the circus 
lot — were canvasmen and lio.stl*rs. 

And now that I am .i real Forty-niner (but that doesn't mean I am a 
gold-digger) and am no longer sniall. my plaything is a. canary; and the 
ones who now assist at vc\\ rescue from the mud puddles and barbed wire 
fences oC life are nuns. 



They can say nil tiny v.ant to about a "go'.l 4?\o-ccnt eigar' licin.':; one 
cf the cov.ntry'.'! Kr,eatr«i n'^od.'* but a nuir? 
help a whole lot ^ov.ard ci ti;eivir.g nn\cs. 



bonds are occupylngia a converted 
.stable at 100 East Monument street, 
within the shade of Wa.shington 
Monument, 



tlif« nation:; rchiiy v.-;int iirrj-T'ir 



i.« 



Roy Mculion : av: : "i: 
(■•pbt to I'mnrj, 'et tl»om n.alxc*<icrm;iii 
legnins: p.-;\ ihge." 

Roy alfo fays. "Vo;i v.\\\ '^cncranv t.'l! a 'A\\^y\ 
the l:,tifr knows bow to ri' I in oriet> ." 

Vc?. r.c;, . they alfo l>no\v \\\v.\.\ f";ii l> iii:e, 



Kdni Shaw De Cew. formerly a 

'member of the Alcazar stock, h'an 

!e5--H carprt H.vefp"r v.on'.<l Franci.sco. and who recently mar- 

r:« il. has been made dire:-tor of the 
community theatre in Anaheim, 
C*nt.; tTTT present home. 



an. I give F;aiiee il.e l»ool- 



'c m a h.il'o.' b'caurc 



I a^Urd Will Hart ii' it v.as a pie ruitii nnry mo if:nr<*'iyrin.r:in.f|^li s lav. 



yer. Will. am Cnjssm m with hitn when he ca led on me. 
the loui^t. cypv'tialiy as iiis lawyer was also mine. ' 



He ralti none in 



Sam Hume, director of the f^'an 
I- rurujsco Stage (Juild. is in New 
York and is rei>ortpd to . have 
.';enwed right.** to "Six Characte's 
in Search of an Authoi" for f.ro- 
diiction at the Leagues San Fran- 
cisco theatre, the PUza. 



(Continued from page 12) 
"Little Nellie Kelly* at the Liberty. 
The others were affected In some 
measure, though there was no ma-, 
terial slump by the leader*. The 
six outstanding non-musicals again 
proved the strong edge the drama 
has over the musicals this season. 
Three actually bettered the normal 
pace prior Thanksgiving and the 

other three Tteld their own. "Rain" 
beat $15,000 at MaxUie Elliott's, 
"Merton of the Movies" with over 
$15,100 reached the high water mark 
of "C^iptain Applejack' and "Sev- 
enth Ntjeaven" went to capacity for 
a gross of almost $13,000 at the 
Booth. "Hamlet " held its lead with 
$19,200 at the Sam Harris, with "So 
Thirf is London" in next honors at 
the Hudson with better than 
$16,600. "Loyalties" continued at 

capacity at around $14,000. 

Of the early December productions 
"The Bunch and Judy" looks best, 
and it should settle down to smart 
business at the Globe. The new Dil- 
lingham attraction opened at a dis- 
advantage so close to the holidays 
and has been fashioned Into a 
smooth running entertainment. 
"Fashions for Men" at the National 
opened at the wrong time, and that 
applies to the newest mystery plays, 
"It l3 the Law" at the Hitz and "Lis- 
tening In" at the Bij' u. If they can 
go through the period before Christ- 
mas without damage they should all 
stick for runs. 

'The Bat" concluded a triumphant^ 
tour of the subway circuit last Sat-^ 
urday. playing two weeks In all the 
outlying houses. The final stand 
was at Teller's Shubert, Brooklyn, 
the champ mystery play grossing 
$'JC.000 on the two weeks. "The 
Passing Show" played to $14,500 at 
the Majestic, while at the other 

Brooklyn stand, the Monlauk. "The «f,„*-iKi.n^"„ '*.. VL" T"" ""^* """' 
Goldfish" drew $8,500. "Make It ! i?"i'^^"il!?.,A°_.^.?*^"'?»*' ^^'"^« 
Snappy"y got $1,600 at the Broad 
Street. Newark,^ "Partners Again" 
got nearly $12,00 at the Bronx opera 
house and "LUlom" at the Riviera 
drew $10,200 for a repeat engage- 
ment. 

Nine Shows Have the Call 

In the agencies where seats are 
sold at premium the'report this week 
Is that some of the shows rated as 
hits arc slipping and the demand Is 
now centered around nln« attrac- 
tions with the drama.q holding the 
edge over the musical attractions. 
Of the latter the ZlegfeM "Follies' 
and "Little Nellie Kelly" are getting 
the stringest play, with "The Music 
Box Revue" reported as dropping In 
the point of advance calls. 

The dramatic attractions arc 
"Merton of the Movies," "Rain." 
"Loyalties," "Seventh Heaven," "So 
This Is London," "The Fool," with 
the "Seventh Heaven" getting 
stronger each week, while "So This 
Is London" is dropping slightly. 

This makes nine out of Broad- 
way's 48 attractions that the buying 
publi«ils showing a decided prefer- 
ence for. "Merton of the Movies" 
and "Rain" are golT\g along at about 
an equal pace, with women about 
equally divided in favoring the two 
attractions. "The Fool" is also up 
with' the leaders In the point of de- 
mand. ._,^_i:. ., _, 

Buys and Cu(t About Even 

The number of attractions which 
the brokers are holding outright 
buys for number 22, while In the 
cut rates there are 20 shows offered. 
This makes up practically 100 per 
cent of the attractions now running 
In New York represented either as 
buys or on sale la the cut rate 
agency with but three attractlonf 
on both lists. Those three are 
"Springtime of Youth," "East of 
Suez" and "Our Nell." 

The comnlete list of "buy" attrac- 
tions has "Lady In Ermine" (Am- 
liassador). "Our Nell* (Bayes), 
"Kiki" (Belasco), "Sevent)) Heaven" 
(Booth). "Springtime o^ Youth" 
Broadhurst). "The Gingham Girl" 
(Carroll), "Sally. Irene ard Mary" 
(Casino). "Merton of the Movies" 
(C(-rt>. "Rain" (Elliott), "East of 
Suez'* (Eltinge). "it 1'. R." (Fra- 
zee), "Ix)yalties" (f.aiety). "Bunch 
and Judy" Globe>. "Hamlet" (Har- 
ris), "So This Is L')ndon" (Hudson), 
"Little Nellie Kelly" (Liberty), 
"f-'l.lte Corner" (Little), "The Awful 
Tru'.li' '.MillTt, ".Mnsir r.ox Uevue" 
(MuMr I'.oAK '•'A\-^-aU-\(\ Foire.''" 
< Amsterdam), "t'p She Goes' (Play- 
hoitfM I, "The Old So.ik" (Plymouth). 

One atraclion i:i tlu- <ut rates 

last week beat the I ii r thi.s week 

berau-^e of lmpn>vi:K busine:-s. That 
was "fp Shf rires" at the IMay- 
honse. This is tb*» IlrKt mu.^i<'il 
attract ic.ii to i)lay the hou-^e and It 



•'.1 



I Miss Marjolalne," had its pre- 
miere at the Pulton last week. It 
scored a mild success. The story 
Is a rather saccharine affulr based 
on the "Sleeping Beauty and Prince 
Charming" fable. 

In the cast besides Miss Lowe 
were John Mlljan. Frank Darlen. 
Henry Shumer. Vaughn Morgan, 
Walter Scott Weeks. Hedw'g Heine, 
B'rederick Green and others. 



C0PPICU8 JOIKS P! M. a. 

P. C. CoDplcus. Identined with the 
Metropolitan music bui'eau. who re- 
cently entered the production field, 
was elected to membership of the 
Producing Managers* Association 
this week. He Is readying a play 
with music called "Lola In Love." 
The piece Is of foreign extraction 
and will not have a chorus. 

In the cast are Hal Ford, Fay 
Marbe, Eddie Gatvle Eleanor Grif* 
flth, Lillian Lee and Florence BarL . 
— — — p- ., r 

MABCUS SHOW OJiOSINO 

The Marcus Show la reported to 
have posted notice of closing Dec. 
23 at Haverhill. Mass.. even with 
Xmas and New Year's weeks to fol- 
low. 

It la reported the show has been 
running behind In ^salaries. Its 
owner or manager, Marcus, went 
into bankruptcy last spring. , ^ 



Opera at Lyric, Cincinnati 

Cincinnati. Dec. IS. 

Beginning Dec. 24, the Lyric the- 
atre will undergo another change In 
policy, this time becoming the home 
of the Dunbar Opera Co. Victor 
Herbert's "Sweethearts" will be the 
opening attraction. 

The leasing of the Lyric, It Is said, 
will mark the temporary passing, at 
least, from local theatrical circles of 
Isaac W. McMahan and Jerotpe 
Jackson, who have managed that 
house several years. The sale of 
Gift's theatre, also managed by 
them, has just been crmsummated, 
the purchaser buiUj; the Jule.4 Fran- 
kel Interests. 






Duncan Out of "Give and Take** 

The Aaron Hoffman comedy, 
"Gi\e and Take," i>roduced by Max 
Marcin, was taken off Saturday for 
recasting. The principal substitu- 
tion i.s to l)e for Augustin Duncan, 
"tv'ho jn'nnd the show In rehearsal 
after resigning as director of the 
E(iuity Players In the Forty-eighth 
Street, George Sidney may be en- 
gaged. 

When reformed and again re- 
h.'ar.sed. the piec»» nia.v go to Chi- 
<-agu fur its initial b:g ci y ahuW* 
Ing. ^ , ... ■•■■■:- ■ - :, -'■ - 



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LEGITIMATE 



Friday, December 15, 1922 



sx: 



SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT 



Figures ••timated and comment point to soma attractions baing 
successful, while the same gross accredited to others might suggest 
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in 
house capacities, with the varying overhead. Also the size of cast, 
with conitequert difference in necessary gross for profit. Variance 
in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic 
play is also considered. 



USUAL PRE-XMAS BIZ 
IN BOSTON LAST WEEK 



•'Abie's Irish Rose," Republic <30t]i 
week). Eighth month and going 
Btrong. both house and attrac- 
tion management expecting run 
to extend through season. Over 
|] 0,000 last week, which means 
exceptional profit for show. 

••Better Times," Hippodrome (15th 
week). Better times are coming 
for big house and holidays assure 
big grosses. IIlp reported In deal 
to realty operators, but not likely 
for another year. Like most of 
list, business dropped last week. 

''Blossom Time," Century (59th 
week). Holdover operetta success 
and 80 framed one of best money 
makers In musical division. Good 
for some time. Last week under 
$15,000. 

"Bunch and Judy," Globe (3d week). 
New musical comedy we!l re- 
garded and ought to settle for 
run. Business for second week 
went for gross of $20,000 or bit 
more. Real pace of show will not 
be reached until after holidays. 

••Chauve-Souris," Century Roof 
<46th week). Counts as one of 
roost remarkable attractions ever 
known to Broadway. Its sus- 

. tained $5 top has. never been ap- 
proached. Two weeks more of 
current bill, fourth program open- 
ing Jan. 4. 

"East of Suez," Eltlnge (13tTi week). 
J'inal week for making Woods at- 
traction of English author.'^hip 
;ind listed among most interesting 
dramas of season. Dipped under 
$10,000 for tlr.st time last week, 
but closiag due to differences in 
cast. 

••Fashions for Men," National (2d 
week). Delightful comedy from 
I)en of Molnar. Splendidly staged 
and excellently directed. Business 
fair, but true line on attraction's 
real strength hardly to be gained 
in natural duir period up to 
Christma.<:. In five days little 
under $6,500. 

"Follies," New Amsterdam (28th 
week). Seat sale extends into 
late January and continuance of 
Broadway's money leader looks 
assured until Washington's Birth- 
, day. Will then make only im- 
portant stands. Pre-holiday slump 

over 



equal 
$14,000. 

"Merton 

week). 



measure. Gross nearly 



"BulidoQ Drummond" Gets'Go- 
ing After Slow Start— Rus- 
sian Opera Draws $12,000 



Shu- 
.pace 
until 



affected bu.slne.ss $3,000 
Thanksgiving week. $33,600 

"Greenwich Village Follies," 
bert (14Ui week). Business 
following Thanks,^ving and 
Christmas has slackened, though 
gross here last week went to 
nearly $20,000. First time show 
has missed that mark since 
opening. 

"Grinoo," Comedy (1st week). Only 
premiere this week, but producer 
took advantage of booking, house 
becoming available when "The 
Romantic Age" ended short stay 
last Saturday. Premiere post- 
poned from Tuesday to Thursday. 

"Hamlet," Sam Harris (5th week). 
With John Barrymore this ad- 
vance guard of Shakespeare 
shower is standing up to remark- 
able business. Very little differ- 
ence last week over normal pace 
before Thank.sgiving. Takings 
$19,200 or a bit better. 

"It Is the Law," Rltz (3d week). 
New mystery thriller that was 
given good send-off and has been 
JoinR fairly good business. Pace 
between $7,000 and $8,000, which 
should Jumf) after holidays. 

**Kiki," Belasco (55th week). Dra- 
matic run leader of list, with 
strong indications of it complet- 
ing second season. Business holds 
up to big money, with box-oinve 
trade liOst liveiy. Nearly $15,000. 

"Lady in Ermine," Ambassador 
(11th week). One of smartest 
draws and best of season's ope- 
retta flock. Has done big busi- 
ness on lower floor from start. 
I^ast week gross went little under 
$12,000. 

"Last Warning," Klaw (8th week). 
Holding to even trade, with pace 
after middle of week virtual ca- 
pacity, and Indications are for 
run. Chicago company may be 
put , on shortly after holidays. 
Last week trade slightly off, with 
gross nearly $11,000 

"Listening In," Bijou (2d week). 
Mystery thriller accorded good 
notices and builded during week, 
going to capacity Saturday night. 
If It can weather next two wcf^ks, 
ought to land. $5,000 for llrst 
week. 

"Little Nellie Kelly," Liberty (."ith 
week). Stands on par with Fol- 
lies" In agency demand. Last 
week biggest eight porformance 
^ week since arrival on Kroadwayr 
Takings nearly $23,000. Cinch 
until summer. 

••Liza," Dalys 63d St. (3d week). 
New colored show won favora»)l<' 
mention all around, 
big but prolilablo. 
Hiding. 

"Loyalties," Gaiety 
One of Broadway's 



of the Movies," Cort (5th 
One of strongest of new 
Broadway crop that livened busi- 
ness through Nqvember. Big In 
demand and sell-out, gallery only 
excepted. Drew well over $15,000 
last week. 

"Music Box Revue," Music Box (8th 
week). Managed to sell out last 
week except for boxen. Takings 
little under $29,000. Scale at $5 
top makes it difficult for show to 
maintain pace, which Is next to 
"Follies." 

"Our Nell." Bayes (2d week). One of 
attractions that braved dull period 
between holidays. First week dis- 
appointing, but management will 
try further with It. Musical nov- 
elty that should have landed. 
Around $6,000 first week. 

"Rain," Maxine Elliott (6th week). 
"Bear'* of new dramas; going 
clean at ail performances and con- 
siderably over capacity. Is de- 
mand leader, with "Loyalties' and 
"So This Is London!" in next 
honors. Got $15,000 again last 
week. 

"R. U. R.," Frazee (10th week). Nov- 
elty in dramas produced by Thea- 
tre Guild and moved uptown from 
Garrlck. Has been doing fine trade 
to date on Broadway. Last week 
about $10,000. 

"Sally, Irene and Mary," Casino 
(15th week). Dropped off last 
week along with most of others, 
takings dipping undei* $11,000. 
Sure to come back to big money 
at holiday time. 

"Seventh Heaven." Booth (7th 
week). Another dramatic hit that 
looks anchored for season. Got 
about all house will hold last week 
in eight performances, gross being 
$13,000. 

"Shore Leave," Lyceum (19th week). 
Final week for tills early Belasco 
arrival. Business averaged $10,000 
and over and ought to do well on 
tour. Next week "The Merchant 
of Venice." with David Warfleld. 

"Six Characters in Search of an 
Author," Princess (7th week). 
Novelty drama that is making lit- 
tle money in little house. Last 
week pace of $5,000 was almost as 
good as Thanksgiving week. 

"So This Is LondonI" Hudson (16th 
week). Non-musical leader of all 
attractions topped at $2.50 ("Ham- 
let" is $3 top, with $3.50 Saturday 
n^ht). I^st week Cohan comedy 
again hit its stride of $16,600. 

"Spite Corner," Little (12th we«k). 
Will doubtless remain for holiday 
trade and perhaps longer if profit 
can be made. Has not been able 
to get into stride pre<lirted for it. 
Last week was off, takings about 
$6,500. 



BRI(aiT U(31T OF aOOM WEEK, 
PLAYHOUSE, (HCAGO, CHANCES 



Business 
Cut rates 



not 
are 



(12th week). 
real capacity 



Mt.s, nil performances going clean. 
Few English dramas have ever 
AliiikfcJ here in anything like 



"Springtime of Youth." Broadhurst 
(8th week). Another wetk for this 
operetta, which did not command 
real draw. House will probably 
get another musical ehow for 
Christmas. Last week it did under 
$8,000. • 

"The Awful Truth," Henry Miller 
(13th week). Slackened theatre 
trade noted along line affected 
gross here about $1,500 under nor- 
mal pace. Takings, $10,500. 

"The Bootleggers," 39th Street (3d 
week). House guaranteed for 
tliree weeks and management of 
attraction due out noxt week. 
T'nder $5,000 last week. 

"The Doormat," Puncn & Jud^ (2d 
week). Opened Thur.'>day ▼last 
week; closed Saturday, after 
hearing panning. House Is play- 
ing Tony Sorg's raarlonets on off 
matinee days. 

"The Fool," Times Square (8th 
w«>ek). Dramatic hit. Fooled some 
wise showmen before opening and 
after. Took about three weeks to 
get stride, and since then has 
drawn corking trade. Last week 
takinp.s were $15,000. 

"The Gingham Girl," Earl Carroll 
(16th weeJ{). Went off last week 
like other musicals and many of 
Intermcfliate dramas. Pace be- 
tween $14,000 and $ir..OOO. Re- 
garded as one of best $2.50 shows 
in town. 

"The Love Child," Cohan (5th week). 
Now llgured to stick well through 
winter. Big matinee draw helping 
pa<*e; nearly $9,500 last week. 

••The Lucky One," Garrick (4th 
we**k). Final week for this Eng- 
lish play, which It was decided to 
limit after first week. Cuild will 
pro(lu<-«« "The Tidings l?rought to 

— Mnrv" as rhristmas eanl. 

"The Old Soak," Plymouth (17th 
we<'k). One of standard t'omedies 
produced this season Trade 
flui'tuatfs similarly to others ex- 
cept limited few smash'-s. Has 
made money from start. Last 
work about $10,700. First time 
under $11,000. 

"The Texas Nightingale," lOmpire 
(4ih week). ' Ho.se Bnn.' with 
Billie Burke, opens here ♦.'hrist- 
mus. • Nijih'.lngale' doisn; iu«dl- 



Boston, Dec. 13. 
Last week found most of the 
legitimate attractions registering 
lower grosses than for some time, 
with little improvement expected un- 
til Christmas. 

In but two Instances were there 
exceptions. At the Hollis "Bulldog 
Drummond," which opened rather 
flat, got going about the middle of 
the week and business kept piling 
up until Saturday night it was nec- 
essary to place the orchestra under 
the stage. This was entirely unex- 
pected, and it looks now as though 
this show will run strong for the 
next two weeks, when It will move 
to make room for "Lightnin'." 

The other was the Boston opera 
house, where the Russian Grand 
Opera Co. opened last week. This 
company, playing in Russian, was 
not expected to develop any great 
strength, but at the count-up Sat- 
urday the gross was above $12,000 
This was at a $3 top. This is the 
final week of this company at the 
big uptown house of the Shuberts, 
and the house will be dark for a 
week until Walter Han\pden takes 
it over on Christmas Night with his 
Shakespearean program. 

"The Bat," that h.as been running 
so strong at the Wilbur, and now 
on the 15th week, showed the first 
real signs of weakness last week. 
The gross was in the neighborhood 
of $11,', 000, off considerably from 
that registered on the weeks that 
have gone before. For an explana- 
tion of this it is said that "Bull- 
dog Drummond " drew away from 
the mystery show somewhat, and 
also that it is pretty nearly finished 
up with the business that can come 
to a show in this city. The field 
for drawing is limited and has been 
about exhausted. The show is good 
for a couple, and perhaps three, 
weeks more, and then it would not 
be surprising to see It pull out. Ac- 
tion in this respect will depend 
greatly on how things shape up on 
the holiday weeks. 

"The Dover Road," second week 
at the Plymouth, got away to a 
rather slow start, in company with 
most of the shows In town, but 
picked up as it went along. It re- 
corded better than $7,000 and Is 
looked to hold up to this mark this 
week. 

In the final week here White's 
"Scandals" Aid $19,000 at the Colo- 
nial, a sharp drop from thjs business 
of the preceding week. "Orange 
Blossoms" is in the house for two 
weeks; due to make way for "Good 
Morning Dearie." 

Frank Tinney Is finding the go- 
ing rather hard at the Shubert. 
Coming In on the heels of Eddie 
Cantor, this should be expected. 
The gross last week was under $15,- 
000, and no signs of being better 
this week. Whether he will play 
1 the house on the we<ijc before 
Christmas is questionable. It would 
not be surprising If the show 
closed for that week, leaving the 
house dark. 



"He" May Shake Off Hoodoo— "Spice" Sprightly 
Starts Through Jack Lait's Popularity — Usual 
Ante-Holiday Bump 



Estimates for last week: 

"Orange Blossoms" (Colonial, 1st 
week). Current. Town alone for 
opening. 

"Captain Applejack" (Tremont, 
5th week). Credited with $10,000 
la.st week. "Abraham Lincoln," 
which played at the Hollis three 

(Continued on page 17) 



ocre busines.s. with last week's 
takings under $7,000. 

"The Torch Bearers," Vanderbilt 
(16th week). Final week for this 
clever satire on little theatres. Has 
averaged between $7,000 and $8,000 
and ought to make good on tour, 
which begins Chri.stmas. House 
dark week, then James Montgom- 
ery's "(Jlory" opens the 25th. 

"The World We Live In," Jolson's 
69th St. (7th week). Brady's "In- 
sect Comedy" is commanding cer- 
tain trade and as dramatic nov- 
elty ought to remain for run. Last 
week $9,000. Listed to move down- 
town, and pace should then quick- 
ly improve. 

"Thin Ice," Belmont (11th week). 
Mioderately paced comedy \Yhich 
has been making little money and 
will remain until after New Year. 
Around $.').000 last week. 

"Up She Goes," Playhouse (6th 
week). Best indication of this 
Brady musical is interest dis- 
played in ticket agencies. Whilp 
last week was around the $9 000 
mark, pace this week claimed as 
good as Thanksgiving week and 
run predicted 

"Whispering Wires," 49th St. 4ldth 
week). T'ntil last week this one 
has held own with other mystery 
plays and will doubtless stay 
through winler. Bit undt^r $7,000 
and tirst time under that mark. 

"Why Men Leave Home," Morosco 
(14th week). Slipped off with rest 
of list last week, pace being 
around $S,000. Trade hem has 
been profitable, though not big, 
and management claims run in 



Chicago, Dec. 13. 
"He Who Gets Slapped" promises 
to return a smile to Lester Bryant's 
face. Those aware of the struggles 
of the young tnagnate at the Play- 
house this season realize this is 
news worthy of the introduction to 
t-hia week's box office report. 

With Sam Harris presenting it 
under Joseph Gaites' direction. "He" 
got started at the Michigan boule- 
vard hou.se Monday — even giving 
Bryant something to worry about, 
on top of all his troubles of the 
year, until nearly an hour after the 
usual curtain time for the premiere. 
Something happened with the ti-ans- 
ferring of the company's scenery In 
town, delaying the curtain and 
causing the morning newspaper 
critics to hold over their reviews. 
Once started, however, the piece 
swung into favor, and on the week- 
end crept into figures that have been 
strangers to Bryant all season. The 
town's pulling hard for everybody 
concerned with "He" and if ever a 
presentation is being swept toward 
the goal of prosperity by word -of - 
mouth adverti.^ing it's the present 
Playhouse ^ard. In rase the piece 
doesn't hold strong, it's going to be 
hard to diagnose the Playhouse sit- 
uation. At present there is a grin 
on Bryant's face, and the "regulars" 
in town are hoping it will develop 
into a broad smile. 

It's not news to say shows in town 
went into a .»<lump after the Thanks- 
giving week turnout. That'9 the 
customary proceedings year in and 
year out. Neither is it news to 
predict off-business until after the 
Xmas shopping is done. That's also 
an annual happening. No changes 
are looked for in the traditions of 
the year. The only expectancy Is 
how business can be kept from go- 
ing to lower points than in other 
years. Sunday night's business this 
week didn't augur well for the ma- 
jority of the shows in town to with- 
stand the scarcity of patronage. But 
that's another story for next week. 

"Last Two Weeks" reads the pla- 
card in front of the Central, hous- 
ing "A Bill of Divorcement." There- 
in ends all the good ambitions of 
Allan Pollock to prove Chicago 
would take to his play if given a 
chance. Just chalk up another re- 
gretful experience, heavily engrossed 
with financial losses, to the actor- 
manager-owner who would proceed 
onward, supported by his own bank- 
roll, attempting to disclose the al- 
leged error in Judgment of estab- 
lished producers. This time Pol- 
lock is unfortunately involved. 
Sometimes these ideas win; oftener, 
however, they lose. When anybody 
makes the gamble that Pollock made 
the good sports in town pull hard 
for victory. Pollock was given 
every break, particularly by the 
newspapers, but the public just did 
not want the piece. 

Going as far back as the days of 
"Bunty Pulls tlje Strings," Chicago 
playgoers haven't rushed with any 
alarming speed to plays carrying 
high valued literary traderaarks. 
There's a good two weeks' clientele 
for such plays here, but when the 
managers book them longer, mis- 
fortune hits those concerned. This 
is one of the important angles that 
close students of the local situation 
have ferreted out. "A Bill of Di- 
vorcement" didn't even get this two 
weeks plays, yet Pollock tried to cut 
into traditions and lost. 

It is now intended to keep the 
Central open, with Pollock trying 
a new play called "Why, Certainly," 
a farce comedy by H. M. Harwood. 
This premiere is listed for Christ- 
mas day. 

"Has The First Year' been booked 
In the wrong house?" This question 
is penetrating the talkative sections 
of the loop because of the "big fiop" 
done last week over the previous 
week. Something like $7,000 was 
cut off the Thanksgiving week busi- 
ness for the Craven piece. When 
"The First Year" fails.to draw two- 
thirds of a house, there isn't the 
same atmosphere for the play as if 
the vehicle was housed in a more 
Intimate theatre than the Woods. 
It is reported some of the strength 
of the play is removed under these 
conditions. Whether or not this is 
.so, "The First Year" isnt doing 
anything out of th«.' ordinary at the 
Woods, now that 'fthanksgiviiig 
week whiih furnished the siren^'th 
of the play. It's far from b»lng \h»- 
"amaah lul" and iho bookii-K ollieis 
in New York will vouch for the fig- 
ures that cau.ses these deductions to 
>)o mado. Of course time only will 
properly disflose the accuracy of 
the present situation for "The First 
Year." 

'•Spi.e of 19L'2' at the Stud«baker 
;ind "H«' Who <itts .<^lappod " at the 
Playhouse furnished the luemicres 
of tho week. Managerial entangle- 
mf^nts lent a pyrotechnical touch to 



the arrival of . "Spice," but Jack 
Lait's popularity in the loop (his 
legion number of pals turned out 
en masse despite the fact Jack 
didn't come on or appear to care 
fcvr the affair) started off the piece 
on all recognized cylinders of suc- 
cess. It must be \:ratifying to. the " 
world -famed short- story writer to 
observe the manner in which the 
newspaper boys opened up for 
"Spice." They went the limit be- 
cause Jack's name was attached to 
the piece. Now and then a line 
would be uttered on the stage, and 
a whisper of "That's Jack Lnit. all 
right, all right!" would be heard. 
An avalanche of wise cracks and 
good laughs brought out the ap- 
plause on the opening night that 
reminded all that a good "Old 
Home Week" was being celebrated 
without the host present. If Jack 
had been present to answer a cur- 
tain call, wearing the "benny " and 
cocked hat, the home guards could 
have joyously rounded out "The 
End of a Perfect Day"; but it had 
been inside reported for several 
weeks that Lait was "off" "Spice." 
"Music Box Revue " stole slightly 
in at the stretch ahead of the JoKson 
show on the week. Another curb- 
stone exhibition by the '.«pecs" was 
noted in front of both the Colonial 
and the Apollo quite forcibly Sat- 
urday night. This indicated the 
call for both shows at the "stands" 
was off, yet no kick was forth- 
coming for the gross receipts each 
piled up on the week. The Colonial 
attraction is now on its last four 
weeks, with the Jolson stay arv un- 
certainty. The Jolson attraction is 
the record rubber ball affair of .the 
town, bounding to unbelievable 
heights when there is any kind of 
show-going in the loop. 

"So This is LondonI" is now sell- 
ing seats eight weeks in advance, 
quite indicative the play has caught 
on with usual Cohanesque touch. 
"Shuffle Along" continued its 
healthy call at the Olympic, and 
now plans extra performances for 
the holidays with a midnight show 
on New Y' ear's Eve, probably being 
the only loop show that will have 
such a performance. With the spe- 
cial performance the company will 
give next Monday afternoon for the 
benefit fund of a local newspaper, 
there'll be plenty of excitement 
around the Olympic for the next 
fortnight. 

"Six Cylinder Love" got good 
profits from the first 10 weeks of Its 
stay at the Harris, but it's not in 
the air for the piece to hold after 
the holiday trade. "Captain Apple- 
jack" is talked of as a successor to 
"Love ' Jan. 7. 

When "Kempy" was announced 
for the Selwyn, this report pre- 
dicted an average business of $8,000 
for the- Nugent piece. Under the 
conditions of the opposition, and 
the fact the piece was only in. wait- 
ing for the arrival of "Partners 
Again" (Dec. 24) it was quite evi- 
dent there wasn't a big chance for 
"Kempy" to swim any faster than 
It has. When this piece arrived the 
loop had its full quota of small 
town plays, and it has only been by 
hard newspaper campaigning that 
the business has remained where it 
has. 

William Hodge is mixing 
of satisfaction and worr>' 
La Salle with "All of Us. ' 
culed for using the Henry 
endorsement of his play by 
the critics, and starting away on 
light business, Hodge had an uphill 
fight to make, but he conquered the 
situation with business leaping in 
bounds until now there is much 
worry as to what will become of the 
piece since "Demi-Virgin'* comes in 
Dec. 24. Hodge doesn't want to 
leave town. The Shuberts haven't 
a house at this writing to give him. 
There's no question but what 
Hodge could remain at the La Salle 
for at least two months more. His 
is bona-tlde popularity. If "Demi- 
Virgin" doesn't catch on. it will be 
another of those unfortunate situa- 
tions for the house. 

/'Greenwich Village Follies" did 
better by $3,000 than the checkers 
tabulated on the premiere week, but 
while every attention is being given 
the entertainment it cant hope for 
big business with the present draft 
it is executing. Scare was hurled 
Into this engagement after the 
Thanksgiving business waned. 

It's interesting to observe the in- 
depcnd' inv of 'the Chic.mo pl.ay- 
goer this sea.«on. Trrosiicctive 6t~ 
what j)rinting shows put on the 
boards, irrespective of what news- 
paper publicity is resorted to, the 
playgoers here are winning the 
prize <.f all places for \as; diffir- 
ences in Kr«).vs receipts on ro!is<<u- 
tlve nights. A play may <.|on to 
$3,000 !in«l then drop to $Ht'.» on the 
following liight. ThisnuaiiM noth- 
ing despito the general rij!« ihat a 

I (Continued on page ).) 



plenty 

at the 

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Ford's 

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Friday, December 15, 1922 



LEGITIMATE 



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17 



PRE-CHRISTMAS DULLNESS 



HITS PHILADELPHIA HEAVILY 



If*, ^ 



> 



Everything Bearish — ''Abraham Lincoln's*' Return 
Did Little— "Good Morning Dearie" Alone of 
Musicales Makes Good Showing, 



I 



Philadelphia. Dec. IS. 

The slump that came last week 
in the business at the legitimate 
houses was more disastrous than 
generally expected. It particularly 
hit the three serious shows which 
opened Monday, but even the mus- 
icals were affected. 

Right now the situation up to 
Christmas looks rather gray. The 
Shubert will be dark next week, al- 
though "Tangerine" has been one 
of the real money makers and could 
propably weather the storm. Added 
to this, the Adelphl with * To Love" 
haa decided not to attempt it. This 
Grabe George drama opened rather 
weakly and business was depressing 
all last week, with no sign of much 
improvement this week. 

"Abraham Lincoln" returning to 
the Broad where It played to big 
business two years ago, his been 
another disappointment. This show 
is in for only two weeks. 

"Anna Christie" at the Walnut 
showed more promise, but business 
was below normal last week. This 
was despite a set of glowing notice. 

"Blossom Time" took a big drop 
at the Lyric after steadily Improv- 
ing and finally reaching a pinnacle 
■with a gross of virtually $21.000. 
Last \^eek. Monday and Tuesday 
saw fractional houses, and the slump 
was again to be noticed Thursday. 
It's problematical whether thLs drop 
will be continuous or not. No end 
has been announced jis yet for the 
engagement. J Eighth Veek. 

"Tangerine" at the Shubert and 
•"Good Morning, Dearie" at the For- 
rest have kept their heads above 
water, and have come pretty close 
to sharing what was left of Philly's 
theatrical business after the crash 
came. "Dearie" will definitely run 
until Dec. 23 (making five weeks) 
and with "Tangerine" out a wrek 
ahead, the Dillingham show ought 
to have its own way with what bus- 
iness is left. 

The only possible opposition might 
come from "Molly Darling" at the 
Garrick which, however, has not yet 
shown on which side of the ledger 
It may be placed. After an opening 
week's gross of $16.00, this musical 
comedy took a dip the first few days 
of last week and didn't recover en- 
tirely. 

A rather unusual condition of 
things exists this and next week 
with Mantell coming into the Broad 
next Monday, as the only opening. 
This Is an unusual time of year for 
Mantell to pay his annual visit, and 
just what he will do in this week 
before Christmas is a thing of doubt. 
Four openings Christmas day, one 
less than last year. "To the Ladles" 
at Garrick, "The Guilty One" with 
Pauline Frederick, Adelphl; White's 
"Scandals" at Forrest, and "The 
Passing Show of 1922" at Shubert, 

This will leave "Anna Christie" 
fit the Walnut to coast through until 
Dec. 30, with "The Monster" opening 
Jan. 1, together with some attrac- 
tion succeeding Mantell at the Broad 
*— pos.sibly "Captain Applejack." The 
8th will see Ed Wynn at the Forrest 
with "The Perfect Fool" and "The 
Dover Road" is an underllner for 
the Walnut for Jan, 29. This leaves 
as a question mark the Lyric which 
will probably break in with a suc- 
cessor to ''Blossom Time" about 
Jan. 1. "The Guilty One" Is likely 
to make way for "The Cat and the 
Canary" by about the second week 
6f the new year. 

:_ Estimates for last week: 

"Abraham Lincol/i" (Broad, 2d 
week) — Did little on return. Scarcely 
grazed $8,500, 

"Tangerine'* (Shubert, 4th week) 
^—Dropped with rest, but not with 
the thud regi.stered by some of the 
rest. This show has shown real 
building power, and without aid of 
holidays, reached $22,000, with pros-, 
poets of being able to do as much 
this week, l^nderstood to be only 
question of terms which keeps it 
from staying in next week. "Passing 
.Show " Dec. 25, for three wcck.«j. 

"Good Morning,'Dearie" (Forrest. 
4th wook) — Held up to good level 
and overcame some of weaknes.ses 
shown upstairs. This show mo.'^t 
encouraging of all in town last week 
during slump. AVcnt to over $23,000. 
"Scandals" Doc, 25, 

"Molly Darling" (Garrick, 3d 
week) — Dropped about $2,000 from 
opening week gro.ss of $16,000, but 
showed pronii.sing nlgns of being 
able to hold out for allotted four 
weekn, "To the Ladies" Chiistma.s. 

"Anna Christie*" (\V,i:i it. 'J! 
weolt) — Received enthus.a.sh* ally l>y 
press, but crowds didn't respond. 
Ifopc i.-^ still, exjire.-.scd it will build 
thi.s week, hold it.s own next weu-k, 
and ride through to .some real |)r<»rit 
during holidays. "The Monster" 
Jan. 1. 

"Blocsom Time" (Lyric 8th week) 
fc—Took plunge downward after 
$21,000 gross week. Claimed it 
touched ^17,000. with two very weak 



nights. Loss about evenly divided 
between downstairs and balcony. 
No underline mentioned. 

""To Love" (Adelphl. 2d week)— 
Mixed notices, and despite some 
society draw, didn't seen to build 
as hoped. Indications discouraging 
and decided to close house week 
before Christmas rather than let 
Grace George drama attempt the 
heavy running. This will confine 
run to two weeks. Last week's gross 
around $7,000. 



SHOWS IN CHICAGO 

(Continued from page 16) 

success must run along even after 
chopping off the usual business for 
all openings. 

Much of the show romance in 
Chicago is gone for the veteran 
showman who likes to observe a 
response to a campaign, Chicago 
is rich with theatrical money, with 
the playgoers wondering why New 
York olfices still think that a show 
holding only a draw of $7,000 In 
New York should be expected to 
come to Chicago and whack out 
$14,000, even with important 
changes made in the cast- To draw 
this rich money Chicago demands 
the best these days, and to give the 
best the producers are forced to add 
to their road expenses. Then when 
a slump does come, there is a 
greater loss here for the producer 
than in New York. When the New 
York producers catch up with the 
way the Chicago playgoers have 
changed their theatrical tastes, bet- 
ter off will be everybody concerned, 
say those who apparently know 
whereof they speak. 

Last week's estimates: 

"He Who Gets Slapped" (Play- 
house, Ist week). Everybody boost- 
ing, W'th play threatening to bring 
house out of hoodoo season. Will 
be carefully nursed on strength of 
$9,000 week. 

' "Spice of 1922" (Studebaker, 1st 
week). It wasn't show; wasn't 
theatre. Instead it was Jack Lait's 
name that brought big premiere. 
Recorded at $18,000. ^ 

"Cat and Canary" (Princess, 14th 
week). Seated nicely In long run 
saddle, with no prospects of tum- 
bling off for some time to come. Al 
Spink caring for both ends. Easily 
reached $14,200. 

"Music Box Revue" Colonial, 4th 
week). Reported around $32,000, 
with New Year's Eve prices an- 
nounced at $8, and promises to be 
sold out early. Thoroughly liked. 

"Bcmbo" (Apollo, 12th week). 
Bounded along close to $31,000, with 
prospects of $10 for New Y'ear's 
Eve. 

"Six Cylinder Love" (Harris, 10th 
week). Demand fell off at hotels, 
but slipped nicely Into $10,000. yet 
considered "through" for big call. 
Will be held for holiday rush, with 
"Captain Applejack" probably to 
follow. 

"Tfiank-U" (Cort, 15th week). Is 
holding better than any of other 
small town plays In town, doubling 
own popularity with this theatre's 
established clientele. First to an- 
nounce at least four matinees for 
Xmas week. More big profits on 
$11,000. 

"The First Year" (Woods, 5th 
week). Reported gross of $11,000 
for Monday night; $1,300 Tuesday 
night. Indicated biggest trade came 
from "buy." Will be closely watched 
in this*1iouse. Little over $14,000 
($7.00 drop 'over previous week). 

"Kempy" (Sclwvn, 4th week). Un- 
fortunate opposi^on greeted this 
well-liked piece, causing prediction 
in these columns that the "money- 
play" would average $8,000. This Is 
what the piece has been doing. Now 
that "He" caught on at Playhouse, 
all chance of "Kempy" being 
switched there gone. Leaves Dec, 
24, with "I'artners Again" to follow 
for much heralded engagement. 

"The Czarina" (PowfJrs. 2d and 
final week), Wqnt around $9,000, 
with Otis Skinner opening Monday, 
another limited engagement. 

"Shuffle Along" (Olympic, 4th 
week). Breezed around $17,000 with 
new records promised during holi- 
days. Solid hit. 

"Lightnin*" (Blackstone. C7th and 
final week). Record engagement at 
all times for Chicago spoiled with 
death of the croator of .same (Frank 
I?ar()n). Henry Miller and Ruth 

c^liatsrton hi **igt T e ndres se" 

(jjM-nfd Mrinday n'ght. 

"So This Is London" (Cohan's 
fJrand. ^d week). Moving fast, 
typieal (Tohan .swing. IMonii.srs to 
leap high ere long. Given out as 
$13.r.00. 

"For All of Us" (La Salle. 3d 
we^'k). Town's .surpri.se. Hit off 
$11.'J00 by hard campaigning, giving 
William Hodge more confl<lence to 
bull-streamerizo Henry Fords en- 



ISADORA GOING BACK 

Returning to Moscow, Dancer Says 
in Speech 



ac 



Baltimore, Dec. It. 

Isadora Duncan told her audience 
in Baltimore last plght that she is 
going back to Mosco\ soon. 

This statement came during a ten- 
minute speech made at the conclu- 
sion of her dance program, which 
was marked by many interpreta- 
tions of an extremely somber mood. 

In her speech Miss Duncan said 
she was not a Bolshevist, but that 
she had brought a message of love 
(didn't mention brand) to Balti- 
more, because she had seen the 
suffering on the other side and had 
been deeply affected by it She said 
that she could still teach ihtle chil- 
dren to dance gaily, but that she 
Jierself was unable to do it. 

The speech was made before a 
half-empty house, in contrast to the 
multitude which had watched her 
performance, drawn, perhaps. In the 
hope she would pull a 'strlppinflgr 
Cupid" stunt, and was disappointed 
when she didn't. 

The nearest Isadora reached a 
flesh display was at one time when 
she came perilously near exposing 
her left breast. ^ y' 

At the conclusion of the dances, 
the audience, which packed the 
Lyric here, arose to go. When the 
dancer began to speak most of them 
kept on their way. Even her speech 
failed to arouse any enthusiasm, and 
when she pulled the love stuff, the 
audience still kept their hands in 
their laps. 



SHAW TRANSLATION 



Mme. Kaiisch's New Play Produced 
by Lee Shubert 



"JItta's Atonement," the new 
Mme. Bertha Kalisch starring piece, 
went Into rehearsal this week under 
John Harwood's directlbn. B. Iden 
Payne will not stage it as previously 
announced. 

It is a Lee Shubert production, 
although the star Is financially in- 
terested. Its distinction is that 
George Bernard Shaw translated it 
from the Austrian of Siegfried Tre- 
bitsch, the first translation of It^ 
kind done, to oblige the star, who 
Is a personal friend of Shaw's. 

The play Is current in Copen- 
hagen and was produced In Vienna. 
Mme. Kalisch will introduce it lo- 
cally, to be followed by a new play 
by Herman Sudermann, especially 
written for her. 



STOCK AT ACADEMY, BALTO. 

The Academy of Music, BaltinMre, 
went dark last Saturday. The house 
started the season as a stand for 
Shubert unit vaudevHle, ending that 
policy last week. Instead of straight 
vaudeville, the Shuberts have ar- 
ranged for a production stock p?^n 
to be managed by Henry Duffy and 
A. Li. Smith, who are successfully 
conducting the President, Washing- 
ton, along such lines. "Abie's Irish 
Rose" is in its third week at the 
latter house. 



NEW HEMBEES m ''ANOELO'' 

The Leo Carillo play, "Mike An- 
gelo," has been rewritten and sev- 
eral changes made in the cast with 
Wanda Lyons, Doroth]^ Mackaye 
and Grant/ Stewart the new mem- 
bers. 

It is now in rehearsal, and Is to 
reopen in New Haven Christmas 
night. 



dorsement. Forced to vacate hotise 
Dec. 24 for "Demi -Virgin." 

"Bill of Divorcement" (Central, 
6th week). Two weeks' closing no- 
tice up. Reported around $5,000. 

"Greenwich Village Follies" (Great 
Northern, 2d week). Misjudging 
scale of prices checkers gave 'This 
attraction $3,000 short on premiere 
we^. Really did little over $21,000, 
Slumped second week, however, with 
reported gross of $17,700. 



SHOWS IN BOSTON 

(Continued from page 16) 

seasons ago, is scheduled to open 
here Christmas. 

"The Dover Road" (Plymouth, 2d 
week). Got away with about $7,000 
for first week, starting off weak and 
building up toward the finish. 

"The Bat" (Wilbur. 15th week). 
rDojost week of run; about $12,000. 
Said to !)«> ;i fair advance sale re- 
corded that will carry it along for 
couple of weeks, at any rate. 

"Bulldog Drummond" (Hollls, 2d 
week). Sur|)rlHe of week. Started 
f)rf slow, but took brace and finished 
with gross of $10,500. 

RuGtian Grand Opera Co. (Boston 
O. H.. L'd week). $12,000 first week. 
Considered exceptional for company 
playing entirely In Russian. • 



FILM AT ASTOR 



Rented House May Play Piotures 
Remainder of Season 



The Astor, New York, the lease for 
which the Shuberts renewed for a 
long term period recently, will re- 
main in pictures for the balance of 
the season. Robertson-Cole are re- 
ported having secured the house 
under a rental arrangement start- 
ing the first of the year, the picture 
producers to use the Astor for ex- 
ploitation purposes. It Is said R-C 
wlfl pay $4,000 weekly for the bare 
walls. 

For the last several seasons the 
Astor has been used for special pic- 
ture exhibitions, in spite of its 
moderate size and bOoause of Its 
prominent Broadway location. Wil- 
liam Fox is the present picture 
tenant Fox started the season out 
with both the 44th Street and Lyric 
rented for specials. When the Shu- 
berts arranged for "Robin Hood" at 
the Lyric, Fox agreed to switch to 
the Astor, changing the feature at 
the time. Fox has the 44th Street 
under rental until the end of the 
month, but the house went dark sev- 
eral weeks ago and will revert to 
the legitimate Jan. 8, at which time 
the Moscow Art theatre will open 
there. 



QHICAGO BOOKINGS 



Windy Town's Layout Until Feb- 
• ruary ; 

•'"--■ '■'. ChlcagQ, Dec. 18. 

Barney Bernard and Alexander 
Carr come to the Selwyn Dec 24 In 
"Partners Again." On the same 
day "The Demi -Virgin" will open 
at the La Salle. Frances Starr in 
"Shore Leave" starts her engage- 
ment at Powers, Christmas day. 
"Why, Certainly" will be introduced 
by Allan Pollock at the Central -on 
Christmas day. 

"The Book of-Job" will be a third 
attractloft opening here Christmas — 
but the theatre is not yet announced. 

"The Invisible Emolre" comes to 
the Aryan Grotto Dec. 30, where 
home talent flourishes, and there is 
Interest in the announcement that 
this is a play about the Ku Klux 
Klan. "Orange Blossoms" will come 
to the Illinois the last day of the 
year. "Sally" will open at the Colo- 
nial Jan. 7. Eddie Cantor in "Make 
It Snappy" is due at the Apollo 
about the same time; not certain 
yet. Elsie Ferguson In "The Wheel 
of Life" at the Blackstone Jan. 8. 
and "The Last Warning" there 
Feb, 5. r 



BACON'S WIFE SOLE LEGATEE 

By direction of Surrogate Co- 
halan, Adolph C. Kiendl, one of the 
transfer tax State appraisers at- 
tached to the local branch of the 
State Tax Commission, was ap- 
pointed appraiser of the New York 
property left by Frank Bacon, who 
died at Chicago, Nov. 19, for the 
purpose of assessing whatever 
taxes. If any, may be due to the 
State, under the inheritance tax 
laws. 

The action of the Surrogate was 
based upon a petition filed by Jennie 
Bacon, of Bell avenue, Bayslde, L. 
I., widow of the decedent, through 
Lloyd W. Moultrie, of 608 Security 
Building, Los Angeles. In her pe- 
tition Mrs. Bacon claimed that her 
husband died a resident of Santa 
Clara County, Cal., and that no let- 
ters testamentary or administrative 
upon his estate had been granted 
to her. 

At the home of Mrs. Bacon It was 
stated that Mr. Bacon had left a 
will naming her sole legatee and 
executrix, and that Mrs. Bacon, ac- 
companied by her two children, 
were now on their way to Santa 
Clara County to probate the docu- 
ment. No one in authority at the 
Bacon home at Bayside was able 
to give an estimate of Mr, Bacon's 
estate, 

Mr, Bacon was a member of the 
Friars, Lambs and Green Room 
Clubs, and second vice-president of 
the Actors' Equity Association, as 
well as a member of several fra- 
ternities. He was laid to rest at 
Mounlalnview, Cal. His daughter, 
Mrs, Bessie Allen, Is the leading 
woman of his play, while his son, 
Lloyd Bacon, is a director for Lloyd 
Hamilton. 



Legit House in Charleston, W. Va. 

Charleston, W. \'i , Der. 13. 

The new Kearae, .seating 2,000. 
IS open and gives to this city a 
house which will allow for the 
pre.sentation of the IcRiiimate. It is 
something which Charleston has 
lacked for half a decade. 

The theatre will be devoted to 
pictures and legit attractions. Ku- 
gene Quigley, of Chicygo, is re.sident 
manager. 



NO OUTDOOR BILLING A 
BAD BUSINESS aUSE 



Booking Experts Concede it a 

Reason — They Want 

It Restored 



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The absence of outdoor billing of 
legitimate attractions this season 
has drawn the attention of ser* 
eral booking experts and they hav« 
now admitted that variation from 
theatrical road practice is an im« 
portant contrlbutary cause of bad 
business outside of New York. One 
of the booking executives addressed 
a notation to the head 'of a major 
ofllce stating the sooner houses out 
of town reverted to the billboard 
method of advertising It was his 
opinion the quicker business would 
improve. 

Rules made when Erlanger and 

the Shuberts formed the present 
booking combination and the regu- 
lations forced by managerial asso- 
ciations in the various week stands, 
are claimed to have handicapped 
publicity of road attractions to such 
an extent that showmen are asking 
for revision that will at least re- 
store the billboards. The week- 
stand managers, in seeking to lower 
operating costs; found no bar to 
their suggestion to eliminate out- 
door billing and the big offices on 
top of that made a provision in 
sharing contracts that the houses 
participate in newspaper advertis- 
ing to an extent of not over $200 
weekly. 

It is claimed that not only hava 
the individual houses in the week 
stands thrown aside outdoor bill- 
ing, but also the Erlanger aAd 
Shubert houses in those cities. 
Wherever there is an association it 
has become a fixed rule to allow no 
billboard publicity. That stands for 
Boston, Chicago, Cleveland and 
Philadelphia, the managers thera 
stating they "do ^ not believe in it.' 

In some of the week stands whera 
outdoor billing has not been en- 
tirely done away with. It is limited 
to such an extent that little valuo 
is secured. The Pitt, Pittsburgh, 
has but ten three -sheet boards. 
That is also true of one of the blc 
houses in Detroit, while there is 
none at all for one or two houiM 
In Cleveland. . . ;V 

Kansas City. Cincinnati and St. 
Louis are using about twenty-flva 
boards each, but in no case in the 
important road stops is there spaca 
available that the road attractions 
deem necessary. There lias been 
no similar curtailment in the one- 
nighters and strong attractlona 
have been billing freely and claim- 
ing the better business noted In 
the small stands is the reward. 



KLAW LIEN VACATED 

A mechanic's lien for $107,488. It 
which was filed against the Klaw 
theatre, New York, June 22, 1D21, ' 
was ordered vacated by the New 
York Supreme Court, the order also 
disposing of the suit. Jardln Co., 
Inc., which built the theatre, was 
the plaintiff against the Walk Realty 
Corp., owners of the Klaw. The . 
lien was levied for moneys alleged 
due, Jardln Co., Inc., subsequently 
starting action to foreclose the lien. 
The Walk Co. (Klaw spelled back- 
wards) defended through Dltten- 
hoefer & Fishel, generally denying 
and counterclalmed for $52,325.66 « 
overpaid for alleged defective work. 

The Jardln Co. has since been ad- ; 
Judlcated a bankrupt. * ^; 

LAMPS HOLD BACK OPENING * 

The Selwyns* production of tha i 
foreign novelty drama, "Johannes ; 
Kreisler," set for its premiere Mon- 
day night, has been set back until 
Wednesday evening next. 

The production will be ready for 
the original date, but six large lamps 
with special lenses are still on the 
high seas. The necessary lights are 
aboard a freighter, due Saturday, 
but will probably not dock for sev- 
eral days afterward due to heavy 
storms in the steamship lanes. 

There are 24 special lamps In all 
for "Kreisler," all operated from 
back stage. 



FRED SANTLEY VICE BRIAN 

Saturday Donald Brian will leave 
Tp She Goes." W. A. Brady's 
musical production of "Too Many 
Cooks," which is running at the 
IMayhouse. lie will be relieved by 
Frcdfric Hantley, 

It is .said the role was not suited 
to Urian. ♦ "^ 



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BROADWAY REVIEWS 



niTNPU ANn IIinY f^^^* «' t^at troupe, other than Its 
DUnV^n J\i^U j\jM^ M. gj jj^ Browns, with their aaxo- 



Two-«ct muilcal comedy, »t O Job*. Now 
^ork, opening Nov. 28. Produc«d by 
Charlea Dillingham, muelc bv ^^^omv Kerii, 
lyHc. by Anne Caldwell and book by MIkh 
Caldwell and Hugh Ford. Staged by Fred 

O. lAtham. . ... A. ..I-. 

Prlncli)Rl»-Fred and Adele Asiaire. 
Johnny IX>o:cy. Ray Pooloy, Delano Del . 
fhlllp Tonge, T. W'lngnoy r»-rcyval. 
Patrlca Clark. MlMan White. Eugene 
Revere. AuKU.tua Mlnton Rob^rja B^ttV 
Ruth White. Elaine Palmer. Helen Eby 
Rock R H. Wilder. Oeorge Tawde 
fp^e;.). J. W McKenxle. R. J^. Wilder. 
W McL^llan; Specialty. Six Brown 

^ChJriS' flrla: Helen Allen, Mary Brady. 
Gertrude Fenlcy, Marjorio Flynn, 



Marie 



Francis. Doris Landy. Ma<»«>»r;., J'""^^*7'" 
Ix)ui8c Powell. I.ydla f^cot . Mildred Sn- 
rlalr. Binie Wilcox, TTrsu'.a Dale. Btty 
Cllne. Lola Curtln. Haaen I>?n'»«»ly' y"« 
Hamilton, Eleanor I^dd. Edna I^oke 
Allda Mlddlecoat. Lee Patrick. ^Mary 
Pearco Adelaide Robinson. Rll* Royce. 
Jet Stanley. Kathleen Mullane. 

Chorua men-Roger Davia Maurice C hap - 
man. Loula Emery. Jack Hughes. Clifford 
Stone. Cheater Orady. Edward Ol^aharn. 
CSeorgo Wharton. Kenneth Munro. Charles 
Robertj. Clifford Daly. Alfred Watson. Jr. 

Charles Dillingham did not get a 
good break with "The Bunch and 
Judy" opening at the Globe, New 
York, Nov. 28, to but fair notices 
and a general loose impression, but 
It mightily pleased an audience at 
$4.40 top Saturday night, Dec. 9. 

That It did please almost two 
weeks after opening attested to the 
work that had been done meantime. 
This seemed to have been on the 
comedy, mostly, for the perform- 
ance, with Johnny and Ray Dooley 
In the comedy roles, kept the house 
In almost a continuous laugh. 
Johnny Dooley went right after 
laughs, and got them, those that his 
sister did not get first. Johnny 
■topped at nothing and won out. 
He borrowed liberally, but that the 
show needed the laughs may be his 
excuse. His scenes with Ray were 
all laugh-makers, even if one or 
two seemed slow, and Ray was no 
second to Johnny— It's a tie, If any- 
thing, between them. 

Johnny Dooley got hi the show 
by accident when Joe Cawthome 
hurt his ankle in Philadelphia. The 
Dillingham piece, consequently, had 
to limp its way to the Broadway 
premiere. No one seeing the per- 
formance now could believe the 111 
reports first heard of It. 

With nothing else the matter, the 
show would have had a handicap in 
burdening the Astaires as heavily 
as it does. A couple of nice young 
people — brother and sister — they 
can dance, but to ask them or Misa 
Astaire to hold up a play where the 
title role is as vibrant as "Sally" 
was a task that called for a great 
deal of previous experience as 
musical comedy leaders. That Miss 
Astaire does as well as she does 
speaks abundantly for her, and al- 
though her brother does not range 
alongside as an actor, both of them 
dance equally well, which may be 
enough, without the voices they do 
not possess. It's Miss Astaire's 
vivaciouKness that aids her the 
most. Delano Dell gets into the 
dancing end on a couple of occa- 
sions to good results. 

The Doolcys are the Dooleya 
playing low comedy legitimately, 
and not dependent altogether upon 
falls, only a few of the latt<»r coming 
out. Both fit in the story that forms 
an easily followed book of a 
musical comedy star named Judy 
about to retire to wed, and live in 
the home of her Scottish husband 
on the estate of his titled father in 
Scotland. 

It's the last night of the run. The 
tenor injures his leg and also kicks 
in the bass viol of Otto (Dooley) 
in the orchestra. Otto, remon- 
strating with the tenor in a scene 
in "one" at the opening, is im- 
pounded for the role he clairps to 
know. The first act of "Judy" Is 
the second of the operetta, "Love 
Finds a Way," as performed at the 
Grand opera house, somewhere, in 
Its 40th and final week. 

After the closing performance a 
dinner is given for Judy by the 
company on the stage, when she 
leaves for Scotland, with the second 
act at the Globe opening on the 
Scotch estate. The Scotch don't 
like show people. When Judy's 
friends from the company follow 
her abroad, the Scotch Earl drives 
them away. Judy shortly following, 
leaving her Scotch fiance flat. 

This leads to a cabaret scene at 
the finish, interrupted by an act by 
the Dooleys in "one," and the Six 
Brown Brothers as the feature of 
the cabaret scene. Grace Hayes 
was not In the cabaret scene Satur- 
day night, although opening with 
the show in New York, loaned by 
Keith's ofl!lce, following her appear- 
ance on the opening bill of the new 
Keith's Palace, Cleveland. Miss 
Hayes had been reported getting 
over with the production, and her 
Bbscnce was not noted on program 
nor otherwise. 

Mr. DilllnKham has given the 
show his u.-'ual sumptuous mount 
ing. The chorua dre.s.sing In two 
or three numbers was handsome, 
especially the Scotcli. A couple of 
the melodies were pnssable, and ono 
of the numbers. 'Times Square." 
was made a comedy bit by the lead- 
ing principals. 

The Brown Brothers got th< 

- worst of the entire deal, but wer. 

called in aa strengtheners. Qui 

with the Fred Stone show and the 



phones, had a routine of pop melo- 
dies made up for the road. Called 
back to Broadway and without 
sufficient notice to rehearse any- 
thing newer, they were forced im- 
mediately onto the stage that but a 
short while before had houaed the 
entire Whlteman Band in the 
White's "Scandals." It was ,a 
pretty tough assignment, and be- 
fore the wise first-nighters who did I 
not take into account any of the 
surrounding circumstances. the 
Browns were no riot, but Saturday 
night they seemed as big as ever 
before a regular audience, and re- 
ceived an applauso reception on 
their appearance. 

Neither did Johnny Dooley get 
the first night commendation he 
was entitled to for walking into a 
role, rehearsing 36 hours on the 
run, and then opening in New York 
after having played it in public but 
twice. 

The performance was over at 
10:55, and it needs nothing more 
than it had Saturday. "The Bunch 
and Judy" may overcome its 
notices and first impression, and it 
may also be a battle to do It. But 
the show right now is an enjoyable 
evening, \,ith a bright performance 
full of laughs, music and girls. 

Through the subject matter of 
the plot many things theatrical are 
spoken of. In the opening scene 
Dooley siiys, when asked if he can 
play the role: "If I couldn't play it 
better than that hamfatter, I would 
be ashamed to look the Actors' 
Equity in the face," and again, in 
the Scotch locale, when Judy says 
the Earl doesn't know her friends, 
Dooley inquires: "Why? Don't they 
read Variety?" Bime. 



THE GREAT FORTUNE 

(In Yiddish) 
Four fcct oomedy by Sholom Alelchem, 
known aa the Jewish Mark Twain. Maurice 
Swarts production at the Jewlah Art the- 
atre. New York. Opened D«c. 8. Cast In- 
cludea Maurice Swarts, Anna Appel, Bertha 
Geraten, Miacha German, Munie Weisen- 
freund, Isaac Honigman, Hyman M«isel, 
Fanny Qoldl>erg, Yechlel Qoldamlth, Mark 
Schweid, Blnah Abromovitch, Ben-Zion 
Kats, Qcraon Rubin. Bess Mogulesco. 



tlon Is a mile off. It would spoil a 
good thing. Down there at 12.60 top 
it has been playing to consistent 
capacity, five shows a week (Friday 
night, S&^rday and Sunday mati- 
nees ana eveni.igs) and it looks 
good for some weeks to come. 

This Tcherniafsky has a popular 
swing In some of his ditties that 
may attract Broadway attention on 
their merits — not the production or 
libretto, however. His "Fox Trot" 
song Is quite an Insinuating con- 
fection which, through the medium 
of the disks, has a chance for gen- 
eral popularity. The libretto is too 
obvious to be seriously considered 
and altogether too artificially de- 
vised to proceed fast enough. As 
for the lyrics, presumably an im- 
portant phase of the production, 
sadly neglected linguisiic acrom- 
plishments limit their recognlMon, 
although the company sang them 
lustily enough. 

The libretto is a sort of counter- 
part of a "Maggie in Society' idea. 
Simon, the shoemaker, and his 
daughters and their beaur find 
themselves transplanted in the hcc- 
ond act from the rough village 
atmosphere to artistic Vienna. 
There, one of the girls, Deborait; is 
studying for an operatic career on 
the advice of Herman, the opera 
singer. Their idea of Kitzing it by 
affecting German address instead of 
the simple Jargon makes for some 
comedy returns. 

Regina Zuckerberg, as Deborah, 
displays a sympathetic soprano to 
advantage, and Samuel Uosennteln 
is effective as the Valentino of the 
troupe, also possessed of a powerful 
voice. Aside from being given to 
considerable preening and perking 
to sartorial appearance, with not a 
little thought for the proper calcium 
reflection of some finger "ice," he 
sufllces. 

The seven chorus girls, as usual 
with the down town practice, are 
generously proportioned with prob- 
ably more attention given to voice 
than pulchritude. Abel, 



FOREIGN REVIEWS 



THE LUCKY ONE 



Modernized, localized and Angli- 
cized "The Great Fortune" sounds 
like good plot timber for an Amer- 
ican farce. It has possibilities in a 
number of different ways. As it was 
presented at the Jewish Art theatre 
It tickled the riBibilitics immensely. 
The action is laid in Russia. 
Shimele Soroker (Mr. Swartz) when 
not worrying about his rent is wor- 
ried about his lottery ticket invest- 
ments. The unusual happens and he 
is advised he has won the $200,000 
grand prize. Unmoved by his sud- 
den rise to affluence, he still retains 
some of his life-drilled mannerisms 
from the shears-and-irons' days. 
He goes In for philanthropy and 
shocks his neighbors. Attempts to 
marry his daughter oft to the 
wealthy old Solomon results in the 
girl's eloping with two of her swains 
she being undecided which to choose. 
The bubble bursts with the an- 
nouncement that the lottery award 
was accorded the tailor through an 
error. The old man, still the same 
simple soul at heart with the same 
outlook on life, returns to his novel 
and his drudgery none the worse ex- 
cepting that the intervening three 
acts have provided a number of 
blight comedy situations. 

The premiere last Friday was 
really a premiere — not the usual 
camouflage of playing for a number 
of days and inviting the press after 
It has Ironed itself out somewhat. 
Aa a result a number of rough edge.s 
cropped up. For instance, one of 
the women Insisted on hiding behind 
a curtain at the first act exit and 
showing her dress. The illusion of 
her bursting into the room when 
cued was accordingly lost. 

The casting I» In keeping with the 
director's policy of technical faith- 
fulness. The mounting is adequate 
as to scenic investiture. Abel. 



Second production of the Theatre Guild 
this aeaaon. the flrat being "R. U. K." 
now at the Fraaee, having moved up from 
the Oarrick two weeks ago. A. A. Milne la 
the author of "The Lucky One." At the 
CJarrlck. ^ „ ^ 

Tommy Todd .Romney Brent 

Henry Wentworth Harry Ashford 

Butler Leonanl Perry 

Gerald Farrlngdon Dennis King 

Mim Farrtngdon Helen Weatley 

Letty Herbert Qwynedd Vernon 

lAdy Farrlngdon Grace KlHaton 

Sir James Farrlngdon Robert Ayrton 

Pamela Carey Violet Hemlng 

Bob Farrlngdon Percy Waram 

MaaoD Nannie Oriffen 



DANCE, SONG, WINE 

(IN YIDDISH) 

Operetta In three acta by Kalmanowitz. 
Score by Joseph Tcherniafsky. Dances by 
A. Lebedoff. In Ha seventh week at Thom- 
ftshefsky'a Ylddlnh pl.iyhouKo on Bast 
Houston Btre«t. New York, with the fol- 
lowing principal: Boris Thomashefiiky, 
Mme. Shorr, Regina Zuckerl>erK, Bemle 
Wla^man. Boria Auerlrarh. Aaron Letwdoff, 
.Samuel Rosens'.eln. Goldio Shapiro. Annie 
Meltrcr, Abo Slnroff. Fannie Tbomaahcr- 
sky, David Groh. 



Reports of a "Yiddish Irving Ber- 
lin," whose score is re.spon8ible for 
the current musical comedy sensa- 
tion on the East Side rialto, caused 
.1 visit to Thomashefsky's the.itre. 
in the heart of the Ghetto. A Times 
square report, Just before the de- 
scent into Rohomla, to the cfre:^t 
Broadway managers. have been an- 
gling for tho production as an 
uptown possibility whetted the ap- 
petite the more and pitched ex- 
poct^itlons several more degrees 
above par. As .a result, and natu- 
rally, it caused some disappoint - 
tn^'nt. 

"Dance, Wine and Song,** com- 
posed by Joseph TcherniafHky, is all 
veil and good for domestic appeal 
io ICast Side theatregoers, but that 
angle about the Broadway prcseota- 



A. A. Milne is known to metropoli- 
tan playgoers for his comedies, "The 
Dover Road," "Mr. Pim Passes By," 
"Romantic Age," et al. It is ques- 
tionable, however, if. Milne, the seri- 
ous writer, will fare half as w£ll, 
although Milne shows interesting 
possibilities in this play to make 
himself the target for careful scru- 
tiny as regards future efforts along 
.similar lines. As a scrivener of 
lighter plays he has long since ar- 
rived, but ho has yet to do so in 
the dramatic field. 

"The Lucky One" as a play la 
really more of a character study of 
two brothers — and that not a very 
lucid one. It Is not the fault of 
Theodore Komisarjevsky, the Guild's 
new Russian importation, who di- 
rected, as it is the playwright's. 
The theme is too fragile for a full 
evening's entertainment and could 
have been handled concisely in one 
act. As a matter of fact, the three 
acts, starting at 8:40. let out at 
10:35 and that with two long inter- 
missions. 

As usual, the casting Is superb. 
One has yet to encounter a (iuild 
play In any way miscast. Percy 
Waram was a living epitome of the 
author's creation of the "unlucky" 
brother. Dennis King was perfect 
as the title role player, the fortu- 
nate young man who expects every- 
body to love him and gets his ex- 
pe:;tatlon fulfilled. PJven when the 
great, big, hulking Bob brings 
Pamela into the family as a friend. 
Gerald, "the lucky one," proceeds 
wooing and winning hor and making 
himself loved In his usual fashion. 

When In the end Bob wins I'amela 
back from his brother — and this 
after serving a prison sentence and 
after Gerald and Pam have an- 
nounced their engagement — every- 
body interprets it merely as one of 
the lucky one's big-hearted sacri- 
fices. 

Both brothers are sympathetically 
drawn and the study is all the more 
interesting, although the average 
observer probably would be more 
definite In his appreciations were 
the contrast strikftig. As It la, the 
admiration goes for each, although 
in a different way. 

As stage fare that Is different and 
away from the general run, this, of 
course, is on a par with the Theatre 
Guild's general policy. Lee Simon- 
son's scenic Investiture is adequate. 
Violet Hemlng handles the lead- 
ing feminine role intelUgrntly. 
Gwynedd Vernon and Romney Brent 
took care of the light juvenile parts 
to good advantage, and Helen West- 
ley was the wise old Miss F.arrlng- 
don convincingly. Abd. 



THE HAPPY ENDING 

London, Dec. 1. 
As far back as there is any record 
of playwriting, we have had stories 
of husbands abandoning their wives 
and families and turning up a score 
of years later. In this respect, "The 
Happy Ending," by Ian Hay, pro- 
duced by Robert Loraine at the St. 
James last night, has nothing savor> 
ing of originality, but in its unfold- 
ment, brilliancy of dialog, character 
drawing, and spiritual culmination, 
it will probably prove a creditable 
addition to the crop of legit attrac- 
tions in London for an extended 
period. 

An attractive widow under middle 
age, with three grown-up children, 
has reared them with the sense of 
the fitness of things by constantly 
holding before their eyes the heroic 
death which their father met in a 
shipwreck, wherein he sacrificed his 
life to save a child. 

In walks the husband. It develops 
he is a philanderer, a cad and a 
rogue, not to mention he blackmails 
his own wife on threats of disclos- 
ing his identity to ths»r children In 
the end. when the youngest child, 
knowing, tells him the story of the 
heroic passing out ot her father, he 
decides to go out of their lives. 

As he is paddling his canoe down 
the river a child falls overbt^ard. He 
jumps in, rescues it, and Is drowned. 
"The Happy Ending" la far from 
a perfect play, but It is well above 
the average of the pieces now cur- 
rent In London. As entertalhment It 
is strongly augmented by the rast 
The big hit is scored by Ethel Irv- 
ing as the wife, an«l Robe^rt Loraine 
makes the caddish husband so viv- 
idly repellent it is difficult to refrain 
from hissing him. Fred Kerr, as a 
kindly old unple, so strongly re- 
sembles our American William H. 
Thompson in voice and statuie, one 
would almost believe they were 
twins. More than half a dozen les- 
ser important roles '^ere admirably 
portrayed by John Williams, Miles 
Mallison, Elizabeth Irving. Adele 
Dixon, Jean Cadell and others. 

JoiO. 



THE LAUGHING LADY 

London, Nov. 18. 

Produced by Marie Lohr at the 
Globe last night, Alfred Sutro's new 
comedy turned out to be a brilliant 
piece of work. The play is full of 
subtlety and sparkling wit, coupled 
with a natural human sentiment, 
not often seen in this class of .work, 
in which fashionable authors are 
apt to make every instinct sub- 
servient to "smartness." Another 
merit raises It above the majority 
of pieces-7-origlnality. 

Lady Marjory Callandine has been 
divorced by her husband, a moun- 
tain climbing D. S. O. soldier, who 
is easily led to believe In her guilt. 
During cross lamination, her hus- 
band's counsel, a famous K. C, has 
handled her somewhat roughly. The 
same night she turns up unexpect- 
edly at a friend's house for dinner 
to find the K. C. is also a guest. To 
get her own back she leads him on, 
and the austere lawyer soon suc- 
cumbs to her charm. They flirt 
while his wife is complacently play- 
ing bridge in the next room, with 
the result the K. C, arranges to call 
on her. The next day brings her 



OUT OF TOWN reviews] 



THE MASKED WOMAN 

A. II. Woods pro<luctlon. at Ap:>l!o. At- 
lantic City, week Dec. 11. Adapted by Kate 
Jordan from the French of Charies M»Te. I 
Hc!en MacKellar starred and Lowell Sher- ' 
man featured. Staged by Bertram Har- ! 
rl«on. 

.Madame Montcl)el Elhel Jackson 

Dr. Rene Delatour I.-in Keith 

Paul Pred Sutton 

Ftaron Tolento L<owe)i Sherman 

Diane Delatour Helon MacKellar 

Oaby Florence FIvnn 

DoHy fJreen ......Jane Houston 

Women Guests. .Ketty shield^. CJeorgia D© 
lA>ng. Ethel Gibson, Violet Anderson 

Andre RIchnrd Abbott 

■MimI Gladys FniKin 

I'Miippe Wa^tor HeilinKor 

ffermaine.... , Alice F'em ng 

Vldalon Frank Holl ins 

Lannoy Russell Fillmore 

I.apoule Albert Tavernicr 



James Whittaker Under Knife 
Capt. James Whittaker, hu-sband 
of Ina Claire and former dramatic- 
critic of the New York "Daily 
News," was operated on for ap- 
pendicitis Saturday at a New York 
hospital. 



three visltorv—the tixni a cad. wha^ 
taking advantage of her position, 
offers her his protection, a flat a 
motor car and a few other thliWg 
in return for her kisses. Then comea 
her husband, who fires the bounder 
out, and, having discovered his mis-i 
take, wishes to be taken back. This 

(reunion, aa it were, is Interrupted by 
the arrival of the love-lorn K. C 
who persuades the soldier to go 
away. That accomplished, he does 
a bit of special pleading on his own 
behalf. Later, however, the K. C'a 
wife arrives and pleads with her 
ladyship. She Is quite prepared to 
give her husband up, but begs the 
new rove will try to understand and 
take care of him. This brings 
Lady Morjory back to earth. She 
dismisses the lawyer and decides to 
r^'-urn to her slow-witted soldier. 

The acting is of the best, although 
Godfrey Tearle as the K. C. is some- 
what stagey. This blot on an other- 
wise perfect performance will prob* 
ably disappear with flrst night's 
nervousness and excitement. 

Miss Lohr covers the somewhat 
shallow and frivolous Lady Marjory, 
"The Laughing Lady," with a fresh- 
ness which makes her convincing. 
Here is a fine performance of a dif- 
ficult role. Violet Vanbrugh also 
g-ives an excellent performance o£ 
the K. C.'s wife, and Brian Gllmore 
was fine as the mountain climbing 
D. 8. O. Other parts were bril- 
liantly played by Julian Royce, Her- 
bert Ross and Edith Evans. 

A notable play with a notable 
cast. Had Misa Lohr gone to New 
York with this play and cast, in- 
stead of the far Inferior "Voice fronri 
the Minaret." it would have been a 
revelation to America. Jolo* 

GRAND GUIGNOL 

Paris, Nov. 15. 

The new program of M. Choisy at 
the Grand Guignol comprises four 
Items, the most charming and suc- 
cessful being a short comedy by 
Henry Duvernois. "Seul." such afi 
has not been seen at the Grand 
Guignol for a long while. The 
charm is in the dialog, a treatise on 
love and friendship. A poet has met 
a pretty lady who has promised to 
pay him a visit. She does not ap- 
pear at the rendesvous and all his 
preparations are lost, but next eve- 
ning when least expected she en- 
ters his modest flat without ringing. 
She finds him in a ragged dressing 
gown, slipperless, wearlnf^ undarned 
socks and with the remains of a 
frugal meal on a paper table cover. 
The poor fellow is embarrassed, but, 
embracing the opportunity, he ex- 
pounds so eloquently on love and 
poetry that he finishes by embracing 
the lady, the latter overlooking the 
poverty-stricken surroundings and 
only seeing the riches of the poet- 
monger's soul. This is the feature 
of the program, notwithstanding the 
usual blood-curdler. which is in the 
shape of a drama in three acts by 
Pierre Chalne. "Le Jardin des Sup- 
plices." vaguely adapted from th« 
novel of Octave MIrbeau. 

Mrs. Watson (Impersonated by 
Mme. Maxa. now back at the Grand 
Guignol) m*»ets a young officer on 
board the steamer carrying them to 
China, becoming his mistress and 
then enticing him to her villa, 
where she wallows In the agony of 
animals and even human being?. 
The author has not actually staged 
the book of Mlrabeau, describing 
Chinese Tortures in the form of a 
novel, but he has compiled a dra- 
matic production, after reading the 
volume. Intended io give a few shud- 
ders to the habitues. It certainly 
does.. 

"Le Ratyre des Tunnels." farce, 
by Marcel Simon. Is intended to bo 
funny, de.«?crlblng a chase by de- 
tectives after a man w.^nted by the 
police for Immoral behavior. They 
capture the wrong person, who turns 
out to be another detective jn dis- 
guise, while the culprit stands by 
watching. A smart comedy with a 
weak plot. 

"L'Expert." by Andre Latour,, 
commences the show, only remark- 
able for revealing the little iraster- 
plece of Duvernois about which the 
local critics are raving as worthy 
of the Comedie Francaise. 

Kendrevo, 



Atlantic City, Dec. 13. 

Had "The Masked Woman" been 
written in three acts it would have 
been a better play. The fotirth act 
.seemed unnecessary and terrible, 
written in as a sop. 

It deals with a French physician 
who has accepted many f.ivors in 
patronage from an old roue, though 
much despising him. His wife, a 
thoroughly honorable woman, is de- 
ceived into visiting the friend's 
house, and In revenge for his Inck 
of BUoroKs with her ho leaves her 
his entire fortune of (100,000,000 
francs, in the hope that she may 
carry a stigma as his chief mistress. 

Helen MacKellar and Lowell 
Sherman ab.sorbcd the acting hon- 
ors, with Fomo good things to be 
said for Jan Keith as the husband. 
For Mr. Sherman and Miss Mac- 
Kellar this play is opportunity. If 
It lives despite its threadbare tale 
the acting will be responsible. 

ficheucr. 



DEUX MASQUES 

JParlfl, Nov. 15. 

Likewise the management of the 
neighboring competitor, known as 
the Deux Masques, has presented a 
new show, intended to satisfy all 
tastes. Drama predominates, but 
not of stich a ghastly tendency. 

In "II Nelge" ("It Snows"), by A. 
Ibels. is a husband nursing his 
paralyzed wife in their htimble flat. 
It is a wretched night. The couple 
are growing old; the evening of 
their life is miserably ending, and 
thoir only concern is the welfare of 
their only son, absent. 



A letter is delivered. info:mlng 
the wife she has Inherltod a fortune 
from an old friend of tho family in 
their younger days. Circumstances 
If'ad the husband to be suspicious 
of such generosity. And his wife is 
led to confess the deceased was the 
true father of their child. The de- 
ceived husband takes a revolver and 
goes out into the snow to commit 
suicide, leavins: his invalid com- 



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Friday, December 15, 1922 



panlon. unabl« to move, to be 
asphyxiated by the fumes of an 
open stove. 

"Derriere le voile," two -act drama, 
by Henri Bauche. explains how a 
crimioal, after a murder, la ren- 
dered unconscious in a flght. When 
recovering in the hospital he has 
forgotten the past, becomes re- 
formed and marries into a respect- 
able family. A sleuth has ti'acl<ed 
him, however, and attempts to nr- 
rest the former murderer. The wife 
prevents her husband from shoot- 
ing the detective, so the "wanted" 
man shoots himself. 

"Le Collier de Mme. Prosper," 
two-act farce, by Paul Giaffert, is 
about a lost necklace in a seaside 
gambling resort — the presentation 
of which is rather fashionable thifl 
season. Mme. Prosper has found n 
pearl necklace worth a fortune, or 
says she has. She bought it from a 
ruined gambler for 2,000 francs, 
Which she persuades her husband's 
new acquaintance to pay. In ihe 
first instance the latter naturally 
counsel.s honesty, advocating the re- 
turn of the lost object, but the hus- 
band objects. When the lady gam- 
bler claims the necklace, he sug- 
gests surrendering the Jewel, and it 
is the friend's turn to object. Never- 
theless it is restituted to its lawful 
owner, or at least they firet^^nd to 
do so. Aa a matter of fact, it is a 
trick by an unscrupulous set to 
catch the guys running after a 
pretty woman. The story of the 
ruined gambler is told as often as 
there Is a nian to be fleeced. This 
termination" was quite unexpected 
and considerably increased the 
hilarity. 

A coarse sketch "1/ Impossible 

AveU." by Jean d'Astorq. poorly 

♦ terminated the otherwise good en- 

• tertamment. It depicts a fellow 
visiting his betrothed, and liavlng a 
need to suddenly leave the family 
circle foiNthe back part of the house. 
The girl -and her parents fall to 
understand the timid young man's 
antics and polite appeals to let him 
go, retaining him in spite of his 
apparent wish to rush away. Such 

; a situation, or subject, though it 
may happen in rer.l life and be con- 

* aidered funny by some people, is 
, quite out of place on a publio stage. 

Kendretv. 



LEGITIMATE 



10 






IE ICARIAOE D'HAMLET 

Paris, Nov. 16. 

The title of this four-act piece of 
Jean Sarment sounds strange, as 
i, did his "Cocu Magniflque," and as 
a matter of fact, it is strange. The 
young author, with a quasi -cubic 
mentality, has imagined the Al- 
mighty ruling the reappearance of 
the Prince of Denmark on this 
earth, to complete his miserable ex- 
istence, being married to Ophelia. 

The first act, or prolog, passes In 
the celestial regions, and the ruler 
of the universe is depicted as an 
old man, a sort of Father Christmas. 
Thi.«* is a lack of good taste, par- 
ticularly for the Odeon theatre, to 
say the least. 

Hamlet, therefore, returns to life 
as a sort of middle class knight, de- 
scribed as a fop, frequently In- 
dulging ti\ incomprehensible philos- 
ophy. He !■ engaged to Ophelia, 
whose father, Polonius, has like- 
wise been granted a further innings, 
and is now a gardener, ambitious 
to be appointed a magistrate aa a 
soft snap. 

On his wedding day Hamlet Is 
beset with a fit of spleen, and Is 
visited by the ghost of his grand- 
father claiming to be avenged. It 
appears Hamlet's father had been 
responsible for the untimely death 
of his own father, and now calls on 
the grandson to see Justice is done. 

Hamlet calls for a horse, ana 
tiastons to Elseneur, like a Don 
Quichotte, abandoning his bride. 
Ophelia, albeit, will not throw hcr- 
aelf into the pool again. 

She patiently awaits a decree of 
Ifllvorce that she may marry the 
Captain of the Guard, an influential 
fellow patronized by her sire, Polo- 
nius, who has promised to have him 
appointed magistrate of the district. 

Hamlet returns dejected or down- 
cast; he has learned he is not the 
son of the king. His mother de- 
ceived her royal husband, ond Ham- 
let 1m reall.v the offspring of a groom 
of the royal stables. He makes love 
to a servant girl as a sort of con- 
solation, thi.s damsel beinpr the only 
one who admires him for himself 
alone, or something to that effect. 

By this time I bepran to get a bit 
muddled, and wondered if I had 
mistaken an asylum for the Odeon. 

When hi.s father-in-law. Polonius. 
Hamlet kills him for the second 
time, whereupon the nelprhhors in- 
terfere and stone Hamlet nnd his 
servant-pirl. Ophelie. to death. His 
widow. Ophelia, can marry the 
Captain If she wishes, but the lesson 
goes to prove Hamlet wa.«5 not h ippy 
during his second life any more 
than his first. To assure this 
demonstration thr author. .Tean Sar- 
ment. :ias prevailed' on (Jemier to 
permit l>im to act the title role. Hp 
—does so creditably, and with Mnr- 
. gueriie Valmont as Opholir, f'lr 
servant, convinces his anMienro the 
curious efinsioii is not n vaudovillc. 
but a serious play, even wltli 
Barenrc'.- as a corpulent rol')niur^ 

Tiie forecjojng Is the outline of 
the imcM production of tiie rlasslcTl 
Odeoi\. in artistic Paris, and not a 
De.iaret farce. "Le MariaKo d'Hnm- 
let ' in indeed a curious vt*nti're, but 
will not cut any ice. Kcudrrw, 



LONDON 



(Continued from page 3) 

£100,000. but the theatre was with- 
drawn at £188,000. This last bid 
came from Frank Curzon. The re- 
B«»rve price was not disclosed. The 
taking capacity of the theatre is 
from £400 to £500 a night, and its 
holding 1,800. The Doyle Carte 
company paid £400 during their re- 
cent tenancy, and Sir Harry Lau- 
der, £500. Rates and insurance run 
to £1,800 a year. The sale of this 
theatre was one of the conditions 
in the satisfactory settlement of the 
feud between Fred and Walter Mel- 
ville. - 



Sir Alfred Butt and Edward Lau- 
rilard will produce "The Cousin 
from Nowhere" at the PrlnCe of 
Wales, Birmingham, Dec. 26, where 
it will run for six weeks, afterwards 
coming to the West End. The music 
is by Edouard Kunneke. the book by 
Fred Thompson, and the lyrics by 
Adrian Ross. The cast includes 
Cecily Debenham, Helen Gillilard. 
Stella St. Audrie. Jimmy Godden, 
Ewart Scott. John F. Coyle, Staf- 
ford Moss, Alec Lennox. 



Eric Thome, for many years a 
popular comedian in Gilbert and 
Sullivan operas, as well as with 
George Edwarde's shows, died In a 
London nursing home. Nov. 26, aged 
CO. He has been seriously ill for 
some years. One of the parts In 
which he was exceptionally success- 
ful was Hilarious In "La Poupee." 



The engagement of Lilian Davies 
for the title role In "Polly" prac- 
tically completed the cast of Gay's 
sequel to "The Beggar's Opera." 
wh'ch Nigel Playfair produces at 
the Klngsway, Dec7 80. 



Shaw's play "Mrs Warren's Profes- 
Hion," which the Everyman wished 
to produce. Written over 25 years 
ago< this play has repeatedly been 
up for license and has been as re- 
peatedly refused. The "profession" 
of the title is prostitution. 



Sylvia Rosen, who has long con- 
trolled the vaudeville destinies of 
the Konnington, has taken over the 
booking of acts for the RivoU, 
Whitechapel. for Walter Wanger. It 
Is a difficult Job, as talking acts can- 
not be used. 



Although Sybil Thorndyke's pres- 
ent seaKon with the "Medea" of Eu- 
ripides and Shelley's "The Cenci" 
must cease, to permit Matheson 
Lang to come in with the new Sutro 
play "The Great Well" at the New, 
she will reopen in January for a 
matlne^ season, during which she 
will produce "Macbeth." The Thorn- 
dyke-Casson management is a com- 
bination of showmanship and art, 
but everything goes before the de- 
mands of the show. Lewis Casson 
has a genius for flnding actors and 
raising them in the profession, his 
latest discovery being an actor-sol- 
dier. Lawrence Anderson, who is 
rK>w playing opposite to Sybil 
Thorndyke in "Medea" in place of 
Leslie Faber. who is taking up God- 
frey Tearle's part In "The Laughing 
Lady" at the Globe. 



At the beginning of February 
Henry Ainley will produce John 
Drinkwater's "Oliver Cromwell." 
The play will go on a 10 weeks' pro- 
vincial tour before coming to 
London. 



The entertainment tax brought in 
£4,895,000 in the first six months 
of the present financial year, as 
compared with £4.596,000 for the 
same period last year. With such a 
lucrative measure, which does not 
cost the government anything to 
collect, a complete repeal or even a 
noticeable • reduction is not very 
likely. 



Will Evans, part author of "Tons 
of Money" has written another 
farce with the title, "The Other Mr. 
Gibbs." When produced the leading 
part will projsably be played by 
George Robey. 

■ > *' .* 

' "^ ■ ■■ 

Tired of trying oift the unkntfwn, 
Maurice Moscovitch will re^t easy 
until January, when he returns to 
the Apollo with . a new play by 
Jerome K. Jerome. His present 
season will be followed by Walter 
Ellia's production, "Hawleys of the 
High Street," in which Edward Ir- 
win. R. A. Beaton, Francis Lister, 
Maitland Marler, Bertram Fryer, 
Reg Hunter. Arthur Bowers, Elsie 
Craig. Clare Greet, Marie Clayton. 
Winifred Dennis, Ethel Hodgson. 
Muriel Johnson and Alice Moffat 
will appear. The Christmas matinee 
attraction, opening Dec. 18, will be 
"Through th* Crack." 



"Blossom Time." the Schubert 
(composer) piece with which Sir Al- 
fred Butt will follow "Whirled Into 
Happiness" at the Lyric, has been 
altered to "Lilac Time." Dion Bou- 
cicault will produce. C o u r t i c e 
Pounds will be seen as the composer. 
Schubert, and Clara Butterworth 
will be the leading lady. The rest of 
the cast includes Edmund Owenn, 
Robert Mainby. Jerrold Robertshaw 
and Moya Nugent. 



AUSTRALIA 

By ERIC H. GORRICK 



<r 



Sydney, Nov. 15. 
"Cairo" ("Mecca "), ninth week at 
Her Majesty's. Doing best business 
in town. Oscar Asche featured. 



"The Naughty Princess," adapted 
from French "La Rene Joyeuse." by 
Andrew Barde. Book by Hastings 
Turner. Lyrics by Adrian Ross, 
with music by Charles Cuvillier, 
opened at the Royal, Oct. 21. It was 
a big flop in Melbourne. Clyde 
Meynell. director, Willlamson-Talt. 
rewrote and recast for Sydney sea- 
son. To date business has been big 
and looks continuing. 

The title seems to draw. Any- 
thing "spicy" catches on here. Show 
cost $50,000 to produce. It would 
take a Sherlock Holmes to find a 
plot. John Carnot is featured 
comedian. He carries the show. The 
song hits are two published num- 
bers. "Say It With Music" and 
"Linger a Little Longer With Me." 
Edgley and Dawe do nifty dances 
and score. Kitty Reldy In the name 
part Sang nicely. With more ex- 
perience, she looks likely. Willlam- 
son-Talt will make money with this 
show. Harry Burcher produced. 



The last week of "Round In 50 " 
will be played at the Hippodrome 
with the new cast, which will play 
the revue for the Christmas season 
at Liverpool. Harry Weldon will 
take the place of George Robey, who 
finishes December 9. 



The cast of the Leon M. Lion re- 
vival of Plnero's "Sweet Lavender, *• 
which is due at the Ambassador^ 
Dec. 2, includes Holman Clarke, who 
plays the part originally created by 
the late Edward Terry, Lyall 
Sweete, Jack Hobbs. Wilfred Foster, 
Harry Crane, Dernier Warren, Ada 
Farrers, Isobel Elsom and Lilian 
Braithwaite. The play will be pre- 
sented exactly as it was at Terry's 
In 1888. 



Matheson Lang will produce the 
new Alfred Sutro play, "The Great 
Well" at the New, Dec. 19, on the 
conclusion of his provincial tour of 
"Blood and Sand." The cast in- 
cludes Matheson Lang, Reginald 
Owen. Athole Stewart, Michael 
Sherbrooke. Horton Cooper, Clifton 
Boyne, Mary Jerrold, Agatha Ken- 
tish and Laura Cowic. Miss Cowlo 
recently created the part of Mary. 
Queen of Scots, In John Drink - 
water's new jilay at the Everyman. 

"Tons of Money" will be played 
twice dally at the Aldwych during 
the Christmas season. 



Robert Courtneldge will produce 
his new musical play, "The Little 
Duchess," at Glasgow- on Christmas 
Day. After the run in Scotland it 
will come to London. The same title 
was used by Fred Moulllott for a 
musical play which he produced in 
1897. 



Julia Nellson was taken seriously 
ill while playing Mary Queen of 
Scots in Fred Terry's production of 
"The Borderer" at the Grand, 
Southampton. She continued, how- 
ever, until forced to give up, when 
she was brought to a London nurs- 
ing home by ambulance. Appendi- 
citis is the cause of the illness. 



Lawrence Grossmlth opened at 
Criterion Sept. 28 under Willlam- 
son-Talt direction, in "The Silver 
Fox." Business big. Looks a win- 
ner. Advertising played up Cosmo 
Hamilton as author on account of 
success of "Scandal" last season. 
Grossmith as Quilter. magnificent. 
Diana Wilson does her best work in 
this production as Helen. Ashton 
Jarry also scored. Doris Kendall 
made role too "kittenish." Paul 
Plunkett was well cast as Paptain 
Belgrave. Williamson-Tait mount- 
ed production on usual lavish lines. 
Produced by Lawrence Grossmith 
and Oregor McMahon. 



Business at Tivoli big, despite hot 
weather. Ethel Hook featured. 
Miss Hook (sister of Dame Clara 
Butt) is assisted by Arthur Argent, 
baritone, and Edith Page, pianist. 
Act very high class and created 
furore on opening. Nellie Barnes, 
child act, weak. Lloyd and Ray- 
mond scored big with dancing. 
Billy Maloney, songs. This boy is 
a corker in putting over numbers. 
Act would suit American. No. 3. <hc 
stopped show, Horace Jones and 
Olga Clayton in songs and talk, got 
across. Collcno, wire act, fine. 
Gene Gerrard, character songs. 
Good in spots. Works hard. Carne 
and Kelieway, songs and dances, 
hit. Alma Roy closed. 



PARIS 



A company is being organized 
here to play In India, the Malay 
Straits and the East generally. 



Leo Price Is perfecting a dancing 
act which is 4Lo tour South America. 



C. B. Cochran will present the 

Douglas Fairbanks version of 

"Robin Hood" at the London Pa- 
vilion. 



"Waste." the play by (Jrunville 
Barker which was refused a licens*^ 
by the I^ird Chamberlain in 10u7, 
has now been passed and will short- 
ly be produced. 



The London County Council has 
relented arul the new ".MidniRlit Fol- 
lies" shf)w at the Hotel Metropdle 
will he prndnerd as ortpinHHv u\- 
tended. This is |)rohabl.v due to the 
action of the Actors' As^oi iation 
whirii |»oi)ited out that the "killjoy* 
attitude of the Council was causin-j 
•utIous hardship to a num'ofi- (if 
P»'(>ple. The reprieve, |if)'.vever. l.isf- 
only until Dec. .11. • 



Paris, Dec. 1. 

Mile. Maille, who was managress 

of the Marlgny leuit season, is suing 

Abel Deval for the restitution of 

145,000 francs deposited by her as 

a bond when taking over the the- 
atre. During the war the municipal 
council granted a lease to Deval un- 
til 1936. He immediately formed a 
company to hold It, which leased to 
Trebor and Brlgon, who sublet to 
Mile. Millie. But the municipal 
council ruling Deval had not been 
authorized to sublet and that he 
must retain the lease himself, the 
lessee took over the theatre and dur- 
ing the summer presented a revue 
with some success. He has now 
presented a farce. Counsel for the 
defendant contended the civil court, 
where the case was Introduced last 
week, was incompeteat ^o try It. 
and this being ruled correct by the 
presiding Judge the petition of Mile. 
Maille will have to be brought be- 
fore a tribunal of commerce. 



The Lord Cluunberlain has aif.ain 
rt Tu.sed to license (Jeorgo I.'.ci natd 



Tn Juno last Mile. Spinelly (whose 
api)earance in New York may be 
remembered) considered the idea of 
Installing her villa near Biarritz as 
a resort for the light fantastic for 
the classy set. In partnership with 
Dtique, the latter conwmenced oper- 
ations and .submitted hi.H written 
plan.*? to Spinelly. the document 
being handed to her by a chauffeur 
at the ?tage door of the TheaCre des 
Varieties, Paris, as she was leaving 
after the sho^v. The lady wrote 
Duque she considered this manner 
of submitting the plans rather 
al)rupt. thus avoiding an Intreview 
she desired so that they could dis- 
cuss the ana nir»'ments. As ttic 
written plan.s dil ii<>t suit lu-r sli'' 
F)rererrcd t<j have nothing to d(» with 

I thf daiK'ing club to be establishi'd 
in her villi*, whereupon Duquo su^^il 
S|»iiu'll> for M.OOO francs allepe I 
f'Xi»enses already entailed and a fur- 
thei- 20.000 francs f(»r breach of con- 
'rart. But it being proven l>y coun- 
sel for the dofcndant that no cf)n- 
tract had existed tlie coiut non- 

' suited the dun( cr, Duque. 



Business good and best bill this 
season at Fuller's. Curtis, songs, 
ordinary. Three Jacksons, acro- 
bats, clever. Trent and Sadie in 
skit to hit BruU and Memsley, 
songs and talk, fair. Nell Webb, 
songs, disappointment; overboomed. 
MI.SS Webb was success on Rick- 
ard's circuit many years ago. Le 
Bruns, skatei^s, big hit. Man a 
corker on rollers. Melville and 
Stetson stopped show. Act consid- 
ered best American turn of its kind 
(talk and songs) imported by Ful- 
ler's this season. Fred Bluett, char- 
acter songs, very big. Pastor and 
Merle, songs and violin. Just over. 
Murphy Mack and Co. in mirror act, 
closed. Meld crowd in. ., 



Business poor at Grand opera 
house. Smallest of small time. 
Cracknells, whipcrackers. clever. 
Hal Rale, songs, at piano, good. 
Ernest Lauri. songs, fair. Rene 
Esler. songs, weak. Hartley Court, 
songs, very weak. Mark Erlckson, 
more songs, fair. Buddln Singh, 
mind reading; usual type of small 
time act. Delevantcs, acrobats, 
good. L« Blanc, songs and talk, 
pleased. Nell Flemming, songs. 
scored. 

Palace. "The Prince of Lovers" 
(picture). 

(jlobe. "Over the Hill." 

Strand, "Orphans of the Storm." 

Crystal Palace, "Idle Cla»»" and 
"Madame X." 

I^yceum, "Borderland." 

Empress," l?'our Horsemen." 



Melbourne 
Her Majesty's— "Mary," 
Royal— "The Peep Show." 
King .s— "The Sentimental Bloke." 
Olympla— Wirtha Circus. 
Tivoji— Lee White and Clay Smith, 
Will Collinson, CoUeaiio, Max and 
Ray, Hunter and Bob, Ix)uie Sey- 
mour, La Martyne, Maggie Foster, 
Klentos. , 

Bijou — Maxwell Carew, Hicste and 
^'t•^non, Milton Bros., Chas, Law- 
rence, Vaughn, Grand Opera Co., 
Will Saunders, Rhssell and Frost, 
Allan Shrlmpton, Baron. 
Gaiety — Stock company. 
Hoyt'H~"Foolish Wives." • 
Strand — "Four Horsemen." 



Napier, Beresford & Rennie, Marzon 
& Florence, L« Bau Malagas, Jim 
Gerald Co. 

MAJESTIC— "Know Thy Child." 

Sir Ben Fuller of Fuller's The- 
atres, Ltd., is up for Parliament 
again. This time Sir Ben hopes to 
be returned. And now he won't rest 
until his dearest dream Is realized— r 
to be a member of Parliament. Last 
time he was defeated but, having 
been bitten by the political bee. says 
he will continue on until he does 
win a seat. 



After stepping ashore from a 
tour of the world Hugh J. Ward, 
director Hugh J. Ward's Theatres, 
Ltd., announced his plans for the 
local presentation of plays secured 
abroad. They are "The O'Brien 
Girl," to be produced first In Mel- 
bourne. Harry Hall (American) 
will stage it and Hamilton Webber 
conduct. Minnie Hooper (who pro- 
duced ballets for Wllllamson-Tait) 
will put on all the ballets for Ward. 
Artists arriving by each mail steam- 
er include, Mamie Watson, Arthur 
Lucas. Mark Daly. Ena Dale, Ire- 
land Cutter, Maudie Vera, Linden 
Lang (English); Dorothy Roberta, 
Hazel Harris and Angelo Romeo 
(Americans). Specialty act, "Four 
Kllcks" (English). 

Willie Redstone, composer of "A 
Night out," wtli also make the trip 
from England. 

Comic operas. "The Last Walts," 
"The Gypsy Princess." "Gabrlelle.** 

Dramas, "Bulldog Drummond," 
"The Faithful Heart." "The Wheel," 
"The Safety Match.** "Old BIN, 
M. P.," "The Storm." 

Comedies, "Six Cylinder Leve,** 
"The Hottentot," "Tons of Money,* 
"The Man in the Dress Clothes." 

Musical comedies, "Little Nellie 
Kelly," "Tangerine" and '♦The Music 
Box." 

Henry Baynton. English Shakes- 
pearian actor, will tour here in 192S. 

Mr. Ward stated that he is out to 
give Aljstralians only the best the 
world has to offer and to keep his 
productions up to the best English 
and American standards. Ward. 
"the George M, Cohan of Australia." 
is working day and night to hav^ 
things in order by Christmas. The 
Fullers are interested with Ward. 
These people have come on so 
quickly in the last few years that 
now they are without doubt the 
largest theatrical organization in 
Australasia. Fullers began their 
career with a waxworks show In 
New Zealand. Sir. Ben Fuller, at 
that time plain "Ben," used to oblige 
the public with a song or two. Sir. 
Ben's father was considered one of 
the best singers in New Zealand. 
Both "Ben" and his dad can stiU 
warble a good song. 



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Williamson-Tait have bought Her 
Majesty's, Sydney. Price paid was 
£150,000. Alterations are to be car- 
ried out later .making the theatre 
one of the most up-tcdate show 
places in the world. 



"Mary" is still a big hit in Mel 
bourne. Mkud Fane plays lead. 



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Rehearsals hava started for 
"Sally." Josie Melville will sta|> 
Williamson-Tait producing. ^--f 

Oscar Asche will do a Shakes- 
pearian season in Town Hall after 
''C»iro" ends at Her Majesty's. 



"Over the Hill" (Fox) is still 
smashing records at the Gi6be. 



Reynolds de Tispe Players are 
coining money in Brisbane with old 
melodramas. 



Adelaide 
Royal— "Maid of the Mountains" 
(Jarden — lluxbam's Sercnaders. 
(Irarid "A DauK^it^-r of Austra- 
lia." 



Majestic — Eddie Martyn. Tiil)Uy 
Sl«vfns, Mason and .Strong. Toni 
Leamorr, The Brackens. Stiff: and 
Mo V. o. 

Brisbane 
ROVAL— Within Tlie Law' r-- 

VlV.ll. 

KMPIUE- Davey & Ritchie, Hoc 



♦'Orphans of the Storm" Is In its 
fifth week at the Strand. Picture i» 
doing big business; $1 top nights. 
Charlie Chaplin in "The Idle Class" 
packing Crystal Palace; also |1 top. 

"If Winter Comes" has been 
secured by Wllllamson-Talt for pro- 
duction early in 1923. • 

Acts booked for Tivoli Theatres, 
Ltd,, May Sherrard. I>ola and Senia, 
Eddie and Decima McLean and Her- 
bert Martine. 



T..ouls Bennison is making good in 
New Zealand with "Johnny dot 
Your Gun" and "The Great Lover." 
I.«attpr piece artistic success here. 
On rettim to Sidney Betinison will 
I»roduce "F^enuvanto" with speelal 
cast. He Is to play "Ji)hnny" In 
liOiulon (m compl«'tion of Aus- 
ttauisian tour. ,. 

Apdale's Zoo opens at Tivoli next 
week. Act has been big with 
Wirihs Circus for two years. 



IIij>podiome closed last week after 
rough F'.iu with small time vaude- 
ViUf. Hoxing there at present. Next 
mon th K ^^l^TH t^Uca over the h(juyq 
an<l will piosent annual pantomine. 
(Jforg** Nl.irlow, oi)posltioti. will 
play pantomine at Grand opor.i 
liousr. few doors up street. It is 
ccfiain the l*'uller«( will do tli.* m»>st 
buHlne.>^s as they havo been csr.ab- 
lislied in (liis pa- t of the town for 
.\«'ars. Ilufih SN ard is lielpuiK pro- 
tluce the I'ullers p.i?'''» thi? year.^ 



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Friday, December 15, 1922 



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BERNARD GRANVILLE (4) 

R«vu* 

26 Mint.; Full Stag* (Special set) 
Palace. 
Granville was lifted for n musical 

, show this season but likely got 
tired waiting for it. With him in 
the present turn which is along re- 
vue lines of an intimate type are 
"four girlies" who arc mostly con- 
cerned in warbling 6ut also con- 
tribute to the stepping section. 
They are Inez and Florence Court- 
ney (two sorrel tops), Kathleen 
Hichens and Kathleen Robinson. 

The glr:s in part worlt as sister 
*teanis, that going for the specialties 
entrusted them. By far the best 
worker and the longest on youth 
and appearance Is Inez Courtney, 
dressing in frocks but minus stock- 
ing or tisht.<'. She has two Rood 
reason.s. This Miss Courtney 
danced with Granville shortly after 
he entranced and she paired with 
him at the close with some pretty 
acrobatic work that sent the curtain 
down to good returns. 

At the oi)cning the aides entered 
girl by girl joining In a lyric that 
hJBul as its idea the whereabouts of 
-Bunny" (Granville). The Misses 
Kitchens and Robinson duetted with 
a semi-ballad called *My Buddy '. 

- The Courtncys changed to kid 
clothes to sing 'Who Wants a Red- 
head to be a Clinging Vine" and 
one as a parting shot warbed a^ 
>UJat was said about redheads was 
true. 

Granville's specialty dan e was 
preluded with a drunk lyric "I'm 
Sober" which cued Into his "stew 
■tepping". A song number by all 
four girls followed, it turning off 
)nto a partial audience song. On 
Bunny's re«entrance, the gals 

'taunted him with being able to do 

, nothing' but dance. He replied he 
could recite iind would do "The Vil- 
lage Blacksmith". He started but 
the girls weren't interested, one's 
loud comments about someone try- 
ing to sell her a "dirty dog" for $10 
• leading up to comic complications 
In the poem. The bit was fairly 
well done and the possibilities of 
making it an exceptional laughing 
hit are there. >■ • : 

X Arthur Swanstrom supplied the 
lyrics, Carey Morgan the score and 
the staging was in the care of Bert 
French. The dressing was but fair. 
the girl's frocks not being a taste- 
ful selection. 

The new Granville turn is good 
entertainment however, and will 
•erve nicely for the balance of the 
season. Ihee. 



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TOTO and Co 
Clowning 

15 Mins. One, Three, One (All Spe- 
cial) 
Colonial 

Toto Is a progressive clown - 
artist. He is - onstantly building 
and enhanfing his tdrn. The act 
starts with a few hundred feet of 
animated cartoons (film) with a 
clown performing the usual Impos- 
sible screen antics. The screen Is 
raised and discloses a special drop 
with water spouting irom the foun- 
tain; a copper smoking a cigar; tho 
painted nurse-gi 1 knitting, and the 
other characters mechanically ani- 
mated in one form or another. Toto 
enters in his familiar miniature 
"auto." Although one knows from 
past performances that the artistic 
clown not only is hidden in the 
two-by-four interior but that a live 
canine is also camouflaged some- 
heres within, the wondering In- 
t<?rest is sustained as ever as to 
how he can contract to that extent. 
His two assistants In coppers' 
uniforms enter to manhandle him 
f(»r comedy returns, Toto perform- 
ing some of his marvellous head 
bridging. To "three." A slide her- 
alds the presentation of Toto's 
French dolls. They are really life- 
size marionettes working before a 
black back-up. The effect is spooky 
and novel. . ' 

Toto reclining on the baby-size 
bed is still retained. A new bit 
with a shower has been added. A 
prop alcove which Toto enters has 
a sliding panel. The silhouette dis- 
closes the shedding of outer rai- 
ment. Toto exits from the shower 
alcove in Tux for a snappy dance. 
One of his as-sistants followed with 
a eorking hock number, he probably 
being the "Toots" who is pro- 
grammed in the support, 

Toto used only his red wig and 
passed up the mask as formerly. 
This "new exhibition In the art of 
clowning" (acts billing) is worthy 
of a body of the bill position. It 
closed intermission at the Colonial 
and was splendidly received. 

Ahel. 



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GU8 KING'S MELODY LAND (5) 

Musical 

16 Mins.; Full Stage (Special 

Drapes) 
23rd St. 

This appears to be a family act. 
It la a mixed qulnt«t of musicians, 
three men and tw^o wom'en. It may 
be mother, father and youngsters. 
The star of the turn is a boy who 
handles the piano unusually well, 
plays several brass instruments and 
leads the recitation of "The. Three 
Trees ", origin.'Uly done over here by 
Tom MacNaughton and then copied 
by H#nry Santrey. A special or- 
chestration accompanies the recita- 
Uon. 

The rest of the act la rout!n«»d in 
double and single brass and piano 
duets with two ensembles of all 
brass running to popular selections. 
The kid is given p. bit too much to 
do. His forte is music not comedy 
although he handles his portions 
well considering his youth. 

The quintet are ail good musicians 
although sounding flat on two oc- 
casion.?. The act is a sure fire 
"flash" for the pop houses^ but lacks 
the novelty or finish for two a day 
bills. At this house they cleaned 
up In third position. 

The pantomime of the boy (count- 
ing bflttons) during the recitation Is 
objectionable and should be elim- 
inated. Con. 



HANK, MATILDA and HIRAM 
Roller Skating c 

• Mins.; Full Stage 
68th St. 

All in rube makeup and on skates, 
the trio consisting of two men and 
a very stout woman. She must tip 
the scale pretty close to the 300- 
pound mark. * 

Nothing bej-ond the ordinary in 
the maneuvering of t!.o men on the 

^ rollers, while the woman is simply 

^used for comedy purposes. The act 
seems to be mostly one fall after 

^nother until It becomes tiresome, 
to say the least. " The bit of the 
woman sticking her tongue out at 
the audience should be eliminated. 
It neither appeared well nor did It 
gain a laugh. 

Eight minutes Impressed as be- 
ing too long under present condi- 

^tIons, and If not changed the con- 
sumed tln\e can stand cutting. 

Hkiff. 



KENNEDY and MASON 

89ngs 

14 Mins.; One \ 

Fifth Ave. 

A man in tux and a goodly sized 
brunette woman in a black velvet 
gown enter together. She takes the 
piano and without any stalling they 
go right into a ballad, double. And 
another. The woman has an excel- 
lent vaudeville soprano, which 
drowns the man's thin tenor, and at 
the end of each song she hits a 
series of high and quavering notes 
th.'\t are the goods. 

She accompanies the man while 
he sings an Irish song, not so forte, 
and departs. She ripes, which is a 
mistake, and proceeds with the or- 
chestra. She is far more effective 
at the piano, as she does not handle 
herself with easy grace at the foot- 
lights. However, her last notes get 
h«r over again, the man returns and 
they sing a semi-classic, leaving to 
fair applause. 

The woman has some valuable 
vaudeville assets worth a more ad- 
vant.igcous staging. Lacking in di- 
^ect theatrical technique and appar- 
ently accustomed to lyceum or con- 
cert manners, she appears a trifle 
lost as to how to use her hands, her 
eyes and her shoulders, things far 
more telling in vaudeville than mere 
display of vocal talent. Her partner 
is weak all throufjh and never has 
an important moment. 

If she would remain at the piano 
until the encore, then do a single, 
with the man perhaps returning to 
harmonize in the last few bars, she 
would get along bettef and faster. 
Also, she should be led aside and 
advised that grey shoes are not worn 
with solid black formal gowns. 

Also, one light number would re- 
lieve the routine of unbroken som- 
ber song themes. 

As the turn is now constituted. 
It was where it belonged, No. 2 on 
a medium-time bill. Lait. 



SHIRLEY KELLOGQ and Co. (3) 

Songs and Talk 

17 Mins., in Ona and Full Sfage 

(Special) 
Broadway 

Shirley Kellogg Is an American 
girl who went to London about nine 
years ago and was a sensation there 
as a beauty In the revues. She 
married Albert de Courville, the 
London producer. She had ap- 
peared in musical comedy on this 
side before her British plunge, and 
once in vaudeville, in 1912, without 
attracting much notice except 
through her extraordinary facial 
and physical attractions. Her voice 
was cultivated abroad and she now 
sings a high If metallic soprano, 
not always true but at times Im- 
pressive. She Is very presentable, 
gowns beautifully and fegisters 
thoroughly "hat across the foot- 
lights Is accepted as the patrician 
type. 

Her talents are not fairly pre- 
sented in the vehicle she showed 
here, a Jumble of illiterate lyrics 
and tawdry melodrama idc .s. She 
employs two men, both Incom- 
petent, to carry the plot. That plot 
in itself Is like a flea, jumping 
about and never landing. The 
rhymes In the lyrical portions are 
ludicrously amateurish. For the 
finish there is a pathetic drama 
that is far more sad than even the 
anonymous author ever foresaw. 

It seemed banal to handicap a 
personality like Miss Kellogg's, un- 
mistakable instantly and surviving 
even the drivel she s^ng and talked 
and acted, beneath a truckload of 
such literary muck. She could 
scarcely have missed a triumph had 
she confined herself to four songs 
before a house drop. As it was she 
confused the Issue by clumsy help 
and asinine material so that in- 
stead of a clean hit which she could 
so easily have commanded she has 
a product that needs apologizing 
for. 

When the audience thinks the act 
is over it is only getting started. 
A back drop must have been 
painted by Tommy Gray or some- 
one with a broad sense of humor, 
chough it aims at realism. How- 
ever, the drop might be forgiven. 
But the drama — and the acting! 
Not since "For Pity's Sake" has a 
more brutal piece of dramatic writ- 
ing been sold to an unsuspecting 
stranger. Even the common peo- 
ple, for whom It must )\ave been 
Intended, snickered. Al Woods 
wouldn't have stood for It In the 
days of "The Fatal Wedding." 

The curtain rings down on the 
three holdings hands. Miss Kellogg 
steps forth and gets reasonable ap- 
plause. She is now In a street 
frock after all the gorgeous clothes 
she has revealed, and is now a re- 
formed street-walker, after being 
a Cleopatra, a, Chinese goddess and 
other lovely things. Of course, the 
anti-climax is deadly. 

Aliss Kellogg will do well to throw 
away all her "assistance," and do 
a series of sane songs in the at- 
tractive costumes. Vaudeville will 
accept her heartily. In this vehicle, 
with its many absurtlltles, she will 
have hard sledding, needWssly car- 
rying tons of dead weight and 
prejudicing her natural assets in an 
apparent attempt to make her act 
important and impressive. She has 
a fascinating personality and tal- 
ent. If she can keep her songs 
keyed within an easy range and 
lilt through a few with appropriate 
changes she will find a welcome in 
the two-a-day over here, ' With her 
present incumbrances it is pre- 
carious, ^Jjait. 



WILSON and JEROME 

Talking and Dancing ' 

14 Mins.; One 

American 

Two men in comedy routine, with 
Wilson going through the "nut" an- 
tics, and the straight man acrobatic 
dancing. The main asset revolves 
around the comedy falls, though the 
haphazard and oft-repeated and In- 
ter r u pted^recltatlons^galn^th^^ 

quotfC] ''~~' 

Jerome's stepping Is done on the 
level, minus any kidding. Thpre is 
nothing particularly recent concern- 
ing any part of the routine, but the 
boys "sell" It for appreciation. 

A matinee gathering at the Amer- 
ican ate It up, which would Indicate 
that rtiis duo toe the" mark for the 
Lu«xw houses. . , Skig. 



HAL and HAZEL LANGTON 

"Shopping" 

15 Mins.; One (Special) 

23d St ' , 

A special drop has Dr. I. Crown- 
em's shingle on one end and Skin- 
em's butcher shop on the other. 
Shrieking noises emanate from the 
teeth yanker's place. The dentist 
comes out with a brace-and-bit in 
his hand and Iv^oking upstairs re- 
marks that the new tenant's con- 
tinual battUng is spoiliag his busi- 
ness. The woman comes to view 
from the butcher store door. A prop 
chicken figures in the flirtation 
opening. She loses it. He finds it. 
He audibly admlre.s Its skin, swan- 
like neck, color, etc., to which the 
woman beams gratefully. The D. 
D. S. remarks he thinks he will 
take a bite of the chicken's leg. 
The Woman shrieks. That starts the 
cross-fire, rather bright, mixed up 
with three songs, all published but 
with new verses to fit the action 

The act name, "Shopping," sounds 
like one used by some other turn 
before them, but that m.ntters little. 
The couple have appearance r.nd a 
fair X sense of vaudeville values 
whicn they make the most of in 
their delivery. They were spotted 
No. 2 on a fast bill at the 23d St. 
and were roundly applauded. Abel. 



ROSE'S ROYAL MIDGETS (24) 
Singing* Dancing, Music, Acrobatic 
63 Mins.; Special Drapas and Sets 
Loew's Metropolitan, Brooklyn. 

Ike Rose assembled this troupe of 
little foreign folk. The act holds 
24 midgets composed of three dis- 
tinct groups, one singing and danc- 
ing, another made up of musicians 
and the third acrobats. Besides the 
midgets a full grown mam and a 
woman appear. "* 

The turn starts in "two" with all 
on for an ensemble singing num- 
ber. Evening dress for this. Nine 
of the midgets are women and 15 
men. One of the women Lucy Wil- 
liams, is about the tiniest creature 
and incidentally the cutest seen. 
She measures about 19 inches. Her 
brother is about two Inches taller. 
The pair make a great team. 

Following the opening a male 
midget is on for a bjt of magic, 
with a brief routine of simple 
tricks. The one of turning water 
Into wine has another of the male 
midgets helping out In a comedy 
way. 

A burglar number next on full 
stage with nine male midgets 
equipped with lanterns and stepping 
softly about stage after fashion of 
Gus Edwards' old Jimmy Valentine 
song number. Two women midgets 
in double dance, sort of folk dance, 
with women clad in peasant cos- 
tumes, following. 

Eight midgets form brass band on 
full stage for next specialty, with 
tiny leader putting over some great 
triple tongue cornet soloing. Six 
men and two women in band. An 
all brass combination except two 
drums. Four xylophones and steel 
b.ars (chimes) two women and 
three men fpr encore of band bit. 
Xylophone stuff Is good, the four 
playing a standard overture and 
handling it very well. 

Male midget In spangled suit in 
violin specialty, interrupted by an- 
other midget as "august" sort of 
misfit clothes clown. Hand to hand 
acrobatic routine follows. 

Woman midget, full stage" on re- 
volving sphere on sea saw. Good 
balancing act. Two males In one. 
clad in high hats and dress suits, 
in double song aSid hard shoe 
dance.' Neat little steppers. 

Acrobatic t»oupe now gets full 
stage for regulation ground tum- 
bling j routine such as Continental 
acrobats have presented for years. 
Fast ground work, with grown man, 
six foot and 200 pounds or so, act- 
ing as understander for some un- 
usual head balancing by very small 
midget. This head to head ..tuff 
stands out. j 

Perch act in one. with big fellow 
a^ perch holder and midget atop 
pole. Single dancing bit by male 
midget, introducing son^e well done 
Jazz stepping. Minuet by six women 
afid six men, "prettily costumed and 
competently staged number. Band 
on for finish. 

The midgets when singing exhibit 
quaint Teutonic accent that would 
make any burlesque comic doing 
"Dutch". The troupe arrived over 
here in July. 

When it comes to talent the Rose 
troupe is there ihdivldually and col- 
lectively. Production Is lacking at 
present. By degrees the older style 
songs should be* eliminated and 
modern stuff substituted. The band 
also should get wise to the Amer- 
ican Jazz muted stuff, and 0rop the 
conventional tooting. The troupe 
win undoubtedly modernize rapidly 
as It goes along. 

IRlght now It's a great feature 
turn for the neighborhood houses, 
especially In regard to its appeal for 
women and children. Bell. 



CLARK and SHAW 

Songs 

11 Mins.; Ona 

58th St. 

Just a straight song routine. 
Some published numbers, others 
not. A medley, carrying appropriate 
tunes to the special lyric, closes. 
Both boys are in tuxedos, which do 
nicely for appearance, but the act, 
as It stands, needs more than that 
before it will be ready for successive 
engagements as an early spotter. 

The duo try for comedy, which 
mori or less gains recognition. It 
may rest entirely with the sort of 
audience confronted. Tuesday night 
the couple did well enough following 
the opener. 

Gestures of Iho two men appear 
actually amateurish at times and 
same might be corrected to nd- 
v.intnpe. A better choice in mate- 
rial should also be of assistance. 
As showing now, the act has the 
♦ndelible stamp of the small house 
early position, which may or may 
not prove satisfactory In the as- 
signment. . Skiff. 



"STARS OF THE FUTURE" (5) 

Revue 

27 Mina.| Two and On« : ii 

Palace. ',; ■ . ■/•':* 

The idea of "Stars of the Fu'luio" 
is the contrast with "Stars of Yes- 
terday" which act like the present 
was produced and written by MIU 
ton Hockey and Howard J. Green. 
It la quite an established fact that 
the players in the "^Yesterday " act 
were vaudeville names ofliast gen* 
erations, stars in their field. Any- 
one who can pluck choristers from 
the choruses of current attractfons 
and say they will be the stars of 
tomorrow, will gain fame and for- 
tune. Perhaps the producers did 
not Intend to convey the impres- 
sion they possessed such perception 
but just to supply the contrast and 
In so doing evolve a bit of enter- 
tainment. That much they have 
done and the turn brightly titled. 

Five of the six girls Is given a 
specialty, the sextette singing the 
opening lyric from slots in the cur- 
tain. That was after a legend was 
visible on the pages of a large book, 
to the effect that girls of the chorus 
if given a chance might often be- 
come stars and there was a list of 
famous stage women, who It ia 
claimed rose from the chorus rank?^. 
The lyric had it that the girls 
could do as well as the stars even 
though the directors don't believe 
It. The "stars of the future " should 
not take that too seriously. Though 
they are nice enough girls, the pres- 
ent stars have nothing to worry 
about. The scene in t^o showed 
each girl in her dressing roont; with 
dialogue bits affording a change of 
pace from the specialties, for which 
a curtain ip dropped. On either 
side of the stage slgnrf appeared 
giving each girl's name as the spe- 
cialty was given and the show from 
which she came. 

Helen Schroeder was "discovered" 
In the '"Follies". She appeared in 
very short rompers and sung "How 
Would You Like to Be a Kid Again". 
Miss Schroeder is a good looker, in 
fact the best of the bunch with 
Joan Page out of "musical stock" 
and Betty Moore who came from 
the Marigold Garden. Chicago, the 
runners-up. The others will at- 
tract no flood of mash notes. Miss 
Moore had "Spanish Blues" which 
she sang very well and followed it 
with a lively dance. Pearl Hamil- 
ton, also a stepper. Is out of bur- 
lesque. She displayed special ability 
as a high kicker knd won a re- 
ward. 

The singing lead was Jessie 
Fordyco, claimed to have come from 
"The Gingham Girl" though the 
chorus of that show is virtually 
only a handful of clever dancers. 
Miss p-ordyce gave an Imitation of 
Belle Baker singing a Yiddish num- 
ber, then "Katie" In several dialects 
and a la grand opera. That drew 
a big hand. Miss Page had a dance 
specialty. Miss Fordyc» led the 
flnale number that- brought each girl 
out, fop another bit. 

There isn't hnuch chance that l)ro- 
duction managers will Tob "Stars of 
Yesterday" of any of Its complement 
but the turn serves its purpose as 
a flash girl act for big time. \ 

tbee. 



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WILLIAM RAND and CO. (3) 

Comedy Sketch ' 

20 Mins.; One and Full Stags 

(Special) , . 

American. 

An Indifferent attempt to stage a 
talking sketch in the style of the 
old Howard and North combina- 
tion. Opens In "one" before a drop 
representing a stage entrance. Girl 
enters and goes into theatre after 
word or two to man In overalls as 
"property man '. 

Hick team of men comedians 
next, one wise guy and other boob. 
Wise guy talks about "knocking 'em 
dead ' In New York and the rest of 
the hick actor argot^ Decide to re-A 
hearse the act before they go in. 
Into routine of bum material. 

Into full stage, where recess at 
back has row of (ootlights. Girl 
does short routine of poor dance, 
followed by hick team which gets 
off stage Va.spberry. Wise guy tries 
to make a speech, but they ring 
•lown on them. 

Back to the street drop where 
they talk over being canned. Boob 
is broken hearted because he needed 
money to get his baby when his di- 
vorce case comes up. For the finish 
it develops that, they were not 
canned at all. It \^as the girl single 
who got the go-bye, and It turns out 
that she Is the boob's wife. Re- 
conciliation for the flnale curtain. 

The hick actors are fairly good 
characterizations, but the four peo- 
ple and the 20 minutes of running 
tJmo are scarcely justified for the 
amount of meat In the layout. The 
act has no specialty matter to give 
It substance, it becomes a rather 
heavy talking affairs before the 
flnleh. . , .' Rush. ,., 



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QAR0NE8S OE HOLLUB and Hm* 

8ongs 

12 Mine; One (Special Drop) 

Palace. 

Baronesa De Hollub was the for- 
mer Harriett Lorraine, appearlngr in 

r vaudeville in both names and that 

^ of Lorraine now carried in paren- 
thesia. The Baroneas'a "sheik" is 
jiot glv^n pergonal billing:. Attired 
In the dresa of an Eaat Indian of 
hlgrh caste he walked down the cen- 
ter aisle remaining there through- 
out the act. He warbled while the 
Baronesa changed and when ahe 
sang, marked time with the orches- 
tra, the leader however directing as 
usual. 

The "aheik'a" opening number 
was descriptive of the many typea 

* of women he had captured in his 
far off "Araby". He promised to 
show them which was a bit mis- 
leading since the Barone.-s jvas the 
only gal in sight. Her first num- 

, ber was in the costume of the 
<,;ainsb6*-ouKh girl and the number 
was simihirly worded. She changed 
to an alluring frock of black for 
one number and then to white for 
another. For the last numbei^ the 
Barones.^ and the "sheik ' joined. 

. His individual effort during one 
change was meritable and won 
son;o thing. 

The B:iroAe8s was Im guod voice 

and sh<» did well in tht number two 

spot. She should be assigned a 

•better position on less weighty bills. 

' Ibee- 



WALDRON and, WATSON 

Comec'y 

12 M ns.; Ona ; 

23rd street. .,._..,.• ''.'/ •'.".„■ x ■' 

Two men. One In overall;', as 
•'pr9ps" open with special song. 
Partner in ' boob'" make up arfd out- 
tit entrances carrying clarinet. He 
Is anxiou.«j to rehearse, 

Prop.-t orders street drop taken 
up the act going to two. Boob tells 
props he is a beginner and will wel- 
come any suggestions. He starts to 
aing a song. Props with back 
turned is ordering fly man to 
manipulate drop. Singer thinks he 
is being coached and shrieks top 
notes as props shouts to fly man 
"higher •. 'left" etc. This Is a funny 
bit and well handled, 

A double song next,. followed by a 
song and clarinet number, props 
playing, the latter then ja« danc- 
ing. A solo acrobatic eccentric Is 
followed by "Boob's" song "When 
Mary Anna Plays Piano" with props 
In "dame" attire playing the piano. 
They double a dan^^e travesty fol- 
lowing. 

Following an unfunny announce- 
ment aimed at comedy, props In 
ballet skirts does a tight rope walkr 
ing travesty on the bare floor that 
somewhat resembles Nick Altrock's 
antics on the big league foul lines. 

The pair are small time at pres- 
ent, but should develop. They are 
attempting too much in order to 
appear versatile. The "dame" bit 
lacked punch. If kept in a wig and 
facial make up will help. The tight 
rope stunt was funny In spots and 
sagged tn others. The "boob" lacks 
personality and experience. Work 
will smooth them out to a good 
amall time team. Con. 



JULES BLACK and CO. (7) 

"Schooldays'" 
20 Mins.; Full Stage 
, 68th St. 

Comedy in the schoolroom dates 
back many years, has been good 
vaudeville property, and apparently 
Is. Black, who Is not remembered 
or Identified with the others, but 
with the main as.slstance of the 
Yiddish 'boy' has all the "hoke" 
tricks, his chief prop being a rolled 
newspaper frequently applied. Black, 
a gen'^nnisly rounded person. Is the 
8chooIma.^ter. The other pupil 
com«>(lian is a modified nance. There 
are thioe girts among the scholars 
for tho purposes of songs ami 
dances and two other youths. 

Blacks "Schooldays ' (a title once 
u.'ied by (lus Edwarvis> is more along 
the linos of a "revue," the presence 
of tlie .i^irlp .'lidlng in that dirf>ction. 
Most of the laughs camo from the 
nonseii«e of the fat Yidelish chap, 
with tl.e nance stepping out for a 
minute to play a violin. Tlic girl.^- 
are youns and both witli their step- 
ping ixmi .>^o^g number.s provided a 
change of pnce. 

Tlio song feature \^ a boy tenor, 
and fof his seh-rtioii the Uid-lin-? wn' 
_ off, the boy working in a spot and 
easily witming the l>est applause o^ 
the bits. He e.irned on encore, ihfii 
retired i.» his desk in the roar. liW 
figuring f:ir. her in the routine. Thee 
was an eM.^enii)Ie flni.=ili. with F5! irk - 
reverr.p'l n'igf?ie a yell. That bir 
goe<5 for threo-a-day, for whicli th; 
act Is framed. It closed tiio show 
for the ;a.st half last week, lininc 
up as the strongest turn on the hill. 

Ibee. 



"LONSOME MANOR" COMEDY 
Frank Dixon and Co. (2) 
18 Mins.| On«. (Spocial) 
6th Ava. 

Paul Gerard Smith has turned out 
a comedy talking skit in "Lonesome 
Manor" that ranks head and shoul- 
ders above the general run of that 
style of act. It's a Pat Casey pro- 
duction department turn, with 
Frank Dixon playing a wise crack- 
ing Broadwaylte, who la but six 
years removed from Hillside, 111.; a 
girl in an ingenue role who hails 
from Kokomo, Ind., and a youth do- 
ing a typical Times Square news- 
boy, A Hpecial drop in one which 
shows the out of town newspaper 
stand at the north corner of Times 
building, backs up the action. 

A consistent plot tells of the 
Kokomo girl runnlng'away to New 
York, because of a scrap with her 
sweetheart, a Kokomo plumber, and 
the accidental meeting, with the 
Broadway hick (Mr. Dixon). There's 
fly dialog as atmospheric of Broad- 
way as the Times building Itself — 
slang really the Jargon of llic Main 
Stem of the Big Town, and action 
that holds from the opening to the 
tag line, the sort that convinces 
and as far removed from the con- 
ventional hick stuff as Sandy Hook 
is from the Golden Gate. 

The people handle it exactly as it 
should be. No overplaying, no ex- 
aggeration,, but character studies 
that would do credit to a Broadway 
play. Dixon's ox-small towner who 
has forsaken the buckwheat belt for 
Gotham is a lifelike type that ex- 
udes comedy and human interest. 
The ingenue and nev.sboy are 
adeptly Interpreted characters, also. 

Laughs abound, following each 
other with a precision and regular- 
ity that seldom happens except in 
"hoke" sketches. But this isn't hoke. 
it's legitimate light comedy and it's 
certain for any type of house, high 
or low brow. 

The Times square newstand adds 
a likable touch of atmosphere, and 
the skit has generally been pro- 
duced in high class way that befits 
the story and players. A conversa- 
tional song could be eliminated. It 
doesn't interfere but it isn't needed. 
The Fifth avenue laughed itself into 
a frenzy over the comedy slang lines 
and the turn went over like a house 
afire. "Lonesome Manor" is wel- 
come addition to vaudeville' all too 
small list of sure fire talking skits. 
"^ ■ '■ . ;. .■ Bel. 



PALACE 



"ROLLING ON" 

Comedy Sketch 

20 Mins.; Threa (Special Drop) 

American. ", 

Four people are concerned, two 
young men and two girls. The act 
starts out as a vociferous talking 
turn, but goes to a likable finish in 
a series of songs and dances. 

A back drop indicates the Atlan- 
tic City boardwalk. Two young 
oien in flannels come on wheeling 
rolling chairs and go into conversa- 
tion, indicating they are broke by 
the persistent rolling of twelves In- 
stead of sevens. Talk is of financing 
eats. Two girls appear in sum- 
mery attire and are approached as 
chair customers. 

The give and take is boisterously 
done, the blonde girl having a par- 
ticularly trying delivery of lines. 
C!omedy business of the young men 
trying to get possession of the girls' 
v.rist bags for a frisk and both 
pairs of young people pretending 
they are wealthy. At the end it 
turns that they are all four of the 
Ilallroom family on a vacation. 

At this late moment they go Into 
fipveral songs and dances and the.'-e 
are the best Qf the routine. They 
vtrould have been great strengtheners 
earlier in the proceedings. The 
boys both have agreeable voices and 
all four can dance enough to get 
p.ist. More songs and stepping and 
less dialog is the answer. Ruth. 



RUTH HARVARD, WYNFRED and 

BRUCE 
Ring Act 

10 Mins.: Full Stage 
5th Ave. 

Man. woman and girl iti her teens. 
Man wears street clothes and 
woman ami girl are in tights. Wom- 
en make attractive appearance in 

,i:hlelic costumes. Man in addition to 
r.'jgulation tricks, which he p«»rforms 
• X|iortl\, ha.« a thri!;er which lias 
iiim somerjauiting from rings whilt* 
r : T king — wi dt' — s wing ji — lu — u.*>i.i»ing 



Somersault takes him tri edge of 
footliglits, where webbins is located. 
It'.*i a breath taker and handily ^.xe- 
,;jr<>.« Another trick by man was 
■-'»nieisauif ing in an- and eritchinK 
rings while switjgmg «leptii of s'age. 
'iirl doe« wind up ai^l other iri«k:- 
well, 
(io^d.tidg act for any t im" 



Beil. 



Current show not posaessed of 

particular power, but in unfolding It 

covered « rather wlda entertain- 
ment ranga. Four acts out of the 
ten are back Into vaudeville from 
other flelds, for the time being any- 
how. Their appearances, extending 
from the legitimate stage to the 
circus, should, on form, mean a 
house advantage In the way of 
drawing power. There is Raymond 
Hitchcock from the revue field and 
the Duncan Sisters and Bernard 
Granville, too, from musical comedy, 
while Lilian Leitzel is whillng 
away the time between the big top 
season. Monday night's house was 
good, but not capacity, the boxes 
having plenty of empties. It is 
likely there will be a slight falling 
off in attendance this side of 
Christmas. 

Hitchcock was In much better 
form than when he tossed his tow 
head at the Palace last summer. 
Hltchy mentioned in his little en- 
core speech that "they told me I 
played here last summer, some 
time ih June, but this is really my 
first appearance. The other time I 
was unconscious." Hltchy Is a nat- 
ural comedian and a natural monol- 
ogist, but like others he is likely 
to bo dull at •times. At present he 
is speaking brightly enough for the 
material at hand. He started off 
chatting about the new Keith house 
in Cleveland (after disposing of the 
weather), saying it was an opera 
house that beats the world. Hftchy 
remarked he thought of checking 
out of his hotel while playing the 
house and living In the dressing 
room, it looked so good. That is 
something others who have seen the 
Cleveland beauty have said about 
it. Hitchj' claimed to be lonesome 
without a lot of girls around him. he 
being the Sheik's playmate, and 
mentioned one "Follies" gal with 
"bobbed hair. ' Yet he did very well 
without the girls and it was with- 
out them that he did best in the 
"Follies." He kidded about the re- 
cent new show in I'hiladelphia. and 
hoped it was the last there for him. 
It gave him a good chance to ring 
in Bugs Baer's Confederate soldier 
gag. The finale section of his mon- 
clog was one "freedom." and the 
best laugh of the section was the 
observation that the only place in 
New York where one could posir 
tively not get a drink was in the five 
and ten -cent store. 

The show contained many girls 
and moat were blonde, or of that 
typ*', with but one pronounced bru- 
net. Fairest-haired of all were the 
Duncan Sisters, who are Jteeplng 
busy in vaudeville while Sam Har- 
ris is getting a new musical show 
rtady for them. They were eighth, 
just on after Hltchy, In their par- 
ticularly bright little way, the sis- 
tPi-s went through what appeared 
their entire routine, at least three 
numbers coming as encores and 
Kung to the tinkle of tho uke. They 
opened with the Chinese "Slngalou," 
with "Sunny Jim" and a balled, 
"Sometime," following. "Carolina in 
tire Morning" had a specially writ- 
ten verse. Of the new exclusive 
numbers, their "Baby Sister Blues" 
Is the best and is a peach for them. 

Miss Leitzel, the only woman 
featured with the Ringlings and 
Barnum and Bailey outfit last sea- 
son, opened intermission with her 
"aerial frolic." She worked on the 
webbing first and the rings after- 
ward, reversing the circua routine. 
Leltzel's stunts Impresses as im- 
bued with a sort of dynamic force, 
that atnrK>sphere supplied perhaps 
by the snap with which she works. 
There was no stint to the routine as 
in former appearances and she made 
GO revolutions In the final trick, 
winning a volume of applause. 

Bernard Granville (new acts) 
closed intermission. He is carrying 
four girls in tho present turn which 
has written numbers. "Stars of To- 
morrow" (new acts), which was 
third, has six girls, and though the 
two acts are dissimilar, the girl 
idea was not so much so and there 
was a bit too much of it. 

Jim McWilliams was on next to 
closing at the matinee, being 
switched to number four at night, 
exchanging places with \\'insor Mc- 
Kay. McWilliams went over for a 
hit in the evening peiformance. 
after he ob.served earlier that he was 
sure he didn't belong on the bill. In 
looking for the maker's name on 
the piano ho said he had to poor 
closelv, as the lettering was small — 
just like his billing out fr«)nt. The 
house liked the "Linger longer 
Lon" melody, though it had a nutty 
lyric ar\d ho used it for an audience 
bit for encore. McWilliams' grand 
opera bit at the i>iano really sent 
him across for the score. 

Winsor McKay's new cartoon turn 
is excellent and an amusing thing 
for children. That it wa.s equall>' 
elYectlvo for i?rown-nps was proven 
\.y its ability to .st.and up iri the Lite 
spot, the ar*i«t appearing nf five 
minutes to el- ven. lie entered with 
,1 bull whip.' which he cracked in 
"making" his funny anim.'ils go 
tlirough their paces on the « ie<'n 
.McKay sa <1 he h.'id dr.'ivvn 1«»,000 
r a <'< *K tH^ <»f 4 b*' riuimaU wbiLii_iici:ia_ 
e:;ist<-d. but just tli»' sjime wouk' 
JH rlortn their line of stunts. Si.\ 
.McKay creations are shown sqtiat- 
ting on little stands. He calls each 
oT'.e b;,- n:inii' and cr;tcks the whip to 
m'ike 'em beha\e. The turn I« alon«,' 
tlv same lines as his former "CJer- 
tie," but is better becau.se all th» 
.McKay conceptions are in action 

The Baronej^s I>e Hollub (nea 
H' ts) was on secoitd to elTect. Will:- 



Schenck and Co. returned to make 
a clever opening for the Palace. 
The girl topmounter is a wonder. 
Her upside-down feats while head 
to head with Schenck and other 
demonstratlbns of her exceptional 
ability forced all eyes on her work. 
The tinalo trick would do credit to 
the best of equilibrists. 

Bostock's "Biding School," with 
Lillian Dc Leon was the closer. The 
spot called for an 11: 'JO exit curtain, 
but the turn supplied late laughter 
and held a good percentage of the 
house. I bet. 



COLONIAL 



Again Ruth Roye and a band turn 

are on the same bill, this time 
Lopez's. Last week «% -the Alham- 
bra it was the Ben Bernie Jazzers. 
Whether by design or caincldonce 
this week the songstress also did an 
Impromptu number to the band's ac- 
companiment. She was spotted No. 
4, next to closing the first half. 
Lopez was second after intermis- 
sion. 

It's Anniversary Week at the 
Colonial. The nine-act bill Is built 
for comedy and accomplishes Its 
purpose to the fullest. Minus the 
Lopez and Roye "names" the sup- 
port was a toppy aggregation of 
standard big time turns. Van Horn 
and ' Inez opened with some dizzy 
roller skating whirls, winding up 
with a whirlwind swivel neck spin, 
the act's trade-mark. McF'arlan and 
Palace twiced with pop harmonies 
that clicked. The team built up the 
tmllad splendidly and were accord- 
ingly acknowledged. 

The Old Vaudevilllans. No. 3, 
were formerly known as "Veterans 
of Variety" before they broke away 
from the I-.eroy Rice management. 
The eight old timers dished up a 
variegated routine of variety and 
were honestly entertaining minus 
the usual a. k. appeal. Eddie Cirard 
almost tied it up with his specialty, 
.Annie Hart's low comedy antkr^ col- 
oring the act in that direction. The 
business with the beer barrel for 
the getaway was effective, although 
a couple of bends overdone. 

Ruth. Roye, the syncopating come- 
dienne, aptly illustrated wherein her 
unique hnd extraordinary abilities to 
entertain were hidden. It revolves 
about personality that approaches 
genuine histrionic ability in the in- 
terpretation of the various lights 
and shades of the lyric meanings. 
If Miss Roye can take that "Lovin' 
Sam" ditty, a blues that has prob- 
ably been heard at least once on a 
Colonial bill for the last few weeks, 
and get all she does out of lines 
that are doubtlessly familiar gener- 
ally, her unusual knack of delivery 
is solely accountable. She was the 
first to earn the w. k. concerted 
"Colonial clap." Toto and Co. (New 
Acts). 

"Fables" was* elided Monday be- 
cause of the late hour. Shaw and 
Lee reopened with their nut -hoke 
comedy. They proved bright enter- 
tainers of the type that appeals to 
.almost any audience from big time 
down. 

Lopez did over 20 minutes and 
begged off. The routine is prac- 
tically the same with a couple of 
new numbers. The "I.rfidy of the 
Lake" was handsomely staged with 
the scenic back-up and will be sure- 
fire several months from now. 
However, the other scenic effect 
with the railroad train should be 
hitched up to a newer number than 
the one rendered. For local con- 
sumption the song is passe, and 
since Lopez must needs stay within 
the metropolis because of the hotel 
dates a change would be advisable. 
The "(Gallagher and Shean" number 
with the mammoth and baby saxes 
still is sure-flre for the encore get- 
away. Bill Hamilton, the first sax- 
ophonist, hints of possibilities along 
comedy lines which should be de- 
veloped as far as possible. 

Al and Fanny Steadman were 
spotted next-to-closing with the 
hybrid piano-comedy routine. The 
Steadmans (brother and sister) flit 
from bit to bit in an interesting 
fashion that diverts and entertains 
accordingly. The lOarles. with their 
"Spider's Web" acrobatic routine, 
clo.<-ed and held them fairly con- 
sidering the eleventh hour starting. 

Abel. 



,^iitiUAL»i<btti^k-.^J .J^^i:.ii^:' ■•M. 



BROADWAY 

The show starts late and runs 
late. The Roma Duo get on at about 
9 o'( lock for the last show, and Paul 
Hill and company ring down at 
10. CO o'clock. This is about 20 min- 
utes behirid the customary Broad- 
way schedule, due to '"The Pride of 
I'jilomar," a long feature, followed 
by an .\esop. It Isn't an unusually 
strong bill. 

Patricola headlines and, as al- 
ways, mops up. Speed as well as 
talent and personality symbolizes 
tho success of this C'bicaj?o girl, who 
is as strong a single ns vaudeville 
boasts these days. There Is a zip 
about her routine that starts in high 
and never stutters. Kven her bows 
are quick, snappy, nifty and brief. 
H]\-- stood alone on thi« program. 

Shirley Kellogg and company 
i \'c' . v — \vlsi went for the "class" 
of the show. The world will tell 
>o.i the rest wa« homely enough .tnd 
i'Utrf to the ground. Ther« wa.sn't 
I'lJlhcr l<U4(:h of feminine daintlnes; 
oi- anything beyoiid hard-working 
»io:> vaudeville in sight. lOvery other 
•>.<»n\an on the bill was either a lew 
o.^1ic or the foil for One 

Tho Romas opened In the dark 
v.Iiich may have been meant to b*- 
ni' steriou-'i buL was urily invisible. 



This could Advantageously be dir- 
pensed wlth^nothlng like lights in 
vaudeville; people want to see what 
they are seeing. When the "show- 
manship" la over It turns into a 
good act, man and woman of good 
appearance doing "dry " skating and 
Russian dancing; went well. Allen 
and Canfield followed. The girl has 
an excellent voice for comedy and 
other favorable comedy points. The 
man is a quavering tenor, heavy on 
tho tremolo. The laughs worked an<l 
the fast uke and double singing 
finish carried them off O. K. 

Willie Solar went for a hiughlng 
hit and didn't press his welcome. ... 
Mis makeup had him across before 
he opened his lips and after that hit* 
parodies and character ditties run 
on ball bearings to a very decent 
success. Homer Miles and his com- 
pany in a somewhat obvious sketch 
with some fleet lines and a very 
creditable production, survived on 
Miles' whimsical delivery of his 
lines as a Janitor, a character that 
couldn't miaa 'with tho Broadway 
outfit. And when he biffed the de- 
tective and saved the Southern girl 
who had come to New York after .;:, 
her folka had lost their money in 
Leesvllle — well! The sketch needs 
a tag, and when It gets it. It can play 
ten years. 

Paul HIU and company closed. 
Hill Is an eccentric of the awry 
false mustache type, assisted by a 
rough-and-tumble female Imperson- 
ator and a carefully marcelled 
blonde incidental lady. The ma- 
terial is from everywhere and from 
almost everybody. It bears remin- 
iscent strains of Duffy and Sweeney. 
Collins and Hart. Miller and Mack, 
Clark and Hamilton and Joe Miller. 
There are a good many laughs, but 
it seems that It takes considerable 
business to get at each. One trying 
baby bit while Hill was lampooning 
a weeping ballad appeared dragged 
In and dragged out. Some of the 
tumbling is corking. The near- 
Imitatlona are terrible. The routine 
could stand a lot of cutting and 
profit by It In Inverse ratio. Lait. 

ALHAMBRA 

A sloppy Monday night outdoors 

and the beginning of the pre-Christ- 

mas slump combined to slightly dent 
the attendance at the Alhambra. 
even though Irene Franklin and 
George LeMaire In their respective 
offerings topped the billing outside 
of the house, and In addition L^wIk 
and Dody, Joseph Browning and 
Jane Connelly were all given a place 
In the lights. The house was about 
two-thirds filled with an audience 
that was quite unresponsive during 
the early part of the show. 

The first three acts Just about 
showed and that was all aa far as 
rousing any enthusiasm among 
those hi front was concernred. Then 
for the final two acts of the first 
part there was some appreciation. 
After Intermission section held thren 
comedy turns, one after the other, 
with men the principals in all of 
them. One of these acts could have 
been utilized to greater advantage ! 
in the first part of thckblH. 

Opening after the news weekly. 
Rich Hayes, with the comedy con- 
tortionist Juggling, got a slight ^ 
laugh in a couple of spots, and when 
he tried to repeat on the same bits 
of business the edge waa off. Rule 
and O'Brien, with their straight 
singing and piano turn, managed to 
get a slight ripple for their efforts. 
All told, the boya ran through six 
numbers. 

Jane Connelly and Co. In "Extrav- 
agant Wives," failed to rouse any ' 
undue hilarity until almost the fin- 
ish. The offering seemed naught * 
but talk and more talk, with the au- * 
dience failing to get a kick out of 
it. Perhaps a little "snapping up" 
on the part of the two principal ' 
players might speed It. 

Moore and Freed, with the novelty 
musical offering, brought the first 
stir from the audience, (jpenlnjc 
with the uke and steel guitar, with Z 
the slow curtain and the final expose 
of the two men In comedy makotip. 
was a laugh; then their blues with * 
the harmonica and the steel naw 
won a hand. The spoon bit and the 
comedy touch with the toy balloon 
at the finish sent the act away 
nicely. 

Miss Franklin, with Jerry Jarna- 
gin at the piano, closed the first 
part. She held the stage for 27 min- 
utes with the audience loathe to let 
her go. "Spotlight" was her open- 
ing offering, and with it the mirror 
cape was used effectively, followed 
with her commuter characterization 
in "I Want to Go Back" and next a 
"•kiddie" number. "I've Lost My 
Dog." There is no one that can do 
a "kid" any better than Miss Frank- 
lin, and she again proved it with 
this song. A "flapper" and her 
"Help, Help, Help," followed, after 
which the encores started. The first 
was her Chllds' waitress, not quite 
as effective as when it was don« 
with the costuming and other littl* 
character touches, but "Redhead" 
for the final touch was all that th» 
audience needed. 

Joe Browning walked on opening 
the second section after the "Top- 
ics* and pulled laugh after Iau£;h, 
dfdng a double encore and a bri«f ~ 
Mpfch at the finish. LeMaire and 
Co. in "At the I^entist" proved an- 
other comedy howl. One looks at 
the slight .Too Phillips and wondern 
how he can stand up under tH« 
knocking around he gefs 14 timtm % 

Next to closing, Lewis and D«>d/ 

•flello-od" their way through and 

repeated for encorea uatii 11 o'clav-i. 



9t 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



f --.■ 



Friday, December 15, 1922 



workinfir for 15 minutea solid to 
laughs all the way. 

It was a Krcat laugh halt of a bill, 
but that the earlier section was shy 
on laughs one of the three later 
A turns would have fitted better in 
the opening seHsion. Closing, the 
Four Phillips with a combination of 
juggling, balancing and risley work 
managed to hold the audience in 

rather well. 

Fred. 



23rd STREET 

A bright little show the first half 
at this Proctor house further en- 
hanced by the elimination try-outs 
of an "opportunity contest." The 
successful heat winners will be In- 
cluded in a 'Greenwich Village 
Revue" at this house all next week. 
The Gordon Stewart Sisters, a 
dance team, assisted by Eddie Gold 
at the piano, were, started off fast. 
Hal and Hazel Langton (New Acts) 
were followed by John KUiott and 
Girls, the topliners. It's a fast 
dance revue^that requires but little 
to travel In^ faster company. The 
four girls are all specialty dancers 
and look well collectively. Another 
asset is the lyric diction which 
makes the introductory verses mean 
something to the audience. Elliott 
', himself is a hard worker and is 
J^ probably responsible for the traln- 
' Jng of his support. The idea is that 
of a "jazz dance studio." Elliott in- 
structing the girls. This cues for 
Imitations. 

Foster and Ray, the second act, 
with the flirtation opening devel- 
oped beyond that conventional start 
along new lines of repartee and 
crospflre. The woman does not 
capitulate so easily, the chatter re- 
volving on her continuous rebuffs 
against the man's advances. Her 
retorts to his fly wise-cracking 
makes for some delicious laugh re- 
turns. " 

McGrath and Deeds, with a double 
song routine, do more than the aver- 
age two-man combination. It lies 
In Joe McGrath's downing and com- 
edy work. Deeds doing straight but 
more humanly than the usually arti- 
ficial debonair affectation. The boys 
build up with the stuff with char- 
acter interludes of which a man and 
wife number stands out. 

Mulroy, McNeece and Ridge, two 
men and a woman, did nicely in the 
shut position with a zippy roller 
skating routine. The buck and 
winging off the mat, while on 
*9kates. In solo and ensemble forma- 
tion adds a little novelty. Good 
' closing turn. Aheh 



AMERICAN 



Nine acts without one solitary bit 
of spontaneous fun is a record. 
There is a fair sprinkling of near- 
comedy jind several acts of good 
tipecialty layout, but there is not a 
full-throated haw-haw from 8:30 to 
11:20, Including one of the poorest 
film features of the season. The 
high spot of the frame-up is a 
straight dancing turn by two colored 
boys, doing the polite in monocles 

find Tuxedos and placed opening 
ntermission. They were good be- 
cause they were crackerjack dancers 
and stuck to dancing, venturing into 
talk only momentarily and when 
they needed the breathing space. 
Everybody else either tried to cloak 
the elu/«ive giggle with Indifferent 
talk and gagging or played for the 
guffaw with falls and neck spins. 

The talk from first to last was dull 
level monotony, but they all did it. 
The bill sets a new mark for wise- 
cracking puj^s and nifty comebacks 
between man and woman or man 
and man or man and audience, but 
returns were light. One of these, a 
Napoleon of the small-time, is going 
to appear and take the booking situ- 
ation by the throat by setting up the 
ukase that specialists must special- 
ize and a nine-act bill must not have 
more than seven talking acts. 

Swain's Animals are cats and rats. 
They don't talk, but they have been 
routined in a lazy, slovenly turn. 
The cats have to be urged to do 
their simplest tricks and the rats 
do the same tight-rope, walking four 
times, each time almost identically. 
The finale, with two cats in a boxing 
bout, is a splendid bit. It saved the 
act from a flop and made it a first- 
rate starter. But why shouldn't the 
rest of the turn be made brisk? 

Lowe and Stella have dropped the 
second girl. The pair have a series 
of conversational numbers that 
probably have been written for them 
especially. The girl is a great looker 
and dresses beautifully, besicles han- 
dling several graceful bits. But their 
talk is wasted effort. The Wiese 
Trio are frank knockabout <lowns, 
varying their routine with a bit of 
perch work, some risley material and 
some clean ground tumbling. Char- 
acteristically an opener or closer, 
they were spotted No. 3. a difficult 
place for the sort of turn. They 
were on and gone in seven minutes, 
' delivering a brisk routine of various 

material in that space 
_ Dan Downing and "Buddy" came 
nearest to a hit out of the whole 
assortment. His Chappy Aveling 
routine Is smoothly delivered and he 
has just the casual knack for getting 
the. quiet stuff over, but he missed 
an opportunity with his new part- 
ner, a straight violinist who plays 
numbers demanded fiom the audi- 
ence. The American crowd were 
enthusiastic suggesters, but Instead 
of working the audience calls for 
comedy points, Downing got out of 
paliencc hecauce they wa/ited to, kid. 
liistead of helping the youn^r violin- 



ist display his talent. The young- 
ster is a capital musician, and his 
solo at the finish got a real hand, 
but Downing could have worked the 
audience fur a wealth of good stuff 
if he had played it that way. 

William Rand and Co. rNew Acts) 
wasted a lot of time with a straight 
talking sketch. Then came inter- 
mission. Jim and Jack were the col- 
ored pair that lifted the show fol- 
lowing the wait, but It sagged again 
in "Rolling On." another talking 
comedy skit, with a song and dance 
finish as an after thought (New 
Acts). 

Came next to closing, where If 
ever there must be a knockout If the 
day was to be saved. It wasn't. 
Case and Mayne.are tall, skinny 
young knorhabout comedian and 
buxom girl feeder. Their introduc- 
tory talk was against them from the 
view point of ^n audience already 
talked to death, and when the plump 
girl opened up with a sentimental 
ballad at 10:25 all hope was lost. 
The couple are not gaited for that 
position, and with this combination 
never will be. The young man has 
a trick for amusing knockabout and 
can dance more than a little. But 
the best way to capitalize these twin 
and valuable talents is by no man- 
ner of means the peddling of bum 
puns and crude repartee. There 
ought to be some natural humor In 
the combination of a plump, moon- 
faced and very prcttv girl and a 
string bean partner, bul they make 
not one mention of the circumstance. 

Roy Mack and Peggy Bentley 
were refreshing as the closing turn 
with a clean cut, sightly and grace- 
ful routine of lively roller skating. 
Nice looking young people, attrac- 
tively dressed and se»^ming to enjoy 
their contribution to the program. 

Hush. 



5TH AVE. 



Busincs;^ was capacity upstairs 
and down Tuesday night. And the 
bill, without a "name," warranted it. 
The old place hummed with up- 
standing vaudeville of the old and 

new schools, and the show was a 
joy. ^ 

J. C. Mack, that delightful scena 
comic identified with Mother Goose 
and the Old Woman in the Shoe, 
showed a somewhat changed turn^ 
since he Introduced his present 
vehicle. The veteran artist, with his 
quaint coughs and asides and his 
Inimitable gait, has long been one 
of the delights of vaudeville. His 
production is considerable, and he 
now uses a shadowgraph finish with 
a trick effect that makes It seem all 
the "children" are runing right into 
the audience and Mother Goose is 
chasing them with the broom. The 
act runs 25 minutes, maybe just a 
little long. The whole bit with the 
census-taker might be elided. But 
there aren't a dozen entertainers in 
the whole vaudeville realm who 
could hold for the tirfle as Mack 
does. He Is using four girls In the 
chorus now and the "Simon" gets 
his stuff over. 

Crafts and Haley should have 
been spotted next to closing, as Nor- 
wood and Hall, cinch team that they 
are, proved too quiet for the loca- 
tion. But Crafts and Iln.ley took it 
on the run and were over. The 
comedian of this combination would^ 
be a pickup for a revue or musical 
show. He has a remarkably en- 
gaging face, and his smile is easy 
and taking. The straight man 
sings and suppoits capably. "But 
the nut is a scream and a bang. 
With his voice, appearance and ap- 
proach, and the somehow classy 
personality that challenges his low 
material and broad delivery, he is a 
ready asset. This turn Is ripe for 
any position on any bill. 

Even the opener went for a whoop. 
Herberta Beeson, an athletic looking 
gfrl who did flying splits and bang- 
up stepping on the tight wire, pulled 
off a wig and turned out to be a boy 
— much excitemenf. Kennedy and 
Mason (New Acts) deuced it off 
fairly well. Norwood and Hall, the 
quietly working pair, never reached 
the customary speed, some of the 
nifties going out through the air- 
shaft. It wasn't just their sort of 
audience. In the uptown houses 
they goal 'cm. Here they were on 
pretty late and followed too much 
knockabout stuff to register with 
their neat, subtle method and stuff. 

Snow, Columbus and Hoctor car- 
ried on largely through the cute 
lines and snappy work of little Miss 
Hoctoc t Harriet), a bobbed-haired 
imj> who can do every sort of toe 
and modern stepping, who has a 
cunning form and face, and who 
dominated the act despite being 
consigned to the support of the two 
men. They work with zip and abil- 
ity as well, but their singing should 
come out right away, even If It 
causes dead stage wait.^. They for- 
merly worked with a well -Known 
big-time soubret and apparently 
have branched out for themselves on 
the strength of their experience and 
confldence. They have an accept- 
able act. but modesty wouM suggest 
that the lady's name go at least in 
the mtddtc— the audience will bet 
that she is ".Snow ' where no' pro- 
grams are issurd. The on I can tour 
the best time an.v time. 

Binns and Grill clo.sctl. Barring 
their unne<cs.'?ary "entrni e," the 
removal of coats (very criide) and 
working m vests antl fliirt -sleeves, 
they mak«' a rMu> showing of hand- 
to-hand gymnafjlics. They should 
work in bloii.'<es cr tights, and '-an 
do it in "one." Their levo:-.ige lifts 
arc uncanny, and u hod jino done 
with Lhe understander lying fac3 



downward was a wallop. A straight - 
up closed it with a snapper. 

Harry Kahne had the Fifth Ave- 
nue gang so tied up with wonder- 
ment and BO goggle-eyed with his 
six-ln-one mental pyrotechnics that 
even the kidders didn't break loose 
when he asked for come-backs. 
Kahne gets more fluent and surer 
every day. The poem he recited as 
an encore was all out of place and 
should not be repeated. But the 
body of his work was so brilliant, so 
clean-cut, so gaspingly incredible 
that What In other hands might be 
a boresome demonstration became 
a thrilling entertainment. Lait. 

WHIRL OF NEW YORK 

"The Whirl of New York," at the 
Central this week. Is one of the 
Shuberts* own units. Frances 
White, who recently closed with 
"The Hotel Mouse," is added for the 
week. Monday night the Central 
was about three-quarters fllled on 
the lower floor with the two-for-johe 
patrons and paper customers, be- 
sides cut-raters, present in con- 
siderable numbers, judging from 
the appearance and presentations 
at the box-office window. 

The show as a whole is a good 
average entertainment, judged by 
Its predecessors. Miss White gave 
the vaudeville portion a touch of 
cla.ss It badly needed, adding punch 
to that portion In the before inter- 
mission spot. Opening in a black 
knee length <fress, she sang "Gee, 
But I'm Glad I'm Small." followed 
by a neat dance. Her patent leather 
hair dressing was on view in het 
next number, when she discarded 
her hat. A piano solo by her un- 
programed accompanist plugged a 
gap, while she wore Chinese pa- 
jamas for Pigtail," a "cute" lyric 
for her. In rompers Jiiss White 
sang "I'd Like to Be a Monkev In 
the Zoo" and "Ohio." the latter her 
strongest and best. A change to 
burnt orange and velvet ankle- 
length evening gown for a few re- 
marks lauding the Shuberts for 
"keeping me working 40 weeks 
without a lay-off," wifh "Missis- 
sippi" concluding. She scored 
strongly, taking one of the hits of 
the evening. 

After the prolog, In which all of 
the principals appeared In street at- 
tire, Ann Todding and Colleens 
deuced. Introducing the chorus. 

Florence Schubert planologed with 
a popular song medley, then stepped 
Into "one" for a semi -classical bal- 
lad. The prima donna sang clearly, 
getting nice returns. 

The Purcella Bros, followed in 
song and dance with a touch of 
novelty. Roy Cummlngs and Jack 
Keller butted Into the act for solo 
and double dances that helped. A 
"leg Iron" double In manacles was 
a clever bit of duo stepping. A com- 
edy touch was the lowering of a 
rope from the flies, then the usual 
acrobatic preliminaries, instantly 
followed by a double song. 

Keno and Green in their vaude- 
ville routine of "hick" dialog and 
song and dances followed. Keno 
was entertaining and funny as the 
"postman." Miss Green straighted 
glibly and danced neatly. Insuring 
the pair solid applause at the finish. 
Kyra, the classical Oriental dancer, 
followed. The danseuse was as- 
sisted by eight chorus girls In bare- 
legged array and hfer male dance 
partner, Raffae.lll. She Is a supple, 
graceful exponent of the classical 
dance. Her sinuous snake dance 
was a revelation of "dislocations" 
of the upper part of the body. It is 
one of the best of this type of danc- 
ing act. 

Roy Cummlngs next, assisted by 
pretty Irene Shaw, got the first 
comedy jelt out of them with his 
knockabout comedy and falls. Miss 
Shaw in bare legs dressed the stage. 
making an Ideal foil for Cummings* 
rough comedy and hat breaking. 
The Cummings turn put them In 
excellent humor for Miss White's 
specialty. 

The revue after intermission was 
In two full-stage sets. It is said to 
be a condensed version of "The 
Belle of New York" and "The Whirl 
of New York," two former Shubert 
musical comedies. Some kind of 
plot was apparent In spots, but the 
second half of the revue was strictly 
burlesque in its bit and number ar- 
rangement. Cummings was all over 
both scenes with tumbling. His 
"nance nut" and "insane" bits were 
funny. This chap has developed 
into a real strong comicy His wa.j 
the principal burden ann he shoul- 
dered it manfully. Keno and Green 
had an interesting "hick" routine in 
"one" between scenes that pulled 
laughs, also a tough dance conclud- 
ing. In "The Belle of New York ' 
number the choristers were in .Sal- 
vation Army costumes with Miss 
.Shaw singi: :; the song made famous 
by Edna May. 

The set was a Chlnatov.n scene, 
opening with a corking "adagio" by 
Kyra and Raffaelli. "Mandalay." 
snns by Jack Kelhr, the juvenile, 
was illustrated by a special strip 
drop and a parade of chori.stcrH in 
Orh'ntal attire. 

Ann Todding.s, a cute bobbed - 
haired soubret, accounted for sev- 
eral numbers pleasingly, and Miss 
Schubert was splendidly anaycd 
and in excellent voloe in hor prima 
donna allotments. 

The firft half of tiie revue, bar- 
ring Cummings* comedy moinonts. 
wa5i as rcnventional as a two-, a. Ion 
hat. The Chinatown s-tj-.. out- 
colored and ovjtvlistani:ed it by 
leaguM. CO'i. 



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INSIDE STUFF 

OH VAUDEVILLE > 

• (Continued from page 11) ' 

Mr. Ardell spoke of his road house on Long Island and invited Felix to 
It; Mr. Hanlon told what he thought of Felix and related the skeleton 
of a play he had outlined for Adler; Mr. Rice with a Yiddish accent re« 
cited his latest timely poem; Mr. Kai^fman told how he and Steven Rear* 
don had again become friendly, but no one said anything nice about Mr. 
Adler, It seemed, although Mr. Buzzell started out to do It. then switched 
and ai>ologized. Tommy Gray sent a wire In three chapters from Chi- 
cago, tilling the boy. t help Adler put out the "The Cuckoo". Mr. Adler 
himself when finally speaking, conceded he had been elected a member 
of the Friars' Board "f Governors and said he never Intended to attend a 
meeting, but as that made no imoression- on his listeners, Adler threatened 
to tell the plot o^ "'he ~uckoo ". At this th eat Mr. Ardell hit Mr. Adler 
over the head with his stuffed club, and Mr. Buztell grabbed the speaker 
by the legs, both ca-rylng him from the room, ending the evening with 
a big laugh. , > J* 



A Shubert unit show late'y closing, was shut by the manager, he says, 
because one of the acts, also financially interested In the company, "held 
up" the show on two successive nights, to secure back salary due. The 
first night the act got $500 and the second night, $250. Calculating the 
same act and others might continue the procesr, the manager decided to 
end the tour, after sufferijng a heavy loss himself. 

The Loew Circuit has met with much success with Its' local "Frolics'* 
playing around the circuit In New York, with the act recruited from ama. 
teurs In the noighborlrt)Of\ About 10 days are comsumed in prepara- 
tion. Several stagers have been used. For the Ave. B. the act would be 
called "Ave B Frolics" and at the Victcria, It will be named "Harlem 
Frolics". At first called "Follies", that was changed at request of Flo 
Ziegfiold, and "Frolics" Instead employed. , 



It Is said the limited capacity of the Shubert unit theatre In Buffalo, 
N. Y., does not allow any unit production to exceed $7,500 gross, with the 
terms 60/40. A unit show lately played there. One of Its featured mem- 
bers related the experience when returning to New York. "We packed 
them in," he said, "all week. Had them hanging on the celling, standing 
In the aisles and sitting on the stage, besides turning them away. Never 
saw such business. And when counting up Saturday aight we had only 
lost $400." , 

Herman Phillips, manager of Keith's Alhambra, New York, has finally 
evolved a method to beat the gyp specs as far as his Harlem theatre ^a 
concerned. It Is simply a method whereby no tickets for any performance 
are sold in advance. Instead, the patron receives an order for the ducats 
from the boxofflce man on paying. The seats are laid away anTl the 
patron's address taken. This order passes the patron through the door 
on the day of his performance. Ttie seats are obtained within the audi- 
torium in a special box office. The home address of the purchaser which 
was previously taken at the time of purchase in sufficient identification. 



During the rehearsal hours in a New York small time vaudeville and 
picture theatre recently, the martager suggested from his seat In the 
orchestra that a male single, then on the stage, speed-up his rehearsal 
as he was holding back others on the bill. The single had been then re- 
hearsing for over 45 minutes. The man from the stage asked who could 
make hinf speed up if he didn't feel like it. and the manager said he 
would. The single replied by daring the manager to come on the stage 
and repeat It. The manager did with" the result a fist fight, and the 
manager reported the victor. The single played his engagement at the 
theatre 

The new musical production, "Sun Showers" (title subject to change) 
row rehearsing with HaVry Delf and Lew Cantor producing, *had a young 
woman, Margaret Zenda, under contract. As the piece was about to go 
into rehearsal. Miss Zenda was recalled hy George W. Lederer for his 
new show, "The Strawberry Blonde," also about to start preparations, 
"Sun Showers" claimed a contract and Lederer claimed a prior one, 
with the girl admitting the Lederer engagement but stated as It had^been 
prolonged, she believed herself released from it. She Is with the Lederer 
company. 



One of the Shubert unit shows recently closing is said to have owed 
the entire tompany considerable back salary, though bringing most of 
them into New York after the closure. The chorus girls claim they have 
$135 each, due to them. Some of the principals were Reported during the 
rehearsals of the unit in the late summer to have been virtually forced 
into taking an Interest in the production through the producer informing 
them the show could not go ou^If more money were not obtained. One 
of the principals is said to have mortgaged his home to secure enough to 
make an investment, while the producer himself Is reported to have lost 
his home through having mortgaged it to finance the unit show. The 
show Is said to have lost over $40,000, including cost of produotion. 



E. C. Mills of the Music Publishers' Protective Association is in receipt 
of a communication from a layman of the type which supports the music 
industry, explaining just why music does not sell as It should. The ap- 
peal is not there, the layman contends. lialf of the stuff is dance music 
with Intricate tricks and breaks that only an expert pianist can play. 
That accounts why .ecords and rolls are purchased more instead of the 
sheet music. There are some disks on the market now that retail at 
from 29 to 44 cents. Each has two songs on it. Purchased in sheet musig 
form the songs would cost 50 or 60 cents for the two. The agitation by 
some of the chain stores for a lowered price in sheet music is disposed 
of by the layman who states that he would buy music at 3a cents if the 
quality was good enough. As It is, the bigse^t whistle hits today cannot 
be purchased for home use because of their difllculty in construction, he 
claim.s. 



The contract between Nan Halperin and the Shuberts has been can- 
celed by consent. Miss Halperin had been seeking a release for some 
time, due to the delay by the Shuberts in havljig a production ready for 
her, in which she would have starred according to the understanding. 
Miss Halperin is now reported as expecting to return to vaudeville; via 
the Orphcum Circuit. 



Indications are the Shubert vaudeville circuit has some intention of 
I educing its chain to about the size of last season, with the consequent 
expectation that shortly after New Year's it may not exceed 20 weeks. 
Of those perhaps six will be played by units and the remainder straight 
vaudeville. Only the units which have proven themselves certain box 
ofllce cards will be retained, with the lilielihood that even those now 
breaking even will have to go on the theory that' the weaker shows hurt 
the stronger ones. The unit circuit has ajscovered now what the bur- 
lesque wheels learned long ago— that a weak show kills the opening of 
the show behind it on a Jotating system of booking, while two bad shows 
in a row take as many weeks to be overcome by succeeding better enter- 
tainment.s. Three of the best unit draws on the circuit are now bunched, 
follow in;.ir one another, with the busincis reported increasing corre- 
spoJidingly. ^ 

With the r lri ' ult do v.n-ftr ^ weeks or thereabouts, with the mRjevky- 



slraight vauileville, it looks likely to bring up a question of authority of 
operation. At present the operation ia divitkd, with the .Shub'^rt agency 
booking the vaudeville bills, while the Affiliated circuit rHerk) liandles 
;he units, aI.«o ihc dire-iion of tl)e theatres, other than the l^jliuberts' own 
houses. 

Tn St. Paul Ijst wefk it was announced that a Gus Edwards Orchestra 
would apprnr for a wf»U in a local theatre. The orijrinal (Jus entered a 
proicst. The b'adrr of the orchestra, although claiming the name war 
rightfully his own, agreed to drop the Gus, leaving it only Edwardb' Or- 



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Friday, December 15, 1922 



VARIETY 



29 



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REVIEWS OF DISKS 



{Critical reviews of the current phonograph recordt) 



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JT'8 GETTING DARK ON OLD 
* BROADWAY (Fox Trot)— Will 
Carroll Trio 

^AMP ME— 8am«— Path* No. 20844 
The Carroll Trio (sax, banjo and 

piano) sure make themflelvea sound 
important for only three men. This 
|« accomplished by Judicious switch- 
|nir of ^® various pitched saxos. 
Although not the only recording 
trio In the field, albeit the newest, 
they will bear watching. That 

Slanist gets some wicked "breaks" 
ito his blues and the saxophonist 
knows his Job. The "Broadway" 
number Is one of the "Follies" col- 
lection, and^lthough a minor com- 
poaltion makes a surprisingly good 
4ance number. 

"Vamp Me," by Byron Cay, com- 
poser of the original "Vamp." vamps 
off like the latter number and pro- 
ceeds snappily in an odd rhythmic 
tempo that sounds fetching. 



TOOT, TOOT. TOOTSIE, GOOD- 
BYE (Vocal)— Jolson 

TRUE BLUE SAM— Frank Crumit- 
Columbia No. 3705 

AI Jolson Is reported scorinsf 
heavily in Chicago with "Toot, Toot. 
Tootsie" (Kahn-Erdman-Russo). a 
Chicago product, and the d'sk fully 
explains the reason why, AUhoue:h 
the Inimitable though muchfy imi- 
tated warbler has a knack of exact- 
ing considerable iheat ouf of most 
«ny ditty, he does wonders wl h this 
piece. Frank Crumit. on the rever8*» 
.%1de, strums his uke to orchestral 
accompaoinient in the vocal delivery 
of this popular blues ditty about a 
traveling salesman. 



COME ALONG— White Way 
Quartet (Vocal) 

MY BUDDY— Ernest Hare and 
Quartet — Brunswick No. 2320 

"Come AlonR" is CJilda Cray's 
feong hit in the "Follies" by Creamer 
and Lay ton. It is on jtho order of a 
negro spiritual but hoUl.s consider- 
able snap, a sort cf ninnber that 
improves with* repetition. The 
White Way Quartet, disk new- 
comers, handle it exceptionally well 
and sound like a like a t^ood bet for 
featuring as a new vocal quartet. 

In "My Buddy" (Kahn-Donald- 
aon) Ernest Hare, baritone, is sup- 
ported by quartet and oichesti'ul ac- 
companimetit. . '• 



numbers of this twin type to a 
nicety. The "Must Be In Love" 
ditty, a popular "tough" number is 
well Interpreted by Miss Clark. And 
Benny Ryan's "For Crying Out 
Loud" (Ryan-Mort Dixon -Violin - 
aky) is not a profane exclamation 
as it is currently wise-cracked, but 
a clever lyric of how, through the 
medium of ''crying out loud." a 
woman can sweei> away a laval- 
llere with the first flood. Ryan 
really originated the expression. 

y . .. - ..1. .,» 

ELEANOR (Fox Trot)— Imperial 
Marimba Band 

MY OLD HAWAIIAN HOME 
(Waltz) — Palakiko's Hawaiian 
O^oheetra — Edison No. 51033 

There is Instrumental novelty in 
these selections. "Eleanor" (Dep- 
pen), a trippingly captivating tune 
in itself. Is further enhanced by the 
s.ixo-marimba combination. The 
"Hawaiian Home" waltz, played by 
an Hawaiian orchestra, is charming 
with its tinkling guitar eflects. 



u HAUNTING BLUES (Fox Trot)— 
% Tampa Blue Jazz Band 

,; CHICAGO — Markels Orchestra — 
Okeh No. 4671 

' . Two of the niost popular current 
dance tunes are couplM on this 
•f;, ' disk. Many an orchestra leader has 
expressed his partiality to "Chicago, 
' ; , That Toddling Town" (Fred Fisher). 
;';^;. "Haunting Blues" by Henry Busse, 
. .Whiteman's "liot lip.s" cornetist. Is 
■ m. dance favorite every wheres. In- 
: cidentally, how this Tampa Blue's 
, * cornetist makes his instrument 
( T-^ibrate. A guaranteed dance ac- 
celerator, thiis di.sk. 

; DOUBLE SHUFFLE— "Black Face" 
Eddie Ross 

ROSS' JUBA— Same— Victor 
No. 18926 

♦ >\ •'Blackface ' Eddie Ross who Is 
"" jiven credit for reviving the banjo's 

.^^pularity in vaudeville, where he 
• has long been a favorite, is now 

• numbered among the di.slc makers. 
*He has "canned" two of his banjo 
.. apecialties in a truly entertaining 

• faahion. It's a novelty in.strumental 
t record that .should appeal generally. 

'Sextet from 'lucia di lam- 

. J5 MERMOOR' (Fox Trot)— Paul 
; f Specht and His Hotel Aster Or- 
chestra' 

?; bOODBYE — Same — Columbia No. 

f, .^ »rij^ 3708 

/ ^ Paul Sperht's now Columbia re- 
cordings are anspiciouM for their 
-wealth of symphonic rhythm. He 
/has delivered two staid though 
nonetheles.s colorful foxes in a dance 
arrangement of l.^onizetti's sextet 
from "Lucia." To.slis "Goodbye." 
, adapted by the conductor and .Tack 
Denny, i.** a lUting companion piece. 
.The banjo and brasses contrast 
anappily for dance ptirpose^i. A 
dance disk thai will still be a favor- 
ite after many flash pop hits have 
. come and gon**. 



JI-JI-BOO— (Fox Trot)— Original 
f • Memphis Five 

YOU CAN HAVE HIM BLUES— 

V? 3 Same — Pathe No. 20642 f. 

* The Memphis quintet is compar- 
atively new to tlio disks but on this 
— chowing qualiiics as otip of (he best 
'* blues" record<Ms. lUitli selections 
, «re of that tyin> with the Memphis 
. hoyn Nilap()in^ it out in wild, eerie 
fashion. Exhilarating for dance." 



I CERTAINLY MUST BE IN LOVE 
—Elsie Clark 

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD— Same— 
..Okeh No. 4711 

Rlsie Clark Ipossesses an expres- 
sive contralto that can handle light 



WITH THE KUSIC M£K 

(Continued from page 9) 

owner called the society, of which 
^'ictor Herbert and Raymond Hubell 
are official heads, was "Jewish 
MackmailerH," the formal letter of 
apology also including reference to 
that. 



GEORGETTE (Vocal)c-Ruth Roye. 

I'M ASKIN' YOU AIN'T IT THE 
TRUTH?— Same— Columbia No. 
3714 

Ruth Roye, an established vaude- 
ville favorite, should develop into a 
good disk card. Both songs of this 
couple is included in the come- 
dienne's vaudeville repertoire. The 
"canned" versions lose none of their 
"kick" even though the songstress Is 
Invisible in the fle.'*h. 



YOU GAVE ME YOUR HEART 

(Fox Trot) Natzy's Biltmore 

Orchestra 

ZENDA — Rega Dance Orchestra — 
. Okeh No. 4708 

Both are "picture songs," that is 
musical themes used in accompani- 
ment to feature films. "Vou Gave 
Me Your Heart' (Ted Snyder) is 
the theme of Valentino's "Blood and 
Sand" and "Zenda" (I..ouis Breau- 
Ernst Luz) of the Loew- Metro 
"Prisoner of Zenda" feature. Mr. 
Luz incidentally is musical director 
of the Loew circuit. Although the 
flMt was intended as a successor to 
'"rlie Sheik," also a Valentino pic- 
ture sung, it is but mild. 

In "Zenda" the Rega orchestra In- 
corporates some nevel chime effects 
in the recording. 

'WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW 
ORLEANS— Margaret Young 

TRUE BLUE SAM— Same— Bruns- 
wick No. 2319 

Margaret Young is building up a 
following that ranks her with the 
leading disk coinediennes and if she 
continues recording numbers on the 
order of this couplet the leader of 
the female songstress clan — whoever 
she may be — had better watch to 
her laurels. Miss Young's sonorous 
southern drawl is aptly suited for 
the Spanish-Dixie type song such us 
"New Orleans" from "Spice." 

"True Blue Sam" (Brown -Donald- 
son) by the author of "Dapper Dan" 
bids fair to exceed the latter s 
popularity. 



Perlee V. Jervis, pianist and mu- 
sic teacher, charter member of the 
Brooklyn Institute, Department of 
Music, and who was active on the 
music committee of the institute, 
in personalty and no will. when, at 
the age of 64, he died at his home. 
345 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, N, Y., 
Nov. 7, according to his daughter, 
Helen Jervis KIrchwey, of Summit 
road, Port Washington, L. I., In her 
l*ft.^n -Estate not exceeding $1,000 
appi.cdtlon for letters of adminis- 
tration upon the property, which 
were granted to her by the Kings 
County SJurrogate's Court last week. 

Herbert Nagler, manager of the 
Supreme Concert Management, Inc., 
announces plans for the or^aniy.a- 
tlon of an American Mujic^ans' 
League. A committee is to be ap- 
pointed shortly to select the 
musicians to appear in the League's 
first concert. 'The comi|litteo will be 
composed of composers and directors 
who will give unknow.Y musicians 
hearings to determine their fitness 
for public concert woik. Th) fust 
concert is seated for Dec. 3 at the 
iJroadhurst, New York. A focond 
will K.low one weeic later. 



CAROLINA IN THE MORNING 
(Vocal) — Van and Schenck 

I'M GOIN' PLANT MYSELF IN MY 
OLD PLANTATION HOME— 
Same — Columbia No. 3712 

Van and Schenck were the flr.st 
to introduce the Ingratiating "Caro- 
lina" tune, and it is fitting they are 
of the first to "can" it. It's a sweet 
'n' pretty tune that can't miss, par- 
ticularly as the boys do it. In the 
"Plantation" number Gus Van han- 
dles the darky dialect, .Toe Schenck's 
tenor going into a fetching "Home, 
Sweet Home'' obbligato. 

I FOUND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER 
(Fox Trot) — Max Terr and Hie 
Orchestra 

I'LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO 
PARADISE — Same — Pathe No. 
20828 

Both compositions are from the 
current "Scandals" (Geo. -Oorshwin) 
and the show's two popular selec- 
tions. While "Clover" anpeal-i more 
to the ear, vocally, "Staiiway to 
I'aradise" has dev»'lopod to be the 
dance hit. It is more .:?iven to bl.ie 
modulations whereas tho comi)anion 
piece is smoother, Terr's orchestra 
gets considerable meat out of bo'^h 
numbers. 



MISTER GALLAGHER AND MIS- 
TER SHEAN (Fox Trot)— Ben- 
nie Krueger't orchestra. 

BOARDWALK BLUES — Same — 
Brunewick No. 2327 

"Gallagher and Shean" Is still go- 
ing strong. This is a second dunce 
recording, the effect with the so- 
prano and bass saxes being worked 
In in a manner that almost talks the 
lyrics. It's a good dance record. 
"Boardwalk Blues" (Turk-Uobinson) 
is a smooth blues, with the bass saxo 
figuring prominently to good effect. 



A bulletin of statistics^ Issued by 
the Bureau of C'nsus, Department 
of Commerce, Washington, D. C, 
shows that the year of 1921 has 
decreased 10.7 per cent, in music 
publi.shing values as compared to 
1919. The music industry in 1921 
did $1.3,000,000 business; in 1*^19 over 
$14,500,000. Salaries though have 
increased 3.2 per cent, despite a 7.9 
per cent, decrease of the number of 
employes. There are 103 music 
publishers in the field, 40 centered in 
New York and 18 in Chicago. 



The Harry Von Tilxer Music Pub- 
lishing Co. last Aug. 10 pave Ben 
Borntstein a note for $1,000 payable 
in thr**e months. Bernstein, before 
affiliating with Ager. Yellen gc Born- 
:teln. Inc., was busineas manager 
for Von Tilzer. Bornstein assigned 
the note lo his corpoi-ation v.'hich. 
when payment'' was protested, 
brought suit to recover. The A-Y-B 
firm was awarded judgment for 
$1,028.05 In the action. 



The Oliver Ditson Co r f Boston, 
not being associated wirii the Amer- 
ican Soci*»ty of Compo^ci.', Authorp 
and Publishers, demands no tax 
on Its compo.«!itions for their public 
performance for T»roiit. .«\r*o;d- 
Ingly, no license is r e ;es.*«}«rv to 
rentier any Ditson copy righted pub- 
lication. 



C^or^A Prifp ♦tntps that he is an- 
other songwriter who has decided to 
go into the publishing business for 
himself. In collaboration with Sam 
Hearn he has written ''I..ove Tunes' 
for which Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, 
Inc., are acting as selling agents. 



Charles Warren, London repre- 
sentative of M. Witmark & Sons, Is 
in New York on a short stay. One 
of the reasons for the visit Is to 
view "Little Nellie Kelly," the 
Ceorge M. Cohan show. C. B. Coch- 
ran will produce it in London. 



RemIck & Co. has c»pened a large 
store. 20x72, at Broadway and 96th 
street, New York, In one of the most 
populous residential districts of the 
city, and no competition near enough 
to consider. 



McKinley Music Co., heretofore 
headquartered in Chicago, will cen- 
ter Its music publishing activities 
solely In New York. The Chicago 
plant will concern itself with the 
Jobbing end as heretofore. 



Billy Chanler is now profession il 
manager of Ager, Yellen & Born- 
stein, succeeding I..OU Fordan. The 
latter is manager of Stark & 
Cowan's Chicago office. 



Herman Seldel, 69, dl^d at his 
home in Indianapolis, Nov. 24. He 
was president of the Seirld Music 
I'ublishing House. 



Tot Seymour is not writing ex- 
clusively for Waterson. V.«rlin &. 
Snyder. She will free-lance. 



Jerome M. Rose _ is managing 
Harry \'on Tilzer's "band and or- 
chestra department. 



Ro.se Fischer has Joined the New 
York professional staff of Sherman, 
Clay & Co. 



NEWS OF M DAILIES 



The Actora' Fund will hold Its 
annual benefit perfonnance Jan. 19 
at the Century, New York, 



It was reported last week the 
Hippodrome would be remodeled 
into either a department store or a 
hotel after the current season. Offi- 
cials of the United States Realty 
and Improvement Company, wluch 
owns the property through a sub- 
sidiary, did not deny the rumor. The 
theatre la valued at $2,600,000. 



A candle, to be known as the 
Caruso Memorial Candle, has been 
completed and shipped to Italy. It 
will be placed In the Church of Our 
Lady, in Pompeii. The candle Is of 
chemically treated bees wax, five 
feet in circumference at the base, 16 
feet high, and weighs a ton. It is 
estimated that it will burn one day 
yearly for 18 centuries, and cost 
$3,700. An orphan asylum, of which 
Caruso was a generous benefactor, 
placed the order. ■<■-■ 



Burglars entered the apartment 
of Mme. PYelda Hempcl. the singer, 
who in private life is the wife of W. 
B. Kahn, exporter, last week, mak- 
ing off with personal properly 
valued at $25,000. The robbers, 
while there, opened numerous bot- 
tles of wine, though leaving behind 
200 quarts of pre-war champagne, 
too cumbersome to be removed. 



Elaine Hammerstein Is being sued 
for $25,000 by Antonio Clubrcse, who 
claims the actress ran down h's 14- 
year-old son while driving an auto 
through Yonkers, N. Y. Miss Slam- 
mersteln won the point when Judge 
Morschaiiser ordered Clabre^e to 
file a bill of particulars. 



According to Maglstrr.t" Fred.-rlck 
B. Hou.se. of. the TralTlo Court In 
New Yoi'k, the city may h^ve to ark 
for a legislative act to limit the 
number of pleasure cars and tnxls 
that may operate on tho rireets. 
Fines amounting lo $500,000 iiave 
been collected by the court rivce the 
first of the year anJ 49.000 cases 
have been heard. 

Drastic measures are being talen 
by the middle west and <oast au- 
thorities to cut down jipeeding by 



automobllititH. 
tlon Is that 
Jnd'anapolis. 
sanity of all 
that charge. 



The latest innova- 

of Mai or Shank, of 

who w'll have the 

persons, arreatcd on 

tested. I'ersons held 



for examination will be lorced to 
remain in jail until t'lcir turn be- 
fore the Sanity Commi."<Hi'»n. accord- 
ing to the mayor. Heavier fines, 
jail RenteYices and tripa through 
hospitalH and morgues are other 
means that have been introduced by 
♦ he western nutborities lu malvC 
drivers keep inside the ira*llc rei^ij- 
lations. . 



William A. Brady gave a "sample" 
performaiue of 'Thf World We Live 
In" at the Jul.son theatre Sunday 
night. The purpose was to show 
that theatrical mana^rerH are willing 
to stage good and artistic perform- 
ances. Invitations were f?cnt out for 
the special showing. 



Arthur Hammerstein has an- 
nounced that Kdith Day has signed 
a three-year contract to appear 
under his management. ,ind will not 
return to England. She will tour 
America for two seasons, then go to 
London under his direction. "The 
Wildflower," by Otto Harbach and 
Oscar Hammerstein,' 2d, will be the 
prima donna's vehicle here and 
w abroad. 



Harry T. Hanbury, formerly pro- 
fessional manager for T. B. Harms 
and last head of his own music com- 
pany, has accepted tho general man- 
agership of the B. A. Music Co, 



Mark Hyman and K. C. Mills, the 
latter executive secretary of th«r 
Music I'ublishcrs' Protective Asso- 
ciation, who were af>pointed re- 
ceivers of the Broadway Music Corp. 
under $10,000 bond, will continue the 
company's bu.«iness for .30 days from 
Dec. i, by order of l*'ecleral Judge 
A, N. Hand. The receivers' peti- 
tion sets forth the Broadway Music 
Corp's. liabilities total $1.35.000; 
assets, $20,900, mostly in receivable 
iContlnued on page 34) 



Claire Mf Kowen, sLster of Mar- 
ilynn Miller, was marrlol lo W. R. 
Armstrong in Plttsburcii. Doc. 7. 
She was the former wife of Jim 
McKowcn, vaudeville agent. • 



A man at Clarksburg, W. V.i., re- 
cently Buw his first nioving picture 
at the age of 8.3. He had been an 
inmate of the Harr.son County In- 
firmary f-or 63 years. 



"Dinty" Moore's restiurant en 
West 461 h street, New York, was 
raided aR.iln Saturday, with the 
police taking $2,500 in booze away. 
The place was visited by the cops 
the week previous, but Moore won 
the action In court. Ihe liquor 
came under the head of priv.ite 
stock us proven by Moore. The 
case was d smlssed. 

Mrs. rjeorge W. I.,oft. deputy 
police commissioner, summoned 150 
dance hall proprietorH and floor 
managers before her last week and 
issued the edict that all vulgar 
dancing must stop or the police 
would start making arrests. Mrs. 
Ix)ft stated that this would be the 
final warnings 



Sholon Shontop was arrested on a 
charge of Samuel CieenfMid. presi- 
dent of th*» Hebrew Actors' l.'nion. 
who st.ited that Shontop's boolcs 
showed a shortane of $4,000 1 It- 
was formerly a bookkeeper for th* 
union. 

The after-theatre crowds Wer** 
thrown Into a turmoil one ni^ht last 
week when five agents of the I'eil- 
eral narcotic squiid seized hm t<|ual 
number of men in Times squ-iip ac- 
CUsed of belpj (Irtpo peddlers. The 
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flashing of guns started the crowd 
running, both lo get away and to 
watch, with the result the gathering 
stopped traffic and began fighting 
Itse'f. The disturbance took place 
at 47th street and Broadway. None 
but users were among those taken. 
The squad was looking for sellers. <■ 

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary 
Plckford have chartered a ship to 
make a trip around the world. In- 
vitat'ons have been sent to about 60 
guests. The tour will last from six 
to eight months, beginning next 
spring, and is to be In the nature of 
a publicity stunt. 



A. L Erlanger*M new theatre, 
whl?h is to be erected on 44th 
street and next to the Ijittle theatre, 
will be known as the Bernard and 
Collier Music Hall. It Is to become 
the permanent home of a revue 
similar tu the Music Box. Charles 
Dillingham has announced that he 
has signed contracts with both Col« 
lier and Bernard for next season, 
and they will Jolnt^ be starred In 
the premiere production. 



As a result of having been sum- 
moned before Mrs. I..oft. special 
deputy police commlHSioner, on tho 
subject of the dancing in all public 
dance halls, the owners and man- 
agers of such establishments have 
formed the New York Ballroom As- 
sociation. The meeting took place 
at the Hotel Astor on Monday. The 
object of the organization la to be 
that "all ballrooms maintain a high 
standard to meet the public appro- 
val," according to C. K. Burgess of 
Roseland. 



Several Chicago people are form- 
ing a company which will give that 
city a civic theatre. Incorporation 
p^ers have been granted to the or- 
Rani/ation which will be known as 
the Chicago Civic Theatre Associa- 
tion. Donald Robertson, former 
director of the Drama Players, will 
be installed as the production man- 
ager. It is planned to build a the- 
atre in the 'Loop" district. 



Seena Owen and George Wiilsh 
are now divorced. The decision wa* 
rendered early Ih's week. 



Mrs. Harrison K. Caner, Jr., so- 
ciety woman of Philadelphia, will 
Join the cast of "The Torch Bear- 
ers" this weelt. The play Is aherl- 
uled to open In Phi'adclphia, Jan. 6 
and Mrs. Caner will appear there 
for ft two weeks' engagement. She 
does not intend to follow the stage 
as a career. 



Maud Ad.ims returned to this 
country aboard the "Celtle," %vh < h 
ducked in New York Monday. ^\f :, 



The post office depirtment will 
use picture screens tn> advi-e t'le 
public as to the advantages of mail- 
ing their Christmas parcels eftr'v 
and to induce them to wrap securelv 
l>efore sending. Poslmajt^r Kdwurd 
M. Morgan held a conference eariy 
In the week with representatives of 
the M. P. T. O. A. and arrangements 
were made for the sides that arc to 
be shown. 



Solomon Srhumukler. organizer of 
the Jewish Actors' Co-operative Co., 
has announced that a co-operati'.e 
theatre will soon be opcn"d oji tho 
Bowery by Jewish actors. The pljin 
Is to take over M.ajorl's Italian the- 
atre, on I he Bowery, bet we, -n IV- 
lancey and Broome street;*. 

Elephants quartered at th" Bar- 
num and Bailey and Ringling Brotli- 
ers' winter home near Bridgeport. 
Conn., gave the alarm when fire 
broke out In the cook house one 
night this week. Keepers kept the 
herd from a stampede by callin-: to 
the animals by name while the b'-Me 
was being extinguished. ;_^ •' , 

The dance by Isadora Duno:«n 
scheduled to take place in the 
Church of St. Mar's-in-the-Bouwere 
Christmas Kve Is off. The pastor. 
Dr. William H. Outhrie, gave no ex- 
planation of the switch in planx. 



The arrest of William Williams by 
ftie Narcotic Squad of New York 
Police Headquarters revealed lette'S 
reported to have l>een from a pic- 
ture aMor In Hollywood, who was 
the selling agent out there, and also 
some signed by Evelyn Nesbit. 

Margaret Irving and William Sea- 
bury, both appearing In the Mus'c 
Box Revue In New York, were ntar- 
rled In Port Chester, N. Y.. last 
Sunday night. Heabury Is the for- 
mer husband of Billie Shaw and was 
In vaudeville with her (.Seabury and 
Shaw). 

The Chicago and Alton rai'road 
has installed a picttire show on if-* 
fast train lunnlng tjetween Chicago 
and St. Louis. The showing take^ 
place in the dining car.' The Initia 
exhibition wan given Dec. 12 on the 
train le.iving at noon, but the n'ght 
fr.iins are also lo give similar per- 
formances. 

Or'a Carew. film actress, and .Ti>hn 
<'. Howard were married in I.'H 
Angeles Dee. 12. Mr. Howard is iip» 
Htm of John C Howard, a weaiihy 
manufaettiref oT Iftrtrlilil, 



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VARIETY 



Friday, December 15, 1928 



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240 Tremont Street 

Boston. Mass.. 



MURRAY WHITEMAN, 

381 Main Street 

Buffalo. N. V. 



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3608 San Jacinto. St. 
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Colu?)Tbia Thea. BIdg. 

St. Louis. Mo. 



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42 Monroe Avenue 

Tuxedo Hotel 

Detroit. Mich. 



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Cleveland, Ohio 



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VARIETY 



Friday, December 16, 1922 



BILLS NEXT 



(DEC. 18) 



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Tb« mannw In which theio btlla nra prlntad 
Importanco of aits nor their ii^ogram poa<tiena. 

* bafura nama danotaa act la doing naw turn, or 
fraa vaudavllla. or apptartng In city wbara llatad Cor 



raappaarlag aftar 
tba flrat tlica. 



KEITH CIRCUIT 



KTAV YORK CIT¥ 

Kritii'H I*ula<e 
TrI&Ia Friganza 
*9egal &. i'arroll 
Iflller A Mack 
•F * J Tell 
Air Hymack 
L.aToy'8 Moilela 
Ella Bradna Co 
(One to nil) 

KHtli's Riverside 

Chic Sale 
W Cross Co 
The Canslnoa 
f'urxon 81a 
I.lbontl 
Rifa Goui'd 
Madeline Collins 
Freda A Anthuny 
The Saytons 

Keith's Royal 
Rooncy & Bent Rev 
M Diamond Co 
I^ewis A Dody 
Thos J Ryan Co 
Joe Browning 
Murray & Gerrish 
Davia A I'olia 
(Two to fill) 

Keith'a Colonial 

Al Herman 
Night in Spain 
Crafla A Haley 
fltara of Yesterday 
Moore A Freed 
Haney A Morgan 
Willie Schenck 
Van Cleve A Pete 
Kellam A O'Dare 
•McCarton A M 

Keith'a Alhantbm 

Duncan Sis 
Mosa A Fry* 
Shaw A I<ee 
Ted Lorraine Co 
Frank Sabine Co 
M'Farlane A Palace 
When Love'a Youns 
Baggert A Sheldon 
Beege A Quepee 

Mosa* Broadway 
.Timmy Lucas Co 
Bert Levy 
H Stoddard Co 
Donovan A Lea 
Will Mahoney 
Cooper A Ricardo 
(Two to fill) 

Moaa' Coliaenm 
I>emare«t A Coi'tte 
Ruth Roye 
Pilcer A Douglaa 
• "Right or Wrong" 
(Two to nil) 
2d half 
Harry Burna Co 
Qua Fowler 



Taylor Howard A T 
Kuby Raymotul 3 
Ben Beyer 
(Two to All) 

rrertor'a BAth fit. 

;d half (14-17) 
♦"Any Home" 
M A A Clark 
•Boston liros 
Polly A O/. 
•(' A N MiX'ghfon 
((Jne to (111) 

l8t hair (18 20) 
McOrath <t Deeds 
Briscoe A Rauh 
•Zeno Moil A Carr 
Rosa A RoKs 
(Two to fill) 

:d half (:;i-:4) 

•Conroy A How:tr(J 
•Arthur A PeRjiy 
A A F Stoi'man 
(Others if. flll) 
Prortor'a Atli A««. 

id half (14-17) 
Jimmy Citrr Co 
Al Herman 
Lavlne A Rilx 
•"Right or Wrong' 
Dooloy A Sio:ey 
B O A Q P 
(Two to flll) 

1st half (18-20) 
Georgo I.oAtaire t'o 
A A F Stcdiitan 
Tnxle 

•Pi^ano & L'ndau^r 
(Oth<»ra to nil) 

2d half (21-24) 
•Foilis Sis 
M Montgotnery 
Bob I>aSalie Co 
•K Raymond Co 
Jin\my Savo Co 
China B'ue Plate 
(Two to nil) 
Prortor'H 33d 8t. 
Polly Moran 
*SacIia I'raton Co 
Crafts A irRl»>y 
•Greenwich V Mins 
•Carlita A I^ewls 
•Fox & Sarno 
2d hnlf 
Butler A Pkrker 
Reed> r * A-mstr'g 
Locket f A Lynn 
Migaon 

•Greenwich V Mine 
(One to nil) 

FAR ROCKATIAY 

Columbia 

2(1 hair 
Patricola 

Mabel MtCane Co 
•Conelll 



Hart wells 
(Two to nil) 

ALBANY. K. T. 

Proctor's 

Royal Danes 

Paganna 

l^red V Bowers Co 

Haynes A Peck 

Casting Campbells 

2d half 
J A A Keeley 
Shone A S<iu!rcs 
Sybil Vane Co 
Taylor & Bobbta 
Fink a Mulea 



Fern A Marls 

BIFFALO 
8he»'a 

Max Sovereign 
Joseph DIskay 
Harrison A Dakin 
Dooloy A Storey 
Holniea A Lavere 
Cunningham A B 
Tom Patricola 
Bernt A Partner 

rHARIX>TTK 

VIrtoria 

(Roanoke aplit) 



Booking Exclutively 

WITH 

Orpheum, B. F. Keith (West- 
ern) W. V. M. A. 

nnd Affiiiattd Circuits 

ERNIE 
YOUNG 

r AGENCY 

WILLIE BERQER, Book g Mgr. 

9uit« 1313. Masonic Tsmpis Bldg. 
Chicago 



COINT TRIX 

PERRONE and OLIVER 
in a '*Song Symphony" 

ORPHRLM < IRC TIT 



•Dance Mad 
I.ee A Cranston 
(Twu to nil) 

Keith'a Fordham 

Tvette Bugel 
f<a France Broa 
•Lyteil A Faut 
Gibson A Cornelll 
(Two to nil) 
2d haiiX 
Joe Cook 

Alex Bros A Smith 
Briscoe A Rauh 
(Others to nil) 

Moa»' Franklia 

Harry Burns Co 
Pedcstrianlsm 
Janet of Franca 
Frank Farron 
(Two to nil) 
2d half 
•Sacho I'raton Co 
Belle Baker 
Follis A LeRoy 
Eddie Nelson 
{Two to nii) 

Keith's Httiiiilton 

lohnny Burl.e 
Sua Fowler 
'Lee A Cranston 
(Others to .n:i) 

2d halt 
nooley A Mortoa 
Craig r'anipb*-'! 
Kl Cleve 

Gautler's li'klaycrs 
iTwo to nil) 
Keith's Jefferson 
iielle Baker 
Allnian A Harvey 
Homer Miles Co 
Follla A LeRoy 
Wells Va A West 
Norvollcs 
(Two to nil) 
2<1 half 
Myers & Hanaford 



Wflls Va A WVst 
I.nFran't* Bros 
(One to fill) 

BROOKLYN 

Keith'a UiMluvit li 

IJen BTnic Bund 
Jack Joyce 
Weber A Ridnor 
Around the Coiner 
Chief raupolKan 
Mary llaynes 
•W C Dornn<'ld 
f'anova 
Howard's Ponns 

Keith's Orphruna 

Mabel Ford i.'o 
R A K I3eaa 
•Murray & Oakland 
Ki< )i Haves 
Michoii Bros 
Dixie Four 
Iren*' Fratilvl'n 
r>i'af(on & Miick 
Tlie Brill nfs 

Mosh' Flathu^li 
BAB Whe'-ler 
Owen MffJivpey 
Win & J MuMdel 
•The Was'^r" 
DolJion 
"Dreams" 
Keith's (Jreenpolnt 

•^.1 liair (I1-17» 
♦Murray .<• Maddox 
?!iindy Shaw 
Three Soiialors 
\TysieriouH (Jillelle 

^I'rtO to ftll) 

1st half (IS-CO) 
Hob LaSnlle Co 
Henry Toorner Co 
Jinimy Savo Co 
M)th.-r:< to fill » 

2d linlf (M-^M) 
♦Yntes A Caryoii 
Lazar A I'aie 



ALLENTOWN, PA. 

Orphenm 

Eary A Kary 
Gerald tlrilTln Co 
Allman A Howard 
Nathane A Sully 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Walmsley A K'tlng 
All at Sea 
B A J Crelghton 
Three Whirlwinds 
(One to nii) 

ALTOOXA. PA. 

Orpheom 

.\forllu 

(Jrey A Old Rose 
North A Halliday 
Rose of Harem 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Perex A Marguerite 
Baxlf'y A Porter 
Paul Hill Co 
lolly A Oa 
Melody Sextet 

ASBI'RT PARK 

Main Hln^t 
Paulette A i:a/ 
Ray Coniin 
Jans Whaien 
Danny Dugan Co 

iiTd half 
Redd gton A Grant 
i'elen rJora'.ti 
Swor A ( onroy 
Donna Darling Co 

ATLANTA 

• Lyric 

(Birniinghatn split) 

l»t half 
Clown Seal 
•Joffnian A Carroll 
Bowers W'Its A C 
Kckerr A Harrison 
l-'our Madi aps 

Al Rl RN. N, Y. 

•lelTerson 

N'oei l.cHter » ' » 
<.'ojk A Oat-iijn 



1st half 
.Ford A Price 
Fields A Finic 
Gene Greene 

CHATTANOOGA 

Riaitu 

■ 2d half 
Francis A Wilson 
Keltons 

SaiV;«>. 1 A- Leonh't 
Neil McKinley 
Three Melvins 

<nr:sTKR. PA. 

Adgement 

.f;imes Itankio 
t'lis A L(^e 
I-' ve N'St 
Cotter A Rolden 
.leaiF .Sot hern 
\andr>rbllts 

i:d haif 
Cornell Leona A Z 
l'r;nco<js Winona 
Smith A Na?>h 
Sylvester Family 
Nun A Vernon 
-Melodies A Steps 

CINCINNATI 
B. r. Keiths 

Upborne Trio 
Jessie Busley 
V alentines 
Kenton A I'iflds 
hrown A Wliitlaker 

CLEVELAND 

105th 8t. 

While Bros 
I- rank Shields 
Shiittuck A O'.Xeil 
Zuhn A Dries 
R^jdft.rd A W ch'fr 

Palare 
l.la M cl'adwick 
H'-iily & CroFs 
Miir.on Murr«y Co 
Wali-rs A Wailtra 

( OL( MlllA 

Columbia 

Id half 
llobbi:! (Joiilune 




Tcupees Make-Up 

Send for Price List 

G. SHINDHELM 

109 W. 46 th S.t, N. Y. 



DON'T PLAY 4 SHOWS A DAY! 

II' YOC DON'i" LIKK !!• 
I enjoyed playing 8 in Huber*' 14(h .St 

EDWARD J. ZADAY 



Ruth Roye 

•Oolden Asia 
•Lytcll A I'aut 
Herbert A^'-'ey Co 
(Others to ti>l) 

Moss' Regeat 
Pstricola 
r»avls A Darnell 
•Kdstnian A Moore 
El Cleve 
(Two to nil) 
2d half 
t>enjarest A CoTtte 
Lane A Hnrpef 
N'>i' \'' ' "< 
(» >ili.i < 1 .1 fiTTT 

Keitli'K SlKt SI. 

Harry J <'.»nU'y t.o 
Krn»«» R >5all 
Hiny*'"^ * Jani"a 
Frank Farnum Co 
B>nd»r A Arnnlrg 
CaMtlllialis 
Proclor'rt Il-'^lh St. 
Butler A Pi»ri;'»r 
• Youth A Melody 
Fields A Hhr'ng on 
MarRuerite A A 
CTWo'to nit) 

Crafli it, mrilr ' 



(Other.s to nil) 
Keith's i*roK|>e<t 

2d hair (14-17) 
MrtalT Cabriei Co 
Ilmmy Siivo Co 
riie Speed'TS 
Le" Ma 11 a 
MiRfion 
ivennfdv A KraniM- 

Isl lialf (1« -?•>) 
Myrrs A Hmiafimi 
lloriry A Moore 
•Ifank Matilda A H 
Sn inly Sha w 

2ri )i:':f crm 

Itobt P.. Ill;' Co 
I'ioano ,t Li;nil;iu>r 
•(•' A M Crirroll 

(<)th«-r«« t'> till » 

Mosfc' Riviern 

Dooley A Morion 

toe «. 'Old; 

A!fT Bro5« A S'mMh 
ll'Tb'Tt A.-^lil-'V Co 
Cliuiig Wha I'uur 
lioldot\ Caie Throo 

ed half 
\f(»rlon Hfivr's 
AiJfuMU,,*.JI>''v. y 



fSe-rge Morion 

M if St re I Revue 

AlCilHTA 

Lyrir 

2d half 
Willie Hale A Rro 
.Millard A Mxrlin 
K"ed A Se>iiian 
Ch3s Airhoff 
'Ihomas Hi x'tt 

JIALTIMORK 

Maryland 

Four ,\cf» 
Tom S'mit li 
fireerie A I'arker 
ilie Dutlons 
liil et 
Wilton S 8' -TS 

P.ATON ROl (.E 

Colunibin 

(Shrevorx)!! >t,<.A < 
1st haif 
Woid'^n Htds 
IUiod< s A V»';ir«ton 
Mill-T A I 'ears 
I'-nninus A Dorn^j 
(.Ja'ii i'^i's Toy .Siioii 

BIRMINCIIAM 

Lyrle 

(Atlanta Mt>iit ) 
Isl half 
r A M I>a!e 
Nfa Kson A Brown 
Hlr- A Werner 
OlcoH A Miiry Ann 



Follette Pesrl A W 
,Mi!!.r«hip A Gerard 
l>*-niionB rijib't A c 
Btll A Caron 

(OLI MiUS 

R. r. Keiths 

Down-y A Ciaridge 
Tan Aral;i Japs 
Hall A ."^h^pjro 
''arifoii A ruijf vr 
l!e(ty Washington 
.Saxlon 6c Farreil 

DLTKOIT 

Temp!e 

Sherw in Krlly 
V;iii A ly^on 



H'Ke,lij« « 



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THE LANGWELL 

n.^ W. mil St.. N>«v York 

The Bepl $1,00 Dinner in Town. 

.\sk H\I.K\ M>TER,S 

TOM IiARRi^^ON. .Manager 



2d half 
Polly A Moran 
McOrath A Deeds 
i tanley A Wilsons 
JAG O'Meara 
Marguerite A A 
(One to fill) 

KRIB. PA. 

Colonial ' 

Rasso 

Jerome Mann 
FIfcr Bros A Sia 
Newell A Most 
Jack LaVier 

G'RM'NTOWN, PA. 

Orplaeaat 

Fondell Four 
Elm City Four 
Thomaa Jackaon Co 
Alexander A Fields 
J R Johnson Co 
Loney Haskell 
Miacahua Co 

GRAND RAPIDS 

Eaapress 

nias Monkeys 
Dave Roth 
Zemater A Smith 
Barkley A Chain 
Bccman A Cirace 

HAiMILTON. CAN. 

I^rie 

Teschow's Cats 
.Sharkey Roth A U 
P-azazian A Whito 
Hampton A BiaUe 
I.ovenberg Sis A K 

UARRISIURU 

Majestic 

Perei: A Marguerite 
Know Irs A While 
laul Hill <'u 
Polly A Oa '. . , 
Melody .Sextet 
^d half 
Morlin 
Texas Four 
Anderson A Gr'ves 
MiCormkk A W 
Welcome Inn 

INDLANAPOMfl 

B. F. KeUh'a 

Lucas A Incif 
Gold A lild wards 
Otsen A Johnson 
Ven'.ta Oould 

JACKHON\ILk E 

Arrude 

(Savannah split) 
1st ha;f 
Jordan Oirls 
Crane May A C 
Kclso A Demon-le 
Barrett A I-'arnuin 
Gordon A Germaine 

LOl'LHVILI.E 

Lyric 

(Nashville split) 
Ist half 
.Tnck Huphes Duo 
fterron A Gaylord 
Km ma Rarl 
L'^ona Hall s Rev 

LonT:LL 

B. F. Keith's 

Weak Spot 



NEW BR'NSWICK 

Stato 

Peak's Blockheads 
Snow A Narino 
Toney A Normaa 
Ths Comebacks 

2d half 
Kennedy A Kram«r 
.Mabel Burks Co 
Janr A Whaien 
Darny Dugan Co 

NEW ORLEANS 

Paiaco 

(.Mobile apllt) 
lat half 
Marten A Weat 
Dunham A O'M'ley 
Listen Lester 
Sisters Arnetto 
Clayton Drew Co 

NORFOLK 

Academy 

(Richmond spill) 
1st halt 
The Duponta 
Fiske A Fallon 
Nixon A Sanda 
Iback's Band 

PHILADELPHIA 

B. F. Keith'a 

Presslir A KlalRS 
Pepita Granadoa Co 
Meody A Duncan 
McLnughlln A R 
Walmans Orch 
Doris Humphrey Co 
|>Muli A Gosa 
A A G Falls 

Keyatono 

Kin;? Bros 
< oop»r A i^.acr 
I :i Ids A Sheldon 
!•: h;« White 
I'niueion Five 

Vivis. Pean 

Ptown Trio 
\:\>'S A Long 
Lyn A Thompai^n 
Mason A Gwynne 
Howard A Rosa 

2d half 
Peak's Blocl.-heads 
Vlack A St.nnton 
Tax!e 

BinRhnm A Meyers 
Silva Bra'ni Co 

PITTHBIRGH 
Davia 

Oauller'H Pony 
n ibbln« Family 
Bub Hall 

Thank You Doctor 
Hall Ermine A B 

PORTLAND. ME. 

R. F. Keith'a 

Rayimnd Bond Co 
.*-'hrin-^r A F'/a'mna 
R W Robert"" Co 
Krnie A Ernie 
Firyant .t- Stewart 
Higxlns A Bates 

PROVIDENCE 

E. V. AibM 

.'^pUnd d A Partner 
Joo Roberts 
Walsh A Ellis 
W in Kl)s 



Tom Kelly 

2d hair 
Adonis A Do* 
Sampson A Do'glas 
McCort A Bradford 
Haxel Qreen Co 
(Two to fill) 

BYRACVSa 
B. r. Kolth'g 

La Pelariela Trio 
Burns A I^ynn 
Lylin A Howland 
Radio Auto 
Beaumont Sis 
CAM Dunbar 

Praetor's 

J A H Ijhields 
Brown A De Mont 
Mildred Parker 
McCort A Bradford 
O'Nell A Plunkau 
The Frabeiles 
2d halt 
Noel Lester 03 
Knapp A Cornel' a 
Cook A Oatman 
Hugh Herbert Co 
George Morton 
Minatrcl Revue 



Sybil Van* Co 
Taylor A BobbI* 
Fink's Mules 
Sd halt 

Royal Date* 

Paganna 

Prod V Bowers Co 

O'Nsil * Plunkatt 

Casting Campbells 

UTICA, N. Y. 
Stephens A Il'Uster 
Sampson A Douglas 
(Four to flll) 

2d half 
Lamsy A Pearson 
Rosa A Moon 
Oncar Lorrain* 

WASHINGTON 
B. F. KoKh'a 

Jack Little 
Leavitt A Lockw'od 
Santos A Ha>es 
Aunt Jemima Co 
Mme Leitael 
Jack Wilson 
Howard Holt A K 



SILVAS- 
BRANN 

SENSATION/HP ODDITIES 

OUR TWENTY-FIFTH 

CONSECUTIVE WEEK 

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 

ALF T. WILTON 



Gay 



Offers 



Cnnningliam "Htorm" Co. 
MAX FACTOR'S 

f^unrem© Pr(-iiara' ii'ns 
Ll» Route— It Heal*. Wbitsaint— It Stayi Oa. 
Pswdtr — Ns LMi. R«-na"«r — Comslfxion Fte4. 

SOI.n IN NF.W YOIIK IJY 
lUr'ow A l.uther. PniMlst''. I'.'w'j A 4i5th St 
Crntr;*! I*nit Co.. 7th A»f. A 4«th St. 
.Iaine«' 41)|i Ht. T>iU( S'ore Sth A<e. k 44lli St. 
C. O B'gclow. Iiu-.. i;ilj \sr. it Pill 8t. 

8oi.n IV CHICAGO ny 

Biitk A R«ynei'». anil I'uhllc Oruf. Co. 



6. 
New 



CsnnlnihaBi, 
Ysrk ritv. 



Otttrlkutor. • Pstshia Place. 



Dawson .''is Co 
B'll Genevieve A W 
Two Stei.ards 
Pierre A Ryun 
Dixie Hauailton 
Elliott A LaTour 

MOBILE 
Lyric 

(M. Orleans split* 

1st hair 
Vnlentine A Hell 
*y P.nen A .los'pliine 
Flal .loliiLson oC 
H l)b!lt A Malle 
f.;;ile .fim 

MONTREAL 

imperial 

(.Sunday op»-nins;) 
[•'ash' s of Songi lid 
n.or'f Ite\ ue 
A In riMon 

Il'iger (Jray Co 
.M"ehun A Newman 
A:ic« Msinilton 

Prinresa 

(Sunday op»ning) 
llin > Ml o"e 
Billy ArliiKlon 
)'. C Hillitirii 
Son Dodgers 
rrawfor.l & Brod 1< 
Runavva.N !'our 



Thos K Shea 
Van A Sthenck 

READINU. PA. 

.Majeatir 

f^anzer A Silva 

'I" raps 

Andripon A Grave" 

\ >-xi±H I'our 

(One to t1li> 

2d hair 
R A I Tendall 
I > urns A Wilson 
Kenry Horton Co 
The Diamonds 
l.illle Cottage 

Kit HMONO 

Lyric 

(NorfoMc Bplil) 
1st half 
O'Conncil A Lewis 
Ring Tangle 
■fillieli Re/ 

ROANOKE 

Roanoke 

(<^'hat lott" hpiit) 
1 s I 1 1 a i f 
."awycr A L'ddy 
Kli«l'»>rt y A Stoning 
.Nr<l Ne!"t»r Co 
Harry i.r .Mason 
i'lK lis Minstrels 



TAMPA. FI^. 

VIetory 

(St Peltrsb'g aplit> 

1st hair 
Robrrts A T»emont 
Will J Ward 
Fisher A Ilu'st 
M Pryor Co 
Morton Jewell Co 

TOLBUO 

H. r. Keith's 

Yost A Clady 
K'»vacs A 0> Idner 
Oliver A Opp 
Lydell A Macy 
Four Yllerona 

TORONTO 

glioa'a- 

Rupert Inijelese Co 
Kane A C.rant 
Anderson A I'ony 
Jcseph K Watsvn 
Realm of Fantasie 
iniffy A Sweeney 
Bronson A Edwdx 

TBENTOM. S. J. 
Capitol 

Silva Rrann Co 
Harold Kennedy 
Rena Arnold Co 
Trip to Hitland 
(One to t1ll> 

21 half 
Howard A Ro«8 
Snow A Narin'" 
Mike Devaney Co 
Lew Brice 
Clown Rcvua 

TROV. N. Y. 

Pro4tor's 

J A A Keelev 
Stone A Francia 



n 

C.io'.t 
Co 



11 aw thorne * 
M Hjirri.snnl" 
fo" I.,iur!e 
Mniifo Waldron 
Goiflon A i'otd 
Liho A Kyo 

EASTON, PA. 

Able O. N. 

Widmsl.v A K tin,; 
All a I Sea 
I". S. .t CieiRhton 
Tliree Whirl wintls 
(One to flll) 

Cd hair 
Ii'ary A Rary 
.Aliinnn A Mow.ird 
«;r'rald C.rinin «'o 
B".b Albright Co 



CHAS. J. FREEMAN 

OFfiCBH 

BOOK 1. NO WITH ALL 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

SUITE 307. ROMAX BLDG. 

245 West 47th Street 
NEW YORK 

Phone: BRYANT S»I7 



Four H".«d iv^s 

BOSTON 

IL r. liriih's 

K't'.ine A Spear 
r.en VV.Ii-h 
M< KnoTy Oi h 
T <* It H-alv 
.latie CoHtiMly Cf> 

wVtia«4i«wi>y 



Nathane A Sully 

i:li/\bltu. n. .1. 

I'roclor'a 

M.-tb'l Burl<.> Co 
I '.Ob Albright Co 
Samjit'T A L'^'^djm 
' Wav^t fnif 



Mr. VERNON. N.%', 

Pro«'tor's 

2.1 h.itr (11 17) 
Brcni A Partner 
Ol.ul Moffatt Co 
Kddle Foy Family 
Lonesome Manor 
(Two to rillj 

lat half <18 :0) 
Follis S » 
Marlon lliivris 
Hattwell^ 



(•"Mhera to flll) 

2d hair CI 21) 
ll'^iry A Moore 
RocUw'll A I'o'k 
.Velni 
(Oth. TH to nii> 

NASHVILLE 

I'rincess 

(Louisville Hplil) 
Isf hair 
Tyler A .^t Clulro 
Dillon A Milton 
Annabeile 
liraidy A Mshcney 
Tofo'lIamru-.-r C#" 



WILH'<iTON. DEI^ 

Aldino 
Cornell Leona A Z 
Princess Winona 
Smith A Nash 
Sylvester Family 
Van A \>rnon 
Melodies A Steps 

2d hair 
Joseph Rankin 
(Mia A Lee 
Lynn A Thorn r^son 
Mason A Gwynne 
Jean .«othern 
Vanderbilts 

yONKEHS. N. T. 

Prortor'a 

Sd half (14 17) 
Ben Beyer 
Hurry Kahne 
Butler A Parl.er 
♦^ atca A Cjirsoti 
(Two to nil) 

Ist hair (18 20) 
i.ikzar A Dale 
Emma Raymond Co 
Robt Reilly Co 
Mignon 
(Othfrs to nil) 

2d hair (*JI-:4) 
Sandy Shaw 
Speejcra 
(Othe-s to flll) 

YORK. P.\. 

Op^ra Hoase 

E A f Tendall 
r.urna * Wil^n 
Henry »lorton Co 
McCorr-»lck A W 
Little Cottaire 
f-1 hair 
Panzer A Siivo 
Traps 

Orey A Old Rose 
North A Hallday 
Rose or Harem 



POLI ciRcun 



BRIDGEPORT 

Poii'a 

Three i.ord. ns 
.lohnny Murphy 



Kddle Cassidy 

Hartley A Paterson 
.Moras n A Binder 
Honietown Follies 



HUGH HERBERT 



Phon«: RICHMOND HILL 9683 



KO( HESTER 

Temple 

S hi< hi I's M^niMuf 
Tiibor A ('reen 
llttcn l'"ainily 
N'aughn Conirort 
f nvcrs A Wallace 
Fn Ban's Band 
S'vift A Kelly 
l\>^>y A P.oyer 

KAVANNAH 



llijoa 

(Jacksonvill'' splii » 

1st hair 
W.lls A P.urt 
O A A Parndo 
!•' ipe A Dutton 
F'" f<l |.» wis 
(.'••nnois Dane-land 

8CHENE»TADY 

Prortor'a 

Knai>p A Cornelia 
Boudini A Bernard 
MiiMon A Hhaw 

Hugh Herbert Co 



uptown A Down 
Brooks A Morgan 
White Black A U 

2d half 
McConnell A A 
Arthur Whitelaw 
i'^our Rubiui Sis 
Edwards A Ite.sKley 
Mont^y Is Money 

HARTPORI) 

Capitol 

Rekoma 

I'ranklin A Hall 
Tt avers A Doucins 
Mildred Andre i'o 
Thoint«»n A Kin< 
Leo Kdwafda Co 
2d hair 

Weaditk A La Due 
Four Miners 
I 'oily l>avis Revue 
Jean (iriinese 
Three I.ordens 

NEW HAVEN 

Palace 
.\l. f*onn.'ll A A 
Austin A Delan-y 
Arthur Whllelaw 
M«>n»y Is Money 
Otto Bros 

2d half 
Orren A Drew 
Dillon A Parker 
Cptown A Down 
I.eo Ed'Aurds Co 
White BlacU A IT 



ReyQolda A D Co 

2d hair 
Beric ft SawB 



Brooka ft Morgaa 
Travera A Douglai 
Blooai ft 8her 



BOSTON KEITH CIBCUrr 



BOSTON 

BmUb 

Van Horn ft Inai 
Bradbury ft Bcally 
H ft B Harrocic 
Arthur West 
Oxford Four 
Oordon'a OiyMpla 

(Scoliay 8q.) 
Jane ft Miller 
Gary ft Baldi 
Whaien A McShana 
Kfilc Phillip Co 
Lewis A Norton 

Ciordoa's OiymplA 

(Washinslon St.) 
Tittle Yosl 
Jeanette Chllda 
Manning A Halt 
(Two to flll) 
Howard 
Howard ft I<«wla 

Bowdoin 8<iaaro 
Gordon A Rica 

BROCKTON 

Htrand 

Adama A Morin 
deorge Roltand Co 
Johnson A Ilayea 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
.«*tone A Ifayea 
Marino A Martin 
(Two to flll) 

CAMBRIDoiR 

Central Square 

2a hair 
Dorothy Ramer 
Johnson A Hayes 
Charles Mack 
Steps A Tunea 
(One to flll) ^ 

r.%LL RIVER 

Empire 

I'ive Avalons 
Marie Sparrow 
C. A H De B;era 
York A Maybelle 
Rube \u lie 

2d half 
Stjinley A Birnes 
%}orriN A Hhaw 
Lu Bernlcia 
(Two to flll) 

FlTCHBl RO 

CammlnK* 

Moore A (Goodwin 
.Stanley A Blrns 
Two Ror.ellas 
The Zirg'.era 
(One to flll> 

2d half 
G A H De Boers 
(I'our to flll) 



HP'CiFIELO. MASS. 

Paiare 

F A C La Tour 
Four Miners 
Berk A Sawfl 
Bloom A Slier 
Dillon A Parker 
Shura Rulo'.va Co 

2d hair 
Mar.ie Luneitw 
Little Driftwood 
Otto Bros 
Austin <i Deianry 
Reynolds A D Co 

WATERBl RY 

Palaoo 

Mazie I.uneMe 
Orren A Dr"W 
Fonr RubinI S slera 
Jean fjranese 
Dolly Davis Itevue 

2d half 
Relcoma 

Franklin A Hall 
Mildred Andre Co 
Thornton A KitiR 
Shura Riilowa Co 

IV'K'S-B'RRE, PA. 

Pali's 
Alexander A Hardle 
Eddie Cassidy 
Hartley A Paferson 
Morgan A Binder 
Welcome Inn 
2d hair 
Bernard A Belts 



LEE MASON 

With STAN SCOTT 
Toew's Virloria, New York. Now 



HCKANTON, pA. 
Poll's 

Bernard A Belts 
Oreen ft Burnet 
Mignelte Kokta Co 
Holland ft Oden 
Hometown Folilea 

Id hair 
Alaxandor ft. U'rdle 



Green A Burnett 

Mign'etle KoKin Co 
Holland A Oden 
liarnum Was Right 

WORCESTER 
Poll's 

Weadick ft La Due 
Little DrTftwood 
Edwards ft Beaslor 



LAWRKNCB 

■nplra 

Watson's Dogs 
Yula ft Richard* 
Adams ft Grlfflth 
Kanasawa Japa 
(Ons to flll) 

Sd half 
Powell ft Brows 
Brent Hayea 
Gilfoyle A Lang 
Kenny ft Hollis 
Girlla ft Dandle* 

LYNN, MASS. 

Olympin 

Fern BIglow ft K 
Dorothy Ramer 
Walton ft Brant 
V Lopex Orcheatr* 

3d half 
Thornton Plynn O* 
Five Avalons ^ 

(Two to flll) 

MANCHK8TER 

Pabieo 
Powell A Brown 
Bolger Bros 
Gliroyle A Lang 
Marino A Martin 
Girlie A Dandies 

2d hair 
Watson's Dops 
Yule A Richards 
Hugh Kmmett Co 
Adama A Grimth 
Kanazawa Japs 

J^'EW BI'3)FORD 

Olynapia 

2d halt 
Wilson A Kepprt 
Walton A Brant 
V Lone 35 Orchestra 
(Three to flll) 

NEWPORT 

Colonial . 

2d hair 
Moore A Goodwin 
Rolland Kelly Co 
Marie Sparrow 
Kav'n'gh A Bveretl 
(One to flll) 

WAI.TMAM 

Waldorf 

SI one A Hayes 
Creations 
iM. Bernlcia 
(One to flin 

2d half 
The Zleglers 
York A MaybellO 
Rubcviile 
(One to flll) 



CHICAGO KEITH CIKCTJIT 



CI N( IN NAT! 

Palnre 

Western Pastlmca 
Bart mm A Sexton 
Wm Edmunds Co 
Berber of S:?vllle 



Mike Donlin Co 
(One to flll) 
II'TlN<iTOV. I NO. 

llnntinctoB 

Paul Rnhn Cn 
GAM Le Fevro 



Ofllrlal D««llal •• •*• W ^ ^* 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

i408 B'e»«y lP»t»««a BI4r.» tt T. 



Lucy Bruch 
Mme Doree'B Co 

CLEVELAND 

Reade'M Hipp. 

Huraberlo Bros 
Fries A Wilson 
Musketeers 
Buddy Walton 
Cabby Bros 

CLINTON. 1.4. 

Capitol 

Burnuin 

Oh My Goodness 

Milton A Lehman 

2d liair 
Farrell Taylor Co 
M'Dermott A Vinci 
Knight A Knave 

DAYTON. O. 

Keith'a 

(Cohan Japa 
Burns A Lorrain* 
Awkward Age 

l''ranceH Kennedy 
Vadi A Gyai 
2d half 

Brosius A Brown 
Frances A Marcell 
Waixer A Dyer 
Sherlock S's Co 
.Manicure Shop 

DETROIT 

Tj« Halle Garden 

Weber Girls 
Toni Gray Co 
Larry' Comer 
(One to flll) 
2d half 

Hum-' A Lorains 
Jacriuo Yvell Coi 
.Marston A Willuims 
Block A Duniap 

EV'NNVII.LE. INI>. 

\ ictor.T 

Knljrht A Knave 
M'Dermott A V nc't 
Paisley Noon Co 
Lloyd A Gonde 
Norris Simians 

2d hair 
Herbert Fyer Co 
(Ictavo . 

Favorites or Past 
ICelly A Polloik 
(One to nil) 

FLINT. MICn. 

Palaeo 

O'Neil Sisters 
Harv»*y Haney A G 
.lohnny Keane 
Stone's Novelty Co 

2d haif 
Sinilair A Gray 
Mabel Harper < 'o 
l">uvdl A Svmonds 
BernivicI Bros 
K T Kunia Co 

FT. WAYNE. I NIL 

, Palace 

Sfarsh A ^Nilliams 
Paul Rahn Co 
Toyland Frolics 
(One lo nil). ' 

2<f hair 

M)«'ftotto Duo . 

Kitxgef •4.4b (4V9>lI 



IND'N'POLIR. IND. 

Palaeo 

Frances Roaa A D 
Caits Broa 
Whitefleld A Irel'nd 
Cianville A Bandera 
Indianapolis FuiUes 
H Catalano Co 

K'l/M'ZOO. MICH. 
Regent 

Grant A Wallace 
Bud Kids 
Porter J White Co 
Marston A Manley 

2d hair 
Kennedy A Nelson 
L Anderson Co, 
(Others to flll) 

KOKOMO. IND. 

Strand 

Johnny Singer Co 
Hill A gulnelle 
Van A Carrie Avery 
Jarvis A HarMaon 
Girl In Moon 
2d hair 
The Humphreys 
Waiman A Berry 
Currer»t or Fun 
(Two to fllO 

LANHING. MICR. 

Regent 

Kennedy A Nelson 
Fltrger Id A Carroll 
Mike Donlin Co 
Harry Van Fossen 
The Humphreys 

2d hair 
Grant Wallace 
Bud Kids 
Porter J White Co 
Murstun A Manley 
Herbert Lloyd Co 

LEXINGTON. KT. 

Ben AH 

BrosiTis A Brown 
Frances A Mar<e|l 
Sherlock Sis Co 
Wal/er A Dyer 
Manicure Shop 

2d hair 
Knban .Taps 
A natol Friedl'nd Co 
(Others to flll) 

LIMA. O. 

Paarot 

Revue Resplendent 
Toni Gray Co 
Awkward Ago 
Larry Comer 

LOGANHP'T. INO., 

Colonial 

•.:d half '■ 
Two Kdwarda 
KlIKenny Trio 
Hlu- Btrd Hev»»*— 
Ti.ily A Hur(h 

MIDDLETOWN, O. 

Gordon 

Farrell Taylor Co 
t; A M Le Fevr* 
(iwo lo flll) 

2d half 
'I wo Edwards 
Toyland Frolics 

crwo to flll) 

PADtTAH. KY. 

.. OrjplHMm 

^ynvpwr A Hiakar 



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Friday, December 15, 1922 



VARIETY 



27 



rt'Vmller Jt Ifrfeld I Mabel Harper Co 
' prTaKo * »•'» Duval A svmo«d- 



Symonda 
Bernivlcl Broa 
K T Kuma C* 

2d half 
O'Nell Twlna 0» 
lloora A 8hay 
Johnny Keana 
Harvey Han*y tt O 
Stone'a Novelty Co 



40ne to AH) 
E^ VCHMONP. IKD. 
Ifvmy 

jff^ it Oraea 

OcUvo 

««liy A Pollack 
a Current of Fun 
S 2d half 

I Van A Carrie Avery 
I'Sloore'a Band 

* iAOINAW, MICH. 
Jaffera' Stntnd 

r #lBClair A Oray 

I' OBPHEUH CIRCTJIT 



SHUBEBT CIRCTUIT 

(The Shubert unit shows are print- 
ed in the order of their travel. The 
I shows move over the circuit intact.) 
KXW YORK CITY 



T'RE HAUTB, IND. 

Liberty 

Romanoa .Slntem 

IReyroldB A White 
Cbarlee Rogera Co 
Primrose Pour 



CenlnU 
Say With Laufhs 

Roger Imhoft 



Herman Tlmberc 
Darling A Tlmberg 
Elae A Paulaen 
Nat Nazarro Co 









CHICAGO 

F»hMM» 

(Sunday opening) 
fitara of Yesterday 
Leipzig 

Flanlgan A M'rrls'n 
Bryan A Broderlck 
pave Roth 
Hanako .Tapa 
Jfttlian Kltlnge 
(Mote Lake 

(Sunday opening) 
Harry Holman Co 
Pore Celeberltles 
Miller & Bradford 
Four Camcrona '^ 
Al Tucker 
'^8tan Stanley 
Seed A Austin 
Lew Dockatader , 

DENVER 

Orphenni / 

(Sunday openlnfi') 
Victor Moore 
Billy Giason - 
Fol^ & La Tour 
Claudln Coleman 
Adolphua 
J^wton 
Galletti A Kokin 

DES MOINES 
Orpliruni 

(.Sunday oprning) 
Creole Fashion PI 
Frawlcy A Louli-e 
Fabcr & McOowcn 
Rosy La Rocco 
Hector 

JAN Olms -A 
Gretta Ardine 

Dl'LlTH 

Orpheum 

(Sunday opening) 



Dooley A Sales 
Alma Nellson Co " 
CAP Usher 
McDevltt Kelly A Q 
Peronne A Oliver 
Juggleland 

OMAHA, NEB. 

Orpheam' 

(Sunday opening) 
Harry Watson 
yinccnt O'Donnell 
Baboock & Dolly 
Simpson A Dean 
Weaver & Weaver 
Dancing Kennedys 
Burns Bros 

PORTLAND. ORE. 
Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Mlddleton A S 
Q A P Magley 
Walter C Kelly 
Scanlon Deno A S 
Elly 

John B Hymer 
Frank Ward 

SACRAMENTO 
Orpheam 

(ia,-20) 

(Same bH^ plays 

Fresno 21-23) 
Dr Thompson 
Parlor Bcdr'm & B 
Conlln & Glass 
JuggUng Nelsons 
McKay & Ardine 
Neal Abel 
McRmu a Cog? 

ST.' LOLIS 

Orpheam 

Sophie Tucker Co 
Van A Corbett 



CHESTER FREDERICKS 

CLEVER JUVENILE 

Danear and Imitator 

Third Saasoa Featured with 

Uas Edwards' Revna 



M 



KETCH -^WILMA 

"Vocml Viriety" • 

FRED KETCH is the only man 
ACTUALLY singing in two voices 
mt one time. A VOCAL accomplish- 
ment, NOT A TRICK. 



P' 



i 



Flying Henrya 

Pletro 

Sully A Houghton 

Al K Hall 

Rae Samuela 

Valentine Vox 

Cakes A De Lour 

KANSAS CITY 
Main Street 

Cbandon Trio 
Marc MoDermott 
Bravo Mlchelinl AT 
JAW Hennlnga 
Orpheam 

fSunday opening) 
Harry Langdon 
Kerr *• Watson 
Harmony Kings 
FarnelJ A Florence 
James Stevens 
Hnrat & Vogt 
Beasle Clifford 
Zelda Broa 

LOS ANGELES 
Hill !itt—\ 

(Sunday opening) 
Leo Beers 
Glenn A Jenkins 
AndriefT Trio 
Hackett A Delmar 
Royal Gaacoignua 
Frank Whitman 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Henry Santrey 
H A A Seymour 
D D H? 

Burke A Durkla 
Adelaide Bell 
"Williams A Wolfua 
BIgnor Drlacoll 
Rose Ellis A R 

HE^IPHIS 

Orpheam 

Urs Sidney Drew 



Marmeln Sisters 
Lydell A Gibson 
Williams A Taylor 
J A J Gibson 

ST. rAVL 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Circumstantial Ev 
Jessie Reed 
Zelaya 

Swart X A Clifford 
Nagfys . 

Family Ford 
Babbe OarrolUA S 

saltVake 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Hyams A Molntyre 
Jack Norton Co 
McCarthy Sistera 
V A B Stanton 
Uailey A Cowan 
Meehan's Dogs 
Grace Doro 

SAN FRANCISCO 

0«lden Gate 

(Sunday opening) 
Morton A Glass 
Flirtation 
Dill Robinson 
DeWitt Burns A T 
Lea Gellis 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Dugan A Raymond 
Folsom A D Band 
Wayne A Warren 
Bernard A Garry 
Brlc Zardo 
Little Billy 
Florenla 

SEATTLE 

Orpheam 

(Sunday oi cning) 

. , , as 



Barry Twlna 
Bobby Barry 
Hayataka Broa 
White A Beck 
Marcelle C'reene Co 
Margaret Merle 
Flo Talbot 
Mae Meyera 

Harlem O. H. 
Whirl of New York 

Cummings A .Shaw 
Florence Schubert 
Purcella Bros 
Kyra 

Keno A Green 
Kranz A White 
Olga A Mishka 
Novell! Broa 

BROOKLYN 
Crescent 
20th Century Rev 

Four Mnrx Bros 
Marie Rossi 
Mekar Stamford 
Royal Ballet 

ASTORIA, L. I. 

Astoria 

(Boro Park. Br'k- 
lyn. split) 

Int half 
Midnite Revela 

Whipple Si Huston 
Purcell & Ramsey 
Riggs A Witchle 
Claire Dcvlne Co 
Three (jhuma 
George Mayo 

NEWARK. N. J, 

Keeney'a 

Stolen SweetH 

Watson Sisters 
Steppe A ONeil 
Berk A Brazil 
KInKs Syncopation 
De Koch Trio 

WASHINGTON 

Belaseo 
Spire of Life 

Sylvia Clark 
Kramer A Boyle 
Frank Gaby 
Julia Kelety 
Pell* A Walker 
3 Walnwright Sla 

ALTOONA. FA. 
Mlahler 

(18-1») 

(Same bill playa 
Weller. Zanesville. 



ST. LOUIS 

Empreaa 

(Sunday opening) 
Reunited 

Weber A Pields 
Chas T Aldrlch 
Lynn Cantor 
Sid Gold 
I^dellas 
Ruth Thomas 



Bennington A Sc't 
Golettl's Monkeys 
}^9 Morse 
Dolly's Dream 
Leon A Dawa 
Nevina A Gordon 
Welch A Peteraon 
(One to Oil) 

VIctMlA 

ManlUoa 

Lee Morae 

J K Bmmett Co 

Wilson A McAvoy 

Dolly's Dream 

2d half 
Tallin A Newell 
Margaret Farrell 
BAB Adair 
Lew Wilson 
Stolen Sweets 

Lineoln Sq. 
BAD Wilson 
Matthews A Ayrea 
Jack Inglis 
Baraban Groha Co 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Bader I^Velle Tr 
McCormack A R 
Jaa Grady Co 
drowning A Davis 
FlcVcher Clayton Co 



Headllners 

Benny Harrlsbn Co 

Flckard's Seals 

2d half 
Manna Bros 
Roeber A Gold 
Clinton A Rooney 
(One to nil) . 

Warwick^ 
Manns Bros 
Lee Maaon <>» 
Billy Saxton Co 
Tom McRae (^ 
(One to nil) 
2d half 
LaBelge Duo 
Art Smith 
Turner A Jocelyn 
Tower A Darrel) 
(One to nil) 

ASTORIA. L. I. 
Aatoria 

2d half 
DeNoel Broa 
Henry A Adelaide 
Leddy A I.>eddy 
Klnrfberley A Page 
Frank Mullane 
Baraban Grohs Co 

ATI^NTA 
Grand 



MONTREAL 

Laew 

Reo A Helmar 
RAH Walser 
Hasei Haslam Ca 
Pox A Britt 
At the Party 

NEWARK 

State 
Weis Troupe 



Rainbow A Moh'wk 
Grey A Byron 
Grant Gardner 

OTTAWA ' 

Locw 

Bellts Duo 
Stephens A Br'n'lle 
Homer Ltnd Co 
Harry Bewl^y Co 
Sparka of Broadw'y 



MARGUERITE DeVON 

''Stappin' Around" Co. 

IXCLUSIVX DIRBCriON OF 
WEBCR 4 FRIEDLANOER 



Hayes A Brown 
GAB Parks 
Adier A Dunbar 
Strlckland'a Boya 

NEW ORLEANS 

Creacent 

Stanley A Attre 
Cleveland A C'rtn'y 
Henshaw A Avery 
8erve-U-Four 




ClUCAGO 

Englewood 

(Sunday opening) 
Oh What a Girl 

Klein Bros 
Manhattan Trio 
Horton A La Triska 
Buddy Doyle 
Marie Stoddard 
Moran A Wiser 

DETROIT 

Detroit O. H. 

(SUhday opening) 
Plenty of Pep 

Chas Howard Co 
BAM Williams 
Dewey A Rogers 
Townes A Franklyn 
Bmii Casper 
Dolly Morrissey 
John Qulgg 

TORONTO 

PHnoess 
Hello Everybody 



JESSE FREEMAN AGENCY 

C:iIARLES YATES, Manager 

1413 MsMsie Temple Cmtral 0246 CHICAGO 

Doohlnt Eicliulvely i»lth W.V.M.A.. B. T. Keith's 

(^V<^t«m) EzcliMnfe, Orpbtum «im1 AfflUatfcins. 



MAX RICHARD 

•ATS:— "You will have a Merry Xmas 
and a Prosperous New Tear — if you will 
let me book you over the W. V. M. A. 
and B. F. Keith (West)." 

1413 <'apltol Bldg. (Masonie Temple) 
CHK AGO Phone Central 0244 



Anderson A Burt 
Bdith Clifford 
Lloyd Nevsdo 
Heras A Wills 
Marion Weeks «ro 
B Whitelcdga 

MILWAIKEK 

Palare 

Ous Edwards 

Cahlll A Roinaine 

Eight Blue Demons 

Sandy 

Paul Decker 

Wilson Aubrey 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Hennepin 

(Sunday opening) 
Kdlfh T.iHaferrj 
Fr'nklyn Charles Co 
Patty Shelley 
Senator P'ord 
Valand Gamble 
Corinne 

"troirrro 

NEW ORLEANS 

Orpheam 

(Sunday npeninp) 
DeLyle Alda 
ciintoii Si<)t( rs 
Bird t'abarct 
Mons Olean 
Alexandria 
H D Wilder 
T.eo Donnelly Co 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

Orpheam 

" (Sutrdav bpening) 



Eddie Leonard Co 
Hallen A Rusorii 
TuBcano Bros 
Mallta Bart 
Proflteering 
Billy Dale 
Quixy Four 

SIOl X CITY. lA. 

Orpheum 

Will Morrl:i 

Smith Af .Strong 

Fisher &. Gilmore 

i-"!asheH 

Yorke A King 

Herbert A Dare 

:d half 
O'Donnell A Blair 
Joiiia's Hnwaiians 
lOthera to nil> 

VANCOrVER. IJ.C, 

Orpheum 

noscoe Ails Co 
Wilfred Clark 

l'.<rr Fitzgibbois 
Kii.l - Miiler 
El Rcy SIM em 
Jack Hanl'y 

T>ie l»'*!)lors 

niNNIPHi 
Orpheum 

Leu Ti 11' K*-n ' ' > 

Sp<n. • r & AVni'.-.rrj 

I>angf il K I'r- *.'.:? 

H«-rber-i 

M & V MlUtr 

ViBR< r <!) ' •■ 

Alan i3tnw ^«|1L^ 



20-21; Court. 
Whaeirn"g. 22-23) 

Trvublea of 1922 

George Joss*;! 
Courtney Sisters 
Ann Codes 
Ann Lowcnworth 
Sam Bennett 
Manuel A Edwards 
Gertrude Hayes Jr 

PITTSBURGH 

Aldine 

Steppiii' Around 

James C Morton 
Ventour Bros 
Harry Bloom 
Mortons 
Harry Roye Co 
Bard A Pearl 

(Open Week) 
Gimme a Thrill 
Oeorgle Price 
Gardiner Trio 
Gene Barnes 
Herbert A Baggctt 
Sorel A Gluck 
Tip Top Four 
Byron A Langdon 
Nanlne A De Faye 

CLEYELANO 

State 

(Sunday opening) 
Nora Bayes 
Bert Baker Co 
Hannaford Family 
HAG Ellsworth 
3 Pasquali Bros 
Billy McDermott 
Peggy Carhart 
Richard Wally 

CHICAGO 

Garrlck 

(Sunday opening) 

Midnight Rounder«4 

.Smith A l>.'i!*> 
Green & Hlyler 
Regal & Mooro Co 
Jack Ktrouse 
I^ola Chalfont 



Co 



^ 

GerU"ude Hoffman 
HAW Lander 
McCoy A Walton 
Carey Bannnn A N 
Billy Rhodes 

BUFFALO 

Criterion 
Snoeesa 

Abe Reynolda 

Nonette 

Ben Hoimei 

Reno 

Warrrp A O'Brien 

Bernarl A Scarth 

Open Week 

Carnival of Fan 

Alfred Latell 
Clark A Verdi 
De Wolf GirH 
Clemon Belling 
Roman Troupo 
Bell Hamlson 
Jack R'^ld 

WORC^TER 

Worcester 

(Bijou, Fall R->*r, 
split) 
1st half 
Rose Girl 

Arco B'os 
Althoff Sistera 
Louis Simon 
Llbby A SparroT 
Shep Camp 
Harry Coleman 
Robert Halllday 

BOSTON 

Majestic 

Main Street Follies 

Kred Ardath 
Three Dalsce 81s 
Morris .<■ •"'.•\mpbell 
Contmodore Band 

Open Week 
Erhoe<i of Broadw'y 

Rddie N»'!son 
Irving <) Hay 
Nip A Fletcher 



Greeley Sq. 

Chas Gibbs 
Jerome A France 
Roberts A Boyne 
Grace Cameron Co 
Jazz Jubll£e 

2d Ifalf . 
B'kaway Barlowea 
Telaak A Dean 
Lillian Steele Co 
Jack Inglis 
(One to fill) 

Dclancey St. 

Hoffman A Jessie 
Clark A O'Neill 

aarvey DeVora S 
lie Vanity Co 
2d halt 
Ed Gingras 
Dodd A Nelson 
Wilson A MCAvoy 
Nelson A Barrya 

National 

Ed Gingras Co 
Charlotte Meyera 
E A E Adair 
JAB Page 

2d half 
Pickard's Seals 
Mardo & Rome 
Matthews A Ayrea 
Jazz Jubilee 

Orpheum 

Theodore Trio 
Dodd A Nelson 
Nevlns A Gordon 
Lew Cooper 
Goletti's Monkvys 

2d half 
Stanley Trip A M 
Charlotte Meyers 
Gilberts & Armnt'g 
Wtber & Elliott 
Cam in Co 

Boulevard 

Randow Trio 
B A L Walton 
LAM Hart 
Chas F Seamon 
Stolen Sweets 



Edwards A Allen 
Dreon Sla 

Little Lord Roberts 
McCormack A I 
Joe DeKoe Troupe 

2d half 

Chas Wiles 
Holly A Lee 
Morning Glories 
Blliott A West 
Pattersons 

BALTIMORE 

Hippodrome 

Leo Zarrell Duo 
Irving A Blwood 
Geo Alexander Co 
Permalne A Shelly 
Lillle Faulkner Co 

BIRMINGHAM 

* BIJoa 

LeRoy Bros 
Fid Gordon 
Gardner A Revere 
Maley A Singer 
Felix Herman Co 

2d half 
Edwards A Allen 
Dreon Sis 

Little Lord Roberta 
McCormack A I 
Joe DeKoe Troupe 

BOSTON 

Howard 

Joe Fan ton Co 
Leonard A Culver 
Calvin A O'Connor 
Cupid's Close-up 
Eddie Foyer 
Bits of Dance Hits 

BrFFALO 

State 

Jeanette A Norm'ns 
Manuel Romaine 3 
■ddie Heron Co 
Fraxer A Bunce 
St Clair Twins Co 



Powell Gilmore Co 

2d half 
Dalley Broa 
B'thwcll Browne Co 

GUS SUN CIKCUIT 



PROVIDENCE 

^mery 

Aronty Bros 
Irene Trevette 
Tom Martin Co 
Mabel Biondell Rev 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Willie Karbe A Sis 
University Trio 
A A L Barlow 
Fred Gray Co 
Bobby Van Horn 
Dublin Trio 

SP'GFIELD, MASS. 
Broadway 

Willie Karbe A Sis 
University Trio 
A A Ji Barlow 
Fred Cray Co 
Hobby Van Horn 
Dublin Trio 

2d half 
Aronty Bron 
Irene Trevette 
Tom Martin Co 
Mabel Biondell Rev 
(Two to fill) 

TORONTO 

Yonge St. 

Brgottl A Herman 
Warman A Mack 
Frey A Rogora 
K«-atlng A Ross 
Stepping Around 

WASHINGTON 

Straml 

Australian Delsoa 

Nat Burns 

Bckhoff A Gordon 

Adrirn 

Mme DuBarry Co 



(One ta flU) 
WAnv.o, N. D. 

Grand 

Firman A Olamlth 
Vernon 

Marcua A Lea 
Nippon Duo 

2d half 
Del Baity A Jap 
Wlile Bros 

GALESl|l'RG. ILL. 

Orpheum 

Bert Howard 
Pigs la Piga 
(One to fill) 

2d half , 
Selblnl A Grovlnl 
Hughle Clark 
Tints A Tones 

G'D ISL.\ND, NEB. 

Majestic 

Keefe A Lillian 

John Neff 

C A T Harvey 

2d half 
Chadwick A Taylor 
Jason A Harrlgan 
Fivo Ballota 

JOLII^T, ILL. 

Orpheum 

Edwin George 
Alden A Sandell Sis 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Seymo'r A Jeanette 
(Two to fill) 

JOPLIN, MO. 

Eleetrie 

Clark A Manning 
The Halkinga 
2d half 
Dougal A Leary 
Swift A Daley 

KAN. CITY, KAN. 

EJpctrlo 

BrlscTJo A Austin 
Ramsdells A Deyo 

2d half 
Kelly A Kozle 

KAN. CITY, UO. 

Globe 

Roshler A Muffs 
Arthur Lloyd 
Moran Sisters 
2d half 
Kurzcne A Vonia 
Bennett A Lee 
Mascot 



BUFFALO 

Lafayette 

Rial A Lindstrom 
Four Susana 
Katoushka 
Bert Walton 
Rita Boya 

DUNKIRK, v. T. 

Park 

The Vivians 
Newport Stlrk A P 
Speaker Lewis 
Olympia DesvaU Co 
(One to nil) 

GENEVA. N. Y. 

Temple 
Strong A Ryder 



Carter A Cornish 
Frlsh Howard A 1* 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Roatlna A Barrett 
Taylor Maccy A H 
Ruyollten 
(One to fill) 

ROCHESTER, N.Y. 

Victoria 

Strong A Ryder 
Roatlna A Barrett 

2d half 
Parish A Peru 
Zelgler Sistera 

WT'RTOWN, N. Y. 
Avon 



rEORIA. IIJU 

Orpheaoa 

Luater Broa •^ 

Billy Doaa 
Hinger'a Midget* 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Milner A KIlby ReT 
Ja £>a Trio 
Singer'a Midgets 
(Two to nil) 

QIINCY. n.L. 

Orpheam 

Selblnl A Orovlnl 
Hughle Clark 
Tinta A Tone* . . 
2d half ^ ; 
Bert Howard "? '^ 
Piga la Pigs 
(One to nil) 

RACINE. WIS. • 

Rlalte 

Sealo 

Glencoo Sistera 
De Marcos A Band 
(Two to nil) 

ROCKFORD, ILL. 

Palace 

Drlscoll Long A R 
Let's Go 

Hon Andy Qump 
Four Erretos 
(Two to nil) 

2d half 
Kilkenny Trio 
Christie A Bennett 
Jeweil'a Manikins ' 
(Three to filf) 

ST. JOE. MO. 

Electric 

Paul Howard 
Fenwick Oirls 
Hlbbert A Nugent 
George Lovett Co 

:d half 
Davia A Bradner 
Smith Brothers 
Arthur Lloyd 
George Lovett Co 

ST. LOUIS 
Columbia 

Hubert Dyer Co 
Dressier A Wilson 
Day at the Movies 
Leighton A DuBall 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Maxon A Morris 
Moran Sla A N 
Day at the Movies 






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PANTAgES CIRCUIT 

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Prices within reason to the profsasion. 

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Second fioor over Drug Store 

Entrance < W. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



DARLMacBOYLE 

Bxcluaive Material of Every Description. 

ON HAND OR TO ORDER, 
lie W. 4tth St.. N. T. City: Bryant UU 



Del A Edna Elliott 
Frlsh Howard A T 

MASSENA, N. Y. 

Strand 

(18-19) 
Herbert A Binet 
Louise Mayo 
Bergm'n M'Kenna 3 

NL\GARA FALLS 
Cataract 

The Vivians 



Weston's Models 
Joe Whitehead 
Helm A I> Sisters 
Muer A Gillen 
Zelgler Sisters 

2d half 

Arthur Huston Co 
WalEh A Bentiey 
McNeill A Ford 
Frances A Hunie 
I ;^even Happy Oirls 



WESTERN VAUDEVILLE 



ARCHIE 



and' 



GERTIE 



B. F. Keith Vaud«vill« 



CINCINNATI 

Hiiubert 

tSumlfiy opening) 
Frolics of lt»22 



Murray Sisters 
GeofRe Strenel 
Ethel Davis 
FlV'j Haneys 



LOEW CIECUIT 



NEW YORK CITY 

SlittC 

PkKfords 

M.''tr r.ack t K 

hotber K GokI 

»;ordoj & II»>P y 

Milo 

Uovs of T-onir ••.; • 

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nanilow Tno 
• Jrrk Af 0'K»i)l 
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Mile Vanity Co 
American 

W A II Hri.>' n 
Whe;ler & l>iJ.on 
Stanley Tnp «.- M 
■]"• 'asl: A I>»uii 
4 *i\i< < ns .V .loWrr 
MarB.-irit rj.rr.il 
\\ «bf r A- Gllio't 
L-on JL Mitx- 
tone ;o fil> 
id h«:r 
iV:«c€Si Rtos 



Id half 
Swain's Animals 
Howard A White 
Tilyou A Rogera 
4 Queens A Joker 
(One to fill) 

Avenne B 
LaBelge Duo 
KIbel A Kane 
Mardo A Rome 
Clinton A Rooney 
(One lo fill) 

2d half 
Lucille GlUtte Co 
Melroy Sis 
The Hradllnera 
J A D Page 

BROOKLYN 

Metropolitan 

Tartin A Newell 

Bennington A Sc't 

Rudinuff 

Wf-lrh A P»'terson 

Greenwifli Villgrri 

2d half 
Chan 'iibbs 
B A L Walton 
J K Emn.ftt Co 
Grace "'.flm'ron Co 
P.oyal Fckln Tr 

Fulton 
Mack & Brantley 
Hope \ernon 
The Litti* L!ar 
Tilyou A Rogers 
(On© to fill) 

2d half 
PrevoKt A Ooelet 
Jerome A Franco 
\Vm H 'rurn«^r «'o 
B»»nny ITarr'sOn ''o 

tiotes 

%'• Iroj s,** 

III V fdrfc* 

Ro^n; I't l.ii.K Tr 
«;..ir..' A Ward 

RudiTK'lf V 
Hob* I ; ► •'. Bov ne 

•.;rt'n'-i<h \ .Igen 

Palnre • 

nual lir. s ' 

ArieTtv-tto 



CHICAGO 

RIalto 

Tou'd Be Surprised 

HOBOKRN. N. J. 

Loew 

Three Odd Chaps 
Klmber>y A Page 
Holden A Herron 
Grey A Bell 
(One to fill) 

2d half ' 
Mysterious OMette 
Chaa F Seamon 
AVhen We Grow Up 
Worsley A HiDyer 
Dancing Shoes 

DAYTON 

I.ACW 

Freer Baggott A F 
Connors A Boyne 
Wm A Weston Co 
Olive Bayes 
Olga A Nicholas 

LONDON, CAN. 

liOew 

The Woodf'ns 
Jim Tim Crowley 
Heath A Sperling 

2d half 
I.e FJ^ur A Portia 
Armstrong A Tyson 
llaw)<;ni K Mr.fl; 

MEMPHIS 

State 

Dalley Bros 
Rainbow A Moh'wk 
Grey A Byron 
Grart <;ar<lner 
H'lhw*-*! I*rown* « "o 

:<] hftif 

I.* Roy nrou 
KI<1 Gordon 
Carilner & Revere 
>tRl»'y A *lnner 
Felix Herman «'o 

MII.WM'KER 

Miller 

Peres A La Flor 
Wir.iam Di<K 
.Stateroom Nineteen 
Klass A Brilliant' 
Wyatt s Lads A L 



tHICAGO 

American 

1st half 
Ray A Edna Tracy 
Mr A Mrs SIgfried 
Frank Devoo Co 
Youth A Mflody 
(Four to fill) 
KedxIe 
Crystal Bennett Co 
Al Lester Co 
Seymo'r A Jeanette 
Graduation Day 
(Two to fill) 
• 2d half 
Hill A Qulnnell 
Bluebird Revue 
Johnny's New Car 
(Three to fill) 

Lincoln 

Mumford A Stanley 
(Five to fill) 
2d half 
Youth A Melody 
Frank Devoe Co 
(Four to fill) 

Majestic 
CorrfAlinl'n Animals 
nal»>y A Burch 
Bobby Jackson Co 
Harry Gilbert 
Carnival of Venice 
Creedon A Davis 
Adeline Hermann 
(One to fill) 



Skelly Halt Revue 
Werner Anioroa S 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Carney A Rose 
Gene A Mignon 
Ernest Hialt 
(Two to fill) • 

CENTRALIA, ILI.. 

(*rand 
Dressier A Wilson 
Jack Upton 
Crystal Bennett Co 

CHAMPAIGN. ILL. 

Orpheam 

2d half 
T>u»fer Bros 
Fagg A White 
Blllle Gerber Rer 
The Volunteers 
Dave Manley 
(One to fill) 

CR'KHT-N. MINN. 

Grand 

FIrm'n A Oldsm'th 

Vernon 

Nippon Duo 



L'VENW'TH, KAN. 

Orpheam 

Kursene A Vonia 
Kelly A Kosie 
Hardy Broa 
Moore A Kendall 
Maacot 

LINCOLN. NEB. 

IJberty 

Keefe A Lillian 
Chadwick A Taylor 
Perclval Noel Co 
John NefT 
Five Ballots 

2d half 
Les Arados 
Royal A Valentine 
Robt H Hodge Co 
OAT Harvey 

MADISON. WIS. 

Orpheam 

Kilkenny Trio 
Christie A Bennett 
Jewell's Manikins 
(Three to fill) 

2d hatf 
Drlscoll Long A II 
Let's Oo 

Hon Andy Gump 
Four Erretos 
(Two to fill) 

MILWAl KEE 

Mo Jest le 

Larimer A Hudson 
Louis I^ondon 
O Hand worth Co 
Kingston A Bbner 
Keno Kcyes A M 
J C Lewis Jr Co 
Tyler A Croliua 
Carl Rosin 1 Co 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Seventh St. 
Hollin Sisters 
Harry Garland 
Manteli'B Manikins 
Afargaret A Morreii 
Mrs Eva Fay 
Senator Murphy 
I.rf>hoen A Dupreeca 



Le/Hngwell A Lsom 
(One to fill) 

Graad 

Joe Melvin 
Babe A Tom Payne 
Waiter Fishter Co 
Bobby Henshaw 
Pantheon Singers 
Mills A Duncan 
Jack Osterman 
Evelyn Phillips Co 
Crth'r'ne Sinclair Co 

RIalto 
Fagc A Whlta 
Ambler Bros^ 
(Four to nil) i- , 

2d half 
Bill Doss I , 

Song^ A Sccnav . 
(Four to fill) , 

SO. BEND, IHD.' 

Palace 

Al Moore A Band 
Ishlkawa Broa 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Henry Walthall Co 
Three Weber Oirls 
(Three to fill) 

fPR'GFlELD, ILL* 

Bfojestlc 
Songs A Scenes 
Dave Manlev 
O Emmy Animals 
(Three to fill) 

2d hnl'f 
Snow & Hicnworth 
Edwin (ifd-KQ 
Tango Shoen 
(Three to fill) 

•^PR'GFIELD, MO. 
Electric 

Dougal A I^ary 
Swift A Daley 

2d half ^ 
Clark A Manning 
The Halklngs 

T'RE HArTE. IND. 
Hippodrome 

Althea Lucas Ce 
Snow A SIgworth 



VERA VAN ATTA 

•. ■' (THE ENCORE) 

Assisted by BOBBY HENSHAW and Hla 

"Uke'— Orpheum Circuit 



DAVENPORT, 

Columbia 

2d half 
Parl.er Bron 
\V»-ni<>r Ainoros 



lA. 



RICH HAYES 

THE LAZY CLOWN 

PT.AVINC; KEITH THEATRES 
Direction: U. B. MAKINELLl 



ABERDEEN. H. D. 

Orplieunfi 

Firm n A Oldsmiih 

Vernon 

Marcus A Lee 

Nippuu Duo 

BL*MIN<iT'N. ILL. 

Majestic 

Te Da Trio 
Mllnrr A Kilby Re\ 
(One to fill) 

lid half 
Aldrn A 8and< 11 Sis 
Moor-- A Kendai 
C Emmy Anln«uls 

CDR RATJDS, I A, 

Majcetlo 

The ArUjra 



Skflly He.t R'^vue 
Dav< Ferguson Co 

(Two io flli) 

DIRIQIE. lA. 

Majestic 
I >•«»'# Winwtit 
< ■« rn' ' A Ro»p 
I>rivc I'r r,TUi;<:ii < " 
Franl^ Hh» parti 
<»• ne A Mignon 

ELtilN. ILL. 

Rlulto 

MrtHon A Morri" 
Davj' !Inrris Bi';:d 
' tOn« to fill) 

2d half 
Dnv* Winnie 
lr'iiM.Jf ,K^tsy i;»ij 



NORFOLK. NEB. 

New Grand 
Royal A Valentine 
Chadwick A Taylor 
Five Ballots 

X2d half 
Will Morris 
Barry A I^ayton 

OMAHA, NEB. 

Empress 

Jn«on A Harrigan 
Robt H Hodge Co 
Will A Mary Rogers 
Anl;cr Trio 

2d half 
Keefe A Lillian 
P NoeK A Bru 
John NefT 

ONHKOSir. WI8. 
(;mMd O. If. 

n A E Dcveri aux 
Wild A Hedalia 
CrindfU .V Esther 
» l^ we t e Sll> 



Hugo Lutgens 
Boganny's fVAed'a* 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Burnum 

Morgan Wooley Ca 
Ishlkawa Bros 
(Three t(i fill) 

TOPEKA, KAK. 

Novelty 

Davis A Bradner 
Kelly A Kozle 
Kurzene A Vonia 
Bennett A Lee 
Mascot 

2d half 
Brlsf^on A Austin 
Ramsdells A Dcjre 
.Jimmy r)unn 
Ankar Trio 

WICHITA, KAN. 

Miller 

-^«rry A Her Olrla- 



PANTAGES CIECUIT 



MiWKAPOLIS 

Pantages 

• ^"uiKUty o|>«ning) 
San l»l'^i?o Trio 
White A Barry 
MautU; Lrona Co 
ildrry Hin<-s 



ST. PAFL 

Pantageo 

T he J.,umars 
Maior Rhodes 
I'hil brick A DcVee 
Ruth Budd 
Sherman Van A H 



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28 



VARIETY 



All mattar in 

CORRESPONDENCE 

rofart to currant 

week unlata 

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' indicatad. 




VARiBTY'S 

CHICAGO 

OFFICE 

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Thaatra Bldg. 



KopMo Tucker for a second week 
at the Palace and scoring just as 
big a hit as the first w^ek. It Is a 
(iplendid bill. Every mimber but 
the last has comedy in it. 

Ida Mae Chadwick and her Dad 
did a g-ood act Sunday afternoon, 
and when Ida came before the cur- 
tain In response to an encore and 
explained that ^he had reached the 
theatre late and her music had been 
lost, requiring the orchestra to play 
without either music or r^-'hearsal. 
It could hardly be credited that 
euch an act could have been put 
over under such circumstances. 
Miss Chadwiok's tribute to the or- 
chestr.i was nicely done and richly 
deserved. 

Jack and Jessie Gib.son opon the 
Bhow with performance on unicyclos 
which i.s seemingly impossible to 
outdo and give the offering a touch 
of delightful comedy. Williams and 
Taylor, colored, dance themselves 
into fay or. 

Howard Smith, Mildred Barker 
and Lillian SchnafTcr in a comedy 
skit started a little slow, but took 
an unusual turn at the vital point 
in the act which made it acceptable. 
The Chadwicks were fourth. 

Frank Hurst and Eddie Voight 
held the stage for 23 minutes, and 
everything they did was well re- 
ceived. Miss Tucker holds sixth 
place.- 

Billy B. Van and James J. Corbett 
next to closing had no changes of 
recent years, but were well re- 
ceived. They closed with the jest 
about Mr. Ford's car being out 
front, and it was rewarded with a 
certain amount of laughter in spite 
of the fact that It la being worked 
to death. 

The Lamont Trio, a wire-walking 
number, brought the performance to 
A close. There is a little miss who 
stands out in this offering, although 
the tricks performed Include a high 
Jump by the man whi#h received 
due appreciation. 



time in the gathering of questions 
but getting right down to the meat 
uf the act, giving information and 
advice here and there, with fre- 
quent comedy interpolations and 
enough advice to mystify. 

Cahill and Romalne are a com- 
bination of blackface comic and 
imitating and speech-making Italian 
character. The comedy is the strong 
r)0int of the offering. The black- 
face does the best bluff at singing 
iioard in some time. He carries a 
.«ong through with occasional out- 
l)ursts of falsetto without ever com- 
iner anywhere near singing. His 
associate has a fair tenor voice, and 
h:s burlesque political talk is done 
splendidly. 

The Marmein Sisters, assisted by 
Miss lluth Marr. soprano. (Resented 
the elaborate dance offering re- 
.cently seen at the Palace, and the 
pantomime, serious dramatic effcrt 
and talk contributed towards mak- 
ing the splendid dancing the more 
appreciated. 

F'aul Decker and Co., a four- 



recent bills have had at least one 
high-class singing act. 

Keno. Keys and Melrose offer 
their familiar fun with splendid 
laughter and applause reward. 

Frankie Kelcey and Co. in "A 
Braznian Heiress* 'occupy sixth 
place on the bill. 

Rita and Murrel, an unknown act, 
is the hit of the bill at the Rialto 
this week, and one more medal must 
be awarded to Chief Hoakura. Mon- 
day night Helen Pingree found it 
almost impossible to follow the 
mans comedy. The Loew show at 
the Rialto this week consists of 
Froar. Baggott and Frear, Connofs 
and Boyne, William Weston and Co.. 
Olive Bayes and Jack Smith, and 
Olga and Nickolas. The Chicago 
bookings are Helen -Pingree, Terrami 
Jups, Faye and Noel. Rita and Mur- 
rel and Ash and Franks. 

THe Terrami Japs do a routine 
which is common enough among 
such acts, but the manipulation of a 
barrel with the feet by one of the 



CORRESPONDENCE 

The cities under Correspondence in Ihis issue af Variety ara 



as follows, and on pages: 

BALTIMORE 31 

BOSTON 29 

BUFFALO 33 

CHICAGO 28 

CLEVELAND 31 

DENVER 31 

DETROIT ...: 33 

INDIANAPOLIS 33 

KANSAS CITY 32 



MONTREAL ....;...: 30 

PITTSBURGH 96 

ROCHESTER 33 

SAN DIEGO 36 

SAN FRAI^CISCO 28 

SPOKANE 32 

ST. LOUIS 32 

SYRACUSE 30 

WASHINGTON 33 



Friday, December 15, 1922 ^| 



which la ideal entertainment for 
vaudeville appealinsr to the masaes. 

The Ishatkawa Japs, four men, 
close the performance with a rou- 
tine which embraced tricks more 
or less similar to those previously 
exhibited by Charles Polley and 
Keno. Keys and Melrose, but in 
spite of this registered strongly. 

Gene and Mignon and Cleveland 
and Dowry were not seen at the 
Sunday night performance. 

John Q. Burch, mana^.er of Mc- 
Vicker's for Jones, Linlck & 
Schaefer, haa appointed George 
Burdick as his first assistant and 
Jack Hunt, recently assistant man- 
ager at the Orpheum, as second as- 
sistant 



SAN FRANCISCO 

VARJETY'S &AN FRANCISCO 
^ OFFICE 

PANTAGES TilEATltE UL'ILOINO 



people sketch, and John and Winnie 
Hennings were not seen in this 
particular show. 



Gus Edwards' "Song Revue" is 
the headline attraction at the State- 
Lake this week. At the first per- 
formance Sunday Johnny Hennings. 
of John and Winnie Hennings. did 
double laughing duty with the big 
< act. At the last show Monday night 
the revue followed the Marmein 
Sisters act, a rather peculiar ar- 
rangement of the bill, and possibly 
for this reason the clas.^ic dancing 
number of the revue was eliminated. 

Selbini and Grovini open the show 
with dancing, singing, tumbling, 
hand-to-hind balancing, hat jug- 
gling, devil stick manipulating, 
phy.sical culture, bicycle riding, etc.. 
displaying versatility a.>*tonishing 
and showmanship which is admir- 
able. In addition to all this the act 
has splendid comedy value. 

Sandy, the wee Scotch comic of 
the Gus Edwards act. Is second, and 
while his efforts did not got such 
big returns here as when at the 
Palace recently, he did nic-fly. 

Mrs. Eva Fay hold third i)laco 
"With the answering of queries of 
those in the audience, losing no 



REGARDS TO EVERYBODY 

M. L 8ALOMO.V. brother of N.d Salo- 
mon, formerly manaf^er of the I>a S.ille 
Theatre. Chlraco. has opened an unusual 
THIRD Floor Clothe* Shop for profea- 
■lonal men Jn the North Americun Build- 
ing. Chicago. 

He Invites all you artorji to take the 
elevator to RICHARDS Ct.OTHKS SHOP 



Frankie Kelcey in "A Brazilian 
Heiress" is the hit at the Majestic 
this week, and registers a success 
that Justifies her being featured in 
the billing matter, rather unusual, 
as in the last few weeks the billing 
has centered on "eight acts" rather 
than on names. Miss Kelcey is a 
nut comedienne who has developed 
certain lines of fun-making through 
several years. All of these ha\*e 
been ingenuously worked into an 
act In which half a dozen -chorus 
girls back her up. and a couple of 
straight men make the plot stand 
out enough to get away from the 
common variety of .song aftd dance 
revue. 

Charles and Helen Polley open 
the show with varied efforts in 
which the contortion feats of Mr. 
Polley stand out. The act smacks 
of small time. 

Allen Lester and Co. (a girl) do 
travesty and' kidding before a spe- 
cial drop, confining their efforts 
mainly to talk. This act also 
.-macks of small time, as the 
Majestic is now small time. 

Weir and Crest obtain many 
laughs with a familiar presentation 
of a straight and an Italian charac- 
ter, which Is along lines that have 
h0'>n firmly established, but which 
never seem to fail to score with 
popular-priced patrons of vaude- 
ville. 

Kmbs and Alton combine vocal 
and instrumental muslo into an 
off»»rlng which was well received 
and provided the nearest thing to 
hlgh-clas» music that this week's 
Itill affords, which is unusual, asj 



to aee 



ItoTSv; 



I Sys tcm Clothes 

PorYountJ Men.S^ADAgea 
Amerira'd Moet I>ii«tlnetire Style C'lothen. 



two chaps is done in such splendid 
time with the music that it stands 
out. 

Connors and Boyle have some fine 
material which, if properly arranged, 
might carry them to better time. 
Their department store sotig and 
chatter registered a big laughing 
hit: the man's boasts of his wife 3 
ability to buy him clothes at a bar- 
gain scored, and the side movement 
of the curtain offered novelty. 

Ash and "Franks, first as a "dope" 
and a Jew, and later as straight 
singer and parodist, with the He- 
brew comic providing the comedy, 
obtained many laughs, both with the 
act proper and with parodies, being 
emphatically called back for a third 
one. 

Olga and Nickolas offer a dancing 
routine in which double ballet, a 
single toe dance by the man. an 
oriental dance on the toes by the 
girl and joint Russian effort figured. 
It is a satisfactory offering for 
houses where the audience Is not too 
critical. 

Rita and Murrel have a comedy 
offering which might not stand In- 
.cpoctlon from some viewpoints, but 
which if judged from laughter re- 
turns is okeh. The girl opens with 
a mock balled and the fellow Is thus 
introduced as a boob rube. They 
burlesque a band 'for a finish and 
the man plays a rigged-up trom- 
bonlsh Instrument with cymbals at- 
tached to his knees and. while play- 
ing, leans uatil his slide nearly 
touches the floor, and then clianges 
his position and does the same stunt 
leaning over the footlights, with his 
slide going down lower than the 
level of the stage. 



The Orpheum looked light in the 
billing for this week although the 
show t>alanced well and swung along 
entertainingly. Adele Rowland head- 
lined and her reception Justified it. 
Her success seemed due to her 
winning manner and delightful style. 
Miss Rowland displayed some 
gorgeous gowns which supple- 
mented by her method of delivery 
made the actual song routine un- 
important. She wa» accompanied 
by Charles Thorpe at the piano. 

Clfiude and Fanny Usher de- 
manded close attention, got it and 
though seen here In the same play- 
let before proved the most interest- 
ing act of the show. 'Flirtation." 
with Jack Debell and Jean Waters, 
was well presented by a trio of neat 
appearing couples. There are an 
abundance of laughs sprinkled, be- 
sides many familiar lines. It mat- 
ters not, however, as Debell and 
AUss Waters carry the skit safely 
by. 

Signor Friscoe, next to closing, 
was H big applaui^e winner with a 
well handled xylophone offering. The 
phonograph bit made a good novelty 
and he had the house in an uproar 
p'aying request nunibers at the 
finish. Alma N'ellson was in the 
closing position and it mitigated 
against the success of this merit- 
orious act. ,Her remarkably clever 
buck high kicks won heavy appre- 
ciation from those remaining. 

Count Perrone and Trix Oliver, 
repeating, gave distinction ta the 
opening spot and caused a halt in 
proceedings by the way they were 
received. Little Billy was an out- 
standing feature of the running 
order. The miniature showman won 
the entire house solidly with his 
recitation al)Out the dog, as he 
handles it, bordering on being a 
classic. Les Gellis, in the second 
8t»ot. received the most applause of 
the bill. Their line of acrobatic work 
and method of presentation, com- 
bined with the comedy value derived 
through the presence of the little 
fellow, places this act in a class by 
itself and lAakes it worthy of any 
spot on whatever bill placed. 



w«ek that plays at top speed. Bus- 
iness demonstrated a vast improve- 
ment with « capacity aratherin* 
present Sunday > afternoon. Th« 
Great Maurice w^ switched to Oak- 
land afTd Coleman Goetz, In black- 
face, was an added starter. Goets 
offered some corking comedy num- 
bers that landed heavily. Some of 
the material was even too fast for 
these present. 

Eddie Harkness and his orchestra." 
formerly at the St. Francis hotel 
headlined and closed the show. The 
young leader with a nine-piece com- 
bination, including Rube Wolff, pre- 
sented an, attractive routine made 
up, mostly, of popular numbers. 
The boys were much appreciated 
and registered for numerous encores. 
Bensee and Baird stopped at every- 
thing when showing next to closing. 
Miss Baird's mugging Improves with 
age and is funnier than ever. The 
Tollman Revue is a pretentious 
dunce offering containing excellent 
talent and a speedy schedule. A 
sister team, a man. Miss Tollman 
and a feminine pianist comprise the 
artistic aggregation which Is suit- 
able for the best houses. Chabot 
and Tortonl scored decisivelj-. 
Chabot's comedy at the piano and 
excellent straight violin playing 
combined with Miss Tortoni's sing- 
ing and changes t>f costume made 
the duo strong favorites. Little 
Pipifix opened. The clown's pan- 
tomime and clever falls had them 
howling. The assistants also won 
appreciation for good straight acro- 
batics. # 






It's a comedy bill over at the 
Golden Gate that developed numer- 
ous show stoppers before the per- 
formance was over. Sunday after- 
noon saw a record crowd present 
with standees stalled away in every 
available section of the big house, 
Thompson was at the head cf the 
running order and his discourse on 
h<»a]ing pain by ner\e pressure was 
both interesting and entertaining. 

Dooley and Sales breezed through 
for a big laughing hit while Ade- 
laide Bell offered some fancy kick- 
ing And jazz dancing to healthy re- 
turns. Leo Beers made a decided 
Impression with his classy style of 
delivery of songs and witticisms at 
the keyboard. CJlenn and Jenkins 
were another big comedy succes.^. 

"Juggleland." consisting of a man. 
woman and child, presented straight 
juggling of clubs and hats but work- 
ed their way to a iiit when opetiing 
the entertainment. 



Mrs. Henrietta Jol.<Jon. former 
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VARIETY 










THIS 




PUTS YOU IN GOOD HUMOR 
WHETHER OR NOT ACTRESS 
HAS CREATED HAPPINESS 
CENTER— FOLKS, MEET MISS 
SUNSHINE, OTHERWISE MISS 
FRANCES KENNEDY 



At the Majestic Theatre This Week 
She's a Shining Light 



Hy Tlieatrci 



lEyBotsef 



r B. F. Keith 
[ Orphenm 



£. F. Albee 
Martin Beck 
J. J. Mordock 
Eddie Darling 
Frank Vincent 
Geo. Gottleib 



"Her particular hobby Is spread- 
ing sunshine both on and off the 
stage. And she's personality plus. 
She just stands up there on the 
stage and says clever and humorous 
things and prances around a bit. and 
the audience is in an uproar all the 
time. In addition, she's pretty. 
Miss Kennedy belongs to that class 
of people who put you in a good 
humor whether you want to be or 
not. Carrying her personality off 
the stage. Miss Kennedy has cre- 
ated a 'happiness center,' the John- 
son-Kennedy Estates, in Gary, In- 
diana, where steel mills abound. Its 
name is the 'Gay Mill Gardens,' 
quite appropriate to the institution 
as well as Miss Kennedy. 'The Gay 
Mill Gardens is the place where the 
young and old meet under clean, 
wholesome surroundings, and have 
clean, wholesome fun. They have 
their dances and their entertain- 
ments, which might otherwise be 
beyond their financial reach. The 
,Y. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A. and K. C.'b. 
ae well as other social agencies, co- 
operate in the undertaking. Which 
In somew^hat different from some 
folks' idea of an actress and her 
ambitions." — HOUSTON CHRON- 
ICLE, Oct. 29, 1J22. 



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Xy Go-Betweens 



Ky Columbni -! link fiumphiy 

Harry Weber 
Herman Weber 
New York 

Simon Agency 
Chicago 

y Modiste JMmd.Beaudry 
My Boosters T The Public 



FRANCES KENNEDY'S ROLE 

"The color is not made that could 
rival the hue of the gown in which 
Frances Kennedy opens the act 
which headlines the bill at B. F. 
Keith's. Miss Kennedy is billed as 
'the merriest comedienne.' She is 
charmingly funny and sparklingly 
clever, all of which the feihiinine 
portions of her audience recognize 
*in a detached or subconscious 
dort of way; for what is humor 
compared to the fascinations of a 
gown whtoh is a beauty master- 
piece? All over the house is heard 
whispered speculations as to its 
color, Its texture and its drape. 



Most argue that It is orange until 
the eye falls on orange and is con- 
vinced of its error. Some say it is 
velvet until a glance at velvet 
proves this is a slander. Some call 
it a draped princess until Us swag- 
ger simplicity is summed up, and 
the marvel grows at sight of the 
frosted blues and greens and crys- 
tals of the Egyptian girdle which, to 
indulge in alliterations, might be de- 
clared the only note of contrast in 
the 'sun-kist' red-gold of Miss Ken- 
nedy's radiant robe."— LOUISVILLE 
TIMES, Nov. 22, 1922. 



'iA celebrity of the holiday bill 
who lends distinction to this 
Thanksgiving offering is Francos 
Kennedy, whose visits to Akron 
have always been warxply welcomed, 
and this time particularly so, be- 
cause she comes with an entirely 
new act that is by far the best that 
she has ever had, In vaudeville. She 
presents a soilig monologue of her 
own conception, and it fits her orig- 
inal style of fun making to a T. 
Her marked accomplishment as an 
entertainer, her charming and viva- 
cious per.sonality, her versatility and 
her beautiful wardrobe combine in 
malcing her new offering one of the 
real delights of the season." — 
AKRON EVENING TIMES, Nov. 
29, 1922. ;-.: .;., -/•■ ,•■.'•-:■■ 'j 



"The roar number Is Frances 
Kennedy. The program Inscribes 
her as 'the merriest .comedienne.* 
Folks expect superlatives on pro- 
grams. When the superlatives are 
justified 'tis a happy event. This is 
a happy event. Miss Kennedy fairly 
bubbles with good humor that 
dashes to irifection in something 
under six second* flat." — AKRON 
BEACON JOURNAL, Nov. 28. 1922. 



FRANCES KENNEDY WINS 

"Do you want to know how to col- 
lect America's foreign war debt? 
Frances Kennedy has a grand idea. 
She lets it loo^e this week at the 
Palace. This is just to let you know 
that Frances Kennedy Is back in 
town. I believe this woman could 
stand on her head (horrible idea) 
and it would be all right because it 
is Frances Kennedy. I admire the 
artist she is and the woman she is. 
She is different from anybody on 
the stage. She is so darned human 
she wins her audience the minute 



sfte rushes on the stage. She comes 
on the stage so fast that the 8i)ot- 
light man can't keep up with her. 
Then she sails right in on her fun 
wave and winds up by making the 
audience feel so good that they are 
singing a song asking some one to 
keep a smile on the face of every- 
body." — INDIANAPOLIS TIMES. 
Nov. 14. 1922. 



"Frances Kennedy, being a Chi- 
cago favorite, received a warni re- 
ception and incidentally some roses 
at the close of the act. Frances has 
the happy faculty for making one's 
troubles fade Into oblivion via her 
clever monologue and personality. 
The patrons kept her working until 
she begged off with a speech of 
thanks.'— NEW YORK CLIPPER, 
Nov. 8, 192?. 



•'There Is nothing so gratifying as 
sfteincr one do the thing that another 
knows can be done gracefully and 
entertainingly. Frances Kennedy, 
well groomed and beautifully 
gowned, stepped before the foot- 
lights at B. F. Keith's yesterday and 
gave the audience as merry mo-» 
mcnts of bright talk and song as the 
audience had been treated to In a 
good round moon or so. 

"Miss Kennedy has a great deal 
of . rare personality. She radiates 
smiles and her good humo/ is easily 
absorbed by an audience itching to 
be put in good humor. And Miss 
Kennedy does this easily. She chat- 
ters along, as any pretty woman 
will, when^not interrupted, and all 
of her chatter provokes mirth. She 
talHs about this and that, exhibits a 
83^mpathetlc understanding of such 
household duties as washing dishes, 
and closes a pleasant moment or so 
with a song, the very theme of 
which cannot be denied by the most 
blase playgoer. And all of Miss 
Kennedy's material is of her own 
and vastly superior to anything that 
'she has given Louisville, "Truly. 
Miss Kennedy, although apparently 
getting no older. Is getting wiser. 
It is a pleasure to welcome h9r re- 
turn under such conditions." — 
LOUISVILLE COURIER - JOUR- 
NAL, No^. 21, 1922. 



high favor with the audiences yes- 
terday. Miss Kennedy is headllner 
of the cun-ent show and billed as 
'the merriest comedienne.' Even 
mirthful May Irwin could hardly 
have disputed her right to this title. 
Miss Kennedy may not be Irish, but 
she has a way with her, and that 
way is to make friends with every 
individual In her audiences and 
leave them all laughing when she 
says goodby. She is a 'crackerjack' 
in monologue, has snappy, rapid-fire 
quips and likable songs which she 
sings in a warm, strong contralto. 
She is an embodied sunbeam in a 
blood-orange velvet cut by an artist 
to reveal a Junoesque figure." — 
LOUISVILLE TIMES, Nov. 22, 1922. 






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GOES 



"MERRY COMEDIENNE" 
BIQ 

"Smiling, sparkling. Frances Ken- 
nedy sang and storied her way into 



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Always Merrily 

FRANCES KENNEDY 



FOLKS SHOW HUMAN SIDE IN 
LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE 
By WALTER D. HICKMAN 

"I hav^ noticed that the men and 
women of the stage in many in- 
stances, are co-Qperatlng with the 
churches in building up community 
interests. A few nights «go Frances 
Kejinrdy, a high-priced vaudeville 
entertainer at the Palace, graciously 
contributed her talents, with the 
consent of the management of the 
theatre, to a community entertain- 
ment held In the new community 
house of the Englewood Christian 
Church. 

"Frances Kennedy In private life 
is the wife of a nationally known 
Chicago attorney. She Is a mother. 
The influence of the church in found 
in her homo. So why should not 
Frances Kennedy, both aa an actress 
and as a mother, with the welfare 
of her children at heart, contribute 
her talents to a church function T. 

"I am glad to see the women of 
the reputation and character of Miss 
Kennedy willing to generously give 
her time and talents to t:hurch and 
community interests In a city where 
she doesn't live. 

" 'But remember,' she told me, 1 
"work" in Indianapolis. I rely upon 
the public. I love my public, and 
why shouldn't I attend and take 
part -In community and church 
events?" 

"The answer is that she should* 
and the fact is that she does. > .i^ 

"Give the stage more women like 
Frances Kennedy." — INDIANAPO- 
LIS TIMES, Nov. 5, 1922. 



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At Home 
For Holidays 
With My Fam^l 






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Address; My Signer of Checks, THOMAS J. JOHNSON, 905 Ashland Block, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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iMt week to Jack Silvey, manager 
•f the campaign bureau of the Call- 
lomia Development Association. 

Arthur Van. Slyke has Joined the 
Jack Russell Musical Comedy Co. 
at the Century, yOakland. 

— — ^— — ' • / 

Will Hayes has quit the "Will 
:ing Comedy Co. at the Hippo- 
drome. 



Creighton Hale, picture actor, 
Who brought suit recently against 
the Motion Picture Utility Corp. of 



lEHDICAL cms 



'H£ STANDARD ENGRAVING CO. I'>c 

325 V/'it 39 »! NEW YORK 



San Francisco, for $1,975, alleged 
to be due for stories and services, 
was awarded a Judgment last week 
of $1,500. 

Marcus Loew came Into town last 
week and was greeted with a brass 
band and /paraded to his hotel. He 
is here with his general representa- 
tive, E. A. SlUller, on a tour of in- 
spection. In a statement Lo^v de- 
clares he intended to staft a picture 
producing unit at San Mateo, near 
here, the location of the Paclrtc 
studios. 



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Since the Inauguration of popular 
prices by the Orpheum in Oakland, 
the Pantages house in that city, it 
is announced, will strengthen its 
progiams. 

The report the Golden Gate had 




Five Piece Jsix Band. Teams and Singles; Twelve People Tab. 

Canadian Vaudeville Booking Office 
MONTREAL, CAN. 

* ALBEE BUIUJINO, It MAYOR STflEET 

RALPH MADISON, Boq,kinfl Manager 



reduced matinee prices was Incor- 
rect. It has lately been extensively 
advertising 1,500 seats at 25 cents 
for matinees. These same prices 
have prevailed since the opening of 
the house. 



BOSTON 

By LEN LIBBEY 

This week's bill In billing and ad- 
vertising Is placetl on Joe Cook, 
with his one man vaudeville act, 
Thomas E. Shea and "Yarmark." 
Cook Is In the spot position Just 
before closing, but Monday after- 
noon "Yarmark" got a whale of a 
hand, during the act and at the 
close, and so did Shea. Cook had 
to do all his stuff and do It big to 
l;^ep up the pace. 

Bill, Genevieve and Walter opened 
oyclisg in an act "Won't You Be 
Careful." That somebody wasn't 
was demonstrated when one of the 
performers was tossed off .a high 
wheel into the orchestra pit. He 
was not badly injured by the fall, 
but the act was closed down sud- 
denly. 



Bryant and Stewart are in second 
position*. Did considerable clow^n- 
Ing and closed strong. 

Lee and Cranston have some good 
material, but they do not get the 
full value, as they go at it in a sort 
of mechanical manner. Lee made a 
curtain speech that pleased. 

The opening o'f "Yarmark" savors 
of the methods used in Introducing 
"Chauve-Souris," and as Bostonians 
have not.apd probably will not see 
the French (and that French men- 
tion stands) offering, the Introdtic- 
tlon of D. Makarenko was consider- 
able of a novelty. On descending 
into the orchestra pit he gets the 
act under way at top speed and It 
runs that way during the entire 
time. It is a novelty with some very 
fine dancing by Theodor Stepanoff 
and can easily be classed as one of 



the best acts of the sort ever seen 
here. 

Marion and Martin had things 
fairly easy with combination com- 
edy dialect and singing offering, 
working up to a warm finish and 
keeping the house in a good mood 
throughout. 

Thomas E. Shea puts over his act 
with the finish that could be expect- 
ed of an actor of his reputation and 
ability. The different scenes ore 
worked In smoothly. 

Following Cook were the Alex- 
anders and John Smith to close the 
show. . 



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Dec. 13th, 1922 



To 



E. F. ALBEE 

W. DAYTON WEGEF ART H 

HENRY CHESTERFIELD, N. V. A. Club 

H, CRULL, Albee Thetitre, Providence, R. I.' 

MARTIN TOOHEY, Emery Theatre, Providence, R. |.| 

J.H.LUBIN 

A. F. SCIBILIA • 

JOHNNY and VICTOR HYDE 



MAY and HILL 
RAYMOND and STERN 
JIM and BETTY PAGE 
TAFLIN and WARD \ 
CLAIRE CARROL 
POOLE and STAPLES 
RUBY HOWARD 
FORD DANCERS 
MARY HAYNES - 



FOSTER LARDNER 
MABEL BURKE 
LUCILLE DUMONT 
CLIFF JORDAN 
LILUAN SHAW 
HARRY J. CONROY 
HENRY and MOORE 
FRANK MALINO 
JOHN ROTHANG 



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MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL 

For the wonder ful things you hare done for me during theill 
ncss and death of mv beloved husband. MISCHA MVKOFF. 
Personally, I shall devote the balance of my life praying to Cod 
that He may bless our profession unth more people like you. 
, - Gratefully \ours. 

- MRS. VANITY MYKOFF 



P. 8. — Cannot close without a.rciyerent eulogy to the N. V. A. Club. 
\ot one of ua has the aliphtest idea what the N. V. A. really meana until 
Ifou have been hit by a sudden calamity as I was. It toould take page» 
for me to tell of all the toonderful things they have done for me in my 
Jiours of need. 



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greetings to your professional friends all over the world. 

The Anniversary Number will be published Dec. 29, 
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) the spoken drama. You get one 
added comedy scene when Peg finds 
a flea on her dog and sends it jump- 
ing down her aunt's back. It may 
be rough, bat It does get the laughs. 
To make up for the anti-British 
stuff. Metro gives one of those 
"wait - for - the - big-surprise" bur- 
lesque finishes which is nothing less 
than Peg's presentation at court, 
which requires Peg to make a rather 
prayerful kneeling bow "before 
George and Mary. The supporting 
cast is Just average; in fact, that's 
the way the picture itself registers. 
'Twould seem Metro could have 
done better by Miss Taylor than it 
has. 



editor of the Syracuse "Herald,* 
dally and Sunday editions. 



Franklin H. Chase.** associate 
editor of "The Journal," who re- 
cently returned after a world tour, 
has assumed full charge of th» 
paper's theatrical department. 



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MONTREAL 

By JOHN GARDINER 
HIS MA.JKSTY'S— DeWolf Hop- 
per's Gilbert and Sullivan Comic 
Opera (^o. 

OAYETV— Marion show. 
IMPERIAL— Pop vaudeville. 



PICTURES— Capitol, "The Man 

from Glengarry"; Allen, "Guy MaUo 

Post'; R«?gent. "To Have and to 

,Hold"; Strand, "Salvation Nell"; 

-System. "The Sea Lion"; Midway, 

- 'Sherlock Holmes"; Maisonnctive, 

*'Rich M(?n's Wives"; Mount R<»yal. 

••Hroadway Rose"; Papineau. "The 

Ghost Breaker"; Belmont. "Broad 

Daylight"; Plaza. "The Old 

■tead": Elf'Ctra, "What's 

with the Women"'; Crystal 

"Wolf Law." 



appcfir owing to Mr. Schenck hav- 
ing been taken ill with pneumonia 
in Toronto. Replacing them, Rence 
Roberts and Giers-Dorf symphony 
band. 



Home- 
Wrong 
Palace, 



Disappointment was expressed at 
the Prince.sH when it was announced 
Van AKrt Hchencic were unable to 



The announcement is made of the 
appearance liere of M.' Jacquet. the 
noted French conductor from the 
Opera Comique of Paris, as the 
leading conductor for the French 
operetta company coming here for 
a Canadian tour in January. The 
French operetta company, under the 
management of J. A. Gauvin. gives 
its first production in Montreal Jan. 
15, at the St. Denis. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 

WIETING— First half. "The Bat." 
Drew much better than the vast ma- 
jority of the preceding attractions 
at this house, although tl^is was the 



play's third visit iiere. Last half 
and all next week, dark. 

B. F. KEITH'S— Vaudeville. 

TEMPLE— Vaudeville. 

BASTABLE— Dark. 

STRANG— "Forget-Me-Not." 

R O B B I N S - ECKEL—^Knlght - 

hood." 

EMPIRE— "Peg o' My Heart." an- 
nounced as the world premiere of 
I.,aurette Taylor on the soreen. The 
picture, as was to be expectei, de- 
parts from the speaking play. Or, 
rather, it supplements it. You get 
in the film one or two reels of I^eg'.s 
early life, her childhood, the death 
of her mother, and then Irish free- 
dom propaganda with Peg's father 
leading: the revolt as an itinerant 
orator. There's a raid by the Irish 
constabulary, foiled, of course, by 
the Irish patriots, thrown in for 
good measure. After I*eg takes up 
her residence with her English rela- 
■ tivea, the film more closely adheres 



Charged with second degree grand 
:arcen^ for the alleged theft of |30^) 
from the pfflce safe at the Avon 
theatre during- the past several 
weeks, Arthur WelKs, former ma- 
chine operator at that house, has 
been held to await the action of the 
January grand Jury. In default of 
$1,000 bail he has been locked up. 
He was arrested at the Palace the- 
atre, where he has been employed 
since leaving the Avon during the 
latter part of October. 

W^ells, the police say. confessed 
that he had stolen $100 from the 
Avon safe about the time he quit 
work there, while last week he Is 
alleged to have taken $200 more. 
Wells stated that he learned the 
combination of the safe during the 
absence of Manager Charles Se- 
sonske. When Wells paid his first 
visit the strongbox held $1,800, 
while on his second trip there was 
approximately $2,000 in it. Wells 
could have taken all ^of it, but he 
thought by taking only a few pack- 
ages of bills he would never be de- 
tected. 



After beinjf oi)en for the past 
two weeks, the iJa.stable this week 
is g{|in devoted t<» the dark .secret. 
Manager Stephen Bastable. however, 
s.'iys that .sufficient bookings are in 
sight for the new year to keep the 
playhou.se, 'ormerly devoted to 
Columbia burlesque, open contin- 
uously. 



Mona Ctmnin ^ h a m is now s<*reei» 



The Hippodrome. Utica, changed 
its policy on Monday. The hous«. 
heretofore devoted to films, will hav« 
vaudeville and musical comedy, 
playing three shows daily. The 
musical comedy will be of the tab 
variety. A new orchestra, with 
Joseph Enfield as director, has been 
recruited. The stage will be en^ 
larged. 



William Brennan, agent in charge 
of the Syracuse Federal prohibition 
enforcement district, is slated to be 
the next Federal prohibition director 
for New York State, according to 
authoritative reports here. Brennan. 
who started as an agent, and who 
later succeeded Michael Stapfeton 
as agent in charge of the up-stat* 
district, has an excellent record for 
getting results. He has been in con- 
ference with both New Y'ork and 
Wafh;ngton officials during the past 
week. 



Charges are multiplying against 
Ferdinand Eggcna. promoter, press 
agent and husband of Minna Gom- 
bell, former Syracuse stock favorlt«l 
and now appearing in "Listeninir 
In" at New York. Eggena. who has 
been in the Albany County Jail for 
the last three weeks on a worthless 
check charge, is now wanted by the 
police of Buffalo and W^ashington, 
D. C. as well. In Buffalo, grand 
Ifiirceny and criminally receiving 
stolen property are alleged. Forgery 
and beating a board bill Js the 
Washington allegation. 



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BALTIMORE 

t By ROBERT F. SI8K 

P AUDITORIUM—*' Just Married.** 

' FORD'S— "The Clingins: Vlr^." 

1 NEW LYCEUM— "BudQies," stock, 

[Id week. 

fe PALACE— "Sliding Billy Watson" 

pbow. 

V GAYETY-^Stock burlesque. 
FOLLY— "Band Box Revue." 

I HIPPODROME— "Baltimore Fol- 

Ses," vaudeville (Loew's). 
GARDEN— Pop vaudeville. 
RIVOLT— "White Shoulders." 
CENTURY— "On the High Seas." 
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Business was only fairly good in 
Baltimore last week. With the sud- 
den closing of "Masked Men" at 
Ford's, "The Monster" was the only 
legit attraction left In town. This 
was. playing at $2 top at the Audi- 
torium and opened its Monday night 
show to quite a few 2-for ~1 tickets. 
Criticism very good. 

"Monster" did fairly well and is 
estimated to have done between 
$8,000 and $10,000. The $2 scale 
seems to be^n experiment with the 
Auditorium management, as "Just 
Married" is playing there this week 
at the same top. If this scale should 
go into effect for dramatic attrac- 
tions it would mark a real come- 
down in Baltimore, for before this 
only an occasional show haa tried 
that scale. 




"Buddies," which had the mischief 
panned out of it at the Lyceum last 
week in its stock production, is be- 
ing held over this week, not because 
of any demand for it, because it 
played to very poor houses through- 
out the week, but 2-for-l tickets 
were sent out and on the reverse 
side was a notation by the manage- 
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critics had dealt unkindly with the 
show, the manager considered it the 
greatest production ever made in 
the theatre, and hoped that the pub- 
lic would think so, too. This drew 
a fair Monday nigkt house. Prob- 
ably the real reascm for its being 
held over Ss that the production was 
expensive and that the play which 
is to follow, a tryout of the A. H. 
Woods piece, "No More Blonds," 
was not quite ready. 



The Lyceum, which got eight 
weeks out of "Getting Gertie's Gar- 
ter," is evidently going in for the 
rough and tumble farce again from 
the announcement that "No More 
Blonds" is next and that "Ladies' 
Night in a Turkish Bath" will be 
the Christmas week attraction. 



house. New York. Although the 
religious wiotif was studiously 
avoided In all publicity the play 
failed to draw, and the Interior of 
the house presented an expanse of 
unoccupied chairs nightly. It is 
planned to reopen this house Christ- 
mas. 



The burlesque for the week were 
"Giggles" at the Colonial, one of the 
best offerings on the Columbia 
wheel; "Playmates" at Empire," 
"Pacemakers" at Bandbox and "The 
Run Along Girls." stock, at the Star. 



Broadway last week, but Denver 
must have missed them. The show 
opened to a fairly ffood house Sun- 
day matinee and night By Tuesday 
business began to drop; as the new* 
spread it dropped still farther. The 
Denver "Express" had this to say 
about it: "If the show lasts the 
week out the management will have 
more crust than this reviewer ha* 
' to say anything about It at all." 



"Take It from Me" comes up at 
the Broadway Sunday matinee. Ad- 
vance sale good. 



"Knighthood" at tho Sllllman; Al- j — 



"Knighthood" at tho Sllllman; Al- j — -= 

len, "The Pride of Palomar"; Loews MI I IT Xlll/fMP'Tnri? 
Park and Mall, "Love in the Dark"; I •▼A»-»*-i*-^ t VYimiL 1 1 £• 

Loew's Liberty. "Hands of Nara"; A Gifted Artist of the Act. * 



Peggy Wood and her new show, 
"The Clinging Vine," won glowing 
notices from the Baltimore critics. 



The road company of "Abie's Irish 
Rose," with George Sidney featured, 
will open in Baltimore at the Acad- 
emy of Music, which recently closed 
Shubert vaudeville. It is expected 
that the company will make a stab 
for a longer run than one week. 
$1.50 top. 



CLEVELAND 

By C. L. WALTERS 

The season of pre-Chrlstmas 
seems to have manifested in dimin- 
ishing attendance at local theatres. 
Mantell at the Ohio played to a top- 
heavy house. The mezzanine and 
balcony were crowded at every per- 
formance throughout last week, but 
there were numerous vacancies on 
the floor excepting Friday night, 
when local students occupied every 
seat in the house. At the Hanna 
William Courtenay in "Her Tempor- 
ary Husband" experienced a simi- 
larly light week in spite of very 
favorable notices. The dearth of 
patronage even extended to the new 

g. F. Keith Palace, where Bessie 
arriscale was the headliner in an 
excellent protean sketch, the best 
vehicle she has had here for years, 
entitled "Picking Peaches." The 
unit at the Shubert State was the 
"Frolics of 1922," with Herman Tim- 
berg in the brightest and liveliest 
program that theatre has had this I 
season. The excellence of the hill | 
served to keep the audiences of th»' 
week up to norn>al. . | 



Standard, "Another Man's Shoes." 

DENVER 

By A. W. STOI^E 

Thomas Wilkes, in Denver Satur- 
day, announced he is sending Frank 
Keenan to New York with a new 
play. He also announced that he 
will open an eastern company of 
"The Rear Car" in Boston on Christ- 
mas day. 



"Dear Me" was at the Dcnham 
for the week Just ended. Ileceipts 
fair. Stores are offering too many 
counter attractions In Christmas 
bargains. 



There may be worse attractions 
than "Bringing Up Father," at the 




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appearing for three months in rep- 
ertoire, closed with "Tho Light of 
the World," a religious dram.a by 
Guy Bolton and George Middleton. 
originally produced at tho Lyric and 
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i : KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. HUGHES 

SHITBERT— Doris Keane in "The 
Czarina," ' 

GRAND — Junior League Follies 
(local), 

OAYKTT — "Greenwich Village 
Hevue." 

GARDEN— Brldgre Musical stock. 

ORPHEUM— Vaudeville. 

MAINSTREET— Vaudeville. - 

GLOBE— Vaudeville. ^^ ^v. ^ 

PANTAGES— Vaudeville. 

Photoplays — "To Have and to 
Hold," Newman; "One Week of 
Love," Liberty; "Brothers Under the 
Skin," Royal. 



In spite of the many columns of 
newspaper space lamenting: over the 
absence of high class legitimate at- 
tractions here and the articles urg- 
ing Kansas City amuaomont seek- 
era to give their patronage to such 
attractions when they did appear In 
the local theatres, George Arliss in 



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"The Green Goddess" at the Shu- 
bert last week played to only fair 
returns. The Monday night opening 
was far from capacity, but the press 
was most complimentary and busi- 
noaa grew better as the week pro- 
gressed. 



James B. Rellly, local manager for 
the Select Pictures Corp., filed vol- 
untary proceedings In bankruptcy 
In the federal court. With the ex- 
ception of a single item the liabil- 
ities listed are notes owed to Indi- 
viduals and banks in Ohio amount- 
ing to $7,316. The listed assets in- 
clude clothing and a |500 equity in 
a. motor car. 



The promoters of the Kansas City 
Theatre, the local guild organiza- 
tion, are not meeting with the ready 
response to their campaign for sub- 
scriptions they anticipated. The 
original plan called for at least 2,000 
at 1^ ^ach, but to date only 750 sub- 
scribers have been secured. It Is 
announced the cash on hand will 
permit the presentation of three 
more plays. 



The Elliott Theatre Enterprise 
Corp. of this city, which controls 
the Grand, was placed In the Viands 
of a receiver upon application of 
two of the officers and stockholders 
of the company. The application 



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taken full charg* of the business 
RPd th«t h* \m mismanatirinic it. 
They claim they have not been given 
a voice in the affairs of the corpor- 
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since the corporation was organized 
last July. The petition recites that 
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of which 660 are owned by the 
plaintiffs. They claim the company's 
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F. Zumbrunn, an attorney, was ap- 
pointed as the receiver and his bond 
fixed at $10,000. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 

E. Clarke Walker, who com- 
mitted suicide here several weeks 
ago, left an estate of $15,000 to be 
divided equally between his son, 
Horace James Walker, and his wife, 
Mrs. Gertrude Lee Walker, accord- 
Inf; to his will, probated this week. 



Mrs. W. A. Symons has purchased 
the Liberty moving picture theatre 
at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, metropolis 
of northern Idaho, and will open 
the house late this month. 



Beginning an eight months' tour 
of the United States which will In- 
clude In Its Itinerary 183 cities In 
46 states, followed by a tour of 
Australia and New Zealand, the 
Canadian Great War Veterans' band 
of 36 pieces gave Its first concert 
of the tour here on Dec. 9. C. W. 
NIemeyer Is the manager and F. G. 
Aldrich the director. 



With a $2 top price schedule in 
Its favor and a blizzard of a snow 
storm to buck, "The Man Who 
Came Back" played to a fair-sized 
audience here FUday evening with 
a heavier seat sale In line for two 
performanre/s on Saturday. The $2 
top schedule Is the first time in 
five or six years that a first-class 
road production has played In Spo- 
kane below a $2.50 top, with a 
majority of the shows at $8. 



Local papers are giving "The 



Emperor Jones' — T^'lth C. S. Gilpin 
— heavy advance space, and when 
the company appears on Dec. 13 
and 14 it will open with stronger 
press backini; than the average 
road show. 



ST. LOUIS 



By JOHN ROSS 

AMERICAN— "Dulcy." 

SHUBEBT - JEFFERSO N— 
"Green Goddess." 

EMPRESS— Vaudeville. 

ORPHEUM— Vaudeville. 

GARRICK— Woodward Players in 
"Common Clay.*'- 

RIALTO— Vaudeville. 

GRAND— Vaudeville. 

COLUMBIA— Vaudeville. 

OAYETY— "Wine, Women and 
Song" (Columbia burlesque). 

GRAND CENTRAL, WEST END 
LYRIC. CAPITOL— "East Is West." 

DELMONTE— "The Man Who 
Played God." 

RIVOLI— "Kentucky Derby." 

POX-LIBERTY — "Powder 
River." 

MISSOURI— "30 Days." ' 



At a meeting of the Cabanne Im- 
provement Association last week 
the members criticised city officials 
who, it is said, asked Nathan 
Frank, head of the Famous Players 
Missouri Corporation, to rent the 
King's theatre to a national con- 
vention of Negro Baptists. A reso- 
lution threatening a l>oycott against 
the King's if the Convention was 
held, and other local theatres coir- 
trolled by the corporation was pro- 
posed. However, It was decided 
late' last week that "professional 
politicians," and not the Famoii.s 
Players, were responsible for the 
invasion of the neighborhood by 
Negroes, and consideration of th« 
boycott was dropped until the 
King's opens next month. ' Lasi 
season the King's played Loew'.s 
vaudeville. 



» "Green Village Revue," Gnyoty 
last week, was short a principal 
woman and an acrobatic team. No 
new fTCople have been engaged, nnd 
it is said that none will ]>e. This 
cheapens the payroll about $100. 



Walzer nnd l>yer. Grand la.st 
week, lost a flay owing to lllno.qs. 






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The team besides dolnjc their owis»; 
act doubles in "The Manlcur#^ 
Shop," an act on the same bill* 
doing In all 56 shows a week. 



Just as the "Wine, Women and 
Songr" company's train was pulllngr 
out of Indianapolis for St. Louis 
the baggage car Jumped the track. ^ 
TiCW Talbot, who happened to be In 
the car at the time, noticed this 
after the car had been dragged ' 
about 60 feet and notified the crew. 
The train was stopped and the car 
released. Despite the nrotest of 
Mr. Talbot, the yardmaster ordered 
the train to leave without a bag- 
gage car. This worked a hardship 
on the company and the Gayety 
theatre manager, who, rather than 
put on an imperfect show, canceled 
the Sunday matinee. The advance 
for this performance was very 
large, but Manager Dane and Lew 
Talbot cheerfully — that Is, they said 
they wore cheerful — refunded the 
money to those that did not wish 
a seat for another perform.ince. 
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Inc., the ser\ ices oi 
•genuine Paul White- 
man (Orchestras are 
now available for con- 
tract work at Hotel, 
Cabaret and Resort. 
The Service is coni- 
phte, the artists, men 
who plav for phono- 
jiraph records — and 
I he cost is surprisingly . 
low. 

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BUFFALO 

By SIDNEY BURTON 

For the second week this season 
the Teck will remain dark during 
the current week. Last week's at- 
traction, "Marjolaine,*' reported only 
moderate business. althouRh the 
play came well recommended and 
drew favorable comment. "Rose 
Brier" at the Majestic turned in 
good week, the presence of Billie 
Burke, Ziegfeld and Tarkingrton giv- 
ing the play columns of interview* 
and special stories in the papers. 
Show seemed to catch the feminine 
draw, with excellent patronage as 
result. 



In vaudeviUe field Criterion (Shu- 
1»ert^ this w^k Went back to $1 top. 
For past fortnight house has been 
boosting the scale to |1 50, with 
fall-off impending. Shuberts did 
same thing last season' at T«ck, 
with same result, return to dollar 
scale coming too late to revive busi- 
ness. Dollar and half top mistake 
here in face of Shea's $1 scale. Shea 
reports business strong and con- 
sistent as ever. Criterion claiming 
between one and two thousand more 
weekly than Variety's report. 



Burlesque continues to run . up 
high gros8c.«i. Gayety, (Columbia) 
^ showing series of unusually high- 
^ grade attractions. Has had excel- 
& lent break on shows, with town 
talking and attendance strong. Gar- 
den (Mutual) continues to get the 
boys, using plenty of stunts and 
extra publicitj', and harking back 
to the old shake 'em up days. Seems 
Incredible that after Columbia has 
•pent millions to clean up the game 
this crowd should be able to revert 
to the old methods and get away 
with it. • . 



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Samuel Goldenberg with the 
Standard Theat<:e Co. of Toronto 
played "Stronger Than Love" (Yid- 
dish) at the Majestic Sunday night. 
The gross ran -close to $1,200 and 
$1.50 top. 



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A fortnight ago trials were an- 
nounced for parts in the Buffalo 
Community Players' first produc- 
tion, "A Curious Mishap." Much 
publicity was given to the event, 
the avowed purpose being to play 
no favorites and to recruit a cast 
from all elements of the member- 
ship. As announcpcl, the cast finally 
chosen appeared for the most part 
to be made up of members of Buf- 
falo's social set. Inasmuch as a 
'city-wide plea is being made for 
members, it would undoubtedly 
have been more expedient to have 
selected a cast re]>resenting more 
widely diversified social elements of 
the city. ^ 



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By JACO B SMITH 

UAKHICK— "HerTrnip.M.'iiv llu.«:- 
hand." Next, (korg*.- Arli.ss in 
'•(Jreen Godde.ss." 

DKTKOIT—- Sally." (;ross will 
be around $3S,000. Se«-on»l week and 
po.sslbilitles of third week. 

SHriJKKT - MICHKJAN 
"telle Players in ".M.iiii 
.Next, "Things Th.U <:oimt 

SHrp.Errr - i^KTHoiT 

Kverybody" (Gertrude Hoffman) 
UKGKNT — Vaudeville. 
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MILES— Vaudeville. 

LASALLE GARDEN— Vaudeville. 

MAJESTIC — Woodward Players 
in "Getting Gertie's Garter." Will 
remain for two weeks. 



Ralph Williams and his dance or- 
chestra have moved to the I^mbs 
Cafe, formerly the Monte Carlo. 



Ray Milloi* and Band leave the 
Hotel Addison Dec. 17 to make some 
phonograph records and later will 
winter at Miami. Rubinstein & Pas- 
ternack's orchestra from the Hotel 
Wolverine replaces at the Addison. 



Photophry house's: "Younff Ra- 
jah." second wet'k, Adurtis; "For- 
get Me N«»t." Broadway-Strand; 
"Forgotton Law," Madison; "Daugh- 
ter of Luxury," Capitol; "Arabia," 
Washington. 



INDIANAPOLIS 

By VOLNEY B. FOWLER 
MT'KAT- "Tho Wherl of Life." 
fiiM hall, i^sl hull, dark. 



ENGLISH'S— "Th« French Doll," 
flrst half and A. G. Field's minstrels, 
last h&lf. 
PARK— "The Radio Girls." - 
BROADWAY — "The Gimnio 
Girls." 



Local theatres are taking their 
part in pioviding a happy Christmas 
'for unfortunates. Among the stunts 
already . planned are the annual 
Christmas party for orphans by the 
Elks and management of the Circle 
theatre, and participation by several 
houses in a program arranged by 
the In<lianapolis Board of Photo- 
play iMdorners. Free children h mat- 
inees will he given at the Gaxrick. 
Stratford. North Star and Garfield 
neighborhood movie theatres, hlnrh 
child will bring a potato, apple, 
orange cr other bit of food whi( ii 
will Ko into Christmas dinners of 
the poor. 



Harry Lauder at the Murat Friday 
and Satuid.ty last week was a guest 
of the (Jptlmists club at the Frl<lay 
lunch»'on. Nelson O. Trowliridgc, 
Murat manager, bad fifteen disabled I 



veteran* from the Methodist hos 
pital, as guesta at one of Lauder'if 
performances. ., , 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By L. B. 8KEFFINGT0N 
LYCEUM— "Chu Chin Chow," first 
half J -The Bat," last half. 

CORINTHIAN— Rochester Play- 
ers in "Clarence." 

FAY'S— "At the Party," Murray 
Stuti, Lew any Grace Harvey, Jun- 
gleland Revue. Stelner Trio, Frahk 
Britton; "Rich Men's Wives," film 
feature. 

'Pictures — Eastman, "Orphans"; 
I»iccAdIlly, "Sherlock Holmes"; Re- 
pent, "Borderland" and "KHm Shoul- 
ders." ,-. • . 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

By HARDIE MEAKIN 

I/. Stoddard Taylor's ( who by 
the way has entirely recoverod frctm 
hi.H recent illness) ,Shtib«rt Cisirick 
iH dark. Thurston, the magirlan, -jt 
'larrlck n#>xt we#*l<. 

A performance that is nuturully 



causing no end of Intereat locally id 
that of David Warfleld In 'The Mer- 
chant of Venice," the current attrac- 
tion at the National. T)ie flrst 
American performance of "Secrets" 
w^ith Margaret Lawrence starred 
and under the direction of Sam H. 
Harris at National Dec. 17. 

The Howard BrotheriT in "The 
Passing Show of 1922 * Is at Poll's, 
for one week, with Eddie Cantor In 
"Make It Snappy" next weel«v R. K. 
Leavitt has succeeded R. G. Craorln 
as manager of Poll's. 



Gayety- "Keep Smiling." 



Mark Gates, manager of Loew's 
ColumMa, h.ifl a Mark tlate s. J r., 
born Thanksgiving day. 



Il^nry Duffj'. who with Arthnr 
Lrslio Smith, is presenting the stock 
company, left the cast of "Abie's Irish 
Rose, ' whl'h is in its third week 
here, to jro to New York to secure 
play.H for the future. Graham Vel- 
s« y. juvenile man of the rompany, 
Hnrretd^'d him as "Able " Business 
continues big. 



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MUSIC MEN 

(Continued from page 23) 
accounts on the llrm's leading songs. 
••Cowbells" and "Who'll Take My 
Place" A $1,500 maximum to oper- 
ate on weekly is allowed the re- 
ceivers. During the month of 
November the company took In on 
an average of $2,000 weekly. Will 
Von Tilxer, the corporation's presi- 
dent, filed a schedule showing the 
average weekly operating amount 
totals $1,479 of which $774 com- 
prises the New York payroll; $100 
Chicago -payroll; $130 New York 
rent; $10 Chicago rent, the rest for 



printing. royaUio3 and sundry ex- 
penses. 




Alex Gerber has signed as staff 
writer with Berlin. Inc. He has 
given up the idea of publishing for 
himself in conjunction with Al. 
Reilin and WUile Horowitz, form- 
erly profe.'^sJonal and as^sistant pro- 
fessional managers of the Broad- 
way Music Corp. Deilin & Hor- 
wltz. Inc.. opened on their own this 
week in the former B. D. Nice suite. 
The Nice Co. has gone out of bus- 
iness. Lee David, staff composer 
singing with Witmark. Benjamin 
W. Levy, formerly general manager 
of t^ie concern, has a royalty interest 
in some of David's songs In the 
Witmark catalog under the pen 
name, Benton Ley. 

. Maurice Abrahams will start for 
himself in the music business after 
New Year's. The Al Jolson con- 
nection is ''cold" because of the 
comedian's press of other matters. 



"Lorna Doone" by Arthur A. Penn 
and Frederick W. Vanderpool is 
being published by M. Witmark & 
Sons. It is the theme number of the 
Maurice Tourneur picture of the 
same name. 



Ben Ali Haggin's reputed million 
dollar trust fund had another judg- 
ment centered against it by Harry 
Akst for musical services rendered 
in connection with one of Haggin's 
social fetes. The judgment for $400 
has been ordered included in the 
many Gu*tav Goodman is acting as 
receiver for. 



apolis. will be examined h\ New 
York Dec. 20. The^defendant is al- 
leged to have publicly pei formed 
the copyrighted composition for 
profit without the copyright owners 
authorization. 

Milt Feiber (Jess and Milt Feiber. 
vaudeville) has Joined the profes- 
sional staff of 'Jack Mill^. Inc. J^ob 
Harding is also a new addition In 
charge of the band and orchestra 
department. 



The long continued legal tingle 
over "Dardanella" entered into an- 
other phase this week when Nathan 
Burkan and FredcricK^E. Goldsmith, 
representing Fred Fisher and Felix 
Bernard, respectively, appeared be 



attractions placed In groups. That 
is, all musical shows would be next 
to each other, all dramas and all 
comedies similarly spotted. In that 



way a ticket patron seeking a 
musical show v/ould quickly find 
out what fittractions tickets were, 
available for. 



SOUTH AFRICA 



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By H. SANSON 

Capetown. Nov. 9. 

OPKRA HOUSE.— Under the di- 
rection cf African Theatres. Ltd., 
the revue. "Spangles." has been do- 
ing big business. The production is 
a credit to those concerned, espc- 



fore Edgar Bromberg, n »med as F'alb^N- Phillip D.Levurd, the pro - 



referee, to place the amount of dam 
age the publisher sustained through 
the action that Bernard brought. 
A bond of $1,000 was furnished In 
behalf of Bernard when ihe action 
went to an appeal. 



ALMA NEILSON 



AND COMPANY IN 

"BOHEMIA" 

Direction: LEW COLDER 

This Week (Dec. 11) 

ORPHEUM, SAN FRANCISCO 



Howard Johnsgn and Walter 
Donaldson, authors of a song pub- 
lished by Leo Feist, Inc., which 
forms the basis of a copyright in- 
fringement suit against the Rem- 
busch Amusement Co. of Indian^ 



Beautify Your Fao« 
You mutt iMk flOM t* mak* 
■00(1 Manv of tha "PrafM* 
•ion" ha** abtalnad a«« n- 
talaa* batta* aarta kv kavliia 
■It eorraet ihaU faatvral n- 

fiarfaatlons an* ramava klani- 
ibaa. CaniHltatlaii (raa faaa 
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HALF MUSIC EOYALTIES 

(Continued from puije i:>X 

right to participate are in addition 
to Hammerstein: William A. Brady, 
George M. Cohan, Comstock and 
Gest, John Cort, Charles Dillingham, 
Harry Frazee, A. L. Erlanger, Jo- 
seph M. Gaites, James Montgomery. 
Lyle Andrews, Joseph Moran, Oliver 
Morosco, Moore and Megley. Henry 
W. Savage, the Selwyns. L^e Shu- 
bert, F. Zlegfeld and George White. 
The managers apparently paid no 
attention to the aims of the com- 
posers* society until they learned 
that one member received royalties 
of about $4,000, although he is per- 



ducer, brought out specially from 
England. The scenery, dres.scs and 
chorus are above the average. One 
or two scenes could have be?n cut 
out or considerably condensed. A 
bare legs ballet, a novelty for Cape- 
town, proved a success. Joseph 
Victor, the comedian of the show, 
put through some comic stuff. Miss 
Billie Bell, the leading lady, is a 
clever actress, with' charming per- 
sonality and effective voice. aBhe 
has an excellent second in Miss Bil • 
He Desmond, who can dance exceed- 
ingly well. Harry Erunning i.s a 
good comedian and gets the laughs 
with his funny business. Some 
pretty scenic effects give a big lift 
to the show, combined with ocvera'. 
good vocal numbers. Commencing 
Nov. 6. for one week only, the Leonr 
ard Rayne Co., supporting Freda 
Godfrey and Alfred Paumler, occu- 
pied the Opera House, producing 
"Brown Sugar" and "Dear Brutus." 
T I V O L I.— At this vaudeville 
house^buslnesa is good under the di- 



Mi.ST Bi-lJie TeW 
Lovell, premier 
The chorua 



clever comedian, 
excellent. Peggy 
dancer, is clever, 
worked well. 

ALHA\;BRA— Manager Collins is 
attracting crowds with a good pro- j 
gram of screen pictures, combine<t>J 
with an excellent orchestra under| 
the batorf of Conductor Riegelhuth. 
Oct. 20-Nov. 1. "A Woman of No 
Importance." a very fine Brltl.<ih flimj -. 
2-4, Bob Hampton of Placer," Wes^ * 
ley Barry; 6-8. "The Cinema Mur«: 
der," featuring Marion Davles; 9-lUl 
"Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch,"! ^ 







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sonally little khown. The showmen !;7^*'°" , °^ J^^ African Theatres, 

state they have been informed the ^^^■'- "^^^^ Manager J.. S. Goldstone 

composers' society has somet|>^ftg^ 

like $1,000,000 which, like other aivi- 

dends, will be divided anry»ng the 

members. With the radio fees now 

fixed by the society indicative of 



in charge. Bil^ for Week Nov. 1: 
The "Three Scamps, ragtime and 
straight stuff; Monica Sandham, 
soprano with sweet voice; George 
Hurd, Australian Juggler, paying re- 
turn visit, made a hit; Pinto, con- 
fresh avenues of* revenue, the man- . J^^.^^^i®"**' ^J^l^^"^ >*^i*^' ^^'^"^ big; 
agers awoke to the possibilities otj ^'^,111,^1^,^^^^^^^^ 

preciation; Rorke and Bray, two 
good vocalists, won applause. The 



their claimed rights. 

That revenue can be gained from 
the composers society is,^ new fac- 
tor in the production of musical 
shows, which are conceded the most 
hazardous In the managerial field. 
Dramas which may not land for 
successes are generally not a total 
loss, there being enough revenue 
gained from stock and pictures 
rights to repay for the production 
and sometimes to show a profit. 
There Is no such "out" for a mu- 
sical failure, whic^ rarely If ever is 
even partially salvaged. Whether 
the fees that might be earned from 
the composers society will afford the 
unlooked for break for the musicals 
and would amount to an consider- 
able sums is to be discovered. But 
the managers are keen about the 
matter and intend to "fight for their 
rights", as expressed in the letter 
sent to the various managers. The 
main point Is that they recognized 
important money is being* secured 
by the composers organization and 
have a logical claim for x>artial i»ar- 
ticipatlon. 



starring Marguerite Clark. 

GRAND — Good houses are re* ^ 
corded at this picture theatre. Oct, ' 
30-Nov. 1, "Polly With a Past"; 2-4, 
"Heart Strings; 6-8, "Buchanan's 
Wife"; 9-11, "The Fighting Chance." 

WOLFRAM'S— Oct. 30-Nov. I, 
"Away Goes Prudence," starring 
Billie Burke; 2-4, "The Vampire," 
featuring Dorothy Dalton; 6-9, "No- 
body's Kid," Mae Marsh in leading i 
role. 

HI8-MAJESTY'S (Muizenberg)-* * 
(Continued on page 35) 



it*M Pure Financial 

SUICIDE!! 

But we must tHicate our 
premiseM ' "-* 

DECEMBER Slst 

And dispose of our present 
sto6k at any price 



entire revue company moved over 
from the Opera House to the Tivoli, 
opening Nov. 6 with the seconi edi- 
tion of "The Peep Show." The 
book by Laurl Wylie and music by 
late James W. Tate. The theatre 
drew capacity. The second edition 
is practically a revival of the first, 
with introduction of new stuff In 
two or three scenes. Plainly evi- 
dent that the first edition Is th3 
better of the two. Harry Brunning 




Guerrini A Co. 

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LADIES' 

FUR COATS 

FOR PRACTICALLY NOTHINQ 

RIGHT NOW ^ 

Come In and Look Them Ovor 
While They Last. 

ARNOLD ROTH 

166 West 46th Street 
NEW YORK 

(Entrance Through Mack's Clothea Shop} 

"Hurry-Hurry-Hurry'' 



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WIRELESS STATION J. J. G. 

JOE, JACKSON 

AS A WIRELESS FIEM> 

Telephone Greenwood Lake, N. Y., 24 



CENTRAL TICKET OFFICE 

(Continued from paRo 13> ^ 

biggest theatre ticket selling or- 
ganization in the world, has .stated 
the cost alone of putting the tickets 
across the counter Is 8Vi cent.s each. 
If the cost can be kept down to 
thai figure the plan might work. 
The idea calls for all tu-kets being 
sold at the central agon y during 
the day with the treasurers of each 
house in attendance in the big 
ofllce and the bo.v ofiice sale not 
starting until 7 o'clock -each even- 
ing, at which time the central ofiice 
or Its branches would send all un- 
sold tickets to the theatres. The 
centralized system provides for each 
attraction having a booth and all 



EDDIE MACK TALKS: 



No. 112 



Whether vaudeville, legit, burlesque^ musical comedy or motion 
pictures, the leading n:ialc members of the theatrical profession get 
their stage and street attire from Eddie Mack. Comedy make-up or 
the latest in stylish up-to-tho-mirute coats and suits can be had at 
reasonable prices. 



COLONIAL 
Shaw & Lee 



STATE I CENTRAL j AMERICAN 

Jack tnglis | Hoy Cummi ni | 8 | Lew Cooper^ 

Are son-c of tlic vaudeville pcrfrr.-ncra who re'y upon Eddie Mack 

far ail their clothing, 

MACK'S CLOTHES SHOP 

MACK BUILDING 
•Tust a stop Eii.'t of Itroadn-ay on fftth fiitft 

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NEXT WEEK 



A GENUINE "ATTRACTION'' THAT REAL "SHOWMEN" WILL WELCOME! 



TAXIE 




THE CANINE ACTOR 



NOW FEATURED IN "TRUE PAL5"-A VAUDEVILLE SKIT 





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Pal and Manager of *Tazie" 



TAXIE r 

Himself~.The Star of "True Pal»*V 




A Personality Girl with "True Pais" 



BOOKED BY PAT CASEY AGENCY 



E. K. NADEL, Perianal Representative 



BILLS NEXT WEEK 



(Continued from Page 27) 



HINMPKO 

I'ttntafca 
fc»tty & Lou Hart 
■ torey & Clark 
Koodl«a Fagan 
Joat« Heather Co 
Palo A Palet 
Xat* A Wiler 

aiSGlNA, CAN. 
N* r»ntace« 
(11-20) 

fBain« bill playi 
8aal<atoon Si -23) 
ainaldo Broa 
Herce A Goft 
'jL Burkhart Co 
Xitnf r A Reaney 
Thaleroa Circua 
(One to fill) 



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1 ravel 

(Open Week) 
Bobby Lehman 
Ward it Dooley 
Barnes A Hamilton 
Norton Melnotto 
Jack Goldie 
Seven Algerians 
8POKAN£ 
rantacea 
The Gladiators 
Wilson & AiTdis 
El Cota 

MacFarland Sis 
Walter Brewer 
Choy Llnf Foo 

SEATTLE 

Faiita«<>fl 

Nelson's Catland 



JAMES MADISON'S 

MONTHLY COMEDY SERVICE 
Xo. 10 will be ready next week 
and better than ever. I don't know 
any publication that sells as few 
pages for as much money, and 
yet my SERVICE is gilt-edge for 
real comedians because every gag 
is brand-new and original. It 
contains my latest monologue 
material; also cross-fire routines, 
etc. 

No. 10 COSTS $2 

or the first 10 numbers for $11. 
or any 4 for $5, A years sub- 
scription {IZ numbers) is $15 and 
may begin either with current 
issue or Xo. 1. ' 

JAMES MADIGON 
1493 Broadway New York 






Dave Thursby 
Jan Rubinl 
Western A Bllne 
Bits A Pieces 

VAKCOl'VER, B.C. 
P»Dt««es 

Penman & Lllliaa 
Exposition Four 
H A J Chase 
Rowland A Meehan 
Cheyenne Days 

TACOMA 
Paatafcs 

Arnold A Florcaea 
Ryan A Ryan 
Jewell A Rita 
Haverman's Lions 
Mis* Nobody 
Harry Tlshe 

PORTLAND. ORE. 

* Pantasrs 

Leach Wallen Trio 
Kaufman A Lillian 
Chcrnyoff 
Morgan A Gray 
C Ounninghan^ 
Byron Broa 

Truvel 

(Open Week) 
Ak'X n A Evelya 
Maude Earle 
Ridiculous Ricca 
Brlit Wood 
Blake'a lluioa 
Fashion I'iato Rev 

SAN FRANCIStH) 

Pantaces 

Weldonas 
Buddy Walker 
Chlshoitu A Brcen 
Bronson & Ren^e 



Great Blackstona 

OAKLAND,' CAT. 

Pantaffea 

Lillian's Dogs 
Tollman Revua 
Great Maurice 
Bensee A Baird 
Little Plplfax 
Cbarbot A Toronl 

LOS ANGELES 

Pantacea 

Three Avollos 
Han'n A B'tson Sis 
Three Le Grohs 
De Michelle Bros 
Four Ortons 
Farrell A Haten 

SAN DIEGO. CAL. 

Faatacea 

Daly Mac A D 
Turk A Claire 
Kennedy A Rooney 
Riggoletto Broa 
Joe Bernard Co 

L'Q BEACH, CAI« 

Pantacea 

JAB Mitchell 
Mills A Miller 
easier A Beaaley 1 
Rising Generation 
Hossman A Slonn 
Prosper A Merritt 

SALT LAKE 

Paiitagea 

(21-23) 

.Sielma Braatx 
Prlerre A King 
Kluting's Aniniala 
Sidney S Styne 
Kajlyama 



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OGDEN. I'TAH 

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Burt Shepherd 
Fargo A Richard 
Alexander 
Yokes A Don 
Clifford Wayne Co 

DENVER 

Pantagea 

Billy Kelly Rer 
Abbot A White 
Welderaon Siatera 
Five Prestons \ 
Five Lameys 

COLO. SPRINGS 

Fantacea 

(18-20) 
(Same bill plays 

Pueblo 21-23) 
Florette A JeofTrie 
Fate 

Rives A Arnold 
KItamura Japs 
Lillian Ruby 



Beck A Stone 
Jack Dcmpsey 

OMAHA. NEB. 

Pantagea - 

Carson A Kana 
Goetz A DufTy 
Larry Harkins 
Robinson A Pierce 
J^ardo A Archer 
Golden Bird 

KANSAS CITT 

Panta«ea 
Ross Wyse Co 
Stepping Some 
George Lashay 
Jean A Valdara 
Ross A Bdwards 
Billy Swede Hall 

MEMPHIS 

Pantagea 

Four Roses 
Dorothy I^ewlfl 
Davis A McCtr 
In Chinatown 
Marlftte Manikins 



INTERSTATE CIRCUIT 



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Majesde 

Three I)anoi»e FIs 
Worth A wminR 
Brown Cardncr A T 
Bob Muri'hy 
Wylle A Hartman 
Sternad's Midgets 

FT. SMITH. ARK. 

Majestic 
Harry Jolnoii 'H ~ 
Don Valerio 
(Three to fill) 

IT. WORTH, TEX. 
Majestle 

RankuH A Sy Ivors 
Rudell A UunigHn 
Princess Wahletka 
Mildred Harris Co 
<'Inra Howard 
Minstrel Motiurchs 

HOrSTON, TEX. 

BluJeHtiu 

Niobo 

Stanley C'hapnian 
Van & Bell 
•'ord Dniut-rs 
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IJTTLR ROCK 

Majcstio 

Don Valerio 
Rheila Terrjr 
Harry Jolson 
Industrial Band 
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2d half 
The Fikafells 
f^aurt'l Lee 
RulofT &- Klton 
Milt Collins 
Five I'airownrs 

OKLAHOMA CITV 

Majeatie 

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1st half 
Blum Bros 
Kffle Burton 
(Jrace Huff Co 
Jatk H>nriy 
Km ma <."arus 

HAN ANTONIO 

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Bllda Morris 
The Storm 

TCLSA, OKLA. 

Majestic 

(Okla. City split) 

Ikt half 
Lime Trio 
Maxfleld A Golson 
Kano A Herman 
Diamond A Brenn'n 
Sewell Sisters 



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Berk A Randolph 
Herbert Brooks 
Blkins Fay A B 

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Roshler A MuffM 
Flanders A Butler 
Harry Wreen 
Hhadowland 



SOUTH AFRICA 

(Continued from page 34) 

This well-built theatre, recently ac- 
quired by the African Theatres, I..td.. 
in doing txcellent business with 
pictures. 



Not«t 
Mr. Leonard Hayne, the manager, 
has arranged with Mr. Scott Alex- 
ander, an English actor of repute, to 
bring out a company of selected 
players In the Grand Guignol plays. 
The season opens at the Opera 
House Nov. 13. Supporting Mr. 
Alexander are Mr. Richard F. Syni- 
mons. Misses Madge Langton and 
Vivien Carter. The first series will 



be "No. 34 Russell Square," "What 
Didn't Happen to Jones,'-' a comedy; 
"Salvage: A Human Derelict": "Na- 
poleon at Waterloo: A Romance of 
1816-; "The Grip: Infidelity"; "Am I 
in This?" 

American artists who have 
plaj'ed Cape Town will regret to 
hear that Mr. Frank Harvey, pro- 
prietor of the Alexandra Hote', died 
suddenly. The widow is carrylnif 
on the hote). 





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'Adam a Ted 
Alberts Nat 
All H 
Ambler Sam 

Baldwin Bottr 
B«Gar Harry 
Ball & Carson 
Ballclair Broi* 
Barnard Bobbjr 
Bethel Sybil 
Biasptt Itilly 
Blrah ^ugeriM 
Braach I^ouls 
Byran Juhn 

Caftman II 
Calvin li 
Carroll Marrjr 
C«ahill J 
Conlln Hay 
Conroy I't^g^y 
Cortez Kst.ban 
Covert Mibii 

Davidson John 
Davenport Paul 
Dahaney FrsiMlv 
DeLour ruincU 

Eaatman Crr.rQ 
^rana Ernest 

Farrell Miss M 
Faasioii Dcrt 
Fay Emu 
FergerjiDn Hurry 
Fern Ruuih 
FUxKcrald L<?\r 

Garden ^lisa Itaa 
Oilroy Oladya 
Oill Chas 

Ealpin Richard 
Hamlll D 
Hanson Alice 
Harcourt I.prlle 
Harria Davf« 
Harrison Juli>a 
Harte fhaa 
Harlivich Clinton 
Helm & Lkwd Ms 
Helvey Neal J 
Henely J ^ 

Hicks Trill* 
Holden Mans 
Holiia Harry 
Hopkins Edwin 
Horter Katherine 
Houah Jack 



Jeanette Mips 
Johncon Hal 
Jutraa 1 

Kalmatlp Mabel 
Ke»'t John 
Kelly Kddie 
Kennedy Xloliy 
Koralake Fred 
Kervllle Family 
King: Helen « 

Lampinia Mr & Mrs 
Lapaley J 
Lee Robert 
Le Fever A 
T<e!o John 
T.estor Mlaa V 
Levolo Mm .1 
Lewis Rdward 
J^ewis J 
Lintoa Tom 

Mack Chas 
Maloney !•: 
MaBon Krtsar 
May /Carrie 
McNeil Dixi" 
McMliltn noiu.ld 
Motzptte Leon 
Murray Hud 
Murray I'aul 

I NiohdlHS Howard 
N.-;iy Mr 
Nifung 9 

im- arn Tim 
^>rvhard Annie 
<.>\\en R 

P.ir1;or FJvelyn 
Parry * Parry 
I'oarce Jlenry 

Ilawron A Chi re 
Hraddy Miss 
Hfed Ko^e 
Riely Joe 
IliKdon Dan^f■ri 
Uubbins John 
Ross n 
Ro.«8 JimmiB 

Snban Prank 
Sriftlor Miss 
Hjimat^nd Kdwin 
Sahwart« Frrd 
Scoit Sydney 
Sheppard Phil 
Ktewart & M'C rlhy 
Stcvena & I^awrtl 
Sunshine Marion 



Oordon's D June Co 
Gambounl Mrs 
Qibflon Hardy 
Gardner Aubrey 
Georgales Trio 
Gibson Florence 

Hinkel A Mae 
Harcourt L Miss 
Hanley Mrs Mack 

Iveraon Frltel* 

Janis Elsie 

Kaufman Mlas IC 
Kasler Ciarlxe 
Klein Mrs J G 

Lekmann l^Tax 
Leslie Ethel 
Lopez J R 
Lovely Louirfe 
I.e\vi8 Harry 
f^ewis Speaker 
Lewis I>ew 
La France Bros 
Leo Mrs Bryan 

Merla Janet 
Mclnson B'.anch 
Maxfleld Harry O 
Marl;s Albert 



McCudry M 
M'C'm'k * Wlnehlll 
Malloy Miss Pat 
Mantell I^ Aycra 
McNally James 

N'oon Pulstley 
Newman B»'a 
N'anahino Bob 

Pomsford VirKinia 
Palmer Paul E J 

Ryan ITazel 
Kicharda Mrs W F 
Rofcrii Allan 

Slack Davo 
Spengier Ralph 
Se!«lie Ethel 
Searles Arthur 
8imnnona James D 
Seville Estelle 
Smith Bill 

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Vernon Ruby 

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materials whicrh are to be sold before Claire f 
s&ils for Paris. Small women will find this 
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"Step on It" 18 Columbia Chicago 
26 Star & Garter Chicago. 

"Talk of Town" 18 Miner's Bronx 
New York 25-27 Cohen's Newbuigh 
23-30 Cohen's Poughkeepsie. 

"Temptations of 1922" 18 Grand 
Worcester 25 Hurtig & Seamons 
New York. 

"Town Scandals" 18 Palace Balti- 
more 25^ayety Wasliington. 

Watson Billy 18 Empire Toledo 25 
Lyric Dayton. ^ 

Watson Sliding Billy 18 Gayety 
Washington 25 Gayety Pittsburgh. 

Wllllums MolUo 18 Majestic 
Jersey City 25 Miner's Bronx New 
York. 

"Wine Woman and Song" 18 
Gayety Kansas City 25 L O. 

"Youthful Follies" 18 Gayety 
Omaha 25 Gayety Minneapolis. 



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Armentn ^ttws 
Adair Jaik 
Anderson I.urcH 
Allen J IMdio 

Bell E R 
Broase Sli'lla 
Budd ituth 
Baker Edvt'ie 
Beardinoro GIj«<1; 
Barb'"' TVIis.T 

Bryan L*^^ 

norgo JoT'TI 
Bell J.-M'i- 
BurUc \\ I •• \ 
Burns IMt' 

Croap C,f» 
Carol Al 
CralK M"*I 



f'tbtfrn V.'ia 
Crrtfi!" Char! t» 
<nin \crii 
Coburn Syilrifv 
CUlTor.l it Leslie 

r>lniiiilnjr Xiinnle 
!>• iiiinu MiH Itob 
Pnna Mrs 
I»ruiln'{ Bob 
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I'liwlor Pol'y 
l"'rerriand Uros 
Fi.-ldM Billy 
Fair Polly 
Fields Buddy 



COLUMBIA CIRCUIT 

"American Girl" IS Columbia New 
York 25 limpiro Brooklyn. 

"Hcauty Revue" 18 FUnpire 
Chicago 25 Gayety Detroit. 

"Big Jamboree" 18 Gayety Detroit 
25 Empire Toronto. 

•F.ig Wonder Show" 18-20 Cohen's 
Xewburgh 21-23 Cohen's Pough- 
l:tM'p.sci 25 Casino Brooklj n. 

'•J{on Tons" 18 Colonial Cleveland 
25 Empire Toledo. 

"Broadway Brevities" 18 Gayety 
Montreal 25 Casino Boston. 

"Broadway Flappers' 18 Casino 
Brooklyn 25 Miner's Newark, 

"Bubble Bubble" 18 Park Indian- 
apolis 25 Gayety St. I.oui.s. 

"Chuckles of 1922" IS Empire 
Brooklyn 25 Casino Philadelphia. 

Finney Frank 18 Star & Garter 
Chicago 25 Empress Chicago. 

"Flashlights of 1^23' .18 Gayety 
Milwaukee 25 Columbia Chicago. 

"Follies of Day" 18-20 Colonial 
Utica 25 Gayety Montreal. 

"Folly Town" 18 Casino Boston 25 
Grand Worcester. 

"Giggles' 18 J.yric Dayton 25 
Olympic Cincinnati. 

*(;rernwich Village Revue" 18 L O 
25 Gayety Omaha. 

"Hello Good Times" 18 Empire 
Providence 25 Gayety Boston. 

'Hippity Hop" 18 Gayety Minne- 
apoii.s 25 Gayety Milwaukee. 

"Keep Smiling" 18 Gayety Pitts- 
burgh 25 Colonial Cleveland. 

•Knick Knacks" 18 Orpheum 
Patcrson 25 Majestic Jersey City. 

"Lets Go- IS Gayety BulTalo 25 
Gayetv UoclH'Htt-r. 

"Maids of America" 18 Hurtig & 
Seamon's New York 25 Empire 
Providence. 

Marion Dave 18 Gayety Boston 25 
Columbia New York. 

"Mimic World" 18 gayety Roches- 
ter 25-27 Colonial I'tica. 

"Kadio Girls" 18 Gayety St. Louin 
Gayety Kansas City. 

Ret'VcH Al 18 Olympic Cincinnati 
8 ft l^t t rk lt4diiinm)oliH. 

'■Rocki'ts* 18 Miner's Newark 25 
Ori5h.Mim Pater.son. 

".Social Maids" IS Cnslno I'hila- 
delphia 25 I'alace Baltimore. 

"Step I..Ively Girls" IS i:mplro 
Toronto 25 Gayety Buffalo. 



MUTUAL CIRCUIT 

"Baby Bears" 18 Lyceum Colum- 
bus. 

"Band Bojf Revue" 18 New Em- 
pire Cleveland. 

"Broadway Belles" 18 People's 
Cinflnnati. 

"Follies and Scandals" 18 Holyoke 
Hoi yoke. 

"Georgia Peaches" 18 Band Box 
Cleveland. 

"Girls a la Carte" 18 Majestic 
Scranton. 

"ITeads T'p" 18 Howard Boston. 

"Hello Jake fUrls" 18 L. O. 

"Jazz Babies" 18 Garden BufTaTo. 

"Jazz Time Revue" 18 Empire Ho- 
boken. 

"Kandy Kids'M8 Star Brooklvn. 

"Lamn' Thru 1922" 18 Bijou 
Philadelphia. 

"Lid Lifters" 18 Majestic Wilkes- 
Barro. 

"London Qayety Girls" 18 Olympic 
New York. 

"Mischief Makers" 18 Gayety 
Brooklyn. 

"Monte Carlo Girls" 18 Lyric 
Newark. 

"Pace Makens" 18 Park ITtica. 

••Pell MpU" 18 Majestic Albginy. 

"Pepper Pot" IS Plaza Spring- 
field. 

"Playmates" 18 Gayety Louisville. 

"Runaway Girls" 18 Folly Balti- 
more. 

"Smiles and Kisses" 18 Broadway 
Indianapolis. 

White Pat 18 L. O. 



Lucchese. Miura, Rappold and Fitziu 
are handling the chief roles. Bus- 
iness for the week started off mildly. 



Since Dorothy Shoemaker stepped 
into the lead of the Duquesne Stock 
Co., the venture has been making 
good> and suffering little by the de- 
parture of Jack Norworth. If the 
prosperity continues for another 
month or two, this latest stock or- 
ganlziition can count its existence 
the longest on record here for sev- 
eral years: "Peg C My Heart" this 
week. "Smilin' Through" reported 
to have been close to capacity all 
of last. 



Friday, Doiecmber 1 0, IMS 

Science Discovers 
tlie Secret of 

Caniso*s 

Wonderful Voice 




jnvUit that CM hmmMtuHtmnt U-j af tlulm 
ftMM«JA« «rMies< MMMT Vail <im« P ThitSii. 

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sssstSit??sr™' "* *^'"' "'^• 

Tour Trtce can be 
improved 100% 

A few very fortunate persons-like tlir late 
Caruso— sre born with the sbiliify to sine 
weU. But cren Csruao had Co develoo his 
H)ro<ik)saus musck before his voice' waa 
perfect. You can develop a beautiful singing 
or spesking voice if yssrHyo^Ilossus muscle 
b strengthened by correct training. Pro- 
fesaor Feuchttnger. A. M.— famoua in the 
musk centers of Europe for his success in 
training famous Opera Singers-discovered 
the secret of the Hyo-Gk>ssus muscle. He 
devoted years of his life to scientific research 
and finally (perfected s system of voice train- 
ing that wBI develop your Hyo-Glossus 
muscle by simple, silent exercises right id 
your own home. The Perfect Voke Institute 
(usrantces that Professor Feuchtinger's 
method will improve your voice 100^ . too 
are to be you* own judge— if your voice is 
not improved 10011 in your own opinion, wa 
will refund your money. 

Grand Opera Stars 
His Students 






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Feaebtiaeer. 



aiamra have studied wHh 
Over 10.000 hapey I 
have reeelved the heneOta o( hie wondeifol tratai- 



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las. Yon do not know the poaaibnitics of year 
veiee. if yoa waat to alae— bat lack the i 
tralniAS bee aue e roa hmtm net tiM UaM aor 



Booth Tarklngton and Fk> Zclg- 
feld were membei-s of the entouragfe 
accompanying BlUie Burke, who 
opened Monday night at the Nixon 
In "Rose Briar" to near-capacity. 
The week is likely to go over big, 
as have the past two, which came 
close to eclipsing the house record 
with "Sally," during the engagement 
of which Jack Pickford was In town 
for several days. 

"The Circle" had one of Its poor- 
est weeks of the season at the Pitt 
last week, but the next two promise 
better things for the local house, 
with two picture stars booked, and 
$2 top announced. Pauline Frederick 
in "The Guilty One" attracted a 
mixed crowd of carriage patrons and 
movie fans Monday and Tuesday 
nights, and the advance sale was 
encouraging. Eugene O'Brien is the^*<'»'«*» 
underline, and advance notices arc 
quite informal with the caption, 
"Girls, See. Who's Coming Next 
Week." 



tb ■tody— her* is year ehanoe 
yoor vale* at a vary amall 
year own betae. 



Too can now traia 
la the privacy ef 



John Charles Thomas made his 
first concert appearance here 
Thursday night, In joint recital with 
Queena Mario. 



"What with Pauline Frederick at 
the Pitt this week, Billie Burke at 
the Nixon and Eugene O'Brien listed 
for next at the Pitt, and Bessie Bar- 
rlscale headlining at the Davis, the 
drawing power of the picture stars 
in legit win receive somewhat of a 
test, as the theatre situation here is 
close to normal. 



Etta Rosenbloom of Chicago la 
aimounced as the purchaser of three 
buildings on uppor Fifth avenue. 
am(>ng them the Pearl theatre, all of 
whicli are to be razed and to be 
supplanted by a large picture the- 
atre. The district is undoubtedly 
acallable for such a venture, as both 

Ito.ent. "Triflinc. Women"; ^^^-^-\ZlnV^"i '^uL !hl ^''^"^''" ""'""'" 

stone, "Secrets of P.aris"; Olympic. ' !fp"^®;,\.^'"^f„^^'^® 

"Imoos.UbIc Mr-s. liel'.eW': Camoo ^' ^^'^ ''^^^^^ ^'^^^ 

and (\atneraphone. "All NlRhf; A1-. 

hambra. "Forgotten Law"; Kenyonf 

'Brawn of the North." 



PITTSBURGH 

By COLEMAN HARRISON 

Pitturca — Grand and T^iberty. 
"Omar the Tontmaker"; State and 



recent disaster 



Andreas Dippol's I'. S. Grand 
Opora company makes Its second 
aT)pearnnce of the season Dec. IS, 
with "Tilstan and Isinldo." Tlio 
vcfiWire is untlerstofxl to be "over" 
hpi<', liaviii« recclv«'(l the patronage 
of th*» Vest-known people in the city, 
and drawing over 4.000 at the Syria 
.Mostiue on its first night with "Die 
Walkure." 



S.in Carlo Grand Opera CompHny 
is pr»'sentiiig its roportolre the cm'- 



SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

By ALLEN H. WRIGHT 

With Sid Grauman, I.,os Angolc.^ 
theatre man, as one of the leading 
liKures in the enft'rprlse, there in a 
report current tliat a new theatre 
will be erected at the southwest 
corner of Fourth and E. street.s, 
nrar the center of the dinvntowii 
business district. Tt is said the 
structure will cost between $500,000 
.and $1,000,000. 

Robert V,. Hicks, owner and man- 
ager of the Cabrlllo. a motion i>ie- 



If yoo waat to fanprove year ■p*al(i>ie vrice— if 
yoo ttamnMr or atatter— fYofceeor i-'eachtiacer 
will help jroo. 

Prof. Feuchtinger*i Booh FREE 

Toa will do yoonelf a great and laating good by 
stadrins thia book "Batar Yoor World.^' It mar 
be the Bret etep In yoor caracr. D9 not delaj. 
MaU the coapoo today. 

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1922 SanaysMe Ays^ Studio 5969 Chksva 

PlraaeaeadaMyiUCEPror«s«orrea«htiiivar's book, 
"Enter Yoor World." I hars pat X opposite tho 
aobiect that intatesta me most. I sisants no obli- 
gatiooa whatever. 



WokTrfa 



ATaine. 



Ape. 



is also said to be Interested in the 
project. Preliminary plans are said 
to have been drawn. 



Pictures (week, Dec, 4) — Pick- 
wick, "Ebb Tide": Supcrba, "Af- 
flnltle.s"; Colonial, 'The New- 
Moon"; Plaza. "Te.>»s of Storm 
Country"; Rialto, "The f:iernal 
Flame"; Kinema, "Her (Jilded 
Cage"; Cabrlllo. "When Knight hcod 
Was in Flower." •- 



NOTES 



Arrangements have bc<"n com- 
pleted whereby H. B. Marinelli will 
hereafter be the American repre- 
sentative for Loliis lyemurciined, 
who has produced the revues .at the 
Follea Bergere, Paris, for the past 
10 years. 



rent week at the Shubert Alvln. tui«* house in the adjoining block, 



Bert Wheeler ( Rert an. 1 Betty 
Wheeler) is negotiating for the 
st.'^.ge rights to "Barney Google." the 
Do Beck cartoon series running In 
the Heilr.«;t newspapers, with a View 
to doing the character in a m.usical 
show. 



Lou Tellcgsn will st.irt over the 
Orpheum circuit, opening at Min- 
neapoli.'i. 



The Olympic, Water town. N. Y., 
open Xnias with Keitli pop prl<'€il 
vaudeville. The l.ou.so is a .split 
week piaying flve .acts. It is oper- 
ated l)y Natlian Rt)l»l)ins. 



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GEORGE UPSCHULTZ 




Sensational Violinist 
and Conductor 



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CABARET • 

(Continued from page 10) 

Beauty" is its appellation and the 

rather luscious chorus which Miss 

"f. X^ewis has assembled was called 

' lipon to carry a large part of the 

burden. Ethel Arnall, the new 

prima donna, sings well and has a 

k rich soprano voice, while Jimmy 

j; Howard and Jewel Dolores, in d 

.masked Mutt and Jeff danc«. took 

the house by storm. Howard is 




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THE REASON 

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dancing under the name of Monsieur 
Jimmce. but he is a local boy and 
has made several 8<;t% of masks 
and has danced with them, each 
time proving to be the Individual 
hit. With a little mort experience 
and with someone to guide him, he 
will be a vaudeville possibility. The 
ensemble numbers t>sed were sung 
to "Sonyti," a ribbon number with 
the song "Quit Your KlddinV the 
Cops and the Kids and "Carolina." 
The new show is prettily costumed 
and is rich in its scenic investiture. 



The caa« of John Palmisano. a 
federal prohibition enforcement 
agent, charged with extortion, went 
to the jury in United States Dis- 
trict Court at Albany, N. Y^ 
after a trial that lasted two 
and one-half days. The defend- 



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General Executive Offices 

LOEW BUILDING ANNEX 

160 West 46th Street 

New York 



J. H. LUBIN 



The dismissal by Mayor Schwab . 
of Bufi'alo of former City Daoc* 
Hall Inspector and the npiointment 
of teeter Kern to t)io pisition has 
led to «■ storm of comment Mid 
criticism of the city r^dministration, 
Kern is a former liquor dealer ot 
30 years stamding, a jTrlend ot th« 
Mayor, and gives his qtialiflcatJont 
for the job as being "my missus i« 
a great dancer." Former Inspectoi^ 
Wright accuses th« Mayor of at* 
tempting to "bring back to BufTala 
the dance orgies which are th*^ 
greatest breeders of crime and vlco 
with which the city has to contend.** 



General Manager 



CHICAGO OFFICE 



Masonic Temple Building 

SIDNEY M. WEISMAN in Cliarge 



ACKERMAN & HARRIS 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 

THIRD FLOOR, PHELAN BLDG. 

MARKET, GRANT and O'FARRELL STREETS^ SAN FRANCISCO 

ELLA HERBERT WESTON, Booking Managmr, 

SBVE.N TO TEN WEICK CONTRACTS NOW LtUINQ ISSUUD. 



Oirietor of Public Safely MoCaild* 
loss of Pittsburgh is liavlns hta 
hands full trying to stamp out 
"night life." He recently won a 
point with the refusal of a license 
to Collins' Inn, a black and taa ro^ 
sort, which he opposed. Its own* 
er, Harry Collins, is before the Fed- 
eral authorities on a charge of dopo 
trafflclclng. "Night life" incident* 
ally came in for a little airing laat 
week, when several of the Pitts* 
burgh dailies promised an expoflS 
of a great bootlegging circle whlcl| 
will involve prominent men hero. 



ant took the stand Tuoaclay In his 
own defense. Among other wit- 
nesses were Albert Randall, another 
dry sleuth, who, with Palmisano, 
visited the store of Matthevy Spo.r- 
telli at 1 Orchard street. Auburn, 
last March and found Intoxicating 
liquor, he testified. WJlliam Hren- 
nan, chief of the dry office at Syra- 
cuse, to which* Palmisano was at- 
tached, testified as to the character 
of the defendant. Palmisano told 
the court that Max Meyer, alleged 
partner of Sportelli, gave him $100 
to return a bottle of wine the agents 
had seized as evidence. He said he 
refused to consider the oflFer and 
was arrested by members of the 
Auburn police department. Attor- 
ney Richard H. Fwrns of Syracuse 
defended Palmisano. 



The Reisenw^ber closure is on 
appeal and awaiting a docislon, ex- 
pected daily. The temporary stay 
of the injunction order came up in 
the U. S. Court with the federal 
attorney's omres arguing ajjainnt 
iho Htay being made permanent, 
pending the ultimate outcome. 
Meantime the former prr.^onnel ol* 
the Reisenwelicr manag<**.nciit ar - 
pears to be separat.'nf; anii fcuread- 
ing. Walter KafTenburg aaiU-l Mon- 
day for the other side and iJi-niiy 
Uberall Is managing tho Aurora 
restaurant, downtown New York, 
said to be one of the chain oper- 
ated by Iko Ileineman, the whole- 
sale butcher, who is reputed to b" 
behind Joe Susskind (Muiray'n). 
John Wagner is the remaining part- 
proprietor of the trio, who unrecd 
to p.ay $100,000 to Louis Fi^chtr 
u'hen purchasing Rei»enw«»b#»r'H. 
To date $49,000 has been paid, Rav- 
ing a balance of $51,000. 



While a story hcr<' and iliire of 
rouiiterfeit moiwy pupsiri^ for the 
purchase of boozo, the bear Htory 
.ippr.ns to tJiat about a boat ff)in- 
ing Into Long Island from the Ha- 
hamas, carrying a liquor cargo 
worth $28,000. Negoilaters for xi 



were offered the lot at $48 a case, 
delivered on board. At night th? 
purchasers went out in a boat, got 
the booze and paid for it in bills, 
the full amount The ship returned 
to the Bahamas and the owners 
placed the money on deposit to their 
credit in a local bank. The bank 
sent it on to the States when word 
was wired back all of the $28,000 
was counterfeit money. There was 
nothing to bo^ done but it haa left 
the Bahama liquor dealers in thin 
quandary; they dare not accept a 
check and are suspicious of bills. 



The Boardwalk, New York, Is t«» 
have a now show, con'.inuing XYk% 
revue type of entertainment thora. 
Under the direction of Lew Leollo^! 
who has the present Boardwalk en*j 
terta!nment, it is due Deo. 18. Ar-i 
rangements with specialty turns 
call for a twenty -week engagemoat. ' 
I The «'abaret will continue its tltlo oCj 
the Boardwalk, though (hanged last' 
summer from Cafe de I'arls, whom 
^he decorations wero installed la 
,creatiii{,' an atmosplure of Atlantic 
City's Boardwalk. Joaoffson's Ice- 
lundrrs have been engasred for ths 
new flom* show. 



A chain of 20 cabarets with shows 
costing up to $8,500 and covering as 
nearly as possible all the desirable 
locations in tho theatre district is 
.said to bo the ambitious plan of 
the Salvlns. The Salvin group al- 
ready own 11 places and is said 
to have an interest in others wliich 
gives them control. The near- 
monopoly is closer than it appears 
on paper for the Salvin places are 
all elaborate in makeup and style 
and occupy the choice locations. 
Besides there Is no organized op- 
position. The cabaret ewtablish. 
ments outside of the .Salvin group 
are made up of individuals who 
compete one with the other, and 
none of the Ind'^pendents works 



The very large Incomes somohoir 
secured, ana much beyond their 
salaries, by some t»f the men 
charged with the enforcement of 
the liquor act have not benefitted 
them, from all account. •?. The sud* 
don increase in income Is said to 
have led the recipients to excesses, 
mostly gambling, with horse raclnf 
favor<Ml. The story rou'ludes with 




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traetion lines, *'!." road and sabway. , „ 

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Phone I.onraere ll^'j 

Modernised bnlldlnr. eonlalainc 
three and four ruonm with hath. 
Apartments will acrominodHte three 
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One. three and four reom upartaaents 
with kitchenettes, private baths and tele- 
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Principal Oftlce— Yandis Court. S41 West 4Sd Street. New Toric 

Apartmrnta Can Be Seen Evenings. Office tn Each Building. 



the comment that the bookmakers 



seem to be more 
than bootleggers. 



certain winners 



The eventual disciplining of pub- 
lic dance places seems on the hor- 
Ison through notification given 
dance hall proprietors by Deputy 
Police Commissioner Mrrf. (leorge 
Loft In New York. She told the 
dance hall men "dirty dancing" 
.would have to go or the police would 
I make aoreste for disorderly con- 
Iduct, with the subsequent revoca- 
jtion of licenses upon conviction. 
The dance hall men readily agreed. 



Ernie Young, of Chicago, has 
landed the "pride" of the South in 
the way of cabaret business — the 
brunewald Cave at the-C]runewald 
hotel. New Orleans, where he will 
install a 40 people revue. He re- 
places Joe Gorham who has hel«l 
bis place for the last fix yeurs. 



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Plioaes; Bryant M5e-1 



opening this week, has Cortez and 
Peggy, the dancers, as the enter- 
tainers. 



The Gypsy Land cabaret on We^t 
4uth street is getting quite a strong 
late night play from the show 
people. 



The Hotel Biltmore orchosfra. 

[New York, is the latest recruit to 

Lhe vaudeville jazz band ranks, the 

tiltmorers opening for a tour of the 

S'ew York Keith houses within a 

reek or so. The band will retain 

Its hotel job while playing dates. 

jA woman singer will be with the 

|i>and in vaudeville. 



At Madison Square Garden Jan. 6 
^ill be held a CIreenwich Village 
Masque Ball. An announcement 
Bent out says "Kindly use and 
oblige 'The Committee'," without 
mentioning any name connected 
with the ball. 



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' Abe Aarons. formerly floor man- 
kger at Jim Colisimo's cafe. Is now 
manager of Green Mill (lardens. 
Chicago, Lew Kane Is booking the 
vaudeville and cabaret perfoimer.s 
Xor Green Mill. 



Artie Leeming has been rngap<»d 
tor the Hotel Richmond, Miami, Ha. 



Texas Guinan's Room In the 
\3eaux Arts Building, New York. 



"The Meeting House," a tastefully 
decorated restaurant witii quite a 
new idea in back of it, opened last 
week. It is on 48th street, just east 
of Broadway. Joe Smallwood. for- 
merly in charge of the "Midnight 
Frolic," is manager. The "Meeting 
House," however, is designed along 
opposite lines of the Broadway 
cafes. Its purpose is to provide the 
best food, properly nerved and at 
modest prices. The establishment 
is technically philanthropic. It Is 
backed by Douglas Monroe Robin- 
son, a New York millionaire, kin of 
Theodore Roosevelt. Two souh of 
the late president are interested in 
a chain of Brazilian coffee shops 
spotted above 42n(i street, but not 
designed for sef^ice such as the 
"Meeting House." 

The Winter Garden, Cleveland, the 
town's leading cabaret, which 
opened Nov. 1 with an Ernie Young 
revue, has been doing very satis- 
factory business. A small coveur 
charge is made. Page newspaper 
advertisements have been used to 
help trade. The floor show's feij,- 
ture is the Pogb number, tlie same 
as it is done in the other Young 
revue at Marigold Gardens, Chi- 
cago. Young recently took over the 
Roy Bargy Orchftstra. formerly 
known as the Benson Orchestra. 



June Elvidge, Mario'i Carl and 
Ralph Sanford are lei-ling princi- 
pals, while Frankie Kla?sen is h(?ld 
over and will remain there, so 
Bohler says, "as lonjj" as he "is 
there." 



Rainbo Gardens, Chicago, con- 
ducted by Fred Mann, who Iras just 
expended $800,000 in llxing up the 
place, will reopen December 15 with 
a revue which will be called "Rainbo 
Trail," and will be produced by Ed- 
ward Beck. The revue will have 35 
people in all, including a chorus 
of twenty. Among principals al- 
ready engaged are Ruth Etting and 
Garrett Conway. Melle Rene will 
costume the revue. ?» 



Charles B o h I e n ' • "November 
Rosebuds" is at Terrace Gardens 
in the Morrison hotel. Chicago, 
where the F'lve Serenaders do an 
act in addition to serving with 
four others in the orchestra. This 
act .«s stopping c\'2;y show, t^o. 



Ae much attention is being paid 
to trucks and cars on the Long 
Island roads as is given to the same 
conveyances on the roads leading 
from Canada. Daily arrests on 
Long Island and seizures have been 
so plentiful some of the dealers 
who secure their stuff from the 
boats are imposing the condition 
the purchaser mu.^t make his own 
delivery. This usually reduces ihe 
cost |j a case. 



Fred Mann'e $1,000,000 new Rain- 
bo room. Chicago, will open Dec, 15. 
It will have a seating capacity of 
3,600 and reservations are already 
being made in great number. It hi 
t|ie boast that this dancing floor 
will accommodate more couples 
than any other in Chicago. Ed- 
ward Beck's production of "Rainbo 
Trail" will be the opening feature. 



Pat Campbell, lormerly . press 
agent for several George C. Tyler 
productions, is' now located perma- 
nently as exploitation manager of 
Chicago's new million dollar dance 
palace, "The Trianon." Campt)ell 
has brought Into use the up-to-date 
show method.s. 



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The Little Club has Dolly Kay as 
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no cops detailed in the places. The 
former bell ringing system at the 
approach of policemen has been re- 
vived in some of the places. 



'The Side Show, New Yorkrwlll 
open a revue Saturday with Isabelle 
Jason, Dorothy Manghn and Harry 
Rose among the principals. The 
California Ramblers, orchestra, 
opens there Jan. 6. 



At thf Monte Carlo, New York, 
where Savoy and Brennan are 
doubling into the cabaret from the 
"Greenwich Village P'ollies," Beth 
Berrie and Grant and Wing have 
been added to the program. 



The New*V»^k "Daily News" has 
.started a series of articles detail- 
ing the dealings of the rum run- 
ner."* from the Bahamas to the 
Stales. The "News" sent a repre- 
sentative to the Bahamas. 



Buster Brown Is the most ad- 
vertised attraction at Ike B'oom's 
"Mid-nite Frolics," with Maby Mil- 
dred Manley, Robert Jones, Ruth 
Dcnice, Jack Irving and Mary Ellis 
other entertainers. ./ ■ ; " -• 



Carleton Terrace at Bioadway and 
100th street. New York. Is closed, 
with a sign posted saying a hotel 
will be erected on the corner site. 



Ethel Arnold, Ituby Calm, Flo 
Tress, and Mablo Scull.v opened at 
the Century Itoof, Ballimare, last 
wock. 

Babe Irwin, lielle Kover and Eva 
r.arra have been enga^^ed for the 
Little Itltz Club. Brooklyn, .\. V. 

Tex Ellis and NirsUa have an en- 
gagempiii at the Moulin Itouge, 
Chicago'. 



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Columbus Circle and 58th Street 

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Rooms with privnte baths; 
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INCORPORATION 

(Continued from page 10) 

Merrltt Crawford, A. E. James an4 
Charles Ascott. 

Walter Hampden, Inc., Manhattaiv 
Theatres, places of amusement, etc.; 
capital, $500; dlr<»ctors. J. H. 
Dougherty, Jr.; Walter Hampdea 
and Samuel M. Weller. 

J. R. Clancy, Inc., S3Tacuse. Man- 
ufacture theatre machines and stag* 
rigging appliances; capital, $100,« 
000; directors, J. R. Clancy, M. BL 
Myers and P. N. Decker. 

Victory Cinema Corporation, Man* 
hattan. Capital, $10,000; directors. 
Joseph Schron, Louis Oguat and 
Frederick Zorn. 

Sunflower, lnc.» Syracuse. Con« 
struct buildings for hotels, theatres, 
etc.; capital, $2,000; directors, Sarah 
G. Buettner, Emily S. Hancock and 
Helen M. Bush. 

J. and L. Corporation, Manhattan. 
Realty, theatres, motion pictures; 
capital, $50,000; directors. William 
Kaufman, Edward N. Bloomberg 
and Ida ShrnuniH. 

- Jack Raymond Comedies Corpora* 
tion, Manhattan. Theatrical, mo« 
tion pictures; capital. $50,000; direc* 
tors, Alil)el Corey, Sylvia Schwartz- 
man and Alfred Worsnop. 

Photoplay Finance Corporation, 
Manhattan. Cnpltnl, $500; directors. 
A. J, Callaghan. C. F. Smythe and 
Mar-kley Frunkham. 

Friman Holding Co., Inc., Manhat- 
tan. Realty, hotels, theatres; cap- 
ital. $:i.000: director.", H. W. Gold- 
.«^teln. I.. S. Wallach and Lillian 
.Vllhh. 

Five Boroughs Mortgage Co., Inc., 
Manhattan. Realty, hotels, theatres; 
cai>ltal. $3,000; directors, If. W. 
(Jolflstcin, L. S. Walluch and Lillian 
Mihh. 

Community Athletic Field, Inc., 
Williamsvllle, Erie county. Organ- 
ize b.T.soball team an<l outdoor 
amu.se?n<'ntH; capital. $10,000; direc- 
tor«. G»*(Mgc W. waiters, E. E. Brock 
and A. K. Ouchis. 

The Mpvad Corporation, TToches- 
(or. Advpi ti.slng. iiicUidltig movinj? 
pk'tur*' devices; capllsil. $75,000; 
directors. Wllli.im U. Wils-on. i:d\vra 
AH;«n and M. G. I'^Uenbogan. 



Oh've Hill li.is L'th (hk. ».!-•,. 
the revue at KOMgiovannls, 
lnirgh. 



for 
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Oklahoma 

I.yjic Tlif-.'Uio Ainu.-emcnt Co., 
Tulsa, Okla.; capital stock. $10,000. 
Iiicorporatidns, I. K. Harvey. W. L. 
H«'n.sh'y and R. O. Ilonslev, all of 
MorM!«i, Okla. 

The Ardmoro p.irk Amu«^oment 
Co.. .Ar.lmore, Okla.; car»ital stock. 
$L'r».000. I n«<»'tH>ra< orH, 1'. S-.l«>rtes, 



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all of Ardmore. . 



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SPORTS 

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fuard, has been^lected captain ©f 
the Williama football team for next 
«60.8on. The 1928 schedule of the 
Purple eleven has one important 
change, Cornell taking the place of 
Yale. The game will be played at 
Ithaca on October 13. 

Baltimore is at last in a class, 
athletically speaking, with many of 
the other large cities, for the new 
municipal stadium on 33d street is 
open. Its seating capacity of 
45,000 was found much too 
small for the crowd which as- 
sembled to see the Army-Marine 
football game, an annual affair 
played between ^he Marine Corps 
'and the Third Corps Area football 
teams. The game was given the 
same rousing features which make 
the Army-Navy games so attract- 
ive. Before the game some 20,000 
soldiers, marines and 'young col- 
lege students marched in a massive 
line about tho stadium and the 
formal dedication of the huge 
strucutro was made timply. This 
was followed by a flag: raising and 
tho firing of the 21 pvns Kali\te. 
Secretaries Dcnby and Weeks were 
present, and General LeJeune and 
General Butler, of tho JIarIno 
Corps, witne^Fed tho pramo, while 
Maj. Gen. Charles J. Tailey, re- re- 
tiring ccmmrindor of the Third 
Corps Area, was the ranking army 
officer present. The game waa 13 



to 12, with the Marines on the long 
end, but until the whistle blew it 
was anyone's, the last quarter be- 
Ing marked by a series of sensa- 
tional plays. The seating capacity 
was taxed, with 45,000 people 
seated, 6.000 standing around the 
rim of the bowl and with ipore than 
10,000 unable to gain admittance, 
crowded on the* peak of an over- 
looking hill. 



Jack Kearns, manager for Jack 
Dempsey, in a letter to Otto Ploto. 
sporting editor of the "Journal- 
Post," Kansas City, and dean of 
sporting writers, states he has been 
offered a year's contract by Pat he 
for a series of pictures in which the 
champion is to be featured. Con- 
tinuing, tho letter says in part, '^You 
being the only writer that is so 
close • to Dempsey, and know him 
so well, the Pathe people have asked 
me if you would consider a propo- 
sition to go to California with 
Dempsey and write the stories they 
have in mind for his pictures. I 
wish ycu wo"jld consider this deeply, 
as it is a good proposition and 
v.ould mean more money to you 
than you would get out of tho news- 
paper busincrs in ten years."' 

Never before in tho history of 
baseball, it is said, have so many 
minor league teams been without 
managers at this time of tho year. 
In the Eastern League, for example, 
one-half tho clubs are pilotless. 




SAM H. HARRIS Attractions 

MUSIC BOX THEATRE 

West 45th 8t. Eva. 8:15. Mats. Wed.-8«t. 
SAM H. HARltIS Pmrnts IRVING BERLIN'S 

lusic BOX mm 

8tate<I by HASSARb SHORT. ' 
WITH A ORE.4T CAST I 



SAM U. HARRIS PreMiits 

JEANNE EAGELS 

in "RAIN" 

Founded on W. Somerset Maugham's 
St^ry, "Miss Thompson." 



BELASCO ^^'«»^ *<'^ St. Evs. g:30. 
^^^ Mat.s. Thurs. & Sat. 2:30. 

OAVID eELASCO PraHnt* 

LENORE UiRIC 

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A N«« Ctaarartet Study by ANDKV PICARO 

New Amsterdnm Theatre — W. 4td Htreef 

Efenlngs 8:1.V PQI'UI.AR MAT. WEDNESDJIY. 
UERnLAK MATINEE HATLHDAY, 
EXTRA. MATINEE THURSDAY , 

A National Institution 



Ziegfeld 



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42d St.. W, of Bway. 
EVENINGS at «:10. 

Mats. Wednesday and Sbturday at 2:30. 
ANNE NICHOLS' New Comedy 

"ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" 

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#^ A inrV Bway A 4€lb ."t. Eva. S:30. 

\iAllLl I Mats. Wed. & Sat., 2:30 

' CIIARLKS DIIXINOHAM Presents 

LOYALTIES 

By JOHN, GALSWORTHY 

••SEASON'S BEST PLAW—Trlbuna 



EARL CARROLLnt"^FIfrreth street! 

Sves. 8:30. Mats. Thurs. A Sat.. 2:30. 

SCHWAB A KITSSELL. Brinj You 

The GINGHAM GIRL 

with EDDIE BllZZELL. 

HELEN FORD BERTIE BEAUMONT 

LOUISE ALLEN RUSSELL MACK 

ALAN EDWARDS AMELIA SUMMERVILLE 

And the BEST CHOHUS on BROADWAY 



IfENRY MILLER'S L'fr.s'A'' 

Evs. 8:20. Mats. Thurs. & Sat.. i:20. 

INA CLAIRE 

.AND CO., Including: BRUCE McRAE *n 

AR THUR RIChMAN'S New Comedy. 

The Awful Truth 



TIMES SQUARE ■.rj^J" 

MATS. ^HURS. A SAT. 2:30. 

"THE FOQL" 

CHANNING POLLOCK'S 
New Play Produced by the Selwyns 




Theatre, \%\ 4Sth St. Eas. 8:15. 
Matine*^s Weil, and .««f.. 2:15. 



CORT 

MERTON of the 
MOVIES 

Ifnrry I.eon \%'llM)n'n Story Dramatised 
by Geo. S. Kaufman A Mart- Cunnelly. 

— WITH— 

Glenn Hunter I Florence Nash 



BETTER TIMES 

AT THE 

HIPPODROME 

MANAOEMENT-rn A ni.F.<« DII.LrNOBAM 

GREATEST SPECTACLE EVER 

STAGED AT THE HIPf^OROMC 

MAT. DAUT, 2:15; EVES., 8:15 

I mirPTV THEATRE, W. 42d St. 

"Best American Musical Play 

in the Whole Wide World** 

GEORGE M. COHAN'S COMEDIANS 

In the Ncv Sobb and Dance Show 

"LITTLE NELLIE KEMY" 

j,^ V*Vn/\I^ MatP. Wed.. Sat., 2;30. 

THE LOVE CHILD 

By HENRY BAT.MLLE 

Adapted for the .\merlcan S(ar« 

Ily \l.tKTIN IIHOWN 

ttlth a Nntnhle iompany, Inrlodinc 

.SIDNEY III.ACKMEK 

JANET IIRKCIIER 

I.EE n.^KF.R 



.JOHN GOLDEN Stt < K.'^SES 



Madge KENNEDY 
in SPITE CORNER 
By Frank CRAVEN 

I ITTI F ~ ^^>** **^^ street. 

A-l 1 1 L.I:. Exeniiifr* nt S:SO. 

— Matinees WoditeMlity iind Siiturda) — 



1 tH 

HEAVEN 



BOOTH 



. U eM -J.Mh S(r«'i>(. 
l^«rniiif:H itt M::(0. 
— ^Tatinres M ••dn«"«*d;iy niiii Sutiirdaj — 



B. S. 



MOSS BROADWAY ^fsi 

Keith Komedy Karnival 

ALL' • CHARLIE CHAPLIN 

STAR • BUSTER KEATON 

COMEDY • LARRY SEMON 

ACTS • COMEDIES 



AT THE GLOBE 

*The BUNCH 
and JUDY'' 

INTIll lA^TH WhiXO.MK lOK 
ill.\Kl.E.S l>IMJN«;liAM M 

m:w Mr»;ic \i. i;NTi:nTAi\.Mr>^r. 

"JT'.'S A GlICAT WlOIV/'-i-tV*/ Pe-rt. 



WILLIE AND EUGENE HOWARD 

> - • 8TARRINO IN ^ 

"PASSING SHOW OF 1922" 

Direction ME88K8. SHU BERT Winter Garden, New York, Indefinite 



MARIE 



WILLIAM 



HENRIETTA and WARRINEB 

-^ "AMERICA'S OWN SINGERS" 



Springfield, Waterbury. Pittsfleld 
and Albany are in this class. Ro- 
porta from Waterburju have it that 
Herman Bronkie, utility inflelder 
and coach of the St. Louis Browns 
last season, is slated to succeed 
Billy Gilbert as manager of the 
Brai?co8. Bronkie was in charge of 
the Mobile Bears In the Southoi'n 
Association three years ago. Gil- 
bert starred as second baseman on 
the Giants' Hfteen years ago. 



OSWALD 



Wallace Dugid, the big Canadian 
challenger, who lost in two straight 
falls to 'Strangler" Lewis, in Kan- 
sas City last Friday night, unlike 
many other losers, had no alibi. 
•'There isn't a man in the United 
States, Canada, or the world, who 
(.an beat him. Tho hcadlock will 
get ihcm all" the Canadian said and 
continued, "In the first fall Lewis 
did not have a good headlock on 
mo, but when we went to the mat 
I fell on my neck and it stunned 
me. Lewis then clamped hfs arras 
around my neck and I was helpless. 
I was advised not to go for the sec- 
ond fall, byt I have never been ac- 
cused of being a quitter, so decided 
to go back and stay as long as I 
cou-d. He soon headlocked me 
again and I was powerless. The 
hold will beat them aH." Lewis won 
the first fall in one hour and 17 
minutes and the second in 10 min- 
utes. Fred Fulton, the Rochester 
plasterer, who is here preparing for 
his bout with Carl Morris, at Tulsa, 
December 18, was present at the 
match and expressed his desire to 
meet John Pesek, In a mixed bout 
in this city. He Is confident that 
the fighter will prove better than 
the wrestler and wants to prove it. 
The Lewis-Dugid match drew a 
crowd of 5,000 and the gate receipts 
were announced as |5,400. 



Vic McLaughlin of New York, 
who was billed before the fight as 
the "middleweight champion of 
Canada," was given a sound thrash- 
ing by JImmie "Butch" OHagan, 
the Albany boxer, In their 12 -round 
bout before the Knickerbocker A. C, 
in the Capital City Tuesday night. 
It was O'Hagan'a fir#t fight in the 
capital district in several years, and 
the Albany boy marked his return to 
the roped enclosure with a decisive 
victory. Joe Daly of New York and 
Pete Williams of Brooklyn battled 
to a draw in the lO-rybnd bout. A 
big crowd attended the fights. It 



being the second show staged at the ' 
new indoor home of the Albany club ■ 
in the old Rathbone^ard stove 
foundry in the North End. Match- 
maker Dan E. McMahon was cred- 
ited with the fine arrangements in 
connection with the show. O. H. 
Stacy, manager of the Majestic the- 
atre, is associated with the club, but 
it is understood the real business 
end of the organization is handled 
by McMahon, who has the reputa- 
tion of being the premier boxing 
promoter In the capital district. 




WOODSDE 
KENNELS 

WOODSIPE 



MiKE^ —ANDY 

NAIO and RIZZO 

'■ ■"*•■■■'■•.'';.■■ Presenti 

A Musical breeze 

Direction JESS FREEMAN 



President George Muehlebach, of 
the Kansas City American Associa- 
tion baseball team, has announced 
the purchase of the Enid Western 
Association franchise. The deal In- 
cludes 10 player.*?, the buildings and 
a lease en the grounds for five years 
with an option of a renewal for five 
years. Tom Downej-, formerly with 
the Kansas City team, managed the 
Knld club last season and won the 
Western AssociatfOn pennant. He 
will probably continue in the same 
position next summer, although no^ 
contract has been signed. The Blue 
boss is making plans to get the K. 
C. team away to a good start in the 
spring and will send the squad to 
Lake Charles, La., for the early 
training. .■■_■■ ■'■' ,''-''\ •'.''. 



JACK and JESSIE 

GIBSON 

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 
Direction JACK GARDNER 



Fiixjvir 



~mKk 



Oral betting won a preliminary 
victory In Chicago as part of the 
aggressive program to restore rac- 
ing to Illinois. The Illinois Jockey 
Club, the organization formed by 
Tom Bourke, caused the arrest of a 
bookmaker s^t their recent Haw- 
thorne meet for a test ci^e. He 
was acquitted on proving the law 
defective. It wag appealed and the 
decision stood in the highest courts, 
being now regarded as final. On 
the strength of this, preparations 
are under way for a full-fiedged 
old-time racing season at Hawthorne 
next year. 



William "Bill" Armour, who man- 
aged the Kansas City Blues, Amer- 
ican Baseball Association, In 1914- 
15, died Dec. 2 in Minneapolis fol- 
lowing a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. 
Armour was one of the best-known 
figures In organized baseball, and 
was the accredited discoverer of Ty 
Cobb, whon that popular player 
was a member of the Augusta, Ga., 
team In 1905, and the deceased the 
manager of the Detroit Tigers. 



BACON anii FONTAINE 

World's Greatest Dancing Skaters 

XOW FE.\Tf RED 

rVGEKSOLL PI££ BALLROOM 

DETROIT, MICK. 



JIM and GLADYS 

Guilfoyle 

Direction BILLY JACKSON 

John Keefe 



"SPITE CORNER" 



I.1TTLK TIIBATRR, NKW TOBK CITT 



CARLTON EMMY 

AVD 

HIS MAD WAGS 

BOOKED SOLID — ORPHBITM CHL 

Diraotion: BURT CORTELYOU 

1 JA 



Harry Piconda, third baseman of 



AMERICA'S FOREMOST THEATRES AND HITS. DIRECTION OF LEE AND J. J. SHUBERT 



-GREATEST MUSICAL BIT OF AGES- 

"BLOSSpim IINIE" 

Second Triamphemt Year 

CENTURY THEA. 



Ev«8. 8:30. 



62d Street ftnd 
Crnt. Park Went 

Matinees Wed. and Sat. 



jtOsim C* The*.. W. off Bway. Bv«. 8:M. 
49fn JI. Mat*. Wed. and Sat.. 1:30. 

—IIEADLINER OF MTSTERY PLAYS— 

WHISPERING 
WIRES 

—HAS THE TOWN TALKING— 



Even. 8:30. 



THEATRE, 4Uh Rtrcft. 
■ WMt of BrodwM — 

Mats. Wed. and Sat. 



SHUBuRT — Wptt or nroadwu — 



Greenwich Village Follies 



Fourth Annual Production 



JOISON'S 59th ST. I,"?vrj« 

K»« . S::o M.iflneps Thurn. an<l .«at. 

J^KNNATION OF TIIK CKNTVBY 

THE WORLD 
WE LIVE IN 

(The Insect Play) 

It) .rOsKI' ami KARKL ( APKK 

LAST THREE WEEKS F%"rD*r3'o 

MARION DAVIES 

CBiTEiriON 

I jOAv at 44'"5T 

Au.9ur) ctsnvto 



PI AVkinilCP 49th, K. of Br. Bnrt. 2<I2li. 
runinVwOU Matlner» Wed. and Sat. 

"Drliiclitrnl muxical comedy, well acted, 
danced and «anff." — Bve. Pout. 

UP SHE GOES 

*'B«ttcr than 'Irf>n«'— H'liat more conld 

yoo nak?" — Eve. Tejetrani. 



/^PIMTP AT THEA.. 47th A B way. 
^^•-•'^ * l\/%£- Twl. * n«lly. 1:15 tnd «:13 

SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 

Week nerlnnlng MONDAY MAT, Dec. II 

ROGER IMHOF ,..i7.!.''S.v„. 
"Say It With Laughs" 

With BARR TWI.NS— BOBBY BARRT 
AND AT.r NTAR VAUDEVILLR 



AMBASSADOR Si?,: *E'ir„f„'i.",';!; 

Matlne»'s Wednfsdny and Saturday. 
The International Mailcal Sncceaa 

THE LADY IN ERMINE 

WITH 
WILD A BENNETT * WALTER WOOLF 

and a Pre-eminent Caat 



F. RAY C0M8T0CK and MORRIS GE8T PrMtnt 
ELEVENTH D^J*£t9^ THIRD 
MONTH DCiliCfT 8 EDITION 

Chauve Souris 

CENTURY ROOF «';"**>"'' 

\:\fs S:30. MHts. Tu*"". i:n«i Sat . 2:30. 



the New Haven 
basebaU team and 
Albany Ave in the 
Basketball League 
to Connie Mack's 
cash consideration 
players. Piconda 
heaviest hitters 
Leaguo last season 



Eastern Leaffu« 

Htar guard of the 

New York Stat© 

has been sold 

Athletics for a 

of 19,000 and two 

was one of the 

In tho Eastern 



Despite the report whon Willie 
Hoppe recently regained his cham- 
pionship laurels as the 18.2 balk- 
line billiardist of the country, that 
Hoppe would not again appear in a 
tournament, the champion has since 
said he had stated no playing re- 
strictions of any character. / 



Patrick F. (Paddy) O'Connor, for-* 
mer coach of the Yankees and other 
big lea«:ue teams, has signed a con- 
tract to manage Hartford in the 
Eastern Iieaguo next season. He 
was pilot of the Albany team in 
the same circuit last season and 
part of the season before. 



One of the owners on the New 
York race tracks last season liad 
five of his horses entered under five 
different names, securing an owner's 
badge for each. Asked the object, 
he said that they wotild have to 
rule him off five times before keep- 
ing him away from the tracks. 



DAILY 

2:20& R:10 



KNIGHTHOOD 

WAS IN FLOWER 

.''ttl.. hua. sua liol><l4ij». 2;13, 6:IA ft SsM 



Ut%. «:2-. 
and Hut. 



CASINO *'' * nr..».lwar 

S 

Musical Comedy Sensation 

SALLY, IRENE and MARY 



-WITH— 



£ddie Dowiing and a Great Cait 



Frank Moran is now in Paris to 
train for his Hgbt with Marcel 
Nllles, French heavyweight cham- 
pion, listed for the third week in 
December. Charley Ilerrlck Is man- 
aging Muran, while Lerda handles 
Nllles. 



The New York Celtics, the best 
basketball team in the east, will 
play the Eastern League on the 
Steel Pirr. Atlantic City, this win- 
ter. Kvei y tYiday night is the > 
scheduled game. __ 



S 



MARK 



D 



TRAIV 

Ilrondnay ti 47th Ht. 
■A NATIONAL IN.STITUTION" 
ntrierl ion JaMuli PlnnkeU 

WESLEY BARRY in 

"HEROES of the STREET" 

'♦ifflANn HTMmuiVIr ORCHBimiA 

CAUl^ &:L>0UAHDE C«nd«ictov /-' 



'' • ■'" -' '' 



-'U^'^iLSfT. 



40 



PICTURES 



Friday, December 16. 1922 



THE BEAUnFUL AHD DAMNED 

PreMnte^l by th« Warner Brother* from 
the novel of ih« aaiiiA name by F. ScoU 
iPltztcenild Olj* I'rintawiu did th<» adupt- 
InK for the •crecn and WllUmn A. Selior 
directed. At tb« Strand. Dec 10. 
CASl" 

OloHa Maria Pre vo!»t 

Anthony Kenmth Harlan 

Dick Ilariy Myoni 

Adam Patch lully Marsliall 

Murle! lA>uiJW Krizciicl:! 

Dot *'>«•« RiilK<"le> 

Mr. Gilbert Kmrtiett King 

Hull W.i ter I. "g 

FliMsrkman Clareiu-e Hurtun 

Ifaury I'arker McConncll 



Probably will have «onu> drawing 
power at the box oflice because of 
the novel, but the pirture isn't 
there. It screens »s mostly u catth- 
as-catch-can presentation of the 
story, neither coverinp the territory 
\vhicH the bound edition did nor Is it 
as interestingr. Besides 'The Beau- 
tiful and Damned" Is not g:enerally 
conceded to be Fitrgorald's best 
work. Additional attention to detail 
might have helped the adaptation 
as a picture, but It nlniply flicks 
alongr. causing no undue interest at 
the beginning and soon settles itself 
into an average feature. The title 
Is the film's best asset. 

It's a free translation, from the 
print to the screen, much liaving 
been deleted and a few liberties 
taken with the script. Not advan- 
tageously. Kenneth Harlan does 
nicely, so far as appearance goes, 
as Anthony Patch, the youthful 
Idler. Marie Prevost, opposite, as 
the social butterfly who marries and 
then ruins him through extra va- 
trance, is appealing to the eye, 
though her work would hardly be 
called convincing. Whatever honors 
there are go to Tully Marshall, al- 
ways dependable, as the grand- 
father, and Harry Myers as a seri- 
ous novelist with a decided leaning 
towards his liquor. Louise Frazenda 
and Walter Long are also included 
in the line-up (or small bits. 

The picture is unquestionably 
standard, so far as photography and 
settings are concerned. Some of the 
interiors and the action are almost 
entirely indoors. 

The story follows the career of 
young Patch, who won't work and 
merely Is stalling until his wealthy 
grandfather sees flt-to pass away. 
The old gentleman is obstinate on 
this subject, and when cornering his 
grandson as to just what he meant 
to do, the boy says he intends to 
write a history of the world. As a 
means to this end he marries Gloria. 
Thereafter starts a regularly formed 
habit of "stew parties," concluding 
in the young married couple moving 
to the country in an attempt to get 
away from their willing" guests. An- 
thony actually does some work for 
two months on his proposed history 
edition, when the girl suggests one 
of the old parties to relieve the 
monotony. It's framed up and in 
full sway when the grandfather 
happens in, takes one look and goes 
out to return home. and. shortly 
afterwards, diea The hilarity wit- 
nessed ruined whatever chance 
"Tony" had with his old relative and 
the will loaves him a blessing and a 
dollar. 

The edict forces the young couple 
back to town, where most of their 
remaining financial means are 
thrown into a law suit to tight the 
will. Meanwhile. Anlhuny spends 
the surplus for booze, and Gloria, 
finding herself up against it, starts 
to do some work around the house. 
It all clears up, before the youth 
actually becomes a drunkard, by 
the law suit breaking the will and 
the conclusion sees the couple on a 
steamer bound for foreign lands. 

Selter, in directing, has done 
nothing out of the ordinary with 
this release. He seemed to pass up 
one or two instances in the book 
which might have made good mate- 
rial for the camera. But. then, that 
may also have been the fault of the 
scenario writer. Either way. the 
film won't be conducive to Fitzger- 
ald for future subjects of his that 
might be screened, though it does 
.seem that his 'This Side of Para- 
dise" would have made a better 
subject, because of the logical finish 
of that story. If nothing else. 

As a money-making proposition. 
"The Beautiful and Damned" i.s a 
possibility because of the circula- 
tion the novel had, but it's almost 
a surety the picture won't drive 
anyone Into a bookstore to procure 
the story In its original form. 

Skiff. 



BROKEN CHAINS 

Allan HolutMir production, atory by Wini- 
fred Kimball, presented by Uoidwyn. R«- 
viewed at ("apitol. New York. Dec. 10. 

Peter Wyndham Malcolm McGreaor 

.Mi-rry Boone..... Colleen Moore 

Hoyf«n Hoone.... Rfnfat Torrence 

Hortenao Allen Claire Wlndaor 

Pat Mulcahy ,....,... .Jnmi.a Marcus 

Mra. Mulcahy Ueryl Mercer 

.S'dff 8alle« William Orlamond 

Hut!er Cera Id Pring 

BurKlar Kdwnnl Peil 

Jus Leo WiUU ' 



100% 



Thl.*5 l.s the scenario that won the 
Chicago 'Dailv News" contest, 
which carrietl a prize of $30,000, ac- 
cording to the advance publicity 
given 'Broken Chains." If this be 
"de trut " it'5 a soft racket. No 
wonder the average human feels 
that he has within him the talents 
for potential greatness as* a screen 
autlior. 

Either the author or the director 
is responsible for one of the most 
preposterous and ridiculous fight 
.scenes on the sheet. It occurs be- 
tween the hero and heavy in a cabin 
on a mountain and lasts for oceans 
of footage. Aftei- tossing the hero 
through a window at the end of a 
wild battle the villain sinks ex- 
haust ted upon a bed, only to sit up 
a moment later with eyes popping 
as his recent adversary staggers 
back in the room via the front door. 

During this mad aoramble, em- 
bellished with all ti^ie tricks of 
realism up to a certain point, the 
heroine, a child-wife of the '"brute," 
is forced to watch the struggle be- 
tween her lover and brutal spouse 
while chaln'^d to the floor. Her 
effort to reach a gun discarded by 
the villain was particularly well 
done and her emotional responses 
to the tide of battte almost saved it 
from ridiculousness, but not quite. 

A bridge leading to the mountain 
retreat was the director's downfall 
in this instance. The bridge had 
been sawed off and tampered with 
by the villain. Boyan Boone (Ernest 
Torrance) in such a manner that by 
stepping on a certain board the 
whole structure fell into a mountain 
stream beneath. 

The cowardly youth who had re- j 
gained his manhood in his own lum- i 
ber camp, Peter Wyndham (Mal- 
colm McGregor), had destroyed the 
bridge after removing all chances 
for escape and after he had wrestled 
with his cowardness, inspired by 
love for the girl, but determined to 
die at the hands of her brutal hus- 
band, letting the law avenge him 
and liberate the girl. 

At the conclusion of the terriflo 
battle between the rivals the direc- 
tor has them break the world's 
"rolling" record by rolling what ap- 
pears to be an eighth of an mil« 
down hill to arrive at the edge of 
the stream. The hero wrestles the 
villain over the edge to a watery 
grave and turns to embrace the girl. 
who has broken the links Which 
bound her. 

Anothe-r Incongruous touch was a 
"money" bit. The girl, who has 
made an ineftectul attempt to es- 
cape from her captor, tells Wynd- 
ham the story. She has an aunt in 
Nebraska to whom she could go. 
Wyndham tells her he has 110,000 
in a local bank. He makes an ap- 
pointment to meet her next day. 
This is overheard by her husband's 
partner in crime, who Informs the 
bandit. Wyndham appears at the 
rendezvous with five grand, the bal- 
ance being in the bank. The hus- 
band takes the money away from 
the wife after forcing Wyndham to 
give It to her. To make it more 
even, the bandits rob the bank and 
are chased by a posse to their 
moutitain retreat, where another 
battle is staged. Five thousand fish 
is some carfare, even in Nebrask.'i, 

The picture is excellently cast. 
Colleen Afoore as the girl-wife rose 
to unusual heights emotionally. Her 
touches were sure and flawless. 
Torrence as the bearded rufl^an was 
splendid. William Orlamond as the 
lumber camp vagabond was the 
comedy relief and scored repeatedly. 
McGregor as the cowardly rich boy 
who overcomes his early environ- 
ment was convincing. His athletic 
piowness during the "fight" was 
high class. 

The story runs along conventional 
lines until the lumber camp episode, 
which destroys whatever chance it 
has for a successful dramatic con- 
clusion. A large Sunday night 
audience at the Capitol "kidded" 
the fight stuff and the last shots of 
what started out to be a corking 
picture. 

Nick Carter, the James boys or 
Dirk Merriwell in their palmiest 
days never staged a more preposter- 
ous battle. Con. 



99 THB 



Exhibitors of Michigan 

Read our magazine published 
every Tuesday.' 

Jf you wan t to reach this 
clientele there is no better 
medium. 

Ratot very low 

MICHIGAN FILM REVIEW 

JACOB SMITH, PublUher 
: 415 Free PreM Bldf . 
" DETROIT, MICH. 



tur«. Reid merely went through a 
set of motion* aa dictated by a di- 
rector, and his performance Lb with- 
out spontaneity or vigor. 

It Is a case of a player out of his 
element. Reid has gained his posi- 
tion on the screen for the handling 
of breezy, slap-dash romantic parts 
with a tang of daring and plenty of 
zip. Here he Is a helpless sort of 
timid boob, the victim of circum- 
stances over which he has no con- 
trol — in short, a raade-to-order part 
for Lloyd. 

The producer several times goes 
off at a tangent. The story opens 
as a polite romantic comedy, and, 
although it is dull enough in these 
passages, the picture is in the Reid 
hlyle. After that It goes into the 
broadest farce, with several inci- 
dents that are nothing more than 
Mack Sennett comedy chase bits, 
toned down somewhat in deference 
to the polite background of the 
story. The net result is that the 
picture isn't frank knockabout on 
the one hand, and it isn't high com- 
edy. It's Just a clumsy combina- 
tion of both without the honest ap- 
peal of either. And. besides, it has 
tl-.e unforgivable defect that it is 
dull. 

John, the inveterate flirt, is ac- 
cepted by Lucille on condition that 
he swear oft flirtations for 30 days. 
To keep him occupied she busies 
him with the role of assistant in her 
settlement work. John attempts to 
comfort a tenement house woman 
and is caught in what appears a 
compromising situation by her high- 
tempered Italian husband. who 
threatens horrible murder. To avoid 
arrest for a stabbing affair the 
Italian has to take refuge in a 
quiet Job, and as luck will have it, 
secures the situation of butler in 
the home of John's mother. 

Terrified by the threat of Mafia 
vengeance. John takes the advice 
of Judge Hooker, a family friend, 
and gets himself committed to jail 
for 30 days, by which titne the af- 
fair will have )t>lown over and the 
Italian will have sailed, but the lat- 
ter gets into trouble and is incar- 
cerated in the same Jail. An idea 
of the farcical complications labor! - 
ouslj' erected may be gained from 
the fact that Lucllle's uplift work 
brings her to the same Jail where 
our hero has to think fast to explain 
the situation and at the same time 
ward off the attacks of the Italian. 

The complications in the latter 
half of the picture are ingeniously 
managed and for a time the top is 
kept spinning, thanks to the employ- 
m»nt of custard pie technique, but 
things taper off to a mild and tepid 
finish. 

Its four reels of uncertain effort are 
rewarded by one reel of knockabout 
and half a dozen thin laughs, which, 
by the way. is usually the final 
count oij a five-reel farce. Why a 
multipfe-reel farce, anyway, for us? 
on a program that customarily lias 
a two-reel comic anyway? 

It is so at the Rivoli. Snub Pol- 
lard is the hero of one of those 
slam-bang two-reelers. IVs coarser 
but funnier than the Reid effort, and 
contains as much meat in less than 
half the footage, A mild five-reeler 
can't compete with a two-reeler of 
the same kind and on the same bill, 
and that's about the trouble this 
picture Is going to have during its 
jiatural life. Ru^h, 



3c 



PAWNED 



Production by J. Parker Read, Jr. Dla- 
trlbuted by Select. story by Frank L.. 
Packard, author of 'Th* Miracle Man." 
Picture directed by Irvin V. Willat. T</in 
Moore starred with Edith Roberta oppoaito. 
At the New York, Dec. 8. 



THIRTY DAYS 

Jpsw r.. I,aalty preeonte thin feature «tar- 
iinit Wallace ReiJ. Adapted from the v\uy 
tiy A. F.. Thom.i.-^ and Clayton Hamilton 
l)y Walter Woods. Diiected by Jame.t 
Cruxf. At the Rivoli, Dec. 10. 

.lohn I'loyd Wallace Rei,! 

I.urlile I^-d,ard Wanda Hawli>y 

Judge H.Mfkcr C:iiarieh OrI'- 

Huntley I'almer Cyril Chadwiclt 

Pol«'nt=» llerachell Mayall 

M ra. Floyd Helen Dun;..Tr 

Ca i l u t ttt t O armen t*ht^ttp« 

Wa-dcn Kall.-i Pasha 

Wallace Held make< a 8.*d affair 
of lhi.s nondescript picttire. The 
story nev(«r rn;ikea it(> its mind 
whetiier it i.^ going to be a coined\. 
a travesty, a farce or a Mack Sen- 
nfetl burlesque. For scr»»en treat- 
ment the thing should have been 
done in a spirit of farce und with 
another star, for Held is no farceur. 
Probably the man they should have 
hud was Harold IJoyd. He could 
hsve done yomethiag with ihe p<c- 



"Pawned" is a high class romantic 
tnelodran 1 with all sorts of In- 
, grri.ous Iw^^ifci and surprises, and it 
is ui: done in a capital spirit of neat 
comedy, without pretence or bunk. 
The play develops casually and 
naturally, with high suspense, and 
ends in a whale of a melodramatic 
climax well worth tho five reels of 
attention. The picture has pretty 
nearly all ^an adventure film play 
should have; romance, stirring inci- 
dent, real and interesting character- 
izations; a beginning that nail.<^ at- 
tention and a whale of a fini.sh. That 
makes a score approaching 100 per 
cent. 

The story begins in the 5<outh Sea 
islands, but is quickly pn the wing. 
IJruce, a gentleman adventurer and 
soldier of fortune, is down on his 
luck. He engages to undertake an 
Investigation of a chain of gambling 
clubs in America on behalf of the 
owner, who happens at the time to 
be on the other side of the world. 
That ends the South Seas chapter. 

Arriving in New Vnrk, he Kl.irls to 
play the wheel in one of the clubs. 
Another player goes broke and tries 
to borrow a staka from the man- 
ager. The manager wont lend 
money, but he suggests a "Trip to 
Persia," a mysterious catch phrase 
that leads to developments. Rruce 
declares himself broke, and is also 
I invited to the "Trip to PeLsia." 
which turns out to be a vLit to a. 
trick pawnshop rigged up in a 
traveling taxicab. the presiding 
genius of which is pretty Claire. 
The bizarre, experience ;uid the 
pretty face catch nruc<'.s fanc\ and 
he follows the girl to her honio. Be- 
coming involved in a street n;^'lit. he 
is wounded and take.s refuge in the 
girls apartment, maintained by her 
supposed father, barred by a:I un- 
just conviction from rviuning a 
licensed pawnshop and forced to the 
taxi exp<slient. 

Bruce Is dangerously .vounded and 



la a waj to die. when Cl&lrw calla la 
a drug flend surgeon to tend him. 
The doctor agree* to save the 
stranger's life only on condition that 
Claire become hi« wife. Thie la the 
least plausible Incident in the play, 
although it la skillfully smoothed 
over by the argument that the girl 
has fallen In love at eight with the 
agreeable stranger. The surgeon, a 
renegade and social outlaw, has long 
laid seige to the girl. 

When Bruce has recovered the 
struggle begins— Bruce to win the 
girl for himself and save her from 
the drug fiend, and the surgeon to 
compel her to keep her pledge. It- 
would be unfair to unfold the plot. 
Enough that its swiftly moving 
turns and twists make a brisk and 
thrilling five-reeler of underworld 
plotting and intrigue and a heroic 
defense and counter plot. There is 
one clever Incident built around the 
hero's capture by the crooks who 
force him to act as decoy for* the 
rich club owner, summoned from 
half way across the world, his 
scheme to defeat the plan by the use 
of a chemical ink that comes out 
only whfn touched by salt water. 

The people are made, extremely 
real. There is one dandy character, 
an old cab driver, an honest old 
fellow, but with a soul in pawn to 
drink. He serves togive the climax 
an additional punch. Tho finish is a 
whale of a dramatic surprise. The 
cabman has the villian and the 
heroine (who is really his own 
daughter) in his taxicab. taking 
them, as he supposes to their wed- 
ding. As they are waiting at the 
ferry house he makes the resolve 
that the marriage- shall not take 
place. So ho drives off the ferry 
slip, cab and all. and the Anal close- 
up has the hero rescuing the heroine 
while the old cabman is shown in a 
tricky close-up (done by means of 
a glass tank) holding \he villian 
under water in the cab. It's a 
high-powered kick to a colorful 



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A William VbK produettoa atarrlac WU. 
Ham RuMeH. Story by Roy Norton- 
•4apt«d by Panl Bchofleid: diracted by 
Rowland V. Lm. a abort ftva-reelar 
Shown at L<»«w's. N«w ToiK on doubte 

JtuHr* 3. Wood worth Qranfer 

Jimmy Galtop.. William Rusacll 

Mlaa Sayre Rme Adore« 

Iturray McGuira...^ Da Witt Jenninca 

lira. Bayra KUsabeth Uarrlaoa 

Mr. Sayra ....Char lea French 

lira. Molly Crutchar KUeea Mannlns 



picture play. 



Rush. 



A rather fair program feature in 
which William Russell plays a dual 
role, which has him as a rather up< 
stage self-important candidate for 
political office and then as a flip 
traveling salesman given to practi- 
cal Jokes. The combination works 
out rather well ii^ an interesting 
manner In the development of tho 
story, for while the Judge v. ins the 
political office he is after, th« sales- 
man wins the girl that was engageil 
to him. After all. that is what 
matters to a moving picture audi- 
ence, who gets the girl and why M 
gets her. 

This is a comedy-drama of small 
town stuff and as such It will get by 
anywhere in the daily change 
houses. U isn't strong enough for 
a ionger run than that anywhere, , 

Rowland V. I.ee handled the direc- 
tion^ rather cleverly and wltn his 
camera man has the girl walk 
through a double exposure In which 
he ham Russell on one side of the 
picture as the Judge and on the 
other as the salesman, with the girl 
Walking away from the former tmd 
going to the arms of the latter. That 
was a clever piece of ^rick work 
done, and it is done almo.st so 
smoothly that the averag.^ picture 
house audience won't get the divid- 
ing line. 

Russell and Rene Adoree vail: 
away with about all there is to tne 
picture, although DeWiti Jennings 
makes a corking political boss. 

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Winners to Start 1923! 



• ''THE DANGEROUS AGE" 

A John M. Stahl production preaented 
by Loula B. Mayer. An up-to-data 
romance and drama of married Itta. 

"A MAN OF ACTION*' 

A Thomaa H. Ince production with 
the Ince punch. With Doui^laa Mac- 
Lean. An original atory by Bradley 
Kins *nd directed by Jamea W. 
Hume. 

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RICHARD BARTHELME89 

in 

"Fury- 

with Dorothy Olah. A thHlHnr atory 
or the aea by Edmund Gouldinr and 
directed by Henry Kinir. Presantad 
by Tnapiratlon Picturea. Inc., Charle* 
H. Duell, preaident. 

KATHERINE MACDONALD 

in 

•*Money, Money, Money^ 

Adapted by Hope Lorlnir from the 
■tory by I.arry Kvana Directed by 
Tom Porman and presented by B. P. 
Schulberc 

NORMA TALMADGE 1 ' 

in 

"The Voice From the Minaret" 

From the famoua novel and nta^e buc- 
ceaa by RoMrt Hlchena. Adapted by 
Franoea Marlon and directed by 
Frank Lloyd. Preaented by Joaeph 
M. Schenck. 

JACKIE COOGAN- 

in 

"Daddy" 

The boy marvel of the acreon In an- 
other of hi» heart-winning piclurea 
ITeaented by Sol Leaaer. 



''WHAT A WIFE LEARNED" 

A Thomaa If. Ince apecial written by 
liradlpy Kinj; and directed by John 
Grirath Wray. 

AN EDWIN CAREWE 

Production 

A ayniphony of life in the high and 
low places and one of the yenr> very 
beat. Title to be announced later. 

"BELL BOY 13' 

A Tliornaii H. Ince produrlion witlj 
Douglaa M.icLean. DiitrleU by W.li- 
lam Selter 



"THE SIGN" 

A T.wurenj'o Vrirnblc-.Iune Murfln pro- | 
ductloii. (.Not a Strongheart picture > I 



"SCARS OF JEALOUSY" 

A Tbomaa H. Ince production taken 
from the thrilllnn atory hy Anthony 
H. Rudd and directed by Lambert 
Hlllyer. 

"THE WHITE FRONTIER" 

An Allen Holubar apeclal preaentlng 
the charnitnff Dorothy Phllilpa. 

KATHERINE MACDONALD 

in 
"The Lonely Road" 

Adapted by Lola' Zellner from the 
famoua atory by Charlea Lorue. Di- 
rected "by Victor L. Srhertsinfer aad 
presented by B. P. Schulbers. 

RICHARD BARTHELME8S 

"The Bright Shawl" 

Joseph Heryeaheimer'a famova atory 
and one of the year'a best aellera 
Directed by John Kobertaon and po>- 
duced by Inapiratlon Pictures, lac, 
Charlea H. Duell, president. 

-THE SUNSHINE TRAIL* 

A Thomas H. Ince production with 
DouKlaa Maclean. Directed by James 
W. Home. 

NORMA TALMADGE 

in 

"Within the Law* 

The famoas Al Woods prodnetlon 
which playe dto millions with Jane 
Cowl starring. 

"THE GIRL FROM THE 
GOLDEN WEST" 

An Rdwln Carewe production taken 
from the famoua Itclaaoo play. 

"MONEY LOVE AND THE 
WOMAN" 

A John M. Stahl production presented 
by Louis B. Bayer. 

"THE ISLE OF DEAD SHIPS" 

A Maurice Tourneur production taken 
from fapt. Marriolt'a famoua aea 
■tory. Pre.iented by M. C. I,evee. 

KATHERINE MACDONALD 
in 
' "The Scarlet Lily" 
Pre.»ented by U. P. Schulberg. 

' "TRILBY" 

.A P.i.-hard -Walton Tully produ< tion 
taken from the famoua novel bv 
(Icorje Du Maurler. 

A JAMES YOUNG 
Production 

Title to be nnnounced later. 



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'bulldog drummond 

LonUon, Nov. 28. 
' Froduced.by Oscar Apfel from a 
foenarlo by B. E. Doxatt-Pratt, thin 
film version o^, "Sapper's" great 
melodrama la one of the flncftt pic- 
tures screened in this country. In 
the 6,700 feet there is no superflu- 
ous footage. The continuity excel- 
' Il»nt and the thrills, of which there 
are many, are eflfectlve. 

Although made in Holland with 
nn international company for Astra, 
the English alQ)08phere has been 
wonderfully preserved. 

The story tells how Captain 
Prumrpond, bored by post-war in- 
activity, inserts an advertisement 
asking for a job which has some 
excitement in it. ^t is answered by 
Phyllis Harden, whose uncle is in 
K the grip of an international gang of 
i" crooks who run a bogus nursing 
f home. Drummond agrees to help 
her. The gang have kidnapped 
Hiram C. Travers, an American 
shipping kinpr. and by torture are 
trying to make him sign away an 
enormous sum of money. Ordered 
to forge Travers' signature. Phyllis' 
; uncle shoots himself. The plot 
^ thickens and Drummond is soon "on 
the trail. 

Then, through couptless thrills 
and breathless situations, the story 
develops imtil the gang is van- 
quished and Drummond gives up his 
craving for excitement in his love 
for Phyllis. 

Not the least o^ the attractions 
of this fine picture are the sub- 
titles. These arc always concise and 
witty. The casting is far above the 
average and the acting brilliant 
throughout. Carlyle Blackwell is ex- 
cellent an Drummond, although of an 
extremely different type to the orig- 
inal S^r Gerald du %Iaurier. From 
first to last he never loses his grip, 
and whether he is lighting, bluffing 
or making Iavc, his characterizat;oii 
lives. Horace de Vere, a Dijtch ac- 
tor, gives another brilliant perform- 
ance as Peterson, and the same may 
be said of Warwick Wardas the vil- 
lainous doctor, while an\he other 
male parts are splendidly played. 
Evelyn Greely is a line Phyllis, 
pretty and charming. Over -acting 
would kill the part, but she never 
offends In thl.s respect. Dorothy 
Pane an Irma Peterson is also ex- 
ceptional and presents quite a new 
idea of female villainy. Oscar Ap- 
fel can be sincerely congratulated 
on "Bulldog Drummond," his play- 
ers and his own work. The pict^ure 
is rough melodrama through and 
through, but. it is sincere and will 
be a winner anywhere. Oore* 

^CONaUERING THE WOMAN * 

Society melodrama ascribed on the hound 
billlns to Pathe (there is no display of 
.■eaular "paper"). Florence Vidor is 
Marred and her liushnnd, King Vidor. di- 
rected. Story by Henry C. Rowland, writer 
^t se.-i tales for the masrazines. At the 
American, Dec. 11. 



revels In a trashy vulgarity that Is 
almost degrading. 

The thing Isn't even mechanically 
reasonable. The hero and heroine 
are shanghaied aboard a sailing ves- 
sel bound for the South Sea Isles, 
and a title gives the impression they 
are in mid-ocean. Aln^ost the next 
view brings a nearby shoreline into 
view, when the vessel rolled and the 
camera accidentally swept the hor- 
izon. 

David Butler is the cowboy hero 
and his heroics are unintentional . 
travesty. His dainty love scenes 
are a thing to marvel at. Probably 
he is. the only leading man playing 
polite leads on. the screen whose 
acting methods are designed for 
comedy relief. 

Judith is a society girl, daughter 
of a millionaire shipping magnate, 
who wants to marry a French count. 
Nothing is alleged against the count, 
who behaves better t4ian the hero 
(and is a better actor), but the 
whole five reels are devoted to mak- 
ing him ridiculous. The girl gets 
herself engaged to the count during 
a yachting trip, but on her return 
trip papa has her kidnapped aboard 
one of his own vessels in company 
with the cowlx)y hero and deposited 
alone on a South Seas Island, the 
idea being that close association 
with the boob coivboy and the to- 
bacco chewing sailors on the ship 
will show her their superiority over 
the count. 

Of course, the count (rather im-- 
plausibly) discovers them in th*e re- 
mote place, but is sent packing, for 
the girl has fallen in love with the 
cowboy during their h*ip back to 
nature. One sweet little touch by 
way of dainty sentimental stuff hap- 
pened. They stressed the fact that 
the pet cat arrived alone on the 
island with the young couple, but 
presently kittens are all over under 
their feet. AUo they emphasized the 
vital statistics of the henyard, but 
the young people themselves were 
supremely circumspect. The pixiture 
is absolutely chaste — and supremely 
vulgar. Rush. 



some excitement and many angel 
faces. 

It la interesting, though. Mr. 
Dawley's direction made it that. He 
did quite a lot with oft -time meager 
material. The philosophic vein run- 
ning through won't mean a thing in 
the picture house, but it won't hurt 
either. AH of the principals played 
well, with Mr. Losee and Kate 
Blancke as the mother in striking- 
looking roles through their white 
lialr. _^ 

The cabaret scene was made a 
pretty tough hang-out for an Amer- 
ican youth under guidance. It was 
tough; so tough that a Chink seated 
opposite a besotted white woman 
was in the picture. 

The American probably picked 
"As a Man Lives" for its action and 
its players as making it a reliable 
release, which it is. Steady ones of 
this character would do more for 
any distributor than the many in 
and outers they h'ave for regular 
releases. 

But it's a horrifying thought to 
believe your record may be gauged 
from your eyes. That's worse than 
wearing your heart on your sleeve. 
Although the unnamed author of 
"As a Man Lives" says in a caption, 
or the title writer said it, that 
everyone knows what his heart be- 
lieves. Another conscience twist. 

Sime. 



FLAMES OF PASSION 

London. Nov. 11. 
Made by Graham Cutts for 
Graham-Wilcox productions this 
long super production which had 
its premiere at the New. Oxford, 
Nov. 10, by no means approaches 
the art or value of the same pro- 



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ducer's •The Wonderful Story." 
can however be voted capital 
tertalnment and will doubtless 
exceedii>gly pupular. 

The story is a somewhat ordinary 
one, well told but by no means 
strong enough for 10 reels. As the 
title implies sex has much to do 
with the picture — us a matter of fact 
sex predominates everything. The 
subject is well and carefully handled 
and there is little to «ivo offense 
although the killing of The baby by 
Its brutal and degraded father will 
be found Just a little too strong and 
realistic for «ome stomachs. 

Arriving home from school 
Dorothy Forbes, the daughter of a 
wealthy man, finds herself very 
much left to her own resources. 
She strikes up a friendship with 
her father's chauffeur, a married 
man called Watson. Very soon 
"sex" conauers the man and Dorothy 
llnds herielf in that condition Sup- 
posed to be allowable only to "wives 
who do truly love their husbands." 
She coplldes her trouble to a 
worldly-wise .lunt and retires to the 
country for the birth of her child. 
It is put out to nurse and she re- 
turns home. But she pines for the 
baby and it is brought from its orig- 
inal foster parents and put into the 
care of Watson's wife. 

Wat.son meanwhile is becoming 
more and more l)esotted and de- 
graded. Hawke, "the hangman bar- 
rister," a famous K. C, falls in love 
with her, she with him, but the past 
Is between them. Again she goes to 
the worldly aunt for advice." The 
result is that Dorothy keeps hei^ 
secret And marries her lover. 

In a fit of drunken fury Watson 
murders the child. Hawke is re- 
tained by the Crown for the prose- 
cution. Then tfomes the big 



It {moments of the picture. Mrs. Wat- 
en- I son pleads with Dorothy to save her 
husband. Dorothy goe.i to her hus- 
band and tolls him she has some- 
thing to tell him.. He is overjoyed 
at first, thinking she is about to tell 
lilm she Is expecting to become a 
mother. Then he learns ho is about 
to prosecute the father uf hia own 
girl — wife's illegitimate chllJs Duty 
must be done and he puts Dorothy 
In the box to prove motive. Her 
evidence given, he tears o(f wig and 
gown and retires from the legal 
profession. 

The last scenes show the sorely 
tried couple in a rural retreat, happy 
in their love and family. The pro- 
duction is masterly, and the photo- 
graphy brilliant. The murder of the 
child Is a realistic bit but repulsive. 
The use of the Prlzma color proeess 
In photographing a fancy dress ball 
and also in the final scenes detracts 
from their beauty. Color photo- 
graphy is anything but perfect yet, 
and there is little excuse for Its use 
in this feature. 

Throughout, the acting is fine. 
Chief honors go to Herbert Langley 
for an exceptional study of the 
chauffeur, Watson. With him ranks 
Hik'a Bayley as the brutally ill- 
treated wife who however loves him 
through everything with a dogliko 
devotion. - 

An earnest band of scattered 
friends greeted every liitrodiictlon- 
ary subtitle with applause and the 
end of the screening was the signal 
for the demonstration resulting in 
apeeche.s. 

"Flames of Passion" was preceded 
by a prolog' realisation of Dante's 
Inferno chiefly remarkable for the 
nakedness of the ladies concerned 
and the number of lycopodlum pipes 
useil in producing the necessary 
liell flames and Are. Qore, 



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AS A MAN LIVES 

Produced by A.-hlevement Film. Ino. 
Directed by J. Searle Dawley. Distributed 
by American Releasing Coriwrutlon. At 
Camed. weeJt Dec. 10. 

ghtrry Ma?cii Robert Frazer 

'NaidK Meredith.. Gladys Hulette 

Dr. Ralph Neyas Frank I ..o .nee ij 

L.a Chante J. Thornton Haston 

Henri Camion Alfred E. WrlRht 

Sim. John Manon Kate niamkc 

Babette Tiny Uelmont 



It was a pity the main title came 
and went too rapidly to permit the 
grasping of all the data concerning 
the genesis of this picture. Ev^y- 
>ody who had a hand in it should go 
on record, for it is a shining example 
of the vulgarizing of a story in its 
translation to the screen. The whole 
subject is the cheapest kind of ap- 
peal to the feeble-minded and the 
infantile. 

To start with the hero is a boor, 
"the heroine is an upstart new rich 
American girl and her father is held 
up to admiration principally because 
he has rottep table manners. The 
picture must have been made for 
waterfront consumption. for It 
glorifies stevedore habits and 
I drunken sailor behavior. One of the 
I sweet episodes has a sailing vessel 
^'- skipper deliberately spit a mouthful 
of tobacco Juice upon the shoulder 
ef the heroine's Immaculate white 
polo coat as part of the girl's edu- 
cation into the rough and ready life 
of honest, hardworking people, de- 
signed to cure hej' of her .sooia] as- 
pirations. 
I*r That is perhaps the' worst brf*of 
■^ Vulgarity in the five reel.-*, but the 
spirit of the whole production is 
scarcely more elevating. The story 
takes the attitude rommofi to a lot 
of cheap people that a clean collar 
and decent observance of the rules 
of conduct — with special reference 
to dinner table demeanor -are the 
marks of a snob, and that bad man- 
ners are the sure marks of sterling 
virtue. The marvel Is that a Row- 
land story could have been 'twisted 
into this line of trash and that so 
intelTigent a director as King Vidor 
would have anything to do with it or 
allowed his wife, Florence Vidor, 
who has done some notably excel- 
lent things, to be a."80ciated with it. 
There Isn't a flicker in the whole 
affair that a censor would object to. 
They even go so far .is to t.ake dis- 
tant shots of a group of b.ithing 
girls so that there shall be no f*»nu- 
nine display, and the utmost in- 
genuity has been employed in 
close-ups of Miss Vidor in a bath- 
ing suit to keep her log.s out of 
view. But the whole picture fairly 



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"The eyes are the windows of the 
soul." That is the predicated quo- 
tation \ipon which this title is erect- 
ed and the story. In part, founded. 
"As a Man Lives" is full of action. 
In the dramatic and melodramatic 
style, not novel nor even modern in 
this feature, but is still action, 
which, with the story, makes it a 
picture worth while as a release, but 
with no visible sensationalism nor 
special box oflice draw. The t!tlo. 
though, should pull a little on its 
own. 

The story al the outset bears 
promise for the film fan, of perhap;^ 
a new picture 'theory, to be worked 
out. ft gets away from that path, 
however, to become a straight dra- 
ma, blending into melodrama towai*d 
the finale. 

The high meller lights are an 
Apache scene in the Montmartre 
section of Pari!«, the murder of his 
woman by an Apache, the transfor- 
mation of the devilish leering face 
of the Apache to one suflUciently 
angelic to carry a Salvation Army 
cap above it, and later to the west 
in the U. 8., where an explosion 
crumbles down a mountain side in 
fairly effective fashion, hilling a 
cou4>le of the villains, revealitig real 
gold which saves the fortune of the 
girl and brings out a wild youth ns 
a tamed man. 

The youth, Sherry Mason (Robert 
Frazer) is the start of the tale, a 
careless only son of wealthy parents 
who quarrels with his father, aiul 
-when drunk goes home to l'.i.s 
mother. He falls In love witli the j 
daughter of a bookstore keeper. Slu- 
is Naida Meredith tGIadys Hulcttc). | 
Naida loves the boy, but sees some- ; 
thing in his eyes which informs her j 
ho is not living the life of a future 
hu.sband for her. She tells it to him. j 
He goes away, to Paris, with the • 
representative of his father's firm 
over there. The Paris rep schemes 
to engulf him in trouble or eventu- 
ally lose him. Just why didn't come 
out. But the lead to Montmarlr^, 
where the boy indulged in a free- 
for-all to save the Apache's Kirl. 
and the Apache, to notify the young 
woman to stoj) darfclng with him. 
playfully threw a knife at her. It 
killed the girl, although the audi- 
ence only got the suggestion of tlic 
knife throwing. 

After that the "gend.armes" came 

and the murderer escaped to go to 

Dr. Neyas (Ralph I^osee). who, al- 

thoush not a beauty doctor, did 

change the face as a skllirul sur- [ 

, geon might, if skillful enough. This 

I was another pair of soul gazinj; 

' eyes, so the doctor told the Apache 

j If h«^ w.Tntrd to reform, hi.s vis.Tcr 

I wouUl tf'll, ffir it' h«' flopjH'd. ih>' ol<i 

' f'vil countenanro would r«tiirn, [ 

! otherwise he could go on his angfli'^ ] 

i way deceiving the world, although 

' an Apache and a murderer and 

I wanted by the ijollce. Rather a nice 

i old doctor. He should loc^aie in 

\ Times square and be kept bu.vy. 

Then the ends commenced to 

weave toward the center, the ^jartii s 

KOt together in tipsuspected plaern. 

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I feel confident 
that the enjojrment of this 
picture will be as near 
unanimous k% it has been 
for anything shown on 
Broadway this season." 

—Umw Ycrk Globe 



"Full of situations which 
are highly amusing and 
refreshingly original. 
Good farce material de- 
veloped to the uttermost." 
— N. y. Herald 



"A gay piece of foolish- 
ness which keeps the 
spectator in constant good 
humor." 

— N, Y, Times 




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Clayton Hamilton 
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Pridajr, December 16, 192t 



IN ARABIA 



<?f>ra»dy- melodrama from the Wllllim Pox 
•tudto, featuring Tom Mix. Htory by Tom 
Mix and l.ynn Keynolda. Reynolds directs. 
Tilltm by Italph ypem e. Hupiorllnsr com- 
pany headed by Claire Adams. M the 
Academy. New York. Nov. 50. 



This picture Is a whale. It has 
•verything. There is some western 
•tuflC at the opening, mild aw to its 
drama, but neatly flavored with 
comedy and strengthened wllh won- 
derful sctnfiy and a thrill or two. 
Th© scene is switched to Arabia, 
"Where the acrobatic star does some 
more dizscy horseback stunts and for 
a finish there Is a dramatic free-for- 
all that calls for suspended breath- 
ing, except when it has a laugh. As 
for speed that tourhes only the high 
spots, "In Arabia" is there. 

It gets under way with a rush. 
The first 50 feet have a kick. Mix 
appears at the peak of a lofty moun- 
tain peering over the perpendicular 
aide that gives upon a vast pano- 
rama of Rocky mountain scenery. 
Half way down the dizzy precipice 
a mountain lion is snarling and 
■pitting in what looks like sure 
enough close-ups. Mix swings over 
the giddy brink of the chasm on a 
lariat, drops another rope over the 
eat and presently Is seen putting 
the animal in a bag (so realistically 
tone you never figure it Is any other 
than the wildcat of the mountain 
llde). But that's Just a foretaste. 

Tom runs a tourists' ranch and 
kas to entertain a scientist's party 
on a camping trip. lie is invited 
for his horsemanship to accompany. 
ths scientist on an expedition to 
Arabia, but declines, although the 
scientist's daughter (Claire Adams) 
Is an attraction. They depart and 
ths story takes up the affair of the 
Klon of an Arabian ruler, now In an 
American coUsgs. but threatened 
with an unwelcome recall home to 
prevent marriage with a "Follies" 
beauty. The college youth flees 
from the sultan's agents in a racing 
auto, meets Tom as he rushes 
through the ranch, and hire-s him to 
take his place to lead the pursuers 
astray. Tom Jumps at the adventure 
and 'there starts an auto chase that 
leads through highly cofored Inci- 
dents to a climax when Tom drives 
full tilt into the Pacific. He Is cap- 
tured, the sultan's agents still be- 
lieving Tom is the heir, and thoy 
take him aboard ship bound for 
Arabia. 

The scientist and his daughter 
have reached the desert land and 
are deep in research among the 
antiquities when Tom comes on the 
scene. The tale takes a nor start. 
The local ruler is a pretender who 
has usurped the throne to the right- 
ful sultan. He conspires to seize 
the scientist's daughter and in pur- 
suance of that plan the party is at- 
tacked in the desert by outlaws 
captured, and the girl held in the 
pretender's palace against her will. 

"Through all these adventures in 
the picturesque surroundings of the 
desert and with the background of 
oriental characters, Tom plays an 
energetic part. He rides his horse 
at a thrilling pace down shifting 
sandbanks, scales high palace walls 
and gains access to the inner cham- 
bers of the pretender's palace, where 
the gorgeous fight takes place. The 
elaborate fight runs through about 
all of the final reel and it never 
pauses. Tom is always swinging 
from one perilous balcony to drop 
into a tangled row; crawling from 
window to window, apparently 100 
feet in the air, or tossing the pre- 
tender's hirelings into the bathing 
pool. At the end there is a battle 
royal In the palace courtyard be- 
tween the pretender's outlaws and 
the army of the rightful prince 
which brings the rescue and the 
happy ending. 

It's boisterous and elemental and 
anything but highbrow, but for tts 
kind it's one of the best things that 
have been done and it's bound to bo 
a clean-up. particularly when it 
gets around to the neighborhood 
houses ^here the youngsters make 
a good proportion of the audiences. 

Rush. 



the heavy gums up the cards so that 
the young wife leaves her husband 
and returns to the home of the 
father. The husband becomes a 
tramp, discovers the grade of blast- 
ing powder Danby & Son are turn- 
ing out is of an inferior grade. go(^s 
back into the plant In a menial posi- 
tion and discovers that the heavy 
and others in the plant are in a con- 
spiracy to rob and ruin Danby. 

Then comes the big flash. The 
heavy sets fire to the factory after 
imprisoning the head of the firm 
and hiH daughtor in a powder vault, 
and the hero rescues them in the 
nick of time. 

In the matter of casting the U. 
likewise held back on the money 
question. Helen Ferguson hardly 
fits as the leading woman for Mayo, 
while Cleary's heavy did not register 
particularly well. 

The direction was choppy, and 
whoever handled the story was 
seemingly too willing to let picture 
coincidence lake care of the details. 

Fred. 



HER HALF BROTHER 

A production made by th« Certified Pic- 
turea Corp.. with no ona credited wUh 
cither auttiorship of «cory or direction A 
western witb Rs<er Ralston and Edward 
McWade faatured. 

Paal Preston R. Lae Hill 

Dan Hallett WllUajn A I^owrry 

Lee Wong EUlward McWade 

Nina Kater Ralnton 

Black BlU Jack Patterson 

This picture is advertised as 
made by the Certified Pictures 
Corp, No 'reviewer can certify it, 
however, for any exhibitor, no mat- 
ter how cheap a house he runs. At 
the 8Unley Monday night ..those 
who caw this Aim atrocity looked 
upon it in the light of a good Joke, 
but it is a cinch that the Stanley 
management didn't play it with that 
in mind. . 

No author or director is credited. 
Just aa well. The picture looks hke 
one of those productions turned out 
by fly*by-nlght picture companies 
about 15 years ago. It had all of 

s 



the faults that pictures of that 
period had. 

The leader title describes It as 
"A drama of Love, Hate and Re» 
venge." It opens with a desert 
scene showing a down and out 
prospector with his burro coming 
cross the horizon. In the distance 
a gang of rustlers are shown, then 
another prospector. The latter has 
struck a mine, but is ill and about 
to pass out. But he doesn't, which 
was too darn bad. The rustlers 
see him and a couple go over to 
stick him up, and down and outer 
goes to Ills assistance. Just then 
the rangers arrive and chase the 
gang. The sick egg promises that 
he "shall be well repaid for his as- 
sistance." 

Three years, or maybe Its months, 
later the two are shown ta the ex- 
terior of a shack about to ride into 
town to see the rodeo (the latter 
comprises two rope tricks by a 
cowboy), and there the heavy gets 
in his work. He is Lee Wong, half 
Chink and half white. He has t>een 
trailing the older of the two mining 
partners for year.*?; the older was 
the sick i,uy and who should have 
died the first reel, but didn't. Wong 
has a white girl working with him, 
I and he sirs her on the parti.ers. 

For the next couple of reels he 
tries to croak them in every way 
possible under the censorship laws, 
but does a flop, and in the finish 
when he has the object of his ven- 
geance where he wants him. he 
tells him he had followed him be- 
cause he was the man who deserted 
his half-sister, who was all white 
when he found out that he had a 
Chink half-brother and the girl 
that did the vamping was the sick 
miner's own daughter that he left 
with the wife when he deserted her. 
But in slipping this over the plate 
the Chink talked too much, for the 
other guy almost gets away, and 
after tl^e struggle for a knife for a 
couple of hundred feet, more or less, 
the Chink finally knocks the miner 
cold with a prop club, while the 
rescue party looks on without doing 
anything. In the end the miner. 



who Is toppled into the rapids, Is 
rescued by his partner, and the 
agony, happily for the audience, is 
over. Fred. 

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DAWN OF REVENGE 

Nathaa Hlrach Production atarrlnv Rich- 
ard Travara, who alao directed. Dlitrlbutad 
by Aywon. 

Ac« Hall Chartea Oraham 

Alicia Florence Foster 

Nelaoa If lies L.ouis Dean 

Judaon Hall Richard Travers 

Sharry MUea Ethel Kingston 

Aldene May Dagsett 



If this picture wasn't made ten 
years ago it should have been. At 
that there must be a market or they 
would not be on the market at this 
time, but where the market is is 
also something of a question, for at 
the Stanley, near 42d street and 
Broadway, with a 25-cent top ad- 
mission, the audience walked out 
cold on the picture. This house 
from past and future bookings noted 
is cheating with a production of this 
sort once or twice a week and re- 
lying on the stronger pictures to 
keep its clientele coming. The 
house caters to u great extent to 
the shift workers in the restatirants 
and hotels In the neighborhood who 
want to kill tin^e during the hours 
they have a "swing," and evidently 
come into the theatre rather than 
hang around the streets. 

There seems to be hardly a ques- 
tion iii" the mind of one who sees 
pictures as a pretty regular thing 
that this picture must be a reissue 
or has been on the shelf for yea>*8 
and lately resurrected. 

It is a weird tale of the discov- 
ery of a silver mine by a man who 
is then crossed in love and his de- 
sire for revenge which leads him 
through years of strife and struggle, 
a couple of kidnappings, the forma- 
tion of a private Ku-Klux. and a 
final triumph when he believes he 
has forced the marriage of brother 
and sister of the man and woman 
for whom he has an Intense hatred. 
Qut this is short lived as he destroys 
J himself and the one other heavy 
in the piece by setting oft a blast 



Just at the moment the heroine ao4i 
the hero are informed by the latter's 
mother and father (the boy havin« 
been kidnapped as a babe) that hia 
wife was in reality their adopted 
child. That was enough complioa- 
tion to drive 'em out. Fred. < 

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BARRIERS OF FOLLY 

Ruaaell Productiona. Qaorge LarkM 
•tarred, aupported by Bra Novak. Wlnlfreft 
Lucas and I.IIUan Weist, Story by TheodorS 
Rockwall. Directed by Edward Kull. Ar 
the New York Nov. ^. 7 



Crudest kind of dime-novel me1o«i 
drama, cheaply and inexpertly done,! 
Some of the scenes pretend to ele- | 

, gance. but miss by a mile. The 
heavy is supposed to be a polished 

I manipulator of capital, but his be-* 
havior suggests a tough hick. 

The incidents are absurd and the"^ 
incidents mechanically contrived for 
ten-twent-thlrt effects. The heroine 
is abducted and^ carried to a dea . 
kept by a Chinaman master-mind 
criminal surrounded by scores of 
henchmen, all in the pay of the 
heavy for the carrying out of his : 
criminal designs, which consist of; 

I cheating the heroine out of her 

! ranch. 

Anybody who could hire that 
number of things for the hero to 
fight with wouldn't have to scheme 
for anything less than a kingdom.: 
The picture has impossibly childish 
scenes, such as the abduction of a 
screaming, struggling heroine in an 
open automobile through a crowded 
street, the hiding of the hero In the 
tonneau of the car without the others 
being aware of his presence, and 
similar trash. • 

If it had been twisted into a com^i^^ 
edy it might dhave made some head«; 
way. but it is all so serious it be-^' 
comes wearisome when it Isn't un- 
intentionally laughable. The whole 
picture is done fn the ragged man- 
ner of the early single- reelers, and 
hasn't an excuj<e at this stage of 
picture ^development. How It ever 
got intofhe New York, even half a* 
double bill, is a mystery. ',•'<>;•. -^ 



THE FLAMING HOUR 

Unlvcr+al. atarrinc Frank Mayo; no di- 
rector or author credited. Shown Dec. 1-* 
at Loew's Circle on double feature bill, 
though scheduled. for re'.eaite next month. 

John Danby Melbourne MacDwwell 

I.iucllle I*«riby Helen P"'erjfU8.)n 

Richard Mower Chi^r'.es Cleary 

Bruce Ht^nderaon Frank Mayo 



This picture shows the I', seem- 
ingly going ahead with Mayo to 
make a Reld successor out of him. 
But the Universal stride of making 
cheap pictures Is evident. They re- 
lied on their big wallop from the 
firing and blowing up of a flrework.s 
factory where the hero .it one time 
was the production manager. It 
would liave been a cheap flash had 
Jt been handled instead of manhan- 

"dled. The pirturc. however, Is cer- 
*tain to do nicely In t)in small cheap 
admis.sion houses. Mayo after all 
[Is the only thing that there is in the 
production. 

The story has Mayo as a hot-tem- 
pered youth who. aa production 

- manager of Danby & Son. is In love 
with the daughter of the head of the 
firm. The general manager and 
heavy, Charles Cleary, likewise 
wants to marry her. The elder Dan- 
by is as quick tempered as his pro- 
duction manager, and after one of 
their clashes the latter is flred. but 
the daughter tells her father that 
she is the promised bride of the dis- 
charged man and Is going to accom- 
pany him. 

At a later time, when the father is 
Willing to consider a reconciliation, 




ANNOUNCE 



NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS FOR TWO BIG 1923 



Friday, December 16» IMS 



PICTURES 



I INSIDE STl^ 

W^i *^ .■.-■.?:■-'••-• OH PICTURES 

I Bumors and counter rumors of combination! and amalgamations In 
Siia picture Industry were In the air because of the fact that 
l^re had been a general get together at a dinner In Los Angeles which 
RjOuIs B. Mayer gave on his return to the coast. Los Angeles and Holly- 
kfood were all excited because the executives of Famous Players-Lasky, 
[Associated First National and Metro had sat at the same festive board. 
In New York the Idea that a combination of iipterests might occur to 
[battle Independent exhibitor combinations for booking was scouted. 

k The last returns on the probable director for "Ben Hur" make it ap- 
mt&r that Von Strohelm is still pending, tut the hitch in the deal Is that 
^^ctor's prodigal habits in spending money. The possibility of an ar- 
Cingement with Griffith is deflnitely off. Orifllth starts next week on 
E next picture. From time to time pretty nearly every prominent In- 
K^ndent director in the field has been mentioned for the G^ldwyn un- 
r^rtaking. even including Seastrom, the Swedish Biograph director, who 
'if coming to this country this month. : " • .v ! ■"• V 

je exhibitors are groaning again under the load they allege is to be 

iposed upon them to play "Robin Hood." The guarantees asked are 

^recedented, they say, for picture house showings. Some exhibitors 

im that they must charge |1 -top if agreeing to the "Robin Hood" 

Others state if their competitors take the picture they will be 

inablo to play to a gross equal to the rental charge. This of course takes 

houses of limited capacity. Fairbanks Invested In "Robin Hood" over 

1,000,000 In cash, without Including in that what his own servi-ces would 

ive been valued at in the making. 



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lOHDON FILM HOTES 



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Lt Freeport, Long Island, a new theatre opened a few days ago. The 

Jmae was financed partially with local capital. Before the opening the 

Itock holders were Informed "first run" pictures were to be shown at the 

iouse. On the opening bill the Paramount production "The Pride of 

_»aIomar" was shown. One of the stockholders with a few shares in the 

[kouse immediately Informed the manager he was going to the board of 

idirectors because of the misrepresentation In the matter of "first runs". 

I« had seen the picture at the Rlvoll, on Broadway, and didn't thfnk 

fteport should be second run to New York. 



A report from Los Angeles says Thomas Patten, former postmaster of 

?«w York City, who is now a Will Hays employee and has been sent to 

liie coast to establish a Western branch of the Producers and Distributors 

0^ America, Is slighted and peeved because he wasn't met at the train by 

lik bra."=s band and all the stars of fllmdom. In New York, however, It is 

[denied that such Is the case. In the Hays ofllces here It Is said that 

fatten is out to work and didn't want any fanfare on his arrival or any 

^nners or lunches after it.^ In fact, that is going to be the new order 

things as far as the Hays organization Is concerned. The "General," 

. his arrival In Los Angeles this week, let It be known that the lunches 

id dinners were to be oflf, and Charles Pettljohn. who Is shortly to start 

a gumshoe trip on legislative matters in the West, Is also off the 

thing. 

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iThere has been a radical change In the trading in film stock in the 

year, ever since the distribution of the Famous Players lesue of pre- 

»d. Dominlck & i)omlnlck were regarded as specialists in Famous 

lyers, but the play has switched from that brokerage house to Louchclm 

Mlnton. principally because they operate a branch in the Hotel Astor 

rhlch makes a handy drop In place for players on the ticker. For the 

le reason speculators in the other amusements has drifted to the same 

and a coterie of stock players has grown up to such an extent that 

Imonico's recogrnlzes It sufficiently to reserve a table at luncheon time 

>r those who want to talk Wall street shop. The ticker group Is In com- 

tlon with the film trade tables at Delmonico's nowaday for customers. 



London, Dec. S. 
Close seerecy is being observed as 
to the new Hepworth film which 
Henry BKlwards baa just completed. 
In this film an innovation will be 
provided the story being told with- 
out a sub-title. Everyone, with the 
exception of s\ib-tltle writers, will 
admit that many sub-tjtles are 
superfluous and mere padding, but 
It will have to be a remarkable story 
to get over without- one at all. 
Anyhow, Edwards la optimistic as 
regards his new production's suc- 
cess. With him in the film are 
Chrissle White and Mary Brough. 
Incidentally the engagement of the 
producer and Chrissle White has 
Just been announced. 



COAST FILM NEWS 

By EDWARD G. KEISa 



liOs Angelea. Dec. 18. 

The Beverly Hills Realty Company 
announced the purchase of a site 
for a future home by Mrs. Charlotte 
Plckford, mother of Mary Plckford. 
Mrs. Plckford's home will adjoin 
Douglas Fairbanks* palatial home 
and will coiit $100,000. 



A sign of the times Is the return 
to the legltmate of many artists who 
deserted the stage for the screen. 
Jack Jarman, one of our best known 
"movie" people has gone to the Little 
to stage-manage "The Nine O'clock 
Revue," Llonelle Howard, a Hep- 
worth player has gone on tour, Alec 
Hunter is at the Strand In "The 
Balance," Dorothy Pane has been 
on tour, Mary Glynne is in "The 
Cat and the Canary" at the Shaftes- 
bury, Mavis Clare is In "The 
Balance," and Madge Stuart, long a 
Stoll leading lady, Is returning. 



I«Yafik H. Crane, one of the Amer- 
ican producers here, has left fbr 
Torquay to begin work on his pic- 
ture for Ideal. It is an adaptation 
from a popular novel and has for 
the working title "The Hawk." The 
cast is notable, headed by Charles 
Hutchison "Hurricane Hutch" an 
American star with a big following 
here. He recently arrived. Sup- 
porting him are Malcohn Tod. 
Aubrey Fitzgerald, Gibson Gow- 
land, Judd Green, Di Forbes. 
Christine Wilde, Koan Lockron. 
Joan Barry. Crtuie has made sev- 
eral other big pictures for the same 
company including "The Pauper 
Millionaire" and "The Paupers of 
Grosvenor Square." 



[The decision of Famous Players not to renew the contract with Mary 

lies Minter revived newspaper discysslon of that star's part in the 

j\qr affair In Hollywood and several of the metropolitan Journals dla- 

issed all phases of the occurrence. It was stated that Miss M Inter's 

ilary under the Famous Players agreement Just expiring amounted to 

MO.OOO a year. Famous Players was the first organization in the picture 

Industry to agitate the point that stars and star salaries were driving the 

islness to ruin and the first !• undertake a system of "deflation". But 

le Minter case was directly to the contrary. Miss Minter got her first 

homentum toward stardom uAder the Metro banner. It was with that 

ranlzation she made her earliest features, such as "Barbara Frltchle", 

„d during her entire time with Metro, was under a direct contract at a 

maximum of |26 000 a year. The advertising campaign in her behalf by 

famous Players gave her the name of "the screen's synthetic star". 

Another picture scandal might have given the papers of the country 

opportunity to use the name and features of a prominent screen star 

the "woman in the case," had not the details been suppressed when the 

lucing organization with whom the star holds a contract became aware 

the case pending. An attorney for the company visited the attorney 

tor the other side and suggested an amicable settlement of the matter If 

possible. It was still pending this week. Seemingly the star while mak- 

ig a series of personal appearances started an affair with one of the 

lembers of a male vaudeville team who was married. Long distance 

Slephonee, impassionate telegrams and endearing letters passed between 

file two and the wife secured a bundle of those written to her husband. 

p^The star, who within the last few months figured prominently in another 

imily tangle of the pame nature, would have undoubtedly been played 

ip over the country over as a result, which would have likewise pre- 

Ipltated publicity in the other affair. The two combined would have 

lade great copy for those pounding Hollywood, and its prominent screen 

8olk, and it might have driven the woman star out of pictures. 



The presiding genius of a Western circuit of picture theatres wrote 
recently to Variety complaining that in the previous week's estimates 
%f the gross got by picture houses, and printed in the paper, the prln- 
,elpal theatre of one city operated by the circuit had been cut down by 
arlety's report $1,500 below what it actually had done. The letter, 
rltten In an Injured tone, continued, stating that Variety's representative 
[hould get the figures nearer correct, but that his circuit would not give 
em out, as it did not Intend to provide distributors with that detail of 
s business, since it might cost them more money for rentals or in 
rcenlage terms, etc. In conclusion the letter stated that if Variety 
ouldn't get any nearer the gro8.«?es of other theatres in other cities, how 
as his circuit to depend upon it to find out what pictures might be 
olng before they booked them? 

The exhibitor wa.s answered and asked why It was- he expected other 
hoatres to give out correct grosses for his information and other exhih- 
tors if he did not want to in turn furnish that information for the benefit 
boyt hia houses. He was also advised that whenever he played pcr- 
<*ntage his gross was no secret to the diatrihutor, for the distributor 
hared and knew the gross, and would tell any other distributor that 
sked nbont it what the amount was his house or houses played to. Since 
distributors appeared to work on a community of interest basis, the 
estern exhibitor was asked why should be not work ii unison with 
ther exhibitors, through maiung no secret of his reofipls. which became 
nown anyway, and place himM-If in a position, as all other exhibitors 
•hould do. to furnlHh one another with reliable information that they 
Could re y upon and book accor'lln>;ly. 

Kxhibitors who believe they arc accretive al)OUl busincGS and help 
thcmstlvts in terms through that method usually g»'t the worst of it 
%ithout. knowing the fact, for a distributor can find out anything It 
'vanta to when more than one man knows It. 



George Dewhurst is about to make 
a screen version of "What the Butler 
Saw." This farce was very success- 
ful In London and Is the woik of 
Judge Parry, the Manchester County 
Court Judge. Dewhurst has also in 
hand "The Uninvited Guest," an 
original story by himself. The pic- 
tures will be made In Germany. 
The cast is expected to Include 
Stewart Rome as "star," Cecil Mor- 
ton Yorke, Cameron- Carr. Arthur 
Walcott, Olaff Hytten. Richard 
Lindsay, and Margaret Hope. The 
cameraman will be Paul!. The ex- 
teriors will be made at Ostend. Al- 
though he Intends to employ some- 
thing like 1,000 supers. Dewhurst 
declares he will use no Germans, 
but pick them from Russian and 
Polish refugees. 



A film laboratory to be built on 
the corner of McCaddon place and 
Santa Monica boulevard, by the 
De Luxe Building Company. Is for 
the Chester Bennett Laboratories, 
which heretofore have been located 
at tho Fine Arts Studios. It is to 
be of the modified Spanish style 
architecture, and will represent an 
investment of over $100,000. 



Edna Pennington, film actress, 
values her nose at $26,500. She 
came to Judge Hahn's court as a 
plaintiff in a damage suit for this 
amount against Norman Manning, 
man about town and erstwhile film 
promoter. She alleges while riding 
with Manning in his automobile he 
turned a corner at 60 miles an hour 
and the car turned turtle. In the 
mix-up her nose was broken. Man- 
ning failed to appear. It was stated 
he was 111. and the case was con- 
tinued until Feb. 8. 



Ferdinand Earle. who made "The 
Rubalyat of Omar Khajryam." has 
been selected to direct Theda Bara 
In her first picture for Selznlck re- 
lease. 



Warner Baxter is to be featured 
by Robertson -Cole. 



Claire Windsor spent a few days 
at Coronado recently. 

Norma Tahnadge starts filming 
"Within the Law." It Is being made 
at the Metro studio, which will 
henceforth be the home of Connie 
and Norma, and also Buster Keaton. 



The Conmd Bercovlcl story. "The 
iLaw of the Lawless." has been 
! started at the Famous Players- 
Lasky studio. Victor Fleming is 
director and the principal players 
are Dorothy Dalton and Charles De 
Roche, the French actor. 



Gertrude McCoy will play Jo- 
sephine In the Samuelson production 
of "A Royal Divorce." The Napoleon 
will be Gwilym Evans, an actor 
htthArto unknown in filmland, but 
who Is said to be the living image 
of the Emperor, as far as the pop- 
ularity conceived idea goes. Rol>ert 
Shaw will be the Talleyrand. 

Following the New Oxford run of 
"Foolish Wives" 20 London kimneas 
are screening* the picture during the 
first week of release. In the 
provinces It is not having such a 
good time, some Chief Constable 
and Watch Committees having 
warned exhibitors they will not be 
allowed to show the film. 



Dale Fuller, known for her por- 
trayal of the serving maid In "Fool- 
ish Wives," has been cast in the 
Rupert Hughes pictures, "Souls for 
Sale." 



Alma Bennett has been loaned by 
Goldwyn to play the lead opposite 
Tom Mix in his latest production. 



Wlllard Mack Is directing re- 
hearsals at Walker Auditorium for 
his new play. "Red Bulldogs," which 
will have Its premiere at the Mason 
the week of Dec. 18. 



Superba theatre, for the past sev- 
eral years leased by Universal and 
used as a jQrst-run house, is closing 
next week. 



The new Hepworth non-sub-title 
feature has now been given a name. 
It is "Lily in Our Alley," which 
seems somewhat reminiscent of a 
famous song. The usual main sub- 
title appears followed by anr an- 
nouncement that lapses of time are 
expressed by dark periods In the film 
but during the foUowlng six reels no 
word appears. Henry Eklwardes is 
the producer. 



George- Dewhurjst has completed 
the first two comedies for Beehive 
Productions, following these a full 
series will be made. The leading 
people are James Reardon and Mar- 
garet Hope. Owing to conditions 
here it Is more than probable the 
next productions will b« made on 
the continent. 



John P. Goring, for several years 
exploitation manager for the local 
Famous Players exchange, left this 
week for New York, where he will 
assume the management of the 
Rlvoll and Rlalto theatres, serving 
under Hugo Rlesenfeld. Goring Is 
an old showman, having had his 
own companies on the road. 



Judge Crall has taken under 
submission the demurrer to the 
$25,000 slander suit brought by Mrs. 
Ethel Clark against Herbert Rawl- 
Inson, film star. Mrs. Clark alleges 
that the film star made remarks 
against her character in relation to 
a damage suit Dorothy Clark, her 
daughter, brought against him. 



Harma- Clarendon, one of the old- 
est British producing combinations 
have done little for some time, but 
is at work again. Their last pic- 
ture "Little Cuckoo Flower" has Just 
been completed. The title does not 
seem to hold much "pull." 



Frances Marion is the latest 
celebrity to be added to the Gold- 
wyn fold. She will assist Marshall 
Neilan, who is at present producing 
•The Strangers Banquet." Miss 
Marlon will write the sub-titles. 



Lois Weber has arrived at Uni- 
versal, where she will direct 
"Jewell." a story by Clara Loulss 
Burnham. 



various comedy companies who ar« 
making films for Educational. 

Jack Hoxie, the cowboy star, was 
host to his troop of broncho busters 
at a big Thanksgiving dinner at his 
ranch near Burbank. 



Col. W. N. Sellg has made 
arrangements with a steamship 
company to charter a vessel for 
the expedition he Is to send to 
South America to go up the 
Amazon to bring back native zoolog- 
ical specimens. The expedition 
wiia be started early In 1923 with 
Cy De Vry, veteran trainer and 
natural historian, in charge. The 
expedition will be gone several 
months and Sellg expects to secure 
more than $1,000,000 in valuable wild 
animals. 



SECOND BLAST WBECKS HOME 

• :/ Kansas City, Dec. IS. 

For the second time within two 
years the Doric on Walnut street, 
was completely wrecked by an ex- 
plosion early Friday morning. Loss 
to the theatre and adjoining prop- 
erty, over $100,000. with the the- 
atre damage practically covered by 
Insurance. The Doric was under 
lease to Samuel Hardlngs, had been 
dark since last sprlnir until Thanks- 
giving when it wa« opened with 
"Nanook of ths Nortli'' for an la- 
definite run. 

The explosion is supposed to bav« 
been caused by natural gas. and oc- 
curred soon after a negro Janitor 
entered the plac« and stmck * 
match to light a gas beater In the 
basement. 

A similar explosion occurred tn 
the house, shortly after it had been 
redecorated and remodeled, in Jan- 
uary 1921, but the damace at that 
time was but $20,000 with practically 
no loss to the adjoining property. 



PTBAIOD'S COAST PLAH 017 

Wmiam O. Hurst, for three years 
studio and general manager for the 
Whitman Bennett Productiens, re- 
signed last week and aligned him- 
self with the Pyramid Pictures aa 
general manager of prodnctlon. tak- 
ing charge of the studios of tb« 
company at Astoria, L. L 

At the last meeting of the Pyra- 
mid company directors Walter E. 
Greene was elected president and 
Arthur Smallwood treasurer. 

The plan to start production on 
the west coast has been abandoned. 
Ray Smallwood Is returning to New 
York to make the final picture un- 
der his present contract for the or- 
ganisation. George Terwilllger U 
now working on the production of 
"Wife In Name Only," baaed on the 
play of that title. 



According to announcements here 
the Paramount Producing Co. will 
spend $10,000,000 next year for pic- 
tures. I^s Angeles budget Is to be 

$8,000,000. 



APPEALING 'HOLMES' DECISION 

Justice Francis Martin in the Su- 
preme Court handed down an opin- 
ion last week denying the applica- 
tion for an injunction against the 
Kducalional and the Stoll Films. 
Ltd.. souKht by William C. Gillette 
and Goldwyn to prevent them from 
UMinf? thA name "Slic lock Ilolmos" 
in connection with a series of Kir 
Arthur Conan Doyle stories based 
on various Sherlock Holmes ad- 
v.ntures, produced in short reels. 

Nathan Purkan, who is repre.sent- 
'nR Goldwyn. which is releasing the 
John B.'irryn)(»re production of 
"Sherlock Holmes." gave notice of 
appeal on the decision and the mat- 
ter is being taken to the Appellate 
Division. 



Iy)ulee Fazenda. screen com- 
edienne, has been selected by Finn 
Hnaken Frolich. sculptor, to pose for 
the statute of "Morning." 

ILarry Beaumont, lateAy direct- 
ing for Metro, has been chosen by 
Warner Brothers to direct "Main 
Street." 



KESSEL LOSES SUIT ' I 

Justice Burr In ths New York 
Supreme Court has decided against 
Adam Kessel in bis $90,000 suit 
against Triangle to recover a judg- 
ment secured in Virginia Involving 
a etock sale. 

The New York action was de- 
signed to enforce the judgment in 
this state, where the company has 
property. The concern had nothing 
in Virginia upon which the victor 
could levy. Justice Burr held that 
the claim could not stand under tba 
New York corporation law. 

STEEEOSCOPIC nCTUSES 

Dr. Max Oirsdansky, a prnmlnent 
New Yoric surgeon, has lni)ented a 
stereoscopic motion picture device 
whereby the audience views the 
screen in three dimensions — length, 
breadth and depth — such as are vis- 
ible to the human eye. . 

The new device is reported prac- 
tical by those who have seen It 

Edna Purviance III 

Los Angeles. Dec. It. 
Edna Purviance, leading woman * 
for Charles Chaplin In practically 
all of hia recent productions. Is lU" 
here. She Is threatened with pneu* 
monia. 



FILM ITEMS 



Corlnne Crifflth, recently re1ea.«»ed 
from her VitnKraph contract, will 
bepin work soon as the feminine 
lead In "The Common Law." Selz- 
nlck is the producer. After this 
picture Miss GrlfTlth is to go to New 
York, where she is to start work as 
the head of her own company. 



E. W. Ilnmmona, president of 
lOducational Films, announced that 
his copnlriK to I/Os Angeles had 
.•something to do with the Increase 
of production the coming year. 
This Is due to the success of the 



Willard Mack will appear In the 
Sawyer-Lubin picture (produced 
for Metro) "Your Friend and Mine,**, 
which he wrote and In which h#; 
appeared In vaudeville when It wa4t 
done under the name of "Tlie Bat.** 



After four years as manager of 
the Pathe office. New OrUans. Jack 
Auslet is now a special representa- 
tive for the American Ueleaelnf. 

John Stahl left New Tork Tuea* 
day for Los Angeles to begin woilc 
on his next spaclal for Louiri B. 
Mayer. The title selected la "1/0^% 
Money and WonMB/* , , , 



PICTURES 



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Friday, December IQ, 1922 



NEW YORK HOUSED LIKE OTHERS, 
DROPPED IN GROSSES LAST WEEK 



KHX OVEN PBULY 
FOLLOWING BOUBAY 



'Capitpl Ahead with $37,000— Two Running Fca- 
, turet Going Out — Picture Bills Are Changing. 
Around ' 



All Broadway Buffered a slump at 
th« box office last week. None of 
th* bouses registered anything at 
Vbit box office that would indicate its 
Attraction was actually proving a 
draw abov« anything else along the 
thoroughfare. The only reason for 
the dropping oCP In receipts was laid 
to the nearness of Christmas and 
that the weather was disagreeable. 

Two of the pictures In for runs 
are about finishing. "Knighthood" 
will end next week and is slated for 
the RlvoU for two weeks ctarting 
Jlan. 8, with a possibility of a third 
week at the Rialto. "Robin Hood- 
Is nearing the end, with the Capitol, 
New York, slated for the picture for 
the latter part of January, one week 
being booked, with a second held 
Dpen In the event the picture 
reaches a certain .gross by AVcdnes- 
day of the first week ($25,000 being 
the figure mentioned). 

The third in for a run to leave Is 
•The Town That Forgot God," fin- 
ishing at the Astor In another two 
weeks, and Is to be followed by "The 
Third Alarm," 

Last week there was considerable 
•zcitement anent the revival for a 
week of "The Birth of a Nation" at 
the 8elwyn. The pictures did not 
fltart at a pace that was startling. 
but the business grew to such an 
extent the biggest part of the box 
office gross was registered in the 
last couple of days. Indicative if the 
run had been continued the interest 
would have continued to grow. 

In the regular Broadway picture 
houses, Capitol, Strand, Rialto and 
Rlvoll, there was Just an even fair 
buslne^, none of the quartet doing 
anything that was startling. The 
Capitol topped with 137,000 on the 
week, and the RlvoU held second 
spot with $22,400. The Strand with 
|22,000 held the next point of honor. 

Bstimates for last week: 
Astor — "The Town That Forsrot 
God" (Fox). Seats, 1.131. Scale: 
Mats., $1 top; eves., $1.50. Sixth 
week. Another week to run, after 
Which "The Third Alarm" for four 
weeks. Little under $5,000 last 

Csmeo — "The Super Sex" (Amer- 
ican Releasing). Seats, 550. Scale, 
65-75. Even with unusual picture 
this house did not go above usual 
pace. Gross Just over $4,100 on 

Capitol — "A Blind Bargain" 
(Goldwyn). *► Seats, 6,300. Scale: 
Mats., 35-50-$l; eves., 68-85-$l. 
Biggest house of street also felt ef- 
fect of drooping business last week, 
with gross going to just under 
137,000. This week Is about on par 
With last week's business. 

Criterion — "Knighthood* (Cosmo- 
politan-Paramount). Seats, 8S6. 
Scale: Mats., $1.50 top; eves., $2. 
Eleventh week. For past few weeks 
policy has reverted to two shows 
day again. Next week will be flnal 
one, with Nazlmova In "Salome " to 
go In New Year's Eve. Last week 
business dropped* Just topping 
$9,000. 

Lyric — "Robin Hood" (ITnited 
Artists). Seats, 1,400. Scale: Mat.q., 
11.60 top; eves., $2. Seventh week. 
Still plugging hard for this one, with 
date to follow run set for latter part 
of January at Capitol. Business last 
week dropped to under $14,000. 

Rialto — "Daughter of Luxury" 
(Paramount). Seats, 1,960. Scale, 
66-85-99. $19,600 last week. 

Rivoli — "Outcast"* (Paramount). 
Seats, 2,200. Scale, 65-85-99. Made 
fairly strong appeal, but did not 
overcome alump along street gen- 
erally, getting $22,400. 

Selyvyn — "Birth of a Nation" 
. (Griffith). Did not play to terrific 
, business, but averaged fairly well, 
; with general depression considered. 

Strand — "Lorna Doone" (First Na- 
tional). Seats, 2.900. Scale, 30-50-85. 
Registered as strong as expected, 
played to $22,000. 



WET WEATHER WALLOPS 
LOS ANGELES HOUSES 



"Triflina Women" Despite Pan 

Tops Town's Business — 

Others All Off 



Los ^ngeles, Dec. IS. 

The rains played havoc with the 
box olflce last week, but even the 
elements d.dn't stop on« or two of 
the houses piling up a goodly gross. 
Metro's "Trifling Women," which 
the critics didn't rave so much over, 
proved a money getter for I^oew's 
State. "Knighthood" fell off slight- 
ly and llie last week (next) is an- 
nounced. ~ "Tess" is doing fair at 
Miller's and "Robin Hood" man- 
ages to keep selling out nights at 
Grauman's Hollywood. Otherwise 
things cinematic are quiet, at least 
from the viewpoint of the "till." The 
estimates: ,. 

Grauman's — "Kick In" (Para- 
mount). Betty Compson and Bert 
Lytell. Grauman's pi^olog, a weekly 
feature, changed with each program, 
also draw. Business not great, how- 
ever. About $14,400 on week. 

California — "Hungry Hearts" 
(Goldwyn). Good companion fea- 
tures, though nothing especially 
advertised. $13,900^ 

Grauman's Rialto— "Knighthood" 
(Cosmo). Marion Davics in the big 
type Hearst newspaper publicity 



Special at Opera House Does 

Not Start Anything— Gloria 

Swanson Didn't Draw 



advertising, this picture felt the gen 
eral slump and Tuesday night, the 
audience looked lost in the huge 
opera house. Monday night looked 
better^ due to heavy papering, and 
occasionally during the week, there 
was a slight change for the better, 
but it never materialized. The pic- 
ture was scaled a $1 top, with best 
orchestra seats at 83c., and special 
emphasis "on the "bargain mat- 
inees" at a 30c. top. Two shows 
daily. The notices in one or two of 
the papers were glowing, but in 
others hardly more than lukewarm, 
and so short the picture appeared in 
the category of program films. 
There Is still the Intimation that 
"Down to the Sea In Ships' will 
stick through its allotted four weeks. 



PICKFORD'S lESS" DISAPPOINTS 
EXPEaATIONS AT NEWMAN, K. C 



MORE TRESEfrrATIONS" 
ONTKUfATHcVKKER'S 



. Philadelphia, Dec. IS. 
The expected after -Thanksgiving 
slump appears to have hit the film 
houses here, with one or two ex- 
ceptjons. Foremost is "Knight- 
hood." It seems to have been put 
in at the Stanton at a most oppor- 
tune time, and will likely tide this 
house over nicely until after new 
year. Much of the success has been 
due to the enormous advei:tislng 
campaign which started with a half 
page, and in last Saturday's papers 

fooled 'em by coming back with 
two solid columns. 

"Down to the Sea In Ships," the 
whaling picture which was exhib- 
ited independently at the Metropol- 
Itan opera house didn't get off to an The reported ending of presenta- 
ausplcious start. Despite heavy >ions at the McVJcke.-'B seemed pre- 



Interval Too Long Between Star's Appearances-^ 
Generally Bad Week, With Neighborhood Houses 
Getting Best Business 



Two Stage Directors for Them 

— Business Wabbling But 

Expected to Picic Up 



Chicago. Dee. 15. 



mature as the J. L.' & S. firm will 
again attempt this knotty question. 
Charles A. Nieggenmeyer will be in 
charge of the new presentations and 
Boris Petroff, late of the Grannada. 
San Francisco, will do the ballets. 
It is understood with the presenta- 
tions and ballets a feature act will 
also be given. Last week a band 
was the feature and this week Yvett 

was the underscored headllner, but 
for some unknown reason Yvett did 
not appear, nor was any explana- 
tion made of it. 

As usual, all the picture theatres 
were hurt by the pre-holiday spirit. 



1 



sticK inrougn us auouea lour wecKs. although this week it should take 
but If It does, the general beHef is^ ^^ added spurt owing to the many 

shoppers and school holidays. It is 



that it must have got the house for 
a song, In between the opera sea- 
sons. 

A good outlay of pictures were 
given the cold shoulder by the fans 
in the other big downtown houses. 



holding up business. Several col- The Aldlne, with "Enter Madame 



umns daily. Grossed $12,3S0. 

Grauman's Hollywood — "Robin 
Hood" (Fairbanks). "Doug" at his 
best. Got $12,000. 

Mi88iorv^"Dr. Jack" (Roach). 
Harold Lloyd always a draw, ^usi- 
ne.«<s falling off slightly. Now in 
ilfth week. Drew $11,600. 

Kihema— "East Is West" 
(Schenck). Rated by some Con- 
stance Talmadge's best work. Tak- 
ings $13,600. 

Loew's State — "TrlHing Women" 
(Metro). Belcher dancing ballet also 
featured. $16,800. 



LOCAL AMATEUR ACT 
IS BUFFALO J)RAW 



50 Young People in Turn at 

Loew's — Other Houses 

Held Up 



Buffalo, Dec. 18. 
lousiness hit high spots at all pic- 
ture houses here last week. Perfect 



generally spoken of as one of the 
best features of the year here, lost 
out on the matinee audience which 
Clara Kimball Young was expected 
to attract, and which this house had 
been getting of late. Midweek mat- 
Ines were terrible. Rain at the end 
of the week spoiled any hope of a 
comeback. 

The Stanley, with Gloria Swan- 
son In "The Impossible Mrs. Bel- 
lew" did little. This star's pop- 
ularity has fallen woefully here, and 
there wasn't enough drawing power 
In "Rolling Down to Rio." the short 
film added attraction and the pres- 
ence of a soprano soloist on the bill, 
to boost the business. Business has 
been a bit off at this house for sev- 
eral weeks. "East Is West" this 
week's feature is being closely 
watched. Several recent Constance 
Talmadge pictures have flooded here 
of late. 

The Karlton's feature was also 
given the glad hand by the critics, 
but failed to live up to Ihelr praise. 
This was "Ebb Tide" and a nice 
building power which began to de- 
velop was ruined by terrible weather 
Thursday and Friday nights. 
Estimates of last week: 
Stanley — "The Impossible Mrs. 
Bellew" (Paramount); also "Rolling 
Down to Rio," short film feature. 



GOOD ENOUGH FOR DENVER 

Denver, Dec. 13. 
i Denver was In for comedy last 
' week, packing the Princess and Ri- 
alto, Paramount houses, to see Har- 
old In his five-reel, "Dr. Jack." 
Business for both houses was as 
inear capacity for the week as it is 
I po.<4.Mlblo to get In Denver nowadays. 
I Milton Sills In "The Forgotten 
• Law" drew good business at the 
Colorado (Blshop-Fass) and "Hun- 
gry Hearts" at the America seems 
to have been reminiscent of other 
"heart" pictures which have packed 
that theatre In times past. "'Hearts 
of the World" and "Hearts of Hu- 
. manlty" did big business in the old 
days. "Hungry Hearts" is a title 
which appeals to a certain class of 
Denver fans. Ths America did 
about as woll as could be expected 
with the stores doing their darndest 
llD bust the theatrs and plotur* busi 
wldt opan Jut aow* 



downtown section for holiday shop- 
ping, with all theatres experiencing 
a brace. 

Loew's and Lafayette held lead 
last week. Former house developed 
a draw in "Buffalo Express Follies." 
made up of 50 local amateurs who 
were drilled for fortnight past. Act 
sized up favorably with any tabloid 
see« here on regular time. Other 
houses did nicely. Lafayette getting 
largo share of Loew overflow in ad- 
dition to the regular clientele. 

Big grosses appear to be holding 
up consistently and all downtown 
theatres getting excellent break In 
the face of keenest sort of compe- 
tition. • 

Last week's estimates: * 

Loew's— "Buffalo Express Follies" 
and "Face in Fog." (Capacity. 3.400. 
Scale, mat.s., 20; nights, 30-40.) This 
double feature program crowded 
house from send-off. Film found 
favor. $14,000. 

Lafayette Square — "Evidence" and 
vaudeville. (Capacity, 3,400. Scale, 
mats.. 20-25; nights, 30-50.) Bill 
will be rounded. Picture satisfac- 
tory. Keen competition in local field, 
forcing even this house into special 
play for feature acts and films. 
I'robably between $14,000 and $15,- 
000. 

Hipp-^"BurnIng Sands" first half. 
"Outcast" second half. (Capacity, 
2,400. S^ale, mats., 15-25; nights, 
25-50.) Both features well liked, 
with latter coming In for greater 
share of praise. Ferguson film kept 
business up, even Friday night iisu- 
ally off here, going to standees. Well 
over $13,000. 

Olympic — "Lorna Doone." (Capa- 
city. 1,500. Scale., mats.. 15; nights. 
20-25.) Continues to run along at 
medium speed, although business 
probably leaves good deal to be de- 
sired. Film was well talked of," but 
did not seem to catch on. Some- 
>^hin<: ovtr >8,000. 



weather br"ough-t heavy"c?owdr in"i4t;;^ 'w^ather^'htr.oo'! ''^^X^X. 



West" this week, with Elsie Fer- 
guson's "Outcast" and Buster 
Keaton's "Electric House" much 
touted double bill next week; 
$20,000. Capacity, 4,000; scale, 35c. 
and 50c.; matinees, 50c. and 75c. 
evenings. 

Aldine— "Enter Madame" (Metro). 
Won some splendid notices and ap- 
parently liked, but business off after 
some good weeks with poor pic- 
tures. Less than $9,000. Capacity, 
1,500; scale. 50c. top. 

Metropolitan — "Down to the Sea 
in Ships."— Heavy papering and ex- 
tensive advertising failed to show 
much. Rather ignored at opening 
because of other important films. 
May stay four weeks. Scale, mat- 
inees, 30c. top price; ^evening, 25c. 

to $1. 

Stanton — "Knighthood" (Para- 
mount).— Not quite up to expecta- 
tions, but naturally responded to big 
play, and looks safe until after 
Christmas. Bad weather naturally 
hurt and gross is expected to jump 
this week. About $18,000. Capacity, 
1.700;- scale, .35c. and 50c. matinees; 
50c. and 75c. evenings. 

Karlton — "Ebb Tide" (Para- 
mount). — Given wonderful notices, 
but didn't respond, although in no 
sense frost than other recent pic- 
tures at this house have been. 
Topped. $6,500. "Pride of Palomar" 
this we ek. Capacity, 1,000; scale . 

50c top. 

* 

Williams Returns to Coast 
J. D. Williams, former general 
manager as well as foun^ler of the 
First National, started yesterday on 
his second trip to Los Angeles 
within a month. Williams will re- 
main away for about three weeks, 
and on his return the chances are 
that he will maks an announce- 
ment as to his future plana. 



said that with tho Chicago Iheatre 
alone, children make a dlfferehce of 
between two and three thousand 
dollars on the week, and that the 
gross jumps up accordingly. 
Estimates for last week: 
"Clarence" (Paramount), (Mc- 
Vicker's.) (Seats 2.500; scale, mat.. 
49; nights. 59.) Proved among ban- 
ner weeks for this new house. The 
band as added attraction was rated 
as one of the best musical organ- 
izations to have evor played at any 
one of the local houses. Around 
$28,500, 

"One Exciting Night** (Griffith), 
(Illinois, 4th week.) (Seats 1.500; 
scal0, $1, 75, 60.) With "nut" cut 
down In everything Including adver-, 
tising. picture held its own. with 
around $10,000. 

''All Night" (Universal), (Ran- 
dolph.) (Seats 686; scale, mat., 35 ;• 
nights 50.) This theatre seems to 
be having run on "night" pictures, 
but this one fared better than any 
previously. Features Valentino and 
did close to $7,200. 

"Sherlock Holmes" (First Na- 
tional), (Chicago.) • (Seats 4,200 ; 
mat 50. nights 65.) Voted "A" one 
hit, plus Barrymore's name, which 
grossed up to $37,000. 

"Manslaughter" (Roosevelt). 
(Seats 1.275; scale, mat. 30; nights 
55; 3rd week.) Stayed one week too 
long. One of the most heavily, ex- 
ploited pictures ever in Chicago, but 
still failed to do anything out of the 
ordinary. Said to have touched be- 
tween $13,000 and $14,000 on last 
week, which does not allow the 
house much of a margin. 



Kansas City, Dec. 13. 
While not exactly a flop. Mary 
PIckford's "Toss," at the Newman 
last week, failed far from being the 
draifv advance estimates promised. 
The picture and star were given 
strong notices by the local critics, 
but the fans failed to respond. It 
has been a year since this house 
offered a Pickford picture: "Little 
Lord Fauntleroy" being the last, at 
which time business was just about 
double that of last week. From the 
poor showing, it looks as though the 
lilm followers like to see their favo- ^ 
rites at; more frequent intervals, as 
a year's time gives them opportu- 
nity to find new Stars. 

At the other big downtown houses % 
business was far from satisfactory. 
The matinees were badly off, ex- 
plained probably by the rush of 
Chifistmas shopping, as the streets 
were thronged. 

The Royal had Bebe Daniels In 
"Singed Wings," with dancers in a 
featured prolog as an added feature, 
and the Liberty gave 'em melodrama 
again with "The Kentucky Derby" 
and the minstrels featured for good 
measure, but business was not so ' 
good at either place. ,J 

The family houses, many with 3 
larger capacity than the so-called "^l 
big downtowners, are continuing to J 
get business with big pictures and | 
names at from 10-35. The Isis this J 
week Is featuring "Rose o' the Sea," ■ 
which has been running as a serial 
in one of the local papers.' . i-- 

Last week's estimates: - -: 

Newman — "Tess of the Storm 
Country" (United Artists). Seats 
1.980. Scale, mats., 35; nights, 50, 
75. Mary Pickford and her name 
given all prominence. Other enter- 
tainment units on bill. Started | 
fairly well Sunday, but dropped ^ 
badly and did not build enough ' 
towards latter part of the week to 
come up to expectations, getting j 
around $12,500. 1 

Liberty— "The Kentucky Derby** ' 
(Universal). Seats 1,000. Scale. 35, 
50. Reginald Denny and Lillian { 
Rich leads. Neither mentioned In 
billing. Around $6,000. 

Twelfth Street — "The Face In tha J 
Fog" (Paramount). Seats 1.100. \ 
Scale, 10, 25. Lionel Barrymore. \ 
Beena Owen, Lowel Sherman and 
Mary MacLaren. Comedy also. The 
feature to the liking of patrons of 1 
this house. Neighborhood of $2,250. I 

Royal — "Singed Wings" (Para- 
mount). Scats 890. Scale 35, 50. 
Bebe Daniels. Roach comedy and 
prolog. Critics not so kind to th* \ 
feature, but those who paid liked It. j 
House, like most of the others, suf* '\ 
fered by the public's apathy and 
takingB fell to around $6,500. 



Bsfors 



BOSTON DULL 

Holidays, Business Drops 
Below Normal 



Competing pictures at the down- 
town vaudeville houses were "Th« 
Hound of the Baskervilles," Main* 
street; "The Alter Stairs," Glob% 
and "The Face Between," Pantager. 



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MOORE SECURES GARDEN 



House Dark for Year— Picture Buti* 
neas as Expected 



Boston, Dec, 13. 
While not tough enough to cause 
any uneasiness and with the reason 
fairly evident, business at the pic- 
ture houses last week was a little 
below normal. A brace Is not antici- 
pated before Christmas. 

"Robin Hood" Is due to open at 
the Park next Monday for eight 
weeks and an extensive advertising 
campaign has been launched for the 
film. 

At the Selwyn, the legitimate the- 
atre taken over for "Down to the 
Sea in Ships," business last week 
was not as good as the opening. It 
has a couple of^more weeks to run 
at tho house, when the theatre will 
again return to the Icglt. 

Estimates for las* week: 

Loew's 8tst ^Capacity 4.000; 
scale 25-50) — ' julncy Adams Saw- 
yer" this wee* , with Mack Sennett 
comedy. About $13,000 last week 
with "The Impossible Mrs. Bellew." 

Tremont Temple (Capacity 2,000; 
scale 60-$l)— Jackie Coogan's "Oli- 
ver Twist," second week, with busi- 
ness fair for first week. 

Park (Capacity 2.400; scale 50- 
$1.50)— "Knighthood" on final week 
at the house. "Robin Hood" due In. 
Did about $8,500 last week. OJ 
about $1,500 from previous week. 

Modern (Capacity 800; scale 28- 
40)— About $6,500 last week with 
"The Headless Horseman." "Shad- 
ows" and "Afflnitics" this week. 

Beacon — Capacity, scale and at- 
traction same as Modern. 

Selwyn — Less than $3,000 last 
week with "Down to the Sea In 
Ships." 



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-\yi^g)i{{ig(oii^ Dec. IS. 

The usual pre-holiday slump. 

The news of the week was th# 
securing of Tom Moore's old Oar 
den theatre on Ninth street by Harry 
Crandall. This house, which sug- , 
gests in appearance the old style 5c. \ 
and 10c. picture house, has long beea i 
a white elephant of Moore's and haa 
been dark for practically a year. | 
Rumor said it was to 4?e used as a \ 
stock theatre by Garry McGarry, 
who conducted the stock at th» j 
Garrlck during the past summer. 1 

Along with the announcement of 
the purchase of the Garden the ; 
Crandall offices gave out the com- \ 
pleted plans for tnelr new theatre at 
the corner of 14th street and Park 
road, on the site now occupied by 
the old Church of the Sacred Heart, 
the theatre to be rushed to an early 
completion. » j 

Estimates for last week: 'i 

Loew's Columbia — "Trifling Wom- 
en" (Metro). (Capacity, 1.200; 
scale, 20-35 mats., 35-50 nights). 
About $13,000, and Is held over. j 

Moore's Rialto— "Shadows." (Ca-1 
pacity, 1,900, Scale: mornings. 25; 
afternoons, 35; evenings, 50). About 
$7,500. 

Loew's Palace— Wallace Reid in 
"Clarence" (Paramount). (Capacity. 
2.500. Sc.ile: 20-33 mats.. 30-40-50- 
nights.) Picture well put on. About 
$8,000. j 

Crandall's Metropolitan — Chnrloi j 
Ray In "A Tailor-Made Man" (Ca- 
pacity. 1.700. Scale: 20-35 mats., 35* 
50 nights ) Around $8,000. 



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The Cameo, Newark, N. <!•» 
opened Thanksgiving evening. It 
is a straight picture house, seating.] 
1,000 on one floor. It I.s owned by 
Louis Kramer and Max Gold. 




Friday, December 15, 1922 



PICTURES 



46 



N. Y. CENSOR REPEAL LKEY: 
^ ELECnON ENUGHTENS G. 0. P. 



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Republicans Won't Opposed-Liberal Legislation — 
Fear Third Party— Hays Attitude Carries Weight 
With Machine Lead^s v 



Albany, I>«c. 13. 
I The SUt,e Motion Picture Censor- 
ship law is likely to be repealed as 
one of tb« flrat acta of the newly 
elected Democratic administration, 
political leaders of both parties 
Jiave come to realiA that the elec- 
tion of last month throughout the 
country represented more than any- 
thing rise a popular protest against 
legislative interference with per- 
sonal liberty. 

Perhaps no one single act of the 
present administration in Albany 
did more to eliminate important 
business interests from the Repub- 
lican party than did the censorship 
law and the exponents of free 
« speech viewed it as a serious men- 
ace to the freedom of the press. 
The measure is now looked upon 
as a "white elephant" by the Re- 
publican party and many Repub- 
lican legislators are expected to 
vote for the repeal of the law. The 
regular Republicans may be some- 
L what swayed in this by Will H. 
^_ Hays' interest in the matter. 
I It is possible there will be an at- 
^. tempt from certain quarters to pre- 
serve a skeleton of the law, elimi- 
. nating the tax provisions and 
f transferring such duties as are left 
to the commission to the Depart- 
ment of Education. But those who 
demand the repeal of the law uvill 
not willingly agi'eo to any com- 
^ promise. 

;i- It is expected that the Mullan- 
ir' Gage prohibition enforcement acts 
V also will be repealed. There are 
f" two of these measures, one pre- 
scribing penalties for violations 
which is part of the penal law and 
one prescribing the course of ac- 
tion for prosecutions which is in 
the code of criminal procedure. 
Measures will be introduced, it is 
expected, calling for local option 
and a submission to the people of 
^ a referendum on light wines and 
^^ beer. 

A conference of the chief execu- 
tives of the leading liberal states 
.^^ may be held to map out a plan of 
f"- concerted action to influence Con- 
gress toward a realization of the 
country's attitude on Volsteadism. 
There is something of a feeling 
that there will be considerable 
trading on the part of the> political 
parties on certain ineasures. but in 
regard to the censorship repeal it 
.«ieems a certainty that it will hardly 
be necessary to look 'for a trade of 
patronage. • The repeal of the cen- 
'^ sorship law in Xew York coming 
>. atop of the decisive defeat censor- 
r' ship suffered in Massachusetts 
should lessen the chances of new 
censorship measures in other states 
■ where the matter was under con- 
tt sideration. 

t The Republicans, have the. lower 
* house by a narrow margin but they 



NOV. PROFITS BETTER 
THROUGH EXPENSE CUT 



CAMERON ARRESTED ON 
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE 



In Kansas City Promoting Film 

Organization — Los Angeles 

Police Want Him 



Detroit Exhibitors Say — ^Val- 
entino Poplar There, but 
Misses in Rest of State 



Detroit, Dec. 18. 

So far there has been no falling 
off in business at the picture houses 
despite the approach of the holiday 
season, although this is certain to 
come from now on. The downtown 
houses are more than holding their 
own while Improvement is noted 
by the outskirt theatres. Com- 
ments from some are to the effect 
that while November receipts were 
not as good as the same month last 
year, the net profit was as great, 
if not greater, because of a read- 
justment in costs, general over- 
head, etc. 

The hit of last week was "The 
Young Rajah" at the Adams, where 
business was exceedingjly brisk. 
Detroit is one of the big cities of 
the country where Valentino can 
boast of an enormous following. 
His "Blood and Sand,'' which was 
such a big success wlien shown 
here, did a terrible "flop" all 
through Michigan, and despite "The 
Young Rajah" being an inferior 
picture, it drew almost as big as 
the first week of "Blood and Sand." 

Adama — "Young Rajah." Around 
$15,000. 

Madison — "Woman Conquers." 
Katherlne MacDonald has no follow- 
ing in Detroit, judging by the busi- 
ness last week. Fell off consider- 
ably. Below $10,000. 

Washington — "Under Two Flags." 
BusinoK!5 very profitable. Priscllla 
Dean well liked and gives great 
performance. 

Broadway - Strand — "Shadows." 
second Al Lichtman production. 
Bu.«'iness better than expected. Pic- 
ture splendidly produced. Around 
17.000. 

Capitol — "Pride of Palomar." Ex- 
cellent business. 



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McYICKER'S PUBLICITY 



Kettering Got 480,000 Lines, Free 
For Opening 



will scarcely use obstructive tactics 
J^% while there is a chance for a third 
;• party to develop. 



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SELECT MUST ANSWEK SUIT 

Ihe Select Pictures Corp., and 
I.*ewl8 J. Selznick must file answer 
to the 125,000 New York Supreme 
Court suit begun by Edward M. 
James, an attorney, according to 
Justice McGoldrick who refused to 
grant Select's motion to dismiss the 
complaint on the ground it does not 
state a cause for action. 

The action revolves on a agree- 
ment between Select and the Kemp- 
son pictures Corp., which James or- 
ganized, for the purpose of dis- 
tributing 16 Select rei88\;es on a 
percentage ba.sia. James wants to 
restrain Select and Selznick from 
canceling the contract. The de- 
fendants contend the Kempson com- 
pany breached it by not maintcln- 
Ing 40 salesmen in the field. 

^'amuel Schwarlzberg is repre- 
senting the defense. 



Chicago, Dec. 18. 

All exploitation records in Chicago 
were smashed by Ralph T. Ketter- 
ing on the opening of the New M^- 
Vickers theatre. Previous to this 
accomplishment the high record for 
publicity on the opening of a -new 
theatre was established by Balaban 
& Katz on the opening of the Chi- 
cago theatre a year before. The 
Balaban & Katx press force secured 
thousands of lines of free readers 
and topped it off with two special 
editions on the opening day in two 
daily papers. Kettering obtained 
480,000 agate lines of free publicity 
in the eight weeks prior to the 
opening, and then put on four spe- 
cial editions in the "Evening Amer- 
ican", "Herald-Examiner", "Evening 
Post • and "Daily Journal." Ketter- 
ing directs the publicity for seven 
theatres, Rialto, McVicker's, Or- 
pheum, Lyric, Rose, Alcazar and 
Star. 

The Balaban and Katz theatres 
have three high priced publicists 
handling their houses. 



Kansas City, Dec. 13. 

Norman E. Cameron, who has been 

here for a number of weeks, working 
on a promotion scheme to organize 
as educational film corpbration, was 
arrested Dec. 6 at the request of the 
Los Angeles police department, 
which wired he was wanted there 
for embezzlement. 

According to the police, Cameron 
has been here since last September 
working on the organization of a 
film company for the production of 
clean and educational films, and 
visited many of the leading minis- 
ters, seeking their moral and finan- 
cial support. The ministers stated 
that Cameron approached them and 
explained the corporation* would 
extend to the leading cities of the 
country and would pay 6 or 8 ^er 
cent on the money Invested. One of 
the ministers said that Cameron 
told him his father was a Baptist 
minister and editor, living in Seat- 
tle. 

The telegram from the Los An- 
geles police stated Cameron was 
wanted to stand trial for the em- 
bezzlement of approximately Sl5,- 

000 from the stockholde/s of the 
Educational Film Corporation there: 
also that he at one time was man- 
ager of the Los Angeles ottlce of 
the corporation and had been fou.^d 
short in his accounts; that he h\d 
promised to make good the shortage, 
but left without keeping his word. 

He vas arrested on a fugitive 
warrant issued by a local justice* of 
the peace, pleaded not guilty, and 
relea.sod on a |2,000 bond to appear 
for a preliminary hearing Dec. It). 

Cameron says he is an attorney 
and has lived in Los Angeles .SO 
years. To an attorney (rem the 
prosecutor's oflrtce he %aid he had 
violated the California "blue laws," 
and explained: "We formed a cor- 
poration for better films in Los An- 
gele.«, selling $100,000 in stock. I 
paid my salesman 10 per -cent com- 
mission. Of course, when the cor- 
poration blew up, I paid back $90.- 
000. 1 did not have suflflcient tuv.us 
to jay back the remaining $10,000 
but told them I would get It, and 
left for my old home In North Caro- 
lina to obtain a loan. Unsuccessful, 

1 came here to make some money." 
He refu.sed to discuss the case after 
his release on bond, but stated he 
was going to visit his family in 
California during the holidays. 

A message from Los Angeles 
states »that Cameron was indicted 
D*»c. 6 by the grand jury there on a 
charge of embezzlement, and the in- 
vestigatQr* for the county attorney 
said he was wanted at Mendota, 111., 
and Chicago on felony charges. 



FAIRBANKS MEETS DEFEAT 

IN QUESTION OF REISSUES 



Supreme Court Denies His Injunction Application-— 
Old Triangle Subjects — No Deception Intended, 



Says Court 



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HrrS AND FLOPS LAST 
WEEK IN 



FlUSCO 



Animal Picture Continues — 
"Triflna Women" Bio— "Rose 
of Sea" and "Baskervilles" Off 



" San Francisco, Dec. 13.' 

"Hunting Wild Animals," now in 
its second week at the Century, Is 
the talk of the town. Appearances 
indicate tbat the four week.s' run 
will draw capacity throughout the 
engagement. l^ugene Roth, who 
controls the film, is planning to 



MARY MILES MINTER BRIDE? 

I..08 Angeles. Dec. 13. 
Js Marj' Miles Mir cr to b come 



a bride of Lruis Kherwin, dramatic 
critic, author and scenario writer? 
They have been seen together often 
of late In Hollywood. 

It was not long ago that Miss 
Minter sold her palatial Hollywood 
home to Charles L. Bastlan of 
Chicago, and It was then that dame 
rumar began to link her name with 
n^ables of t^ colony. 



1ST NATIONAL'S PRODUCTIONS 

Tho plans for active entry into 
the production field by First Na- 
tional are to be laid at a meeting 
which is to be held by the execu- 
tive committee of that organization 
shortly. The trip to the coast Just 
concluded was for the purpos* of 
giving the executives of the fran- 
chise holders an insight Into actual 
production conditions as they now 
arc on the coast and permit them 
to get a line on what they might 
ex'pect in the line of big produc- 
tions independently made in the 
future. 

R. A. Rowland and 11. O. Schwalbe 
returned to Now York from the 
coast Monday, but there was no 
statement from either as to what 
steps had been taken toward the 
formation of a producing organ- 
Iration. It was intimated, however, 
that the January meeting would 
And some definite action in that 
^ direction. • 



send out road companies under the 

direction of Jack Brehany, who is ; with^the subject of the play, that 



A legal decision of Importance as 
concerns the question of reissues 
has been handed down by Justice 
Wagner in the New York Supreme 
Court in a suit In which Douglas 
Fairbanks sought to restrain Hy- 
man Winik and the Leader Film 
Corp. from releasing, distributing 
or marketing some of the old Tri- 
angle subjects he (Fairbanks) made 

under D, W. Qrlfflth's direction in 
1915. Fairbanks' application for a 
temporary injunction was denied. 

The Jurist's opinion in part con- 
cludes: — 

"In addition It appears that the 
defendants intend in their adver- 
tising to announce. In conjunction 



exploiting the feature. At the Cur- 
ran "Knighthood" is now in its 
fourth week, but Attendance has 
been dropping considerably. 

Among the downtown first-run 
houses the Warfleld led the Held 
last week with "Trifling Women," 
and as an added feature tho house 
presented the Sherwoods, a musical 
organization. 

The Tivoli flopped with Anita 
Stewart in "Rose o* the Sea." 

At the Strand "The Hound of the 
Baskervilles ' also proved a poor at- 
traction and suffered accordingly. 



TWO FILM DRAWS 

Pittsburgh's Best Housm Last Week 
Did Business 



Pittsburgh, Dec. 13. 

"Oliver Twist" and "The Face In 
the Fog" waged a merry battle at 
the Grand and Olympic last week. 
The Coogan vehicle, though not as 
warmly received as It might have 
been by some of the critics, was 
good enough for the bulk of his ad- 
mirers, with the result the Grand 
had no trouble in off-setting the un- 
usually strong week at the Olym- 
pic. It was slightly better than 
average for both, and with a less 
popular attraction at either place, 
the other would undoubtedly have 
benefitted greatly. 

The picture of the week was "For- 
gotten Law." But the Blackstone, 
which presented It, had no partic- 
tilar success, though the week was 
better than average. 

Kstimates for last week: 

Grand— "Oliver Twist" (First Na- 
tional). Seats 2,500. Scale, 25, 40, 
55. Started off with snap, and at- 
tendance was lively practically all 
week. About $15,300. 

Olympic — "Face in the'Fog" (Cos- 
mopolitan). Seats 1,100. Scale. 25, 
40. Week-end business In particu- 
lar especially good, with long lines 
several nights. About $9,000. 

Libertv — "Oliver Twist" (First 
Naliorffif). .Seats 1,200. Scale, 25. 
40,55. Picture had goed publicity 
throughout ISaSt Liberty. About 
$8,600. 



NEW STRAND OPENS 

-»rhenprtady. N. Y., Dec. 13. 



The local Strand, a new theatre, 
seating 2,000 on one floor, opened 
here Saturday night with the flrHt 
performance made a free one. Its 
exits load to the main entrance of 
I*roc tor's theatre. 

The Strand is of the circuit 
headed by the Strand, New York 
(l|oe Mark). 



California. — ''Anna Ascends" 
(Paramount) (.seats 2,700; scale, 
50-75-90), Alice Brady. Did not 
make any special appeal and fur- 
ther handicapped by title. Got 
$1X000. 

Granada. — "Glorious Adventure" 
(Vit.> (seats 2.940; scale, 50-75-90), 
Lady Diana Manners. First colored 
picture did not seem to meet with 
approval of public. Business did 
not hold up after usual good Satur- 
day and Sunday business. Gross 
412,000. 

Imperial.— "To Have and to Hold" 
(Paramount) (seats 1.425; scale. 35- 
75). Betty Compson and Bert Lytell. 
Did very well. Drew $9,000 on week. 

Strand. — "Hound of the Basker- 
ville.s' (F. B. O.) (seats 1,700; scale. 
40-55). FollowinK other Sherlock 
Holmes, with John Barrymore, suf- 
fered by comparison. "Riding with 
Death" also sho.wn. Double feature 
did only fair; $5,000 gross. 

Tivoli. — "Lorna Doone" (First 
National) (seats 1,800; scale 40-55). 
Business way off second week, 
dropping to $6,000. 

Losw's Warfield. — "Trifling 
Women" (Metro) « seats 2,800; scale, 
35-75). With extraordinary adver- 
tising campaign and picture liked, 
did Well. Week was $12,000. 

Frolic— "Broad Daylight". (Uni- 
versal) (seats 1,000; scale. 10-30). 
Down to $2,300. 



the same Is reconstructed and re- 
edited from tho original play In 
which plaintiff took part; that 
every part of the reconstructed play 
in which the plaintiff appears will 
be as originally taken. The papers 
submitted present no convincing 
proof that there la any Intent of 
deception in defendant's contem- 
plated acts. If th« actual display 
of the pictures should be a garbled 
one. injurious to plaintiff's well- 
known reputation, a legal remedy 
exists to stop the exploitatipn. At 
this Juncture, however, I can see no 
basis for such apprehension as 
would justify the Issuance of a tem- 
porary injunction." 

Fairbanks' contract In 1915 was 
with the Majestic Motion Picture 
Co., his releases being later ac- 
quired by the Triangle Film Corp., 
which in turn aag1gn«d to WInik. 
The latter has given the right to re- 
edit and reconstruct to the Leader 
Film Co., which Intends to mak« 
short subjects of them. The de- 
fendants expressly deny they In- 
tend inserting scenes and picture* 
other than those actually "shot" In 
1915, the Idea merely being « to 
bring the sulSjects up to date. 

Fairbanks* prayer for protection 
under the Civil Rights law to re- 
strain the use of his photographs 
for purposes of trade Is refuted by. 
Justice Wagner, who Mlds that htf 
was but an employe of the Ma.-(' 
jestlc company. Neither the sce- 
narios nor the Alms belong to th^ 
actors but to the producers. 



"BLUE" UD ON FOR WABASH 

Wabash, Ind , Dec. 13. 

If you can buy a newspaper on 
Sunday or get sight of a ham sand- 
wich, except at meal time, in this 
thriving city of 10,000 inhabitants 
you are a well informed Benny. For 
the dark blue lid is on, tighter than 
a drum head, as a direct result of 
the war on Sunday movies started 
three weeks ago. 

William and P. H. Dickson, op- 
erators of the Kagles theatre were 
arrested for running a movie show 
on Sunday. They were flned $5 and 
costs. They protested that it was 
not fair to pro.'^ecute one line of 
business and let others; such as 
football, newstands, pool rooms, 
cigar stores, shine parlors, lunch 
rooms, etc., get by. So the police 
the last two .Sundays enforced the 
Suhday closing law against every- 
body. Restaurants are allowed to 
serve food only at meal times. 



J Union City, Ind , Dec. 13. 

Roll Wengcr, owner of a movie 
house, appealed to circuit court from 
a city court fine of $1 and costs for 
showing on .Sunday. 



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PORTOLA, FRISCO, REOPENED 

The Portola. belonging to tho 
Herbert EMlothchild Entertainmf^nt, 
Inc., reop'-ns Deo. 16 as a first run 
nim th«atre. The first will be 
Lloyd's newest flve-reeler, "Dr. 
Jack." 

The house wilj be under the su- 
pervision of J. A. I'urtington and 
Kugene Roth, managing directors 
for the Rothchild Interests, and 
Charles M. I'incus. assistant manag- 
ing director, htkM be^n named to 
manage the new theatre. 



FIGHTINQ OYER BABY 

Los Angeles. DfC. IS. 

Ordered by a writ of hubea* 
corpus to produce his seven months' 
old infant In Judge Weyls court. 
Will T. Gentx. publicity manager 
for the Robertson-Cole studios, is 
battling with his wife. Lillian M. 
Gentz. a chorus girl and former 
picture actress, tor the possession of 
their baby. 

According to papers Hied in Su- 
perior court, the wife alleges that 
her Infant son, Freeman Lincoln 
Gentz, was kidnapped Dec. 4 by 
Gentz and his sister, Mrs. J. W. 
Shay, from the home of Mrs. John 
H. Alexander, the petitioner's 
mother, a^ 1207 ^^ herokee avenue, 
Hollywood. The petitioner also de- 
clares that the whereabouts (f. the 
child is unJ<nown to her and that 
she Is the legal custodian of the 
young."! rr. She alleges that her 
husband held his roother-in-Iaw 
while his sister made off with the 
child. 



FRANK WOOD PROPOSAL 

Frank Wood, former production 
manager for Famous Players, will 
go to the coast within a few days, 
there to^ start his producing organ- 
ization, for which he proposes to 
line up a schedule of 12 produc- 
tions a year with four directors, 
using the same studio unit in rota- 
tion. Each director will have the 
studio for 30 days, during which 
time he will be required to get his 
interiors out of the way. When the 
direrM- Ii.ts completed this phase 
of )i<'- pK'ture he will move into t 
open for location work. 



Bebe Daniels GottH 
F.iinouM ri.-iyers are to malte at 
least one Bebe Daniels production 
in Florida while the star Is east. 
In the cast supporting her will be 
Huby de Reamer, the two having 
started for the south last week. 



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EXHIBITORS SUBSCRIBE TO «^5,000,000 
FOR BAHUNG PARAMOUNT-ZUKOR CHAINS 



Met in Chicago This Week^ — 75 Exhibitors Present — 
Scale of Subscriptions from $50 in Small Towns 
to $5,000 in Large Cities — Sidney S. Cohen Calls 
Meeting to Order — Judge True's Address 



Chicaso, Dec. 13. 

The Paramount-Zukor theatre 
chains around the country were 
utilized as the flag waving material 
here yesterday at a meeting of ex- 
hibitors to obtain subscriptions for 
an exhibitor-owned and controlled 
distributing organization, to be 
sponsored, by a number of execu- 
tives in the Motion Picture Theatre 
Owners of America. 

About 100 exhibitors were invited 
to the, meeting with about 75 at- 
tending, with the statement made 
after the meeting each one who 
was there had subscribed to their 
quota of the $5,000,000 capitalization 
the distributing company has. The 
quotas running from as low as )50 
for the smaller towns to $5,000 for 
cities of the size of Chicago and 
New York. 

The meeting was called by Sid- 
ney S. Cohen, president of the 
M.P.T.O.A. and those present in- 
cluded, besides Cohen, W. A. True 
of Connecticut, Sam Burford of 
Illinois, John P. Harris of Pitts- 
burgh, and O. B. Dittmar of Louis- 
ville, All are members of the Board 
of Directors of the Theatre Owners 
Distributing Corp. as the new or- 
ganization which has been incorpo- 
rated under the laws of Delaware 
is known. 

According to statement made here 
the corporation is to have 29 dis- 
tributing exchanges and it is 
claimed that arrangements have al- 
ready been completed with certain 
Etars to appear in the productions 
which the organization is to handle. 

Judge W. A. True in addressing 
the meeting stated in part that the 
object of the formation of the dis- 
tributing organization was at the 
behest of his brother exhibitors, 
saying: * 

"I have called this meeting at the 
request of several men, brother ex- 
hibitors, who with myself have long 
cince arrived at the-conclusion that 
the entry of a new and independent 
distributing company into the mo- 
tion picture Held was essential to "er^f"i^'"t 
the safety and prosperity of the 
thousands of exhibitors who at 
Hresent are not allied with any 
of the large chains of producer, 
owned and controlled motion pic- 
ture theatres or with any of the 
distributing companies. This mat- 
ter has been discussed by exhibitors 
to such an extent that any pre- 
.•=entation by me at this time of the 
reasons impelling us to our pres- 
ent action must be uni^ecessary. 

"It will be sufflcitmt for me to 
state at 'this time that my asso- 
ciates have becom,e sc convinced of 
the necessity for the organization 
of a new distributing company that 
we have caused a company to be 
organized under the laws of the 
State of Delaware known as "The- 
atre Owners Distributing Corpora- 
tion" with an authorized capital of 
Five Million Dollars. The stock of 
the company Is all common stork 
and consists of one hundred thou- 
fiand shares of the par value of 
Fifty Dollars each. We have com- 
pleted the organization of this com- 
pany to the extent of subscribing 
for some of the stock and electing 
a board of directors in order to ac- 
celerate progress. The board of di- 
rectors will consist of seven men. 
five of whom have been elected. 
Their names are as follows: 

William D. Burford. Aurora. 111. 

Harry Davis, I'iitsburKh, Pa. 

L. J. Dittmar. Louisville. Ky. 

Sydney S. Cohen. N. Y. City 

\Vm. A. True, Hartford. Conn. 

"It Is the desire of thi.s company 
to arrange for obtaining and diw- 
-tributing to motion picture cxliibi- 
tors, stockholders of this . company, 
a grade of pictures of consistent 
quality which can be supplied to ex- 
hibitors at a price that vvi!l enable 
them to realize a pcoflt on their in- 
vestments. 

Enterprise for Protection 

"My associates have undertaken 

this gigantc enterprise for the puv- 

i>r r-r. rt p'Tnrd'n': pi-otection to the 

Independent exhibitors throughout 

TTnited States, and with this 



purpose (n mind It is the fundamen- 
tal idea of the incorporators to 
make the comi)any strictly co- 
operative. This meeting Is. there- 
fore, called for the purpo.se of In- 
viting all independent exhibitors of 
the United States to become stock - 
hrlderii of tins company and aid in 
the advancement and perfection of 
this cnterp.'i.'^e t-o er-sential to the 
business wi. Ifare of ad ipdependcnt 
exhibitors. 

"You can realize how many prob-^ 
lems have already forced themselves 
upon tlie attention of the Inco:"pt>ra- 
tors cal'ing for soIu'Uon and how 
many more problems will arise from 
time to time as the organi/iaiMn and 
operation of the company pro- 
gresses. We cannot submit, and I 
feel that you 'do not expect, a state- 
ment in detail qX all these problems 
that hav(^ arisen and of the dispo- 
sition of the same by the incor- 
porators. 

'One of these problems, however, 
was to iniiure equality of Interest 
in the company to the exhibitors. 
We have felt that it would be un- 
just to allow a majority of stock 
of this company to be owned by a 
few large exhibitors and that it 
would be equally unjust to permit 
a large and well-to-do exhibitor to 
obtain the benefits of this co- 
operative company without con- 
tributing a fair portion of the cap- 
ital. We, therefo'.e. have concluded 
that the allotment of stock tp the 
subscribers must be based upon a 
schedule of minimum and maximum 
requirements so that a theatire 
owner in a town of a given size will 
be required to subscribe for at least 
a certain minimum of stock f ^r each 
theatre and that he will not bo per- 
mitted to subscribe for move than 
the maximum limits fixed. 

"It has also been determined, in 
order to secure absolute equality of 
repres;entatlon and in order to in- 
sure the company frcm attacks 
without or disturbances witliin, that 
all subscribers for stock must be 
required to enter into a voting trust i 
and pursuant to the 
terms tlureof a.s.slgn all of thoir 
stock to the voting trustees therein 
named. The incorporators have 



PUBLISHER INDICTED [fOX TAKES SPECIALS 

Editor 



Edward Roberts Surrender: 
of nt" 



Los Angeles, Dee. 13. 
Edward Roberts, former p-blisher 
and editor of the film weekly "It," 
which was published here, sur- 
rendered to the federal authorities 
in connection with a grand jury in- 
dictment charging him with the use 
of the mails for sending obscene 
literature. He has been released on 
ball of $5,004>. 

Ivoberts, it is alleged. Is the au- 
thor of "TKe Sins of Hollywood," 
{ which told by innuendo of various 
scandals in which film personages 
were Involved. 



AFTER BmY RUNS 



x:hapman, OFcDETROry 

TALKS OF mm. hm\ 

state Exhibitors May Anl 
tagonize Masonic Order, | 
Manager Says 



DISCARDS 'DRY' TP? E 
WITH WET ELEaiON 



' r. 



"Curse of Drink" Out— Senti- 
ment Has Been Re- 
versed 



Bobby North Is looking for a new 
title for his film melodrama made 
from the old Charles E. lUuney 
drama, "The Curse of Drink." He 
paid $1,500 for the title, which was 
all he got, for under examination 
the old piece was deemed too old- 
fashioned for screen use. 

Accordingly an entirely new 
scenario was evolved and the flve- 
reeler was turned out. It was mar- 
keted on a state right brsls. and in 
most of the territories did nicely. 
It played three weeks at the Globe 
I in Boston to returns that seemed 
I to assure its future. 

Then came election, and the re- 
] turns from the polls in New Jersey, 
{ Illinois and other states gave the 
] distinct impression of a revolt 
I against strict "dry" rule. There- 
I after the exhibitor and state^rlght 
i buyer sentiment reversed itself. 
They got the mistaken impression 
the picture was prohibition propa- 
ganda and would have none of it. 

As a matter of fact, the picture 
Is just a straight melodrama and 
preaches no specific sermon, but the 
prejudice agal,nst the title is so 
strong in the light of the election 
that they propose to change it. 



A. B. C. WIRES CAOSS 



decided that a board of seven voting , Inside Co-operation Lacking— Slow 
trustees is best adapted to the needs j Closing Material 

of the company, five of whom have j 
been elected. 

Company's Hopes 
The company hopes 



to maintain 
dii cct and constant relations with all 
of its stockholders who will also 
be the customers of the company,! 
by causing to be organized a • 
national advisory committee consist- j 
Ing of ^ne man from each of the 
twenty-nine, more or less, distribut- 
ing zones in the I'nited States, each 1 
of said men to be selected by 
subscribers for stock. 



The Associated Booking Corp. got 

ts wires crossed last week. Two 

i opposite statements emanated from 

I its ofllcials regarding the attitude 

' noted on the part of independent 

producers in offering material. 

One statement Indicated the pool 

bookers were entirely satisfied with 

! the stand of producers, the other, 

i a formal communication distributed 

to the newspapers, complained of 

Jl^'l j "an absolute lack of co-operation," 



The company I JT^^,^^ ^'^^^« *^ necessary to change 
also hopes to cau.se to be established , '^^^' ,^'^" ''"«,'" ^ non-d.str.bu Ung 

, , ... - 1 1 ' organization to a system of state 

a local committee of seven exhib- „,„. . „..„„u„„^ *^« ;., -i- i \ 

.. 1 . > 1 ,\ . I u 1 1^ right purchase for New lork and 

itors selected by the stockholders , ^,^^,.'„ .., .„ t«..„^,. ' 
^, , , , .. , ^socxhern New Jersey, 

themselves in each zone through »,. , . , ..;.» /# i ^ 

, ., .,1 ,1 4. T The fact is that offers already 

whom the company will adjust dis- I ^ . „„. ^^„, ..^^^« « „„i , „4,^ 

^ . I .1- ' made and now under consideration 
putes apd from whom the company , ^.^ ..„ „..i„j„„i k„»u. »..«i«« ^* 

.,,,/,,. ^, , on the original basis are sufTlcIent 

will obtain Information and Kugges- -^ ^^^^"t. ^^„,.i^„^,,„*„ „„j ^u^ 
.. i. .. 1 ». . /• 41. 'for present requirements and the 

tions for the betterment of the serv- i . , ' , ^. '«,..^^„ _ i..*«i 

, .^ , . , ^ , , . , independent producers maintain 

ice It intends tofurnish. ; ♦uo* *h^ ,.u««\,« ^r nff:».. i^ ,..„.- 

-, , , ... Ill,, III : that the change of attitude was 

Each subscribmg stockholder will t ^^. #„..«„,i u„ „„„ ko,«i....^..i„^»„ i- 

not forced by any backwardness in 



also be obligated to exhibit the pic- 
tufoH released by the company upon 
the tei ns and conditions tliat will 
be Incorporated in a standard form 
of contract. It is the hope^of the 
company to prepare a standard form 
of contract which will be fair and 



tenders of outright releases. 

The procedure In handling busi- 
ness is cumbersome. Communica- 
tions are handled by Paul Swift 
and relayed by Swift to the execu- 
tive committee, which calLs toget^her 
the members for conference. Meet- 



equitable in all its terms and which . . ,^^^,^ ^^^^^ frequent, but the 

will insure to the exhibitors the op- » "^ 

portunity for exhibiting, pictures for 



which they have contracted and will 
In.'^ure to the company the absoluto 
fultilhnent of these contracts by the 
exhihitorti. . . *^ 



conferences have not >-e^ resulted 
in any definite booking beyond the 
first deal for the Pickford produc- 
tion "Tess." 



Frank Newman Lookino Over Frisco 

San Francisco. Dc.\ 13. 
Frank L. Newman, owner of three 
loading, picture theatres in Kansa?* 
City is here looking ovj-r some the- 
atre property. It Is rumored he will 
take over some -liouse in thi.s city. 

prices consistent with th^ general 

purpose of the company and with 

the desires and hopes of the exhib- 

the exhibitor and at | itors throughout the United States. 



It is our hope tliat we will be able 
to ha\ e our product ready for re- | 
lease beginning with Septembjr 1923, ' 
and prior to that time the c<)mi)any 
will be engaged In organizing ex- ; 
changes in all of the principal ex-*" 
change centres in the United States 
or acquiring cxchanRes now in i 
existence, contracting with pro- | 
ducers, directors and stars for the ' 
distribution of material suitable for, 
exhibition by 



Steals March on Other Greater 
New York Circuits — Trade 
V Speculating 



William Fox has stolen a march 
on both the Loew and Keith. Proc- 
tor, Mo^s circuits and the A. B. C. 
as welP through the securing of 
"Knighthood." "Robin. Hood' * On. 
Exciting Night" and several other 
specials for his circuit to play first 
run after the Broadway showing in 
Wife regular picture theatres follow- 
ing the long levrltima'te hoi se runs 
of the productions, ^ust what is 
behind the move on the part of Fox 
securing the big pictures has led to 
speculation in the trade. 

9 few weeks ago It was stated 
that there was a possibility Fox 
would be in with I-oew and Keith. 
Proctor. Moss combination for co- 
operative renting of pictures, so that 
the three circuits would be in a 
position to better combat the 
newly-formed A. B. C. Atop of that 
Fox secfired the bigger pictures all 
were supposed to be bidding for. 
The third. "One Exciting Night." he 
is to play day and date v/ith Loew. 

The big pictures are to play th? 
Fox circuit for a complete week in 
each one. this being true of the 
suburban as well as the houses on 
Manhattan. He will get "Knight- 
hood" following the runs the picture 
is to havve at the Hivoll and RIalto 
in New York and the Strand, Brook- 
lyn. In New York it Is to open at 
the RIvoli Jan. 8, with two weeks 
booked, and the possibility of an ad- 
ditional two at the Rialto, but cer- 
tain of one week at that house at 
least. In Brooklyn the picture opens 
at the Strand, playing two weeks. 
Jan. 15-22, after which it is released 
to the Fox houses In that section. 
The deal on "Knighthood" was madt 
direct with the Cosmopolitan, and 
after closed the Paramount people 
were notified of the arrangement. 

"Robin Hood" is to be played after 
It plays at the Capitol, where it will 
open cither. Jan. 15 or 22, and stay- 
ing either one or two weeks- as the 
business may warrant. 

The dates that "One Exciting 
Night" is to play will probably be in 
the early part of next month, al- 
though the picture has not as yet 
hhd a Broadway date lined up other 
than the pre-release extended run it 
had at the Apollo. 



ABOUT J1BEN-HUR" 

Details Not Yet Settled About Film 
Production 



Los Angeles. Dec. 13. 

It is still unsettled as to who will 
play the lead in the Goldwyn pro- 
duction of "Ben-Hur," although A. 
L. Erlanger, who was here attend- 
ing conferences which were to have 
brought about a decision in the 
matter, left for the east Monday. 
Erlanger on leaving refused to dis- 
cuss the question of the cast for 
the picture. 

The Goldwyn people are known 
to have Valentino under considera- 
tion for the role, likewise William 
Desmond, with the latter believed 
to have the edge. It is set that 
neither Eric von Stroheim nor Mar- 
shall Neilan will direct the picture. 

In the matter of a player's name 
for the title role It Is pointed out 
that "Ben-Hur" Is so big In itself 
that no star Is needed to carry It. 

Just what the status of Valen- 
tino is at this time In regard to 
F'amous Players Is rather definitely 
.«^t forth by Lasky, who says that 
Valentino would have to make the 
flr.'t move to get his job back with 
the organization. In the event that 
he did that there might be a deal 
whereby he might be loane^l to 
Goldwyn for the "Ben-Hur" pro- 
duction. 



30 MUSICAL ACTIONS 

The suits against 30 Philad -iVhia 
exliibitors l»rouf,'ht by tin? Ameri- 
can Society of Authors and Com- 
posers for infringement of the 
copyright law came up for hearing 
in the i:. S. Court ye.'^tenlay (Fri- 
day) before Special Master Doug- 
las. The action.** are being tried 
by Nathan Burkan. 



Detroit, Dec. 18. 

N. C. Chapman, manager of the " 
Orpheum, which has a working 
agreement with Charles H. Miles '1 
that runs until June 1, has asked ] 
a clearance of some of the phases a 
of the controversy between th ex- | 
hibitors associatloQ and Fairbanks. 1 
Mr. Chapman Is in New^York this \ 
week to secure several big special 
pictures and incidentally to consult 
with leading Kew York attorneys 
as to whether or not he can bring 
action against the Michigan asso- 
ciation which is seeking t.o keep 
first-run pictures out of the Or- 
pheum by a . orsuaslve boycott. 

"You can say. first of all. that 
the ShaduUiam Grotto has not 
leaded the Orpheum theatre.' he 
declared. "We ain.ply are the pro- 
ducers; we buy the attractions and 
put tl>em Into the Orpheum on a. 
percentage ba.sls. C. H. Miles, wha 
owns the Orpheum. pays all cC the 
house help except the stage and 
has just a? much to say regarding 
the house as we h' ve. It is purely 
a working agreement wheveby he is 
relieved of selecting the attrac- 
tions. 

"The engagement of 'Robi.-. Hood' 
at the Orpheum has been very 
profitable, this being our sixlh 
week. We may kee;> it on longer, 
depending en what happens while 
I am in New York. But this you 
can sny emphatically — that all my 
dealings were with John Fairbanks. 
I never was solicited to buy the 
picture. I went into the United 
Artists' Office, told them I wanted 
to buy 'Robin Hood,' and they re- 
ferred me to John Fairbanks in an- 
other building. I was then told an- 
other Detroit exhibitor had first 
chance — that he would first want 
to hear from him. Mr. Fairbanks 
called this exhibitor on the long 
distance, gave him an hour and a 
half to decide. Informing him I was 
after the picture. As for the Uni- 
ted Artists being boycotted because 
of 'Robin Hood* being sold to me. 
It IS about as unfair a bit of action 
as I have seen in my entire the- 
atrical experience. 

"I laid my cards on the table bis- 
fore the board ofdirectors of the 
Michigan exhibitors, even offered 
tp join their organization, but they 
Ignored ever>thing.I told them and • 
never even acted on my verbal ap- 
plication. If it is a fight they want, 
they can surely get it, not only 
fr«m the Shadukiam Grotto, repre- 
.' jting a good many thousand^ 
Masons, but from the Masonic or- 
ders all ovcc Michigan. 

"The Michigan Exhibitors' Asso- 
ciation Is not going to dictate the 
policy of the Orpheum theatre i 
while the Grotto is buying the at- 
tractions. It steps beyond its rights 
and jurisdiction when it g .s med- 
dling into such matters. Let it 
stick to censorship, legislation. Sun* 
day closing, music tax matters, etc.,^ 
but not to tcllkig the producer who 
it shall sell and the exhibitor from 
whom It shall buy." • •] 






PEEKSKILL CASE ON TRIAL 

The action in the Supreme Court, 
New York, brought by the Peeks- 
kill Theatre, Inc., against the Ad- 
vance Theatrical Company, which 
conducts the Colonial, Peeksklll, 
N. Y., in which Marcus Loew, the 
Loew Circuit, Inc., Fred Mitchell 
and a number of the distributors of 
pictures and exchanges in New 
York City are named as co-defend- 
ants, comes up for trial Monday iti 
Special Term, Part I. 

The management of the Peeks- 
kill theatre alleges that the booking^ 
power of the Loew circuit was util-; 
ized to Intimidate the exchanges 
and made it impossible for their 
house to secure film service. . • 



MEIOHAN'S ''NE'ER DO WELL" 

Thoma.^ Meighan i.s returning to 
the coast, to start on Rex Beach's 
"Ne'er Do Well ". In which Lila Lee 
will be his chief support. 

MeighauH follov.ini; pir tiir»-, prob- 
ntbly after hi:< sfH»«kin< s;a^« pt 
iod. will be a .*'.pe-iaL tcript now 
being written by Booth Tar'angt* n.* 



In Africa for Annua! Piclurss 

San Francisco. De '. 13. ^ 
Jerry Bo'ton, director of the Jerr.v4| 
Bolton Travelog wirli his v.imera- 
man Fl^>yd Logan and t\\o others 
left here last week for Portugese 
Africa to filnj wild anltnal pictures. 
, ,....„. . ...J , ,.J 



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Friday, December 15, 1922 



MOnON PICTURE DEPARTMENT— Pages 40 to 47 

PICTURES 



.y, ■ .s- <<■•■ 



47 



NO MUSIC COMPLAINT 
IN FEDERAL OFHCES 



Cohen, ct al., Reported In- 
formed Music Tax Matter 
Settled by Courts \ 



u 



Washington, Deo. 18. 
At the ofHce of the attorney gene- 
feftl and likewise at the Federal 
Trade ' CommiHSion, it was stated 
today there had been no formal 
complaint entered against the 
American Society of Authora, Com- 
L^ posers and Publishers by either 
W'' Sidney S. Cohen or any others con- 
nected with the M. P. T. O. A., as 
claimed in a statement published in 
the picture trade press last week. 

It was stated here that Cohen had 
made an appearance and that he 
bad tried to interest both offices 
mentioned, but that he was informed 
the matter was one of law that 
•tood on the federal statute books 
and the question of the right to 
levy music tax had been adjudicated 
time and again in the federal court. 
In New York this week it was 
ascertained that while the story had 
been sent out from Washington to 
the effect that Sydney S. Cohen and 
several other of the M. P. T. O. A. 
had been in Washington, there was 
nothing in the way of a signature 
to the press matter which would 
•cable the trade papers that had 
been imposed upon to pin the origin 
of the story to any single person, 
but the consensus of opinion among 
the editors and publishers seemed 
to indicate they knew its source. 

Seemingly the beginning of a 
campaign against the music tax 
which Frank Rembush launched in 
Indianapolis Just ahead of the M. P. 
T. O. A. outburst led that organi- 
sation to become active, with a pos- 
sible idea that Rembush was taking 
the step as the opening gun of a 
campaign for the leadership of the 
exhibitor organization at the con- 
■ mention which is to be held in Chi- 

eago next nprlng. . 

'• J- 

GOLDWYN IS REPORTED 
AFTER AFFD.1ATI0NS 

Warner Bros, in Rumor- 
Other Connections for 
Goldwyn 



SPECIAL" PRODUCERS CRYING 
OVER SMART EXHIBITORS 



Michiganders Follow New Yorkers by Buying Special Pictures Through Friend- 
ly Communion with Each Other — Termed Deliberate and Malicious 
Scheme to ''Rob" Producers and Distributors — Exhibitors in Return 
Smile and Inquire 



»:o!dwyn is largely connected now- 
adays with film stories of new 
• fflliations. Two or three such are 
mentioned, the most openly spoken 
of being the Warner Brothers. It is 
not stated, however, with what fa- 
vor the Warners are looking upon 
t'iC Goldwyn proposals. Other con- 
nections Goldwyn may be seeking 
are merely rumored, although one 
possible affiliation is mentioned with 
some degree of certainty. That will 
b« an influential connection, if 
made. It is said the deal has been 
banging. Are for some weeks, with 
the details settled upon. That affilia- 
tion is aside from the one reported 

* wanted by Goldwyn with the Warn- 
•rn. 

The Warners are more in promi- 
nence Just now through having 
taken the Strand, New York, for 

* live consecutive weeks, to exhibit in 
i pictures on Broadway, with the 
I Warners, according to report, guar- 

* anteeing the Strand $25,000 weekly. 
I The Strand has been averaging in 

Its resular business around |23,000. 



Detroit, Dec. 13. 

A situation arising in Michigan, 
somewhat along the lines of what 
is going on' in New York, is the 
friendship growing between com- 
petitors, particularly in the so- 
called key towns in which the But- 
terfield circuit operates. This 
friendship has developed to the 
point where the owners of the com- 
petiting first-run houses keep each 
other posted as to what they pay 
for film and confer on what pic- 
tures each wants. For instance, .if 
one house has Paramount he agrees 
to let the other have First National; 
if some producer brings out a big 
picture they decide themselves who 
shall get it and thon agree to make 
a certain offer and to go higher. 

There is no competitive bidding, 
so, naturally, the better exhibitor is 
able to buy his flrst-run big pic- 
tures at better prices. A recent case 
came up where an exchange asked 



$1,000 for a big special and finally 
had to sell it for $300. This news 
spread all over the key towns and 
those exhibitors who paid a bigger 
price are awafting the opportunHy 
to retaliate. 

W. E. Wilkinson, secretary of the 
F. I. L. M. Club of Detroit, said to 
Variety's correspondent: — 

"This situation is more serious 
tlian anything confronting the pic- 
ture industry because it is a de- 
liberate and malicious scheme to 
rob the producers and distributors. 
If kept up it Is going to force the 
producers and distributors into re- 
taliation. After all is said and done 
they (the producers and distribut- 
ors) held the key to the whole sit- 
uation because what would happen 
if they in turn decided to establish 
a ffiinimum price for each town and 
then to stand steadfastly by it. It 
is unfair for exhibitors in any town 
or community to g«t together and 
agree what thoy shall pay because 
pictures have different values in 



different cities and In different 
houses. Would the exhibitor think 
it fair If the leading distributors 
should get together and agree that 
every picture that goes into their 
houses shall bring a certain price — 
take it or leave it?" 

The practice of exhibitors setting 
their prices on big specials is re- 
sulting in a loss of thousands of 
dollars annually to the producers 
and especially to the independent 
producer who has no club to use in 
getting his occasional picture sold 
to the exhibitor. 

For their side of It the exhibitors 
merely smile and inquire: — When 
did a producer or distributor ever 
consider the exhibitor? The pro- 
ducer and distributor for years have 
played one exhibitor against the 
other, they state, and now for the 
men who handle the specials and 
try to make the rates to cry be-' 
cause the theatre has found oire 
way to protect Itself is every rea- 
son for the exhibitor to gloat. 



INGENIOUS PICTURE MAN 
RAISED $1,000,000 EASY 

Wouldn't Consider Accepting 
More While Occupying Riv- 
erside Drive Residence 



INCORPORATION' STUNT 
FOOLS DAVY PAPERS 



"Brothers Under the Skin" 

Bows Into Kansas City 

On Front Pages 



JUANtTA HANSEN BACK 



Returns to New York, Weighing 
145 Pounds, After illnsss 



TEXAS GUINAN'S CABARET 

The floor above the Beaux Arts. 
|i Sixth avor.uo rc?tnur:int. opened 
Wednesday night as Texas Guinnn'.s 
Room, a rarbaret. with Mi>8 Guinan 
presiillnj?. 

The guest of honor at the pre- 
miere was TVTii Wliite the affair bo- 
coming a farewel party for Mis*? 
White, who is sailing tomorrow 
(Saturday) for the other side. 



RICHARDSON WINS POINT 

Frank II. Hirluudson, a picture 
trado paper editor, won another 
point in the separation suit Mrs. 
I^ertha L. RiohardHOJi has begun 
[ against him when the Appellate 
Divi.sion afTlrmrd the lower court's 
'decI.«-ion denying her temporary 

1 alimony and counsel fees. 
f Although Mrs. Richardson made 
pome sensationally serious charges 
ngainfit her husband, the court 
k-nuld not consider them because 
If lack of evidence. 



Kansas City, Dec. 13. 

Four employes of the Goldwyn 
Distributing Corporation's Kansas 
City office framed and put over a 
sweet publicity stunt that got front 
page spreads in the local papers 
before the editors tumbled. At the 
cost of 12.50 they filed incorpora- 
tion papers wiih the county 
recorder, for the "Association of 
Brothers Under the Sliin." The 
papers stated the purpose of the as- 
sociation was to "stem the onrush 
of feminism." 

Among the things specified were 
prevention of the wife malting pur- 
chases without husband's permis- 
sion, to protect the husband from 
Involuntary performance of house- 
hold dtities; to compel the serving 
of horae-coolted meals; to prevent 
the entrance into the home of any 
of wife's relatives against husband s 
objections, etc. 

The papers played it up strong 
with headings, such as "Brothers 
Join for War" and "Husbands Act 
to End Home Rule by Women." 
rpon investigation the press 
learned the truth and one admitted 
it in a short story under the head- 
ing, "A Cheap Bid for Publicity," 
that the affair was done for the 
purpose of getting advertising for 
a picture which had not been shown 
in any local theatre. 

The articles of Incorporation 
named the directors and officers as 
tollows: William II. Branch, presi- 
dent; W. C. Haynes, vice-president; 
C. M. Gregory, treasurer, and C. H. 
Jones, secretary and auditor. In 
the order named the incorporators' 
conneotion with the Goldwyn ofllce 
are press agent, city salesman, 
traveling salesman and booker. 

The picture, "Brothers Under the 
Skin," had its fir.st showing in this 
city at the Royal Sunday. It wa." 
planned to use the picture "Minnie" 
for this date, but the "r.rothers" 
lilm wa.s .«5ubstiluted after tlio in- 
corporation story broke, which 
gives another angle to the story. 
It is understood the "Brothers" film 
had been booked for the Mainstreet 
by Ascher Levy of Chicago, who 
was induced to release his interest 
in the film, and it was given to the 
Newmans for their l^»oyaTI I 



Juanita Hansen is surprising her 
friends along Broadway with a re- 
juvenated appearance, added to by 
a present weight of 145 pounds, fol- 
lowing a lengthy illness. 

Miss Hansen has appeared in pic- 
tures and vaudeville, starring In 
both. She intends returning to 
pictures. . ' / 



VALENTINO RESTRAINED; 
HIGHER COURT DECffiES 



THREE HLM "SALOMES" 
READY FOR SHOWING 



Metro's at Criterion, and 

Strauss' at Lyric, May Bring 

Fox's Reissue 



GRACE DARMOND'S PIANO 

Los Angeles, Dec. 13. 
Graoe Darmond, who was up In 
court for a failure to meet a mort- 
gage on her piano, received a re- 
buke from the Judge and had her 
fine suspended for calling a witness 
in the case "a liar." 



Three plcturizatlons of "Salome" 

are due for simultaneous showing 

shortly after the first of the year. 
Metro's production with Nazimova 
is listed to succeed "Knighthood," 
which has two weeks more at the 
Criterion, and Malcolm Strauss has 
a "Salome," said to have cost 1350.- 
00(J to make. The latter has been 
mentioned to succeed "Robin Hood" 
at the Lyric, though the date has 
not been set. 

William Fox, with the Theda 
Bara "Salome," is waiting action 
on the part of the newer pictures 
and will again offer the feature for 
general release when the others 
start Broadway exhibition. 

The Fox "Salome' played at the 
44th Street a season or so ago, but 
failed to draw, the showing netting 
a 14,000 loss. 



Screen Actor's Suit Will Not Be 
Tried for Three Months- 
Offer from London 



GRIFFITH'S "WHITE ROSE" 



Begins Work Next Week on In- 
tcriors^Company Going South 



D. W. Griffith w" begin next 
week to .shoot interiors for liis next 
picture in Marmaroneck, N. Y., 
using about a month in the north, 
then taking his company to the 
Carolinas and Florida, where the 
exteriors will be taken. 

The picture will have the working 
title "The White Rose," the author- 
ship of wtiicii iy iiuL dj.'iOlOMvd. In 
the cast will ho Mae Mar.sh. Carol 
Demp.ster and Ivor Norvello, the 
English actor and song writer, due 

on this side shortly. 

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"FATTY" HIERS TO MARRY 

Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 13. 
ArranReniC'iU.s for the marriage of 
Walter ilier.««, /ilm comedian, and 
Adah Lavina M<'\Villiams of tlii.s 
city will be rompleted during the 
Christmas holidays wh^^u Hiers 
pays a visit (o the M<.-\N'i!lianis' 
home here. 



The Appellate Division's decision 
on Rodolph Valentino's appeal from 
the injunctive order In favor of the 
Famous Players -Lasky Corp. came 
down sooner than expected. It 
affirms the order restraining the 
screen star from appearing else- 
where other than under the P. P. 
banner. No opinion with the de- 
cision other than {he afBrmance. 

The trial of tlie issues is not due 
for three months, and with the con- 
tract to run until January, 1924, 
which does not include renewal 
options, the actor may have to re- 
sort to foreign employment without 
the Jurisdiction of the U. S. courts. 
An offer fronr. C. B. Cochran, the 
British producer, has been made. 

If Valentino decides to return to 
the F. P. fold his salary will have 
by now Increased to |2,000 a week 
from the $1,250 beginning, expiring 
Feb. 7, 1924. Option renewals 
graduates it higher. 

Meantime. Allan Dwan, who wan 
signed to direct Valentino in "The 
Spanish Cavalier," Is idle on the 
coast, drawing full salary. 

The Valentino injunction Is that 
drastic that should he decide to ac- 
cept a foreign offer he may do so 
only on tho summary deeislon he 
will continue in exile from all 
United States territory permanent- 
ly. Any time he sets foot on 
American soil he would become 
liable to contem|)t of court pro- 
ceedings. The injiinrtion is a per- 
sonal restraining order against 
hinis«'lf. 

Arthur Butler Graham, counsfl 
for Valentino, as spokesman for his 
client, states it is not the actor's 
idea to proloJig matter.s unduly or 
in any wiso "sfall" out the period 
of his contract in the courts. If 
anything, a Bpee«ly trial is desired. 



The setting was a hand.some resi* 
dence in New York. Automatic 
elevators to the upper floors. Rugs 
and paintings — everything. Inci- 
dentals were silverware, linen and 
servants — everything. 

Finally the scene shifted to the 
library, with charged water and 
ice on the side. In the center stood 
a picture man. Surrounding him 
and the glasses were a coterie of 
bankers from the south. 

The southern bankers had been 
invited north to talk over the pic- 
ture prospects outlined by the pic- 
ture man. lie told them about the 
investment they were going to be 
let in on. With a certain conde- 
scension in manner, befitting the 
elegance of the mansion and Qeigh- 
borhood, the picture man said to 
the bankers they must understand 
he would not consider acccptingr 
over 11,000,000 on this proposition; 
one million, not another penjiy over* 
it. And they eubscribed the one 
million, to the penny, on the spot. 
Prolog and Epilog 

A picture man .^ne day met a 
tobacco man. The picture man 
wanted money .badly. He knew the 
tobacco man and talked to him in 
a friendly way. Both m^'s names 
start with the same letter. The 
picture man wanted to rent the to- 
bacco man's house for one week — 
everything, and wanted to know if 
the tobacco man would give it to 
him, and how much? The tobacco 
man said $5,000. Bold, said the 
picture man, and therewith pro- 
ceeded to set the stage on the fash- 
ionable thoroughfare for a certain 
coterie of southern bankers he 
knew were coming north, so ha 
wouldn't have to go south. 



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EXHIBITOR ARRESTED 
FOR INDECENT SHOW 



$30,000 FOR "MEANEST MAN" 

Film rights to ihc .stago play, 
"Meaue.st Man in the World." 
pasped this week to Sol Lesser for 
$30,000. Dividing the amount Wfro 
Augustus Mrlliijirh. author of the 
T>Tay, and fJcorg M. Cohan, tty p ro* 
ducer. ■ 



PEARL WHITE SAHma 

I'earl White Ih salhng for tho 
other Fide this Satnr«lay, after a 
.short tilp to an Indi.ina Itealtli re- 
sort. 

It Is said »«he iii(»'nds working in 
a ttlm serial, to be madft' abroad. 



Immoral Film After Regulai^. 
Show— Investigating Wife ^ 
. Broke Up "Stag" 



Minneapolis," Doc. 13. " 

Quiet tips given out that foUowIni^^ 
the regular picture performance at 
the Blue Bird theatre. St. Paul, Sun- 
day night, there would be a for-men- 
only exhibition brought a crowd of 
the local males at 50c. each, packinip 
the theatre. 

Mrs. Raymond Flushing alonfp 
about 11 missed her husband and 
got a hunch. I'rocuring another 
man as an escort, she left her home, 
stealthily visiting tho theatre and 
got the thrill of her community life 
upon glimpsing what the Rlue Bird 
was showing. Rushing to the cops, 
she gasped out what her husband 
was looking at, when the police 
raided the theatre, arresting Hillard 
E. Hoflfman, its manager, and charg- 
ing him with exhibiting an obscene 
picture. 

Chief of Police Frank Sommera 
says that recently the Minneapolis 
police raided a stag party and con- 
fiscated indt'cent dims, lie lielleves 
the source can bo located and the 
chief is going after if. 

Last a«Tount.s altout the Blue Bird' 
were tiiat Mrs. Flushinsr. ftlll dush- 
«d, iH doiri;^ iiH well as coulrl l>e ex^ , 
pected. 

MEMORIAL FOR EWAN JUSTICE 

A memorial mass for the late 
Ewan Justice, former props ropre- 
8entati\e for William l'*ox and the 
North ^.Jerman .'Steamship Lino, who 
died in Berlin, riermany, Oct. 18, j<i 
to bo celebrated tomorrow morn- " 
ing (Saturday) at the Church of 
St. Paul tho A post I.'. 

Friends of tho former nf'wspnj.er ' 
man are invitrii to th<? ceremony. 



Art Acord Makes Rescue 

Los Angflos . pec. 13. 



Ai-t A«'or'l i>rov«d himself wortliy 
of being a .sc; e'li hero when in re.il 
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VOL. LXIX. NO. 5 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1922 



40 PAGES 



BUSINESS BUILDING CHATS 



SWITCHING OF UNIT DAHS 

MAY LEAD TO INJUNOION 



THEIlTfiE LEHDEiiSiMANY AMATEUR-PROFESSIONALS 



Butler Estate Reported Refusing to Play Shuberts' 
Belasco, Washington^ Next Week, Claiming 
Route Called It to Central, New York 



A report amons Shubert unit 
producers in New York Wednesday 
was to the effect that the Butler 
estate of St. Louis might apply for 
an Injunction restraining the Affi- 
liated Theatres Corp. from playing 
thp Arthur Klein Shubert unit 
vaudeville t-how, "Hello Everybody" 
(Qertrudc Hoffman), at the Central, 
Kew York, next week, for which 
it has been billed. 

The Butler estate alleges its own 
unit show, "Echoes of Broadway," 
according to the regular unit route, 
should be at the Central next week. 
The following week (January 1) 
Weber & Frledlander's "Main 
Street Follies" is due in the same 
bouse, although it is reported the 
Klein unit production now intends 
to remain two weeks at the Central 
if next week's gross justifies its be- 
ing held over. It is estimated that 
the Klein show, if doing business 
next week, through the Christmas 
Day performances at )3 top, with 
Saturday and three performances on 
Sunday before New Year's at the 
same scale, will take the house 
record. 

The Butler estate, through its rep- 
resentatives, Eddie Butler, son of 
the late James J. Butler, and For- 
rest Trclles, attorney for the cs- 
, tate, has notified, It Is reported, the 
Shubert booking office (Aflllfated) it 
will not play the Shubert-Belasco, 
Washington, next week, where It 
has been assigned, to permit the 
Hoffman show to play the Central. 

The "Echoes of Broadway" unit Is 
reported to have been jumped by 
(Continued on Page 7) 



RHINOCK AND GROUP 
BIDDING FOR YANKS 



May Need $5,000,000 if Con- 
summated — New Stadium 
to Be Included 



MARRIAGE^NO^ RELEASE 

Alice McNally Meld to ContrYt by 
Burlesque Show 

St. Louis, Pe^. 20. 
Aft er Al're Mi-Nally of "Wine. 
"* women and Hong." a burl««s<|ue 
show at the (iayety, last wot^k, had 
married William A. H. Traband. a 
buslnc.s.s man »»f this city, she askod 
the manriKPivi^nt of the show for a 
release of hor contract, to renutln 
at home with lier husband. 

The nian.'iBcment declined to re- 
lease Mr:i. Traband, and sht? will 
travel with the company until the 
end ol! Ks s.^.son. 



The withdrawal of Col. Til Hous- 
ton as half owner of the New York 
Yankees, the American League 
baseball club, who is said to have 
accepted >1,000,000 from Col. Jacob 
Ruppert for his share, may have a 
sequence of anothor deal whereby 
the ownership of the team may pass 
to new control entirely. Former 
Congressman Joseph Rhinock, who 
is heavily Interested in the Shu- 
bert theatrical enterprises, among 
other activities, is the head of a 
coterie of capitalists willing to buy 
the Yanks and before the winter 
fanning season is over, the deal may 
be consummated. 

Mr. Rhinock said this week that 
such a proposition was pending, but 
that It would take some time, as 
$5,000,000 was Involved. From that 
it is inferred the costly new stadium 
across the Harlom, which will be 
ready next April, will pass with title 
to the ball club. 

It is reported the Shuberts might 
also be included in the deal. 

The American League already has 

a theatrical man conducting one 

club (Boston's Red Sox), H. H. 

'. PYazee. whose interests are coupled 

with Sport Hermann of Chicago. 

If the Yanks are purchased by the 
Rhinock interests the use of the 
new stadium may enter promint^nt- 
ly, as the field will be idle when the 
team is on tour. That applies also 
to the Polo Grounds which, for the 
past half a dozen years has been 
Jointly used by the Giants and 
Ynnk.v*. The arrangement was en- 
tere»d into when the latter's plant 
wa.s destroyed by fire. Showmen 
having the control of such a plarit 
as the new Yankee stadium will 
probably book it for big outdoor 
events, probably laoludlng boxing 
shows. The lattrr could be h» Id at 
night during the summer evpit" 
when the team is at hoip* 



IN APPEIIL TO 



FROM imGHBORHOOD ACTS" 




William A. Brady Talks on 
Honor of Theatre to 
School Lecturers and 
Catholic Guild — Channing 
Pollock Active in Move- 
ment — Used to Boom Mos- 
cow Art Theatre as Well 



Retpontible for Large Over-Supply to Sm^U Time 
Turns — Increasing Weekly — Business Getting 
Plan Extended Over Country 



HOLLYWOOD FACTIONS 
IN REID'S NOTORIETY 



AGENT BOOKS BRADY 



One of the most novel forms of 
business boosting for Broadway at- 
tractions, though perhaps not 
strictly new, has been an interest- 
ing fall development. It is public 
speaiiing or lectures before audi- 
ences which may be said not to be 
particularly well informed on the 
theatre, but anxious to be inter- 
ested. William A. Brady, producer, 
and Channing Pollock, playwright, 
are both making a number of such 
addresses weekly, and though com- 
peting as to the number of talks 
given, thejt are reciprocal in the 
(Continued on page 3) 



LOCAL DRAWING CARD 
SMALL TIME SAVING 



Some With Wife, Others 

Aqainst Her — Salary 

Reported Cut Off 



''Local Follies'' at Meagre Ex- 
pense and Two Acts Re- 
place Loew Bills 



The lndeL>endent circuifs are 
booked .solid until after the first (»f 
the year. The condiiion is due to 
the number of acts availablf through 
the closirjg of the Shulxr t vaudeville 
units augmented by the riulural sup- 
ply. ■ ' .■:;;■■■ 

Another factor (hat ha.s resulted 
in the Ufing of los^for numl>«r of act.s 
13 the •[.!.(:»{ Folh«*K," The Luew 
rircuil ie|»orts unusual business 
through th.- ' l-'ollic ^." TIu- "I-'..!- 
1>m" un<l two acts rer>Iace the regu- 
lar bill. 

The house.s save the salaries of 
two or nior<"' act.s iu addUion to 
getting a busines.s niaUer for Ji head- 
line, with a very moderate Invest- 
ment and no salary list. 



Los Angeles, Dec. 20. 

Hollywood, as far as the folk In 
film circles are concerned at least. 
Is divided into two factiors over 
the Wallace Reld drug exposure. 
There are some who are approv- 
ing Mrs. Reld's step as a last resort 
to alienate the friendships which 
caused her husband's downfall, and 
others who are severely criticizing 
her, stating she made the exposure 
in revenge for snubs which certain 
stars of the film colony dealt her. 

Keld Is reported aa improved, 
though still critically ill, and his 
friends say that he will never ap- 
pear in public again. The star, It 
is reported, wa.s receiving half sal- 
ary from Famous PlayerH during his 
illness, but since the exposure of 
the drug addiction, this Is reported 
to have been dh<contlnued. 

Will H. Hays here has been tak- 
ing a hand In the affair, but he de- 
nies that he will make war on the 
dope ring. Hay.s, however, It Is 
known, is going to his utmost to 
clean up Hollywood and rid the In- 
dustry If possible of any reoccur- 
rence of the series of scandals wh'.ch 
have broken out during the last 
year. 



A factor that is very largely 
responsible for an unusually large 
over-supply of small time acts at 
present according to a consensus of 
opinion among agents handling that 
class of turns and boj>klng pop 
houses. Is the craze for amateur 
"neighborhood frolics," "foUle/*." 
"minstrels," etc., that has swept the 
small time houses throughout the 
country for the last six months. 

These "neighborhood" turns are 
composed of amateurs who are 
patrons of the houses, and as a busi- 
ness proposition have proved very 
effective for the theatres using them. 
The majority of the amateurs 
quickly turn their thdughts to l>e- 

(Continued on page 3) ' 



WALKING 50,000 MILES 

Mr. and Mrs. R. E, Baxter Hiking on 
Bet — Seven Years' Time 

Memphis, iJec 20. 

A r.O,00()-mile liik.'. (o \„. c^. 
pJotcd wiLliiu ttcvtjii :'.iis, on a 
waK»'r (»f $10,000, is th" Ktateme'iit 
made here by Mr. and Mrs. II. 1^: 
IJixfer. who walked in and out of 
Memphis. 

The r.axterK Wfre lli^bt-wlre pei- 
formcr.'; until Mr. Haxlt r was or- 
dered lo walk to regain his health, 
with Ihf inspiration^ through the 
wager to keep going for seven years. 



VALENTINO'S RIVAL 

Norvello Expected to Supplant 
Spanish Role Actor 

The highly spoken of Harley 
Knowles production of "The Bo- 
hemian Olrl," which Knowles pro- 
duced In England with practically 
an all-Amerlcan cast, has been se- 
cured for release in the l'nlt«*d 
States by the American ltelea^lFS'4 
Corporation. It is to be placed on 
the market early next month. 

In the cast are Ivor Norvello. Iht* 
English leading man, who arrived 
In this country this week under 
contract to D. W. Crifflth r sev- 
eral pictures; Oladys Cooper, who 
will return to America In about five 
weeks; Constance Collier, Ellen 
Terry and C. Aubrey Smith. 

Norvello it is believed will turn 
the hearts of the American flappei* 
when his pictures are shown and 
under the direction of ClrlfTlth It is 
predicted that he will almost im- 
mediately repUicr- Valentino in t>ie 
affections of the younger screen 
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REPRISAL OF TAX AT SOURCE" 
BEING AGITATED IN ENGLAND 



V. A. F. Sponsoring Movement Against Foreign 
Artists Appearing Over There — Also Continuing 
''Blacklist" Against Enemy Alien Acts . 



London, Dec. 20. 

A movement that sounds as 
though agitated In reprisal is spon- 
spored by the Variety Artissta Fed- 
eration, to have all foreign acts 
playing in England ia*xed (Income at 
the source, 1. e., at the theatre pay- 
ing Balarics). 

The report recently published In 
Variety that foreign acts in Amer- 
ican vaudeville were having eight 
per cent, of their salary withheld 
at the source, as the income taxable 
amount for foreigners, started the 
movement. 

It is not positive what the y«8ult 
of the V. A. F. promotion will be. 
So far Americans with taxable in- 
comes over here having fi'ed their 
returns In due process and at the 
proper times. 

Another matter the V. A. F. Is 
concerned in is its "blacklist"' on 
enemy alien acts, (German, Aus- 
trian, etc.). They are now per- 
mitted to enter England, since Dec. 
23, but It Is said the artists* asso- 
ciation has no intention of lifting 
the ban and the "blacklist" against 
enemy alien professionals may en- 
dure for years to come. 

As previously announced by the 
Federation, there is no animosity in 
its attitude toward the Germans, 
but the step was made nec*»ffsary, 
and continues so, it 8ay.<i, through 
native economic conditions.- 



MANAGERS TURN DOWN 
STANDARD CONTRAQ 




■lilV'M, 



Break Off Negotiations With 
Actors' Association — Lat- 
ter Asks Aid of Unions 



London, Dec. 20. 

The Touring Managers' Associa- 
tion (legit) has broken of¥ regotia- 
tions with- the Actors' Association 
over the standard contract form de- 
manded by the A. A. Negotiations 
have been pending for three months. 

Further conferences desired by 
the Actors* Association were de- 
clined by the managers. Some man- 
agers already have abandoned the 
use of the standard form. 

The A. A. is seeking help from the 
Variety Artistes* Federation, the 
musicians' union and the National 
Association of Theatrical Employes. 

It is unlikely there will be further 
developments ur^til after the holi- 
days. 



This week (Dec. 19), Maryland, 
Baltimore; next week (Dec. 25), 
Keith's, Philadelphia, and doing 
fairly well. Dave Chasen and Frank 
Van Hoven and Frank Van Hoven 
and Dave Chasen and 

FRANK VAN HOVEN 



BERNHARDT'S ILLNESS 
HALTS GUTTRY PUY 



Reported Sarah Had Suffered 

Stroke — Merely Fainted 

from Exhaustion 



AGENTS PAY RAISE 

Fo«tora Boost Arntfuts' Salary, Thon 
Play Them 



Xiondon, Dec. 20. 

The vaudeville contingent here are 
giving George and Harry Foster th*- 
laugh these days when the Messrs. 
Bloater scowl whenever the matter 
is referred to. 

Some time ago the Foster Agency 
succeeded In getting the Arnaut 
Brother^i a material increase in sal- 
ary for a number of provincial dates. 
The Fosters have a road show called 
"All In One," the book of which 
permits the Introduction of almost 
any kind of specialty. By this 
means they are enabKd to take over 
a completely booked variety pro- 
gram and incorporate it in their re- 
vue show. 

It so happens that some of the 
dates they took over had on their 
program the Arnaut Brothers'" act, 
with the result the Fo.«?ters are com- 
pelled to pay the increased salary 
themselves. 



BIEDING ACTIVITY IN 
NEW LONDON THEATRES 



PALLADIUM'S BILL OF 
ALL OLD-TIME ACTS 



Chas. Gulliver Resumes Vaude- 
ville — Turns Played in 
West End Years Ago 



London, Dec. 20. 

Charles Gulliver, managing di- 
rector of the London Theatres of 
Varieties, in restoring vaudeville to 
the Pulladlum, Dec. 26, put on a pro- 
griim of veteran variety' artist.s, 
most of whom had almost continu- 
ously played in the AVcst End in the 
olden days. 

The bill Incdulos Louie Frear. 
Charles Bignell. .Take rriodman, 
Sable Fern, Joe Tabvar, Marguerite 
Cornellle. ; h 



FARCE MISSES 

Trouble Is Gout and Coquettish Ma- 
in Law — Also Flirtation 



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PARIS SPECTACLE FAIR 

Paris. Dec. 20. 
Fontaines produced at the Chate- 
let Dec. 16 a new spectacular play 
for children, young and old, under 
the title, "Capoulade a Marseilles." 
by Mouezy "Eon. It was but fairly 
received. The piece has Louis Dean, 
Carjol and Hamilton, be.sides 
Plerette Caillol and Rita Sangette, 
the dancer. 

The daughter of a ri<h manufac- 
turer loves a poor engineer, de- 
testing hor father's wicked secretary 
whom she is being urged to marry. 
The secretary has the girl ppirited 
away to Mexico. The engineer goes 
to her rescue, accompanied and aid- 
ed by Capoulade, a tourist agent. 
They bring the girl home after 
■tnany adventures, including a lire 
aboard ship. 



Paris, Dec. 20. 

The three-act farce, "La Sonnette 
d'Alarme,'* by Romaine Coclus and 
Hennequin, produced Dec. 15 at the 
Athenee, is set down as an indif- 
ferent success. The title refers to 
a sudden atta^^k of gout, from which 
Bobby suffers from time to time. 

I>uring one of these painful seiz- 
ures Bobby's mistress, the wife of a 
politician, sumrnons his family to 
Paris from the country to nurse him. 
Bobby's niece, Suzanne, accom- 
panied by hor simple husband and 
her coquettish mother-in-law, ar- 
rives to care fur the buffering bach- 
elor. 

Suzanne and her uncle plunge 
into a flirtation, going about to the 
fashionable resorts, and they plan 
to elope, but the canny Bobby re- 
cants in time, pretending another 
attack of gout as an alibi. He coun- 
sels Suzanne's husband to take her 
back to the country, while the musl- I 
cal and flirtatious mother-in-law 
married Bobby's best friend. Augus- 
tine LaUiche is splendid as the 
mother-in-law, the comedy hit c-f 
the piece. 



* Paris, Dec. 20. 

The premiere of Sacha Guitry's 
four-act piny, "Le Sujet de Roman," 
with Lucien Guitry and Sarah 
Bernhardt, set for last night (Tues- 
day) at the Theatre Edjuard VII, 
was indefinitely postponed, owing to 
the sudden illness of Mme. Bern- 
hardt Monday. 

When guests invited to attend the 
dress rehearsal ^londay evening ap- 
peared at the theatre they found the 
doors clo.'^ed. The report spread 
that Bernhardt had suffered a 
stroke of apoplexy, but the explana- 
tion was made that she had had a 
fainting fit after her arrival at the 
theatre Monday evening consequent 
upon exhaustion from the rehearsals. 

The latest news is that the great 
emotional actress Is progressing 
favorably, but is still ill as a result 
of undertaking a new production 
immediately upon her return from 
an Italian tour. However, she 
hopes to reappear shortly in the 
Guitry play according to plan. 



Picture Houses of Large Ca- 
pacities Proposed — One 
New Legitimate House 



London, Dec. 20. 

A site at Jermyn and Regent 
streets has been cleared for the 
erection of a picture theatre to scat 
2.000. Sir Walter Gibbons is the 
promoter and expects the theatre to 
be In readiness to open by next 
September. 

Another picture theatre", at 
Jermyn and Haymarket, is proposed 
by an American syndicate, it Is said, 
and the site there has been cleared. 

Sydney Hyman is at the head of 
another syndicate which will build 
a theatre for legitilViate attractions 
on a site adjacent to the Criterion 
In Piccadilly Circus. It will seat 
1,500. Building is to start imme- 
diately. 

The picture theatre on the old 
TivoU site, with James White be- 
hind It, is rearing completion and 
it should open during the summer. 

Building operations have been 
suspended on the picture house In 
Oxford street that was to have had 
a seating capacity of 10,000. 



WAR MELO SCORES 
WITH FINAJLE thru: 



"La Terrc Inhumaine" at Arti, 

Paris, Would Make Good 

Picture Scenario 



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Paris, Dec. 20. 

"La Terre Inhumalne," produced 
December l3, at the Theatre dea ' 
Arts, is a strong war melodrama and 
has been well received. It is tht ' 
work of Francois de Curel and in- 
troduces Louis Gautier as a French 
aviator caught behind the Germaa , 
lines on a mission of espionage.. It ; 
would make a thrilllfig picture sce« ^ 
nario. 

Paul is a native of Lorraine, who 
has joined the French secret serv- '. 
ice. He is required to fly behind 
the German llr.qa In search of mill- : 
tary information. He kills a peaa* j 
ant who, sees him alight and trletf^^ 
to give the alarm, and^ then wear- 
ing the peasant*s clothes as a dis- 
guise, goes to visit his mother'a 
home In Lorraine. 

Here he is confronted by th*^ 
Princess Victoria, wife of a Gern m 
general, who is about to join her 
husband. She recognizes Paul from 
a tthotograph in his mother'a poa*'^ 
session. Paul, fearing she will de- 
nounce him as a spy, determines to 
get rid of her. He makes love to 
the neglected prince.«s and tries to 
coax her to take a stroll. Vic- 
toria is suspicious and declines the 
invitation, but agrees to receive tho 
young man in her bedroom. ^ 

The next morning, after an amor* ' 
ous night, Paul hesitates to kill the 
woman, but the patriotic mother 
takes the situation into her own 
hands and shoots Victoria when she 
Is about to give the aviator up to 
the German authorltle.s. Paul es- 
capes, leaving his mother to her 
doom. 

Mme. Kerwlck plays the mother, 
and Eve Francis is cast as Victoria, 



GUILBERFS SONG CYCLE 

Program by • American Pupils at 
Paris Theatre Albert 



Metcalf on "Wall Street Journal" 
Jam* s M<t<alf. formerly ilramatir 
criti<; of "I..ifo," has been ajipointed 
to the post of reviewer for the 
"Wall Street Journal." Heretofore 
the only financial publications that 
have devoted ^nny space to dramat- 
ics have been the "Journal of Com- 
merce" and the "f'oinniercial," with 
the "Journal" holding aloof. 



RHINESTONES 

THE LITTLEJOHNS 

226 West 46th St., New York 
~ riione nni ANT 4387 



THE TILLER SCHOOLS 
OF DANCING 



143 Charing Cross Road 
LONDON 

Direclor^JOHt^ TlULER 



WALSKA'S THEATRE 

Paris, Dec. 20. 

Ganna Walska. grand opera 
aspirant and now the wife of Harold 
McCormick, the American multi- 
millionaire, ha • purchased a con- 
trolling interest in the Theatre des 
Champs Klysees. 

Whether the house is to serve 
ns the vehicle of her own artistic 
endeavors or not does not appear at 
this writing, but Jacques Hebertot 
will remain with the title and func- 
tions of managing lessee. 



Paris, Dec. 20. 

Yv*>tle CuilDcrt opened Dec. 16 at 
the Theatre Albert with her Amer- 
ican pupils presenting a song cycle 
of nurnbeis of ancient and modern 
inspiration. The first part consists 
of a group of tableaux reproducing 
famous stained glass windows in 
European cathedrals. Elizabeth 
Moffat impersonates the figure of 
thj Virgin in the world famous art 
work of the Chartres cathedral. 

The second part has a group of 
13th century ballads, led by the 
tenor, Godard. The finale Is an ani- 
mated doll march by a troupe of 
young ■ people. Including Eugenia 
Buyko and Sibyl Mandell. 



Marie Tempest's "AnnabelU" 
• London, Dec. 20. 

"Goodness Gracious Annabelle" 
will be produced by Marie Tempest. 
It will open Jan. 14 at the Duke 
of York's. 



Divorce and Birthday Together 
London, Dec. 20. 

An undefended divorce was 
granted Gladys Cooper Dec. 14, the 
date of her 33d birthday. 



'GREAT WELL" FAIR 

LyndotJ, Doc. 20. 

.Tcrky melodrama, alternately good 

and poor, but favorably received 

and with an uncertain future, is 

The Great Well," opening last 

niftht at the Xe-.v theatre. 

The piece is by Alfred Sutro and 
star.i Matheson Lang. • 



FILTfUNG TWO HITS 

London, Dec. 

The picture rl^lits tt) "Chu 
Chow" and 'Loyalties' have 
.secured by Graham Wilcox. 

PIcturixing of both will 
mcnce early in the new year. 



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Gslipaux in Vaudeville 
Taris, nor. 



CO. 

Chin 

been 

corp' 



20. 



Felix Gallpaux, the French come- 
dian, has been signed to open late 
this month at the Alhamljra in ii 
new sketch, "Octave." 



Henscn's Six Two-Reelers 

London, Dec. 20. 
Six Iwo-reelers, to Le directed by 
Vcr-y Xai^'i. v.: ! bo r'i'-''"'Cd I'y 
Lodllc llen^on. 



British Opera at Covent Gardens 
London, Dec. 20. 
The British National Opera com- 
pany will take Covent Gardens 
Dec. 26 for n. run of one month. 



COHAN IN "TAVERN'* 



Expected to Personally Appear in 
His First London Production 



London, Dec. 20. 

The first production George M. 
Cohan will make in London under 
his own direction will be "The 
Tavern." It Is expected that Cohan 
will personally appear In it. 

He Is now In Nice and will tour 
the Continent before reaching Lon- 
don to start rehearsals. 



Booked in Paris 

Paris, Dec. 20. 
Severus Scheflfer, juggler; Jos«« 
phine Reeve, rlflewoman, and How- 
ard's Marionettes are announced for 
opening at nhe Olympia Dec. U 
(Friday). « 



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Boxer's Debut at Alhambra 
Paris, Dec. iO. 
Billy Matthews, the English boxer, 
made his debut in the theatre at the 
Alhambra Dec. 15 with a boxing ex*> 
hibitlon. He is engaged for a fort* 
night. 



W LONDON 






PUT ON 'DORIAN GRAY'' 

Paris, Dec. 20. 

Constance Loundbery and Noziere 
at the Comedie Champs Elysees to- 
night with their own dramatic ver- 
sion of Oscar Wilde's novel, "The 
Story of Dorian Gray." 

The play is to Ite eiiacled by 
Georges I'iloes.s and his company. 



guuds west end house 

Loii'lun. Dec. 20. 
A West EjuI. Ijondon, theatre has 
bet-n .'-•ftMred by I>awrenre I^angner 
of tlio Theatre Guild, with pos^:es- 
sion in March, when "The Golden 
Calf' \\*ill be presented. • i* • , 



women co-producers 

I..ondon, Dec. 20. 
Lady AVvndham and Sybil Thorn- 
dtkc, as n.«?Roc1ntert rrndurer5, are 
considering the advisability of pre- 
sentin.L; shortly a powerful melo- 
drama of the middle ages in France. 



London, Dec. 8. | the Lyceum pantomime. 
After a career more or less as a | Crusoe." The show will 
theatre for Shakespearean revivals j spectacular side with 
and somewhat "high-brow"' shows, j fashioned harlequin.fde 



"Robinson 
be on the 
the old- 
to finish 



the Court Is now to have a chance 
of making good with revue. Andre 
Chalot will bo the npw tenant. 



An innovation In English the- 
atrical advertising was worked this 
week with the return engagement 
to the Coliseum of Charles W.thers. 
Co-operating witli the press de- 
partment of the Stoll Circuit. 
Withers engaged about a score of 
windows in prominent shops 
throughout the West End, into 
which were built scenes reproduc- 
ing the set u.'-ed by him on the 
stage, and In the center of each 
"op"iy house' set was seated a 
midget ma<le up as a fac. imile of 
Withers' "ruhe* manager. These 
shows attracted s > much attention 
that In many instances the police 
were compello«l to withdraw tlu' 
midget from lime to time to aid 
them in dispersing the crowds. 

Preparatifins aVe well ahead for 



with. Ed. La Vine will be Captain 
of the Ship; the Brothers Egbert, 
Mate and Bo'sun; Nancy Benyon, 
Robinson Crusoe, and Dainty 
Doris, Polly I'erkins. 



Following ".Mary Stuart." Nor*t- 
man Macdermott will produce a rs- 
! vival of "Twelfth Night" at the 
I Everyman, with "Brer Rabbit" as 
a holiday matinee attraction. 



Albert de Courvillo has engaged 
(Conti'ii.vfi on page 26) 



— NOW TOl'KING Kl'ROPE — 

Tho Atopt Sii""t!i<uI.ir,Kxln»>illf>n of ATlal 
Daring Kvi r Attpmt>t<"<l on th<> .Stage 

EN03 

FRAZERE 

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•CHARLEYS AUNT" CREEKS 

Londop, Dec. CO. 
"Charley's Aunt," revived last 

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'mUE SUNDAF CAMPAIGN 
OiniMD FOR CALIFORNIA 



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Managers' Association Prepared to Oppose It — 
T Lord's Day Alliance Fostering Movement — Battle 
Began Last ^A^pck 



\''^^; San Francisco, Dec. 20. -I 

An organization calling itself the I 
Lord's Day Alliance is preparing to | 
launch a campaign for "blue" Sun- 
days in California. With the an- ' 
nounrement ofllcials of the Allied ; 
Amusement Industries of San Fran- 
cisco are preparing for an equally 
Bti;en"uous "oampaign of opposition. 

ivirs. Stella D. Whipky, n.itional 
field secretary of the alliance. 
opened the battle here last week 
tvlth a mcctinc: at which she said: 

'It took us 34 years to plant the 
nlUajico in California, but now it ii ' 
hero to stay. Our board tf man- I 
agers is outlining a program of 
anti-Sunday commorcialized amuse- \ 
ment of every kind — movie?, base- j 
ball, carnivals, amusement parks, . 
circus parades, theatres and every- 
thing." •■■••....'; ■ . ... I 

'/he headquarters of thft alliance, ; 
which was formed in 1888, Are in 
New York. -■•':,••■.'.','..■ 'z;' -■■.'■' ■.,.•■ 

In speaking of this cnmpai.Tn, 
Irving Ackern.an, head of the Al- ! 
lied Amusement Indu.strles of San 
Francisco, said: : 

"This oi-ganization (AlliedAmu.se- 
mcnt Industries) was formcd^to re- 
sist unreasoiTable c'ensorship, Sun- 
day closing and ether freak le;7l8la>- ! 
tion that is always coming and on 
whli h the people need enlighten- 
ment. ' • 

"We have bee., fighting this same 
movcn-ent for a long time. It 
cropped up at the last session of 
the* Legislature, but never got out 
of committee, and the movement 
was never able to get sufficient 
votes to make It a menace. 

"The movement is losing ground, 
and in other places where they 
have such legislation there is a 
tendency to let down the bars. 

"The theatres offer a clean source i 
of recreation, especially for the 
middle classes and those who can- 
not afford oth^r forms of enter- 
tainment on their one day of free- 
dom. Moreover, the theatres and 
other places of amusement keep the 
patrons of such places away from 
other forms of entertainment far 
more vicious." 



turers, the Catholic Guild and two 
women's club meetings. His talks 
consume about three-quarters of an 
hour. Mr. Brady stated this week 
he expected to lecture as often as 
three times a day next week, when 
many club and organization meet- 
ings are scheduled. 

For the- Moscow Art Tfieatre. 
which completes its second week 
in Paris Saturday and sails imme- 
diately for New York, there have 
been three or four women speakers 
making addresses. The other ex- 
cept'onal promotion work is being 
handled by Morris Gest, who, with 
F. Ray Comstock, v ill present the 
foreign p'ayers. It is claimed the 
Russians will remain but eight 
v.eeks, then return immediately to 
Moscow. That is said to have been 
a provision in tho agreement made 
between the org.mization and the 
Soviet government. 



RELIGIOUS PLAYS 



Epidemic Threatens in tha English 
Theatres 

London, Dee. 20. 

There is likel>' to be a wave of 

religious drama, alwaj'^ providing 

the Lord Chamberlain will grant 

the necessary licenses. 

Sir John Martin Harvey opened 
with his new version of "Every- 
man." -which is entitled "Via 
Crucis," at the Memorial theatre, 
3tratford-on-Avon, Dec. 15, himself 
playing Everyman. Other plays of 
this type are Temple Thurston's 
"Judas Iscariot," and "Pontius Pi- 
late," recently produced by a stock 
company in the provinces. 

There are others and shoitld the 
first succeed- many touring man- 
agers will doubtless break. out. 




ass 



DEAR SANTA CLAUS: 

We don't know of anythinjgr we 
want: We're always well and nappy 
and that makes the act hit on all 
six. This efficient performance 
makes us still happier, so you can 
understand that business is real 
pleasure for ua and we haven't much 
lime for anything else. However, 
we could use a bunch of bananas. 

Yours truly, 

'' ROCKWELL and FOX 



LECTUEES ON THEATRE 

' (Continued from page 1) 
mention of each other's Interests. 
The lecture Idea Is also one of the 
forms of promotion being done for 
the forthcoming season of the Mos- 
cow Art Theatre. 

Brady has engaged a lecture man- 
ager, who is booking him for his 
talks, though a considerable num- 
ber have been at invitation of the 
meetings. That applies particularly 
to Pollock. The latter has been 
working in mention of "The World 
We Live In" (the Insect play) as 
typical of a newer form of the 
drama, also discoursing somewhat 
on his own "The Fool." while Brady 
has touched on the latter drama as 
one of the strongest appeals of its 
kind ever shown to Broadway. 

The addresses, however, are not 
merely play-plugging chats, but 
cover a wide field* Brady's reper- 
tory includes five different lectures. 
Some concern his travels in Europe 
and the foreign productions. One 
entire lecture is on the Capek broth- 
ers, Czech playwrights, who have 
contributed two of the current 
Broadway plays, "R. l^ R." and 
"The Word We Live In." 

Another angle to fsome of the 
Brady lectures conslder.s the rela- 
tion of the theatrical profcs.sion here 
to its standing In England. The 
manri,':er touches on the manner In 
which Anu'cican nev/apapors make 
unfortunate players the center of 
scandals but leave out the affairs of 
other profos'ions, su^h as the clergy. 
In one talk l.i>t week he mfntioned 
the honors ronforrod on an ICngli.^'h 
actor who was given a <le<::rco by 
an American univomily, tho artist 
in the ca^»' h:Jving bpnri l-.niphtcd by 
till T'l'il'-'^ >i->»M nH mnv ether 



AMATEUE— PROS 

(Continued from page 1) 
coming professionals as soon as 
they get within the atmosphere of a 
vaudeville theatre. 

Matters of booking and how work 
is secured are picked up by asso- 
ciation with the professionals the 
amateurs appear with. The germ of 
stage life is firmly implanted with 
the amateurs in many instances con- 
vinced through having made good 
before a paid audience that they 
have equal chances of success with 
the professionals who ar« estab- 
lished. 

Estimates place the number of 



new acts that have been created by 
the amateurs played by the pop 
houses at from 260 to 600, with the 
list including whole Jazz bands, sing- 
ing and dancing singles, sketches, 
quartets and so on. 

Many of the requests for profes- 
sional bookings come by mail to the 
small time agents, it being easily 
discernible from the correspondence, 
the act seeking work is a noyice as 
far as experience goes. Salary In 
most instances means nothing to the 
act if an opportunity to get .started 
can be secured. 

Another factor aflfecting the over- 
;.upply of small time turns Is the 
number of standard acts of the high 
salary class that refuse to take a big 
time route at a cut salary, but play 
from week to week in and around 
New York, filling in while sparring 
with the big time bookers. With Che 
better class of standard turns avail- 
able the regular small timers are 
crowded Into the background to a 
considerable extent. 

The ex-amateur turns increasing 
in number weekly as a result of 
"neighborhood acts" serve to ag- 
gravate tho situation for the recog- 
nized small time acts. While few 
if any phenoms have been "dis- 
covered" in the amateur class, a 
number of the stage struck ones 
have a certain degree of talent, suf- 
ficient to qualify them for the lesser 
grade pop shows. 

It was expected and predicted the 
amateur act* would have the effect 
of creating many new turns some 
time ago, when the idea began to 
spread from the New York houses 
to the smalfer cities. 

At first the amateur acts were 
only put in the show for a perform- 
ance or two, but gradually the "en- 
gagements" entended into half and 
recently full weeks. 



I':n,L,'lisii piaycr.s ha v.- liocn. Hi- do. 
mar-i^.J to l:n( w wiu-n Am rican 
ccUeifp.^ v.- n<;d at 1. fist ;;Ivp Amorl- j 
can hwars e lual ro* osaition. and! 
woj'.dorod \vl'.- n John Barrymore < 
wou'd reciive such signal 'liDnors. 
, An li'ea of the now promotfon ' 
v.ork may bo trained from tlie pro- | 
i:ram folli-wed by I'.rady la; I week, I 
when he addressed 50l> school lec- 



THE UNIQUE AMERICAN STAR 

JULIAN ELTINGE 

Who ()pcn(Ml at the Palace, Chicago, this week (Dec. 18 ». with Mb 
customary howling success/ plnylng a limited engagement of vaudeville 
''»r the Keith Circuit previous to .sailing for a London appearance in 
"Tho Fascinating Widow." During hi.*? stay in London Mr. Eltinge will 
make two pictures for an English lirm. 



BEDSIDE CHATS 



B7 NELLIE RETELL 




A CHRISTMAS INVITATION 

Dear Nellie: — /■ ;,■..; :■ ; .„ ■■■"'. ^.i :' . ■ '■■,":-. '' V;;;'':;;; 

We are writing this because we want to see 
If you will be our Christmas guest. WhaOvill your answer be? 
On second thought we shall aot-wait for ^ki to make it known; 
We're bound that on this Christmas Day you'll mingle with your own. 

And some of us will dine in town, eleven stories high: ' 

And some in country where the folks don't live so near the sky, > ;. • ■ 
And some will have their dinners In the middle of the day, * 
And others in the evening, just because its recherche. 

The fables win abound In— well, about the usual things; 

You know the turkey crisp and brown, and all that Christmas brings— 

The turnips, mashed potatoes, and, standing snugly by. 

The thing Lucullus never ate— the Yankees' loved mince pie. 

Above the table, streaming down from chandelier o'erhead. 

Will hang festoons of holij*. with their berries, cheery red. 

And the music of the kiddies' voices, too. we mustn't miss, 

l^'or, of course, there must be children there at such a time as this. 

So, Kellle, dear, you see you really can't refuse to come; 
We woa:t accept a "No" from you, although we might from some; 
Your place is set, you'll find yourself with old friends not a few. 
So early wake on Christmas morn, for we're expecting you, 

Whafs that you whisper? You can't come? The doctors say you nay? 
St. Vincent's holds your body while your eouI would fly away? 
And are those tears. Oh, Nellie, brave, that down your checks now creep? 
Your eyes are wet. dear, bonnie Nell— those eyes that rarely weep. 

'-V, ■'■'■,.'. \ _- ^ • ■' ■, 

But let them be just drops of Joy. and, NelUc, weep no more; 

For youre to be our guest that day, as In those days of yore; 

Your place will be in every heart; your chair— our tend'rest thought; 

Your gift— our long, enduring love. Just as the Christ child taught. 

So. Nellie, know on Chri.stmas day, no mdtter what we do 
We'll really be together, dear; we feel like that, don't you? 

THE EXTlRi: THEATRICAL AND NEWSPAPER PROFESSIONS, 

Per Itoland Burke Hennettey. 

^ THE ACCEPTANCE 

If T get the wishbone next Mdnday, and all of my wishes come true, 
I'll prove worthy of that splendid tribute as penned in those verse* by 

you ; 
I accept your invite with great pleasure; in spirit 111 surely he there. 
All dolled up in "best go-to-meetin," and even a rose In my hair. 
I'll dance, eat. drink and be merry, and defy Doctors Stewart and Sayre 
Though in reality I'm on n strict diet and "haven't a thing fit to wear." 
I'll pretend that I'm at your party; my nurse will play hostess so fair; 
I'll laugh and forget I'm a cripple and, like Eva. I'll sing "I don't care" 
My songbird will furnish the music— thank God he can't sing "Home, 

Sweet Home";^ 

My guests will be memories of Christmases past and^nd hopes of otheoa 

to come. 
I'll merit that halo you've painted around me of lustrous hue 
If I get the wishbone next Monday and all of my wishes cOme trua 

If I get the wishbone next Monday and all of my wishes come true. 
You'll all have a wonderful Yuletlde, and spend It with whom you want 

i o , V " " 

You'll have a full route for the season, be happy and fine in the part; 
Short jumps, good hotels, life and laughter, aujd the critics will all have 
a heart. ., - - 

Ben and Molly will regaii^^helr eyesight; Molly's sketch will more than 
make good; 

Dorothy Anteil, who lies three years helpless, will walk like she always 
could; ' 

Mary Moore will dance every nunlber at the next Actors' Equity BaP- 
Emma Frances forget she was injured, and don the grease paint ere fall 

Esther Ingham and Connie ODonnell will win back their health while 
out \> est; 

Betty Rutland will 'drop castd and braces and step back In line with 
the rest; 

Preachers will quit knocking actors; from defaming the stage tbe/'U 

ff I get the wishbone next Monday and all of my wishes come true. 

If I get the wishbone next Monday and all of my wishes come true >' 
Your loved ones will never neglect you; you'll never have cause to be 

Aching hearts will find peace and comfort, broken homes will be mended 

UK© ItCW^y 

^**""th?ough'**^* '^'" ""^^ """^ "' ingrates. and their bonus bill will go 

A brave little girl up In Saranac, whose daddy helped many of you 
Will come back to him well and happy, if half of my prayers come true- 
Si fir rf "^^M^ ^"' and forgiven; your enemies klf forgive ^Z 
If I get the wishbone next Mond ay and all of my wishes come true. — 

Christmas again! This makes four of them for me here It could be 

toTo'homr ThariT'in "ITh ^""^ ^' '"^ fol,ow%^t'lenrs arJ^'pilml 
10 go nome. That Is, all of those who have a home. 

«nd^i^n^'^''^'"'f ^^^ ^^""^^ happInesT^r remembrances have brought me. 
^^«rinn , "^^'''^^"^ P*^^P'^ ^"^« ^o "»••*»<« others happy I have a -SL^ 
fhe mpn n T"' '" '^"'"'"^ ^"' ^'°"»- Christmas lists be'sure to inc'uSi 
Z^:nrK:oZ:r.l w"ell7s"ll°^:C".r'^ '^^^ -^^^ '^"^ need e'n^ctr! 
Of receiving it, I Earnestly suggest tha you wrfti\7'^ *' '."^ '""^ ^"^ 
anything else vou oarA tr. , Jl , ^°" write, wire, send cards or 

must be spent in bed nrf. '^'"^ ^^ '*"'* profession whose Christmas 
Among Whom are "^ ""' ^^' ''^^^' '^^"» ^^« '^'"^^^ «-«"" of activity. 

one year.) ' ^ Kearsarge avenue. Boston. Mass. (Spine troubli- 

ConnU O'n'l*'"'.^^*''""^''^''"' ^^"- (Breakdown-one year) 



vlltowJuesmcTLr.'h.T "'"' "■" '""""'y « "^ingl. woman- *» T»ade. 

world, n lu^iirlni..l,n^. /."•,""' "?" ''^» ">" •>"' husband in th* 
forgive" m" ^r Sir" h« "/.""shr: ".' '=''"''""• ^'"' "•« »"• "a. 
criticism. "' •"" '" •>" «■»■• « wa» constructlv. 



: , • (ContiMUDd on page 15> y«Mow creature 



VAUDEVILLE 



LOEW AT PREMIUM ON ORPHEUM; 
FAMOUS PUYERS AGAIN CLIMBS 



Dull Week in Stocks Market— rTechnicolor Drops 
Further to 10 — Goldwyn Gets Into New Low 
Ground — Loew Touted for Advance 



The feature of dealings In amuse- 
ment securities was the reversal of 
•the usual relations of Orphcum and 
Locw. Orpheum has sold at a 
premium of from $2 to $5 over Loew 
ever since the issues were listed, but 
this week for the first time Loew 

sold at almost $2 above Orpheum 
at ti^es and generally maintained a 
higner value. This situation oc- 
curred once before, but lasted only 
for a few trades. This time It 
lasted for six consecutive sessions 
Orpheum during most of this time 
was at a brand new low near or 
belo>v 18, Ita bottom since its ad- 
vance from around 16. 

The behavior of both stocks ap- 
pears to hang on dividend rumore:. 
Ticker students take It from 
Orpheum's movements that the 
directors will vote against a pay- 
ment In the near future. The stock 
has gone off steadily and persistently 
since it Jumped to 28 last month 
and there has been comparatively 
heavy selling, the source of which 
^as occasioned the usual guessing. 
Even the Orpheum preferred is 
weak. It has sold around 95 in the 
few rci >rded transactions, but of 
late there has not even been a tech- 
nical bid upon which to base a cal- 
culation of Its probable sale value. 
Lotw Dividend Rumors 

The Stock Exchange table giving 
bid and asked prices daily for stocks 
in which there has not been any 
transaction lists Orpheum as "no 
bid, 90 asked." An asked price is 
far from a fixed value, the bid 
price customarily .being quoted 
where a value is sought. Both bid 
and asked prices of course are the- 
oretical, an actual price bgiiig fixed 
only when a transaction hc^s been 
consummated. The ^uotatlon.s are 
merely, to indicate an approximate 
idea of trading ideas, in the absence 
of a completed trade. 

Loew dividend prospects arc in- 
definite. The Wall Street rumor 
factory In the last few day.-* has 
been busy with intimations whiv'h 
have crept into the financial col- 
umns. What substance is behird 
the>se rumors is a matter cf gue.s.s- 
work. Sometimes these indirect 
hints work out, sometimes they 
don't. The theatrical opinion Is at 
tea. It is admitted tliut liu.sin«.'?5S 
in the New York Loew houses has 
boen steady and moderately co(;d, 
but whether the company is in u 
position to resume payments Is an- 



Frlday— 

PBm. Play -Ty. .•].?Ort 9<V4 J» tOH —% 

Coldwvn 1.4MM) r,% ftH f,% 

\ah-w. Inc 2,«n<) 2(1^4 1})% 19% -»- % 

Orrhpum .100 1S% 18 18 -1^4 

lloAton sold DO Orpheum. 

Saturday— 

Fam. riay.-I>.. 200 JW^ 00^ »0^ — I'-i 

OoMwyn 8,'iOrt r>\ R\% ft^ _ \^ 

Loew. Inc 2.100 19Ti IftVfc 19^ — % 

Po»ton B(i!^ tM) Orpheum at 18\i. 

Monilnv — 

Fam. riay.-I.,.. 1.000 9\\ 8{»'>i 89^ - % 

l>o. pfd 300 »7«i tt" 97 — \ 

r.old^-yn 4.400 BV4 nvi 5^ + '-6 

Loew. Inc l.fHW 19^ 1H\ 18% — H 

Orphi'um 400 18 17^ 17^ —M 

Boston Poia 250 Orpheum at 17H®n%. 

Tui»sday— 

Fam. Play.-I.... 1.400 fl2»4 W»«4 92\ 42\ 

Do. pfd 2<iO 08 98 08 ->-l 

rjol.lwvn 900 r>*4 fiH, 6«4 4 H 

I.00W. Inc 400 ]!t>4 18<4 19'i + ^ 

()rKni»>um SOO 17'i 17H 17V4 

B"«ton «»old 100 Orphcum at 17HC1714. 

AVeilnTdav -^ 

Fam. Play -I... ROO 91% WW 9114 —1 

iJ'jKiwyn S.IOO 6^ fi !i — % 

Ix)en-, J no 1.700 IPVfc 18% 19'4 -f % 

Ori'hium 200 18 17^ 17^ 

THE CURB ' 

Thursday— BaUa. High Low. La«t. Cl>c 

.\n sale. 

Friday— ■■ ■:; , . ' ■■<;■'"■.■ 

No sale. ' '• ; ■' ~. '■ ' 

Saturd.iy—. ...;■' ., •'; - ^ . ' '.:■ ■■ 

No sale. 

Monday — 
Technicol., w I. 100 10 10 10 —3 
D W. Griffith. 100 2% 2% aV4 — % 

Wednesday- 
No aale. _ '\ ;, :\ ■. 

'UNIT REDUCING 

Reid's "Funmakers" Scaling to 
13,000 Weekly Overhead 

Jack Reld'a "Funmakers" will be 
recast before reopening next week 
at Fall River, Mass., on the Shu- 
bert circuil. The new line-up is 
expected to reduce the weekly over- 
head to about 98.000. The present 
overhead is about )5,000 weekly. In- 
cluding salaries and extras. 

Trinripal members of the present 
cast who Will hold over are Dc Wolf 
Slster.«», Alfred Latell, Eddie Clark 
and the Tomas Troupe, An entire 
now chorus will be engaged. 

"The Funmakers" has been re- 
ported as closing, hut \he producer 
wa.s inducted to continue with a re- 
duced salary list. The unit is lay- 
in{j off this week. 




CAMBRIA DAILY LEADER, ENG. 

Aug. 15th, 1922 

CHARLES ALTHOFF 

comes from "across the pond." 
Judging from the quality of his 
work and the warmth of its recep- 
tion, he should stay In This country 
for a long time. One cannot de- 
scribe his turn; it must be seen. 

Direction .. 

' • WILLIAM MORRIS, England 

EDW. 8. KELLER, America 



PROTECTING AUTHORS 
TO PROTEa HOUSES 



V. M. P. A. Decides Act Must 
Settle— Can't Use Unau- 
thorized Material 



HARRY SINGER COAST REP. 

(."'hicai;o, Dec. 110. 
Harry Singer will \ic in charge 
of ihc) coast office for the Western 



Major William Donovan of the 
Vaudeville Manai,er8' Protective 
Associatiop, in arbitrating a two 
years' royalty claim by Andy Rice, 
the vaudeville author, against Cook 
and Vernon, decided for Rice and 
made a few remarks about all acts 
that pay royalty for special ma- 
teriaL 

The arbitrator stated that the 
V. M. P. A. office Is anything but a 
collection agency for authors' roy- 
alties, but for their own protection 
each theatre becomes liable under 
the copyright law. If an act con- 
tinues using unauthorized material 
without paying royalty thereon, the 
theatre in which they present the 
act becomes equally liable to the 
exUnt of $50 per day damages. 

Cook and \ crnon agrev-d to settle 
with the author. 



-I — h*r 



LIBEL CHARGE 

Q«ll«gh*r and 8h««n InUnd Su- 
ing Bryan Foy 



Ed Qallacher and Al 8hean wed 
last week for a second time by 
Bryan Foy, this time asking 126.000 
as his share of the royalties alleged 
due on th« "Mister Gallagher and 
Mister Shean" song, have Instructed 
Tobias A. Keppler. their attorney, 
to bring a counter action against 
Foy for malicious prosecution and 
libel. Keppler states that papers 
cannot be served on Foy because 
of the latter's absence on th« coast, 
where he is engaged In writing film 
scnarios. '" 

Foy claims he col'aborated on 
the song and wants one-third of the 
J75,00O It is estimated to have 
earned In sheet music anci record 
and roll royalties. Keppler states 
that although Judge Knox dismissed 
the application for an injunction in 
the U. S. District Court, In the first 
action. Aug. 10. Foy has been cir- 
cularizing the report he collaborated 
on the song. Later Foy withdrew 
his suit. 

Gallagher and Shean generally 
deny all allegations in this new suit. 



Friday, December 22. 1922 

TWO-FOR-Olffi 3YSTEi' j 

WITH BANDS AND ACIS ' 

— s 

Vaudeville Bookings Take Ad 

vantage of Prevailing 

Condition 



ORPHEUM'S THIRD ACT 



Engages Monks, Formerly on Shu- 
bert Tima 



The Orpheum circuit has signed 
"Max and Moritz," the monks that 
played several weeks with the Shu- 
bert vaudeville units, acting as 
"strengtheners" for the shows. The 
act will open Sunday, Dec. 24, at 
the Palace, Chicago. 

Negotiations for the services of 
the act hav8 been in progress for 
several weeks, although denied by 
all concerned following Variety's 
story of two weeks ago. 

The signing of "Max and Moritz" 
makes three former Shubert turns 
that have since played for the 
Orpheum. The other two are Irene 
Castle and Adele Rowland. 



The •two-for-one" system has 
entered the booking field. The prac- 
tice of having an axjt double into a 
band* or musical turn Is now being 
used by most of the big and small- 
time vaudeville bookers. 

The numerous bands playing tha 
vaudeville bills make it easy for the 
booking men to use an act that has 
appeared on the bill ahead of the 
band — preferably a comedy turn- 
having the act "walk in" on the 
musicians for some clowning or to 
sing a number. 

The practice becxune popular fol- 
lowing the development of "The 
Wager," from an ad lib. bit into a 
genuine comedy wow. That act is a 
travesty on the turn of Owen Mc- 
Giveney, the protean actor, by sev- 
eral artists on the same bill. They 
are booked intact. 

If the craze continues consider- 
able rearranging of bills will be 
necessarj'. 



AUDIENCE RECORDS 

New Stunt Tried by Friscoe in 
Frieco 



LOEWS CONCESSION FOR BAND 

The Loew Circuit has agreed to 
allow the Alex Hyde Band, which 
is playing full week stands on the 
Loew Circuit, using the "Paul 

Whiteman presents" billing, the 
privilege of booking social and 
dance engagements after theatre 
hours. 

The "territorial clause" In the 
Loew contracts would prevent the 
mu.sicians from doing this unless 
receiving special permission from 
J. H. Lubin, the Ix>ew booking 



San Francisco, Dec. 20. 1 
A special stunt was offered at the 
Orpheum last Thursday night wKen ' 
Signor Friscoe on the bill an- 
nounced that after the final act he 
would make records of voices by 
per.sons from audience. 

The entire house remained and 
some records were made and played 
immediately after. 

The event created quite some in- 
terest and Friscoe announced he 
will Include that feature In bis act 
in the future. 



MOLLIE FULLER'S ACT OPENS 

Tlie act for Mollie Fuller, written I ^j^j^'j 
by Blanche >IeniIl,opefted Monday ^^^^ ^ musicians are the only 
.".I I'aicr.aon, N. J., for its break in. •' 






the two Orpheum, Jr., tlieatres in 
oiher matter. From the behavior of j j..j,j pranri: co and Los Angeles, 
the stock, nothing can be leaned | 
It seems to be blown hither and yon 
by waves of optimism and pes- 
simism. Late last week the price 
jumped to 20%, but gradually re- 
ceded below the 19 level, which 
appears now to bo its established 
point of resistance. 

Famous Advances 

Famous returned Its advance, In- 
terrupted by the closing of the books 
for the $2 quarterly dividend Dec. 
15. As usual, after the payment 
there was selling, the stock regj." • 
tering a net loss of %, on its ex- 
dividend day, after having lo.«»t 
around 2 points at Its worst for th? 
day (Friday of last week). It went 
quiet after this period of readjust- 
ment, but on Tuesday took a sud- 
den spurt for a net gain of nearly 3, 
making a new top at 92V4, which is 
equal to ita former peak of 9414. 
minus the |2 dividend. Partisans 
of the issue declare the pool is ac- 
tive again and predict that during 
the spring advance It will better Its 
former peak of 107. Dealings over 
the week were extremely moderate. 

Goldwyn came in for some pretty 
Fevere pres.sure. It was at a new 
low of 5V6 from Saturday on, with j 
dealings around 4,000 a day early j 
In the week. This flurry revived old | 
stories of the stock b<'ing in iho J 
hands of more than dr.e faction and i 
The possibility of the groups sellln:? 
ajjalnst each other. There was nn- 
other pale of 100 GrlflTlth at its for- 
mer low of 2%. 

Th« nummnry of trnnsadlona Dec. 14 to 
20, jncliifllvc:— 

STOCK EXCHANGE 

Thurnday— BnloK >liKh.I>ow. La^t. C'hjr 
Vtm. J'lay.-I... 3.r.(M> »4hi \i'^\ »:<'4 -l'« 
' r». pfd 
< ; -Jdwyn 



Va»ule\ illo Manapris" Association ' It was reported a.s a decided s?ic- 
wlK^n the association extends it.s i p».ss, witli Miss Fuller very hippy 

upon her return to the stage. 
Mollie Fuller, who is blind, is re- 
appearing in vaudeville In an espe- 
cially constructed playlet, adapted 



bookings that fur westward. 

It will be in addition to Mr. 
Singers present post of directing 



to her infirmity. 



mo l)7!>« »7'4 i»7%i - 1 



, WX) 5% 5% .'•% 

|/>«>xv, Inc ».lrtO 2<iS l«H-'0'<i -t I»«. 

t) I'JKuni 800 llt'4 18\i 1»»4 -i U 







» , 



^ ' 









orchestra under Paul Whiteman's 
direction that have played vaude- 
ville. Whiteman's only personal 
vaudeville appearance has been 
for the Keith office. 



REGAYS' CHILD IN HOME 

By court order the eight-year-old 

daughter Catherine of Pearl Regay 

I and John Regay will be placed in a 

Catholic institution up-State with 
permission to the parents to see the 
child whenever they choose. The 
former, in private life John Yager 
(Regay reversed), instituted a Su- 
preme Court action against his for- 
mer wife to secure custody of the 
child on the ground the mother is 
incapable of properly caring for it. 
Justice Van Siclen compromised. 

Miss Regay's sister, of McCor- 
mick and Regay, testified for the 
defendant. 

The Regays were divorced in Chi- 
cago, May, 1920, he charging deser- 
tion. J^ater that year Miss Regay 
married Ward de Wolf, dancer. 
They now live in Beechhurst. 



LINTON BROS.* FATHER KILLED 

Denver, Dec. 20. 
Charles Linton, the U. S. Mint 
guard, who was killed Monday dur- 
ing a raid on the mint by hold-up 
men, was the father of Harry and 
Tom Linton, both vaudeville per- 
formers of years' standing. 

Mr. Linton was closing the door 

of an auto truck which was In 

procc-^s of being loaded and which 

was to transport a large shipment 

i of money from the mint ,to a bank, 

j when an automobile drew up to the 

door of the mint and three men 

leaped out. opening fire witli sawed 

ofT ."hotguns, a fourth man remain- 

; in - in the car. Mr. Linton dropped 

at the first volley and died twrf 

hours later. 

The highwaymen got away with 
<200,000 and had not. been caught 
up to V/ednesday. 



E. K. NADEL OBJECTS 

To l>eing confused with another person by tlie same name whose wife re- 
ported him mi.ssing last week, through tlie daily newspapers. "E. K.' 
ni\yK there tire three reasons why it could not jxit-Hibly refer to him. In 
th*' llr.'-t pliice the pioduclng department of the Pat Casey Ag<'nry could 
not .'-pare h'im at this time; in the second place, Paul Gerard Smith 
wouldn t give him a leave of absence, and, in the third place, he is not 
married in the first place. 



•TACTS AND FIGURES" CLOSING 

"Facts and Figures," one of 
Weber & Frledlander'.s Shubert 
unit shows, closes tomorrow (Satur-. 
day) at Keeney's, ^'owark, N. J. It 
is the second of the four units 
Weber & Friedlander started the 
season with. 

"Stepping Around" and "Main 
Street Follies" are the remaining 
two of the firm's shows playing Shu- 
bert vaudeville. 



ROSE'S MIDGETS BOOKED 

Ike Hose's troupe of foreign 
midgets, whicii played Loow's 
Metropolitan. Brooklyn, hist week, 
have been given 12 weeks on the 
Locw Mrcuit, covering the re- 
mainder of tho circuit in the east. 
I The act starts it; tour next week 
I at Locw's Victoria, Harlem. 



SABINI FRACTURES LEG 

Frank Sabini (Frank and Teddle 
Sabini) fractured a bone In his 
right foot Monday night in per- 
forming his wing dance and had to 
cancel the week. The Sabinis were 
showing their new act, written by 
Paul Gerard Smith. An X-ray has 
become necessary and Sabini Is 
confined home under doctor's care. 

Murray and Maddox played in 
their stead the balance of the week. 



James Gallagher Loses Two Fingers 
Chicago, Dec. 20. 

James Gallagher, formerly of the 
Dancing Gallaghers In vaudeville, 
who Is now associated In an auto 
shop on Upper Michigan avenue, 
wa.s shot by some hunter unknown 
and lost two fingers. 

Gallagher was changing a tire, 
had just finished, and started to 
smoke his cigar wheh the shot 
nipped off two fingers. 



Anna Held, Jr., Hat Returned 

Liano Carrera (Arna Held, Jr.) 
h.'i.s icttnncd from Parl.s. She la a 
candidate for the forthcoming Win- 
Jjt£ — Garden show, dickering over __ 
term.s with the management thi?" 
week. 



Hussoy, Extra Attr. ction 

Jimmy^ llu.^'sry extra attraction 
with "rienty of Pep' at tho Gar- 
rick Chlrago, last week remains 
with the .show for the next two 
weolvs. Hussoy is receiving $1,500 
weekly. ' . ,. ** 



»♦' .""^^■^ ''■'*y^.'^:'' 



1 T.'« r* 



Friday, December 22, 1922 



VAUDEVILLE 






;:'r-Arr.'"-v ■•>,■, 



•'• ft, 



SPIEGEL'S COMPUCATED AFFAIRS 
REACH BANKRUPT CY COURTS 

•• . - ■ 1 ■ 

I Spiegel, xnanagrer of another chain 

Thousands of Shares Pledged as Collateral of Doubts ot theatres. The parties own the- 

^_,- -,, t n !• ^ • atrea in Schenectady, which adjoin 

nil Value-^Spiegel / Reported in Connecticut 



Sanitariuni and Insanity Alleged 



iii^ 



The complicated business affairs 
of Max Spiegel, which have occu- 
pied Broadway attentl4h through- 
out the week, tlirough the many re- 
ports concerning them, talce in 
many show people among the 121 
Ci^.u^io^8 of ilie maiKiger 8, whoso 
liabilities total over |1,000,000 with 
assets unlcnown. A receivership pe- 
tition in involuntary bankruptcy, 
filed Tuesday before U. S. District 
Court Judge Julian W. Mack, lists 
the liabilities at I750.00U, and as- 
sets at 1300,000. The petitioners are | Markr with'hl8'ma7riage "to"Mark'a 



nected with that report was an- 
other report spread by creditors that 
the insanity statement was believed 
to be a subterfuge to prevent close 
questioning or force extradition pro- 
ceedings if the creditors desired to 
bring fcjMicgel back to New York, 
following the bankruptcy proceed- 
ing that was then forseen. 

For years Spiegel appeared con* 
tent to dabble in burlesque produc- 
tions. Some years ago he became 
interested in the picture field and 
through this grew to know Mitchell 



Morris C. Uosenbaum, claiming 
120,000; Edwin Monett |8.000, and 
Char.es Mohr |2,223. 

fetpiegel is said to be in a sani- 
tarium near Stamford, Conn., and 
is alleged to be insane, but reports 
do not agree on the insanity plea. 
It is said that such a plea in anuihar 
8«.ate £ouId prevent questioning of 
Spiegel regarding his financial 
transactions. 

Among the latter is reported the 
doubtful value of 3,250 shares of 
stock in a theatrical enterprise, 
pledged by Spiegel as collateral for 
loans or sold outright. The ques- 
tion of value is said lo arise through 
the doubt existing whether the stock 
held by the buyers or lenders upon 
It is the genuine stock of the actual 
theatrical enterprise represented. 

Sol Brill and E. B. Ilymes were 
appointed recovers by Judge Mack, 
under $25,000 bonds each. Brill is 
interested in the Spiegel mess to the 
extent of $20,000. He is a showman 
and was formerly of Moss (B. S.) & 
Brill. Hymes, the co-receiver, is an 
attorney. 

The Columbia Bank, New York, is \ 
said to be a creditor of $100,000, se- 
cured by collateral. Other creditors 
are: 

Spiegel's wife, the daughter of the 
late Mitchell H. Mark, is afso in a 
sanitarium, placed there, it is fcaid, 
by lier husband some months a^o. 
At the time sh*e was reported by 
Spiegel as suffering from melan- 
cholia. The Mitchell Mark estate 
Is reported greatly concerned in the 
Spiegel operations. Mitchell Mark's 
brother, Moe Mark, is president of 
the Mark-Strand theatrical enter- 
prises. 

Spiegel is said to have been ac- 
tive In the operations of the Mark- 
Strand Enterprises, also the Mit- 
chell H. Mark Realty Co. Theatres 
controlled by both corporations, all 
playing pictures, are the Strands of 
New York (Broadway). Brooklyn, 
Albany, Hartford and Schenectady, 
the latter lately opening. 

Spiegel's system, it Is said. In 
borrowing on the stock certificates 
from banks and private bankers was 
to redeem the stock as tbe notes fell 
due, pledging the stock for another 
loan in the same place or placing 
It elsewhere. His failure to follow 
up the system recently Is reported 
fo have led to the question of the 
value of the stock certificates. The 
common stock pledged has a market 
value of $125 per share. That ac- 
counts for the number of 1. ankers 
among the creditors. 

A creditors' meeting at the ITotel 
Pennsylvania Monday deckled for 
the petitioning the followlnr day for 
the appointment of a receiver for 
the purpose of conserving assets and 
protecting their interests. While 
Spiegel* is an ofTlcer and director in 
a number of corporations, the as- 
sets are believed to have been con- 
siderably reduced by the showman's 
various ventures. He is estimated 
to have lost $50,000 on the fiop Nora 
Baye.s* "Queen o* Heart.s" show. His 
two Shubert units, "Success" and 
"Plenty of Pep," are liabilities. He 
Is presideirt of the Adeline Amuse- 
ment Corp.; president of tho Allen- 
town Theatre Co.. Inc.; president 
and director of the Hartford Grand 
Theatre: vice-preslilcnt and director 
In the Mark-Spleqel Rer^lty Corp.; 
" director of the Mitchell H. Mark 
Realty Corp.: president and director 
of the Sheridan Theatre Co. 

Spiegel was at first reported as 
serlou.'^ly 111 with pneumonia. I-Kiter 
It was said he was 111 at home with 
no one permitted to see him. Fol- 
lowing that it was stated Spiegel 
had become 'n?»ane and was In an 
institution, outside the State. Con- 



daughter subsequent. Last summer 
Wpicgel switched his burlesque al- 
legiance to Shubert vaudeville and 
about the same time obtained a 
lease upon the Cohan theatre. New 
York. In which lease Joe Leblang- 
Is said to have Joined. Late last 
week Leblang was trying to adjust 
Splegel'ti affairs, particularly when 
It was rumored a trust company on 
Broadway had seized the bank bal- 
ance then held in Spiegel's name, 
applying it to a loan. 

In recent years Spiegel had been 
reported living at a costly rate an- 
nually. His associates believed he 
was making plenty of money and 
secured that impression mostly 
through hia expensive mode of liv- 
ing. 

Edwin M. Outterbourg, of Outter- 
bourg. Steindler & Houston, council 
for the petitioning creditors issued 
the following statement: "His 
(Spiegel's) affairs are In a chaotic 
state at preeent, oue to his having 
been committed to a sanitarium by 
order of the Probate Court of Stam- 
ford, Conn., last week, as an Insane 
person. Whether or not he Is in 
fact Insane is a matter which may 
bo tested later. Among the alienists 
who have passed upon his condi- 
tion, and who have found that he 
should be in a sanitarium, are Drs. 
Graeme Hammond, and Carlos F. 
MacDonald." 



each othe r. The m o t i o^n was 
grante<r^ending the trial of the 
action, which "will take place at the 
Schenectady term In January. 

Spiegel Is connected with the 
Mark Strand theatres, locate<i in 
several cities in the east. The cdn- 
tentlon \^ over a brick wall sep- 
arating the tWo Schenectady the- 
atres. A portion of the wall already 
has been taken down and the In- 
junction was applied to restrain the 
defendant from removing the rest 
of the wall. It is claimed that 
through the removal of the wall an 
open arcade is formed between the 
buildings so that crowds passing 
through the arcade are now directed 
to either theatre. Instead of only 
to the one of the plaintiff. The de- 
fendant has another entrance to 
hia theatre . (Strarfd). It opened 
about two wecRs ago. 

Judge Daniel Naylon and Chet- 
ficld T. Bates of ^henectady ap- 
peared for Proctor, and Maurice B. 
I'llnn appeared for Spiegel. 



Burlington, Vt., Dec. 20. 

A motion was made Saturday at 
the special term of Supreme court 
held by Justice J. C. Crasper In 
the city hall In Plattsburg, N. Y.. 
to continue the temporary Injunc- 
tions pending In the action of 
Frederick F. Proctor of the Proctor 
vaudeville circuit against Max 



NOBA BATES HUBT 

St. Louis, Dec. 20. 

Nora Bayes and Dudley Wilkin 
son, her pianist, were painfully In- 
jured early Friday morning (4 a.m.) 
in an automobile accident. She 
and Wilkinson were returning from 
a party given by a St. Louis fam- 
ily, when the machine owned by 
Julius Walsh Jr.. in which she and 
Dudley were In, collided with a 
milk truck. 

The machine was demolished, 
and Miss Dayes was thrown 
through the windshield. An am- 
bulance was summoned, and at a 
hospital «he had eight stitches 
taken in the side of her head. Two 
fingers on the right hand of Dud- 
ley Wilkinson were nearly severed. 

Miss Bayes finished her engage- 
ment at the Empress, singing three 
songs instead of the usual six. 
Wilkinson managed at the piano 
with the aid of the orchestra. 




BUCKNER GOES AGAIN; 
TWO YEARS THIS TIME 



TOM MARTELLE 

Playing the lending role In "The 
Fascinating Widow" with the rep- 
resentative stock companies 
throughout the country and estab- 
lishing new records everywhere. 



FOUGHT OFF ROBBER 

Jamee Trevors Breaks Leg 
Tussle with Stick- Up Man 



in 



James Travers, assistant man- 
ager of Proctor's Fifth Avenue, was 
held up Monday nlpht at the comer 
of 28th street and Seventh avenue. 
The manager and his wlf^ were re- 
turning home after the night per- 
formance when he was accosted by 
the "stick -up" man, who presented 
a gun and demanded Travers' be- 
longings. ■"• 

The latter began fumbling at his 
diamond tle-pln as though to un- 
loose It, but surprised the hold-up 
man by planting a punch on his 
Jaw and struggling with him. The 
two wrestled around, with Travers 
falling and breaking his leg during 
the melee. 

The screams of Mrs. Travers 
frightened the' robber, who dropped 
his gun and ran. Travers, dragging 
his maimed leg after him, pursued 
him for a short distance and then 
fell. He w^lll bo laid up for montha 
The hold-up man escaped. 



*'BUSTER" JOHNSON'S ACT 

"Buster" Johnson Is reported re- 
hearsing a dancing act with a 
feminine partner who is not hia 
wife, Peggy Marsh. 

Mr. Johnson and Miss Marsh re- 
ceived extensive publicity some 
months ago through Johnson being 
shot while he and his wife were at 
the Jack Clifford camp In the Adi- 
rondacks. 

Miss Marsh Is reported having 
gone abroad. 



Academy, Charlotte, Burned 

Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 20. 

Thj Academy of Music, booked by 
Jules Delmar, of the Keith office, 
was partially destroyed by fire 
here, Sunday morning at S. 

The theatre is situated in a the- 
atre and office building, which also 
suffered severely from«^the blaze. 
The house is a split week, and will 
be closed for some time, necessi- 
tating a three-day lay oil on the 
Keith's southern route, until an- 
other town Is lined up. 




BERT LEVY'S 83rd "KIDDIES' STORY HOUR" 

"Saturday morning (Dec, 9), at Keith's Riverside, Bert L^vy gave his eighty-third 'K "idles* Story Hnm' 
to en overpacked house. Both Mr. K. V. Albee and J. .T. Murdock left their busy desks to ntttnd, and watcheii 
with evident delight, the keen enjoyment of the little ones. Mrs. William Kand(ili>h Hi-arHt ocfiuplcd a bo; 
and acted as hostesx. Father Currie, t|^e beloved rector of the Catholic children of thr> noit^lihorhorKl. also at 
tended, bringing with him one thousand of his charges. The affair was the biggest event the lUverslde ha.-i 
ever known."— THE NEW YOIVIC AMEKICAN. 



Progressive Selling Cabaret 

Producer Pleaded Guilty — 

Mania for Money 



Pleading guilty to second degree 
attempted grand larceny, Arthur P. 
Buckner, the cal^aret producer, was 
sentenced by Judge Rosalsky in the 
Court of General Sessions to two 
years' imprisonment in Sing Sing. 
Buckner was held in 1 10,000 bail 
in the Tombs awaiting trial on three 
indictments. Efforts to reduce the 
bail to $3,000 proved unsuccessful 
in view of the prisoner's past crim- 
inal record. 

Buckner's method in securing In- 
vestors of percentage interest part- 
nerships was selling more than four 
quarter- Interests In any one of hia 
theatrical enterprises. He sold as 
many as eight quarter-interests in 
one company, all of which had the 
Buckner rame prominent In the cor- 
porate title. He ran afoul of the 
New York authorities through an 
advertisement in a metropolitan 
daily for new Investors. 

Buckner Is estimated to have 
duped about a score of such people 
to the extent of 1500 to $1,000 each. 
The practical working out of the 
sentence totals only im months, 
deducting the 4^ spent In the Tombs 
and eight off for good behavior. 

Buckner's mania for money, how- 
ever gotten, secured hia previoua 
sentences of one year each In fed- 
eral penitentiariea South and WeaC 
While In the Tombs, New York, 
awaiting trial Buckner sent appeals, 
generally by letters* •ecurlnv names 
weekly from vlrjety, for contribu- 
tions toward what he stated waa a 
fund for ball for $$,000, If he could 
eecure a reduction from the $10,000 
ball eet, although hia application 
waa refused. It was estimated he 
procured between $600 and $1,000 In 
that manner. 

Twice weekl7 or more often he 
wrote Variety, aakin^ hia appeal be 
published. Buckner waa Anally in- 
formed It would only be published 
on the understanding all moneys 
collected be turned over to hia at- 
torney. Thereupon he Induced a 
rellgioua visitor to the Tombs to 
call upon Variety and tell It he had 
no longer an attorney. That same 
day the attorney for Buckner made 
application to have a commission 
appointed to pass upon hia sanity. 
They pronounced him sane. 

Buckner's religious adviser was 
informed at Variety's oflAce as to 
Bhckner, and It was suggested he 
tell Buckner no money received 
through any publicity In Variety 
could be diverted to other than legal 
use and would have to go to his 
attorney. After that Buckner v/aa 
not again heard' from. 

Coming from an estimable famtly 
In the Northwest. Buckner started 
in vaudeville aa a daring bicycle 
trick rider. Later h^ commenced 
his production career and boasted 
that money came to him so easy 
from that source he could not re- 
frain from taking It. When leaving 
New York for Atlanta under a sen- 
tence of a year, Buckner offered to 
wager that before his term expired 
ho would have the warden of the 
prison Interested In tiome scheme 
to be devised by him while in jail. 
It is said he did have an officer of 
the prison about to Invest with him 
just before hia release, but that 
Buckner spoiled It through becom- 
ing Involved in another "Jam" that 
led at the time to the promoter 
writing to Washington. 

Writing under date of Dec, 17 
from the Tombs. Buckner again 
asked publication of his letter, part 
of which is quoted: "Feel ao badly 
can hardly write, sick In bed two 
days. On plea of guilty attempted 
grand larceny second degree, cover- 
ing three charges grand in the first 
(I didn't steal anyone's money), 
understand things wtre fixed. Ad- 
vised not to talk in court." 

luickner continues in typical 
fashion with a plea to showpeoplo 
to petition for a reduction of the 
sentence, even to the extent of writ- 
ing out a form letter, concluding 
'If anyone cares to and will send 
me a few dollars care of Sing Sing 
(Osslnlnp), New York, (only a loan) 
it will sure be appreciated and en- 
able me to get little necessary 
things wlille there, making my 
•rfleal much easier. . . . Maybe you 
(Variety) will start a aubacrlptloo 
TOT THP. " . . " 'I ' ■ . » 



IN AND OUT 

Bard and Pearl stepped Into the 
•Whirl of New York" Shubert unit 
It the Harlem opera house Monday. 
replncIniT Hoy Cummlngs, out 
through illnesa. 



VAUDEVIL 










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Friday^ December 22» 1922 



3S 



AGENTS WILL BE DROPPED OUT 

BY CHICAGO'S ASSOCIATION 



Number of Artists' Representatives May Be Reduced 
to 10 Frofti Present 22 — Notice March 1 — Leave 
June 1 — Thoroughness of Investigation of 
Unfitness 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 

The elimination of certain artists' 
representatives (agents) now doini? 
business with the Western Vaude- 
ville Managers' Association, looking 
to a reduction of the number of 
agents from twenty-one, as at pres- 
ent, to possibly as few as ten, is 
moving along slowly, but definite 
steps are in progress which assure 
ultimate accomplishment of the ob- 
ject of C. K. Bray, head of the as- 
sociation. 

The last sixty days have been 
spent in going over the acts of 
the various artists' representatives 
with a view of determining the 
value to the association of each and 
every agent. This work is being 
done so thoroughly it is evident the 
reduction of the number of agents is 
to be handled on a strict business 
basis and without regard to personal 
affiliations. 

The work of the various artists' 
representatives i» being studied 
with a view of ascertaining prac- 
tical knowledge of their workings. 
Among the matters deeme^! impor- 
tant arc: 

1. The amount of new material 
brought to the mid-west by the 
agents. 

2. The relations of the agents with 
producers of new material. 

3. The influence of the agents 
with the acts on their lists, espe- 
cially regarding accepting cuts 
where it is necessary to place the 
acts at smaller money than the ac- 
cepted salary and accepUrtg longer 
railroad Jumps than generally ex- 
pected in connection with a route. 

4. The conduct of the detail busi- 
ness of the office, as regards activi- 
ties day and night and probable 
speed in accomplishing what may 
be asked of the agent. 

Those who have Insight into the 
tabulated reports which have been 
prepared Intimate that some sur- 
prising results are being en- 
countered. For Instance, some of 
the comparatively new agents are 
showing up better than some which 
have been in the field for years and 
some of the agencies which have 
been looked upon as of minor im- 
portance are making a better show- 
ing than others which have been 
viewed as well established In the 
field. 

The plan of the association will 
not work a hardship on any of the 
agents who may fail to meet the 
tests set forth, as the plan at present 
is to serve notice on those no lonj»er 
wanted on March 1 that their serv- 
ices will be dispensed with June 1, 
1923. The determination of the as- 
sociation to- go after all the bupl- 
ness In l^s territory requires the 
putting of the artists' renrei-enia- 
tlves' activities on a str ct busi- 
ness ba.<;is. It is said, and the prog- 
ress to date has been marked by a 
cool and calculating thorouprhness, 
rather than by any attempt at haste. 



KLEIN'S "PLUM" 



PASSPART'S ORPHEUM- 
BECK SUITS SOON DUE 



Lands Csntral for Hoffman Show 
Xmas Week 



Arthur Klein's "Hello Everybody" 
will make its metropolitan debut at 
the Central, New York, Xmas week, 
Dec. 25. The Gertrude Hoffman 
unit gets the "plum" date from the 
Butler Estate unit, "Echos of 
Broadway," which was orig}naIly 
booked for the Central and has 
been laying off three weeks. 

"Hello Everybody," according to 
the producer, was being kept out 
of New York with the intention of 
landing in a legitimate house on 
Broadway for a local run. The 
Central booking will not change 
these plans, according to Arthur 
Klein. 

The Dec. 25 date at the house was 
looked upon as one of the "softest " 
weeks of the season. Mr. Klein is 
the booking manager of the Shu- 
bert Advanced Vaudeville circuit. 



$600,000 Damages Asked — 
. Motion Denied to Join 
Causes . 



SHEEDY-FAY AT AKUNGTON 

The Sheedy oilice will book 10 
acts of vaudeville and a local "F'ol- 
lles" into the Arlington, Boston, at 
10-20-30, beginning next week. This 
marks the invasion of Boston by the 
bheedy-Fay combination with a pop 
vaudeville policy. 

The Arlington, formerly the old 
Castle Kquare, Is a large capacity 
house belonging to Harry Frazee 
that has housed about every kind of 
attraction extant during its career. 
Lately the house has been playing 
traveling attractions. 

It Is reported that a profit-sharing 
leasing arrangement between the 
three principals is the understand- 
ing with which the house is going 
on the Sheedy books. 



William L. Passpart, who Is suing 
Martin Beck and the Orpheum The- 
atre & Realty Co., Inc., in two New 
York Supreme Court suits for $300,- 
000 damages each, was denied his 

motion to consolidate both causes. 
Passpart, European representative 
for the Orpheum circuit since 1905 
on a 5 per cent, basis of all acts' 
salaries signed abroad for the Or- 
pheum circuit, alleges a bret^ch of 
contract through ^ summary dis- 
missal In December, 1914. He al- 
leges he earned an annual Income 
of upward $15,0t0. 

Passpart's suits were started In 
1920, the Beck action, a few months 
before the one against the Or- 
pheum. In the former, he alleges 
Beck employed him. In the latter 
the Orpheum corporation Is men- 
tioned as his employer. Beck's suit 
carries with it, in addition to the 
general denial, a counter-claim for 
$5,269.34, alleged overpaid to Pasc- 
part. 

Pas.spart recently returned to 
New York from Berlin. His actions 
will not be reached for trial before 
February or March next. 



UNIT CLAIM ADJUSTED 

Chicago, Dec. 20. 

Mabel Shearer's claim against 
the Flnkelsteln & Rubin unit, now 
known as the Marx Brothers show, 
was adjusted by Mayer C. Goldman, 
a New York attorney, and the cos- 
tumes which Miss Shearer had 
rented to James O'Neil and Clar- 
ence Morganstern were purchased 
outright by Marx Brothers and, 
Kranz A White, the present con- 
trollers of the company. 

It Is understood that O'Neil and 
Morganstern still retain a 60 per 
cent. Interest In the organization 
and have signed an agrooment to 
pay all outstanding indebtedness, 
which will give the new manage 
ment a chance. 



^'Hayseed" as Vaudeville 9Kct 
"HayKeed"' is coming to vaude- 
ville. Rose & Curtis are to produce 
it. Harry C. Greene originally wrote 
the piece for them under that title, 
but when- Ray Goetz came along 
with a legitimate production with 
the same title, they were forced to 
postpone their vaudeville produc- 
tion. "Hayseed" was renamed "Our 
Nell' and taken over by Davldow & 
LeMaire, presented legitimately on 
the Bayes Roof. 



JOE EBBER WITH ASS N. 

Chicago, Dec. 20. 

Joe Erber has been selected to 
manage the branch office of the 
Western Vaudeville Managers' As- 
sociation, to be opened at St. Louis. 

Harry Miller ha been named as 
field man for the association and 
assumed his new duties last week. 



SAM THAILBETTEE 

Chicago, Dec. 20. 
Sam Thall. traific director for the 
Orpheum and Western Vaudeville 
Association, is on the way to recov- 
ery from his recent automobile ac- 
cident. There were 28 stitches 
taken in Thall's head, with a scar 
running from his left eye almost to 
his ear. 



REED AND TUCKER SEPARATE 

Chicago, Dec. 20. 
The vaudeville a-'t of Reed and 
Tucker broke up at Fort Worth, 
Texas, according to reports which 
roach Chicago. 




Rath Bros. "Farmed'* to Orpheum 
* Rath Brothers leave the "Muse 
Box Revue" Dec. 30, opening on the 
Orpheum circuit. The l>o( kiriR is 
..through an arrangement between 
Sam H. Harris and the Orpheum 
circuit, the latter taking over the 
unexpired term of the Rath Broth- 
ers' contract with Sam H. Harris. 



MARGUERITE. 



JOHN 



MacCARTON and MORRONE 

"WHIRLWIND AND APACHE DANCERS" 

This Week (Dec. 18), B. F. Keith's Colonial, New York 
Ne'xt Week (Dec. 25), B. F. Keith's Alhambra, New York 

Week of (Jan. 1). B. F. Keith's Royal. New York 
Week of (Jan. 8), B. F. Keith's Riverside, New York 

Direction FRANK DONNELLY, NORMAN JEFFRIES OFFICE 




A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE 

Although previously associated 
with "Janet of France" for three 
years, Charles W. Hamp got his 
first glimpse of her work from "out 
front" while he was playing at the 
Royal last week. Mr. Hamp had 
Just returned from a visit with his 
family In California and "caught" 
his substitute, before re-opening 
with the act this week. 



PICKETIING PAN 

Indcpendsnt Agents Ass*n. of Chi- 
cago Watching Its Members 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 

The Independent agents of Chi- 
cago, who recently formed an asso- 
ciation to fight the local Pantages 
ofllcers, have elected the followlnp 
offllcers: 

Sam Roberts, president; Sidney 
Schallman, secretary; Louis Holleb. 
treasuer; Henry Santry, chairman 
of social committee. The arbitra- 
tion board consists of Sam Robert?^, 
chairman; Earl Girdeller, Jack 
Fine. Eddie Morris and Elmer 
Jerome. 

One of the matters taken up at 
the last meeting was a banquet, 
which will be given to Sam Kramer, 
who is resigning as president an<1 
will shortly leave Chicago for a 
trip to Honolulu. The banquet will 
be held Dec. 28 at the Randolph 
hotel. 

The association continues in It. 
position of boycotting the local 
Pantages office. It has established 
a system of picketing which will 
enable the association t ^ know 
whether or not any of its members 
are violating the restrictions In 
existence against visiting or tele- 
phoning to the Chicago Pantajgrea 
ofllce. 



ACT DIDNT SIGN; 
'TOLD IT MUST PLAT 

Contested Ca$e in Chicago 

Over "Assn. Time"— Agent 

Not Authorized 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 

Eldridge, Barlow and Eldridg« 
have placed a case in the hands of 
attorneys, Fred Lowenthal and 
Harry Munns, In which the Western 
Vaudeville Managers' Association 
may seek liquidate^ damages from 
the act on the ground that Bert 
Cortelyou signed contracts with 
Andy Talbott, booker, for the ap- 
pearance of the turn at the Majestic, 
MlltirfiSltel^ast week. 

Eldridge, Barlow and Eldrldge say 
hat they never gave Cortelyou or 
anyone else authority to sign their 
names to a contract for association 
time and that the^r were "penciled 
in" means nothing to them. They 
insist that the threatened legal pro- 
ceedings arose through their atti- 
tude in regard to association time 
which they refused when offered 
less salary than asked, after making 
two try-outs at a very low salary 
for Sam Kahl. 

It seems that Charles E. Hodki 9 
stepped in at the psychological mo- 
ment and the act was offered four 
weeks of Pantages time, which it 
accepted. Talbott Insisted on the 
^Milwaukee date being played and 
when C. Eldridge, manager^ of the 
act. refused, in saucy words, the 
booker Is said by the act to have 
muttered: "I'll make you eat those 
words." , . 



WINKLER RESIGNING 

Leaving Office as President of Chi« 
cage's Musical Union « 



COLORED ACTOR DISCHARGED 

Magistrate Sweetser in the Wash- 
ington Heights Court discharged 
Jules Foxworth, colored actor, who 
was arrested in Syracuse, on a New 
York warrant, on the charge of 
felonious assault. His brother, 
George Foxworth was complainant, 
but the defendant protested his in- 
nocence in cour^ 

Kendler & Goldstein, counsel for 
the defeitse, argued It was a 
brotherly difference, and although 
the plaintiff was in court the Judge 
dismissed the case. 

Jules Foxworth, immediately af- 
ter his dismissal, left for Chicago, 
to resume a 1 v^n tour with his wife. 



JACK POTSDAM'S SIGHT 

Jack Potsdam, tho vaudeville 
agent who has been blind for sev- 
eral months, may have his sight re- 
stored. 

An operation for cataracts Is re- 
ported successful and early this 
week he was able to see with one 
eye through a testing device used 
by physicians. 



MENLO MOORE IN MAINE 

Menlo Moore, who was recently 
operated on for stomach trouble and 
was returned to the hospital after 
several weeks at home, left for the 
Maine woods last week. He will 
remain there all winter In the com- 
pany of two guides, having taken a 
cabin In tho snow country. 



Boro Park Stopping Urfits 

The Shubert units will not play 
the Boro Park, Brooklyn, after 
Jan. 7. Next week the Marx Bros, 
unit Is there and the final week 
sees "The Whirl of New York." 
The house will then revert to a 
straight picture policy with a 
hange of fcaturo eitlifr twiro oi 
fhree times weekly. 

The units have been playing thi.^ 
house the last half of each week 
putting with the Astoria (L. I.'» 
• ocause of the steadily falling re- 
■oipts on the last half of the weeU 
vith the units, the house manage 
ment called off future booking witli 
ihe Shuborts. 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 

Joe F. Winkler will retire next 
month from the presidency of the 
Chicago Federation- of Musicians 
after 18 years in that office. He 
has been active in the interests of 
unionizing music for a quarter of 
a century. 

The musicians' union when Wink- 
ler became president had 1,800 
members. Due largely to Winkler's 
efforts, the membership has in- 
creased to 4,500 and includes every 
professional orchestra and practi- 
cally every professional instru- 
mentalist in the city. The average 
Income of musicians in Chicago has 
tripled in that time. 

Winkler also is a member of the 
national executlv board of the 
American Federation of Musicians, 
which position he has held for seven 
years. 

Several years ago he organized 
the Musicians' Club with a begin- 
ning fund of $27,000. The property 
and fund of the club now is valued 
at 1400,000. , 



HIRSCH TRIAL 



Opened. Wednesday at Mineola-* 
Closed Thursday or Friday 



The prosecution In the Indict- 
ment against Hazel Hirsch for first 
degree assault upon her husband, 
"Wallie- Hirsch, in Freeport, L. L, 
last summer, presented its case 
Wednesday. About eight witnesses 
testified. 

The defense' was expected to take 
up most of Thursday with its 10 
witnesses, when tho Jury would be 
given the case. 

Hirsch was shot in the mouth by 
his wife, the prosecution sought to 
establish. It was expected the de- 
fendant would plead self-defense. 

Among the witnesses Wednesday 
was the policeman who took Wallie 
Hirsch Into custody following the 
shooting. The policeman stated he 
had asked Hirsch who shot him, 
and Hirsch replied, "A tall man." 
"What was his name?" the police- 
man Inquired. "Luke McGluke" an- 
swered Hirsch. 

Another of the prosecutions' wit- 
nesses was a colored chauffeur, Joe 
Quash. During his testimony the 
district attorney asked him how he 
felt, and Quash answered, "I'm a 
nervous wrec'c and hope I don't 
have to work tonight." 



'RITZ GIRLS" MAY GO BACK 

The "Ritz Girls of 19 and 22" l3 
;:n(lerj?olng reorganir'.atlon and Is 
slated to return to ITip PhillSen " 
vaudeville circuit as a unit within 
I couple of weeks. "Hitz Girls" left 
the Shubert circuit throe wcoks ago> 
wlidcatting for a week or so in the 
niddlo west'Oi -nlghters. 

Lew Fields operated the "RItr. 
rjirls" In association with Henry 
Sofranskl. 






Friday, December 22, 1922 



BURLESQU Er^'^W'-^W^^:^ 



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BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



AMERICAN GIRLS 

• (Columbia WhMl) 

Doim Murph/ Illlia L^roy 

Harry Shet'hjin t.Chis. Raymond 

Nora Rollly Rose HemlAy 

Charlie McKenna Jlmmle Ilaxzard 

Pat McKcnna Jamea L<«e 

Mrs. Pat McKenna Alma Bauer 

Dan Rellly .Dan Coleman 

Mr*. Dan Rellly Jeanette liuckley 

Jack Doy'.e Billy Rector 

Dr. Plantem Undertaker Bridie Van 

Pierre L« Due Jack SpeHmAn 



Dan Coleman's "American Girls" 
is a likablo burlesque show. It has 
a good deal of production class and 
flrst-rate comedy values, running 
toward the burlesque style of a for- 
mer day, with plenty of noise and 
roughhousc, but always effective 
and always pulling the laughs. All 
the fun centers in Coleman, and 
nobody -else has much of a chance, 
but the chief comic has a i>uave and 
moderate'y quiet method that savo3 
him from seeming to monopolize 
the stage. 

The surrounding company is ad- 
equate without achieving any indi- 
vidual eminence. " It's a well-bal- 
anced organization depending upon 
teamwork surrounding Co'en'-an. 
The bits ate mostly fresh adapta- 
tions of famniar material, but the 
new twists give them quality. The 
wom.in policeman with a balge on 
her garter seems an oriRinnl anT'e 
and Is worked for an cx'ende<I bit 
full of laughs, and worked without 
any noi??e. Other, bits deliberately 
int'oducc ui>roar and knockabout, 
such as the Irish reel bit and the 
cafe table stuff, but this time the 
table is sot In a country club lawn 
for new atmosphere. So it goes 
The old stuff is brightened by novel 
in'^identals. 

The show has settings of excel- 
lent taste .''.nd Is full of sprightly 
costumes. Most of the outfits are 
new and the full-stage sots look 
new as well, but some of the mnto- 
rial probably ha.s done service be- 
fore. Coleman features the sonar 
"Doublin* Back to Dublin," and does 
an encore in "one" before a Pul man 
car drop conspicuously labeled "The 
Marion Special," apparently a pur- 
chase from Dave Marion, who comes 
to the Columbia next week. The 
comedy frameup hangs on the 
scheme of two Irishmen, partners, 
but peppery, fighting rivals. In :tself 
a return to a familiar scheme of 
other times In burlesque. James 
Lee plays the second Irishman, a 
mild type of character type mostly 
useful for feeding and having little 
of his own. 

Although there are five or six 
other men In the company, none of 
them does any comedy. Charles 
Raymond plays the wire-guy 
straight and the others merely fill 
in for bits and make up a male 
quartet for the shortest of special- 
ties. They would have been wel- 
come In more singing numbers. 
Jimmie Ifazzard and Jack Spellman 
put over a neat dancing turn and 
Hazzard's stepping Is introduced 
from time to time either alone or in 
combination with one or the other 
of the women. 

Of the four principal women only 
one was the singing and dancing 
type of burlesque good fellow. She 
was Hilda Leroy, an agreeable 
figure In tights and a lively number 
leader, with a sensational high kick 
and a Jolly way of handling num- 
bers. She carried the dancing re- 
sponsibility for the feminine di- 
vision, and the show was rather 
(Continued on page 19) 



SINGER WITH FINNEY'S SHOW 

• 

Jack Singer has been engaged by 
Charles Waldron to take charge of 
the Frank Finney Show (Colum- 
bia) for the next three weeks 
Singer Joins It In Chicago the latter 
part of thi.s week. 

George Belfrage, manager of tho 
Finney ahow. will retire for a rest. 

Anna I'ropp and the All-Amerl- 
can Trio were added to the Finney 
cast this week. • 



LONDON OAYETY GIRIS 

(MUTUAL BURLESQUE) 

Mike Hardin Bennie Small 

Heza Chatter '. Ko Welch 

Oeorge Brown Harry Francis 

Jack Waite Jack Wolf 

Margaret Harder Dolly Webb 

I'm a Chatter Clara Gray 

Dora Brown May Allen 

Baahfut Betty... Sue Milford 



Ouquesne Apening for Mutual 
Pittsburgh, Dec. 20. 

The Duquesne will revert to the 
policy begun earlier In the season, 
beginning next week, by presenting 
Mutual wheel burlesque. Opening 
attraction will be "The Bandbox 
Revue." 

The Duquesne stock elo.se.s this 
week, and is presenting "The 
Rosary" a.-^ its final bill. 



Dressing Room Dispute 

Walter 13rown. comedian, with 
Ed Daley's "Broadway Hrovities" 
(Columbia), stepped out of the 
show Monday in Montreal, follow- 
ing a di.spnle over the matter of 
dressing rooms. 



Mutusl's New Year's Evj> Sho-.vs 
Every Mutual wheel hoii.S'^ (»n the 

xlrciii! "'>',;! r.lvo nn evfia i)frform- 
ance -h t 1 ;. :iUei midrCiili; M>fi- 
day, Jan !. l?i:3. 



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BURLESQUE ROUTE? 
wn.L ntj FOUNP OS t ^an 

Twenty-nine in This In.i:tc 



W 



"London Gayety Girls" Is pre- 
sented by Griff Williams, Inc., and 
it's at the Olympic this week. Com- 
posed of a collection of threadbare 
gags, stupid attempts at humor, 
half-baked bits and talentless spe- 
cialties m the main, the show Just 
d" gs Itself out for the conventional 
two and a half hours or so of run- 
ning time. 

When those Mutual shows are bad 
it's remarkable how bad they can 
be, although "London Gayety Girls" 
Isn't the wor.st. It ranks as a medi- 
ocre entertainment — and the word 
entertainment is quite compliment- 
ary when used in relation to It. The 
"Mischief Makers" and one or two 
others wore considerably worse than 
the "London Gayety Girls," so the 
latter, whi'c making a hard fight for 
the bad honors, must be content 
with being just bad through having 
some real competition. 

Rennie Sr all and Ed Welch are- 
the comic*. Small does "Dutch" and 
Welch a tramp. Larry Francis is 
the straight, with a tuneful voice, 
which Is one of the redeeming fea- 
tures of the show. Jack Wolf, the 
Juvenile, dmces well, but is shy on 
voice. Dolly Webb, prima. Is strong 
on looks — a pretty brunet with an 
ample figure — Sue Milford the sou- 
brot and Clara Gray the Ingenue. 

Analysis of the cast makes it a 
matter of wonderment what makes 
the show so tiresome, for Miss Mil- 
ford is a good number leader and 
Miss Gray also handlies a spng com- 
petently. Its probably the ensemble 
effect, and principally the lack of 
comedy and the comedy that Isn't, 
that makes the show limp, drop and 
wabble as it does. 

Scenically and as to costumes it's 
a Mutual ehow, which means the 
production doesn't mean a thing. 
What is probably intended as a try 
for novelty is the c(irrying through 
the show of a ffmale Impersonator 
as an end chorister. Usual claim 
for book Is programmed, also one for 
music. There's more humor in those 
two claims than in all the rest of 
the "London Gayety pirls." 

BcU. 



COOPER'S INJUNaiOk 
DENIED BY COURT 



Matter of Gorcey's Contract 

— Manager Delayed in 

Asserting Rights 



MUTUAL STOCKHOLDERS 
DON'T INaUDE JERMON 



Six Holding Shares — One 

Cannot Sell Without 

Gonsent of All 



A list of the stockholders of the 
Mutual Burlesque Association seems 
to bear out the contention of the" 
Columbia burlesque ofUcials that the 
Columbia is not interested in the 
smaller circuit. 

The Ust doesn't include the name 
of John Jermon (Jacobs & Jermon), 
the Columbia producer and director, 
reported aa holding stock in the 
Mutual. 

Al Singer, a relative by^ marriage 
of Jermon, Is secretary of the 
Mutual and holds five Mutual 
shares. According to information, 
none of the outstanding stock of the 
Mutual, which is divided among six 
men, can be sold without the unani- 
mous consent of the six. This rule 
is said to have effectually blocked 
the Herk faction from buying In on 
the Mutual circuit, which Is said to 
have been recently attempted. The 
negotiations had reached the stage 
where an auditor's report had been 
submitted to the Herk people. The 
balance of the Mutual stockholders 
are reported to have brought up tfie 
clause in question and blocked the 
negotiations. 

The Mutual Is Incorporated for 
$100,000. The stock, par $100, is 
divided between George E. Ijathrop. 
Jr., 18 shares; Dave Krau.«e, presi- 
dent, 9 shares; S. W. Mannheim, 18 
.shares; J.Tmes McGrath, 10 shares; 
Dr. Tunnison, 18 shares, and Al Sin- 
ger, 5. The remaining 22 shares are 
held in the treasury in escrow. 

Billy Vail, a fo -mer Jacobs & Jer- 
mon niaiager, is a partner of S. W 
M.'innheim in the oj)eration of the 
four Mannhelm-Vall Mutual attr.jc- 
tiona, but isn't a stockholder of 
record. 



SINGER'S STOCK CHAIN 

.Tack Sinjier in orgam.inH; a fotir 
week stock burleaque circuit, with 
houses nclteduled for Montrf-g!, New 
Vork. Ilo.stoii and Syracuse. Sirig- 
or^ tT}r^-rr-t«- H«ve th4» ♦»lt««i.vn »itaj> 
a couple of weel<.s in each city, with 
;i weekly program change, in New 
Vork, Bo.stoii aiid Moritreil, and a 
l)i-we(kly chanr^c in Syracu.«<e. tho 
.-.how.s rotallnR in regular oiih-i- 
thereufit-r aiouad tlie other llirec 
houses. , ■ 



In denying James C. Cooper's mo- 
tion for an injunction against Ber- 
nard Gorcey of the "Abie's Irish 
Rose" cast. Justice Gavegan in the 
New York Supreme Court said: "I 
am hot satisfied on this preliminary 
application that the equities are 
with plaintiff. His delay in assert- 
ing his alleged rights apparently en- 
couraged defendant to develop his 
subsequent engagement. It also 
seems to indicate that plaintiff was 
not much concerned until success 
came to defendant, not so much con- 
cerned with protecting plaintiff as 
with interfering with defendant's 
success." 

This offlcially corroborated Oor- 
cey's defense that Cooper was not 
as anxious to secure his services as 
a comedian as to force him to buy 
his peace. 

Cooper claimed a previous con- 
tract for the season of 1922-23 with 
Gorcey for his "Maids of America" 
(Columbia burlesque) for 30 weeks 
at $125, with a year's renewal at 
$150. Gorcey signed for "Abie's Irish 
Rose" May 5 last. The Cooper con- 
tract was cloned April 11. Cooper 
claimed part ownership of the show 
with J. Herbert Mack. 

Gorcey refuted the allegations of 
"unique and extraordinary^ with the 
statement he was signed for 35 
weeks at $100 a week the preceding 
season, and is not commensurate 
wiJh a showman's estimation of 
such qualities. Of the 36, Gorcey 
claims he worked only 31, and of 
this, one week afa 26 per cent, sal- 
ary cut. 

Arthur F. Drlscoll (O'Brien, Male- 
vinsky &, Driscoll) represented 
Gorcey. 



N. Y.'S OFFICIAL BAND 
ON TOUR FOR 1ST TIME 



Starts in Summer at Philadel- 
phia — Composed of 
Sixty Pieces. 



The Goldman Band, the ofUcinl 
band of the City of New York, will 
go on tour for the first time In the 
spring, the opening engagement 
being Villa Grove Park, outside of 
Philadelphia. The organization has 
been giving several concerts week- 
ly at Columbia University during 
the summer for the past five years. 
Next summer the Goldman band 
will play in Central Park, the city 
erecting a $100,060 band' stand and 
seating accommodations for 80,000 
persons. 

Edwin Franko Goldman i« the 
conductor. His organization has 
many soloists who are connected 
with other notable metropolitan 
musical units, including the Metro- 
politan Opera orchestra. There are 
60 players, all receiving over the 
union scale, the average being $100 
weekly. Because of the high sal- 
aries there has been no attempt to 
book the band outside of New York 
before now. 



MUTUAL AND CHI 

Chicago, Dec. 20. 

The Mutual burlesque wheel may 
Invade Chicago, blj^ it is said that 
the Empire on tlie west Hide and the 
\'ictoria on the north side are con- 
sidered. There has even been a 
linking of the State-Congress, now 
playing stock burlesque, with the 
report. 

James McGrath, understood to be 
financially interested in the Man- 
heim circuit, and Billy Vail, man- 
ager of the Kinpire. Cleveland, were 
in New York city last week for the 
purpose, it is said, of making book- 
ing arrangements with the Mutual 
for western cities. 



BURLESQUE ENGAGEMENTS 

Hichy Craig ha.s placed I'auline 
Courtney, in^cenue. and Madge 
Stewart, .soubret. with the Gayety, 
rhiladelphia. .loe West, straight, 
and Joe M:irke.\-, tramp comedian, 
will also report at the Gayety. 

George Ilait. comedian, and 
Grace Howard, soubret, are slated 
for Mir^Bkv's National Wintergar- 
<l(n. To the T.-ocadero, I*hiladel- 
plila. Craig will , etid Delia Wade, 
.soultret. and .>! le Ilirle, ingenue. 



A sister (»f TM D.tvidow, (Davidow 
tSL i.e M.tir*), il.t-d swddenly, Dec. 19. 
M her home in P.iooklyn. 



i^i.-.j. ' Hj 



'^STRAIGHT" DESERTED 



stock Burlesque Paid Transporta- 
tion, Then Lost Player 



A late tale of the anger of Max 
Cohen of the stock burlesque at the 
Star, Cleveland, came out this 
week, when he gave the details of 
how A "straight man," after re- 
ceiving $26 for transporttion to 
Cleveland and rehearsing for the 
stock, left without notice, to Join 
the Al Reeves show. 

Nothing of Al Marks' intention 
had been heard about the theatre. 
Marks was tfie straight man, who 
received the $25 in New York. He 
was to have opened on a Sunday 
afternoon after rehearsing. At 2:20 
the producer for the house, Jake 
Gerard, ctupped into his role, while 
Cohen, on Monday, heard Marks 
had left Sunday with the wheel 
companj'. 



BURLESQUE NEW YEAR'S EVE 

The only Columbia wheel show 
that will give an extra performance 
New Year's Eve, in Greater New 
York, is "Folly Town", at Minor's 
Bronx. The Bronx, Dec. 31, will 
have two Sunday vaudeville shows, 
matinee and night as usual, with 
the burlesque show going on after 
midnight. 

The Columbia, New York, Casino 
and Empire, Brooklyn, will give ex- 
tra vaudeville - shows after mid- 
night. Jan. 1, with the two Sunday 
vaudeville concerts as customarily. 



REIirS SHUBERT UNIT 
ON COLUMBIA WHEE 



"Carnivaf of Fun" Leaving 

•Shubert Circuit — Former 

Wheel Producer 



What appears to be the first In- 
dication of a change In the attitude 
of the Columbia people toward 
Shubert unit producers is contained 
in the definite announcement Jack^ \ 
Reid and his "Carnival of Fun** 
unit will become & Columbia at* 
traction around Feb. 1. 

Reid was an American wheel pro- 
ducer for a number of years. "Car- 
nival of Fun" will play Worcester- 
Fall River and Boston a week each 
for the Shubert vaudeville circuit 
during the next two weeks. -^ 

Whether the Reid show will carry 
the ^"Carnival of Fun" title as a 
Columhia show has not l>een de- 
cided. It seema likely the title will 
be changed. 

Several weeks ago the Columblik 
took the stand It did not need unit 
producers at present, several of the' 
unit producers making overtures 
receiving a cold reception. Thesa 
were mostly ex-Columbia wheel 
people, however. 



BAD WEEK FOR BURLESQUE 

The pre-hoUday slump affectlnf 
show business last week hit the 
Columbia shows generally through- 
out the circuit, low grosses beinip 
the rule rather than the exception. 



OBITUARY 



MRS. HARRY MASON 
Mrs. Harry Mason, who played 
with her husband in the sketch, 
"Getting the Money," died Dec. 10 
in I^s Angeles, where the couple 
had gone four months before, seek- 
ing to restore "Kltk. Mason's health. 
She was 80 years old and had 
been on the stage from childhood, 
playing the "Little Mother" In "The 
Fatal Wedding," following Mai-y 
Plckford in that role. Mrs. Mason 



IN MRMORT ■ 

of mjr d^rllnc niolher 

MRS. PAULINE BERTON 

who paaa«d away December ISlh, 1922 
Her loving dauehter 

HILDA BERTON 

(NAOMI RAY) 



Dec. 19, at his home in New York, 
aged 82. Death resulted from an 
automobile accident about Dec. 10. 
The deceased was the father of 14 
children. 



The father of Frederick B. Gold- 
smith, the theatrical attorney, died 
December 19. aged 81. 



H. MASON 

}{. Mason died at his home In 
Denver after residing there for 30 
years, following his retirement from 



IN MKMOKY 

of my beloved huMband 

I Lloyd Melville Bingham 

who died la Chrivtiania, Norway. 
December 31d, l»lk 

AMELIA BINGHAM 



became ill following the birth of a 
daughter last August and the doc- 
tors ordered her to California. 

The act closed and the couple 
went out to the coast. When Mrs. 
Mason died the family was In 
tightened circumstances, but by 
telegraphic direction of the secre- 
tary, Manager Ben PiazzI of the 
Hill street, the Los Angeles Orphe- 
um, advanced the amount of the N. 
V. A. death benefit and Mr. Mason 
returned to New York with his baby 
daughter and the body of his wife. 



EDWARD BURKE 

Edward Burke, member of the 
New York local of the I. A. T. S. E., 
dlfd In Detroit late l.ist week of 
pneumonia The stage hands' or- 
gan izritlon took charge of the body. 



the professional stage, where he 
had been a magician of repute. 
Many of the appliances in use by 
magicians and illusionists were in- 
vented by him. 

The deceased wae born in Eng- 
land 72 years ago. In his early 
manhood he lived fft India, where 
he studied the occult and mj-stic. 
Many of the better known m;)gicians 
of the old school were his asso- 
ciates. 



EDWARD DOYLE 

Edward Doyle, electrician, for- 
merly on tour with "Liliom," died 
of pneumonia Dec. 13 at Detroit, 



MRS. HARRY MASON 

Died December lOlh. 1922. 

SHK LIVP5D TO .SRRVK OTHERS 
God Rent Her Soul. 

lir.R HISBAND 

HARRY MASON 



which was sent to the family in 
Springfield, Mass., whore funeral 
services wore hold Sunday. 



ROBERT S. ENTWI8TLE 
Robert S. Entwistle died in the 
Prospect IIoij?hts Iloppit.il. Brook- 
lyn, Dec. 19, from injuries received 
election dny, when he was struck, 
by an automobile. He was formerly 
an actor, and later stage manager 
for Charles Frohman. He i<» sur- 
vivt d by thre^ mnthrpt»nnr rhitrtrrn, 
who will be taken r.irp of by hiw 
br.ifhrr. Hfs age way placed ut 
about 60. * 

The father of Frederick V. C.oM- 
smiJi, the theatrical attorney, died! 



IN I.OVIN'Ci MKMOKY 

of my falher 

DR. W. H. JOHNSON 

who panned away Nor. 25th, 1922 
O never from the memory of my 
heart your tmaye nhall dppari. 

ADELAIDE BELL 



where he was working on a new 
theatre. He was buried Sunday at 
Springfield, Mass., where he was a 
member of the local LA. T. S. E. 



FRANK A. 8HINABR00K 
Fiank A. Shinabrook died Dec. 
11. aged 62, at Chamhersburg. Pa. 
He had managed theatres and acte 
for many years, while connected 
with the Charles W. Boyer's Enter- 
pri.ses. Until shortly before his 
death the deceased managed the 
Palace theatre, Hagerstown, Md. 



• The mother of Mr and Mrs. 
P.ryaii ^V'oIfe and Eddie Noel (Noel 
and f'ay) died Nov. 27, after a lin- 
gering Illness, at her home In Chi- 
cago. 



The mother, aged 67, of Hild» 
Berlin (Naomi Ha\\» .and .laf k lu-r- 
tin, (lied at Asi)ury I'ark. Dec. 17,"" 
D«^alh was due to heart disease. 



Mrs. M!ch«e! 8c?ioenHcrr, wife of 
the njauager of the Cohimliia tlic- 
uire in Detroit, Uietl December 1). 






:r:.j-TK;n':^^ 



".".r 



OUTDOOR AMUSEMENTS 



?AliJ^Y -^ •-'•.• , .-/' 



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Friday, December 22, ^$22 



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COMPLAINT WITH DISTRICT ATTY. 
FILED AGAINST BERNSTEIN 



Fraud Cliarged in Connection with Carnival Venture 
in San Domingo — Bernstein Alleged to Have Left 
Company of 31 People (10 Girls) Stranded 



Louis Candee has entered a com- 
plaint in the district attorney's of- 
fice with Assistant District Attorney 
l.ehman against Freeman Bernstein 
as a result of a carnival venture in 
.S^n Domingo, charging fraud in in- 
ducing him (Candee) to invest $500 
in a proposed carnival tour in the 
West Indies. The office is investi- 
gating in the usual fashion and will 
take action according to its find- 
ings. 

» Candee has a contract for the 
chuck, dice, red and black and 
P. C.'b concessions in the carnival 
company, where^^y he agreed to pay 
15 per cent, to Bernstein for marine 
money to cover all fixing and 50 per 
cent, of the net profits. Candee 
■tates he invested the mpney. but 
was left behind when Bernstein em- 
barked with a company of 31 people, 
Including 10 girls. 

The company is reported to have 
been stranded in San Domingo, a-a a 
result of which the following cable, 
signed "Morran, consul," was sent to 
Robert Morgan McGauley, atto* ney. 
New York: "If interested prepare 
warrant, arrest Bernstein and Fox 
aboard Clyde steamer Iroquois, ar- 
riving New York Dec. 13." Joseph 
WaltM* Fox was Bernstein's asiso- 
ciate. He is now in New York and 
states he was Bernstein's dupe, 
averring he lost 12,000 on the ven- 
ture, which he gave to Bernstein. 

Mr. McGauley formerly handled 
some legal work for Bernstein, the 
latter also occupying part of his of- 
fice suite, although the attorney 
states he la no longer repre.senting 
him. He claims that Bernstein 
rang up long distance and local 
phone calls exceeding $300 in tota! 
cost, which has not been satisfied; 
also two months' rent. •'" • 

Candee's grievance is that after 
selling him this privelege Bernstein 
sold it all over again to Metz & Bes- 
tank for $1,200. The latte.-, accord- 
ing to a letter in Candee's poa.session. 
are reported to have lost $10,000 on 
the venture. Candee has a check 
for $500 signed by Bernsten on the 
Cl:;ithnm .'c rhr>o>;i\- Natior.:il r..ank. 
New York, which was returned 
marked no funds. 

Fox'.s grievance is that Bernstein 
refused to let him on the lot in 
ITrxyti, which statement is supple- 
mented by an allegation of being 
threatened with corporal punish- 
ment by the showman's henchman. 
Fox came in on the Iroquois with 
Bernstein a day later than sched- 
uled, Dec. 14. 

Mark McCormicH. who is with the 
show as manager of his wife, Alia 
Zaza, Oriental dancer, is reporteJ 
having invested $1G5 also. Ben Ro- 
senthal, who had charge of Bern- 
stein's oflico, is also int. ^rested, 
stating that Bernstein left him be- 
hind to yihoukler responsibility he 
disclaims. 

The astiistant district attorne>'s 
summons wa.s returnable Wednesday 
morning, Ijut Bernstein appeared 
. before Mr. Lehman asking for a 
postponement until Thursday be- 
cause of a marriage ceremony he 
had to attend that day. 



FAIRS AND CIRCUSES 
GEHING TOGETHER 



Smaller Shows in Demand for 

County Events — Figure 

Economies 



Following on the successful en- 
gageme'nt of the Walter L. Main 
circus at several fairs in the east 
last season, fair managers all over 
the country are figuring on con- 
tracts for the coming year. The 
Sparks circus wintering in the 
south has received a score of re- 
quests to negotiate dates, but noth- 
ing has been clof principally be- 
cause the circus man cannot un- 
dertake an engagenijent until his 
route has been sufllciently devel- 
oped to indicate where his show 
will be playing. 

The Walter L. Main fair dates 
were not closed until the tour of 
the top had progressed well along 
and fair contracts kept Downey 
out of desirable territory, although 
it is said the arrangement worked 
out profitably, ev^n if it did cause 
an early closing due to routing dif- 
ficulties. , 

The fair men are attracted to the 
circus proposition for several rea- 
sons. Animal shows and other in- 
dividual exhibits can be set up in 
separate fronts and serve as side- 
shows, while an Important economy 
is promised where features of the 
big top entertainment can be used 
f>.r; the free show before th grand 
stand and thu.s cut down an im- 
portant item of expense. 



tbevellice: in chaboe 

Chicago, Dec. 20. 

R. F. Trevellick la reported to 
have been engaged to take charge 
of the Gus Sun fair agency at 
Springfield, O.. and- Charles Marsh, 
now there, will be transferred to 
Chicago, where the main activities 
of the agency will center. 

Trevellick Is known as one of the 
best "grinders" among the salesmen 
of fair attractions. He has made 
Minnesota and neighboring States 
his ^ stronghold for some years, 
where he has been able to disiwse of 
more attractions to smaller fairs 
than seemed reasonable. Trevel- 
Jick's value has been mainly In plac- 
ing attractions for the full time con- 
tracted, In which he has shown 
genius, according to fair men. In- 
stead of putting acts under contract 
for a certain period and disposing 
of them for a part of this time and 
having a couple of weeks open for 
which the attraction drew salary, 
Trevellick is said to have been re- 
markably successful in disposiiig of 
the open time of such attractions In 
smaller places. 



STATE FAIR ASSOCIATIONS 

RENEW CARNIVAL TALK 



■■■4 



Detroit's Tndoor Circus 

Detroit, Dec. 20.. 
The annual indoor circus of the 
Moslem Temple of the Mystic 
Shrine will be held here Feb. 5-17. 
The proceeds are to be devoted to 
the building fund formed to defray 
the cost of a $6,000,000 temple now 
being built. 



BRUNEN MURDER CASE 
REACHES JURY'S HANDS 



Virginia and North Carolina Bodies^o Go Over Sub- 
ject at Winter Meeting — ^Virginia Convention in 
Ridimond, Jan. 15 

^^^^^ » »— ^— ^— — ^ ■ ■ ^ ■ • , > 



DOPE INVESTIGATORS 
SUSPECT CARNIVALS 



Newspaper Men Believe Some 
Traveling. Organizations Act 
■ ' as Distributors 



Court Refuses to Order Dis- 
missal — Last Minute Testi- 
mony Offered 



The Fred Barnes in Florida 

Chicago, Dec. 20. 
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Barnes of 
P. M. Barnes, Inc., a fair agency 
which has long been prominent in> 
the outdoor fu Id, left for Florida, 
where they will have an extended 
vacation. 



^ Mouat Holly, N. J.. Dec. 20. 

In*the last minutes of the trial of 
Mrs. Doris Brunen and Harry C. 
Mohr, her brother, charged with the 
murder of "Honest John" Brunen. 
the state sprang a surprise by the 
introduction of last-minute testi- 
mony to establish the fact that 
Mohr was in the vicinity of the 
crime on the night of the murder 
instead of in Philadelphia, as he 
testified. The case went into the 
hands of the Jury today after Su- 
preme Court Justice Kalisch de- 
nied the motion by the defense to 
have the jury instructed to acquit 
the defendants. 

Charles Powtll, a concessionaire 
with* the Mighty Doris and Ferrari 
Shows, confessed to the commission 
of the crime, testifying that he had 
been Employed to do the shooting 
by the dead showman's brother-in- 
law, Mohr. The defense attr.cked 
Powell's sanity, but the court ad- 
mitted his testimony. 

The prosecution aslted that a ver- 
dict of guilty be rendered against 
the defendants so that a message 
would "go forth to the world show- 
ing that women can no longer kill 
their hu/sbands and go free." 

Up to late Wednesday night no 
verdict had been reached by the 
Jurors. 



Norfolk Fair, Sept. 3 . 

The date of the Norfolk. Va.. fair 
is set for Sept. 3-8 (Labor Day), 
and J. N. Montgomery, secretary 
and general manager, is in New 
York for a couple of weeks in the 
interest of the tvent. 



HI AND qriUKED 

"Arthur Stewart De^ong (Stewart 
and Keely), manager. Star, Chi- 
cago, broke his arm and is recover- 
ing at the American Theatrical 
Hospital. 

Sylvia De Frankio has gone to 
California to recover from injuries 
received when struck by an auto in 
Minneapolis. The "Just Married" 
company Miss De Frankie was with 
ha:: closed. ' 



The dope disclosures within the 
week In the Hollywood colony and 
the seizure of narcotics In a raid in 
New York when was founA a letter 
asking for morphine and signed 
Evelyn Nesbit, came right on top of 
an intending investigation by news- 
paper men in New York city, prep- 
aratory to a magazine series of 

articles leading up to the source 
through which drugs in quantity arc 
brought into this country. 

The director of the dope investi- 
gation on behalf of the magazine is 
a former dramatic critic. He con- 
ceived the idea that traveling car- 
nivals carried dope peddlers with 
them. A couple of the invest. gators 
called at Variety's New York office 
In quest of iTiformatlon along that 
line. They were Informed carnivals 
were not reputed to have coke ped- 
dlers with them, that traveling 
shows limited to a week's stand 
could hardly build Vip a transient 
trade of that sort, and that a car- 
nival of the class which might fol- 
low it would have no one with it 
financially in a position to be a 
wholesaler in the traffic with the 
drugs averaging |700 a pound at the 
present time. 

The reasons why trafficking in 
drugs with carnivals is unlikely to 
exist did not appear to impress the 
investigators, who stated their di- 
rector felt so certain the carnivals 
were a means of distributing dope 
throughout the country that one in- 
vestigator or more would be de- 
tailed to look over carnivals now 
showing (mostly In the south), re- 
maining with the outfits for a week 
or longer to definitely ascertain if 
drugs are on sale. 



JUDGMENT FOR ACCIDENT 

Chicago, Dec. 20. 

The awarding of judgment against 
Ed Ward for $3,750 in an action 
brought against him by the family 
of one of the boys in his act, who 
was killed -"uring the Sells-Floto 
circus engagement at the Coli.9- 
seum, Chicago, last spring, is the 
first case where Judgment has been 
awarded under the workmen's com- 
pensation law, where the employe 
waived all claims for injury when 
engaged. 

The case will be appealed to the 
Supreme Court. 



FAIR SECTARIES' POSITION: 
"CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES" 



Resent Disposition of Outsiders to "Horn In" — 
Summing Up Net Results of Toronto Convention 
—State Big Fairs Do Not Permit "Blow Offs" 



CARNIVAL OR CIRCUS? 

Kansas City, n ••. 20. 

The members of the board of di- 
rectors of the Missouri state fair 
ar« considering the plan of engag- 
ing a circus in lieu of a carnival to 
furnish the amusement next fall, 

Should the plan be accepted the 
circus would give its performances 
nightly in front of the grand stand. 
in which event the horse show 
would be held in the Coliseum. 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 
After the Hurry of the excitement 
developed In connection with the 
Toronto gathering of fair men, it is 
possible to sum up the net results 
of the meeting and to epitomize the 
opinion of fair men Interviewed 
here as follows: ■ '. 

1, The International Aftsoclntion 
of Fair Keoretaries and Kxposltions 
is able and in Its own Judgment 
qualified to look after its own af- 
fairs. 

2. The International Association 
resents the disposition to "horn in" 
on the part of outsiders. 

It develops that the big state fairs 
have not permitted any of the 
"blow-offs" and "Indecent shows' 



(of which there is complaint at this 
time) for several years past; that 
most of these organizations . have 
their own rides; that it is realized 
that merchandise wheels are the 
fairest thing in connection with con- 
cessions and are therefore permit- 
ted to operate. 

For this reason, the endeavor of 
tlioso who masq\ierade as perform- 
ers, to interject into the state fair 
meeting a private interest, divoK • (i 
as far as ran be from the big fairs, 
is resented. It is pointed out that 
only the biggest carnivals play state 
fairs and that the lly-by-nlght ag- 
gregations, of which there is eom- 
plalnt, have no representation in 
the fair circuits represented at 
Torontow 



SWITCHING UNIT DATES 

(Continued from page 1) 

the Afflliated from St. Louis to To- 
ronto, to make that stand, and is 
laying off this week through Hart- 
ford on the unit circuit having 
closed. Contrary to this routing, 
it is stated that the Klein unit 
is also laying off this week, although 
according to its route it should be 
at Toronto with Buffalo next week. 
Klein, however, Is said to have 
brought the company into New York 
from Detroit, where it played last 
week, laying the show off for the 
current term, with the Central 
plumb held out for it next week. 

The unit producers say Toronto 
has not been a profitable stand this 
season, while it is commonly known 
among them that if Buffalo does full 
orfj)acity with a unit attraction the 
show can not make any money at 
the showing terms. 

Arthur Klein is the general book- 
ing manager for Shobert vaudeville. 
The Afniijxted is the circuit's opera- 
tor and has the routing of the unit 
attractions. I. H. Herk, president 
of the AfTiliated, is said to have in- 
formed the Butler estate of the 
change in its route, and Herk is re- 
ported to have been advised in turn 
by the estate it would not accept 
the assignment. The Butler estate 
formerly played attractions in bur- 
h'stjue and its representatives Know 
Herk from that field. Through Herk 
the I^ttlT estate l» ropririr*! {t\ )^c^\•o 
invested $50,000 in Shubert vaude- 
ville (or Afllliafed) stock, other than 
the production investment for Its 
unit. -.. . ; ■■*■ 

rrodu^ers eonneeled with the 
Shubert vaudfviilo pirrMiit seemed 
uork'^d up over the shift in routing, 
including those producers who havo 
left the circuit using it as an argu- 
ment for themsflves ns displaying 
the disregard in whirh unit pro- 
ducers are held by thoso in charge 
of the circuit, and also by producers 
still actively playing their shows in 
the Sliubert unit houses. 



Although the attempt of the fair 
secretaries failed Toronto to get 
anywhere with the campaign to 
regulate the carnivals, the agita- 
tion refuses to die. 

The first of the winter conven- 
tions of state bodies, that of the 
Virginia association, is set for Jan. 
15 at Murphy's hotel, Richmond. 
The announcement of the annual 
get-together and the call to the 
members contains a broad intima- 
tion, that the whole subject will be 
reopened as far as Virginia is con- 
cerned. Other etate associaticns 
will meet during January and 
February, and the Richmond gath- 
ering will be wat -^d with intere.st. 
It is expected 250 fair officials will 
be on hand in Richmond. 

The carnival situation in Vir- 
ginia is typical of the south. A 
large number of import.-fnt towns 
are closed to traveling carnivals, 
which are permitted only when 
they come in under the auspices of 
a local fair association. The visit- 
ing shows have been the source of 
much annoyance with their girl 
shows and money wheels, but the 
fair men have not been able to de- 
vise any substitute that will bring 
in the same revenue. 

Announcement of the Virginia 
convention says: 

"This meeting (Jan. 15-16) will 
be the most important that has 
ever been held by this organization, 
as there are many matters of im- 
portance that will come before the 
sessions on account of the unusual 
developments in the fair world." 

An urgent request is being sent 
out by C. B. Ralston, secretary of 
the Virginia association, to attend. 



oim?m XMAs CIRCUS 

OF KANY FOREIGN ACTS 



London, Dec. 20. 

Beit ram W. Mills at Olympia is 
preparing for the opening of his 
yearly Christmas circus, Dec. 22. 
It is scheduled to run a month. 

The seating accommodation haS' 
been entirely remodelled and the 
arena will be enclosed, 10.000 yards 
of strong silken material being used 
for the canopy. 

During the past year acts have 
been sought for and engaged In 
every quarter of the world. . Among 
these is Baptlsta Schreiber with 
her school-horse, "Manalik," pre- 
sented to her by her admirers In 
the pesence of Queen Alexandra to 
replace her favorite Arab which died 
mysteriously during the circus in 
January. 1914. 

The circus Schtmiann returns 
with an act in which 30 horses are 
running wild at one time, Rastelli* 
the Juggler, is another re-engage- 
mont. Mijaros and brother are 
Mexican wire-walkers, while a 
French troupe, Five Aleximes, will 
provide serial feats. 

The rest of the acts include six 
performing elephrfnts, sea-lions, 
cockatoos and parrots, cyclists' 
tumblers, acrobats and gymnasts. 
The clowns are exceptionally strong 
and include the veteran Whimsical 
Walker who is out of his usual place 
in Drury Lane pantomine owing to 
the continued run of "Decameron 
Nights." The "free" shows in the 
mile long Xmas Fair include 
"Motors "Which Pass in the Air" 
and "The Human Torpedo." 



JUDGMENTS 

(First name is judgment debtor; 
creditor and amount follow.) 

Howard E. Rogers; P. Leone; 
$137. 3(J. 

S. A G. Amuse. Co., Inc.; City of 
X. Y.; $10.68. 

Adeline Amus. Co. ard Max Spie- 
gel; J. Wener; $15,022.04. 

Reginald 8hortr — Ih — R: — Oho r ti 
costs, $.S2 30. 

Eddie Polo Serial Corp.; Film 
Library. Inc.; $1081.70. 

Bud Fisher; C. Fcldman: $83.2S. 

A. A. G. Amus. Corp.; Van Huron 
S: X. Y. nillposting Co ; $331.70. 

Rodolph Valentino; J. W. Amey; 
$f)Oi.»;o. 

Mollie King Alexander; Fltzger* 
i.Tld Mfj. Co.; costs, $121.17. 



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The Gertrude Ilofrman unit show plays at the Central, New York, next 
week Ita first local appearance since starting out. It's Arthur Klein's 
finlt production. Klein is the general booking manager for Shubert 
vaudeville. It is now reported if the show does well, it may hold over for a 
second week. It will probably do well through the holiday week, winding 
ibe term up Sunday, December 31, with three performances, the house 
living a third show New Year's Eve at midnight. The plum fell into 
Klein through having held out the show from a New York engagement 
eo far, on the plea he didn't want to have it appear on Broadway, in case 
it might be elaborated for next summer at the Winter Garden. 



Cut rates for vaudeville are quite unusual, but they seem to have helped 
the business at the Central, New York, somewhat. Judging by the gross 
there last week when the house did |9,400, with an extra attraction at a 
ealary of |1,500. Besides the cut rates considerable business came in with 
the two-for-one tickets issued by the theatre for the Shubert unit house. 
Figuring that the gross was $9,500 with the cut rates and the doubles for 
one admissiion, what the theatre may have done for actual gross at the 
regular box office scale Is problematical. It could not have done a great 
deal since it is reported the Central sa'e at the cut rates' half price had 
been Quite some. It may have been with the intention of going into cut 
Tates that the Shuborts increased the week-day scale of the Central to 
$2.20 top, giving the house a play at $1.10 for cut rates, although the cut 
rate oflflces generally pays to the theatres for $2 tickets but 90 cents. As 
the cut rates are al^o selling for the Central's matinees, the house is 
drawing tliat class of business twice daily at present. It is not looked 
upon as a i)ermanent business getter since the cut rate customers are of 
the once only sort, who take the tickets at tlie bargain price and seldom 
think again of that theatre until pomething new opens at it. In the case 
of the Central the newness might have to be a new policy. 

When exhausting the cut rate supply of patrons, just what the Central 
expects to follow that with, unless it is the two-for-one to continue, 
doesn't appear to have been considered. 

The entrance of the Central into cut rates seems something of an ad- 
mission that the unit shows can't ilo business at their scale, since big 
time vaudeville (Keith's) in New York not only flghts speculators to keep 
ttieir tickets away from the scalping gentry, but has a sliding scaTe up- 
ward for holidays and Sundays instead of looking to ticket agencies to aid 
business through selling what is considered a popular scaled Broadway 
entertainment at half price. 

Should local papers throughout the country print that Shuberts' Cen- 
tral, New York, is selling tickets at half the admission charge at the box 
otTlce. the hinterland that harbors the unit shows or Shuberts' stiaight 
vaudeville might expect that a reduction be placed into effect out there, 
either directly or by the two-for-one process. 

Cut rates may be prolitab'e for a short while but thoy never have es- 
tablished nn> thing for a theatre and never can, mainly through the quality 
and calibre of the cut rate buyers. 



A earbaret around New York, fa- 
moua for the amount of "cheating** 
it has gotten away with, has added 
a new wrinkle to the restaurant rou- 
tine of getting away with some- 
thing. The recent clamping down 
of the lid by the police department 
on all the dance places in town, has 
resulted in this establishment draw- 
ing a prize edition from the force 
looking for promotion. It means the 
officer not only walks around the 
place during his duty tour but 
hovers over the tables until the 
parties subjected to the scrutiny 
simply pay their check and walk 
out. Business has fallen away to 
almost nothing since this lad was 
detailed as a supervisor. The "out" 
the management has found comes 
on Sunday nights, when the blue 
uniformed Simon Legree is off, and 
another policeman is in. After one 
o'clock a master of ceremonies 
steps to the middle of the floor, and 
asks, "Who wants to dance?" If 
anyone answers In the afllrmative, 
and it's invariably the rule, the an- 
nouncer replies, "See the cop." 
After which the orchestra conies out 
and the panic is on. ,t 



SPORTS 



'The Shuberts' a ts". those playing or having played in Shubert vaude- 
ville (including the unit shows) are going through a process of ".salary 
cutting" whin api)lying elsewhere for engagements. "Cutting' as ap- 
plied to the Shubert acta, is not limited to any booking office. All are 
trying it, those making ajiy offers for the Shubert turns. The salary cut- 
ting depends upon what the at received when last appearing on the 
time It is again app'ying for. What the acts received from Shubert 
Vaudeville does not enter. 

Even the independent vaudeville mamagers booking through the inde- 
pendent agencies have instructed the booking men to pay less to Shubert 
acts. It might not be imagined the independent managers could afford 
to assume that attitude since their bills demand the best that may 
be obtained, but they nevertheless are doing so. believing they will make 
a little money by the cutting. One booking office Jn New York that 
should know better has been making ridiculous olYers to Shubert acts, 
It thinking the acts were broke and would have to accept. 

The acts however, playing for the Shubert time and unu.sually at a 
very decided advance over what they previously received in big time 
vaudeville have not as yet aciepted the drastic cut offers. They seem de- 
pendent though more or less upon time in the middle West, and West, 
which, while not offering the turns full salary, have so far submitted 
moderate cuts and left the matter open for further negotiations. 

While the Orpheum Circuit has taken two or three of the larger salaried 
acts the Shuberts played, the Orpheum Is not looking for them, and the 
Keith olUcos seem altogether indifferent. • 



Harry Rose and his own bill of 
specialists opened Saturday night 
at the Side Show restaurant. Rose 
proved his popularity by giving the 
cabaret the largest crowd ever 
pushing their way into that place, 
and Jammed it again Sunday night. 
His personal success was emphatic, 
and a couple of his associates on 
the program also scored. The best 
known of the two girl singles Is 
Isabella Jason, a strong favo»'ite in 
Chicago. Miss Jason brought east 
her "dummy dance," altogether new 
in New York. Dressed in men's 
evening clothes, she dances a jazz- 
ing bit with a female dummy figure 
strapped toe to toe. She makes It 
picturesque and oft times amusing. 
It was an instantaneous score for 
her, also her previous turn (two 
shows nightly, after midnight), a 
straight Jazz dance. The other 
young wohian was Alurlel Stryker 
in striking dances of her own. var- 
iously costumed. A comedy girl for 
this style of dancing and with 
youth. Miss Stryker easily walked 
or danced into favor. Mr. Rose ad 
libbed, while acting as master of 
ceremonies in no uncertain manner, 
doing his own turn to big results, 
and holding the crowd (without 
public dancing) almost intact for 
the second show. 



Somewhere in the mld-sectlon of Manhattan Is rather a swift little 
poker game for girls to play. It is a "blind tiger" dollar limit, but to 
accelerate the action, the ante is put up one do'Lar each by the first three 
players, that giving the "pot" $3 before the fourth player bets. The girls 
think it Is high and enJoy it, although their losses run as high as $300 to 
$400 a sitting, when luck is badly against them. Among the losers so far 
are one or two young women professionals not internationally notorious 
as spendthrifts. 



The Fuller Circuit of Australia Intends next summer to reopen its 
American office (agency), when one of the Fuller brothers (Ben or John) 
will visit this side once again. The office, last at San Francisco, was 
lately closed. Following its closing, said Ben Fuller in a letter to a 
member of Variety's staff, and while the circuit's advertisement con- 
tinued In Variety, so many letters came to the main office of the Circuit 
In Sydney, with nearly all calling for the payment by the Fuller head- 
quarters of deficiency postage, that the matter became an annoyance 
and the advertisement was withdrawn. The Fullers are now the leading 
theatrical firm in the Antipodes, with Hugh J. Ward directing the legit- 
imate operations in which they are interested with him. Hugh Mcintosh, 
formerly the big time vaudeville manager of Australia, has several all 
theatrical connections, now devoting himself entirely over there to his 
publishing and sporting interests. 



A Chicago report thi.s week stated that one of a two-men -ai t lately 
•eparatlng in the Sotith was said to have eloped with and married the 
former member of a mixed vaudeville team, who lately secured a divoice, 
after her marital troubles also had started In the Southland. 



The Increase in business at the Colonial. New York, is a shining ex- 
ample of what modern resust icating methods can do for a theatre suf- 
fering from light attendance. J. DeWald, the manager, and Johnnie Col- 
lins, the booktr of the house, with the aid of the Keith publicity b.tireau, 
get the credit fm- the planting of "heralds" -in all of the dally papers sold 
In the neighhorhod, in addition to a distribution of the literature around 
the different clubs, etc. The latest stunt has been the disrril)Ution of 
admission tickets to poor children of the neighborhood, admitting them 
to the matinees free when accompanied by an adult. An essay contest 
was tied uj) with the engagement of the "Stars of the Future" turn. 
Cash priz'-s wc:e announ<»'d for essays on the most pripiilar memliMr of 
the sextctto .-ind the i-easons why. Thi.s* Is to be t'oilov\rd up with an 
"essay" on "Why I think the Colonial shows are best.' A local talent 
"Follies" i« ji 1 > I" !"• -•; u;td. and o'hor itif<'rr"<f grahbors and luisiness 
buiUlor.<. Tl.!' iKi. :!:i . • at thr hot»M^ jumped ..w.r ^ii.uiia \:t^\ u-.^.y; 



Lee Morrison has Instituted two 
actions against the Knickerbocker 
Grill. Inc. (Joe Tani's) for $1,000, 
on breach of contract, and the other 
for $288. as oneweek's salary balance 
due. The suit is on assigned claim 
of Ned Wayburn, who staged the 
Princess Nyoka-Nyokl revue, with 
four girls, on a half of the couver 
charge agreement. A minimum of 
$1,000 a week was guaranteed. The 
couver also had the orchestra sal- 
aries charged against it, Nov. 18, 
the management gave Wayburn two 
weeks' notice, according to contract, 
but refused to permit the show to 
fulfill the last week. 



The Club Gallant (Barney) will 
open Dec. 26. It is located at Wash- 
ington square south <and MacDougal 
street. New York. It will have a 
seating capacity of but 112. An 
orchestra of 12 pieces will play. 
Pliiys of short duration are to be 
presented by a cast of 20. 



CIssie Hayden. own-^r of the 'I^nglish Daisies" d.incing art of 1ft Kng- 
li.<*h girls, with J.-m-Is Sin!?»M"s Shub»rt vaudeville unit. 'Udo New Vori.," 
states shf p.t d tho fare.^ of thv girls from St. Louis fwher*^ l\\f unit shf»w 
stranded) t.» Chicago, and adds that she has neither received the $1,400 
sal.ity dii»' from Singi-r, n<>r has she heard "when any of it will b*- pi id 
to her. Cttiiciwi.'it^ .Miss llaytlen bitterly complains of her treatm<nt \>y 
the management sluniiy before, and at the time of the show'.s fini.*!!. 



George Grotsmith, J. A. E. Ma- 
lore, Andre Chariot and Paul Mur- 
ray produced a new cabaret show 
at the Hotel Metropole, London. 
December G. which is a new edi- 
tion of its trade mark name, "The 
Midnight Follies." It was staged by 
Carl Hj'son, who appears in two 
of the numbers. In the first he Is 
assisted by A'era Leinox and Ceclle 
Maule-Cole. and In the s 'cond by 
Marjorie Sjjers. The leading lady 
is (lertrude Lawrence, who made a 
name ftu- herself in several of the 
recent Chailot revues. Te.v Mc- 
I.<eod does rope tricks and tells 
stories in the closest kind of inii- 
tatiori of Will Kog<rs. The London 
County Cfujncil does not permit 
over six people to appear in a caba- 
ret show, but the niai auernent se- 
< iire«l a special dispensat on ffir one 
month to permit of th<' intrfiduc(it>n 
of half a dozen extra Rirls. who have 
been well selected, .and ad<l inati-ri- 



a!Iy. The audience Is permitted to 
dance befoi-e and after the pi'ofes- 
sional er terlainni' lit. Tiek«^'|s, in- 
cludng siip|»er, aie L'O .'^hillinns. and 
on extension n ghls (Tiiesda\s aii«l 
iridaysi. v, lien the\- are allowed '( 
remain oi»en unil 2 a rn.. the chaiL;. 

(Conl inind on p.i;;'- '.',\ t 



"Left Hook" Chicago Charley White 
came Into his o^n at last before 
a New York boxing crowd at Mad- 
ison Square (harden Friday night 
when he won from HItchle Mitchell, 
who has kept the rep of Milwaukee 
brightened since the beer that made 
the burg famous took the air. Mit- 
chell's light went out In the 10th of 
a 15-round bout. H^klssed the can- 
vas three times, and was struggling 
to his feet when the Boxing Com- 
mission physician signaled the 
bout stopped. 

It was the same Mitchell who 
last winter frenzied the Garden 
when, after being dropped three 
times in the first round by Benny 
Leonard, he sent the champion 
flat on his haunches, but Leonard 
knocked him out In the seventh 
round. For gameness put Ritchie 
among the gamest, / 

All the Broadway thrillers and 
mystery plays combined could not 
provide the intensity of excitement 
that rolled over the Garden in 
waves. The star bout was a hair- 
raiser, put the semi-final with Kline 
Flores and Johnny Shugrue elec- 
trified the fans In almost every one 
of the 12 rounds, with the decision 
awarded Joe Shugrue's likely 
brother. Either one of 'these boys 
would supply a draw at the Garden 
against Dundee. Shugrue recently 
gave the "Scotch Wop" a trimming 
down New England way. Johnny 
says he was then "hog- fat." There 
Is one way to prove It, and fhat is 
to meet the young Jerseyman again. 
The Manila youth, too. would give 
Dundee as good an argument. On 
his second scrap at the Garden. 
Flore.s Impressed even more than at 
his debut with the walloping Jack 
Bernstein, when the Judges' decision 
was booed. But Eli no can take it 
and give back plenty. Like Ritchie 
Mitchell, his fistic rating Is right 
with those born to fight. 

The veteran White is touted as on 
his way for another crack at Leon- 
ard's lightweight championship, 
with his win of last week placing 
him in line. But before that match 
Is made, the logical bout should be 
Lew Tendler and White. That's a 
mill that would hang 'em on the 
Garden rafters. If Nate Lewis saw 
the White- Mitchell mix-up he must 
have, been both surprised and sore. 
He pleaded with Charley to let go 
with those powerful arms countless 
times when under hiH*Ynanagement. 
White should have been champion 
before Leonard's star wtarted to 
glow. ac«-ording to tlie fight experts, 
and the many who say the Chl- 
cagoan is prone to "dog It." Thesf 
were moments last week when 
White looked ready to quit. He 
sent Mitchell down for the count In 
the first round, the result of a left 
hook while in a (linch. Ritchie 
arose and out -gamed White until 
the bell sounded, and in the second 
round came back so strongly that 
Charley was certainly In distress. 
White was olway.s edging In, Mit- 
chell nervously dancing clock-wise 
around the burly White because of 
that old left mauler until the ninth 
round. By then Mitchell had a clear 
leaden points. He crossed with his 
right any number of times and 
White was hurt. The crowd was on 
Its feet expecting a knockdown. 

The ninth was a whirlwind, with 
either man liable to connect. Mit- 
chell jabbed While repeatedly and 
crossed with the right. It made 
Charley desperate, and he pumped 
with both arms, one wallop reach- 
ing Ritchie'* glass Jaw, and he went 
down. Kven then, when it looked 
like curtains for Mitchell, he arose 
to throw punches Into White's face 
and Chai le5' almost wilted. In the 
next frame, however. White waded 
in with both hands nud the admir- 
able Mitchell went out. 

The Shugrue - Flores thriller 
started the "neventh Inning" stuff 
in the first round, too. Backers of 
the Jersey kid were chattering at 
his speed and tho snap of his 
punches, when In a flash the Fil- 
ipino c:iuKht blin on the button and 
lohnny went down, making attempts 
to rise bl»fore the full count, which 
he did. Flores entered the ring with 
his right ear in iilasters, i)robaldy 
the result rf a too recent mat<h. 
When the cotton was rubbed off 
about the middle of the fight the 
wound bled i)rofusely. Hhugrue dis- 
idayed class and ehampionshii> 
promise, llsin^' from that solid 
kno( Uriown and f.irrj'ing the fiRht- 
ing to Elino. iJoih bo.\ s are pos 
.^•essed of the splendid sfieed of 
\outh. .* -ihiiLiMe. f)erhi[)s, is fjistei 



ed out his time. In the eighth It 
was apparent Flores had hurt hl« 
right hand. It wna held in position, 
but only at times during the next 
three rounds did he make any pre- 
tense of using it. Flor(^ actually 
fought the doughty Shugrue with 
one hand until the 12th round, and ' < 
then it was a question if he tried 
to pimch with it. A wonder of an 
exhibition. Shugrue got the decision 
and maybe earned it, but a draw 
would have been fairer. 

The Garden was well filled, though 
not capacity. The come-back at- 
tendance was certainly helped bjr / 
the ringside top of $5. The two 
shows prior to the six-day bike in- 
terrupting the weekly oxhlbltlona ^ 
were woefully off, and It was free- 
ly commented the reason was In 
the watery-eyed decisions. Fight 
fans have short memories. Last , 
week's big show will mean big busi- 
ness for 8ome time. 



At a meeting of the members of 
the International Skating Union of 
America at Montreal last Sunday 
dates for the international outdoor .^ 
amateur speed skating circuit events 
for the season were definitely fixed. 
Tho international champlunvhlps 
scheduled for St. John, N. B., will 
take place Feb. 14-16; the Canadian 
national events will be staged at 
Montreal, Feb. 2-3; the American 
national events will be decided at 
Chicago, Jan. 26-28; the Adirondack 
gold cup championships will be 
staged at Johnson City, N. Y., Jan. 
12-14. Three meets will be staged In 
the Adirondacks during the winter, 
at Plattsburgh, Jan. 17-19; at Lak«'^ 
Placid. Feb. 8-10, and at Saranao >- 
Lake, Jan. 30-31 -Feb. 1. The ama* .. 
teur racers listed on the circuit in- 
clude Wheelei' of Montreal, Gorman 
and (Jarnett of St. John, Donovan, 
Nuhfer and Cochrane of Johnson 
City, William and Julian Stelnmetz. 
McWhirter, Bungen and Kasky of 
Chicago, Ploster and Stephenson of 
Toronto, Ferelberg of Cleveland, 
Moore. Murphy and Hern of New 
York, Pickering of New Jersey. Jew- 
traw and Blalls of Lake Placid and 
Green of Saranac Lake. 



Basketball trouble appears In the 
offing as a result of the action of the 
Jasper (Eastern I^eague) club In 
suspending Harry Riconda, Barney 
Sedran and Marty Friedman for re- 
fusing to play an exhibition game 
and the decision of the Albany team 
in the New York State League to 
use them in the holiday games. 
When the Eastern and New York 
State circuits adopted their working 
agreement a month ago it was stipr 
ulated that the three stars of the 
Albany five would be available for 
all holiday games with Jasper, The 
players, as a result of their suspen- 
sion by Jasper, apparently lose lit- 
tle, because Albany, instead of re- 
maining idle on the holidays, as de-.^, 
cided at the time of the agreement, ' 
will now play two games Christmas 
day and probably two more on New 
Year 8. The trio will fill In their off 
nights by appearing with profes- 
sional teams elsewhere. Whether 
the action of the Albany club in de- 
ciding to use them next Monday is 
to be considered a violation of the 
agreement with the Eastern League 
remains to be seen. 



In short jolts, but |'i.,res is qui<kei 

in taKii)). advantage ( f openings. 
The niillinir was riuious in every 

roiiml. One and then the other was 
•I -Cgy. Ill the lifrh .Shimnn- evened 
M> the«e Rr«»re by lellinn tli.- l.ro\vii- 
kiniied lad. who »mn»-.l »..\viir|s 

the cotntiiip Jn«lye and ^ ,«,ni|y w im- 



Although on the verge of a knock* 
out in the tenth round. Jack Mc* 
Farland of New York came back 
strong in the last two rounds and 
earned a draw with Vlnce Coffey, 
the Kingston battler, at the Collar 
City A. C. of Troy. N. Y.. Monday 
night. McFarland hammered Cott^y 
to a fare-thee-well In tho 11th and 
12th sessions, and his good work in 
these rounds accounted for the de- 
cision of the Judges, although some 
fans were of the opinion that Co'" y 
should have been given the decision. 
In the last round, apparently realiz- 
ing the decision would be given 
against him If he did not spring a 
(iarrison finish, McFarland leaped 
after Coffey like a Bengal tiger at 
the sound of the bell and never let 
up for a minute until the final gong. 
He let go a' }»a»rage of rights and 
lefts to the Jaw and soon had the 
Kingston battler in a bad wa.v. He 
was whaliriK CofTt-y at will when tht^ 
gong rang, eruling the fiisht. v ;_, 

Sporting writers have picked 
Princeton to win the intercollegiate 
basketball ( hampionshlp again th\m 
season. The Tigers have the same 
•lulnfet with which they won ti»e 
iienna nl last ve;ir. and ^OWCh Zahn 
is confidetit his rrew will repeat. 
The squad inrhules Captain J.-tck 
leiTries. John Kl.aess. Tiny Gaines. 
Alt Loel>. Murray Foster and W 
.S.iden.<i''l<er. Speaking of the «er»- 
.'i»n's prospects. Coach Zahn sav^r 
■ They have plenty^ f>f fibilily. bnt 
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No. 6 



Merry Chrictmat 



A benefit will bo held Sunday eve- 
ning, Feb. 11, at the Lexington, New 
York, for the welfare work at the 
Manhattan State hOHpital, Ward's 
Island, and the King's Park State 
hospital. Nat Sobel of the Keith 

..office will be in charge, with the 
benefit given under the direction of 
E. F. Alboe and the Keith office will 

' supply the program. Mr. Sobel, who 
Is a Keith booking agent, has given 
much attention to the inmates of 
these institutions, especially unfor- 
tunate professionals in them, and it 
was he who suggested a benefit per- 
formance to promote the funds. 



H. 8. Kraft, musical agent, has 
started action against Leo Ornstein, 
concert pianist, asking damages to 
the extent of 110,000, the suit being 
based on the allegation by Kraft 
that Ornstein failed to play several 
engagements booked for him by 
Kraft on a 30 weeks' contract. One 
of the dates Ornstein is alleged to 
have not played In accordance with 
the contract claimed by Kraft Is the 
Capitol. New York, week Nov. 12. 



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"BROADWAY PRESTIGE" 

"Broadway Pr«stig«" isn't "prestlging" to profit along the hlghwas'a this 

season. The reports of "Broadwuy hUs" closing on tha roaa «x« ao 

numerous it must cause Broadway producers to reason out what a Broad- 
way hit means nowadays. 



Perhaps the peer Is "The Hairy Ape," but that appears -to have been 
more a matter of critical opinion than longevity on the big alley. Though 
the New York critics wildly enthused over that blasphemous effort of 
O'Neil's, the New Yorkers did not respond to the extolled merits, but 
went to hear the swearing they would not speak themselves in a polite 
parlor. 



The New York critics have not been guessing so well this season. Their 
Chicago brethren of the typewriter are doing better. The Chlcagoans 
turned "The Hairy Ape," and it remained turned, closing in that burg. 
The Chicago pickers said "A Texas Nightingale" (then called "Great- 
ness") and first shown in Chi, wasn't there. It wasn't. Then it moved 
to New York, at the Empire, a theatre credited with having a clientele 
sufficient to s-upport any play for eight weeks at least. Again the New 
York crowd of play experts fell down. They raved over "A Texas Night- 
ingale," said it was the greatest comedy of current times, and it lasted 
four weeks at the Empire. 



The argument might ari.«e, wlmt Is "Broadway Prestige," home-made, 
critic-made or manufactured. The home-made brand would be the best. 
If critio-made, new plays might better open in Chicago, where the critics 
seem to be more in tune with their reading public, or p.^rhaps they un- 
derstand more about what the public will p^' for than the New Yorkers 
with their Broadway dreams. 



and ita people atraighten out the curvatur«a that ar« now in their aplnea 
and do something to prevent the dalliea from printinf acandal, real or 
Imaginary, unleas it la coupled with a fact. 



Will H. Hays might talk against the dallies Instead of with them. 
Most of the attacks are directed against picture people. Mr. Hays ia 
presumed to be their guardian director, their protector, aa well as tha 
"czar" of the film Industry. He bda been acting for a year now. That's 
almost time enough to find out who la who In ajiy buaina^a aa limited in 
scope and persons as the picture business. If the executivea who engaged 
Hays have the same dread of the dailies aa the picture people attacked, 
why can't Hays clean out the whole bunch of undesirables, players and 
executives in pictures, then protect the remainder, whom he can personally. 
It seems to be wholly up to Hays, at least this phase of It, and It appears 
to be up 'to him to attempt to stop this outburst of sensational "news" 
against the picture people which even more Injurea the industry he 
represents as a whole. These things were among the Hays declarations 
when he assumed office. 



It all may conclude by a producer eventually opening on Broadway, to 
let 'er run, and stopping her when she won't run any longer. Because 
the road knows, and it doesn't believe Broadway, nor the Broadway critics 
who so ably stand by their friends, a newspaper species not uncommon and 
not to be railed at— but still, there is the reading public, and even a critic 
must hang onto his job. . ■; '. f 



The trial of Blanchette and De- 
vere vs. Keystone, Philadelphia, has 
been postponed until the February 
term. The postponement was grant- 
ed last Monday following the sud- 
den Illness of Miss Blanchette. The 
suit Is a result of alleged injuries 
when Miss Blanchette was struck 
by an olio drop at the Keystone, 
June 12, 1920. The plaintiff asks 
$15,000 damages. 



John J. Scholl's new musical 
comedy, "Elsie," opens in Cincinnati 
next week. Noble Sissle and Eubie 
Blake composed it and Walter 
Brooks did the staging. Producer, 
composers and stagers were all in- 
terested In the "ShuflTle Along'* 
show, but "Elsie" is not of the dusky 
type of entertainment. 



THE DREAD OF THE DAILIES 



As to Wally Raid, that's a Joke; the publicity or notoriety attending 
his illness just now. Hays knew about Reld within two months after 
he assumed office; Reld's employers and their staffs knew all about It, 
yet 10 months after Hays is talking to the newspapers for them to 
make more "news" out of It about Reld and dope. And yet Reld was 
allowed to make "Thirty Days," his last picture, which told the whole 
Reid personal story right in it. 



Maybe some day .«;ome attacked player will turn, start something and 
go through with it, but until someone does the dallies will keep right on, 
those dailies that live on this kind of stuff, and must have it to live 
until no one knows who will be the next. • ■■ 



If there w^as a little li.^ss dread of the dailies among theatre people, 
there wouldn't be so much about theatre people in some of the dailies. 



Running a newspaper isn't much different from any other business, 
as a business. With some dailies it's getting to be a cold-blooded busi- 
ness, about as brutal as it could be, not against those whom the papers 
attack, but brutal in their methods of maintaining son.sationalism to hold 
readers. :,-/ ■,-„..-■, 



And that newspaper which calls Itself "The World's Greatest News- 
paper," with its bathroom located as a branch in New York! Why 
doesn't It follow the example of its ugly child? It can't be half clean, 
AVest or East, and it isn't, and what either of them could say about their 
connections! But all dailies are not in the journalistic sewer— not yet. 
It's a wonder some of the regular dailies don't attempt to divide the 
classification,* say, a paper like the New York "World," which is really 
the greatest daily newspaper of them all. 

TOMMY'S TATTLES 

I By THOMAS J. GRAY , 



The law provides two forms of redress against newspapers — civil and 
criminal actions 'for libel. But the show people don't want to attack the 
papers that attack them. They rather seem to want to forget it and 
have the papers forget it. 



The Christmas Number season will soon be on us. Think of the thou- 
sands of people who are now trying to think up a new way to say "Merry 
Christmas." 

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What has become of the old-fashioned act that used to advertise 
Booked solid'? 



In this day, when notoriety in the sensational sheets may ruin the 

commercial value of a player who is capable of earning thousands yearly, 

it's about time someone connected with the theatre took ho'd of thii? 
onslaught by the dailies against theatricals and its" people, if the people 
themselves will not or are afraid to. 



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Cohen's^ Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 

heretofore playing pictures the first 
half with the Columbia shows the 
second half, starts with six vaude- 
ville acts the first half next week. 
Fally Markus is booking the house. 
The Columbia shows continue on 
the second part of the split. 



The professionals attacked so far may have had no grounds to legally 

reply, according to their notion, but there were several mentioned in 

connection with the Taylor murder on the coast who could have success- 
fully maintained libel actions, we believe, against every sensational paper 
in the country which printed the libelous matter. 



The testimonial dinner to E. C. 
Lauder, Keith executive, by his as- 
sociates in the booking office In 
December, has been postponed until 
Jan. 20, at the Plaza hotel. 



Tom Kennedy, the independent 
agent and booker, has taken Irving 
Sherman Into his offi^'e to book the 
club department. In addition they 
will book acts with all of the inde- 
pendent circuits. 



The act billing of Hal and Hazel 
Langton, reviewed at the L'3d Street, 
New York, last week is ".Market- 
ing," not "Shopping." 



Vivian Holt, (formerly Holt and 
Rosedale), left the Mclntyre and 
Heath show this week. It Is booked 
for a long tour to the coast. 



Cleo and Thomas Cvaudevillp) 
have announced the dissolution of 
their stage partnership. 

The Criterion, Buffalo (Shuhert 
vaudeville), will play vrmdeville 
next week, returning? the followinp: 
week to the unit bookinK. 



Harry Collins, whose Collins Inn. 
J'ittsburgh, gained a <'ertain pt)p- 
ularity In the last couple of years 
as a chiof blaek-and-tun resort was 
rommitted in Criminal Court here 
last week on dope selling charges. 



While dry agents in I'lttsrjurch 
have announced Intensive activity 
around the holidays. especially 
getting after the cafes, yet cafe 
proprietors are taking he;irt as a 
result of the announced resignation 
of Director .McCandless, who has 
been a keen pu>)lic safety dlr<^-ctor. 
2fo successor has been named; his 
resignation to take effect Jan. 1. . 



That is in the past, however. It's the future that calls for preventive 
action. These sen.^ational dallies are publishing their sensational stories 
and libels with the utmost caution, not as to persons they involve, but 
in their efforts to dodge the libel laws. They have writers who are 
believed to be skillful libel dodgers and lawyers to pass upon stories 

before they are published. It Isn't a concern any more with a sensa- 
tional daily whether the subject matter is libelous; it's how to avoid the 
libel it may contain as a straight news «tor>'. Thus you will read if you 
read with understanding in the sensational stories of the stage and its 
people In those papers how the stories are worded in a manner to lead 
the newspaper publisher;? to believe they escape the libel laws. But they 
don't. L»lbe] holds by implication or by reference or by identification. 
These libel dodging dailies arc about on a par with what the public 
understands as "shyster lawyer.s," the lowest of their cla.ss, the .scav- 
engers of their profession. 



Lost, Strayed or Stolen— That oldtirae saying, "Other good time to 
follow." 



Things are so tough for stnge people that we heard of an acrobat who 
was down to his last handkerchief. 



People are spending a lot of time trying to think up new ways to sell 
theatre tickets. Why not go back and try the old way? 



There is a novelty In the way of a show due on Broadway In the near 
future. Someone has written a mystery play. 



Isn't it odd? Just when you think about everything anyone could think 
of has been done, someone comes along with something new. 



Electric sign on downtown New York theatre reads, "Happiness Week. 
The Prisoner of Z^nda." 



It Is almost time for those two famous old headllners, "AnniversaiT 
AVeek" and "Vaudeville Festival" to come around again. 



The wrjtera who have grown to be specialists in the infamous practi*^** 

within recent year.-*, develoi)ing among sen.-^ational dailies which must 

have new sensations 'Ontinuou.sly, have in part become unscrupulous. 

They have reached the point where they must make sensations and hang 

to the opinion the easiest sensational story oDtainod is with the show 
people, theatricals haxing th.j most widely known per.sonalities throuRh 
advertising and publicity. If a minister commits a crime, that is news 
and of the record. If a layman does the same, the record is there for 
the news story, with such embellishment as the reporter may add. But 
with theatrical pcoijle stories arc made. 

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Concurrent with the Reld disclosures on the coast, a vicious scheme 

was liatciied l>y some of these si)ocial writers. It appears to have been 

suggested by "the letter witii the name 'E. Nesbif .sinned to it." There 

was a libel dodging line i)rinted in more tlian one daily within the past 

weelis. That line doesn't identify Kveljn Neshit a.'^ the leltcr writer, on 

the theory there couM be more ihaji one 'E. Nesbii." Following that 

tliought, the writer.s or the di^Kers for the sensational press conceived 
the pan ««f "disoverinR" other letters jn dLsrejiutable places, signed by 
ii.itials of various jiromineni theatrical ••roleM.-»i(»nals, usinp that as a lead 
to fo llow up in a yellow story. It mad e no dilf* ten co whether it was oi* 
was not the person the rea(lin>? i>ublic would bcire\'e it to be. In any 
event the intent was to detail such matter as miKht be maile to read 
scandalously in cojiiiection with their caieer or otheis. 



Mike Spelser, a Philadelphia clothing manufacturer, is working on * 
plan to sell the owners of picture theatres overcoats to loan to the patrons 
In the lobby who wait for the second show. If you don't like the coat, 
you don't have to wait. 



Snappy lines with advertising value for Christmas cards— Free-—Free! 

'■ . ■:'.'■ ■ '■■ ;; A merry Xmas day to you; 
. . , :; We hope you're not a number two. 



.Season's greetings, ice and snow, 
NVe're the act that stops the show. 



.May Christmas on you merrily prance; 
You want to catch our brand new dance 



The best Christmas In all your life; 
This card is fsom me and the wife. 



May Santa Claus be all about; . 
on u.s the crowd does not walk out. 



Smile all day Xma.s — go on, try It: 
IJook us <iuicl<ly if you want a riot. 



.\ joyous peal from the Xmas bell, 
1 rom one who can play all parts well. 



-Now of all the Xmas cards you get, 
Tills one jh from the public's pet. 



Notoriety of ilj.it nature nii,i;hi drive aiiynii*- oirt t-f tiie .show business. 
and, if not actually accomplishing that end, reduce value to an extent 
tlieir earning capacity would be woefully curtailed. If the Initial scheme 
is not continued, something else will be devised unle.'«8 the Khow business 



.\t this cheap Xmas card don't scoff; 
For six months wb've been laying off,- 



A card in tlie hand is worth two In Santa Claus' bushes. 



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CHICAGO GETS tUT RATES" 
THROUGH COUTHOUI AGENCY 



^'Quecn of Scalpers" Sell ''Village Follies" at $1.75 
.—Hard Hit by Several Shows This Season 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 
: Florence Couthoul, Chicago's own 

queen of the ticket scalpers, is en- 
gaged In the cut-rate ticket busi- 
ness, according to disclosures here 
which have rocked th£ theatrical 
world bounded by the loop. Tickets 
lor ••Greenwich Village Follies" 
have been offered to eijiployes of 
one of the big electric companies 
here at as low as $1.75. This 
branching out of the Couthoul ac- 
tivities has caused surprise for the 
reason that previous rumors of this 
nature have been succeasfuliy 
killed. 

When the "Queen" was "stuck" 
with at least 200 tickets a night on 
"The Circle" at the Selwyn on a 
400-ticketa«a-nlght buy, there were 
reports of cut -rating on the part of 
Couthoul agencies which were de- 
nied. At that time it was explained 
•ales were being made to concerns 
seeking buys of over 100 tickets at 
reduced rates. 

But when Mrs. Couthoul made 
an outright buy of "Greenwich Vil- 
lage Follies" and found a slow 
market she is reported to have 
started cut rates to recuup. It 
seems that the original plan was 
to bring this show to Chicago for 
13.30 but "the Queen" manipulated 
and demanded a percentage which 
led to raising the admission to 
$S.86. There is a dull demand at 
this figure. "When people showed 
Inclination to buy at cut rates they 
have been referred to the Couthoul 
office at 63 Weet Randolph. It is 
also said that tickets have been 
sold at the cut rates In barber 
shops. Aniiong the Ijsers for the 
Couthoul agency to date have been: 

Pauline Frederick in "The Guilty 
One." 

"Good Morning Dearie." 

"The Circle." 

••Six-Cylinder Love." - 

"Bombo" (first half of weok). 

"The Gr^n Goddess." 
• ■•'Bull Dog Drummond." 

The Community Ticket Club died 
k-bornin'. Mrs. Couthoui mustered 
fiufl^cii'nt backing and exerted 
enough influence with theatre man- 
agers and treasurers whom she is 
reported to control to prevent the 
new organization from securing 
llcket.s. 

It l.s believed the purpose of Mrs. 
Couthoul la to control the cut-rate 
field as well as the ticket agency 
business in order to be able to get 
from under when stuck witli out- 
right buys. 

The situation in Chicago is giving 
the "Queen" extraordinary trouble 
for the reason that more legitimate 
theatres are independently owned 
now than in the pa.st and the actual 
manager.s have sufficient confidence 
In the acting managers to prevent 
efforts of Mrsi. Couthoul to go over 
the hoad.s c<f acting managers, 
which «he frequently has ut- 
temi)tetl. 



"HOSPITAUTY'S" GROSS 
WORST ON BROADWAY 



Closing This Week— '^Why 

Not'' Next— O'Shaughnessy 

Sends in Resignation 



Louis B. O'Shaughnessy resigned 
as press agent for Equity Players 
last week. He was more or less 
disguised while agenting the pro- 
ductions at the 48th Street, using 
his middle name of Bondurant and 
dropping the first name entirely. 
It is said O'Shaughnessy quit be- 
cause of too many bosses and com- 
mittees offering criticism, which 
was the same reason ascribed to 
the withdrawal of Augustin Dun- 
can, who started as Equity's stage 
director. 

Equity appears to have decided 
on making short cast productions. 
There were 10 flayers in 'Mal- 
valoclia," the current "Hospitality" 
has eight, while •'Why Ndt," the 
third Equity try, announced a cast 
of six players. The size ot the 
casts may be a reaction of the two 
failures. 

"Hospitality" holds its record, re- 
ports on business indicating the 
gross being equal to the worst on 
Broadway. Tlie show will close 
Friday night. "Why Not" opening 
cold here, like •'Hospitality." . and 
listed with the Christmas night 
premieres. A private showing of 
"Why Not" win be given Saturday 
night. ' 



YOHE'S EX-HUSBAND 
' GETS UFE INCOME 



Actress Reported to Hold Ali- 
mony Claim Against 
Him 



A DESOUTE MONDAY 
FOR ALL THEATRES 



''GENEVIEVE'' PARTY 



Four Chicago Legit Houses Did 

Less Than $2,000 Between 

Them— Bad on Orpheum 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 

The desolate Monday of all theat- 
rical times is claimed bj- old timers 
around here for Dec. 18. 

•The Cort, Powers. Selwyn and 
Harris theatres grossed less than 
>2,000 among the entire four that 
evening. "The Music Box Revue" 
played to |2,200; Al Jolaon got |1,800 
and the remainder of the list was 
in comparison. 

Reports from Orpheum Circuit 
(vaudeville) houses big and small 
time, on Tuesday classed Monday 
as the poorest day in years on the 
circuit. 

Local department stores report 
the biggest holiday trade since the 
war. 



JEFFERSON SOLD 



iOO Friars, Unofficially, Attending 
Opening of New Pisy i 



Only Legit House in Portland, Ms., 
to Become Catholic School 



The first public performance at 
New Haven, December 29. of "CJene- 
vlevc," the new Jack Lait musical 
comedy, will be witnesHrd by a 
party of 100 Friars, who have un- 
offlcially decided to see the pre- 
miere. 

Interested in tlie production are 
George Willi Ing. Jack Curtiw and 
Jack Lait, all Friars, with L;iit, the 
author, as well. 

Tho party will leave in special 
cars the afternoon of the 29th. 

"Genevier.e" is the tentative title 
of the piece. 



"OUR NELL'S" "CUT" CHANGES 

Arthur West replaced Olln How- 
land in Our Nell" Mond.iy. Rich- 
ard Keeno also Joined the same 
night. 

Howland'H departure Is reported 

-to have b«%n be<'HUse of the 50 per 

cent, cut in nalary the management 

wished to make during tlie holidays. 

ITEST CLOSING IN 10 TEARS 

For the first time in 10 years the 
Bronx opera house. New York, is 
closed (week before Christmas). 



Portland. Me., Dec. 20. 

After serving for twenty-five 
years as the only legit theatre here, 
the Jefferson has been sold and the 
transfer will be made in March. 
Until then the house may plaj- an 
occasional attraction. M. J. Oarrity, 
in charge of the theatre for years, 
may consent to resume its manage- 
ment until the finish. 

The purchaKer is the Catholic 
church of Portland. It will remodel 
the Jefferson Into a school and 
chapel for religious and educational 
purposes. 

With the pas.sing of the local hi.i- 
torlc houne, the legit will have no 
theatre left for It In this city. 



New Production for Garden 
It Is claimed the production open- 
ing at the remodeled Winter Garden 
during the latter end of January will 
have but one scene from the former 
Shub«rt8' ehow. "HItchy Koo.' In it. 
Otherwise the piece will be all new, 
according to the etory. 

The new Garden ehow Is to be 
called "Fashions of 1923," iho 
"Fashions' title to be retained us an 
annual one for a Bhubert production. 



Putnam Bradlee Strong, former 
husband of May Yohe, actress, and 
who inherits part of the estate of 
his mother, Mary Urania Strong, 
widow of William L. Strong, one- 
time Mayor of New York, Is to re- 
ceive a life Interest In $192,881.84, 
after which |26,000 Is to go to his 
wife. Norma Strong, with the re- 
mainder to his Issue, and in default 
of such to his sister, or to her Is- 
sue, It was disclosed In the Surro- 
gate's Court, New York, laat week, 
through the filing of a transfer tax 
State appraisal of Mrs. .Strong's 
property. Under her will and three 
codicils, Mary Strong Shattuck, her 
daughter, of 19 North Washington 
Ekiuare, New York, Is entitled to 
$267,831.84, absolutely. Mr. Strong, 
tho son. who Is now 46 years old, 
resides at Culpepper, Va., and has 
no issue. He served with distinc- 
tion In the Spanish-American war, 
and shortly after his father's death, 
eloped wittf Miss Yohe. then the 
wife of Lord Francis Hope. He 
met her when she had appeared as 
Lady Hope on the stage in New 
York City. Much scandal followed 
when it was learned that he and 
the actress were living in a hotel 
at San liYancIsco. Both sailed for 
Yokohama. They lived extrava- 
gantly on what was said (to have 
been the proceeds of a successful 
Wall street speculation on the 
young man's part. 

In July, 1902, a police alarm was 
issued in New York City, for the 
arrest of Strong, on a charge of 
grand larceny. Miss Yohe was the 
complainant. She made an aflfl- 
davit to the criminal authorities 
that on April 30, 1902, she had 
placed on deposit at the Knicker- 
bocker safety vaults jewelry val- 
ued at about $250,000. She charged 
that some time between April 30 
and July 15, of that year the jew- 
elry was taken from the safety de- 
posit box^ and was pawned or 
otherwise dlspo.sed of by Strony, 
without her knowledge and con- 
sent. She demanded bin arrest. 

The arrest of Mr. Strong, which 
was called off the next day, because, 
it was reported at that time, oC a 
settlement Inade by his mother, 
was ordered in tho following bulletin 
is.sued from Police Headquarters to 
all station houses: 

"Look out for and arrest Put- 
nam Bradlee Strong, wiicr is 
charged witli grand larceny. 
Strong is about 27 years old. five 
feet nine inche.s In height, wolghn 
about 183 pounds, is of dark com- 
plexion, has dark wavy hair, is 
clean shaven, has a military 
bearing, and has an air of im- 
portance in his walk." 

By this time Lord FrartT^ls Hope 
began divorce proceedings against, 
his wife in England. He obtained 
a decree, whlcli became cffectiyo 
Oct. 3. 1902. 

On that day Mr. Strong and Mrs. 
Yohe were married at Buenos 
Ayros, Argentine Republic. About 
10 years ago thc.v were divorced, 
but Miss Yohe is .said to still hold 
an alimony claim. 

Miss Yohe was born In 1869, In 
a small town in Pennsylvania, 
where hor father was a saloon 
keeper. She first attracted atten- 
tion in the chorus of David Hen- 
derson productions in Chicago, and 
was subsequently seen in several 
musical comedies. She then went 
to London, and while in the cast 
of "Little Christophor Columbu;*,' 
was married to Lord Hope, a 
brother and heir to the Duke of 
Newcastle. After retiring for some 
time, she returned to th»» stago, 
and was seen In several mu.ilcal 
ci>medles. Including "The Magic 
Opal," and -Thp Lady Slavey,' li\ 
London. 

Prior to her marriage to Mr. 
Strong, he had h'^ld a major's com- 
mission In the United States Army, 
hut he was subsequently dismissed 
from the service. 

WMth Mr. Strong, nho resided for 
some time In Japan, but returned 
to thLs country in 1006, and went 
into vaudeville. After several un- 
successful ventures, theatrical and 
otherwise. May Yoh** whs last 
heard from in the northwest. 



IM)EF1NITENESS OF TICKET PLAN 
WORKING OUT IN COMMinEES 



'. ■Mi 



Intracacies Allow Agencies to Remain as Before,' 
With Double Selling System — No Abolition of 
Cut Rate — $1 Yearly Card Scheme, Dubious 



THOMASHEFSKY'S SON 
MAROONED IN JERSEY 



Alimony and Marriage Two 

Reasons — Entry Day Into 

New York Sunday 

Harry Thomashefsky. son of Borla 
Thomashefsky, the YlddLsh actor- 
manager, has exiled himself in 
Newark. N. J., as a strategic way 
out of alimony obligations to his 
wife, Ida. After paying $26 weekly 
for six years, first as a result of a 
separation decree and later for di- 
vorce, he secured a stay of alimony 
obligations from April to November 
of this year pending an appeal. 

Just before the appeal was due 
for argument, Tiiomashefsky com- 
mitted matrimony for a second time 
and that automatically squashed his 
chances on appeal. As a result, he 
has decided to stay without the 
bounds of New York state, only 
commuting in once a week, on Sun- 
days. Under the law he is Immune 
on the Sabbath. 

Meantime, his parents* court tilt 
on divorce and counter actions Is 
pending. Bessie Thomashefsky has 
asked to have her case preferred In 
her suit against Boris Thomashef- 
tky, but this was denied. She did 
not ask for temporary alimony and 
although currently etnrrjng at the 
People's theatre, New York, re- 
quested immediate adjudication be- 
cause of alleged lack of funds. 



NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOWS 
TURNED DOWN BY PJ».A. 



Would Have Yielded $60,000 

for Actors' Fund — New 

Year's Day Monday 



"For Qoodnets Sake" Paying Off 

Chleago, Dec. 20. 
The backers of "For GoodneH."^ 
.^nke" are mnk:n^» an ndjnslrnfnt <n 
ail claims for salaries, railroad 
fares, etc., and are paying off all 
valid claims. / 



A proposal made by Daniel Froh- 
maii ^hat all legitimate attractions 
give performances on the night of 
Dec. 31 (New Year's eve) and net 
profits be turned over to the Actors' 
Fund failed to be accepted, although 
the managers were in accord with 
the Idea. 

New Year'^ day falls on Monday 
and the usual theatre celebration of 
the night before will be n^isbtng be- 
cause of it being Sunday. 

The net profits expected would 
have amounted to over |60,090. 
Criticism as to tiie legal entangle- 
ments which might ensue caused an 
abandonment of the proposal. It 
was intended that all players receive 
salary and the usual theatre ex- 
penses be paid. Suggestions that 
midnight performances be given 
New Year's eve in tl:e legitimate 
theatre.s were not adopted either, as 
all Itroadway attractions will hold 
a matinee New Year's day. 



GADSKI CANCELS 



Did Not Brave American Legion 
in 'Frisco 



Following last week's meeting of 
the Producing Managers' Associa- 
tion, the first general session slnca.,. 
the appointment of Augustus Thomas 
as the executive chairman, and the» ; 
most active meeting in a year, three; 
P. M. A. committees started daily ; 
sessions. v( 

The committeemen were chargHi; 
with working out ways and means v 
for the establishment of a central 
theatre ticket agency, a resolution 
in favor of which was passed by ,; 
the P. M. A. last week. It was stated 
officially this weok that though It - 
might take two or three months be- 
fore the new ticket Idea dould be put 
Into practloe, the executive commit- 
tee expected to be able to complete :^ 
the details shortly after the holi- 
days. That It might be deemed ad- 
visable to place the central ticket 
agency Into operation early next fall 
instead of this seas9n was Inti- 
mated. 

The P. M. A. board of directors 
constitutes the executive committee, 
of which there arc three working 
committees, each considering a 
phase of the proposed ticket office. 
The committee on finance, which is 
considering the cost of operation 
and the revenue possibilities, con»s;:j 
sists of Sam II. Harris (chairman), 
John Golden. Lawrence Weber and \ 
A. ir. Woods. The comnr^ittec on 
real estate, which Is to select the 
site, or sites required. Is Lawrence 
Weber (chairman), Winthrop Ames,;;; 
William Harris and H. W. Savage. 

The third committee, on "the box 
offices," has W. A. Brady (chair- 
man), Edgar Selwyn, Arthur Hop- 
kins and Ben Roeder. It Is this com- 
mittee that Is covering the practical 
side of the central ticket agency 
plan. The session Monday was de- 
voted to "punching holes" In th«^ 
proiwsition, and It Is expected show- 
men and ticket experts will be asked, 
to some meetings to submit Ideas'^ 
and criticism. It Is expected by 
such procedure the apparent weak- > 
nosscs will be discovered and th«'; 
way found to evolve a ay^t^^T th'^r-^f' 
oughly workable. • „yf!i>? 

The first understanding of the 
central agency proposal, that all 
theatre box ofllctfs would be closedA; 
in the daytlmoi and that no ticket*!: 
would be sold except at tho^central 
office, Is erroneous. The central 
agency is to bo the k^y to the entire 
system, but selling at the box ofRee^ 
will go on much the same as at 
present. The only change will be . 
that the box offices will call th«|.^ 
theatre's booth at the central agenc.v, 
which will be In instant 'phone com- 
munication, and o. k. the locations. 
If the locations wanted already have 
not been disposed of by the central 
office, the box office will complete.:; 
•the sale. There will cither be a du-^ 
(Continued on page 15> 



ASK "GUARANTEES" ^ 

Shuberts Demand $500 for New 
Haven Performance 



San Francisco, Dec. 20. 

Altlioujfh she first announced that 
she Intended to defy the American 
Legion in its disapproval of her ap- 
pearance In Los Angeles, Mme. 
Johanna Gadski, accused by mem- 
bers of the American Legion of pro- 
German activity during the war, 
finally changed her mind and failed 
to make the scheduled appea^nces. 

In preparation for her coming, tlie 
American Legion issued a clfcular 
of protest which was distributed 
broadcast. 



"BULLDOG DRUMMOND" CLOSES 

Boston, Dec. 20. 
The Charles Dillingham produr- 
t: n <»r '•I{Mll(if»g Diummond" will 
fiuse, it is reported here, after play- 
ing the Subway circuit around New 
i'ork. 



The Shubert booking offi^'e Is ask- 
ing guarantees from produrors who 
are not among the regular mansgers 
allied with their forces. 

This week a small musical show 
was handed a contract guaranteeing 
the Shubert theatre. New Haven, 
$500 per performance for its share 
(35 per cent), meaning about $1,600 
gross per show. 

The contract was returned un- 
signed, the company preferring to 
lay off and pay ralariei!. 



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CIHI'S HEAVY RESERVATIONS 

Chicago. Dec. 20. 

Tremendous reservations, the 
largest in years, have been enU-red 
for the legit houses on New Years 
eve, as Sunday night performances 
iiere are a part of the playing;: 
policy. 

Keasonable box office prices pre- 
vail, from 13.30 to |5.&e, althouvU-^ 
tho Jolson show may charge lit 
and the "Music Box Ilevue" fS.SO. 

Tho advance sale for "Partnerf 
Again," opening at th<» Selwj'n Der. 
24. has reached $10,000 through mail 
orders to the theatre, without 
brolcers* assistance. ;; 

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LEGITIMATE 



'"^^riday, December 22, 1922 



INSIDE STUFF 



-ON LEGIT 






The CliicaRo ' Tiibiim" makes tlie HuppfPStion that half of the IfRitimate 
theatres in ChitUKo close Mn- :y ivoningi* and the other half Tuesday 
evenings, so that actors will only be forced to labor six days out of s^ven. 
The HUKgestiou is made in an editorial headed "Six Days ^halt Thou 
I^abor." It says "it would be a simple matt<>r to close half the legitimate 
theatres in Chicago on Monday evenings and the other half on Tuesday 
evenings, if the managers would agrfe," continuing. "That would drive 
no one away from the th< atres, but would fill those which are open, with 
equal profit to all. And it would give theatre folks one day's rest out of 
Boven. Even a horse is accorded that." The "Tribune" editorial inti- 
mates that Frank Kacon would have still been alive but for Sunday 
ahows, putting it: "Witness the recent death of Frank Bacon in Chicago 
after more than a year of effort without a single day of relaxation until 
the final two or three weeks, when the strain had broken his health. 
That is not good policy. It sacrifices much for little. The fact that the 
actor may be paid ♦or extra performance's does not compensate either 
him or the public which pays him and demands his best efTorts." • 



of Suez," closing It Saturday, after finding Florence Reed was becoming 
unmanageable as its star. Miss Reed received 10 per cent, on the gross, 
her .salary not having fallen below $900 any week during th6 run of 
"Suez" at the Kltlnge, New York. Miss Reed drew as high as $1,600 
In a week for salary. While "East o£ Sue.«z" has closed for good a9 a 
stage play, its stock and picture rights have value which will duly be 
divided among those interested when sold. From accounts there seem 
to have been several Interested, If the criterion is the 10 per cent share 
held in the production by an author. He bought his "piece" after the 
show was first put off. It could be suspected that Woods welcome^ the 
opportunity to change plays at his Eliinge with another production he 
had retained a larger interest In, succeeding. 



William A. Pinkerton has returned to his acknowledged position as head 
Of the Chicago theatrical colony after a visit to London and Paris, Mr. 
Pinkerton is considered the representative "first-nighter" in the loop, and 
usually where he goes for an opening the critics paunter. It is reported 
that Pinkerton is heavily interested financially In the Twin theatres, and 
his presence at the Selwyn Is noted nightly. From the Selwyn the lumi- 
nary usually makes a round of the theatres, using the Harris, Woods and 
Cohan's Grand in the order named. At Cohan's Grand he is president of 
the Harry Ridings Club. There is no individual in Chicago with a greater 
acquaintance with visiting stars than Pinkerton. The newspapers carried 
A story, on Pinkerton'a return, that he believes Liane D'Eve, French 
actress, will soon visit. America on a special tour. 



•He Who Gets Slapped" on tour Is not under the sole mangement of 
Jos. M. Gaites. At the opening of the season Sam II. Harris directed the 
drama in association with Gaites, but under the pressure of new, pro- 
ductions, Harris sold his interest to Gaites. "He" was produced by the 
Theatre Guild last season. The Guild has a set policy of not managing 
its own productions outside of the New T-ork runs. "He,"' like former 
Guild shows sent to the road, is under an arrangement whereby the 
original producers receive a percentage of the earnings. 



'The David Belasco production of David Warfleld's "Merchant of 
Venice," opening last night (Thursday), at the Lyceum, New York, at 
$4.40 top. can do $24,000 weekly in that house at the scale. Playing ca- 
))acily all of the time the show will be fortunate to break even, with 
nothing pos.slble of recovery against the production cost, which amounted 
to $275,000 up to the time of the New York premiere. The cost of the 
show weekly is $17,000. With the Frohman half interest in the theatre, 
Belasco can not pool show and attraction for a net profit. Warfleld Is 
said to be In on a 50-50 basis with the production, meanwhile drawing 
salary as lis star. That this might be Belasco's final production is dis- 
pelled by the fact that he intends to start rehearsals for the new Lionel 
Atwill play next week. t 



The recent publicity accorded Evelyn Nesbil In the dailies through a 
dope connection made out for her by one of them has helped, if it has 
done nothing else, the business of the Atlantic City cabaret where Miss 
Nesblt is engaged as hostess. Miss Nesbit is reported to have become 
a real hostess in the cabaret, through seating herself with the patrons 
at their taV>les, evidencing a certain brightnei's in conversation she al- 
ways has had, and Including in her remarks, if nothing else could serve, 
incidonts in connection with her life that have become notorious. Ac- 
cording to the accounts Miss Xcsbit has not been backward In revea'ing 
any of the detail.^, even to the actual shorting of Stanford White on the 
Madison Square roof years ago by her former husband, Harry Thaw. 

Early this week Mixm Nesuii juuip^^^tl into the publicity light once as**'" 
by giving out a statement as to where she picked up the dope habit. The 
statement blamed Hollywood for it, but those who know Miss Ne.sbit 
do not credit her with being the author of the statement though she ad- 
mitted to it. They think rather the newspaper may have "staked" Miss 
Nesbit to write its own interview, to throw discredit on Hollywood in 
conjuriv tion with the Wally Reid expo.'c. and to serve its own sensational 
purpose. It's no scfcret artiong the cronies of Miss Nesbit as to her ex- 
perienn^ with dope, and through that, it was not believed she ask(?d only 
for morphine of a New York dealer or wanted morphine only. When they 
reach tlie ether stage of dope taking, morphine is like a gum drop to the 
users. Whether MIsS Nesbit was taught Jo take dope In Hollywood is 
also open to question. There was dope in New York years before Holly- 
wood got its name, and Miss Nesbit among others were In the sections 
where the peddlers had their strongest play. Several years ago Miss 
Nesbit while taking a rest cure in a New Jersey sanitarium, and another 
girl, for the same reason, to ease oft dope, both etherized themselves so 
thoroughly while locked in their room, and probably unconscious from 
the mixed drugs that until the effects had pas.sed off and the odor of the 
ether had wafted away from the corrldor.><, the attendants could not get 
to them. 

It may be a means of remiinerat^on for Miss Nesbit to give out "state- 
ments" jibout dope but she lias been too long in the show business and 
has gone through too much, to blame it upon Hollywood that must stand 
for enough from the sort of dailies that are bribing people to give out 
Btfirics al)OUt the show business. That has grown to be a new path of 
endeavor in "journalism" and will continue until some of the show peo- 
ple who are assailed start something and will be willing to go through 
with It without believing "it's best to let it die" in fear that the papers 
will keep up their attacks. 

Not all of the New York dailies have taken part In the Hollywood 
attack. Those that did are like the show business that u^-es a freak at- 
• traction; the papers must have a new sensation every week. When their 
reading public tires of them, as they do with the theatre using freaks. 
th»y will walk out on the paperjj as they have in tiie past walked out on 
the freaU-using theatres. ' '^ 



The stories published with more or less detail In "scandal Bheets* 
concerning members of colored shows, stage and cabaret, have failed to 
identify the principal "John" among the white chasers. He Is said to 
be a wealthy downtowner, who Is not unfamiliar with the stage through 
a marriage his brother contracted with a former musical comedy atnr. 
Some of the stories told and vouched for are unbelievable, considering the 
mixing of the colors. The story most relished by its hearers Is that of 
a colored principal in one of the all-colored shows being denied an apart- 
ment in a Park avenue building, whereupon her "John" purchased the 
building and Installed her In It. Others not so common are of people 
better known along Broadway who seem to like to hang around some- 
where until the finish of the second show at night to escort the young 
colored women home and elsewhere. Reports that colored choristers 
may be seen walking away from their place of engagement wearing 
the costliest of fur garments have been going around, and the general 
air of prosperity that started with the "Shuffle Along" hit, appears to 
have extended itself among a certain few up to the present time. 

With some New York dailies always on the watch for a "story- that will 
involve show people aa,-well as picture players, there are some white 
young men of the speaking stage profession who could afford more dis- 
cretion in their present actions and frankness than they are Just now 
displaying. 

"-,■-•■ ';''^.. :.■'.■. ' \'\. 

The Thomson Twins are not appearing In vaudeville over here, to take 
up their six weeks with the Henry W. Savage office. The Twins are boys, 
but were booked by Mr.' Savage, from England, under the impression they 
were girls and could be utilized in Savage's new production of "The 
Clinging Vine". Reaching here their sex kept them out of the show 
which held no roles for male twins, and they are now watching each 
performance, though they may be placed with a musical production be- 



STOCKS -- 



-fit 



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The Imperial, on the West Sidt^ 
Chicago, which tried Columbia bur- 
lesque early this season, opened 
Saturday with a dramatic stock in- 
stalled by Cliff Hnstinga, who ha« 
another stock at the Warrington, 
Oak Park. Herbert Lewis and Lor- 
ena Tolsen have the leads. Ben 
Thompson, Flo Griffin, Howard 
Walsh, Earl Ross and Margerie 
Hays are other players. The open> 
ing bill, "East Side. West Side," wUI 
be used for eight days, and after 
this one bill a week. It makes two 
dramatic stock houses in Chicago, 
The other is the National, doing 
fairly well. Jack Boyle and Patti 
McKInley, who were with a stock 
which recently closed at the Vic- 
toria, have joined the National com- 
pany. Jack Lowery Is another netr 
face in that, organization. 



fore the six weeks expire. 



; 



W. A. Brady has announced he will regularly produce musical comedies. 
Starting next fall, either the Playhouse or the 48th Street will be perma- 
nently devoted to that style of attraction. The manager stated he would 
adhere to the policy as long as he remains in the professional field. He 
took occasion to outline his plans as an answer to comment from younger 
showmen following his production of "Up She Goes" (musical version of 
"Too Many Cooks"). It appears the newer showmen were unacquainted 
with Brady's activities in the musical field prior to his long spell of 
dramatic productions. As managing director of Koster & Bial's, years ago. 
he staged the first American revue type of entertainment. It was "Around 
the World in 80 Days." He was associated with F. Ziegfeld, Jr.. at the 
Manhattan, and credits his revue with inspiring Ziegfclds initial "Follies." 
Brady directed "Vera Violetta" at the Winter Garden, with Gaby Deslys 
and Al Jolson. for the Shuberts. He produced the "Balkan Princess," 
"The Gypsy Baron" and all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Brady has 
started on the mvisical versions of "Forever After" and "Little Miss 
Brown." which are to be done next season. "Up She Goes" is expected 
to remain at ttie Playhouse until spring. Early this week Gloria Foy. the 
frniinine lead, worked with a sprained ankle, as the result of reliearsals 
with Frederic Santley, v;ho entered the show Monday. 



Business in Canada has started promisingly for the Dc Wolf Hopper 
opera company. Its first week at Montreal went for a profit of almost 
$1,200. The attraction Is in for two weeks (ending Saturday). There 
were few holdover bookings for that stand. The company has been out 
125 weeks, including t^e 10 weeks played at Baltimore. There has not 
been one change in the personnel, including the chorus. 



Clyde Waddell, who is a leading 
man, opens with stock at the Rock- 
ford, Rockford, III., Xmas day. O. 
H. Johnstone, Chicago agent, has 
gotten together the following com- 
pany: Dollie Daye, leads; Hugo 
Miller, John C. Dailey, Gene Mc- 
Donald. E. M. Johnstone. Be8id« 
Bennett, Richard Pollette. Gavin 
Harris. Fred Gordon. Ethel Lor- 
raine. Eskell Gifford, another lead- 
ing man. opens a stock at tha 
Broadway. Superior, Win., Xmas 
day. Mabel Carle, Jack King Davis, 
Leland B. Ward and Tom Ryan will 
be added to a cast which haa sup- 
ported him in repertoire. 



The touring stock compantes hav« 
fared better.in Wisconsin so far this 
season than In other states. Thres 
Winnlger shows up there, the Beach 
Jones stock company and other or- 
ganizations. Beach Jones concluded 
an eight-day stay at the Orpheum, 
Green Bay, Sunday, where It crowd- 
ed out vaudeville. Eloda Sitzer is 
featured. The opening bill was 
"East Is West." Admission 40-55, 
including tax. The John Winnlger 
company was at Watertown last 
week and charged the same price 
of admission, playing the old Turner 
opera house, where the ordinary at- 
traction would starve. 



Most of the Russian players who came here with the "Revue Russe," 
which failed, are still In New York. Some have secured engagements 
with American companies because of their remarkable absorption of the 
Engli.«'h language. Eight of the feminine players of the Russe bunch are 
with the number three "Blossom Time," which opens at Syracuse next 
Monday (Christmas). J. J. Shubert berthed the foreigners. 



A mnn.'?,' 1 iaUsecret relates to "Polly Preferred," the Guy Bolton com- 
efly whieh Ct»mKtock & Gest are producing and Winchell Smith directing. 
The idea of the play was used for "Paradise Alley." a musical comedy 
tried out of town early in the season and failed. It appears that Bolton 
explained the idea of "Polly" while on a motor ride. The play then was 
in synopsis form, but it is alleged to have been used as the plot of the 
musi. al show. Reports are that legal steps were taken, but "Polly" was 
(lot then copyrighted, and when the musical show closed no further action 
was taken. 



A stock openlrg at the Grand, 
Reglna, Can., will have Dell Mc- 
Dermld as leading man, and include 
Ethel Van Orden. Marshall Chapel, 
Walt Williams, Bes.«ie Dainty, Wil- 
liam Edwards, Frad Bampier, James 
C. Carroll and 'Grace Whitcher. 



,rrank and Sport North have gone 
to W^ichita, Kan., where they are to 
install a stock company at the 
Princess, which will have Carl Way 
as leading man. 



An alleged "beetle race" was staged at Jo'son's 59th Street last week as 
a press stunt for "The World We Live In." Cards of invitation wore sent 
out. with the lure that there would be music by the "Halg and Haig 
orchestra." That was a tip-off the newspaper men passed up as bunk. 
Most remained away from the "contest." The next day, however, their 
error came out. The scribes were right in one respect, for the beetles 
were mechanical toys, which went for a pictorial yarn In one daily. 



Jack Ball and Frank Hawkins, 
who have a stock at Portsmouth, 
Ohio, have recently added Vera 
Reno ard Leila Hill to the cast, se- 
curing them from the American 
Theatrical Agency in Chicago. The 
company moved to Portsmouth from 
the Rex at Wheeling, W. Va. 



Dorothy LaVern, who heads ft 
stock at the Rialto at Sioux City, 
Iowa, is doing nicely this season^ 
according to advices which reach 
Chicago. 



Recently one of the biggest executives in the anui.'Tmont world engaged 
the assistant city editor of a New York daily as his secretary. The 
appointment came to the ('.n-.s of the publication's executives in an othl 
way. and ful owed tiie invoking uf a rule in the daily'.s offices that anyone 
caught liaving liquor mu.^t take a week off. It is .^aid the rule was made 
ne'cs.sary because of the numln r of bootleggers who made the rounds, the 
natural result being handy bottle.s in the desks. The assistant editor in 
question wa.s told to take air for a week. Ho immediately cnlhd on 
tliC amusement director. The latter's answer was in the form of a jdione' 
call to the daily's oflicc, saying th." job was his, the showman not knowing 
the scribe was on "vacation." Thereupon tlie City editor was bawled out 
for laying the assistant off. Incidentally the latter's salary in his new- 
job is $250 a week, about double the Park Ur»w envelope. 

Ncwspajicr. men kiiowing of the incident rcea'le.l the change in times 
a t the new-sp aper olllce in question. Fortre rly waiters went thro\ii:h the 
tlty room taking orders for cigars, iooa attd llquoi', there hclHM a cafv 
in the building at one time. One Park How sp<trling editor is known to 
love his liquor, but he wont stand for anyone working with him gettiuK 
"wet." He "canned" his assistant and. when the latter called nttontion 
that the editor himself waft gonqrally "stewed," the latte.- r(pli<d: • C)no 
of us must keep sober." , 



Seldom does I^ hai)pen a Broadway manager will chise a legit show 
making at its lowe.^t ILTjOO weekly, net. while on a rUn and g«>ing as high 
AS fi^tt or more a week- Y»t.thai(,i0j wUjk; A4.ii...\yood# aid.,1,0 "£«k3t, 

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'Spice of 1022" seems to have had more inside stuff connected with 
its operation than any show out this season. Not one-tenth of it ha^ 
been printed. The latest worth knowing, though. Is through Its abrupt 
closing at the Studebaker, Chit-ago, last Friday night, when money wa.-- 
refuniled. as its people refused to play. At that time some of the prin- 
cipals had a week's .valary (not the current week) due them, and $3,000 in 
cash would have straightened out the situation. Ordinarily this amount 
would have been at once forthcoming, as the theatre management couM 
have safely advanced it. through the ensuing Saturday and Sundaj 
reccipt.s being the guarantee. 

P.ut it seems that A. 11. Woods held the LaSalle for "The Deml-Virgin,' 
or)eTrIng Dec. 24, and William 1 lodge, in his new piece, at the LaSa'le 
had started to shoot up In the gross, looking like a certain Chicago hit. 
Hodge (a Slnib< rt shou ) had to vacate the LaSallo to let In the Wood 
piece. Notliing else was available for Hodge to move into except th( 
Studebaker, and only then if "Spice" left. With the blow-off approaching 
for the •'i-^piee" show, Frank Gazzalo, manager of the Studebaker, viewed 
the in oming of the llotlge hit Dec. 21 (when It will open there) in pref- 
erence to "Spice" remaining at the house tlif wt < k before Xmas with 
i.iuert.uu receipts, be.^^ides the surety that if Hodge did not go In the 
Studel)aker Immediately, he wouldn't appe.ir there at all, with the nex: 
aiiraetion a bigger iiazard. The Shub< rts may have ligured It out 
simil.'jrly. 



Robert Sherman has a stock at 
the Grand. Evansville, Ind., which 
opened Labor day. 



Thomas Wilkes, upon his return to 
San Francisco last week from New 
York, announced the engagement of 
Holbrook Blinn as the first of a 
number of stars to be brought to 
the San Francisco Alcazar stock, 
niinn will open some time in Feb- 
ruary. 



It is claimed on behalf of the .qhuherts thfy advanced $30,000 to can 
••Spi<('' along while it was on tour. Lee .Shulx rt had 2.j i)er cent, of th. 
piodurtion. originally putting up $."5,000 in cash 
h. mal^e "Shiee ' into a Shub eu unit attraction. 



It is now talked abou: 



Observers will wateh the arrangrment.s Flo Ziegfeld will sanction for 
tlie engagement of "Sal'y" at the Colonial. Chicago. Jan. 8. Zie-feld s 
sian.l against the ticket sy.sf m used I,, Chi' ago in other visits of the 
•■i<'olIies' is ree.ill.d. an.l now, with the Chiej.Ko sifu;uic.n bubbling for 
a change, it wont surprise somo to hear of an unu.sual nvw syalem of 
ti. ket s,.ll.„K Un- ' .Sally" at the Colonial. ^ " 

A< Vari. fy i.rediet:.'d .several weeks ago, outiight 'buys" arc finished 
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Marjorle Foster is the new lead 

f the Poli Players at the Hyperion, 

N'ew Haven. Conn. In private life 

>!he is Mrs. Arthur Holman, wife of 

the company'.s director. 

The Wilkes Players at the Den- 
ham. Denver, scored the biggest hit 
of tho present .«eason In "The 
Triumph of X." Ivan Miller and 
f;iady» George extended themselves 
:n fat parts. The rritlcs were 
unanimous in praising tho produc- 
tion, and the busines.s done by the 
house would probably have broken 
I re't.rd or two, save for the Imml- 
luiiee of tlxe holidays. Fanchon 
lOverhart, character wT)man with 
the' Wilkes I'layers, left for Los 
Angeles last week to play with the 
Wilkes company there. Her trana- 
f< r was Ihe outeome of a visit to 
Denver last week of Tom Wilkes. 

Jan«! Chilian, ingenue, joined the 
Denver company about the same 
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SHAKESPEAREAN RUSH ON B'WAY 

NOW FULLY UNDER WAY 



''Timet" Giving Special Attention to Belatco-War- 
field's ''Merchant''— HiU Held Up Last Week— 
Xmas Day Openings Divided by Special Shows 



Broadway's epoch of Shakespeare, 
the most prolific production of the 
immortal bard's plays In America, 
ia to be' dated with the arrival of 
the Christmas holidays, though the 
John Barrymore "Hamlet" has been 
running for six weeks. "The Mer- 
chant of Venice" opened Thursday 
night, or several days before the 
holidays; Ethel Barrymore's "Juliet" 
is dated for next week (two days 
after Christmas), while Jane Cowl 
also in "Romeo and Juliet" \yill ar- 
rive en the fleld the middle of Jan- 
uary. They, are the four^ major 
Shakospcarenn presentations nnd iri 
the wake of them is expected the 
deluge of Shakespeare in the spring. 

The debut of the "Merchant " 
•under the guidance of David Belasco 
and with David Warfleld starred in 
expected to arouse the most excep- 
tional interest and comment. 

It was stated this week that the 
New York "Times" would run four 
full columns oa the premiere. Th? 
fullest kind of review is to be given 
the production and acting in Fridaj 
inorning's edition and interviews 
with the star and producer will oc- 
cupy the balance of the space. 

Though first understood to be pre- 
«ented at $5 top. "The Merchant of 
Venice" will play at a $4 top scale 
at the Lyceum. That will make it 
possible to gross between |23,000 



and $24,000 if the attraction plays 
to capacity. The opening night 
prices will be at the regular scale. 

The Interest manifested by the 
"Times" publisher is believed partly 
in anticipation of the manner in 
which the Jewish play-goers of the 
metropolis will accept the "Mer- 
chant." Belasco is reputed to have 
offered th<? entire house Friday 
gratis to a Jewish organization, 
which refused. Estimates of the 
production's cost and the size of 
the operating expenses indicates the 
attraction will be unable to show at 
profit, for Its New York run, in any 
event. 

The other outstanding pre-holi- 
day production is "Johannes Kreis- 
ler," the German novelty drama 
which was dated for Wednesday 
premiere at the Apollo, ')Ut forced 
to wait until Saturday. That^ at- 
traclion also is priced at $4 top. 
with the Selwj'ns claiming It neces- 
sary to draw close to c^ipacity in 
order to "get out" on the production 
f expense. "T\\e Masked Woman," a 
new A. II. A\'oods drama, is carded 
for Friday (tonght) debut at the 
Eltinge, left dark this week by the 
sudden clo.slng of "East of Suez." 
"The Red Poppy" was listed for 
Wednesday opening at the Green- 
wich Village theatre, which gave 

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LIBEL CASE DISMISSED 



8huberts Fail to Appear in Action 
Against Chicago "Post" 



Chicago. Dec. 20. 
The suit dating from 1919, started 
by the Garrick Theatre Co. (Shu- 
berts) against the Chicago "Post." 
Was dismissed when called last 
week. The plaintiff or its repre- 
sentatives failed to appear. An- 
other suit of similar character was 
likewise dismissed last spring. 

In reporting the dismissals, the 
••Post" said: 

The Post regrets the failure of 
these suits to come to trial, as 
the newspaper was desirous of 
presenting its evidence In court, 
so that the public might have the 
verified facts In the case, but ap- 
parently the Messrs. Shubert did 
not care to have the conditions 
as they existed at the Garrick 
theatre in 1918 exposed in open 
court, as would have been done 
In the Post's effort to prove that 
the theatre was not in fit condi- 
tion for public use at the time of 
the publication of the artltles 
sued on. 

In order that the public may be 
given an opportunity to determine 
whether the statements published 
by the Post concerning the dan- 
gerous conditions at the Garrick 
theatre in 1918 were correct, the 
Post will continue to seek a legal 
and proper way of submitting its 
evidence to th*e public, despite the 
refusal of the Messrs. Shubert to 
proceed with the suits they in- 
stituted. 



^'R. & J." CAST? 



Ethel Darrymore and Jane Cowl to 
Open in Shakeapear'^'s Romance 



'•CZAKINA" CLOSING 

Kansas City, Dec. 20. 

It was announced here the "Czar- 
ina" company, headed by Doris 
Keane, will close its season at St. 
Louis Dec. 23. 

It is said that the working crew 
bas had two weeks' notice for sev- 
eral weeks, but that the company 
has been playing from week to week 
hoping for a better break. 

**CHir CHIN CHOW" CLOSING 

"Chu Chin Chow" is closing this 
Saturday (tomorrow). (.'omstock 
& Gest don't know or care where it 
is closing. Thoy art* ju.'^t tliankful 
that it is. 



The first of the "Romeo and 

Juliet" productions for this season 

of Shakespearean splurging is that 

of Arthur Hopkins' presentation. 

starring Ethel Barrymore at the 
Longacre. New York, starting next 
Wednesday. Miss Barrymore will 
offer her "Juliet" eight weeks, with 
another production due in the early 
spring. That is according to the 
Hoj)kin8 program of three produc- 
tions this season for Miss Barrj'- 
more. 

Jane Cowl, also In "Romeo and 
Juliet," will open out of town, at 
Toledo, Dec. 29. The Cowl "Juliet" 
will be under the direction of the 
Selwyns, with Adolph Klauber as- 
sociated. She will remain out about 
three weeks, but the presentation 
will be partly concurrent with the 
Hopkins production, and is cl.e Into 
New York some time In January. 

The supporting cast for Miss 
Barrymore will be McKay Morris, 
Basil Sydney, Russ Whytal. Ch'Jir- 
lotte Granville, Jerome 1.^1 wler, 
Kenneth Hunter, William Keighley, 
Barry Macollum, Frank Ilowson. 
Albert Reed. Edwin Brandt, How- 
ard Merling, Basil V/est, Lenore 
Chippendale, Alice John, Barlowe 
Borland. 

The company supporting Miss 
Cowl Is Rollo Peters, Dennis King. 
Robert Ayrton, Jessie Ralph, Mil- 
ton Pope, John Parrlsh, Lalive 
Brownell, John Cralley, Lionel 
Hogarth. Grace Hampton. Morgan 
Burby, Louis Hector, Vernon Kelso. 
Richard Boler, Bailey Hick, Frank 
Davis, Edward Broadloy. Frank 
Reicher is directing the play. 



KARITAL BREAK REPORTED 

Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 20. 

Information received here and in 
northern New York by friends of 
both say that a break has occurred 
between Pauline Frederick and her 
latest husband. Dr. Charles Alton 
Rutherford. They were married last 
spring, as the culmination of a kid 
romance. 

Miss Frederick Is now appearinc: 
in "The Guilty One," an A. II. 
Woods' stage play. 



OPERATIC SINGER'S SON 
IN JAIL IN ST. LOUIS 



— Cop's Opinion of Duncan Show 

?^Ii'mphi.>-. Dec. 20. 
Police Captain 'Mike Kehoe. when 
asked what h? thought of the Isa- 
dora Duncan dancing performance, 
replied: 

"1 wouldn't have been there If the ^ 
chieX had not sent me to see if there ; 
was any reason for .stopping it. but ; 
I've never jet stopped a funeral 
procession." 



Passed Bad Checks—Lost Job 

as Pianist — Mother Killed 

in Moscow in 1918 



St. Louis, Dec. 20. 

Joshua Menzies Van Zant, a 
musician and aon of Marie Van 
Zant, former grand opera singer, is 
being held by the police on a 
charge of passing worthless checks. 
He confessed to th^ police that the 
two checks which he cashed was 
worthless — one for |35 and one for 
$10. He explained that he was edu- 
cated by his mother, who sang at 
the Metropolitan with Caruso and 
In London, Paris and Rome. His 
mother and her second husband, 
Petrovich Technolf, conductor. 
Royal Opera at Moscow, were mur- 
dered there in 1918 ty the Bolshe- 
viks, according to Van Zant. He 
arrived in St. Louis about two 
months ago, when he tried to e«- 
tabllsh himself as an operatic 
coach, having been advised there 
was an opportunity here. 

Shortly after his arrival he pur- 
chased a 12.000 plKno on whicli he 
made a small Initial payment. The 
instrument was later claimed by 
the piano concern. Van Zapt says 
he will make good the checks as 
soon as he realizes on certain "large 
contracts"; he deplored the fact 
that the case had been given so 
much publicity and he hoped that 
theatrical papers would not get 
hold of the story. 

A man giving his name as Petro- 
vich Technolf applied to Manager 
Edward Sullivan, Orpheum, for a 
Job. He suggested Sullivan put him 
on as an extra added feature and 
pay him |15 for the week. Sullivan 
didn't think much of the idea, but 
the man impressed him as being 
something more than the ordinary. 

Mr. Sullivan then remembered 
that Edith Clifford, on the bill last 
week, had told him her pianist was 
leaving the act and he sent for 
Miss Clifford. While waiting for 
her Technolf told Sullivan he had 
had nothing to eat for two days. 
Sullivan was about ready to stake 
him 'When Miss Clifford entered, 
Sullivan exiting. • ', 

It is understood Miss Clifford, 
after hearing Technolf play, en- 
gaged him. The musician then 
asked that he be given money for 
transportation Immediately, and 
was told to return later. He did 
not return and Manager Sullivan 
and Miss Clifford wondered what 
became of their "find," not knowing 
that Petrovich Technolf, alias 
Joshua Van Zant, was in jalL 



SHONTOP'S BAIL 



Hebrew Actors' Union Secretary 
Charged with Grand 4.arceny 



-MRS. SHORT'S SEPARATION 

Mrs. Harriet Evelyn Short has 

been granted a decree of separa- 
tion by Justice McCioldrfck in her 
fiuit against ReRinald Carrington 
Short. Mrs. Short has been under 
the Relasco management. Siie was 
awarded $r»0 weekly alimony and 
custody of their 17 -year old daugh- 
ter. 



Sholon Shontop. flnancial secre- 
tary of the Hebrew Actors' Union, 
who was arrested on a charge of 
grand larceny, was held in $5,000 
bail by Magistrate Levine in Essex 
Market Court. Hearing is sched- 
uled for this (Friday) morning. 

Samuel Greenfeld, president of the 
union, charged Shpntop with a 
shortage of $4,065. Race horse bet- 
ting allegations figure In the com- 
plaint. 

Over a year ago another officer 
of the same organization, S. CJilt- 
man, committed suicide by illumi- 
nating gas us an aftermath of a 
question of financial accounts. It 
was practically decided thereafter 
to bond all responsible officers but 
no such action evidently was taken 
as concerned Shontop. 



"SnCE" STOPS SHORT; 
COMPANY DISRANDS 



Players Refused to Give Per- 
formance During Win- 
ning Week 



HAYAKAWA'S "TIGER LILY" 

"The Tiger Lily," which marks 
Scssue Hayakawa's debut as a 
legit star, opens Dec. 27 at the Du- 
r»ont, Wilmington. Del. The Shu- 
hrrts are sponsoring the show, 
which is a three -act melodrama 
[ written by Fred de CIresar. hereto- 
fore associated mostly with musical 
comedy writing. The cast Includes 
William Ilolden, Arvid Paulsen and 
Frank Thomas. 

Hayakawa will p'ay the part of 
an Americanized Chinaman. He is 
Japanese and has been a picture 
star for a number of years. 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 
"Spice of 1022" closed abruptly at 
the Studebaker Friday night with- 
out a performance. More than $900 
was refunded to the audience aftgf 
an argument back stage came to a 
deadlock between Rtanley Sharpe, 
treasurer and manaser of the com- 
pany, and several of the minor prin- 
cipals, who refused to go on until a 
guarantee was placed in the hands 
of a third party that they would bo 
p^id. • 

The chorus was paid In full and 
the principals received the pro rata 
share for the receipts of the week, 
in accordance with an agreement 
they had made, which agreement 
some of the smaller artists refueled. 
to abide by. although the sale for 
Saturday and Sunday was heavy 
and the receii>t8 fo.- the three per- 
formances at the week-eni would 
have been about $6,500; with liie 
money return Friday the amount 
would have been $7,500, making; 
about $14,000 on the week, a profit 
for everyone: 

Bad busine.«s in St. I.,oui8 had 
thrown the company behind, though 
not heavily. Sharpe left shortly 
after the Clticago opening, and some 
members of the company spread 
word that he had stranded the 
troupe. Thl.«! proved entirely un- 
founded, OS Ed. L. Bloom came on 
to run the afialrs during his ab- 
sence. 

Friday Sharpe returned from New 
York after Bloom had left town. 
Some of the principals assembled 
and demanded a cash guarantee. 
This Sharpe \sa5< not immedlMtely 
in position to pott, nnd they refused 
to budge.' The performance was 
then called off. By their action tho 
actors waived the return transpor- 
tation and notice. 

The Shuberts. who arc interested 
In the show, refused to stand back 
of any responsibiiities. and the com- 
pany was so informed by Bloom, 
who, however, had offered to see 
that the difficulties were kept trom 
sinking the company until the year- 
end busine.'s; with two-J^<'ew Year's 
Eve shows Sunday night and a holi- 
day matinee' would have put them 
on velvet. This promise evidently 
was not unanimously accepted as 
assurance. 

The Shuberts had attached the 
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CANT UNDERSTAND WHY 
DIPPE WENT BROKE 



Opera Company Stranded- 
Refused Benefit— ''Not 
Objects of Charity" 



Detroit, Dec. 20. 
The DIppel Opera Company 
stranded here hist week after giving 
a performance at Orchestra Hall. 
The local engagement was under the 
auspices of the Detroit Grand. Opera 
Club, headed by Mrs. Charles F. 
Hammond. When the news came the 
DIppel company had stranded and 
that its people had no money to get 
back to New York, Mrs. Hammond 
announced a benefit performance 
comprlsiniT the best local talent to 
take place today, Dec. 20. 

The 22 members of the opera com- 
pany announced a few days later 
they were unwilling to be "objecta 
of charity" and refused the aid of- 
fered by Mrs. Hammond and her 
associates. "I have succeeded In 
getting other help through individ- 
uals in New York and we can thus 
avoid the stigma of being objects 
of charity" remarked Howard Tay- 
lor, the DIppel company manager. 

Mrs. Hammond said she was 
through .with musical management 
after the experience of the Dippel 
Orchestra hall affair, when she 
somehow had to get the perform- 
ance started In spite of the presence 
of several constables with attach- 
ments, on top of whioh Julia Claus. 
sen refused to go on for the second 
act unless $500 was paid her, which 
necessitated some feverish flnancing. 

The Detroit Grand Opera Club, 
under whose auspices the Dippel 
company came here, consisted of 
several hundred persons who had 
subscribed for—season tickets and 
paid dues into the club which en- 
titled them to a discount on the 
tickets they later would purchase. 
The ticket sale for the performance 
of "Die Walkure" at Orchestra hall 
grossed some $4,000 which together 
with the $2,000 in tho club's bank 
account was turned over to the 
company. 

The Detroit unit is at a loss to 
understand why the DIppel company 
should "be broke", and intimate 
"something Is wrong somewhere 
witii the finances." 

The Detroit unit was organised 
last summer when Dippel came to 
Detroit and appeared before the 
Board of Commerce and leading 
club women Interested in music 
urging that an association be 
formed to bring hia opera company 
for a series of performances. * 



COMPOSERS WILL OPPOSE 
MANAGERS' ROYALTY DEMAND 



Committee of Six Appointed to Take Action — J. C. 
Rosenthal, of Composers* Society, Issues State- 
ment 

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A meeting of the board of gov- 
ernors of the American Society of 
Con>posers. Authors and Publishers 
was held Tuesday to discuss the 
producing managers' request for a 
cut-in on the music royalties. Al- 
though the society had not been 
accorded a formal notification of 
the managers' request, it decided to 
take action to Investigate on the 
strength of the reports in Variety. 
William Klein, acting for the man- 
agers, formally advised Nathan 
Burkan, representing the music 
men, of the P. M. A. decision. The 
meeting followed. 

J. C. Rosenthal, general manager 
of the society, iscued the following 
statement: 

In the first place this organiza- 
tion has received no ofllclal no- 
tice whatever of the reported In- 
tention of the Producing Man- 
agers' Association to demand 
that they be "cut in" on the 
earnings of the socielj', or as an 
alternative will not produce any 
shows written Iiy our members. 

When surh f.fiicial notice is re- 
rolved we rhiH tako appropriate 
nrttnn, nn<l if tl»*» fSemnndH are 
presented will render promptly 
our deci.«if»n thereupon. 

In the me:in;ime. however. ,is- 
sumlng that the report rf their 
intentions and their resolutions 
on the subject, us printed in the 
theatrical pre«<.s, Is in acrordan.-e 
with the facts, I miglit say that 
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PLAYED ALL SHOWS 



Shelley Attends Mother's Funeral 
Without Losing a Performance 



Albany, N. T., Dec. 20. ~ 
Although his mother died at her 
home in Syracuse Sunday night, 
William Shelley, leading man of 
the Proctor Players at Harmanus 
Bleecker Hall, did not lose a per- 
formance of "Ladies' Night," the 
current production of the slock 
this week. Shelley appeared In- the 
opening performance Monday night, 
attended the funeral of his parent 
Tuesday morning and returned to 
Albany in time for the matinee. 

All the local dailies carried stories 
about the death of the actor's 
mother, stating a telegram notify- 
ing him of his mother's death was 
delivered at the hall Sunday night 
and did not reach him until tie ap- 
peared at the theatre for usual 
Monday morning rehearsal. One 
paper, however, said he did not get 
the telegram until shortly before 
the performance Monday night . , 



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JOHN CROMWELL'S NEXT 

John Cromwell will protluce an- 
other show on his own after the 
first of the year. He has accepted 
"Tiirni.sh," a drama by Gilbert 
Krflery. whose last contribution waa .« 
"The Hero." 



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SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT 



Figures ••timat«d and comment point to somo attractions btino 
auccosaful, whilo tho %mn\9 gross accredited to others might suggest 
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in 
house capacities, with the varying overhead. Also the size of cast, 
with consequent difference in necessary gross for profit. Variance 
in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic 
play is also considered. 



«Abie'e Irieh Ross^** Republic (31st 
week). One of best money mak- 
ers on Bioatlvvay. Gross consis- 
tently good for attraction of kind 
and cast not costly. Although off 
with most of list last week, has 
been bettering $10,000 and should 
ropain pace after holidays. 

•'Better Times," Hippodrome (16th 
week. Primed for big holiday trade. 
Grosses this season ahead of last, 
but present scale is higher, 12.50 
top. Over $80,000 expected next 
week. 

"Blossom Time,** Century (60th 
week). Shuberts' operetta win- 
ner holding over from last season 
will play dally matinees' all nexX 
week. Attraction is real money 
maker and until last week bet- 
tered $16,000. Cast of moderate 
salaries here also. 

"Bunch and Judy," Globe (4th week). 
Newest Charles Dillingham at- 
traction now running in excellent 
form. Business for holidays ought 
to be big and afterward should 
steady show for run. Pace to date 
under normal. 

••Chauve-Souris,** Century Roof 
(47th weekj. Fourth program 
prepared for the Russian show, 
final bill and expected to keep 
novelty attraction going until 
Easter. 

^Fashions for Men,** National (3d 
week). Molnar comedy accorded 
particular attention by reviewers 
in Sunday comment. True draw 
of attraction can not be deter- 
mined until after holidays, but 
notice given by house, and "Will 
Shakespeare" listed to succeed 
Jan. 1. 

••Follies," New Amsterdam (29th 
we«»k). About two months more 
anticipated for Ziegfeld show, 
which continues to lead Broadway 
and is musical demand leader 
along with "Little Nellie Kelly." 
)'^iised off another $2,000 last week 
for a total of about $31,700. 
•'Greenwich Viilage Follies,*' Shu- 
bert (15th we*k). Has drawn 
bigger money than any other of 
"Village Follies" series and scaled 
at bigger top. Should run until 
Kaster. Last week lowest gross 
to date, takings being under $19,- 
500. 
•'Gringo," Comedy (2d week). New 
< omedy by a new author and com- 
paratively new producer. Opened 
Thursday of last week. Drawing 
power also not to be registered 
until after New Year's. Fair 
pro.spects, critics not rating play 
hlRhly. 
•H am let," Sam Harris (6th week). 
Several attractions that actually 
bettered normal gro.'^s last week 
considered exceptional. This was 
one, drawing over $19,500, top 
money of non -musicals. 
•*lt Is the Law," Ritz (4th week). 
New myntery thriller very well 
spoken of and with good chance 
to land for run. Pace to date 
about $7,600, but came in between 
holidays and has not enjoyed 
break yet. 
"Johannes Kreisler," "Apollo <lst 
week). Foreign novelty drama 
which aroused managerial Inter- 
est abroad last summer. Produced 
by Selwyns. Opens Saturday 
(Wednesday premiere set back) 
night at $10 top; $4 top regular 
night scale. Advance sale strong. 
•Kiki," Belasco (56th week). Be- 
lasco's sensational dramatic suc- 
cess of last season still among 
be3t of non-musical money get- 
ters. Trade now is largely at box 
office. Gross last week nearly 
$14,000. 
"Lady in Ermlns," Ambassador 
(12th week). Best of operetta.«i 
this season to date; although not 
at pace of "Blossom Time," housed 
here last season, It has been a 



^'Merchant of Venice," Lyceum (let 
week). Belasco brings in the sec- 
ond of special Shakespearean pro- 
ductions of season. Opened 
Thursday night, with David War- 
fleld. Scale, $4 top; same for pre- 
miere performance. 

"Merton of the Movies," Cort («th 
week). With others of Broad- 
way's hits, business did not fall 
off after Thanksgiving, as ex- 
pected. One more fine Cort the- 
atre 'success, with takings last 
week $15,200. 

**Music Box Revue," Music Box 
<9th week). Sole $5 top musical 
in town. Business last week 
about $1,000 under previous week, 
takings being around $27,000. At- 
tendance early in week slightly 
off. 

"Our Nell," Bayes (3d week). Rural 
Fatlre with music which came in 
at wronsr time. Man-igement will 
try with it until after holidays. 
Around $5,000. 

«Rain," Maxine Elliott (7th week). 
Leader of street, call for drama 
topping everything else on list 
and going to standing room for 
all performances and all floors. 
$15,000. 

"R. U. RV* Frazee (11th week). 
Business off for last two weeks, 
but indications are for run. For- 
eign novelty drama which moved 
up from Garrick last month. 
Business around $9,000. 

"Sally, Irene and Mary," Casino 
(16th week). Dipped under $10,- 
000 last week, but ought to leap 
upward with arrival of holidays. 
Pace after first of year will Indi- 
cate length of run. and new mu- 
sical likely in another month. 

"Seventh Heaven," Booth (8th 
week). After two weeks of mod- 
erate business this drama Jumped 
to rating with best draws on 
Broadway, and looks in for sea- 
son. Not much under $13,000, ca- 
pacity here. 

"Six Characters in Search of an 
Author," Princess (8th week). 
Made longest stay this 299-seater 
has enjoyed for several seasons. 
Takings can only be moderate, but 
profit at $5,000. 

"So This Is Londonl!* Hudson 
(17th week). Cohans other hit 
contribution this season, with 
nothing beating it except "Ham- 
In" in non-musical division. Gross 
last week little und' r $16,000, ex- 
cellent for this stage of run. 

"Spite Corner," Little (13th week). 
Business surprise last week, pick- 
ing up to over $7,0*0 and better. 
That beat previous week, though 
not much profit for attraction, 
which was so well thought of at 
opening. 

"The Awful Truth," Henry Miller 
(14th week). Pre-ho.iday slump 
ropponsible for lowest gross since 
opening, takings last week going 
to around $9,000. Bright comedy, 
which ought to recover in Janu- 
ciry. 

"Springtime of Youth," Broadhurst 
«9th week). Final week for for- 
eign adapted operetta. Never 
drew big business, average tak- 
ings being around $8,000, and con- 
siderably less last week. Fay 
Bainter will succeed next week in 
"The Lady Cristilinda," which has 
been waiting berth. 

"The Bootleggers," 39th Street (4th 
week). Final week for comedy- 
drama, supposed to be expose of 
bootlegging methods. Leo Dit- 
richstein will succeed Christmas 
day with "The Egotist." "Boot- 
leggers" mis.sed $4,000 last week. 

"The Fool," Times Square (9th 
week). Selwyns* surprising dra- 
matic contribution, which built 
up to big proportions within 
three weeks and good for balance 



PmUY'S OFF WEEK IS 
MARKED BY TANGERINE' 



Dropped to S14,000 at Finish 

After High of $25,000 

on Run 



Philadelphia, Dec. 20. 

Liegltimate business took another 
toboggan here last week. The shows 
hit were "Tangerine" at the Shubert 
and "Blossom Time" at the Lyric. 
The Carlton musical comedy fell 
way to the rear In its closing per- 
formances, and In its last week, 
ending last Saturday, turned in a 
gross of around $14,000 as compared 
with its high water mark of $25,000. 

"Good Morning Dearie" prospered 
at the Forrest far better than indi- 
cations at the opening led the wise- 
acres here to believe. The tendency 
to weakness upstairs continued, but 
business was big downstairs even on 
the worst nights last week, and the 
gross again passed $20,000 by. a 
comfortable margin, with every in- 
dication that It will do approxi- 
mately as well In this — its final 
week. It will have ticked off five 
weeks at a nice, If not remarkable, 
profit. 

"Blossom Time" continued to 
tumble In a distressing fashion, but 
it has now been decided definitely 
to keep this Shubert operetta In 
Christmas week, and probably New 
Tear's week. It Is now in its ninth 
week, and when It concludes will 
have turned In the best record any 
musical comedy has recorded In 
several years here. A pIck-up Fri- 
day and Saturday nights of last 
week kept the bottom from dropping 
completely out of the business here. 

"Anna Christie" was the only show 
which picked up, beating its first 
week's gross by over $2,000, and 
clearing the $10,000 mark by a com- 
fortable margin. 

This week saw the annual en- 
gagement of Robert B. Mantell. 
Contrary to his former custom, this 
star is playing three weeks at the 
Broad in Shakespearean and classic 
repertoire. The advance sale was 
weak, and this week's business will 
probably be low, but Christmas and 
New Year's week *here should be 
enough to counter-balance this 
weakness. 

Monday four shows come In, two 
giving matinee performances, "The 
Passing Show of 1922," Shubert. for 
three weeks, and "The Guilty One," 
wfth Pauline Frederick, Adelphi, for 
three or four weeks. 

"To the Ladies" starts two weeks 
at the Garrick and White's "Scan- 
dals" for a like period at the For- 
rest. Both shows will give extra 
matinees Christmas week. 

These short engagements mean a 
piling up of openings for around the 
New Year. "The Monster" comes to 
the Walnut Jan. 1, apparently with- 
out opposition, and Jan. 4 "The 
Torohbearers' comes to the (Jarrick 
for two weeks, and Ed Wynn to the 
Forrest for a short stay. The same 
date will see a new show at the 
Broad— probably William Gillette In 
a new play, and perhaps an oponincj 
at the Lyric, where "Blossom Time" 
will be about ready to step out. An 
underline at the Walnut is "The 
Dover Road" for Jan. 29. Of all 
houses, the Broad is probably at the 
present time the mo.st uncertain In 
bookings, though t\\e Shubert houses 
are also In a chaotic state in regard 
to coming attractions. 

Estimates for last week: 
Mantell In repertoire (Broad. 1st 
week). Not promising for this week, 
but better things expected. First 
time In recent years three-week en- 
gagement of Shakespeare attempted 
here. "Abraham Lincoln" neither 
gained nor lost much ground last 
week. Gross of about $7,500. 

''Good Morning Dearie" (Forrest, 
5th week). Held up splendidly de 



CHICAGO^ RECORD WEEK; 
..WORSE RECEIPTS EVER 



Evenrthing Down La«t Week — ThU Week May Drop 
Lower — Next Two Weeks Depended Upon for 
Business Recovery ^ 



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money maker by means of lower > of season. Played to $14,600 last 



floor patronage. Around $11,500 
last week, lowest gross to date. 

•'Last Warning," Klaw (9th week). 
Mystery play, highly regarded at 
opening, and may stick balance 
of season. Draw not capacity, 
hut consistently big for house and 
attraction. Last week around 
$10,000. pace showing drop of an-, 
other $1,000. 

"Listening In," Bijou (3d week). 
Another mystery play kindly 
greeted, but came In during in be- 
tween holiday ebb. T'nder $5,000 
last week, but management hopes 
for Improvement after first of 
year. 

"Little Nellie Kelly," Liberty (Cth 
week). Cohan musicjil success 
— ...aipholdlng great pnp<» of attraction 
during four monthH* run in T^ok- 
ton. One of best in agency call 
and strong at box ofTlce. Nearly 
$L>2.000. 

•LJza," Daly's 63d St. (4th week). 
Only colored show bidding for 
Broadway patronage. In sam« 
house as "Shuffle Along," but not 
getting equal bu.slness. 

'•Loyalties," Gaiety (13th week). One 

of Broadway's strongest dramas 

and likely to beat London pspduc- 

^"* fion. Doing capacity business 

right along, takings around $14,- 



week, putting it well among lead 
ing dramas. 

♦'The Gingham Girl,** Earl Carroll 
(17th week). Has held to profit 
from start and outfooted other 
$2.50 top musicals. Ought to last 
until spring and maybe longer. 
$13,000 to $14,000 last week. 

"The Love Child," Cohan («th 
week). Business here last week 
held up much better than expect- 
ed, dropping but $400 and getting 
close to $9,000. Looks good until 
Wiishingfon's Birthday. 

"The Old Soak," Plymouth (18th 
week). Like mo.st other^ attrac- 
tions which have made* money. 
last week's buslnf^'ss lowest of 
so.'ison. Gross went under $10,- 
000. B^action sure with arrival 
of h'»"i<l.i\ 3. ^ 

"The Masked Woman," RUinge (1st 
week). New Woods dramatic 
pa-oductlon which opened out of 
town last week encouraging and 
was quickly booked In to succeed 
•East of Sue/.." that was hastily 
ordered closed l;ist .'Saturday. 
N'f'w show oprnf<l Fridny. 

"The Texas Nightingale," T^mplre. 
CloSf'd suddenly Saturday last, 
management deciding not to p'ay 
pre-Chri.stmas week ■Mi'jthout an- 
other honre to berth it. "Rose 
Bria.*' auccctUa next week. 



spite mournful prophesies. Weak- | 

ness In balcony offset by strength 

(Continued on page 16) 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 

Gather around the fireplace and 
listen to the saddest of all week's 
business ever compiled two weeks 
in advance of Christmas in this 
metropolis. 

Conditions made breathless those 
whose duty it Is to broadcast the 
news. So let's become Intimate byi 
gathering around and whispering 
the business. ^ 

It was sad. Tea, brutal! Con- 
siderable anxiety Is expressed here 
in learning just what sort of 
restoratives the magnates in New 
York used when they received the 
morning wire with the nightly trade. 
Chronic gloom-promoters gleefully 
paraded their own backyards. It 
was their hour. The happenings 
brought them overflowing measures 
of their own delights. But theirs 
will be an early knock-out for while 
the business of the past week was 
dreadful (this week promises to be 
even worse) the playgoers were 
just active enough to have this re- 
port predict plenty of new records 
for the approaching Yuletide period. 
Advance reservations are tremen- 
dous. 

Where this year's lull hits the 
stiffest Is the fact the blow was de- 
livered earlier than usual. Instead 
of getting one bad week before 
Xmas, the attractions will now have 
to withstand two weeks of red ink 
marking. And It's not a delicate 
drop of the red ink this season. 
Some of the books will have to be 
smothered with the marks of huge 
deficits. 

Last week's lull wasn't bashful in 
asserting itself. It landed with both 
feet Sunday night. Monday night it 
had planted itself squarely in every 
boxofflce in town. Nothing could 
chase It away with the result there 
were no sell-outs during the week, 
not even for the "smash-hits." 
Saturday's matinee around the loop 
was way "off." There were plenty 
of empty seats Saturday night. 
This best tells the story. 

For a general slump the week's 
trade had anything of its kind 
beaten that Chicago has ever re- 
corded, according to veteran show 
managers. Its spectacular angle 
was the fact It will be of two weeks' 
duration. If added impetus is given 
the slump this week, therell be un- 
believable nightly business in rftany 
of the houses: When a gross hits 
as low as $200 for shows that have 
been averaging $1,200 at other times 
on equivalent nights, the full force 
of the slump can be e.stimaled. 

"Music Box Revue" and "Bombo" 
were both caught in the .^^lump. The 
former has to do around $29,000 to 
break even and the loss of the week 
will have to be held until the 
tremendous Xmas and New Year's 
profits shoots it away. There Is 
every indication for the Colonial at- 
traction to hold around $38,000 for 
the final two weeks. If it wasn't so 
exepnsive for the management to 
add extra matinees the crack busi- 
ness of "The Follies" (reported at 
$40,000) would get a good Jolting 
judging ffrom the call for the 
Harris-Berlin entertainment for the 
time starting with Christmas Eve. 

Al Jolson Is - doing the shrewd 
thing by refusing to stay longer 
than Jan. 6. His is the grabbing of 
every possible record within com- 
mand of the Apollo theatre, and the 
holiday weeks will give the big en- 
gagement the fitting farewell climax. 



"Nightingale" got around $(>,000 
last week. * Tt stayed four weeks. 

"The World We Live In," Jolson's 
B9th St. (8th week). The "Insect 
Comedy'' more than held its own 
last week, getting close to $10,000. 
Increase gives promise of run 
downtown. Moves to 44th Street 
after two weeks more. 

"Thin Ice," Belmont (12th week). 
Moderate draw, which ought to 
stay another month or so. Tak- 
ings under $5,000 last week, when 
first loss claimed. Figures to be 
road money maker. 

"Up She Goes," Playhou.so (7th 
week). Intimate musicil show 
bullded upward lately on sheer 
rperit, and now expected to re- 
main all season. Nearly $9,000 
last week, which equalled pre- 
vious week. Fine sign for that 
week in seasoiH 



"Whispering Wires," 49th St. (20th 
week). Went to $6,000 la.-t week. 
This mystery drama has f;irrd 
well up to now nnd may run into 
February, depending on business 
after the first of year. 

"Why Men Leave Home," Mnrosco 
(15th week). Live'v comedy that 
should have secured blggrr slW^e 
of business than got thus far. But 
■ still on right side. Around $7,000 
last we#*k. Figures to impro\» 
after holidays and may stay until 
EaBtc, 



It is known the Shuberts wanted 
Jolson to remain longer but Al is 
a good showman, and that's why he 
made the record in Chicago. His 
personal campaign cleverly func- 
tioned makes the name of Jolson a 
monument In Chicago among those 
who are seeking good entertainment 
from a comedian who isn't afraid of 
work. 

Two premieres, one a new play for 
Chicago, attracted the critics. Henry 
Miller and Ruth Chatterton drew 
their respective local following to 
the Blackstone for "La Tendresse." 
The staff at the Blackstone, under 
Guy Hardy's direction, hardly knew 
how to act for a premiere after 
housing "Lightnin' " for such a long 
period. It was an opening that at- 
tracted society. Otis Skinner re- 
turned "Mr. Antonio" to tho JPowers, 
but the limited engagement of two 
weeks Is making Mr. Skinner'.'^ loyal 
admirers here h\ury to renew the 
-gladness this star's every visit 
lirings to them. Of course I..eo 
Flynn was with Mr. Skinner as com- 
pany manager, holding true the 
trademark surrounding Mr. Skin- 
ner's every company. 

"Six Cylinder Love" h is run Its 
call at the Harris, but will hold until 
Jan. 13 when "Captain Applejaek" 
arrives for the Jan. 14 opening. 
"Kempy" was lost in tho general 
slumi) and the faet the advance in- 
terest over "Partners Again" hfui 
, flooded the Selwyn with mail orders. 
J "Kempy" was kept In suspense be- 



cause of booking uncertainties, but " 
now goes to Kansas City for Xmas 
week with New Years week in St. 
Louis. 

"The First Year" and "Thank-U," 
while bringing profits to tha 
Golden office, were far below previ- 
ous trade. Common sense organU 
zntion of Golden shows places this 
firm in a better way to withstand 
slumps than the average producer. 
"The First Year" would have sunk 
further if it hadn't been for the fact 
the "specs ' have just so many 
tickets that they can't return. The 
real drawing power of "The First- 
Year" at the box office Is far from 
being satisfactory so far. I'erhaps 
this is another instance of where 
a "buy" is going to kill a show 
that ought to stay in Chicago for a 
whole year. 

William Hodge doesn't leave 
town with "For All of Us." He 
moves to the Studebaker, made 
vacant with the flop of "Spice of 
1922." This- change comes Xmas 
Eve, when "Demi-Virgin" comes to 
the LaSalle. Few insiders know 
that several self-appointed play 
censors quietly went up to Mil- 
waukee the past week to witness 
"The Demi-Virgin." If the original 
version of the Woods piece is given 
here expect a campaign of "stop- 
the-piece" nature. It is known that 
a try will be made to give the orig- 
inal version on the opening night 
and thereon until interference is 
offered. If the newspapers which 
went after "Ladles' Night" don't 
take notice of the W^oods play this 
time the LaSalle won't suffer the 
unfortunate situation that took 
away the Hodge play. 

George Cohan needn't worry over 
his Chicago production of "So This 
Is London!" It's bettering Itself 
at every performance, and the 
Cohan atmosphere Is returning to 
Cohan's Grand after the rest It re- 
ceived via booking of pictures. 

Joseph Gaites made a visit here 
io see "He Who Gets Slapped" and 
was convinced that the prospects 
at the Playhouse assure the piece 
at least a 10 weeks' run. Allow the 
Bennett play to Jump just a little 
bit more and Bryant will have a 
long-run card on his hands — some- 
thing that his efforts will be de- 
serving of. The word-of-mouth 
advertising "He" will receive from 
the holiday audiences may jfive the 
attraction this necessary boosting 
to hold it longer than 10 weeks. 

"Shuffle Along," while slumping, 
held the atmosphere that promises 
many more big weeks. The com- 
^any js all excited over the London 
tour, although there is a chance of 
this long trip being deferred until 
the Pacific coast gets a glimpse at 
the colored organization. M. A. 
Manton continues to do excellent 
work In supervising the publicity 
for "Shuffle Along." 

Scarcity of playgoers made the 
weeks search for news uninterest- 
ing. The calendar will be changed 
on Xmas Eve, with premieres at the 
Selwyn and the LaSalle. The 
Powers gets an Xmas night opening 
with Frances Starr In "Shore 
Leave." Allan Pollock will con- 
tinue to house himself at the Cen- 
tral — this time with a new play, 
"Why, Certainly." "Partners Again" 
will be a clean-up at the Selwyn, 
being the first real "break" the 
house has received In a booking 
since opening. 

It's St splendid Xmas week bill 
that the playgoers here have this 
year to select firom. As low as will 
b<i the business before Xma.«», as 
high will It be when the holiday 
theatrical-going starts. Don't be 
surprised to hear of several records 
going by the boards — the advance 
sales Indicate these, records, with 
nobody complaining about the in- 
creased prices for New Years Eve 
if the rush of mall orders are any 
criterion. 

Last week's estimates: 

"La Tendresse" (Blackstone, 1st 
week).— Got help to reach $8,000 by 
one house being sold outright to 
social leaders. Promises big society 
call during holidays. 

"Mr. Antonio" (Powers, 1st week). 
— Oti's Skinner's return netted $7,500 
on the first of a two weeks' limited 
stay.. Frances Starr in "Shore 
I,.eave" opens Xmas night. 

"The Firet Year" (Woods, 6th. 
week). — Just went over $11,000, 
wholly gained from tho "buy." 
Plenty of pasteboards in the hands 
of street "specrf.'" 

"Kempy" (Selwyn, 5th week).— 
Crept around $5,000. "Partners 
Again'* opens Xmas Kve. 

"Six Cylinder Love" (Harris, 11th 
week). — Vanked $G.500 out of week's 
debris. Goes out Jan. 13 with 
'Captain Applejack" following. 

"Bombo". (Apollo, 13th week).— 
(Continued on page 16) 



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Friday, December 22, 1922 



LEGITIMATE 



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BEDSIDE CHATS 



(Continued from pag* I) 
comnaonly referred to a« "pup," "cayoodle." "mongrel" or -cur," has 
been giving a marvelous exhibition of loyalty while pawln* a living out 
of the garbage cans beneath the window of the hospital where his owner 
It confined. 

"Pete"— I understand that is the dog's name— has never l*ft the side- 
walk, excepting when he was chased away, since the day he arrived, 
following the patrol wagon In which hla friend was brought in. Once 
lie eluded the doorman apd gained admittance to the hospital and found 
his way to a cot and heard *'his master's voice." Whatever understanding 
they have between them seems to satisfy "Pete," for he went out and 
resumed hl^vlgll at the door. 



There's a dear, patient old soul whose room is on this same floor, who 
has been here for seven years. She has no visitors; no one ever sends 
anything to her. She Is helpless; has to be lifted Into the chair where 
she sits alone. Sometimes she reads, but usually prays all day long and 
waits for the summons to the Great Beyond. She has never had a Christ- 
mas present In the years she has been here, nor a caller; never had seen 
a movie until last winter, when I had the picture which Nick Schenck so 
kindly sent me run off in her room. She had a wonderful time watching 
it. Sometimes I send my victrola in. ani I thank my friends for helping 
me put a little ioy into the last days of^the dear old lady. 



CHICAGO ntEASURERS 
WANT TO AFFILIATE 



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Eddie Jacoby, one of my favorite stage electrloiann, who co-operated 
so beautifully with me in putting my shows over, writes me from the 
road, where he is with "Shuffle Along": 

*I just can't seem to make myself believe that you ure etill on your 

; back. I have been so used to seeing you jump over footlights while 

. photographing a new show, and I can just hear you yet calling to me 

■: to 'put some- more lights on the foots ^r flies,' so that the picture 

» Will look just right. 

"Hurry up and get your own apartment, and I'll come from Hong- 
^kong or hell to wire it for you. Just to see you up on your feet 
giving orders again would be a treat. 

"When you join the office force again I will be back on the job to 
run the buzzers into your ofUce." 

Eddie, I don't have to be on my feet to give orders. I may have to be 
in that perpendicular position to make anybody carrv them out. but I 
can still give them. 

It's just such letters as this that make me know that life Is worth 
While. . You don't know how happy it makes me when even the stage 
hands who used to work with me still remember me kindly enough to 
write me In these terms. 



The /Irst package that came In had a tag on It, "Do not open until 
Christmas." I took the tag off and pinned It on the corner of my bed as 
an admonishment for the doctors to let me alone. 



INSIDE STUFF LEGIT 



^ (Continued from page 12) 

in the loop theatres. Managers are finding It more agreeable to restore 
considerable of the lost confidence of the public In the box offices. The 
filling of mall orders for large New Year's Eve parties, after the check 
signers are Investigated and not found to be go-betweens for the "specs" 
to get the tickets, will deprive the "stands" of much stock for the "big 
price" night of the year. This system, however, is going to return the 
-''diggers" to the loop theatrical life*. 

The Couthoul order for "Partners Again" In Chicago, opening next 
week, was held down to 250 nightly, with no commissions, although ^Irs. 
Couthoul had asked, almost demanded, 400 a night. At flrst Archie 
Selwyn Informed Mrs. Couthoul she could have but 150 nightly for that 
show, but later it was Increased to 250 on the condition there would be 
no return privilege. It appears to be the desire of the Selwyns to estab- 
lish their Selwyn, Chicago, as a box office theatre, to avoid getting 
enmeshed again with such a "buy" as embarrassed Its opening attraction, 
"The Circle." For "The Circle" the Couthoul agency overstocked Itself, 
and jammed the box ofUce as well, through having a nightly surplus of 
unsold tickets. 

Sam H. Harris may also change attitude In Chicago on allotting 
Couthoul tickets for "Captain Applejack," opening Jan. 14 at the Harris, 
following "Six Cylinder Love." Harris had to use the "Music Box Revue" 
In Chicago, from the report, to make the Couthoul stands support "Six 
Cylinder Love" after "The First Year" opened In Chi. That Is the reason, 
It is said, Harris may get down to cases with Mrs. Couthoul for his 
next show. 

TICKET STATUS INDEFINITE 



Spill Desire at Dinner to Max 
Hirsch — Chicago Reor- 
ganizing 

Chicago, Deo. 20. 

Foremost treasurers in Chicago 
started off the enthusiasm for the 
reorganisation of the Treasurers' 
Club of Chicago by tending Max 
Hirsch a midnight smoker at the 
Clud Dwellers* clubrooms Satur- 
day nlghL The affair was a huge 
success. 

Hirsch, charter member of the 

Treasurers' Club of New York, is 

here as manager for the "Music 

Box Revue." The Idea of the 

smoker was to promote a closer re- 
lationship between the New York 
and Chicago treasurers* clubs, but 
it developed Into a big boom for a 
reorganization of the local club 
with a view of elevating the ideas 
of the club and making It more Im- 
portant In 4he everyday life of Chi- 
cago's theatrical colony. 

Carl Randolph, treasurer at 
Cohan's Grand, revealed the desire 
of the treasurers to extend Hirsch 
the good thoughts the local b x 
office men fostered for having him 
in their midst His was a keynote 
for the spirit of reorganization and 
proceeding hereafter in a more 
progressive way than the loca' or- 
ganization has done In the past 
few years despite the fact plenty of 
funds have boen at the disposal of 
the club through having conducted 
annual dances. 

Hir.sch responded with a speech 
on the growth of the Treasurers' 
Club of New York and the big ac- 
complishments it has registered In 
a social way, not overlooking angles 
that protected treasurers out gf 
employment. The former treasurer 
(now Beau Brummel of managers) 
was given an ovation. 

Other speeches were made by 
Ashton Stevens, dramatic editor of 
the "Herald-Examiner"; Walter 
Duggan, manager of the Selwyn; 
Rollo Tlmponi, manager of the Co- 
lonial; James Wingfleld, local book- 
ing agent; Frank Scott, close pal 
of Hirsch's, and Ray West, former 
local treasurer, now In the Insur- 
ance business. 

Entertainment was supplied by 
Sissle and Blake from "Shuffle 
Along." Some 100 Invited guests 
were present for what was voted 
the first actual demonstration of 
real enthusiasm for the right kind 
of a treasurers' club here. 



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plicate set of tickets of different 
color at the box office, or the treas- 
urer there will make the locations on 
a blank ticket and the original will 
be put aside by the central office. 
The system is akin to that used by 
the I'ullman company in the way 
parlor car seats and sleeping berths 
are sold. The Pullman ofl^lce at each 
railroad terminal verifies by 'phono 
the location of each ticket sold. 

Anothor Impression conveyed by 
the P. M. A. announcement was that 
all the present ticket apcncios would 
be eliminuted. as there would be no 
buy-outs and the 10-ccnt premium 
of the central agency would forco 
the others out of bu.^iness. It was 
stated by a showman clo?o to the 
committees working out Iho now 
system that It was quite llkoly sev- 
eral ticket agencies established on a 
strict 50-cent premium basis would 
continue to operate, but that the 
gyp class of ticket .speculator. i 
would be frozen out. 

The managers appear to recognize 
that the few Ugitimate 50-ccnL pre- 
mium oillrcs liavc boon porfoimiiis a 
distiiu-t se rvice, and- it is w ell 
prouTul.,] that |o elimihaifl llicm 
also would be harmful. Such offices 
do a larKC volume of buflino.^s on 
order, tickets being charged to pa- 
trons and dclivorrd. Tliat that olass 
of patronage could not be forced to 
purchase at a rontral office and 
without the privilipe of charge ac- 
counts Is considered remote. It was 
■tated, however, that no such agency 



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or agencies would have a monopoly 
of choice locations and that the cen- 
tral office would have the bulk of 
the better seats. Provisions to pre- 
vent tickets from reaching the 
hands of speculators via "diggers" 
have not been considered as yet, but 
It is assumed a number of tickets al- 
ways will reach the gyps. i 

Another mistaken idea is that with 
the establishment of a central 
agency cut rates v/ould go by the 
board. It was stated by Joe Le- 
blang, whose proposal of a central- 
ized selling system was accepted In 
principle if not in toto, that cut 
rates will exist as long as theatres 
are open. His views on the topic are 
perfectly logleal. There will always 
be a certain number of weak attrac- 
tions, and the volume of business 
drawn through the box office or the 
central agency or both will likely 
not be enough to keep the shows 
operating-. Tickets for such attrac- 
tions will necessarily reacH the cut 
rates, else the weak shows will close 
and houses go dark. No attraction 
or not a majority of productions 
can be said to be pucccshos or fail- 
ures until presented on Broadw.iy. 
When a play Is belr^; produced Its 
success cannot be g(M(-«ia«4«(J. The- 
atre owners will not keep houses 
dark waiting for new i)roductionH if 
they can keep open by selling at cut 
rates. 

All businesses have oMtlets for by- 
products and s'^on-vNorn or old 
goods. That ari'li«-s to plays In a 
number of way??. When there were 
but .20 theatres on Broadway half 



LITTLE THEATRES 



A new society for the study and 
rresentatlon of one-act p?ays has 
been formed at Buffalo, N. Y., with 
Mrs. William A. Knight as the 
moving spirit. The purpose of the 
organization is unique in that it 
win devote itself exclusively to 
single act pieces. 



The Players* Club opened Its sea- 
son In San Francisco last week with 
"The School for Scandal." In the 
cast are Marie Tebeau, Verna Mer- 
cereau, Helen Saunders, Miriam 
Elkus, Frederick McNulty and Ben- 
jamin Purrlngton. 



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"ABIE'S" ROAD COMPANY 

Washington, Dec. 20. 

A road company of "Abie's Irish 
Rose" Is being rehearsed here under 
the direction of Harry Manners, 
director of the local stock comany 
which Is presenting the piece, In 
its fourth week at the President. 

The cast assembled In New York 
and brought here for reheapsing 
consists of Ethel Dwyer, Graham 
Velsey, Henry Frankel, John Weber, 
Edward Forrester and Frank R. 
Wood. 

The company opens at the Acad- 
emy, Baltimore. Christmas day at 
$2. The tentative plans for the new 
company call for a run In Baltimore, 
with Philadelphia and Boston to fol- 
low. 

Henry Duffy, husband of Anne 
Nichols, the author, who, with Ar- 
thur Leslie Smith, is presenting the 
local stock organization, will return 
to the character of "Able," he having 
opened In the part, to relinquish it 
to Graham Velsey, who now goes 
with the newer company. 



the attractions were failures or 
could attract but moderate business. 
The number of houses have almost 
trebled and the theatre attendance 
has increased siinilarly, but the per- 
centage of failures Is the same. 

As renards the system to be em- 
ployed whereby patrons of the cen- 
tral agency will be required to pur- 
chase membership cards costing |1 
yearly for the privilege of buying 
tickets for 10 cents over .the box of- 
fice prire, the method to be pursued 
is far from completion. How a 
rheek-up on the ticket sellers In the 
central office could be made Is an 
obstacle. Those with a card would 
not have to pay the dime and there 
is no way to tell who had a card or 
who didn't, when the count up at 
night arrived. The proposer of the 
plan, however, states a way will be 
found, and that the Idea to limit the 
central agency selling to a 10 -cent 

premium will be, held, 

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George S. Swartz of Denver, who 
several years ago built a new 
bungalow with a miniature theatre 
in the basement, and who up to the 
spring of 1920 had given more than 
400 performances of Shakespeare 
alone, is staging another Shake- 
spearean repertoire. "King John" Is 
his current offering In Denver, put 
on with amateur players who hope 
some day to make a professional 
debut. "The Bungalow Players" are 
unique. Never do they essay any- 
thing but poetic drama, usually 
Shakespeare, of which Swarta is a 
devotee. The little theatre will seat 
about 150 persons, besides a dozen 
or so in the boxes. They get 'space 
regularly In the dramatic polumns 
of the local dallies. Among Bunga- 
low Players of the past who have 
actually become professional actors 
and actresses are Randall O'Nell, 
Clifton Mudge, Olga Pish, Hope 
Landon and Anne Lee Fowler, all 
of whom have since appeared on 
Broadway. 

Swarts happened to see Edwin 
Booth in "Hamlet" when he was 18 
years old, and promptly became a 
"nut" on Shakespeare. In his 
youth — he is now approaching 60 — 
he saw Booth, Lawrence Barrett, 
John MeCullough, Mary Anderson, 
Margaret Miller and many of the 
other old stars of the drama. 



Sardou's "Diplomacy" was pro- 
duced by amateurs for the flrst 
time when the Players* Club of 
Louisville presented It at Macau- 
ley's and "got away with it." The 
.production of "Diplomacy" marked 
a departure by the Louisville play- 
ers from their usual bill of one- 
act plays. ■ X '---l .-; "."''\'..-"" 



LEGIT ITEMS 



Paul Dickey has instituted his 
threatened action against Michael 
Goldrej'er, Michael Mindlln and the 
Mingold Productions, Inc., producers 
of "The Last Warning." Dickey 
wants an accounting rendered of the 
sensational mystery meller's gross 
earnings, to determine a three per 
cent, royalty Interest he alleges Is due 
him for services rendered as "play 
doctor." Through Joseph P. Bicker- 
ton, Jr., Dickey sets forth that 
Sept. 12 last he was consulted to 
doctor Thomas B. Fallon's script in 
Hartford, Conn., and that he trav- 
eled with the show to Springfield, 
Mass., on the break-In tour, re- 
writing the script. He alleges an 
oral agreement for the three per 
cent, royalty interest. 



Edward Royce denies the report 
that with "Secrets" opening at the 
Fulton Christmas Royce would pre- 
sent his productions In another 
house. The director-producer states 
he will ready another musical show 
for the theatre when the length of 
the "Secrets" run is determined. 



NEW OPERETTAS 



Rep. in Montreal, With Parisian 
. Principals 



Montreal, Deft. id. . 

Operettas that have not been 
heard in Montreal in many years 
will be included in the repertoire of 
the Soclete Canadlenne d'Operette, 
which begins Its public career in th« 
St, Denis Theatre on January *li. 
The prospectus announces "La Mas- 
cotte," "La Fllle de Madame Angot," 
"Veronlque," "La Belle Helene," "Le 
Grand Mogul," "Le Petit Due" and 
"Les Cloches de Cornevllle," which 
will be sung by a chorus of r.Iont- 
real singers, with 12 prlnclpa** 
brought from the Opera Comique in 
Paris. 

Eight Canadian singers will b« 
given secondary roles, and the con- 
ductors will be M. Jacquet, of Paris, 
and Albert Roberval, of Montreal. 
After two weeks in Montreal the 
company will go to Quebec for • 
week, then will divide a week l)e- 
tween Ottawa and Toronto, return- 
ing to MontreaWor two more weeks, 
and going on to Boston and New 
York for one week each. Smaller 
places may also be visited for a few 
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MARIE CAHILL'S 'KRS. PEP" ^ 

Norfolk, Va., Dee. 20. J 
Marie CahiU in "Mrs. Pep." by 
Edward A. Faulton, is billed to ap- 
pear here the last half of next 
week, at the Colonial. 



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Third Director for KaHeeh Play 
Bertha Kalisch'a "JitU's Atone- 
ment", the Shaw translation from 
the Austrian, ha« had iU thirl 
change in director. Lester Loner^ 
gan is now staging. B. Iden Payn« 
was slated for the job originally but 
gave way to John Harwood. 



'BARNUM/ ALL NEW, REOPENS 
••Barnum Was Right," the Louis 
F. Werba farce comedy which was 
tried out several weeks ago, is 
being restaged in record time. But 
two weeks between rehearsals with 
an entirely new cast. The show Is 
by Philip Bartholemae, but was re- 
written by John Meehan, who la 
now directing it. 

The cast riow has Donald Brian 
Marion Coakley, Will Deming, Enid 
Markey, Elwood Bostwick, Su- 
zanne Willa, Spencer Charters, Neil 
Martin, Robert Adams and John 
Sharkey. "Barnum" will open at 
the National, Washington, Dec. 81, 
and is due in New York in January. 



Padereweki Cancels Coneert 
Montreal, Dec. 20. 
The Paderewski concert sched- 
uled here for today was cancelled 
by the pianist through the assas- 
sination of the President of Poland. 



SPICE STOPS SHORT 

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physical properties of the produc- 
tion, and two sheriffs were on th« 
stage. Word reached here this 
week that most of the scenery waa 
surrendered in New York to H. Rob- 
ert Law, who owned it and had as . 
Interest in the company for it 

Valeska Suratt remains here and 
may start on an Orpheum tour. 
Arman Kallz has been booked in th« 
"Je Vous Alme" act from the show, 
opening in Peoria, III., next week 
with some of the "Spice" troupers la 
his support. The entire company 
either had or was provided with 
funds for return to New York ia 
instances where they wanted to re- 
turn, and at no time wa« any of 
the chorus in distress. i 



BETTER SHOWS FOR A. C. 

Atlantic City. Dec. 20. 
A meeting was held here last 
week on the subject of procuring 
more and better amusements to en- 
tertain Atlantic City's ever-increis- 
ing army of winter visitors. The 
establishing of a symphony coneert 
on the Steel Pier was conceded to 
be the best solution for the present, 
as the Boardwalk theatres are 
k*«*i)lng open at a loss during the 
wUiter months. 



A round robin signed by all mem.- - 
bers of the "Spice" company wa« i 
sent to Variety from Chicago, stat- i 
ing Valeska Suratt had made no ^ 
complaint regarding the manage- ! 
ment of the show. From other 
sources ft was learned Miss Suratt i 
had waived all claims against th« | 
show in an effort to prolong its lifoi i 

"Spice" was organized by Arman ^ 
Kallz. Jack Lalt wrote the book J 
and was given 2S per cent, of the ' 
stock. The other holders were | 
Kallz, Law and Sharpe, each with 2f i 
per cent Sharpe acted for Lea . 
Shubert, who advanced $3,000 beforal 
opening. Ed Davldow advanced! 
$2,000 and got a piece of the profits,! 
but not of the ownership. All prin-| 
cipals Joined on a percentage basis 1 
at first. I 

The show was a sensational hit I 
before and during the Winter Gar- 
den engagement, and paid off about 4 
$30,000 in investment debts, though U 
playing on 50-50 terms in New York. " 
The Philadelphia run that followed 
turned a profit also. Meanwhile 
the company was shifting, as soma 
of the performers had prior con- « 
tracts and others had dlfllcultiaai 
over billing and salaries. ' 

The percentage plan had bcMi I 
called off except in the Instance of: 
Valeska Suratt, who received « per 
cent, with a guarantee Of $1,000. 3 
The expense of operation, which had 1 
started at about $12,000 a week, - 
dwindled to about $7,500. But New- I 
ark, Boston and Buffalo threw tha : 
finances behind, and Cleveland-^ 
turned out to be a murderous week, 
the worst of all. St Louis, a badi 
Jump, did not come up to expecta-| 
tions. Chicago rose to the showv^ 
however; notices and advance In- 
to.ent were good, and healthy 
receipts seemed assure'd for the Chi- 
eago run when the tanale 



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OUT OF TOWN REVIEWS 



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RED BULLDOGS 

Lo8 Angeles, Dec. 20. 

IffAlo^rama of the Northwest by Wtllard 
Mack, who pl«ya th« leadlns part Titl* la 
r«f«renc« to the red-coated Northweat 
Mounted ToUoe. Produced at the Uaaon, 
Loa Ansdea, I>ec. 18. 



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WlllaVd Mark's new play has the 
•ame atmosphere and much the 
Mune quality as his "Tiger Rose." 
But this time the Canadian police 
are the unqualifled heroes of the 
•vent. 

It has four stimulating acts of 
swift action involving many great 
dramatic situations. The dialog 
sparkles with Mack's wit, with oc- 
casional shadings of the playwrlght- 
actdr's peculiar philosophy to give 
It variety. Between the thrills 
ther* are amusing sidelights on 
women and prohibition reflected ip 
Mack's own style of humor. 

These personal touches were ap- 
preciated hy an audience largely 
of professional people at the pre- 
miere. But there Is i¥> question of 
the play's strong appeal for the 
public. It does hold interest from 
first to last. The dramatic suspense 
hegins to build up from the very 
start and the auditors remain on 
edge until the curtain. The play 
will require pruning, for it ran until 
midnight at the first performance. 

The Los Angeles newspaper re- 
viewers are enthusiastic In their 
praise. Mack Is splendid in the 
leading role, that of a sergeant in 
the Northwest Mounted service. 

In the cast are Phillia Connard, 
Gus B. Thoma.*!, Claude Boardman, 
Beatrice Banyard, Clark Marshall, 
George Morrell, George Sherwood, 
Sanford Dodge. Forest Creighton 
and Aimee Torriana. James B. 
Bayham is the producer. Krelg. 



THE LAST CARD 

Buffalo, Dec. 20. 

This latest for Minnie Maddern 
Fiske demonstrates with more than 
a reasonable degree of certainty at 
least two things— first that Mrs. 
Piske stands as one of the consum- 
mate artists of the English speak- 
ing stage and second, that "Paddy" 
is as poor dramatic stuff as has 
graced the local boards In many 
moons. It is because the latter 
proposition Is so apparent that the 
former Toecomes all the more con- 
clusive. In her hands, the role of 
Paddy evolvee from a literary 
nonentity Into a living, breathing 
study of the character of an erratic 
woman. True, no such woman ever 
could or ever did exist," but for that 
very reason there will be few who 
will dare to cast the critical stone. 
The play is Mrs. Fiske and Mrs. 
Fiske .is the play. There is nothing 
Aore. 

"Paddy," by Lillian Barrett, is 
under the Frasee banner. Miss 
Barrett is said to be a writer of 
short stories for the magazines and 
an incipient novelist. The play is in 
three not-over-elaborate sets and 
employs a cast of 21 persons. Out- 
side of the star, there is scarcely 
one of any particular importance or 
worthy of any special mention. The 
play opened a fortnight ago show- 
ing through the central part of the 
state where it is said to have been 
enthusiastically received. The Buf- 
falo reviewers handled it with mixed 
sentiments. 

In story and construction. "Paddy" 
is a novellstic drama. It proceeds 
so leisurely that one feels certain 
the story must orginally have been 
meant for a novelette. Dramatically 
it is one of those things in which the 
author artfully keeps anything: at all 
from happening. The average 
spectator is In the position of 
watching the man on the proverbial 
river bank — he is always Just about 
to make the leap but never quite 
does. Something really should be 
done about this type of play. Some 
day some constrained spectator will 
rise convulsively In the midst of the 
conversation and shout, "For 
Heaven's Sake, Jump." 

If it is anything. "Paddy" Is a 
character study. The leadin;^ role 
Is that ot an erratic, high-strung 
creature, addicted to morphine, 
jealous, crafty and by turns sad, 
glad and even perhaps a bit mad. 
The role is at times incoherent and 
obtuse, sometimes becoming dense 
enough to be unintelligible. The 
same may be said of the play. Its 
weaknesses, incongruities and in- 
consistencies are legion and are best 
passed over lightly. Paddy's dope 
addition verges on the ludicrous — 
she takes it three times, twice In 
water and once in the arm. The 
prop man should see that the pills 
dissolve better. 

The story concerns Paddy's effort 

to induce her daughter, whom Paddy 

describes as "a good woman" and 

consequently "an abomination." to 

wed a wealthy widower thus saving 

mother apd daughter from the last 

refuge of perploxid playwrights - 

"poverty. The daughter prefers a 

poor, BtrugnlJng but ambitious artist, 

Roger Winthrop Canby, whom 

I'addy of cour.sc di.slikcs. When the 

girl refuses to go through with the 

wealthy marriage. Paddy for no 

reason at all drags her off to 

Florence, where a little later the 

mother sacrifices herself on the 

•Itar of her dniighter's love tor 

Canby and gives her up, deliberately 

taklnjr an overdose of morphine — 



whole gobs of it — while festival 
gayety goes on off stage. It is all 
very sad, but it doesn't mean any- 
thing. 

Ernita Lascellcs played the 
daughter as well as the author per- 
mitted. The other players and roles 
were inconsequential and frequently 
unnecessary. Mrs. Fiske was the 
life and soul of the play. The part 
gives her an opportunity to show 
every gift she has. She played on 
every string in the emotional gamut. 
In her Interpretation of the piece 
she was, as always, the sure deft 
master musician. To her admirers 
the play may mean something, to 
others it may mean anything or 
nothing. 

The title "Paddy" was changed 
during the week here to "The Last 
Card." 

Burton. 



OH LOOK 



San Francisco, Dec. 20. 

"Oh, I»ok." starring Harry Fox. 
produced for a coast tour by Nat 
Goldftein, opened at the Curran 
Surday, sifter having played a four- 
week preliminary season in South- 
ern California towns. The Curran 
engagement is for one week only, 
after which the piece is to take to 
the rodd and eventually travel to 
the middle west. 

The opening performance was 
smooth and the production showed 
no economy In either scenery or 
costuming. There Is a corking 
chorus of 12 gins and they are 
beauties. Several changes have been 
made in the musical score, with 
several numbers of Goldstein's re- 
placing those of the original. 

The local critics lauded the pro- 
duction and stated it was far su- 
perior to many of the attractions 
sent to San Francisco this season 
from the east. If the show doesn't 
do business it won't be because of 
either production or cast. Consid- 
ering that this is the week beforo 
Christmas, the returns Sunday and 
Monday were \tn*y good. 

The David Belnsco production. 
"The Gold-diggers." opened at the' 
Columbia Sunday to a good house 
on the lower floor. Josephs. 



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HAWLEY'S OF THE HIGH ST. 

London,' Dec. 6. 

"Hawley's of the High Street." 
produced at the Apollo last night by 
the author. Walter W. Ellis, is 
described on the program as an 
eccentric comedy. A more specific 
description would be a conventional 
farce. 

A wealthy parvenu has made his 
pile running a little shop, and is 
residing with his wife and daughter 
at a summer resort. The girl falls 
overboard, and is rescued by a rich 
viscount, who falls in love with her 
and proposes marriage. The girl 
realizes her parents will never be 
able to mingle in aristocratic 
society, and although she loves the 
titled young man. rejects his offer 
rather than cut htrself off from her 
parents. It took a full hour to 
develop this, with the obvious de- 
nouement that In the end she will 
yield. 

The plot will not stand analysis, 
in that a sh(Ti)koeper who had grown 
wealthy would have been more 
worldly than to bow and scrape 
continually before a man of title, and 
the mother could not possibly have 
been so Ignorant as to constantly 
refer to the viscount as a "viking." 

A group of "provincial" players 
was recruited to portray the respec- 
tive roles, and contributed a per- 
formance that would be expected of 
a medium sized village stock com- 
pany. 

Ellis is the author of "A Little 
Bit of Fluff," which made him a 
fortune In England, and Is stPl 
touring In the country. "Hawley's 
of the Hlph Street" Is not likely to 
increase his bank roll. Jolo. 



f 18.000. ahowed play's drawing 
power even during lull. 

''GrMnwich Village Folli««'' (Great 
'Northern, Sd week). — Week-end 
trade pulled gross over $12,000. 
Being nursed for two big holiday 
weeks when show should set new 
mark for this house. 

*'Bill of Divorcement" (Central. 
7th and final week). — Allan Pollock 
didn't wait for the two weeks* notice 
closing. Settled Saturday, devoting 
this week to rehearsals for "Why 
Certainly" opening at this, house 
Xmas night; $3,000 final gross for 
Pollock. 

''He Who Gets Slapped" (Play- 
houset 2d week). — The $7,800 meant 
more for future chances of this play 
here than ordinarily would be 
gleaned. Big boosting continues for 
Sam Harris, Joe Gaites and Lester 
Bryant. 

"Spice of 1922" (Studebaker. 2d 
week, with sudden exit Friday 
night). — Internal troubles brought 
sudden closing before curtain time 
Friday night. Would have been 
tougher for all than it was if local 
bunch had known Jack Lait was 
"off" show. Had gone to $6,000 when 
closing. 

"Shuffle Along" (Olympic. 5th 
week).— Held nicely around $14,000. 
Prediction made that "Shuffle" will 
do $25,000 Xmas week. 

SHOWS IN FHHA. 

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downstairs. Gross about $20,500. 
"Scandals" Monday for two weeks. 

''Anna Christie" (Walnut. 3d 
week). Real improvement shown 
last week and both house and com- 
pany are elated. Gross went to 
about $10,500, with indications of 
little change this week. Word of 
mouth advertising seems to have 
turned the trick, and offset bad in- 
fiuence of "Hairy Ape" and "Em- 
peror Jones," both of which flopped 
here. "Monster"' Jan. 1. 

''Blossom Time" (Lyric, 9th week). 
Success has amazed everyone here, 
and shimp last two weeks expected. 
Considered good enough to hold 
over through holidays, however. 
Mav h.ive crared $11,000. 

"Molly Darling" (Garrick. 4th 
week). Not world-beater, but has 
done quite well and without expen- 
sive cast and show probably turned 
in nice profit. About $14,000 last 
week. "To the Ladies" Monday. 

Dark (Adelphi); Decision to close 
hou.se came after "To Love" fiopped 
start. Last week's gross of Grace 
George show was around $5,000. 
"The Guilty One" comes in Monday 
and may try for a month's run. 

Dark (Shubort). "Tangerine" 
faded after bully start and last 
week's gross was a trifie under $14.- 
000. "Passing Show" in Monday for 
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SHOWS IN CHICAGO 

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Around $24,000. best indication of 
how week hit everybody. Finally 
decided for Jolson to depart Jan. 6. 

"Music Box Revue" (Colonial. 
5th week).— Figured $25,000 on hard 
check-up. "Sally" underlined for 
Jan. 8. 

"Thank- U" (Cort, 16th week).— 
Held ar und $6,800. receiving share 
of "bump" that went to small town 
plot plays. Promises to gain house 
week's gross record with five mat- 
inees sfhrduled for Xmas week. 

"So This Is London" (Cohan's 
Grand, 4th week). — Town has caught 
Cohan idea. Perked up again, giv- 
ing full promise of developing ir»to 
tremrndoua hit. Harry Hiding.'* 
figures \v«re $11,500. 

"For All of Us" (LaSalle, 4th 
week). — Drew unusually good Satur- 
day matinee, continuing its winning 
call, and sticks In town, moving to 
Stiidchaker with arrival of "Demi- 
Virgin" Xmas Eve. Checked at 
$8,600. 

"Cat and Canary" (Princess. 15th 
week).— P>11 to lowest mark yet, 



MANA6EHS' MUSIC ROYALTIES 

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our position would be to imme- 
diately deny any such demand.' 

Already it is the custom of 
these managers to demand prece- 
dent to producing a musical 
show, a very substantial cash 
advance from the music pub- 
lisher; already in some cases 
they are "cut In" on the mechan- 
ical royalties, and they now re- 
ceive a greater share than is 
actually fair in the potential 
profits of the musical composi- 
tions of the shows which they 
produce. 

As far as any threat that they 
will not produce shows unless the 
composers, authors and publish- 
ers assent to these demands is 
concerned, they may suit them- 
selves. If the managers, whose 
sole and entire profits fiow from 
the creations of the brains of 
playwrights, composers and au- 
thors take any such position. It 
will be simple and easy enough 
f<jr these men upon whom they 
seek to impose such an injustice 
to place their case before the 
public, and we haven't the slight- 
est fear of what the popular ver- 
dict would be. 

We are. therefore, entirely will- 
ing to await developments, and 
should there be any dl.sposltion 
upon the part of these people, or 
any others, in their or any oth«3r 
line of business, to unjustly en- 
croach upon the rights of the men 
whose brains make their b\><Pi- 
ne.sses possible and profitable, wo 
will know how to act. 
A committee of six. Victor Her- 
bert, Gene Buck, Jerome Kern, Joe 
McCarthy, Max Dreyfus and E. C. 
Mills, was appointed to consider the 
matter. The consensus of opinion 
was that outside of a dozen fore- 
most writers and composers, the 
average songsmith did not cum 
more than $5,000 annually on the 
average, and it would be unfair to 
further minimise that as proposed 
by the managers. 

In view of the $3 prices charged 
for admlsflons and the $15,000 
weekly grosses of musicil comedy 
succ«'RscH — which naturally makes 
the sheet music amount to some- 
thing worth while — music division 
«>f royalties is counted upon as un- 
fair. The publisher contends that 
90 per cent of the musical shows do 
not earn money for the publisher. 
Where formerly a show j)layed 



(Continued from page 18) 
up the struggle with a "Fantastic 
Fricassee," a sort of revue that has 
ambled along most of the fall to 
poor business. 

The octet of new productions for 
Christmas day will open as sched- 
uled, but special performances will 
lessen the problem of the critics. 
"Why Not," the 48th Street's new 
try, will be given Saturday night, 
but collides with "Krelsler." Sun- 
day afternoon "The Clinging Vine" 
will be shown by H. W. Savage at 
tho Knickerbocker. Sunday night 
(Christmas eve) a special perform- 
ance of "Rose Briar" at the Empire 
and "The Tidings Brought to Mary" 
at the Garrick will be held. That 
leaves the other four new ones for 
Monday night (Christmas) for the 
reviewers to choose from. 

"Secrets" lights up the Fulton. 
"Glory" will unfold at the Vande|-- 
bilt (playln^r In Brooklyn this 
week). "The Lady Cristlllnda" 
comes to the Broadhurst and "The 
Egotist" startp at the 39th Street. 

The pre-holiday slump started 
last week, with business away off 
this week, though expected. There 
were a number of exceptions, how- 
ever, last week, when the outstand- 
ing dramatic hits not only held 
their own, but climbed. 

"Hamlet" moved up several hun- 
dreds at the Harris and beat 
$19,600 (it can play to about $24,000 
with the $3 scale). "Rain" again 
got $^15,000 at the Elliott, "Merton 
of the Movies" reached $15,300 at 
the Cort, "The Fooi " was close to 
$15,000 at the Times Square, "Loy- 



three and four years in every town 
of importance in the United States 
it now has a short life of a year in 
New York, Chicago, Boston, Phila- 
delphia, San Francisco and other 
important cities. 

Following the action of the Pro- 
ducing Managers' Association last 
week aimed to secure for the pro- 
ducers of musical comedies a share 
in the royalties on production num- 
bers as gained from publishing, 
mechanical and radiophone, a com- 
mittee was appointed to work out 
the details. Arthur Hammersteln Is 
chairman. Lee Shubert and Sam H. 
Harris, associates. 

Two resolutions covered the mat- 
ter. One conveyed the power to 
employ counsel to present claims to 
the American Society of Composers, 
Authors and Publishers for a share 
of the fees already collected from 
orchestras, cafes and radio broad- 
casting stations. The committee, 
through counsel, will endeavor to 
learn Just how much the society has 
collected and that Is to be the basis 
of the claim. 

The other resolution calls for a 
uniform contract as regards royal- 
ties which all musical comedy pro- 
ducers will use In engaging authors 
and composers of production song 
numbers. The contract form Is now 
being devised. It calls for one-half 
of all royalties paid the composers 
and lyricists by publishers. That 
takes in^he royalties from "canned 
music" and the dividends from the 
composers' society. Although the 
contracts are to be between pro- 
ducer and composers, it is to be 
agreed that the amounts due man- 
agers- be paid them direct by the 
publishers and tho American So- 
ciety of Composers, Authors and 
Publishers. 

The managers took action after 
reports of the big sumd collected by 
the society. Their contention Is that 
song numbers are "made" by the 
attractions and are a part of» the 
production property. Managers at 
present receive royalties from music 
publishers and are interested too In 
the mechanical music, but the share 
is not what the producers claim Is 
rightful. It Is the custom of pro- 
ducers to secure advance payments 
on royalties from publishers, which 
will probably continue, as there will 
be no change from the competitive 
bidding for music publishing rights 
for productions. 

Musical comedy managers forecast 
the growth of radio and believe big 
profits possible for rights to broad- 
cast. On^ producer in discussing 
tho matter pointed out that many 
showmen overlooked moving pic- 
tures and not being able to visual- 
ize the possibilities never grasped 
the opportunities for profit. That 
radio Is proportionately as big a 
field la growing In heTlcf among the 
mnn.igrrs. 

Although the American Society of 
Composers. Authors and Publishers 
estahllFhed the r'ght to collect foes 
where published music is given for 
profit, the Stanley Company of Phil- 
adelphia Is contesting the charging 
of foes In the courts, and the matter 
may again reach the Supreme Court. 



alties" at the Gaiety held to fona 
of nearly $14,000. "So This Is Lon- 
don" KOt close to $16,000 in its 17th 
week at the Hudson and "Seventli 
Heaven" was near capacity, $13,000, 
at the Booth. 

AH the musicals dropped off, 
though Ziegfeld's "Follies/ with 
over $31,500. "Music Box Revue" 
with $26,000 and "Little Nellie 
Kelly" with $22,000 held their spots 
as the money leaders. 

With the many extra matinees 
carded for next week — Christmas to 
New Year's — the annual show har- 
vest Is expected, while the auto- 
mobile show in early January gives 
promise of more big trade. Some 
attractions are to try daily mati- 
nees, but only a few, the others 
playing one or two extra matinees 
^and many sticking to the eight- 
performance limit. To make way 
for some of the new arrivals, this 
will be the final week for "The Boot- 
leggers" at the 89th Street,, "In 
Springtime of Youth" at the Broad- 
hurst and "Hospitality." Only the 
"Youth" operetta will go on tour, 
the other two going to the store- 
house. "The Texas Nightingale" 
was withdrawn from tho Empire 
last Saturday, the house going dark 
and no other berth In sight for the 
Akins comedy. 

Bookings for the first week ot 'he 
year have "Will Shakespeare," un- 
der the direction of Winthrop Ames, 
opening at the National, which nny 
mean the closing of "Fa.shions for 
Men." The holiday week will be 
the finale, too, for the current bill 
of "Chauve-Souris," the Russians 
being c rded for a new program at 
the Century roof Jan. 4. 

"The Cat and Canary" was the 
leader last week in the subway 
houses. It getting nearly $13.P00 at 
the Majestic, Brooklyn. Walter 
Hampden at the Montauk, Brooklyn. 
could not beat $7,000 with his 
Shakespearean rep, which he moved 
on \o Boston this week. Teller's 
Shubert the other house over tho 
bridge, was weak at $5,000 with 
"The Goldfish." "Partners Again" 
drew $11,800 at the Broad Street, 
Now.ark, and Is laying off this week. 
Jumping to Chicago where it bows 
in Sunday night. "Make It Snappy" 
got about $12,300 at the Riviera* 
and "The Monster" a little under 
$6s500 at the Bronx opera house. 

Three Big Buys Added 
The theatre ticket brokers, not 
daunted by the Producing Man- 
agers' proposal to put them out of 
business with a consolidated ticket 
office, made three heavy advance 
buys for new shows this week. The 
three attractions are "Johannes 
Krelsler" at the Apollo, for which 
they have taken 600 seats a night at 
$4.40 top; 40 for David Warfleld In 
"The Merchant of Venice" at the 
Lyceum, and S50 for "The Masked 
Woman" at the Eltinge, making a 
total of a buy of 1.350 seats a night 
for those three attractions. 

Even with the addition of thesa 
three buys the total number of at- 
tractions held outright by the 
agencies fell to 20 this week. The 
list comprised "Johannes Krelsler," 
Apollo; "Our Nell," Bayes; "Klkl,** 
Belasco; "Seventh Heaven." Booth; 
"Springtime of Youth." Broadhurst; 
"Merton of the Movies." Cort; 
"Rain," Elliott; "The Masked Wom- 
an." Eltinge; "R. U. R.," Frazee;^ 
"Loyalties," Gaiety; "Bunch and 
Judy," Globe; "So This Is London," 
Hudson; "Little Nellie Kelly,* 
Liberty; "Spite Comer," Little; 
"Merchant of Venice." Lyceum; 
"The Awful Truth," Miller; "Music 
Box Revue." Music Box; "Zlegfeld 
Follies," Amsterdam; "The Old 
Soak." Plymouth, and "The Fool," 
Times Square. 

The agency men were letting out 
a equawk this week on their buy 
for "Our Nell," which they cannot 
manage to push over the counters. 
They had hoped that the show 
would close last week, but the 
management decided to continue 
after they had effected a half-sal- 
ary arrangement with the cast. 

Cut- Rate List Grov/s 
There were 18 attractions listed 
in the cut-rate agency on Wednes- 
day. This was several more attrac- 
tions In number than were on sale 
at bargain prices last week. The 
shows offered were "Our Nell" 
(Bayes), "Thin Ice" (Belmont), 
"Listening In" (BlJou), "Spring- 
time of Youth" (Broadhurst). Shu- 
bort vaudeville (Central), "Blossom 
Time" (Century), "The Love ChlTd^ 
(Cohan). "Gringo" (Comedy). "Liza" 
(Daly's), "Hospitality" (48th St.), 
"World We Live In" (Jolson), 
"Spite Corner" (Little). "Why Men 
Leave Home" (Morosco), "Fashions 
for Men" (National). "Up She Goes" 
(Playhouse), "Abie's Irish Rose" 
(Republic). "It Is the I^w" (RItz) 
and "The Bootleggers" (8«^h St). 



A% 



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JKriday, December 88» 1922 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



17 



•fTAXIE- 

•«Tru* Palt* (Trained Dog) 
16 Mins.; Fiv* (Parlor) 
Sth Avo. 

"Taxio" la a flno-Iooklof rood- 
alxed bulldog. It la now featured 
.alone in a turn that, while bearing 
ita name onlj, haa E«d Allen and 
a young woman la It. The act may 
tiayo been formerly billed as Ed 
Allen and "Taxle." or something to 
that effect. There la a remembrance 
•of ihla. but no record appeara In 
Variety's New Acts flies. 

While not a new turn la people, 
the present act-skeleton may be 
.new. Now there la a proceaslon of 
cues for the dog, making up a story 
and concluding with a dramatic bit 
in which the dog takea part The 
dramatics through the business in- 
volved do not run smoothly, but 
they aufflce with the finale, wherein 
the bulldog returns to its master 
a revolver taken by it from a thief 
who was about to rob the apart- 
ment, also the purse of money the 
thief had taken before the dog got 
It away from him, hiding it in a 
•afe until his n^aater's return. 

The act opens with a maid men- 
tioning no dogs are allowed in the 
apartment. This later leads to one 
of the beat bits of dog training 
shown in some time, and a laugh as 
well, although a similar bit not so 
completely worked, however, was 
once performed in a trained horse 
act (with the horse in bed). The 
maid rings the bell to denote she 
Is returning, when Allen tells 
"Taxie" to be careful and hide se- 
curely or it will be put out, as the 
maid isn't fond of dogs. "Taxie" 
wallcs over to a rug on the flpor, 
after thinking it over, apparently. 
. and then rolls himself into and 
under it. 

The animal wcrlcs with little In- 
struction other than to hear the 
mention of the articles. Mr. Allen 
enters with the dog playfully frisk- 
ing about him as the maid departs, 
following the opening. He is in 
evening clothes. As he removes his 
hat. coat and cane, the dog places 
them away, returning to his master 
with a dressing robe. Other ar- 
ticles are found as mentioned dur- 
ing the run of the natural conversa- 
tion of a man spealdng absent- 
mindedly to his brute friend, in this 
case Mr. Allen mentioning having 
gambled at the club and losing, but 
that he will return later on to re- 
cover the losses, also speaking of 
oil stock, all incidental but required 
f6r the cueing to the dog and story. 

"Taxie," in the mids'. of jaxz 
bands, singing singles. and dancing 
doubles, is totally different in 
vaudeville. It's amusing to look at. 
Interesting to study as to the pos- 
sible manner of training, and the 
dressing of the turn in its clothes 
'j and effects is another point. It's 
AS much different from the old fa- 
miliar dog turns as the present 
drapes are away from the former 
Olio drops. 

And besides. If TaudevlUe today 
ever considers children, which seems 
doubtful as the brokers continue on 
their placid and self-same way week 
after week, here la an act for the 
children. And hadn't the bookers 
better commence to think about the 
children once In a while for vaude- 
ville? Before there was so much 
useless "class" to this present-day 
vaudeville, children were consid- 
iered for .according to all ftatlntlcs, 
children do grow up, and what bet- 
ter to get them aa regulars when 
they are- young? fitme. 



ZENO, MOLL and CARL 

Casting ^ 

' 5 Mins.; Full Stage 
68th St. 

All three members of this combi- 
nation have been long in the aerial 
field, with the possible exception of 
the comic, although he is no new- 
comer. Sport Zeno,. formerly of 
Zcno, Jordan and Zeno, is still 
catching, with the flying mostly 
done by Moll, an excellent per- 
former. 

* A triple bar apparatus Is used, 
with one porch. Moll during stunts 
rests mcstly on the far bar, with 
Carl doing nut stuff In between. The 
best of the tricks Is a twisting som- 
ersault over the center bar. Never 
a sign of a slip. The trio clo-^ed the 
show, a spot it Is worthy of for the 
three-a-day bills. I^^c^jl 



MASTER GABRIEL and CO. (2) 
"CapUin Kiddo" (Comody) 
20 Mins.{ Two and Full Staga 
58th 8t. 

Thla ia the first vaudeville show- 
ing of Master Gabriel sinca the 
passing of Al Lamar. lAst season 
Gabriel waa in the caat of "Letty 
Pepper" and a -bright spot in It For 
hia return Jack Lait haa aupplled 
him "Captain Klddo." aomething of 
an fdea for the little man. 

In "two" a painted drop pictures 
the exterior of a small town school. 
Gabriel in black velvet and tam 
emerges, pleading his love for a 
schoolgirl playmate who happens to 
ba "in love" with Jumbo, a boy her 
own aize. In defense of her comment 
aa to hia atatura ha daclarea he 
might ba only two feet six in height 
but haa "six-feet-two" ideas. Ga- 
briel further pursues his suit by 
calling attention to history, wherein 
'tis said little guys always beat the 
big gophers. He swaggers about, 
becoming "Captain Kiddo." avenger 
of the Spanish Main, and brags 
about the things he will do to the 
Jumbo boy. The latter, however, 
changes everything, puts the k. o. 
over on the little fellow, who while 
"out" dreanra of . being Kiddo the 
pirate himself. 

The act goes into full stage, the 
hangings picturing the interior of a 
cave. Jumbo is now "Cannibal Cal," 
and he enters dragging a maiden, 
whom he ties to a stake, promising 
to eat her, among other things. In 
then struts Gabriel as "Captain 
Kiddo," who raszes Cal and saves 
the girl. She falls wildly in love 
with the little hero, but he's "off 
women," so he says. Then lights 
out, for it's Just knockout dream 
stuff. 

To afford time for the changes a 
drop upon which are painted the 
several characters which Gabriel 
created is displayed, with attention 
called by means of a slide. Gabriel 
comes to again in his 'nickers and 
ponders on the tales in his book. 
For one thing, he says the story of 
David slaying Goliath is a lie. 

"Captain Kiddo" got aome laughs 
Monday night. Perhaps In other 
neighborhoods it will show to better 
advantage. The act looks several 
minutes too long, but it's quite a 
novel vehicle for Gabriel. What It 
needs is laughs, which should be 
easily Inserted, for Gabriel can han- 
dle lines and material as no other 
one his size ever could. /bee. 



FOX and SARNO 
Hand to Hand Lifts 
10 Mins.: Full Stage 
23d St. 

Two inrn in athletic g.ub in han*! 
-nrTinnrt ftfnr. — Hout i no is PiarkeJ 
with j-poi'l and contains n'veia" 
tricl<s thnr looi; now. One is briilKC 
formed by undorstander. who lift.-^- 
mounter from Btandinp position to 
two-hiK'n form:»lion. I'nler.-tatMlor 
swlng.T mounter nroiind in another 
triclc sinnl.ir to way Arabs manipu- 
late guns. 

Standard opening or closing turn 
for any type of housa. B^lh 



AL and MURRAY HOWARD 
Songs and Talk 
16 Mins.; one 
City 

Al and Murray Howard appear to 
be twins, a marked general re- 
semblance being heightened by both 
wearing the sune styla of comedy 
garb, derby hats, green neckties, 
etc. Both do eccentric boob types. 

It looks as if the team took a good 
squint at Lewis and Dody when 
they came to framing up their turn, 
the Howards' act running along the 
same general lines aa that of the 
team mentioned. 

They open with a double. "He's 
Me — I'm Him." suggested the Lewis 
and Dody opening in theme. They 
walk through a slow dance bit, do a 
comedy number, bringing in par- 
odied versions of "Come Back to 
Erin" and a suggestion of "Mazle- 
tofr* ("Hebrew Wedding March'i 
and close with a double nut song, 
introducing old gags, such as the 
"Chera Bocha " song does, as done 
by Lewis and Dody. The Howards' 
finishing song even has the tag lines 
at the end of each chorus with quips 
such as "Yes, wo don't aell ba- 
nanas." 

There la a bit of talk In the act 
and one of the men does a ballad 
during the running. The turn 
classes as a good small time 
double with the comedy song at the 
finish Insuring numberless encores. 
The general likeness to the Lewis 
and Dody style of act, although none 
of Lewis and Dody's material is in- 
fringed upon, will be Immediately 
noticeable to any one familiar. 

BeJl 



BOSTON BROS. 
Hand Bslancers 
6 Min9.; full stage 
58th St. 

^ Two male acrobats In neat attire. 
The act opens with both lounging 
at a table. A conventional series of 
hand-to-hand lifts Is fojlowed by 
a "heel lift* to a hand fltard. Tht 
trick is difficult looking on aceouni 
of the support. The "understandet" 
ba.lancinK iiimsi i. l»y the knees only 
The ck)sinB tri- Ic i.s .1 ninnirg di\«* 
from a "take off board' over two 
flower baskets to a hand-to-hand 
ratrh. 

The men work s!owly nnd v.'ith 
exaggerated dignity renilnisrent .of 
the old Fchool. Thi.'i will have to 
be corrected wh*^n they will be ao- 
reptable for the- pop bills at eitlioi 
end. * Con, 



•^OUTH AND MELODY* (8) 
Bandy Songa and Dancing 
18 Mina.| Full Stage (Special) 
23d St. 

A boy singing, another for Rus- 
sian stepping and the finale, and a 
girl, also a dancer, comprise the cast 
for the offering that carries a flve- 
piece orchestra. Five dances, three 
songs, selections by the violinist and 
pianist make up the turn. A femi- 
nine member is an added starter to 
the lineup when she sings from an 
upper box for a chorus. The encore, 
called for, resulted in another mel- 
ody from the front of the house and 
sent the actual running time to 20 
minutes. 

The orchestra (Dinty Moore's) at 
no tlma ateps forth to deliver a 
number enaemble but contents 
itself with two of the boys soloing. 
The remainder of their work is 
playing the schedule. 

Popular ditties are offered by the 
singer, who Is in a dinner coat, be- 
sides which he does a bit of Jazx 
dancing. The girl appeara twice, 
singly, her initial effort being on her 
toes, the next of the acrobatic type. 
She makes two changes of costume. 
The dancing seems to reach its high 
mark with, the entrance of the aec- 
ond boy, who appears to be Just a 
youngster, and his underslung foot- 
work. The trio combine for the 
finale. -; v 

The act Is suitable aa to appear- 
ance, being set in special drapes 
with a pink and blue light effect. 
The orchestra, consisting of a vio- 
lin, piano, saxophone, • cornet and 
drums, are in evening dress, which 
aids the general Illusion. Careful 
manipulating of the knife In cut- 
ting down should be of assistance 
and the girl singer out front might 
be done away with. It offsets any 
effort the company may be making 
for class. 

The house took kindly to the turn 
at a matinee and tl\e applause was 
deserving of an encore. But it is 
evident that if a "plant" is an act's 
choice as the means of supplying an 
aftermath there is some touching up 
to be done somewhere. Bkiff. 



LaVINE and RITZ 
Songs, Piano and Dancaa 
11 Mins.; one 
Fifth Avenue 

Two men of neat appearance, 
formerly of LaVIne, Bits and Au- 
brey, on pop time. La Vine la again 
at the piano, the roytlne opening 
with a snappy lyric by Kits. A duet 
number following, Bits then going 
Into an eccentric dance. During it, 
LaVine supplied Jazz via a phoney 
sax. The latter singled with an 
Impression of a moving picture 
pianist to fair purpose. 

The best of the work was imita- 
tion bits coming at the close of the 
turn. Bits announcing the impres- 
sions were of famous names, none 
being mentioned. It waa easy 
enough to recognize the artists 
meant. Bits did a couple of dances 
and LaVine imitated the Creole 
Fashion Plate, using a falsetto, and 
Bits concluded with speed stepping. 

The boys got over nicely ia the 
No. 2 spot They can make that 
position easily In the better three- 
a-day and can be moved down on 
some bllla. Ibee, 



LaFRANCE and BYRON 

Talk 

13 Mins.; One (Special) 

23d St. 

Two men depicting a "pork and 
beans" repre.sentative of the fistic 
art and his manager. Both In 
blackface before a drop of the ex- 
terior of the scene of the fight, sup- 
posedly taking place as the act 
opens. 

The situation allows for an abun- 
dance of conversation concluding 
in a eong which provides a finish. 
The cross-chatter contains little 
that might bring this couple up to 
the average mark. It has mostly 
to do with the manager using a 
.superfluous vocabulary to trim his 
'leather pu.sher ' out of the coin. 

The general idea of the act ap- 
l^ears as giving promise, though it 
J3 going to take much revamping of 
the dialog to make it suitable for 
the larger houses. Bkig. 



CORRELL, WESTON and GARD- 
NER 
Singing and Comedy 
18 Mins.; Two (Special) 
23d St. 

Two men and woman — straight 
man, soubret and comir— in slnginr; 
ii.d t.ilking skit. Sp"' ial set show - 
itiK deck of boat Ij.u k.s up talk and 
.'^tiefialties. C'omif does modified 
Dutch rharui ter without facia! 
make-up nnd wifii light dialec; 
.■fraiRiif sinijs pleasantly. Act ap- 
pears to have been put together witi, 
sm.ill timf audiences as objective. 

It's hoke of the ronvontional ho: 
lliat can't fail in tin; pop house-. 

BcJl. 



MADELINE COLLINS 

Soprano 

14 Mins.; Full Stage 

Riverside 

Madeline Collins Is billed as 
"Prima Donna at the Itoyal Opera, 
Covent Garden, London." She car- 
ries a leader in the pit and no pian- 
ist, a system rare in this country. 
She works in a house interior, full, 
for no reason, the stage decked with 
the conventional prop flower bas- 
kets, etc. Monday night she drew 
bouquets over the footlights and 
considerable applause, but was not 
a marked sensation. 

Mlsa Colllna appears to be at the 
prime of her physical life, but as a 
great artist she has either worn her- 
self out or hasn't yet arrived. Her 
voice aoundM weary and powerless 
except in a few soprano throat 
notes. The very high ones were thin 
and*the low ones were weak. As to 
pitch, her throat was true; but as 
to charming vocalization, it waa 
frequently neutral. 

She wore a shimmering dress of 
silver bead stuff and looked a lik- 
able, wholesome young women with 
a good smile and reddish hair. Her 
makeup was heavy, too much rouge 
and eye blue. She sang a song that 
no one paid any attention to t>ecause 
it had no color or character, and 
then did the heavy aria from "Trav- 
iata," announcing It This haa been 
sung by the most famous sopranos 
in operatic history. Miss Collins 
gave it considerable feeling, but her 
voice failed to register the extrem- 
ities. "Annie Laurie" with colora- 
tura Interpolations followed, and 
was scarcely worthy of a Covent 
Garden prima d9nra, as It failed of 
any important .noments. Tho flow- 
ers then arrived and Miss Collins 
essayed a light popular' ballad, oniy 
fair — the Einging and the song. 

Spotted fourth on the Riverside 
bill. Miss Collins was welcome and 
got by. But she will have to develop 
or reveal a great deal that was ab- 
sent Monday night before she can 
carve a niche in American Vaude- 
ville. Lait. 



BARONESS VON KOPPEN ^ 
Violinista • 

11 Mins.; One 
23d St. 

Tall middle aged woman whose 
bearing comports well with titled 
billing. She Is an excellent musi- 
cian, displaying a mastery of the 
violin that denotes years of study 
and application. Three selections 
given were varied, but a bit too 
heavy for vaudeville. Operatic 
standard flrst, played with atrings 
muted and unmuted; second, a num- 
ber giving opportunity for pyrotech- 
nlcal flnger gymnastics. Number 
with double stops and more display 
of technic for encore, encore Inci- 
dentally insisted on by house. Elach 
of three numbers seemed a bit too 
long. One pop piece or medley 
should replace one of classical trio. 
If woman Is really a baroness, that 
could be utilized for publicity to ad- 
vantage. With revibion of repertoire 
should be easily possible to frame 
a turn around woman's violin play- 
ing that would qualify for early po- 
sition in minor circuits. Bell. 



BEEQE and QUPEE 
Roller Skaters 
8 Mins.; Full Stage 
Fifth Ave. 

Boy and girl, the latter a blonde 
who looks well in the several cos- 
tume changes. A special skating 
surface Is carried, as usual, and 
hangings of gray rraterial supply a 
bit of stage dressing. 

The stunt skating is done by the 
boy. One of his tricks is the light- 
ing of match and clgaret while rap- 
idly whirling. A duet clog dance 
on skates on the apron was a 
cl.ange of pace, the boy then get- 
ting something with speedy one- 
foot spinning. The finale trick is 
exceptional, the boy strapping a de- 
vice on his chest. The girl's skates 
are locked In It and as she Is spun 
around she also revolves — a sort of 
double-action angle spin. It's an 
effective bit and the apparent dar- 
ing sent the team off to strong 
returns in the opening spot. 

Ibce. 



PISANO and LANDAUER 
Talk and Songs 
15 Mins.; One 
5th Ave. 

Two men. one a "wop" and the 
other in Swede character and ac- 
cent, although tho accent is made 
strong only at times. The couple 
■onlrast in appea Fim^r. tir e ' BmailP r 
man being the Italian immigrant 
ind the other a tall, booblsh looking 
.Swode. 

Nothing mar'.UMl al)out fion;;s or 

sinking, nothing to equip thi.s act 

with itH present material for l>etter 

liian the three-a-day. where ft \a 

crtain for entertainment, in<*ludir;T 

'laughs, Sime. 



PAUL REESE and O'CONNOII 

TWINS 
Piano and Songa i 

14 Mins.; One j 

Golden Gate, San Francisco 

San Francisco. Dec. 20. 

Paul Beese, at the piano, sin^ra., 
an introductory number, after 
which the twins make their en- 
trance. The girls have dark bobbed.; 
hair and present a charming ap^^ 
pearance. They start with a Dlxia 
melody which entails some nice 
harmony. 

All three then combine on a com* 
edy lyric which registers for 
1 ughs. Another comic number Im' 
offered by Beese while the girls ara 
changing, after which the sistera 
return In overalla for another song. 
A ballad, announced as being %■. 
composition of the pianist, aufflcad-i 
for an <-ncore. 1 

The act did nicely here and 
should prove capable of holding an' 
early spot when some improve*.^ 
ments are made. The twina wouUll 
do well to have another numbar«l 
and a change of costume following 
the overall, bit vould noc be with-j 
out Its advantages. Beese at tha 
piano Is on a par with the girlfl; 
and ahares honors with them. 

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"H D Q" (4) 

Dramatic Sketch 

22 Min.; Qn* and Full Stage 

Grand, Albany, N. Y. 

Two Albany newspaper men«/j 
Thomas C. Stowell and Jacob GoNj 
den, are pioneers in writing a vaude-!: 
vlllo playlet centered about radio. 
The hero ia a radio Instrument, and 
it showed acting ability by holding 
tense Interest every time it spoke. 

The collaborators have written a 
playlet, "H D Q" by name, that ap- 
pears to be the season's real nov- 
elty. The play la a well constructed 
Action of a murder case being 
thrashed out in a police station. ItJ 
manipulates the varioua turna oC^ 
dramatic surprises with effective-^ 
nesa. Badio ia really the fourth ac«i 
tor (or the flrst actor) in the caat— »i 
a new arm of the law, invisible and 
inexorable, woven quite naturally 
into the atory. 

A police captain, a private detec- 
Ive and a woman tell the tale of a 
murder committed within th*^ 
shadow of the police station; of th*»; 
web of circumstantial evidence that 
weavea itself around the Woman 
and then the dramatic twist that 
gives the play the stirring climax. 
And the climax la brought about by 
the voice of the radio. The fourtli; 
character works off ataga through*- 
out the sketch. 

The authors have written good 
stage dialog and the plot moves' 
easily, with little that is forced by; 
dramatic license. Many a full' 
grown crook drama has less meat 
than this vivid playlet Burke. 



DOROTHY WATERS 1 

Songs and Dancing ~^ 

15 Mina.; one '.?; 

Maryland, Baltimora 

Baltimore, Dec. 20. 

Here ia a perfectly good kid act 
spoiled by the Injection of a hint of 
"rough-stuff." For those who may 
enjoy witnessing a child, of about 
12 or 13, walking through an audi« 
once patting bald men on tho head, 
twisting the hair of others and 
finally kissing one before she re*, 
turns to the stage, the act will prob- 
ably satisfy. But there's a differ- 
ence between "cute" and "fresliT' 

This little girl can dance like a 
sprite, works In the most ditncult 
eccentric steps with ease and then 
topa It off with a claptrap routine 
that embodies almost anything to 
gain applause. 

The opening song Is below par, 
though her delivery is sufficient and 
the dance steps register. Follows a 
jazz piece and the ramble through 
the audience. A return to the stage 
allows for several flip sayings in the 
midst of a dance which, in turn. Is 
succeeded by a Scotch numbet The 
concluding episode Is the wallop in 
the form of a Bussian dance, excep- 
tionally well done. 

The girl undoubtedly has posHibili- 
ties and though, seemingly, not quite 
ready to enter the larger theatres 
she should have no trouble In gain- 
ing recognition throughout the 
thrice daily hou.ses. Though it's al- 
ways questionable how the vulgar 
bits of manneri.«ims will be received 
by various audiences. 



"COSMOPOLITAN DANCERS" (7) 
15 Mins.; Three (Special Drop) 
State ■ — -^ — —— 

Four girls and three men In 1^ 
Iliis.sjan -Spanish dance revae that 
includes Rome corking billet atuft 
in addition to the vodka and fan* 
dango teri>.^. The costumiufj is con- 
ventionally appropriate and the 
routine .smooth iiut familiar. 

The a' t ii an excellent fln'»h for 
tl:f b':; thrte-a-diy. Ab^^k - 






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NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



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WALTER 8AYER and PARTNER 

Equitibritts 

9 Mins.; Full Stag* 

Rivarsida 

Opening the show, two men were 
dlacovered on a pedestal in a Roman 
pose, clad in white tights. They 
then went into a lift in which the 
top mounter revealed that he was a 
contortionist. There followed a 
series of equilibristic maneuve ; 
into unusual positions, the feature 
thereof being the way the double- 
jointed man twisted and draped 
himself into odd poses. A feet-to- 
head stand was marred by too 
much preparing and a stall while 
putting a skull cap on the under- 
Btander. which was not necessary. 

Throughout the principal criticism 
found was that the men worked with 
deadly earnestness and tragic mien, 
as though either making their stunts 
too difficult for smooth effect or 
trying to convince the audience it 
was hard and dangerous. History 
has demonstrated that silent acts of 
this order step along faster wlien 
they show how simple' their feats 
are, rather than when they empha- 
size how they must tug and retch to 
make their climaxes. Otherwise this 
la a tiptop act of its sort. It is Just 
possible that with the contortionist 
element at leant one surprise com- 
edy kink could be injected. As It Is. 
the turn is entirely In the category 
of hard working stunt exhibits, and 
will remain where it is at least as 
long as it remains that Lait. 



PALACE 



ROLLAND and RAY 

Skit. 

16 Mina.; One, Three and One (All 

Special) 
Broadway 

This standard combination has a 
new vehicle since last seen. It may 
be titled "Outside the Automat." 
the action opening before a drop of 
the popular eatery. The man had 
•*ma<fe" the cigar stand siren earlier 
In ^he day and Invited her to crash 
a meal. She is late, and mono- 
loguing impatiently that no woman 
can keep him waiting, taglines about 
eight or ten times, "Well, I'll give 
her Just one more minute." She 
finally shows up, formally dressed 
for dinner. He points to the Auto- 
mat. She stalls and the crossfire 
carries the tale and wins comedy 
returns. 

To "three," the Automat Interior. 
Two tables are shown. They are 
g.iudy with immaculate linen, a prop 
that would shock the Horn & Har- 
d.art people if they thought any of 
their chain restaurants gave such 
-prvice to ita patrons. Prop food is 
produ:*ed from some of the slots — 
the time is New Year's Eve and he 
has reserved a couple of slots, he 
says — and coftee flows from another 
groove. ; 

Back to "one." The tnan says that 
if she shows herself a good sport 
she can work herself up to Childs'. 
lie is off the swell Joints and ex- 
plain.s why. They exit with a deci- 
sion to eat at her house. 

The man is a glib worker and the 
wt^man feeds excellently. Ahel. 



VESTA WALLACE and Co. (3) 

S<rging, Dancing, Piano 

17 Mins.; full stage (special drapes) 

58th St. 

Vesta Wallace was formerly of 
Wallace and Drew. She is a per- 
sonable blonde and costumes nicely. 
A girl pianist and two male dancers 
are her support. The pianist has a 
piafio solo between two numbers and 
later on a vocal number with a 
double voice finish. It is a much 
too slow ballad. The piano solo 
ehould go out, the other specialty 
replacihg It. 

The two males do double eccen- 
tric and buck, both getting nice re- 
turns. They are clever steppers. 
Miss Wallace has a couple of double 
dances and one solo song and dance 
that pass. The specialists all make 
their entrances through a divided 
- allk drop hung in "five." 

The turn is framed conventionally 
and aside from the dancing of Mer- 
rill and Dugan is Just a conventional 
pop house dancing turn. Con, 



HOWLAND and DUNSMORE SIS- 
TERS 

Singing and Dancing 
18 Mins.; Two (Special) 
23d St. 

Sister team and singing Juvenile 
in routine of songs and dances 
backed by attractive scenic acces- 

^aories. Rube number starts them, 
one of girls playing uke. Harmony 
with this. Wt of talk and then one 
of sisters does single. Trio har- 
mony well blended following, Man 
aolos ballad, lllustrattd by one of 
girls shown in panel one side of 
drop, and other girl plnyhr; piano 
other Bide, flood effect. Mor'j har- 
mony, with sisters d«^incr j:\zzy num- 
ber, the trio Jazzing it for flniwh. 
Girls have scvornl costume rhanffcs. 
r««>tli Bisters cute little ponies who i 

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A generous allotment of standard, 
names KprinKled throughout a pro- 
gram that seems to represent a heavy 
payroll, shaped up as an average 
vaudeville schedule Monday night. 
No particularly evident signs of ex- 
citement were brought forth until 
about 11. Previous to that the housa. 
impressed as being in a receptive 
mood minus any incentive to become 
en;..aa.astic. Maybe it was due to 
the coM snap that was prevalent 
outdoor?, but a real kick behind the 
applause ;vas missing. The hesitant 
policy of leaving tlie name cards 
.stay at the conclusion of an act with 
the lights up sponsored tor many a 
bow supplemented by additional ap- 
|!lau.«e that could have been pa«sed 
up if speed in the running order had 
been desired. It resulted in an un- 
usually draggy evening's entertain- 
' mout not generally on exhibition at 
this house. 

The show ran according tc* the 
printed sequence, with the Mosconl 
Brothe •«, next to closing, registering 
for the largest total during the even- 
ing. That goes for both volume and 
duration. Louis provided the wallop. 
tis usual; by means of his ground- 
covering specialty while working up 
to the finale, with the remaining trio 
supplying more action than had been 
gleaned during the previous two 
hours and a quarter. It was gravy 
for the family. A saxophone solo 
has been inserted into tlie routine, 
which may or may not be to advan- 
tage fco f.ir as the act is concerned. 
If there mu.st be a wait where this 
bit takes pl.nce It will have to sufTice. 
of course; but if not it's logical to 
presume that it could be passed up 
without any material loss of pres- 
tige. 

KIsie Janls. terminating the initial 
half and a quick return date, of- 
fered one or two new bits and en- 
countered little difficulty in carving 
a separate niche for herself. As 
always, a sweet performer, this girl. 
Previously Mliiler and Mack, No. 4, 
gained the first comedy honors. The 
boys did exceptionally well without 
the management's tardiness In giv- 
ing the following Act the gun which 
made necessary repeated bows that 
might possibly have become embar- 
raa«;ing. 

Mme! Bradna and her abbreviate! 
circus offering opened to a half- 
filled auditorium that evenlua.ly se- 
cured an abundant population, 
thougk revealing scattered vacan- 
cies downstairs and along the upper 
and lower boxes. Rule and O'Brien 
entertained with a quintet of songs, 
one of which was an encore, for 
pleasing results, followed by Hy- 
mack, presenting his lightning 
changes for approval. Ga.nlng in- 
terest as he continued, the two com- 
plete changes of costume at the 
finish took him off to an apprecia- 
tive reception. 

Frartkin and Jean Tell preceded 
Miss Janis. The former, an unques- 
tlonfible artist, was particularly well 
received in his violin playing. A 
most beautiful tone has* his Instru- 
ment, and tho three solo numbers 
were certainly tasteful and well ren- 
dered. Ml.«»s Tell, possessing a 
charming appearance, sang one mel- 
ody .' 'one before combining with the 
violinist. The couple later supplied 
with two demanded encores. 

Ten Eyck and Weily followed the 
interim which held the "Topics' film 
and then permitted the house to 
groan on the flashed title of the 
Aesop Fable release. It was merci- 
fully cut, with but Just the title 
showing. The dancers gave a cork- 
ing performance, supplemented with 
artistic settings and costuming 
while permitting their accompanists 
to specialize. One new wrinkle, in 
the instance of tho violin solo, was 
the addition of an organist, who 
aided materi.illy in the arrangement. 
The act is especially pleasing to tho 
eye, and its 22 minutes are espe- 
cially conducive to vaudeville. 

Trixle Friganza succeeded the 
dancers, and after a couple of songs 
enters upon a monolog that has to 
do with food as its general topic 
that may be termed humorous by 
some, btit nevertheless takes chancoi 
at times. Miss F'riganza coj>cIudcd 
well up in the running, thcrtce re- 
turning for a kid on the previous 
turns style of work, aided by Welly! 
who made a change of costume for 
the comedy episode. Mile. La Toy's 
Models closed up for the night. 

The bill was framed this week for 
names to offset Xmas. Skig. 



RIVERSIDE 

The approach and foyer of the 
Riverside are this week decorated 
with an enormous bell of pine and 
evergreen, a panel of Santa Glaus 
and his reindeer all the way over 
the main door and yuletide deckings 
that waft one In out of the cold outer 
drear Into a charitable and affable 
holly-day spirit. The house staff did 
the decorating of its own accord and 
initiative, and the eilect is timely 
and great. 

Business was pretty well up for 
the Monday before Christmas, and 
tho show was In keeping — not any- 
thing to get maudlin over, but u 
right g-'-! entertainment, with 
cuAnAtfA of pace and about evpr.\ 
standard ingredient of the expertly 
balanced two-a-day program. 

Chic Sale. th.Mt native artist whose 
gentle satire on the country schou! 



carry knickers extremely well. Mar 
nets away with his stuff satisfac- 
torily. 
I'leaslng No. 2 for small timers 

Bell 



la one of the foremost classics that 
vaudeville has contributed to our 
traditions of American-made com- 
edy, scored. If there la on$ sugges- 
tion that might not go amiss with 
the admirable Sale it is that he 
change his bits from time to time 
It sounds hard to ask him to take 
out any of his beloved moments. Bui 
even Lauder saw the wisdom of sub- 
stituting for his — every last one of 
them — new things in place of the 
immortals that he had made and 
that had made him. He runs them 
in as intermittent encores, and they 
are welcome. 

But it is doubtful whether Lauder 
could have continued year after year 
had he confined himself to "She's 
.My Daisy," "Roamln' in the Gloam- 
in'." "Saftest o' the Fam'ly" and 
"Stop Yer Ticklin', Jock." though 
each has been as gigantic a success 
as any numbers ever done in his- 
tory. Chic has his teacher, his boy. 
his girl and his old horn-blower. It 
would be a pity to lose any, but it 
would be a pleasure to see him try 
some new ones, at that. Ah far as 
his routine went — over tho old 
ground — it was masterly and rich. 
There were some added remarks in 
the teacher introduction, as good as 
any of it, showing that the man 
can't miss. Such a vaudeville dream 
as an entirely new act by Sale would 
be a sensational event. .* 

There was considerable interest 
In the bill that escaped the outsiders. 
The reappearance of the Curzon Sis- 
ters, looking as fresh and Juvenile 
and working as breezily and easily 
as ever at tho close of the program, 
meant to most of the seatholders 
only two well-put-up girls doing a 
showmanly iron-Jaw flying act 
around on a revolving apparatus 
pivoted from a tackle. It was to 
vaudeville followers who are senti- 
mental over such things the return 
of a name that almost a score of 
years ago was an outstanding va- 
riety card. The familiar old routine 
with the Loie Fuller finish recalled 
at least as early as 1905 with a 
twinge of not embarrassing mem- 
ory. The act is as pat and welcome 
today as It ever was and can step 
with any of its class — can and does. 
Jess Libonati, another veteran of 
the straight vaudeville school, who 
has hammered a consistent existence 
out of his xylophone for lo! these 
many seasons, w.-'s a contrast* Jess 
changes and embellishes his num- 
bers with every new quirk of topical 
and popular melody, and his snappy, 
never overdone manner gets him in, 
over and off in a way that com- 
mands applause and appreciation. 
A pipo organ imitation with the 
wool hammers is a novelty and the 
feature of his present stuff. 

Freda and Anthony caused a little 
pang in memory of the unfortunate 
late partner of Steve Freda. The 
new combination is nothing like it. 
and an effort to bang it into a hit 
with a Gallagher and Shean take-off 
at the end fizzled woefully. Without 
it the act had a chance to register 
as fair. The material is shabby, 
haphazard, wandering and never 
solidly there. Only the torturing of 
conventional English into burlesque 
Wop gets any recognition. Steve's 
guitar got over, but he bent to it 
with so much come-on in every ges- 
ture and expression that it in a 
measure defeated itself. 

Rita Gould, who used to caper 
about on tlve. Riverside stage some 
years back' and called it home, 
seemed almost a stranger. She has 
been absent from the ranks of the 
regulars. Her opening lifted a few 
eyelids. A big, unafraid, up-and-at- 
It damsel is Rita. She has no 
marked stage talent of any nature, 
but she has a lot of nerve and a 
string of songs that would outfit 
any kind of single from a coloratura 
soprano to a knockabout clown. She 
tries everything and shows almost 
everything. She went spottily. 

Madeline Collins, an earlier one- 
woman singer, did reasonably well 
(New Acts). American vaudeville 
is apparently not her forte. The 
tabasco Canslnos tore off the ap- 
plause sensation of the bill and, on 
sheer unmistakable merit that the 
eye and ear and most humble senses 
couldn't help grasping, deserved it. 
Tho sprightly Ellsa grows niftier 
and lighter every week, and her 
three stalwart brothers dance like 
madmen. The turn whizzes with 
speed, is attractively mounted, has 
character and class and legitimate 
dancing amusement. 

Wellington Cross, now become a 
parlor comedian in a one-actor, com- 
ported himself with sounder results 
and more gratifying effects titan 
ever he registered thro\fgh all tho 
years that he wabbled about with 
meaningless singles, made-to-order 
doubles, straight for Babe Ruth aVid 
his other straining efforts to get 
away from dancing, his natural 
work. Cross always could wear 
clothes and always did exude breed- 
ing. Ills seasons of wasted talk 
gave him poise, if nothing more, and 
now we find him blooming — a young 
John Drew as 'twere. 

"Wives" is a first-class sketch 
though not any too deep, and lacking 
a flninh, even if it has a "surprise 
twist. It isn't as powerful at th 
end as It is In the middle; the whole 
scene of the telephoning and th' 
revelation about the mother are an'l- 
llmactlc. However, as vaudeville 
kits are rated, this one is Immense 
ly superior to the run of them, and 
'ross conveys a distinction and per- 
sonality considerably above that ♦•' 
most leading men in such oflferins.* 
Loila Brooks, a young woman o 
imazlng physical ch.nrm and a pl- 
luant individuality of dramatic ex- 



preasion, la a revelation— wait until 
I few $3 legit managers see her 
once! Walter Sayer and Partner 
(New Acta), In contortions and equil- 
ibriama, opened all right. Lait. 



COLONIAL 



coming 
Monday 



The Colonial has them 
with the ten-act program, 
night the attendance, with the 
thermometer flirting with zero,. was 
just under capacity. The bill was 
laid out for utility and punch and 
achieved It without a name on the 
roster, unless Al Herman qualifle^ 
as such. 

The bill held four comedy turn'; 
in Crafts and Haley (3), Kellam and 
O'Dare (5). Moore and Freed, open- 
ing after intermission, and Herman, 
next to shut. 

Two flashes were "A Night in 
Spain," closing the first half, and 
"Stars of the Future." The "Stars" 
landed nicely, the appearance of 
the girls being an asset in addition 
to the specialties. Moore and Pureed 
opened the second half strongly 
with their novelty musical turn. 
The boys should soft pedal on the 
dialog. The musical instruments 
and the make-ups are plenty for 
now. Neither succeeds in getting a 
laugh with talk. The specialties 
on the saws, harmonica, steel guitar, 
uke and toy balloon will cinch them 
for anywhere. 

Al Herman took his usual liber- 
ties with the audience and got his 
usual returns. Herman was a toy 
tornado. His "intimate" stuff about 
the other members of the program 
was hot stuff for the shelf occu- 
pants. Herman is encoring minus 
his wig. showing a broad band of 
white skin above the cork. This is 
unprofessional and destroys his 
character. A song plugger from a 
box warbled hoarsely, getting a plug 
in for a popular ballad. 

Haney and Morgan, recent grad- 
uates from the three -a^day, were 
a neat little song and dance team 
with a novelty opening in a rolling 
chair before a special djrop. They 
are a versatile pair, singing, danc- 
ing and violinlng. The boy is a 
pip of a soft shoe stepper, showing 
buck and wing and eccentric. The 
girl sings fairly and plays the violin 
excellently in addition to holding up 
her end of the dancing. A little 
more abandon and they will be set 
for better spots. 

Crafts and Haley follawed and 
"wowed" them in the third spot. 
Both boys register heavy on their 
clean-cut appearance. The come- 
dian wears a trick hat and dons 
"galoshes" and a flapper hat for a 
real comedy song as they do it, 
with a corking dance imitation of 
the "crumb brushers." The cross- 
fire is a mixture of new and old 
gags well routined. A comedy reci- 
tation idea. "Look in the hat," was 
another big producer. They had to 
encore twice. The straight's ballad 
stopped the act cold. 

Willie Schenk and Co., a novelty 
hand-balancing imported turn, was 
spotted Just right, fourth. This act 
would have been wasted on either 
end of the bill. Schenk and his fe- 
male top mounter were one of the 
hits of the bill with their routine 
and novelties. Two flashes were 
the woman, from a hand-to-foot 
stand, walking the understander's 
body to a hand-to-hand, he turning 
to position and balancing her all 
the way. Another was a lift from 
a hand -stand supported Iby his el- 
bow on a table to a one-hand-to- 
hand. They liked them qiuchly. 

Pete and Pal, Van Cleve's trained 
mule turn, opened, with Ma ^Carton 
and Morrone, a good man and 
woman daifcing turn, closing with 
ballroom dancing and an "Apache." 
The girl is a looker. Her "My Man" 
imitation of Fannie Brlce would 
have copped 'further up in the show. 

Con. 



5TH AVE. 



The house got a laugh on its own 
with the first half bill, during the 
slide announcement period. One of 
the slides in connection with the 
Xmas comment mentioned that 
mistletoe was har,2:ing in the lobby, 
"with the cop transferred." 

A suri)rise happened after the 
third turn, when a spieler came out 
stating the Woodrow Wilson Foun- 
dation, in .seeking to raise $1,000,000 
tor the purpose of endowing Ameri- 
can heroes (of the future) with 
proper acknowledgement, was en- 
Joying the courtesy of the Keith- 
Proctor Circuit to secure popular 
subscriptions. Tho fun^. said the 
speaker, was $300,000 short of the 
total, and New York's quota was 
$75,000. "Songs would be thrown on 
the sheet while ushers 'go through 
you' for contributions." It sounded 
like the old war days. Such sub- 
scriptions as were seen were In 
nickel.s and dimes. The Keith-Proc- 
tor Circuit may be generously in- 
clined in matters of this sort, but 
isn't there any limit? Here strictly 
is an eijdowment that could only 

\ppeal to the wealthiest classes. A: 
a matter of fact on the same day 
(Monday) an appeal had been scni 

)ut by the Wilson Foundation to ; 
.-^elected list of New Yorkers, an( 
addressed to their home.'^, wliereli 
a sub.scrlptlon was solicited, Th( 
amount the fund was then short, ac 

•ording to the circular, was $200,000 
.Vnyone of that list receiving an- 
replying to the circular would havi 

lonated more than the entire Fifl 

Wenue audience did. 

The show business may be good 
-learted, but there's no reason for ; 

venture of this purport, to perpetu- 



ate the name of one whom hundrida 
of thousands believe to be a great ' 
American, to enter a popular prica 
vaudeville theatre, possibly leaving 
the Impression with an audlenca 
that they are apt to witness a repe- 
tition about something else as for* 
eign to them the next time nhey 
visit that house, or others. 

Previously, also, among the Xmas 
announcements, was a slide stating 
if anyone had old toys that had lost 
their usefulness in their original 
home and would send them to the 
theatre the toys would be distrib- 
uted among the kiddies of institu- 
tions who would appreciate them. 
That was a much better thought for 
Xmas cheer, and a worthy one for 
this or any other theatre. How 
much better would it have been in 
its benefit if the subscription could 
have been taJten up to purchase new 
toys for those forlorn kiddies in- 
stead of having it help the Wood- 
row Wilson Foundation that really. 
If it needs that kind of help, never 
will get over. 

The first half bill was an ideal 
week - before - Christmaa program, 
meaning it amounted to very little, 
as it. should be with the fading busi- 
ness for this week. 

Karly In the first half was "Taxie" 
(New Acts), a trained bulldog with' 
a skillful trainer, that provoked 
much interest. Al and F'anny Stead- 
man cut up No. 6, much to the satis- 
faction of the somewhat light house. 
They were followed by the laughs 
created through George LeMaire 
manhandling Joe Phillips In the 
dentist's ofllce scene. Margaret 
Young lingered for about 20 min- 
utes next to closing, having a fly . 
chorus girl's lament with its theme 
twisted from the usual, as the best 
of the turn, to those who like the 
fly stuff. Miss Young said the girls 
should cry to their "Johns." that is 
what gets the "Daddies" much more 
Quickly and more surely than the 
baby stuff. Her lyrical plaint was 
a $2,000 coat and she landed it, to 
make the test stand up. Miss 
Young's applause wiw not volumni- 
ous, but it was persistent. 

The Rios closed, with Sig Frana 
and Co. in a peculiarly routined trick 
cycling turn, opening. After Franx 
and a young woman had done some 
straight trick riding, in which the 
young woman did rather well, for a 
girl, Franz came out in "one" to 
sing a ballad, finishing with a run- 
ning leap to a single cycle wheel 
held by the girl while she was lying 
prone on the stage. The act is so 
odd in construction it looks ama- 
teurish, although Franz formerly 
had a comedy bike turn. Unless 
this is reframed and to better ad- 
vantage, It will hold him to open- 
ing the smaTI time bills. 

The two Follls Sisters, No. 2, with 
a pianist try hard but mi.ss. They 
miss mostly, it would seem, because 
they try to get over what isn't there. 
It's their hard work more than any- 
thing else that counts. The girls 
dance the best they can and sing 
the satne. while the pianist gets the 
most with a ballad. Of the girls* 
dances the "flea" bit still retains 
its lead. Their harmonizing In a 
"blues" song will get over where 
none of the other harmonizers have 
appeared, but still, on their looks 
and wardrobe, the turn might bo 
booked for. the early spot in the in- 
termediate houses. Pisano and 
Landauer (New Acts). Bimc. 

m 

23rd STREET 

Without a name of any particular 
importance the 23d St. packed 'em 
in Monday night like the 23d St. 
hasn't been packing 'em for m.any 
a long week and month. Two fac- 
tors accounted for the draw, try- 
outs and a local amateur act, tho 
"Greenwich Village Minstrels." The 
23d St. was taking a bit of liberty 
when they called the minstrels tho 
"Greenwich Village Minstrels.** 
Greenwich Village, it so .happens, . 
stops at 14th street. The 23d St. la 
in the heart of Chelsea Village, 
However, a little thing like geo- 
graphical boundaries doesn't mat- 
ter pai-tieularly, ds long as the act 
drev,' 'cm in. " 

I..«1.rry Rellly, professional, who 
acted as interlocutor, trained tho 
minstrels, and it is sa'd the house 
stafL' of the 23d St. also contributed 
a bit of advice here and there while 
the a.t was being prepared. , 

The min.strels, 11 men, were se- 
lected by mean.s of an elimination 
contesi. opportunity nights, a week 
preceding the sta.crlng of the turn. 
The act disclosed the usual array of 
balladlsts, a couple of end men and 
a good dancer. Both end men were 
good and the dancer was above the 
average. The vocalists were fair. 
But the principal thin,'? Is that tho 
friends and acquaintances of the 
amateurs pa'd to see th<'m. so their 
relative degrees of talent do not 
matt<T. Tho act stays at tho 23d 
St. the full week, with a change of 
program Thursday. 

A jazz seven -piece band, Burton's 
Orchestra, was Included in tho min- 
strel show. All of tho minstrels 
and band are rated as amateurs, but 
each receives "expense money" for 
the week. .^ 

The regular vaudeville bill held 

five other acts in addition to the 

amateurs. Fox and ^^arno (New 

Acts) opened. Carlit.i and Lewis 

were second with operatic and Jazz 

inglng. and R6yle atid Bennett third 

vlth their standard dancing turn. 

The team wowed 'em without difll- 

ulty. There wasn't much compe- 

ition. Correll. Weston and Gardner 

(Now Acts) fourth and Princeton 

md Watson next to closing, with a 

•lang classic that should :.eep them 



I* jor 



Friday. December 22, 1922 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



19 



f>layln8r thp be t much more than 
ithey do. Priiufion'a method of 
fiandliiiK slung koepH the turn at a 
lOO-miles-an-hour gait all tho way. 
jtad each time ^ound there is al- 
'ways a new nirly or two in the 
routine. Greenwich Village Min- 
strels closed. Four tryout turns, 
'wlth^the six regular acts, made a 
len-act bill. "Brothers lender the 
Skin" was the feature picture. 

Bet. 



58TH ST. 

Only moderate attcntlancr in Mon- 
day night, and tlie first-half show 
then registered but fairly. The gate 
may have been the usual opening 

night house, but all the near-by 
ehops were open throughout the pre- 
Christmas week, including Bloom - 
fngdale's, the upp*»r East Side's main 
department storo. 

Master Gabriel was on for a first 
New York showing in his Jack Lait 
written "Captain KIddo" (New 
Acts), the little chap being in the 
middle of the «ix-jict bill and .sup- 
plying a dash of novelty. Olive 
Briscoe and A I Raugh were given the 
topline'lionors, and apiieared fourth. 
For some reason there was a minute 
wait, though tho turn opens in "one," 

*■ With no lengthy preparation needed 
for the dentist bit In "two." Miss 
Briscoe and her poarly teeth would 
be an ad. for any dentist. She 
chatted brightly and had several 
Bongs, of which "Daddy" stood out. 
The team could not rouse the gath- 
ering to more than the de.suitory 
applause. Perhaps the routine isn't 
Well suited for audiences cf the kind. 
It took McGrath and Deeds, next 
to closing, somo time to get any- 
thing like liberal returns. Here is 
a two-man act that should before 
long be made a name. Both men can 
sing, but they seem to be devoting 
more attention to comedy efforts 
than warbling. They form a bass 
lind tenor combination which can pro- 
duce excellent harmony results, as 
proved in the "Sweet Adeline" bit, 
even though that is mostly kidding. 
McGrath is a little chap with tenor 
pipes quite apart from the ordinary. 
That was indicated despite the ab- 
sence of no straight vocal elTort. 
Deeds, described as "the pride of 
Yandis Court." aired a very good 
bass. It was a good Idea, perhaps, to 
interrupt his specialty with Mc- 
Grath's aside kidding, and at its 
conclusion the boys earned enough 
for an encore. Instead a kid. said 
to be a stagehand, went through an 
endurance dance which was nothing 
more than a collection of clumsy 
stepping, the "steps" constantly re- 
peated. The spot was right for Mc- 
Grath and Deeds to display a straight 
harmony number, but they didn't. 
Ross and Foss, on second with 

y. their musical routine, were well 
suited for the spot. The man dis- 
played his ability on half a dozen 
Instruments. His solo with a bass 
horn was the best playing, a tiny 
lamp on the horn lighting his face 
and making It different. 

Zeno, Moll and Carl (New Acts) 
closed the show. Gillette and Co. 
opened with illusions, more or less 
standard in dimension, but a magi- 
cal flash for pop. Jbee. 



BROADWAY 

, This is K. K. K. week at the 
Broadway, but the show is no cfluck. 
Ths Keith Komedy Karnival should 
do considerable business for the 
house all week, for it is the toppicst 
laugh show ^een in many a moon 
and a Korking Klown Konvention 
that guarantees a consistent draw 
for any house. 

- Will Mahoney scintillated as the 
Kleagle Klomlc. nutting and clown- 
ins all over the place. His three 
extra encores with the Harry Stod- 
dard band were too smooth to.be 
ad lib. or hastily rehearsed, and is 
explained by the fact both acts 
played together at tWb Hamilton a 
week preceding. The laugh returns 
would warrant joint booking. Ma- 
honey evidently was "framed* by 
the band for one of the encores. He 
is up front torturing his diminutive 
tUde trombone when the boys sneak 
off in pairs. Mahoney's discovery of 
the desertion was no feigned sham. 
The comedian also figured in every 
act ensuing, the sum total of which 
made for comedy plus. 

A brace of three twin-reel come- 
dies constitutes the film section — 
Chaplin. Keaton and Semon reissues 
— a departure in itself. A clever 
animated Aesop topped off, preced- 
ing the overture of "Mister Galla- 
gher and Mister Shean" (announced). 
A baby spot hung from the right 
stage box was focused on the or- 
cliestra. the cornet player in a fez 
and the trombonist as "Gallagher" 
standing up for the instrumental 
duet. 

Foris and West opened with an 
interesting hand-to-hand routine, 
with comedy spicinff via a mutual 
cigar which the men alternate in 
smoking. Smooth but not spectacu- 
lar, the tricks command attention, 
although more or l«\sa conventional. 
The distinction lies in their noncha- 
lant perform.iiK '■ and the Immacu- 
late dressing of tlio performers. 
Thev look Knullsh. which accounts 
for their wimiIulj the dude clothes 
unlike most dumb act.«. 

Donovan .md T.ce twircd with tlieir 
w. k, HilK'ini;in routine. Holland 
and Jlay < Now Acts). 

Mahoney is ;« nut c<<nnMlian of a 
familiar schixd. but with material 
undeniably fresh. He h.ia the .id- 
vantage also of IteinK a "new fare" 
locally, being iinUnown in the me- 



tropolis until a year ago, when he 
came east. 

Harry Stoddard and Orchestra 
(the boys formerly at Shanley's) 
would have been a sensation at the 
fore instead of the vanguard of the 
band craze. As is. vaudeville has a 
niche for them. Stoddard is a judi- 
cious showman who knows how to 
mix the violinist's legitimate instru- 
mentallzation with the comedy jazz- 
ing, although the "Sidewalks of New 
York" really is the act. Following 
a rendition of the number, lights out 
and a Pell street sign Is disclosed on 
a prop lamppost. That cues for an 
Oriental number in chink dressing. 
Lights out and Mulberry street for 
wop song; 136th street discovers the 
boys a^rned with blackface masks 
throwing a natural on the "blues"; 
Tenth avenue vamps off with the 
burglar.s' pizzicato, the boys in ap- 
propriate Hell's Kitchen trappings. 
The Broadway number has a neat 
idea with the saxophonist doing stew 
and the copper feeding for a "Don't 
Blame It All on Broadway" vocal 
solo. The act tied it up after that 
with a flock ^ of «ncore«, Mahoney 
doing one of "John McCormnck in 
his latest success. 'Wild About 
Harry' from 'Shuffle Along,'" (col- 
ored ishow). Stoddard was at this 
house three weeks jigo and will be 
held over next week again, accord- 
ing to the house manager. 

Jimmy Lucas was the second nut 
comic on the layput, he getting in a 
corking bit with a "fairy" rose. Ma- 
honey took one whiff and he became 
a 'Nancy." Holland dittoed and he 
wanted to kiss his sisters. Even the 
orchestra leader succumbed and 
waved his handkerchief flirtatiously. 

The Dancing McDonalds closed 
with a fusi ballroom dance routme. 

. . ' Abel. 



neat. Miss Dean fiddles, he lifts her 
up until she balances on her back 
on the upraised palm of his hand, 
she continues fiddling, he accom- 
panies her at the piano with his 
left — and the hou.^e goes off its nut. 
Telaak comes back with some 
straight ballad fiddling and ragtime 
dancing fiddling for a closer — 
snappy and bull's-eye act this. 

Claire Carroll, a very blonde single 
woman with a Sophie Tucker rou- 
tine of semi-blue songs, caught the 
gang and got away warmly. 
Wheeler and Dixon deuced. This 
spot at the American is usually a 
horror. While thip man and girl 
are scarcely ready to take the world 
by storm, they still deliver a smooth 
and pleasant little mlx-up of song 
and stepping and get by. Willa and 
Harry Browne, rag artists, opened 
and got applause on every picture, 
not forgetting the President Hard- 
ing finish, of course. Lait. 



AMERICAN 

About as good a bill as any this 
reporter has seen in a Loew house 
in month.s lined up at the American 
the first half. There were no show- 
stoppers and no sensations, but the 
whole program buzzed along to al- 
most uninterruptedly snappy enter- 
tainment. Business, for the pre- 
holiday week, was good. 

Several of the turns could have 
moved into the best houses as they 
stood and gotten away with it. 
Others were of intermediate calibre 
but sturdy stuff for the prices and 
the quantity. 

The roof is a comfortable, chummy 
place to spend two hours, and the 
acts look about as good there as 
they do anywhere on the time. The 
smoking and the spirit of tolerant 
good nature seem to lend it the 
music hall atmosphere that was 
originally designed for it, despite 
the homespun classes that now 
frequent it and the comparatively 
unpretentious amusement offered 
them. 

One may stretch a pair of legs 
in a side box, see the show, puff a 
fag, watch the performers take it 
ea:^ and the gang take it heartily. 
Nothing is "over the heads" of the 
roof patrons, who are wise crackers 
and shrewd pickers. They know 
silk from balbriggan and they know 
quality from fourflush. Some of the 
comments are nifties, and if the 
professionals wno think they can 
cheat because they're a whole block 
off Broadway could hear a few, it 
might make .their heads spin. 

However, there wasn't any sol- 
diering in this show, and the above 
is Just by way of unpointed com- 
ment. Everybody hustled and the 
bill didn't have a real flop in it, 
with several pronounced hits on 
the other side to overbalance in 
case of an argument. 

"Poor Old Jim," a sane and sens- 
ible comedy sketch, extraordinarily 
well acted by two men and a woman 
and written by someone who knew 
vaudeville and laugh-stuff of the 
best, yet the most spontaneous sort, 
held the house between yells and 
gasps. Leon and Mitzi, closing, 
scored. This is a man and woman 
turn, both strong and lithe yet 
slender and not athletic looking, 
who did a series of miraculous 
hand-balances on perches and fln- 
ished with the man hopping on one 
hand to five perches while balanc- 
ing himself upon the single hand. 

Al Raymond, with his Cliff Gor- 
don style of routine, made them 
scream until a couple of women 
went into hysterics and he had to 
hold while they recovered their 
wind. The Gordon reference does 
not mean that lie has taken the 
material or imitated tl.e delivery of 
that great comedian sacred to mem- 
ory — but there is no better or briefer 
way to classify a monolog of that 
character. Raymond works with re- 
markable straightforwardness, ham- 
mering away to punch after punch. 
Whoever writes his stuff can give 
Aaron Hoffman a run — if, indeed, 
Hoffman himself isn't guilty. 

Four Queens and a Joker (re- 
vival of the title of an old* act in 
vaudeville, but not the same act) 
went for a musical, hokum and girl- 
act knockout. The four girls were 
contrasting types and every one a 
performer, especially the Ingenue 
and the vamp, l>oth striking looker.s 
and players. Tl»e <MMiu'dian. how- 
ever, was the main (a use of th(^ 
hit. He is the next thing to Jack 
Donahue (without Donalnn-'s genius 
for ad lib material) that this <om- 
mentator has seen lately. The turn 
is fleet and the stuff in harml<'8s 
and frothy — perfect for ihe l..oew 
houses and fit for any. 

Telaak and Dean knocked in a 
w inner. Telaak is a big, v\ holesome 
low comedian who takes wild fills 
and is neither too grotes»iue nor loo 



STATE 

Probably because of the "Boys of 
Long Ago" act on the first half bill, 
that tedious overture, a medley of 
"Songs from the Old Folks." was in- 
cluded. It started off mildly. The 
Plckford.s accelerated the pace con- 
siderably. The mixed team has a 
juggling-equilibristic novelty in 
whi'.li the man bears the brunt of 
the vnork, the woman assisting with 
tliH props. The male Pickford has 
some legitimately difficult tricks 
that are fully as hard to accomplish 
as they appear to be. and accordiirgly 
were acknowledged sincere appre- 
ciation. A first-rate first or last 
act for anybody's theatre. 

McCormack and Regay, song and 
dance couple, were spotty in their 
sales arguments. McCortna'ik's 
"Where Do the Skeeters Go in the 
W'ntertime?" got about as much as 
any British-made alleged, comedy 
song usually does before a native 
audience. It doesn't belong. The 
Bowery flapper by the gal was the 
highlight of a wealc routine. Miss 
Regay seems to have inherited some 
of the acrobatic dance proclivities of 
Sister Pearl, but they are by no 
means taken advantage of to their 
fullest. The retention of such mil- 
dewed quips as "I never wash," 
"Oh, you dirty thing" and puns as 
"Rudy Vaselino" and "She's one of 
the F'our Horsemen" do not help 
things any. 

Robey und Gould, straight and 
Dutch comic, passed muster with 
an antiquatiHl gag routine. The 
team's personal ability la respon- 
sible for the response they were ac- 
corded. The material should be re- 
juvenated If the ambition to grad- 
uate from the minor leagues is 
present. 

(jordon and Healy. just married 
bride and groom, enter In wedding 
veil and other props vowing nevi*)' 
to quarrel and immediately enter 
into the chorus of the great battle 
hymn of the republic, Thtit makes 
for some laughs, Gordon's affecting 
a wise-cracking style. That bon 
mot about "<»o west, but keep away 
from Hollywood by Evelyn Nesbit," 
is unkind coming from a showman, 
and does nobody any good. 

Milo was the ace of the show. He 
Is topping all week as the "name" 
aftractlon and scored his usual wow 
with his falsetto pipes, whistling 
and imitations. "The Boys of Long 
Ago," an old-timers' quintet, closed. 
The act also includes a young wom- 
an, announced as one of the old 
boy's daughter. The ages range 
from 61 to 70. The step work, as 
always, surprises on its /igility and 
tabasco. Another highlight was 
Happy Allen's bones specialty in 
barbering a customer and was a 
real novelty to the present-day 
fans. Dave Marion and James Mad- 
ison are programed as sponsors of 
the act. Previously Fred Mack was 
credited as being interested. 

"Outcast" feature film. Ahel. 



SAY IT WITH LAUGHS 

"Say It with I^Aughs" is a disap- 
pointment considering the possibili- 
ties of the cast. Roger Imhoff is 
the featured comedian. Imhoff's 
vaudevHle act, "The Pest House," 
closes the vaudeville portion, con- 
sisting of flve acts. In the revue 
section Imhoff doesn't help the com- 
edy end. appearing in but one scene, 
although programed for two. Bob- 
bie Barry from burlesque, assisted 
by Dick Lancaster, carries the piin- 
cipal comedy burden and saves the 
second part from flatness, Barry 
and Lancaster do a corking vaude- 
ville talking turn that isn't in evi- 
dence anywhere in the show and 
which cotild be utilized in the olio 
position, a comed.v blank down to 
"The Pest House." 

The Hayatake Brothers started 
this section speedily with their 
sure-fire opener, followed hy White 
and Beck, who did well enough with 
song doubles. This pair work hard 
for laughs — too hard, in fact — and 
qualify as a prood small-time team. 

The Barr Twins in graceful dance 
doubles, with Billy Crifflth at the 
piano, held the No. ^ position. The 
girls have costumed their <lance8, 
presenting pretty pictures in eat h 
chajige. IL is a .'smooth, classy, 
pleasing offering. 

Bob Ni'lrion. a young f le.an-cut 
chap with an over-assuranee of 
manner that isn't necessary, fol- , 
|ov\«-d in a cycle of popular numbers 
mostly running to come<ly. with 
"blue" imnch lines, llfirbert Hew- 
son at the piano was the accom- 
|)anlsl. Tliey liked Nelson and the 
songs, dragging him back for two 
encores. 
Imhorr. Marcelle C'oreene and Jer- 



ry Herzello followed IH "The Pest 
House," getting their usual safe re- 
turns with Imhoff's Sterling Irish 
characterization. They yelled all 
through the sketch. 

After intermission the revue "Say 
It with Laughs" oi)ened with a full 
stage set, "At the I'ier." The cho- 
rus, 14 in number, were a nice-look- 
ing bunch in sailor and appropriate 
costumes. Their ensemble singing 
would require proficiency in the art 
of lip reading, but they danced ac- 
ceptably and often, 

Imhoff and Barry had a few com- 
edy moments as two smugglers who 
are appointed custom inspectors and 
told to seiUvh all passengers, includ- 
ing the \\omen. The dialog con- 
tained mostly familiar junk that has 
seen service in burlesque for sea- 
sons. 

Mae Meyers, a vivacious blonde 
soubret. led an Irish number, the 
girls looking cute in green ' panties 
and jackets. A jazzing song fol- 
lowed, led by Mae Meyers and* Daisy 
Harris, a good-looking brunet. Both 
principals and chorus were in kid- 
die attire backed by a special drop 
with a practical blackboard on it. 
Tho board has probably seen some 
( omedy business in the early day of 
the unit, but a few writings of girls 
names was its only excuse for be- 
ing i^resent. 

"Spooks." a full stage comedy 
scene, with a double deck set show- 
ing the living room of a "medium" 
and a cellar beneath, followed. It 
was a wild hodge podge of "ghost 
comedy." witii Barry as the recip- 
ient of most of it in the role of an 
assistant to the "spiritualist." Billy 
Griffith as a plumber was splendid. 
A pair of breakaway stairs and a 
trick furnace which tuitapults a de- 
ceased husband up through the floor 
to his astonished wife during a 
seance are some of the props. It 
was far fetched, extremely farcical, 
but funny through Barry's handling. 

Margaret Merle, a "find" of a 
prima donna, was next. This girl 
possesses a voice of powerful range. 
Coupled with her sweet personality 
and appeaiance it should take her 
far in legitimate productions. They 
were himgry when she departed. 

The other comedy scenes were a 
restaurant set with a table bit be- 
tween Barry as a comedy waiter and 
Lancaster and Coreene as 'diners. 
All of the old boys were worked in, 
but the Ijancaster-Barry combo 
milked it for all it was worth. The 
other was a bit in "one." Barry 
leaves one of tlie Barr Twins to pro- 
cure a marriage license. He returns 
to find the other Twin In the arms 
of Lancaster. The ensuing compli- 
cations gleaned a few laughs. The 
girls and liarry then staged a show 
stopping song and dance. Barry 
stepped into a "Yoddle" number of 
Mae Meyers and hoofed the thing 
over to encore proportions. 

An Oriental number with the cho- 
rus girls in costume and a fa.shlon 
parade of th» girls were the high 
lights. The show as a whole is as 
conventional as a Sunday on Main 
Street. It needs a book and new 
comedy bits before it can compare 
with the several burlesque shows 
from which the principal comedy 
scenes have been picked. Con, 



DISC REVflEWS 



AMERICAN GIRLS 

(Continued from page 7) 

light in this particular. Rose Hem- 
ley was rather polite in long skirts 
as the Ingenue, but an agreeable 
person and a pleasing singer. Jean- 
ette Buckley never let it be known 
she could dance until near the fln- 
ish, when she did a bit of slow step 
that suggested she could go if she 
tried. She also was inclined to do 
the heavy polite. 

Alma Bauer is tlie prima donna — 
a big jolly woman with a knack for 
delivering mild comic songs in a 
quiet manner. Ail the women 
dressed attractively. The choris- 
ters are an especially good-looking 
lot and all young and active, and 
this gives the whole show a lik- 
able front. Nothing does so much 
for a wheel outflt as a dozen and a 
half of animated damsels. The 
show has no especially memorable 
high lights unless a three-round 
boxing exhibition, nicely played up 
for comedy and with a special scene 
to Itself, the boxers being set down 
as "the Logan sisters." who swing 
the mitts with more abandon than 
skill. Miss Buckley decooated the 
stage in this scene in a one-piece 
bathing stilt that got a gasp from 
the admiring Columbians. 

The evening has a capital start in 
a well-staged number done ratlier 
quietly at the rise of the curtain, 
and the two main sets are uncom- 
monly sightly, one being a draw- 
ing-room and the other the lawn of 
the country club. A clever stage 
manager has attended to the stag- 
ing of numbers. Several of the 
chorus evolutions get away fiom 
the cut-and-dried arrangements, 
one in partieular being the forma- 
tions for the "Jabberwocky" num- 
ber l)y the icaderless chorus. 

Hush. 



THE YOUNG RAJAH (Fox Trot)— 
Kaplan's Melodists 

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO — Harry 
Raderman's Orchestra — Edison 
No. 51064 

"The Young Rajah" (Aubrey 
Stauffer) is an oriental fox trot in- 
spired by the Valentino picture of 
the same name, but, unliko most 
picture songs, is a surprisingly in- 
trlKuiUK dance number. It is on 
the straight oriental fox rhythm 
with some snappy banjo and sax 
duet work. The "Cock-a-doodle- 
doo" (Friend-Conrad) composition 
naturally permits for tho farmyard 
interludes in the arrangement, with 
a "Turkey In the Straw" chorus for 
good measure, " 



THE TALE OF FAN (Fox Trol)— 
Hagay Natzy Orchestra 

TEMPTING— S«m»—Patha Disk ,-. 

The "Fan " (R. H. Eurnslde-Kay- 
mond Hubbell) song is the out- 
standing number of this year's Hip- 
podrome score and has "Poor But- 
terfly " possibilities if properly ex- 
ploited. It Is a majestic dance tune, 
as Natzy's orchestra does it under 
the direction of Jack Oreen. > 

"Tempting" (Monaco - Oarable) 
vamps off with a suggestion of the 
"Sextette" from "Lucia di Lam- 
mermooa-."" ajid gives the sax a 
chance to shine. The brasses are 
intriguingly arranged In an echo ef- 
fect. 



THE OKEH LAUGHING RECORD 

THE GYPSY BARON— Okeh No. 
4678 

This Okeh laughing record is a 

big seller. It is a laugh marathon 

by two people at the efforts of a 

cernetlst in rendering a solo. The 

Instrumentalist, like the listeners, 
cannot resist the infectious laugh- 
ter and is moved to guffaws. The 
reverse side has a legitimate cornet 
solo, which sort of balances the 
ridiculous with a serious effort. 



HOMESICK (Fox Trot)— Carl Fen- 
ton's Orchestra 

JI-JI-BOO — Same— Brunswick No. 
2325 

Fenton's bunch does the popular 
and almost overly familiar "Home- 
sick" (Irving Berlin) with distinc* 
tlon in orchestra effects that makes 
it sound fetchlngly nascent. "Jl-Jl- 
Boo" (Meyer) Is a popular blues 
that cannot miss for dance pur- 
poses. - '■ 



TWO LITTLE RUBY RINGS (Fox 
Trot) — Ray Miller and Orchss- 
trs 

I CAME, I SAW, I FELL— Sams-* 
Columbia No. 3710 

Both selections have a charm- 
ingly fresh musical comedy snap 
and swing. They are a relief for 
dance purposes from the overly 
familiar pop tunes. "Ruby Rings" 
Introduces "I'M Build a Bungalow"* 
from "Daffy Dill." The other num- 
ber is from the Passing Show. 

I 

CAROLINA IN THE MORNING 
Fox Trot) — Msjsitic Danes Or- 
chsstra 

WHERE THE BAMBOO BABIES 
GROW— Ssms— Paths No. 3710 

The bass sax has been novelljr 
featured in the arrangements of 
these two popular dance tunes, Ths 
croaking of the reed instrument 
contrasts snapplly with the falsetto 
piping of the dulcet instruments. 
The Majestic orchestra sounds liks 
a new combination and doof fairly 
well In accepted fashion. ?^ 7. 

TOMORROW- (Fox Trot) — Arnold 
Johnson's Orchestra 

I WISH I KNEW— Sams— Bruns. 
wick No. 2326 

Arnold Johnson at one time was 
under Paul Whitman's direction 
with his Vernon County Club Or- 
chestra at one of the Broadway 
cabarets a year or two back. Since 
then he has been playing In Miami. 
Detroit and elsewhere and In that 
wiae gathered an idea of the popu- 
lar dance tastes. It is excc'lcntly 
demonntrated with this dancj c(Aip'- 
let. The instrument swit'lilng for 
novelty effects speaks for iliclf. 
Incidentally "Tomorrow," Jocally 
familiar. Is happily contrasted with 
"I Wish I Knew^" a Ciiifor.Ka prod- 
uct which grows on one with rept- 
lition. 



-ENGAGEMENTS 



Doyle and Cavanaugh. for llajn- 
mersleln's "SVildllower." 

Sagur Midgely in v;iud<Vi]le, in 
•Hello Wife." 

Hunter. Cole and Hunter, with 
Sam Howe's bui |es>i(ie .show for 
three years. 



I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE 
MY SISTER KATE (Fox Trot) 
^Okeh Syncopators 

THE BROADWAY STRUT— Ssms 
—Okeh No. 4694 

• — Hnme syneopator*. — fH^^ie — Ok e h' 



jazz boys! They extract consider- 
.iMe frfim file "Kate' (A. .F. Piroii 
blue.s. a .New Orleans indigo L.-od- 
ucf. The clarinet gets In sont** 
wicked work in the ntimber, "The 
I'.rofidway Strut" ( K(»binaon-Turk> 
Ih th«> hit of the Boardwalk (New 
Vork c*(»l>aret ievn<'>. It has a 
"Wild About Hurry" dash in the 
ehnius thai \h i>iol»a1>iy us^^d by 
pern»is>ion. 



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KKW YORK CITY 

Kfitk'a Palaea 

• iWgm.1 A Carroll 
Irene Franklin 
Uoscoiii liron Co 
•L«ia Bennett 
Canal no Broa Co 
Vara Gordon Co 
Lewla * Dody 
Palenb'tf'a Animals 
Qua Fowler 

KcHh'a BlT«raida 

Thoa E Shea Co 
P Granadoa Co 
Dolly Sia 

Kaah 4i O'Donnell 
•Chief Caupollcan 
Pl«Toe A Ryan 
Jack WTllaoa 
Oanova 
(Ona to fill) 

KaiCh'a Kayal 

Pranklyn Ardell Co 
Ran E Ball 
Wilton Sia 
Khaw A I^a 
Ted Lorraina Ca 
Bargert A Sheldon 
Ruth Roye 
When lx)ve'9 Toung 
Van Cleve A Pete 

KaHh'a Colontal 
•Raymond A A H 
Rooacy A Bent Rav 
]tavia A Pella 
•lack Joyce 
Roth Kida 
MoLauchlin A K 
Walsh A Ellis 
rifer Broa A Sia 
(Ona to nil) 

Rcitha Alhamkra 

A\ Herman 
Willie Hchenck 
to Jdilea from B'w'y 
Kellam A O'Dara 
The Brianta 
Dixie Four 
Mary Haynea 
J.eavitt A I.ockw'd 
I.ockctt A Ilopa 

Mma*' Broadway 
llnrry Stoddard Co 
Richard Keana 



Stanley A Wllaona 
Smytha A James 
Innea A Ryan 
Graee Twina 
AlbiTt's Dogs 
(One to All) 

2d half 
•Wm H Turner Co 
J A O O'Meara 
•Randall A Marst'n 
(Others to All) 
Proctor's Mth St. 

2d half iZl'U) 
Arthur A Peggy 
•Conroy A Howard 
•Eastman A Moore 
•K 11 Cape* Co 
A A F Stedman 
,(Ona to fill) 
' lat half (t5-27> 
Burna A Wilaon 
Max's Circns 
Plsano A Landauer 
(Others to flll) 

2d half (2B-S1) 
Kennedy A Kramer 
Yatea A Carson 
Paak'a Blockheads 
(Othara to nil) 

rractar'a Stii Arc. 

2d half (21-24) 
Bob LaSalla 
China Blua Plata 
Jimmy 8a vo Co 
•E Raymond Co 
yi Montgomery 
O Valentine Co 
•Ward Sis Co 
•Winifred A Br'wn 

1st half (25-27) 
Elinor* A WlUlHmB 
A Night in Spain 
Comba A Nevlns 
Briscoe A Rauh 
Original Piano S 
Allman A Harvey 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (28-31) 
Bobby McLean Co 
Donovan A L.ee 
Mabel Burke Co 
Deagon A Mack 
Marino A Martin 
Stara of Future 
Mamaux A Rule 
Willie Solar 



BOBBY ^^UKE" HENSHAW 

And ENCORE 

0pen«ling Xmaa at homa in St. Tx>u>a 

Orpheam. «/aialui. Maw Yeara 

Dlrvrti«a BILL JACOBS 



Rlvlara 

Jimmy Lucas Co 
Snow CoI'mbus A H 
Willie Solar 
Anaut Trio 
(Two to flll) 
2d half 
Eddie Foy Co 
Moss A Fry« 
Miller A Mark 
Allen & Canfleid 
(Two to flll) 

ALBANY 

Proctor 'a 

Qarcinetti Broa 
Ray Confin 
Cook A Oatman 
Shone A .Syulr»>8 



O'Brien A Jos'phine 
Hal Johnson Co 
Hibbitt A Malta 
Little Jim 

BIRMINfinAM 

Lyrie 

(Atlanta aplit) 
Ist half 
Jordan Girls 
Crane May A C 
Kelso A Denaonde 
Barrett A Farnum 
Gordon A Uermaine 

BOgTON 

B. F. Krith'a 

RAW Roberts 
Harry Mayu 



Boohing Exelutively 

WITH 

Orpheum, B. F. Keith (West- 
. em) W. V. M. A. 

and Affiliated Circuito 

ERNIE 

YOUNG 

AGENCY 

WILLIE B£EO£B, Book'g Mgr. 

Suit* 1313, Masonic Tampla Bidg. 
Chicago 



\ 



Demareat A Col'ta 
T.ytell A Faut 
tin u tier Co 
(Others to flll) 

Blowi* CoUacaaa 

Belle Balier 
FAT Sabinl 
)I J <3onley Co 
Allen A Caaf!«id 
I.aFrance Bros 
(Ona to filli 

2d half 
Arnau.t Three 
Dostock's Bchoo) 
(Others to flll) 
Keith's FordliaiM 
Dooley A Morton 
Chin Sale 

•Sarah Padd*-n Co 
T.yona A Tosco 
Herbert's Doga 
(Ona to flll) 
2d half 
H J Con ley Co 
Cooper A Rlcarda 
Bellf Baker 
(Othern to flll) 

MoKS* Franklin 

Woxs & Fryo 
MU'iPr & Mack 
•T^lrner Bros 
Howard's Poniea 
(Two to flll) 
^d half 
'•R Side. W Side 
•Elaine A Marsh'll 
R A E Dean 
LaFrance Bros 
(Two to flll) 

Keith'a HamlHon 
Wm A J Mandel 

Dot son 

BAB Wheeler 
o«en McOlvnty 
•The fJTalds 



Proctor'a fM St. 

•B Howard Co 
JAG O'Meara 
Angal A Fuller 
Marguerite A A 
Tataa A Carson 
(Ona to fill) 

2d half 
Will Mahonay 
Ben Bjeyer 
•Quintette A W 
Denoyer A Dania 
•Mecca Four 
Cy Compton Co 

FAR ROCK AW AY 

Columbia 

2d half 
BAB Wheeler 
Dotaon 

Wm A J Mandel 
Owen McGlvn^y 
The Wager 
Dreama 

BROOKLYN 

Kclth'a Buahwlck 

Ben WV'lch 

I bach's Ent'rfners 

MalMl McCane Co 

Hymack 

Irving Fisher 

A A F Stedman 

Haney A Morgan 

(Two to flll) 

Kalth'a Orpheam 

Van A Schenck 
W Crosa Co 
B^-rt Levy 
Moore A Freed 
China Blue Plata 
Du For Boys 
Four Mortons 
The Say tons 
(One to fill) 



Minstrel Review 

2d half 
Blsia Whita 
Hugh Herbert Co 
B C Hilliam Co 
Melody A St>>ps 
(One to flll) 

ALLENTOWN, PA. 

Orplieam • 

Joe St Onge >'o 
FAT Hay den 
Henry Horton Co 
Polly A Ox 
Rose of Harem 

2d half 
Alaz Sparks Co 
Harold Kennedy- 
Grey A Old Rose 
T'xas Four 
Ella Bradna Co 

AMSTRDAM, N. Y. 

RIaito 

Fondell Four 
Carol Girls 
Little Cinderella 
George Morton 
Landon's Orchestra 

2d half 
Adonia A Dog 



May Wirth Co 
Freda A Anthony 
Around the Corner 
Frances Arms 
Higgins A Batr>s 
Vincent Lopez Co 

BIFFALO 

Sl*c»'a 

Boy A Boyer 
Jue guon Tai 
Meyers A Hanaford 
Powers A Wallace 
Margo Waldron 
Trixie Frlganza 

chattanoo<;a 

Rialto 

2d half 
Dillon A Milton 
Jack Hugh«<) Duo 
Herron A Gaylord 
«ieo A Moore 
(One to flll) 

CHESTRR, FA. 

AdgensenC 
S;iva Brown Co 
Alf Grant 
Burke Walsh A K 
Snow A Narjna 



V. A. 



Oflelal DoMttal <o tlia II 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

t4»8 B'way IPatMiM D1«R.) H 



DON'T Advextiie in "VABIETY" 

IF YOU CANT MAKE GOOD 

EDWARD J. ZADAY 



The Wager 

2d half 
Doolry A Morton 
Miss Juliet 
M.'l Kloe 
•Baal Bck 
Herbert's Dogs 
(Ona to flll) 
Keith's JeflTenion 
Mel Kl*'** 
BAB Dean 
Dillon A J'nrKfr 
Crafts & Hairy 
•Jo Jo A Dooley 
Afiacnhua 
•Baal Bf k 
Young Atiierica 

2d half 
FAT Sa'uiiii 
Fr.mk Farnum Co 
Combe * Nevins 
Winton Bros 
7:olland A Hay 
Jlowar'lf" I'onlfs 
(Two to fili) 

Moss' Regent 
Coopfr &■ R)<nr«l«< 
Jun»*t of Franca 
V B<Tg«'re Co 
-Gordon A Rlt* 
(Two to nil) 

2i1 half 
Harry Kahne 
Jimmy Lucas Co 
l>p.marp«t A Col'ito 
Dillon A ParK'-r 
Kelly ft Gould 
•Johnny Clark Co 

Keith'H RlHt St. 
Wells V.a A Wr#!t 
Joe Browninir 
I> Humphrey Co 
The I-itll»' < ottago 
Green A Myrn 
Palmero's Dogs 
rrwtor'B l«3(h St. 



Moaa' Flatbush 

Patrlcola 
Geo I^eMalre Co 
Harry Burns Co 
Pilcer A Doufflas 
Rule A O Brien 
Loyal'a Animals 
K«ith's Cireenpolnt 

2d half (21-24) 
Yates & Carson 
Sirens 
(Oth-rs to flll) 

1st half (25-27) 
Mamaux A Rule 
Brn Beyer 
Cecilia W.'ston Co 
Tom Kflly 
Bostnrk's Rthool 
Lea A Cranston 

2d half (28-31) 
Judson Cole 
Mignon 

•Old Vaiidovilllflns 
Camilla's Birds 
(Two to nil) 

KeKh's Prospect 
2d half (21-24) 
Robert Roilly Co 
Right or Wronj? 
F A M Cnrroil 
riHano & Lan<l;iutr 
(Two to flll) 

1st hnlf (25-27) 
ilab^l r.urko Co 
Jim McWlllianis 
Wayliurn's 12 
I, .* P Murdo<U Cq, 
•WInifr-il S- nro-vn 
Cnmill.-rH Birds 

2d half (2« r.n 
'Vcllia Weston Co 
Kddii' Bi)r<l<'n in 
Sin> thr. & J.im'^s 
A NiRht in Spain 
Vacation Days 
(One to nil) 



Knapp & «'ornella 
Oscar Lorraine 
Dave Schooler Co 
(One to fill) 

ASBVRY PARK 

Main Street 
4 Dancing Demons 
Taxi 

Jean Soth^rn 
Howard A Rosa 

2d half 
Kelly A Drake 
Smith A Nash 
(Two to fill) 

ASHVILLE 

f'o>amT»la 

td half 425-26) 
Ford A Price 
Fields A Fink 
Brown &. Barrows 
Gene Greene 
Gossler A Lusby 

ALTOONA, PA. 
Orphenna 

Jerotne .Vla.nn 
Show Off 

Allman & Howard 
, The Mo\ie Mas'iue 
(One lo flll) 

2d half 
Edith t'lasp^r Co 
Trovclto 
(Others to flll) 

ATLANTA 

Lyric 

(Birmingham flptit.i 

Ist half 
Roberts A ixmunl 
Will J Ward 
FiHhcr & Hurst 
M Pryor <'o 
Morton J*. wtU Co 

A1 BIRN, N. Y. 

JelTfrfwn 

Fr.'incls .V Day 
Knapp & (ornella 
Dolly Dumplin 
Bobby .larvis *.'o 

2d half 
Naynoir« Birds 
TIsl'-v Sisters 



Love Nest 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Paul H'.ll Co 
Jack Little 
Swor A Conroy 
«"lown Revue 
(Two to flll) 

flNCINKATI 

B. F. Keith's 

Rfdford A W'chter 
Prank Shields 
Marlon Murrry r© 
Lang A Blakely 
Four Aces 

CLEVELAND 

lOAth St. 
Autumn Trio 
r'ahili A Romalne 
Barrett & Cunncen 
Hall Brmine A B 
Hawthorne A Cook 

Palara 
Merle's Cockatoos 
Heed A Aystin 
Aileen Stanley 
Barclay A Chain 

(OLl MBL\ 

Colambia 

(Augusta split) 
1st half 
Sawyer & Eddy 
F'laherty A Stonig 
Nf'd Nestor Co 
Harry L Manon 
D Fitch Allnstr'N 

COLI MB! 8 
It. F. Keltira 

• 'ross & Santora 
Gauticr's Pony 
Konton A Fields 
Miller A Bradtofd 
•Oliver A Opp 

DETROIT 

Temple 

Harry Moore Co 
Kane Ac <;rnnt 

• Mark Ar H^rgnian 
<")iiif> Ah<arn Co 
Haru * >nukl 

Hiilv Sh;trpo R< V 



Polly A 0« 
Roaa of Baram 

EUZABETH. N. J. 

Practor'a 

Johnny Clark Co 
Toney A Norman 
Elalna A Marshall 
Cy Compton Ca 
Mecca Four 
Markell A Gay 

2d half 
Van Armand Co 
(Uthera to fill) 

ERIE. PA. 

Colonial 

Th« Rooneys 
Stara of Record 
Gene Morgan 
Robbins Family 
Suxton A Farrell 

G'RM'NTOWN, PA. 

Orpheam 

A A G Falls 
Paul A Goas 
Sylvester Family 
Jean Gran^se «'o 
Mix Musical Noaaca 
Rome A Gaut 
Fink's M^iUs 

CiRAND RAPIDS 

Empresa 

Tost A Clady 
Von Kovacs A G 
Pinto A Boyle 
Four Yellarona 

HAMILTON. CAN. 

1>yrl« 

Rog»r <^Jray Co 
Ida M CAadwick 
H I^Vail A Sia 
Breen Family 

HARRLSBCRG, PA. 

Majeatte 
Nathana A Sully 
Trovotto 
(Others to flll) 

2d half 
Whirlwind Threa 
Jerome Mann 
The Show Off 
B A J Crelfhton 
The Movie Masque 

INDIANAPOLIS 

B. F. Kelth'9 

Harvard W'fr'd A B 

I>eipsig 

Maker &■ Bedford 

G'orga Yeomans 

Tan Araki Japs 

Browne & Whlfker 

JACKSONVILLE 

Arcade 

(Savannah split) 
1st half 
Robbie Gordons 
Follette Pearl A W 
Millership A Ger'rd 
Dennos Thlbt A C 
Bell «: faron 

LONG BRANCH 
Broadway 

Kelly A Draitfl 
Smith A Nash 
Danny Dugan Co 
(Ohe to flll) 

2d half 
4 Dancing Demons 
Taxi 

Jean Sothern 
Howard A Rosa 

LOCISVILLE 

Lyric 

rNashville split) 
1st half 
Marten A West 
Dunham & O'Mley 
Liaten I^ester 
Sisters Arnetta 
C Drew Playera 

LOnELL 

B. F. Kelth'a 

Riiymond Bond Co 
BezxaKian A White 
Spl>fndid A Partner 
Bryant A Stewart 
Lowe A Stella 
.^^rhlchtl's M'niklns 
.^hrincr & F'zs jn'ns 

MOBILE 

Lyric 

(N. Orleans split) 

Ist hul^ 
r A M Dalo 
Maxson A Brown 
Rice & Wcrntr 
okoit & Mary Ann 
r.iur Readings 



lat halt 
Worden Broa 
Rhodea A WataOB 
Miller * Faara 
Jannlnga A Dorney 
Oauttcr'a Toy Shop 

•KEWABK. K. J. 
Froetor'a 

Doris Duncan 
Jimmy Carr Co 
Hall A Dexter 
Rockwall A Fos 
Herbert Clifton 
Class Manning A C 
Sheldon B A U 
Speeders 

amW ORLEANS 

Palace 

(Mobile split) 
Iflt half 
Clown Seal 
ColTman A Carroll 
Bowers W'ters A C 
Eckert A Harrison 
Four Madcapa 

N. BR'NSWK, N.J. 

State 
C A C McNaughton 
Joa Bennett 
Barnum In Right 
(Ona t<^ nil) 

2d half 
Furman A Kvans 
Greenwood Kids 
(Two to flll) 

NORFOLK 

Aeadcmy 

(Richmond split) 
1st half 
Girl from Toyland 
Dohcrtya 

.^illy Hughes Co 
Barber A Jackson 
Kay Hamlin A K 

PHILADELPHIA 

B. V. Keith's 

Jones A Jonca 
Tom Smith 
Mila Leitxel 
The Duttona 
Aunt Jemima Co 
M Diamond Co 
Joaeph Rankia 
'.Vigang Troupe 
Keyatono 
Casting Melloa 
Walter Shoe's Buds 
Morgan A Blnd«r 
Andrewa Bears 
Lehr A Kennedy 

Wm. Peiut 

Ulls A I^e 
Phina Co 
Marks A Wilson 
Welcome Inn 
2d half 
DeKzo Ratter 
Muller A Francis 
Kennedy A Berle 
Elinor« A Williams 
Four Rublnl Sisters 

PITT8BCRCH 
Davis 

Rafayette's Dogs 

Margaret Hasfclcr 

Kara 

Walters A Walters 

North Halliday 

Lillian Shaw 

FLAINFIELD, N.J. 

FlalnAeld 

King Bros 
Jans A Whalen 
(Two to flll) 

2d half 
nis A Lee 
Marks A Wilson 
I^ew Seymour Co 
(One to flll) 

PORTLAND, ME. 

B. F. Keith's 

Flashes of Songland 
Bill Genevieve A W 
Elliott & LaTour 
Alice Hamilton 
Powell A Brown 
William Ebs 

PROVIDENCE 

E. F. Albee 

Dixie Hamilton 
Ed Janis Revue 
TAB Healy 
Jane Connelly Co 
R Hitchcock 
Four Phillips 

READINt;, PA. 

Rujah 

Dorothy Ram-^r • 
Walmsley A K ting 



HUGH HERBERT 

Its LRFFBRT8 AYKMITl^ 

KKW 0AROKN8, U I. 
Pk«M Btchmoiid HIO MtS 



1st half 
Wlllla Hale A Bre 
Millard A Marlin 
Read A Salman 
Chaa Althoff 
Thomas Saxo Six 

SCK'NTTDY, K.¥. 

Proctor 'f 

Oacar I/orralna 
Lynn A Howland 
Dava Schooler Co 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
Fondell Four 
Stone A Francis 
Little Cinderella 
Landon'a Orchestra 
(Two to flll) 

8YRACISE 
B. F. Kelth'a 

Raaso 

Meehan A Newman 

Runaway Four 

Nihla 



Cook & Oatman 
Shone A Squlrea 
Minstrel Ravua 

UTICA, N. y. 

Gaiety ■ 

XIae Francis 
Alexander A Fields 
J C Mack Co 
(Others to flll) 

2d half 
Harry Watkina 
Mcrritt A Coughlln 
Janet of France 
Crafts A Haley 
(Two to fllH 
WASHINGTON 

B. F. Keltli'a 

KItaro Japa 
Bl Ba Lo 
Bob Hall 
lien Bernia Co 

WTRTOWN, V. T. 

Olymple 

Harry Watkina 



J. W. CURZON 

Prasanta 

•■'.\-> THE 

CURZON 
SISTERS 

FLYING BUTTERFLIES 
KEITH'S RIVERSIDE 
THIS WEEK * 

DIRECTION: 

ALF T. WILTON 



COl'NT TRIX 

PERRONE and OLIVER 
in a **Song Symphony* 

GRPIII'.l M C1R< I IT 



CHAS. J. FREEMAN 

OFFICB8 ^ 
BOOKING WITH ALL 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

SUITE 307, ROMAX BLDQ. 

245 West 47lh Street 

NEW YORK 

Phone: BRYANT M17 



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Sampson & DnuglflS 
Dancing Sh"' s 

IIALTIMOKK 

>lnr>l»iid 

Mad. line <'»illins 
Thf JiarMv.liB 
Morriiv Ar C,. ri;^;!! 
(« )th. re to fill) 

BAT<»N KOI <iE 

Columltiii 

(Shifv ip..rr «i.llt) 
1st h.-iir 
1 Valentino A B«.1I 



Crawfnr<l S.- TSioil 1. 
l.al'lUirica '1 rio 

EAKTON. PA. 

Altle Dpcra ll«>iis<> 

AlcK Sparlt'^ <"o 
Han. Id tiMtinf<}y 
c.r. y * Old Ros'" 
TcXii!' Knur 
Kiiji llrndna •'"n 

;<1 half 
jo»- s't f"<aKc Co 
I'" .V I II.'O <U'n 
li'^nry Ilorton Co 



MONTREAL 

Imperial 

(Sunday opening) 
ItoHO A Moon 
Mast.r Oabriel "Co 
T*»Pchow'8 <*ats 

f»;;;vrciii a I'lunkcit 

nay I'atcana 
Lamcy A I'earnon 
/•rincesa 

I Sunday opcninR) 
Bronnon A KdWds 
B Andcrsun A I'uny 
Jos K Wat won 
R"alin«< of Fantrt.*!*" 
I'uffy .^- Sweeney 
rt Ing».'l' se ro 

MT. VKRXON, N.Y. 

Proctor's 

Cd h.ilf (21-21) 
i:v)tkwell A Vox 
I'rnnltlyn Ard«."ll Co 
H»niv A Moor»» 
•H A V Tollis 
rrwo to flll) 
](.t half (2r.-27» 
I Bo hhv M> I • >'> ' "> 
Stars of I'uiur'' 
Dc.'igon A Mack 
MiKnon 

Miirino A Martin 
I'.jks Blo<'kh<-^.dH 
:'d hnlf (2S-31 > ■ 
Chic So'«» 
sybil \ line 

I'.dh l.HSililC C,i 

Miow Corinb's IV II 
Mjixs Circus 
Young Aiv.»-rlr.-i 

NASIIMLLi: 
Princess 

(LonTsviilc split) 



Reynolds A D'ncg'n 
(Two to nil) 

2d half 
Ms-Belle 
(Others to flll) 

RI( HMOND 

I.yrlc 

(Norfolk split) 
1st half 
Vanderbllts 
WrJKht A Douglas' 
All ut Sea 
Fr.ink Farnn 
Au,u Sally Co 

ROANOKK 
Run nolle 

Thf Huponts 
o Conncil & LpwIs 
Beilly A Rogers 
(Two to 1111) 
2d half 
Foster A I>og 
Ki8ko * Falh.n 
Nixon A SanH 
l.auKhlm .V West 
(One i,y flU ) 

RDf HKSTKR 

Temple 

Sh. rwln Kelly 
Vnn * TvBKn 
Bendor A Arnipir'i- 
HcgiMlus Sis A: Ji 
.Toe Laurie 
B BarriBcale Co 
Gordon A Ford 
Biho A Kyo 

SAVANNAH 

Bijon 

(Jacksonville spilt) 



Stone tc Hayea 

Proctor'a 

Adonis & Dogs 
Merrltt A Cougnlln 
Haley Sisters 
Stone it Francis 
Trip to HitlHUd 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Francis A Day 
Carol Girls 
Gerald Qriffln Co 
Trip to Hitland 
Ray Conlin 
Hanlon A. Clifton 

TAMPA. FLA. 
Victory 

(26-26) 

(Same bill playa 
St Petersburg 27- 
28; Orlando 29-30) 

Wells A Burt 

Parados 

Rspe A Button 

Fred Lewis 

Connor's Danceland 

TOLl-^DO 

B. F. Kelth'a 

Diaz Monks 



S.impson & Do'glas 
Dancing .Shoes 
(Two to flll) 
2d half 
Mae Francia 
At»x A Fie Ida 
J C Mack Co 
(Two to flll) 

WHITE PLAINS 
t.ynn 

Geo Moore Co 
Margie Coatea 
Toto 

Will Mahoney 
Frank Farnum Co 
Beege A Qupea 
2d half ' 
Margaret Ford 
Ed Jania Rev 
Toney A Norman 
The Kharrocka 
Old Vandevlllians 
Four Tamakla 

WILMINGTON 

Aldlne 

Mack A La Rue 
Jack Little 
Paul Hill Co 
Four Rublnl Sisters 



Rallf Brog 
Farn A MaHa 
Johnaon A Hayea 
OoUy Davia Ravua 

td lulf 
Rakema 

Franklin A Hall 
Uptown A DowB 
Burna A Wilaon 
Lura Bennett Co 

WATERBVRY 

PaUoo 

Fletcher A PasQ'ale 
Eddie Cassldy 
Money Is Money 
Marie Casper 
Alba I>e Ross Co 

2d half 
Dawson L'nia'n A C 
Arthur Whitlaw 
Revue La Petite 
Bloom A f)her 
White Black A U 



WILK'8-B'RB, FA, 
Foil's 

(Scranton split) 
lat halt 
Anna Mae Co 
I^Qlae Carter Oa 
iTC'm'k A Winehlll 
Shura Rulowg Co 
MalindA A Dado 

WORCE8TBB 
FoU 

Princeton Fivo 
Franklin A Hall 
Uptown A Down 
Burna A Wilson 
Lura Bennett Co 

ad half 
Emmett A Ltnd 
Orren A Drew 
Hartley A Pateraon 
Johnson A Hayes 
Dolly Davis Revug 



BOSTON KEITH CIRCUIT 



BOSTON 

Itonton 

Maiclc Lunette 
Ernie A Brhie 
Rolland Kelly Co 
Walton & Brant 
Elm City Four 
Gordon's Olympla 

(Scollay »y.) 
Wonder Seal 
Marie Sparrow 
.Sully A Thomaa 
J R Johnson Co 
(One to flll) 

Gordon's Oiympl* 

(Washington St.) 
Johnny Reynolds 
Yule A Richards 
Travera A li'gl's Co 
Taylor A Bobbe 
(Une to flll) 

Bowdoin Sq. 

Kenny A HoHis 
Brent Hayes 

Howard 

Chung Wha Four 
Two Stonards 
Paul Nolan Co 

BANGOR. ME. 

Rijoa 

Alanson 
Four Trnveleas 
Manning A Hall 
Janls A Chaplow 
Rose Revuo 
Sutton A Cajirtca' 

2d half 
Vacca 

I'olly Russell Co 
Borco 
Hall A Metia 



O K I^gal 

^ HAVRRHILL 

Colonial 

John flelger 
Gary A Baldl 
Girlie A Dandles 
Bison City Four 
VVilllame A Daiay 

2d half 
Watson's Dogs 
Jcanptle Childs 
Whalen A McShano 
Five Avalona 
(One to nil) 

I.AWRRNCR 

Empire 

Alfred Karrcll Co 
Tabor A t?reen 
Weak Spot 
.Stanley A Birncs 
Thrcp I^ordena 

2d halt 
Musical Rowellys 
York A Maybelle 
Creations 
Watts A Hnwtey 
Eric Phillips Co 

LEWISTON, MB. 

Music Mitll 

Vh cca 

Hall & Mctla 

Boreo 

The Rios 

Polly RusaoM Co 

2d halt 
Alanson 

Four Travelers 
Jania A Chaplow 
Ropc Revue 
Sutton & Caprice 



THE LANGWELL 

12S W. 44th St.. New York 
The Best tl.flO Dinner In Town. 
. ANk .lOHN P. MKDBCRY 

TOM HARRISON, MoMger 



Wig; 
ORTl 
HIL 



IGS Toupees Make-Up 

ORTH ^"^ '** Fries List 

^^ " G. SHINDHELM 

■^ 109 W. 46 th a.t, N. Y. 



Burns A Lynn 
RcdmonJ A Wells 
Zomater A Smith 
(Others to flll) 

TORONTO 

Mlieo'a 

Max .'Sovereign 
Dooley A Storey 
Harrison A Dakin 
Jos Dlskay 
Holmes A Lavere 
Cuniiinghant A B 
Tom Patricola 
litrnt A I'artner 

TRENTON, N. J. 

Capital 
Furman A Bvana 
Dezzo Retter 
Greenwood Kida 
(Two to flll) 

2d half 
Phlna Co 
Boyle A Bennett 
Welcome Inn 
Joe Bt'nnett 
Barnum Is Right 

TROY, V. T. 

Froetor'a 
Naynon's Birds 
Klaie White 
HuRh Herbert Co 
B C Hilliam Co 
Melody A Steps 

2d half 
Garclnctti Broa 
George Morton 



Swor A Conroy 
Clown Revue 
Sd half 
SUra Brann Co 
Cooper A Lncey 
Snow A Narlne 
Burka Walah A N 
Amanda Gilb'rt A K 
Love Nest 

YONKKR8, N. T. 

Proctor'a 
2d half (21-24) 
Sandy Hhaw 
Speeders 

•Eat Drink Merry 
(Othera to flll) 

1st half (26.27) 
Rddle Borden Co 
Bob LaSalle 
Harmony Land 
(Others to flll) 

2d half (28.31) 
Jim McWllllams 
Allman A Harvey 
Briscoe A Rauh 
Beege A Queepe 
(Two to flll) 

YORK, PA. 

Opero Honse 

Edith ciasper Co 
B A J Crelghton 
Whirlwind Three 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
Fritzl Scheff 
Nathane A Sully 
(Others to flll) 



The Rios 
(One to flll) 

BROCKTON 

Strand 

Watson's Dcgs 
Joancttc Chllda 
Ward Bros 
Kav'n'hh A Kver'Ht 

2<1 half 
The Sterlings 
(iilfoyle A Lang 
Adams A Griffith 
Girlie A Dandka 

CAMnRIDGK 

Central Sq. 

Glenn A Richards 
O K Legal 
Haynes A Beck 
Lulu Coatcs Co 
(One to flll) 

2d h»<f 
Alfred Fnrrell 
Bradbury A Scully 
SaRcr MIdgley Co 
(Two to flll) 

FALL RIVER 

Empire 

Three Odd Chaps 
Jean Boyd*-!! 
Sagor MldKley Co 
Adams A Grlfllth 
Mildred Andre Co 
Spider's Web 
2d halt 
Ward Bros 
N'rworth A Adolithi 
Justa Marshall R' v 
(Three to flll) 

FlTClIBtRO 

Cammlnga 

The'Sterllngs 
Oxford Four 
Whalen A M<55han*> 



LYNN, MARS. 
Olympla 

Lewix & Norton 
Nellie V Nichols 
JiiRta Marshall Ra^ 
(One to flll) 

2d half 
Haynctt * Beck 
Ruby Norton 
(Two to flll) 

MANCHRSTEB 

Polaee 

Musical Rowellys 
York A Maybella 
Creations 
Watts A Hawler 
Eric Phllllpa Co 

2d half 

Williams A Daisy 
Tabor * (ireen 
Weak Spot 
Stanley A Birnes 
t>xford Four 

NEW BEDFORD 

Olympla 

2d half 
Three Odd Chapg 
Gary A Baldl 
Lewis A Norton 
Nellie V Nichols 
Spid«:r's Web 

NEWPORT 

Colonial 

2d half 
Howard A Lewis 
Mildred Andre C;o 
(Two to flll) 

WALTHAM 
Waldorf 

Norw'rth A Adelpht 
Howard A Lewis 

Five Avalonn 



LEE MASON 

--— With STAN 8COTT ^ • . • . 
A Merry Xmas to All 



POU CIRCUIT 



BRIDGEPORT 

Poll 

Frank AVIlKon 
Orr^n A Drew 
Hartley * I'aterHon 
Welch Mealcy A M 
FaHhlon .shop 
2d half 
Rddic CnHfldy 
M Kokin Co 
Frisco 

."^haws Circus 
Holland A luli-n 



NEW HAVEN 

Palace 

Rakoma 
Joe Roberts 
M Koken Co 
Bloom A Shcr 
Shaw's Circus 
Frisco 

2d half 
Frank Wilson 
Fletcher A Pan<ralc 
Little Driftwood 
Marie Gasper 



MARGUERITE DeVON 

"Steppin' Around" Co. 

EXCr.l MIVE MIHIWTION OV 
WEBERA FRIEDLANDER 



HARTFORD 

Capital 

PnwHnn L'rtlK'ii A C 
Arthur Whitlaw 
Little Driftwood 
Kcvuo La r«tifo 
Holland A <^)di n 
While BlacU K r 

2d half 
R-lfr Bros 
Fern A M.irl" 
Joe Roberts 
Moni)r In Money 
l^rinceton Five 
(One to flll) 



!kl 



W.l,h Mealy A 
Fashion Shop 

SCHANTON, PA. 

Poll's 

(Wilkes-irrr, split) 

1st half 
1- A IT ZieRltr 
Morgan & Ray 
Mob AlbrlKht 
Kdwnrds A B.-'anUy 
Hazel Green Co 

HP'OMELD, MASH. 

Palaeo 

Emmett A Llnd 



William SIsto 
(One to flll) 

2d half 
Manning A Hal! 
Jean Boydeli 
Ray A Hllliard 



(One to flll) 

2d half 
Three Lordens 
Brooks A Morgan 
Lynn A Howland 
Kav'n'gh A Everett 



CHICAGO KEITH CIRCUIT 



CINCINNATI 

Palare 

llumberto Bros 
Burns Ac Lorrnino 
Toni Gray Co 
Four MuMkei.»rs 
Larry Comer 
.Shatturk A O'Nell 
.Johnny's New Car 
Ha\erly * Mack 

CLEVELAND 

Hippodrome 

BroxluH & Brown 
Francos A M.ircell 
Sherlock Sis Co 
Wal/er A Dyer 
Harry Vnn Focfirn 
M.tnirurc Shop 
CLINTON. lA. 
Capitol 
Ronianos Sis 
ChaH Rollers Co 
I'rlrnrose Four 

I»AYTON 

B. F. Keilli's 

W'Str rn I'aKt iii>i s 
Henry C.itnluno 
Zehn A PrelB 
(Two to flll) 
i!.l half 
Thank You D.Mt-.i" 
Mme Doree's Co 
Gaits Broa 



f)sborne Trio 
(One to till) 

DETROIT 

liRSalle Oarden 

K< nncdy & Nelson 
O'Nell Sisters Co 
Lew ."^ully 
Venetian Five 
2d half 
l-'r.-rncess Ross A D 

KVNSVILIJB, IND, 

Victory 
Cleveland A Dowry 
Lillian Gowan Co 
Roy La I'carl 

2d half 
Fries A Wilson 
ruriwU Taylor c:a.. 
whitdcld A Ireland 

FIJNT, MICTI. 

Palnee 

n<]ntunds A Lavclla 
Kobby Jaxon 
II.'iKer A Goodwin 
tiradiiation Days 
L Anderi'on Co 

5d half 
Grant & Wallace 
I'orter J White 
Marston A Manley 

•"Bird Children 

i II Lloyd Co 



4 ■ 



Friday, December 82, 1922 



■"■■■ T'. '.•■.•'■"' ,'\'.' ■■•.-'•■.: ■■'"■■• ':f'-. 



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VARIETY 







>, WATNB, IMO, 



«rr«iit •t F«a 

_a * ruid 

oil ^y OoodnMM 
40»« to 011) 
^ 3d half 

f«amon Conrmd C« 
' niri In Moon 
Orlfia Twins 

I]a>IANAPOU8 

iriDClalr * Gray 
^"Wm Bdmunda Co 
Bartram A Baxton 
fli»V*r'0 Midffeta 
I Bu<fdy Walton 

I KALAMAZOO 

Mowatt A Mullen 
DcWitt A Robinson 
Uttbe Com«dy Four 
Hamlin * Mack 
(On* to All) 
2d half 
^ Mabel Harper Co 
Orailuation Day* 
Slock & Dunlap 
iTwo to flU) 

KOKOMO. IND. 
Htwmmd 

Komance BIstera 
MoDermott A V 
PrIrnroBe Four 
Hanaka Japs 
2(1 half 
Knicht & Knave 
F & E llalla 
Ooldm Dlrd 
Billy 0«?rb«r Rev 

J.KX1NGTON, KT. 

B*n All 

Thank You Doctor 
Qaits Bros 
Lucy Druch 
Osborne Tri« 
Dorce's Co 

2d half 
'Western Pastlm^t 
H Catalano Co 
Herbtrt Dyer Co 
Awkward Ako 
(Two to nil) 

UMA. OHIO 

F»«rot O. H. 

Two Bdwnrds 
Lyte & Vlrrlnla 
(Three to All) 

2(1 half 
Koban Jape 
Ferifunon ic S'd'rl'd 
Paul Ruhn Ca 



AtoRff Broadway 
Orlfls Tvlmi 

MIDDZJROWir, O. 



XobAB Japs 
P lUhnOo 
Awkward Ag« 
PMTdo A Arehar 

ldh»lf 
Kennedy A Nelaon 
■•DiTan A Mrera 
Morria A Block 
Lyla A Virginia 

M'SKKOON, MICH. 

B«teiit 

Mabel Harper Co 
Duval A Symondi 
fiernevlci Broa 

2d bait 
O'Nell Twine Co 
De%VUt A Roblneon 
Stone'a Boya 

PADUCAH. KT. 

Orphenm 

Jack Ltlpton 
Farrtll Taylor Co 
Herbert Dyer Co 
(One to All) 
Sd half 
Reynolds A While 
Dave Manley 
Lainunt Trio 
(One to All) 

RICHMOND. IND. 

Mnrray 

Knight A Knava 
O Rog<>ra Co 
Reynolds A White 
Simian Woaknrs 

2d half 
Four of Us 
W Flahter Co 
Hanaka Japs 
(One to All) 

8AGINAW. MICH. 

/effera 8trand 

Grant A Wallace 
Bird Children 
P White Co 
Mareton A Manley 
H Lloyd Co 

2d half 
Mowatt A Mullen 
Edmunds A Lavelle 
nobby Jnxon Co 
Hag^r & Goodwin 
(One to nil) 

TBRRB HAUTE 

Ubarty 

Waiman A B«»rry 
V * C Avery 
Kelly A Pollock 
The Humphreys 



Lm B««rg 
QIawi A Jaaklu 
AadrleC Trio 
Rom Hlllji A R 
WllItMng A Wolfng 
R«y»l 0«acoigne« 

•AK FXAKOUCO 



(funday oDonlac) 
Letter Writer 
Pearson N'wp't AP 

Blly 



Craolo FMkloB PI 
(Oa« U 111) 

TAKCOVTEM, B.C. 



Lo« Vallegea Co 
Ipomoor A Wiliiama 
Laagford A F 
MAP Millar 
Horbarts 
Vlser Co 
Alan Shaw 



DRNTUT 

Prlcaa within reason to the profsaslon. 
Dr. M. Q. GARY 

N. W. Cor. Btat* and Randolph Bta. 

Second, Aoor ov«r Drug Store 

Bntraaoo • Irt. Randolph St.. CHICAGO 



OBPHEUM CntCTJIT 



\ 



CHICAGO 

FalATO 

(Sunday opening) 
H B Walthall Co 
Kerr A Weston 
hwlft & Kelly 
WIlKon Aubrey Trio 
8impi>on A Dean 
Max A Morlts 
Arman Kalis Co 
Artistic Tr'^at 

Ntate Lake 

(Sunday opening) 
Family Ford 
Corlnne 

Three Weber Girls 
Hurst A Vogt 
Edwin •ioorico 
Mme H« rmaii 
(Others nil) 

DENVER 

Orpheum 

(RuiKJay opc'iiing) 



Lydell A Gibson 
J & J aibson 
Marrtiein Sisters 

MILWAUKEE 

Palace 

EJdIth Taliaferro 
Patsy Shelly Band 
Flannigan A M'r's'n 
Vaughn Comfort 
Bight Blue Demons 
MINNEAPOLIS 
Hennepin 
(Sunday opening) 
Rae Samuels 
Zelaya 

Frawley A Louise 
Al K Hall 
Oakes A Delure 
Nagyfys 
Harry Holman Co 

NEW ORLEANS 
Orpheum 

(Sunday opening) 



Love Sisters 
Frank Ward 
Da^itt Burns A T 

On>hevm 

(Sunday opening) 
J B Hymer 
Middleton A 9 
CAP Magley 
5>canlon Deno A B 
Walter C Kelly 
Folsom A Denny Co 
Oorhan'a Revue 

SEATTLE 
Orphan m 

(Runday opening) 
RolNcoe Ails Co 
Wilfred Clark 
B FItzglbbon 
Bddlfl Miller 
RI Rey Sisters 
Jack Hanley 
Keillors 

SIOITX CITY 
Orphenm 

Zelda Bros 
Jason A Harrlgan 
Harry Langdon Co 
Creole Fashion PI 
Seattle H'm'y Kings 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Werner Amoros Tr 
Perclval Nool Co 
llllt Collins 
Mantell Co 



WINNIPEG 

Orphonm 
Circumstantial Bv 
Pietro 

Stan Stanley Co 
O'Dopnell A Blair 
Flying Henrys 
Hughes A Debrow 
Babb Carroll A S 



Abo Reyneldn 

Nonet to 

Bon Uelmon 

Roao 

Warren A O'Brien 

Barnard A Soarth 



WORCB8' 
Worcasisr 

(BlJou. Fall RiTcr. 

split) 
1st half 

Cajrnlval of Fan 

Alfred La Tell 
Clark A Verdi 
De Wolf Girls 
Clemon Belling Co 
Romas Troupe 



Bell Hamlsoa 
Jack Reid 

BOSTON 

Maloatio 
Baao OM 

Aroo Broa 
Althoff Sisters 
Louis Simon 
Libby A Sparrow 
Hhep Camp 
Harry Coleman 
Robert Halliday 

Open Week 
Main Street FelUee 
Fred Ardath 
Three Dalace Sis 
Morris A Campbell 
Commodore Band 



lOEW CIRCUIT 



Dancing Shoes 
Warwick 

Jim Fiynn Cd* 
Roebcr A Gold 
Sunbeam Follies 
(Two to All) 

2d half 

Jean A Jacques 
Chas Oibbs 
Nevin A Gordon 
JAB Page 
Boys of Long Ago 



HOttOKEN, K. J. 
Lyrlo 

Bd GIngras C^ 
Jim Reynolds 
DanoIng Dolls 
Ben Harrison Co 
Adelo Archer Co 

^d half 
CAM Iluber 
Baby Frolics 
Roeber A Gold 
Royal Pekinese Tr 



NEW YORK CITY 

State 
Maud Kllert Co 
Downing A Uuddy 
Nevins A Gordon 
Geo Rosener 
Strickland's Boys 

2d half 
Marlon's Dogs 
Lee Morse 



Margaret Farrell 
Newport Stirk A ] 
Jarrow 

Creole Cocktail 
Orphouns 
LaBelge Duo 
Leonard A Culver 
Jack Walsh Co 
Adier A Dunbar 
Marion's Dogs 



CHESTER FREDERICKS 

CLEVER JUVENILE ' 
Daaoor and lasltatar 
Third Seasaa Foatarod with 
One Kdwarda* Rovao 



ASTORIA. L. I. 

Astaria 

2d half 
Bader A LaVelle Tr 
Thos P Dunne 
Nelson A Barrya 
Raymond A Stern 
Dolly's Dream 




Tho Vlvlaaa 

Sd half 

De Voy A Dayton 
Katoushka 

WT'RTOWW, N. Y. 

Avon 
Louise Mayo 
De Voy A Dayton 



Lo Toy'* ModolA 
Jack Merlin ^ , 

Uachmaa's Baa4l 1^ 

td hair 
CAM Butter* 
J F Conroy A 8tB 
A Stitch in Tlmo 
Taylor Macey A H 
Barhman'ff Band ; 



WESTEBN VAUDEVnXE 



SHTJBEIIT CIBCIJIT 

(The Shubert units are printed In 
the order of their travel. The «hows 
move over the circuit Intact.) 



MAX RICHARD 

BAYS: "Tou will have a Prosperous Now 
Year — If you will let me book you .over 
the W. V. M. A. and B. F. Keith (West).' 

141 1 Capital Bldg. (Masoalo Temple) 
CHICAGO Phone Central Ot4e 



Hyams A Mclntyre 
Jack Norton 
McCarthy Sisters 
V A B Htanton 
Batley A Cowan 
Meehan's Dogs 
^rsce Doro 

DES MOINES 
Orphenm 

(Sunday opening) 
Marry Watson 
Rrnest Hiatt 
Jessie Reed 
8wartz A Clifford 
Koroli Bros 
B«>ssie Clifford 
Marc MDcrmott Co 

Dl LI TH 
Orphenm 

(Sunday opening) 
Leon Co 
Bthel Parker 
Senator Ford 
Valand 'vlamble 
Franklyn Chas Co, 
Armntr'g A Phelpn 
Beraae's Circus 

KANSAS CITY 

Main Street 

(Sunday opening) 
Novelty Clintons 
Gretta Ardlne Co 
Jack GeorKO Duo 
Faber & M(Gowan 
(Two to nil) 

Orphenm 

(Sunday opening) 
Sophie Tucker Co 
Babcock & Dolly 
Vincent O'Donnell 
Creflsy & l^ayne 
Lloyd &. Uoode 
Johnpon & Haker 
Gordon R: Day 
Weaver .%, Weaver 

LOS ANGELES 

Hill Street 

(Sunday opening) 
Adelaide Bell 
McDcvitt K A Q 
Bill Robinson 
II A A Seymour 
D D H7 
Little Br.ly 

Orphenm 
" fSunday opoiitnp) 
I'arlor Udronm \- D 
McKay & Ardlne 
Neal Abel 
Juggling Nelsons 
Henry Snntry Hand 
Conlin A (.lass 
Dooley A Sales 
McRae A Clcgg 

MEMPIIIH 

Orphenm 

Van A Corhftt 
Paul Decker 
Flo Lewis 
Jack Osterman 



Mrs Sidney Drew 
Anderson A Burt 
Edith Clifford 
Lloyd Nevado 
Heras A Wills 
Barry A Whltedge 
Marian Weeks Co 



OAK 



^ Week 
lOJlND, 



CAL. 



Orpheum 

(Sunday opening) 
Dugan A Raymond 
Wayne A Warren 
Eric Zardo 
Bernard A Garry 
Florenla 
Vardell Bros 

OMAHA. NEB. 

Orphenm 

(Sunday openiuR) 
Morgan Dancers 
Bevan A Flint 
Roxy La Rocca 
Chandon Trio 
J A iN Olms 
Belle Montrose 
Carl Emmy's Pets 

PORTLAND. ORE. 

Orpheum 

(Sunday opening) 
Rddle I^onard Co 
Hallen A Russell 
Tuflcano Bros 
Mallia Bart 
Profiteering 
Billy Dale Co 
Cjulxey Four 

HACRAMRNTO 

Orpheum 

(25 L'7) 
(.Same bill plnys 

Fresno 28-30> 
F'Uriatlon 
Alma Neilson Co 
Peronne A Oliver 
Gcllla 

C A F Usher 
JugiMeland 
Thurber & Madison 

ST. LOl 18 

Orpheum 

Julian KItliiern 
Drown .Sisters 
Hrynn A Hrodcri-'k 
yr-ank De Vftl Co 
Jum»'S Cullen 



ST. PAl'L 

Orphenm 

(.Sunday opening) 
Flashes 

l-'lsher A Ollmoro 
.Smith A .Strong 
.Sully A Houghton 
Dancing Kcnnod>s 
irerbf-rt * Daro 
York A King 

SALT I^RE 

Ori>l>eum 

(Sunday opening) 
Morton A Glass 



NEW YORK CITY 

Central 
HellA Everybody 

Uertrude Hoffman 
HAW I^ander 
McCoy A Walton 
Carey Bannon A N 
Billy Rhodes 

Harlem O. H. 
Say ItWIthlAttghs 

• 

Roger ImhofC 
Barr Twins 
Bobby Barry 
Hayataka Bros 
White A Peck 
Marcelle C'reene Co 
Margaret Merle 
Flo Talbot 
Mao Meyers 

BROOKLYN 
CresrenI 

Whirl of New York 

Cummings A Shaw 
Florence Schubert 
Purceila Broa 
Kyra 

Keno A Green 
Kranz A White 
Olga & Mirhka 
Novelll Bros 

ASTORIA, L. I. 

Astoria 

(Boro Park, Brk- 

lyn, split) 

Ist halt 

•iOth, Century Revne 

Four Marx Bros 
Marie Rossi 
Merka Stamford 
Royal Ballet 

NEWARK. N. J. 
Keeney's 

Midnlte Revels 

Whipple A Huston 
Purcell A Ramsey 
Riggs A Wltchie 
Claire Devlne Co 
Three Chums 
CJeorga Mayo 

PIIIIJIDELPHIA 
Chestnut St. O. H. 

Stolen Sweets 
Watson Sisters 
.steppe & O'Nell 
Berk A Brasil 
Kings Synfopatlon 
Do Koch Trio 

WASHINGTON 
Belasco 

F^rhoes of Brcyidw'y 

Eddie Nelson 
Irving O'Hay 
Nip A Fletcher 
Murray Sisters 
Goorge Strenel 
Rthel Davis 
Five Hanneys 

ALTOONA, P.%. 

Mishler 

(25-2«) 
(.Same bill plays 
Welles, Zanesvllle, 
27-28: Court. 
Wheeling. 29-30) 
Spiee of IJfe 
Sylvia Clark 



Gertrude Hayes Jr 

CLEVELAND 

State 

(Sunday .opening) 
Nteppin' Aronnd 
James C Morton 
Ventour Bros 
Harry Bloona 
Mortons 
Harry Roye Co 
Bard A Peart t 

CHICAGO 
Garriek 

(Sunday opening) 
Ulmme a Thrill 
George Price 
Gardner Trio 
Gene Barnes 
Herbert A Baggett 
.Sorel A Gluck 
Tip Top Four 
Byron A Langdon 
Nanime A De Faye 

CINCINNATI 

Shubert 

(.Sunday opening) 

Midalght Roanders 

Smith A Dale 
Greon A Blyler 
Hegal A Moore Co 
Jack Strouse 
Lola Chalfunte 

ST. LOUIS 
Empress 

(Sunday opening) 



Roberts A Boyne 
Harrington & Green 
Strickland's Boys 

* Amerlean 
Juggling Del^ialo 
I>odd A Nelson 
Harvey DeVora S 
One Two Three 
Leddy A Leddy 
L°o Greenwood Co 
Lew Wilson 
Galetti's Monks 

2d half 
T^uH Parshley 



2d half 
Maud Bllert Co 
A A L Wilson 
In Wrong 
Lew Wilson 
Jass Jublles 

Bonis vard 

B'kaway Barlowes 
Bobby Van Horn 
In Wrong 
Frater A Dunce 
Baraban Grohs A H 

2d half 
LaBelge Duo 



Gay Caanlngham "Storm" Co. 0#ers 
MAX FACTOR'S 

Supremo Prenarations 
Lis RsMH— It Neals. Whltwi|s»— It Stays Oa. 
^ewtfar— Nt Leatf. Wesie»ee ■Ceis*eslea Feed. 
BOLD IN NEW TOBK BT 
Barlow A l.utber. Drugiists, B'wsf A 4ith St 
CsBtrai Drug Co.. 7tb Ava A tStta St 
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Baraban Grohs Co 
Hayes A Brown 
Nancy Boyer Co 

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Victoria 

PIckfords 
Clark A O'Neill 
Rose's Midgets 

2d half 
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Dodd A Nelson 
Harvey DeVora S 
Weber A BlUott 
Mabel Blondell Rev 

Avenuo B 

Manns Bros 
Turner A Jocelyn 
Lew Cooper 
Dancing Shoes 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Holden A Herron 
Pen Harrison Cu 



(One to nil) 

ATLANTA 
Grand 

Australian Delsoa 

Nat Burns 

Bckhoir A Gordon 

Adrian 

Mme DuBarry Co 

2d half 
FAB Burke 
Wainwrights 
Faber A King 
Love A Wilbur 
(One to nil) 

BALTIMORE 

Hippodromo 

Three Walters 
Brennan A Wynne 
When We Grow Up 
Wilson A McAvoy 
irili Stanton Co 

BIRMINGHAM 

BUoa 

Chaa WIlea 
Holly A Lee 
Morning Glorlea 
Elliott A West 
Pattcraona 

ad half 
Australian Delsos 
Nat Burns 
Bckhoft A Gordon 

Mme DuTJarry Co 

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Gordon A H^aly 
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Weber A Fields 
Charles T Aldrich 
Lynn Cantor 
Sid Gold 
Ladellas 
Ruth Thomas 

DETROIT 

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(Sunday opentnR) 
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Klen Broa 
Manhattan Trio 
Horton A LaTriska 
Buddy Doyle 
Marie Stoddard 
Moran A Wiser 

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Courtney Sisters 
Ann Codes 
Ann Lowenworth 
Sam Bennett 
Manuel A EdirsiJe 



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Lincoln Sq. 
Tanin A Newell 
Charlotte Meyera 
Nancy Boyer Co 
Manuel Romaine 3 
St Clair Twins Co 

2d half 
B'kaway Barlowea 
Melroy Sisters 



Varieties F'»preme 
(Two to nil) 

BROOKLYN 

Metropolltaa 

Weisa Tasupo 

McCormack A R 

BAB Adair 

Milo 

Cave Man Love 



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Downing A Buddy 
4 Queens A Joker 

Greeley Sq. 

Francis A Frank 

B A L Walton 

Margaret F'arrell 

4 Queens A Joker 

Jarrow 

Mack A Brantley 

2d half - 
Ed Gingras Co 
Franklyn A Vlnc't 
Hobby Van Horn 
J K Emmett Co 
Manuel Romaine 3 
Sunbeam Follirs 
Delancey St. 
Louis ParphLiy 
Lee Morse 
Roberts A Boyne 
Kddi*» Nelson 
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2d half , 
Bennington A 'Scott 
Dayton A Palni'-r 
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2d half 
Ma<k A Brantley 



Sd half 
W Karbe A Sin 
Fracer A Bunco 
C«)ld'a Close-Ups 
Geo Rosener 
St Clair Twlna 

Fnlton 

Melroy His 
Mr A Mrs Phillips 
JAB Page 
Jaza Jubilee 

2d half 
Weiss Troupe 
B A L Walton 
Eddie Nelson 
Jack Walsh Co 

Oateo 

Pirkard'a Seals 
Newport StIrk A V 
Jark Tnglls 
(irace Cameron (!o 
Mabel Blondell R^v 

Sd half 
Gibson A Price 
McCormaf'k A f. 
Mr A Mrs Phllllj.s 
Clark A O'Neill 
Cave Man l^ovo 

Palace 

J- nn A JacfjUfH 
Art Smith 
Varieties Supr in 
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2d half 
T.aBelge Duo 
Jimmy Flynii Co 
Kihei A Kane 
Adler A Dunbar 



Jonea A Sylvester 
CoamopoHtan Co 

BUFFALO 



Dellla Duo 
Stephena A Br'n'le 
Homer Lind Co 
Frank Fay Co 
Sparka of B'way 

cmcAoo 

RIalta 
Perea A LaFlor 
Wm Dick 
Htateroom If 
Klass A Brilliant 
W'yatt'a Lodn A L 



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LONDON. CAN. 
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Basil Lambert 
Four Ushers 
Harry Bewley Co 

3d half 
Freer Baggott A F 
Connora A Boyne 
Olive Baynea Co 

MKMPHia 

Bdwarda A Allen 
Dreon Sisters 
Little Lord Roberts 
M'C'mack A Irving 
Joe DeKoo Troupe 

2d half 
Charles WIlea 
Holly A Lee 
Morning Glorlea 
Rlliott A Weat 
Puttersona 

MILWAUKEE 

Miller 

La Toy Broa 
Byrdie Kramer 
A A D Morley 
(Two to fill) 

DAYTON 
Dayton ' 

Teu'd Be Surprlaed 

MONTREAL, CAN. 
Loew'o 

Brgotti A Herman 
Warman A Mack 
Frcy A Rogera 
Keating A Rosa 
Stepping Around 

NEWARK 

State 
Randow Trio 
Jerome A Franco 
Wm Saxton Co 
Charles F S^anion 
Kid Act 

NEW ORLEANS 
Oeaeent 

Le Roy Broa 
Fid Gordon 
Gardner A Revere 
Maley A Singer 
Felix Hermann Co 

Sd half 
Bdwarda A Allen 
Dreon Sisters 
Litilo Lord Roberta 
M'C'mack A Irving 
Joe DeKoe Troupe 

OTT.AWA. CAN. 

Loew 

Reo A Helmar 
RAH Walser 
Hr.sei Haalam Co 
Fo:c A Britt 
At the Party 

PR'VID'NCR, B. I. 

Emory 

Three Martella 
Telaak A Dean 
<!alvln A O'Connor 

2d half 
Vincent Broa 
LAM Hart 
Eddie Foyer 

SPR'OF'LD, MASS. 
Broadway 

Vincent Broa 
LAM Hart 
Eddjo Foyer ~ 
liiiaNf Danca Hlta 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Three Martella 
Telaak A Dean 
W O'Clare A Glrla 
Calvin A O'Connor 
Syncopated M'm'nts 

TORONTO 

Yango St. • 
LaFleur A Portia 
Armstrong A Tyson 
Fred Weber Co 
Hawkins A Mack 
Dance Evolutiooa 

WASHINGTON 

Strand 

Lee Zarrell Co 
Irving A Elwood 
Geo Alexander Co 
Permalne A Shelly 
Llllie Faulkner Co 



CHICAGO 

American 
Woiton A Marshall 
Jack McGowan 
(Four to nil) 
2d half 
Mack A Valmar 
O'Connor Girls 
(Four to All) 

Kedslo 

Valentino Vox 
Skelly Heit Revue 
Carnival of Venice 
(Three to fill) 

Sd half 
Mascot 

Dave Ferguson Co 
Duval A Mymonds 
Btrnlvlci Broa 
(Two to nil) 

Lincoln 

Bertram A Andes 
Harvey Heny A G 
Four Camerons 
(Three to flII) 

2d half 
N Simian Workers 
Jack McGowan I 

Four to All) 

Majoatlo 

Royal Sidneys 
Driacoll Long A H 
O Handworth Co 
Hon Andy Gump 
Al Moore A Band 
Tango Shoes 
Three Wtber Glrla 
Bddle Hill 

ABERDEEN. 8. D. 

Orplioana 

2d half 
Muaical Hunters 
Bernard A Brma 
Four Roedera 

bL'mington. ill. 

Majeatic 

Selblnl A Gruvlnl 
Hughle Clark 
Tinta A Tonea 

Sd half 
Lambort A Fish 
Dave Harria Band 
(Ono to fill) 

.CBDAR RAPIDS 
Majestic 

Harry Gilbert 
Harpland 

Farnoll A Florence 
(Two to nil) 
2d half 
LaHoon A DuPr'ece 
Vlllani Broa 
I^t's Go 

Harry Van Foaaen 
(One to nil) 

CRNTRALIA. ILL. 

Grand 

Drlsko A Bar! 
(Two to nil) 
7C half 
Clark A Manning 
Three Ankera 
(One to All) 

CHAMPAION. ILL. 

Orphenm 

2d half 
Hardy Broa 



(One to nil) 

2d half • 

Moore A Kendal I. 
lahtkawa Bros ' 

(One to All) 

JOPLIN, MO. 

RIecirle 

Fenwick Glrla 
Hibbert A Nugent 

2d half 
BAT Payne 
Smith Brothers 

K'NS'S CITY. KAir, 

Electric 

Davis A Bradner 

2d half 
Chadwick A Taylor 
Milla A Duncan 

K'NSAS CITY, MO. 

Olabo 

Gould A LeRoy 
Jimmy Dunn 
Songs A Scenes 
Kelly A Koxlo 
AnkarTrio "■ •; 

Sdhalf 
Davia A Bradntvv 
John NcfT 
Otto Bardell A O 

L'VBNWTH, KAX. 

Orphenm 
Willie Miaaem C« 
Keefe A Ulilaa 
John Neft 
Bravo Mich A T 

LINCOLN. NKB, 

LIhorty 

Will korrls . *, 

Bennett A Jj— 
Jonla's Hawaiian* 
Barry A I^yton 

Sd half 
Firman A Olamitll 
Vernon 
Geo Lovett Co 

MADISON. WIS, 
Orphcam 

Sealo 

Don Quixano C* 
Dsmarcos A BaaA 
Senator Murphy 
Rainbow's Bnd 

Sd half 
Yokohama Boya " 
Burnum 

Snow A Sigwortll 
Stara of Teaterday 
Creadon A Davla 
McDonald Trie 

MILWAUUn 



Geenco Slaters 
O'Malley A MaxPt 
Corradinl'a Animals 
Marry Garland 
Chriotie A Bennett 
Four Erretoa 
Kilkenny Threa 
(One to All) ^ 

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Al Leater Co 
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Mayme Qsrue Co 
McNeil A Ford 
Monkey Hipp'dr'me 

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Park 

Willie Lang 
Herbert A BInet 
ZolglT Klstera 
Blar-k Eyed Susann 
Weston'a Modela 



Jack Darran 
Happy Days 
Romany Bctor 
<'r<)uch Richards 4 

NIAGARj^ FALLS 

Cataract 

Weaton'a Modela 
Black Byn Snaans 
Walah A Bent ley 
Zeigler Slaters 

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Olga A Nichols 
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Kenard A West 



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2d half 
Pfone A Hallo 
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Hayes & Marion 
Pigs Is Pigs 
Hughle Clark 
Carnival of Venice 
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Columbia 

Joe Melvin 
Daly A Bruch 
Gene A Mtgnon 
CoacI A VerdI 
(Two to All) 

DrMlQlE. lA. 

MaJcMtlo 
LaHoen A DuPr'ece 
Vlllani Broa 
Let's Go 

Harry Van Foasen 
Mra Eva Fay 

2d half 
Parker Bros 
Harry Gilltert 
Murray Kissen Co 
Mrs Eva Fsy 
(One to nil) 

ELGIN. ILL. 

RIalta 
Silver Duval A K 
Ishikawa Broa 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Ja Da Trio 
Mllner A KIlby Rev 
(One to nil) 

FAIUiO. N. D. 

Grand 

Musical IlantTs 
Bernard A Erma 
Four Ro^d<-rs 
. 2d half 

Olive A Mack 
Stranded 

GALKSHI KG, ILI<. 

Orplieum 

Dave Wlunle 
Sf'ymour A Jesn'te 
F Kcloey Kev 
2d half 
J Singer (j. Dolls 
Iy<»o HBl<-y 
Six Ilaxxans 

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Mnjehitr 

Will Morris 
Harry A i..j> toi 
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Br-nnett A I.**- 

JOI.IKT. 11. 1. 

Orpheuiit 

.Ih Da Trio 

Miln^-r A KKJ-y H. v 



Carl Roaini Co ' 
Tyler A Croliua 
Fox A Mack 

NORFOLK. NBll^ ' 

New Graad 

Lea Aradoa 
Dennett A I/eo 
Jonla'a Mawaiiana 

2d half 
Roth A Slater 
Harpland 

OMAHA. NBB, 

Emprcm 

Royal A Valentiaa 
Roth A Slater 
Geo Lovett Co * 

2d half 
Jack Lee 
BariV A Layton 
Jonla'a Hawailaaa 

PEORIA. ILL. 
Orphevm 
Moora A Xendatl 
Dave Harria Band 
Lambert A Fish 
Three Ambler Broa 
(Two to nil) 
2d half 
Selblnl A Grovlal 
Tints A Tonea 
Harry Jolson 
K T Kuma Ca 
(Two to nil) 

QCINCY. ILL, 

Orpheum 

J Slng4 A Dollf 
Leo Haley 
Six Hassans 

2d half 
Dave Winnlo 
Seymour A Jean'tia 
F Kelcey Rer 

RACINE, WIS. 

Rialto 

Hill A gulnnell 

Anthony 

Dave F'-rguson 

Evelyn Phillips Co 

(One to nil) 

2d half 
Larimer A Hudson 
Valentine Vox 
Skelly }Iolt ReT 
(Two to nil) 

ROCKFORD. ILU 
PalfM^ 



ToUriharna lioya 

Hurnom 

.Snow A ."Igworth 

Stars of yesterday 

''r«edon A Davis 

McDonald Trio 

2d half 
Realo 

Don Quliano Co 
D<>mariK>8 A Band 
tlainbow'a End 
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22 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



Friday. December 22, 1922 



All matter in 

CORRESPONDENCE 

refers to current 

week unlet* 

otherwise 

indicated. 




VARIETY'S 

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OFFICE 

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It would be difllcult to improve on 
•.ny of the eight acts which compose 
the Palace bill for the week before 
Christmas if confined to the same 
class of act. Julian Eltinge 1$ the 
headllner and offers that delineation 

of feminine types with whioh his 
name has lon^ been connected. He 
Is wearing some beautiful costumes 
and presenting numbers which dis- 
play his ability to characterize the 
female of the species so admirably. 
"Stars of Yesteryear" is the second 
feature. It provides Just enough of 
the old timers. The Three McDon- 
alds opened with a cycling number. 
In which the charm of one of the 
girls is the most effective part. Nate 
Leipzig followed with his card 
tricks, which are presented per- 
fectly. Bryan and Hroderick do song 
and dance Ingenuously and admir- 
ably presented. James H. Cullen re- 
verse* the usual order and opens 
with song and concludes with mon- 
olog. Flanagan and Morrison in "A 
Lesson l;i Golf" Is a dandy combi- 
nation of expertness in the new na- 
tional game and vaudeville. The bill 
is brought to a conclu.'^ion by the 
Ilanako Trio with magic and illu- 
sions. 



their recent success at the Palace 
and while the comedy stands out 
there was ample appreciation of the 
jumping the rope trick by a man 
on his back and the tumbling of a 
girl cyclist after conchidlng tricks 
awheel. " Seed and Austin, next to 
closing, did a singing, dancing, talk- 
ing and whistling, holding attention. 

The Eight Blue Demons closed the 
show with tumbling stunts admir- 
ably routine and splendidly pre- 
sented. 

The bill is strong on comedy, but 
rather weak in feminine charm. 



The Majestic program is good 
average vaudeville for houses which 
appeal to the masses seeking bulk 
entertainment at small prices. The 
Lamont Trio opened the last show 



with Miss Howell doing a Jump 
from the floor to a foot-to-foot 
catch with her partner who is in 
the air which brought well earned 
applause. 



"Thank U," the John Golden" pro- 
duction, now at the Cort theatre, 
will give five matinees Christmas 
week — Monday, Wednesday, Thurs- 
day, Friday and Saturday. It is the 
only show at a Chicago legitimate 
theatre which will give so many 
matinees during the holiday week. 



portlnf bill Beemed to please moce 
than usually well. Business at the 
Monday matinee was extremely 
light. The Waldanos, two men and 
a woman, with a novel revolving 
contraption made a good impression 
when opening. Chislom and Breen 
went over for comedy with a neatly 
presented talking skit. 

Buddy Walker offered an off- 
stage falsetto voice, in entrancing, 
and the character songs landed in 
good shape. His whistling bit 
brought him back. 

Bronson and Renee in a piano and 
song duet were next to closing. A 
fine appearing couple, with a cork- 
ing routine. Scored heavily. 



week that a new Columbia, to coai 
about 1700.000 and haviftg a seatlmj 
capacity of 1,750, is to be erectej 



DENVER 






W. E. Kuhn, one of the owners 
of the Idea, at Fond du Lac, Wis., 
has taken over the management of 
the house, succeeding O. J. Vollert, 
who has managed the theatre for 
several years. The Idea plays vaude- 



CORRESPONDENCE 

The cities under Correipondence in this Issue ef Variety are 

as follows, and on pages: 

>■■■■ ■■■■■' "'■■'■' 



The poven acts whieh comprised 
the first show Sunday morning in- 
cluded five eomedy acts and the 
two acts not on this show — Lew 
Dockstadcr and Harry Holman ami 
company, only increased the supply 
of fun. Ilappy Harrison has an ape 
or baboon which contributes almost 
as much fun as the bucking mule, 
"Dynamite." There is a revolvini? 
table In the act and a leaping dog. 

Stan Stanley has developed to a 
point where aAything he does Is 
liked. Mile. Doree's Operalogue is. 
rather a pretentious singing num- 
ber with a company of nine. 

Al Tucker is a comedian who 
hardly belongs on a bill with Stan 
Stanley and Louis Cameron as all 
three types of fun-making bear 
similarity, but he gets a lot out of 
a oomedy violin act. 

The Four Camerons duplicated 



BALTIMORE 24 

CHICAGO 22 

CLEVELAND 30 

DENVER 22 

DETROIT 22 

KANSAS CITY 30 

MONTREAL 24 



PITTSBURGH 32 

ROCHESTER • • 24 

SAN FRANCISCO ............ 22 

ST. LOUIS 32 

SYRACUSE 30 

WASHINGTON 29 



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Sunday night with a wire act. 
Moore and Arnold were second with 
the girls character i^ongs standing 
out. Corradinl's Animals' flnal 
trick brings the turn to a triumphant 
iVnish. 

Harry Gilbert, slilgle man. tackles 
characterizations and though his 
efforts are ordinary they aroused 
much enthusiasm. Daiy and Burch 
make a good Impression with such 
an audience. Bobby Jackson and 
company is another ' revue similar 
to many that ha\e come to the 
Majestic previously. 

Creedon and Davis obtain many 
laughs from comedy which it soems 
that the popular priced audiences 
never tire of. The man is fat and 
makes fun on this point. 

•'Carnival of Venice" is a combin- 
ation in which four piano accordions 
flRure along with two girl dancers 
wi)o double In the music. It is en- 
tertainment of but average merit. 

The Iluth Howell Duo closed the 
ne,\t to last show Sunday night and 
was witnessed in connection with 
this performance. It is a ring act 



vllle with split weeks and a special 
show on Sundays. 



Jack Fox, who has been in Chicago 
for some time wailing the develop- 
ments in legal action he has started 
against the Hotel Sherman, must 
stay here until Jan. 16, as the case 
has been postponed until then. 



Bill Robinson playing his third 
engagement at the Golden Gate was 
accorded a big reception and en- 
countered no dlfflculty in register- 
ing. AnotI er outstanding feature 
on the bill waa Les Gellls. who tied 
things up when showing No. 2. 
"Flirtation" headlined and made a 
good flash for this house in the clos- 
ing spot. Morton and Glass went 
over to big returns with their well 
played vehicle. Paul Reese and 
O'Connor Twins (New ActJ*> were 
preceded by Esmeraldo and Webb, 
who opened pleasingly. 

Because of the illness of Paul 
Morion, Morton and Glass were 
compelled to retire from the bill at 
Che Golden Gate, San Francisco, 
Tuesday. Bernard and Garry, who 
were playing the Orpheum, doubled 
to replace the missing act. 

Will King and his comedy com- 
pany are! announcing changes at the 
Hippodrome, the first new shows to 
open Saturdays instead of Sundays. 
Prices are to be increased to 60 
cents top instead of 50. and the 
comedies produced will be cut-down 
versions of royalty bills. A second 
orchestra will appear on the stage 
each week as an added act. It will 
be under the leadership of Herman 
King and Include in the personnel 
Herb Meyerink and Rube Wolf. 



By A. W. STONE 

"Take It From Me* came into th* 
Broadway billed as on 3 of the really 
high-class musical comedies of th« 
year, with $2.50 top. It fell down 
so hard that the gallery gods wer« 
Jarred. The show opened to a com- 
fortably filled house Sunday mati- 
nee and night. Then came th* 
slump, which was not at all du« 
to the Impending holiday season. 

The Kmpress might have don« 
better. With only five short acts oa 
the bill, none of them outstanding, 
the bulk of the time was taken up 
In showing the old BulTalo Bill film 
"Wars for Civilization." This pic- 
ture had its initial showing almost 
ten years ago. and is now de trop. 
It had considerable advertising in 
the recent federal court litigation 
between the owners and the Uni- 
versal Exchange. Inc., however, 
which undoubtedly attracted some 
business. It might have done better 
from a box-office standpoint. 



Nat Royster was picked io handle 
the publicity for the benefit of the 
"Herald-Examlncr" Christmas fund, 
which was held at the Cohan Grand 
last Friday afternoon. He did a 
dandy Job. The show was a huge 
success. The gross ran about $10,000.- 
All the big ones in Chicago partici- 
pated. 



Bruce Ellis, well known as a 
newspaper man and recently identi- 
fied In an executive capacity with 
the San Francisco "Journal," has 
given up»that profession to become 
identified with the Herbert L. Roth- 
child Entertainment, Inc., In the 
management of the Granada, Im- 
perial, Portola and California. 



It is understood that the Shuberts 
are going to have "Under the Bam- 
boo Tree" rewritten and tliat Jimmy 
Hu.'fsey will be starred in the pro- 
duction. Jack Trainor, late with 
"Spice of 1922," will have a role In 
the cast. 



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The Orpheum has a good variety 
layout this week with music, both 
classical and jazz, predominating. 
(Miss) Bobby Folsom, backed by 
.lack Denny and his Metropolitan 
orchestra, headlined. Miss Folsom's 
personality and clever delivery of 
blues captivated the house. She 
displayed good comedy ability with 
a souse number and including en- 
cores rendered seven songs. The 
accompanying orchestra is excellent 
and divided honors with the girl. 
Dugan and Raymond supplied big 
laughs with their familiar vehicle 
considerably brightened up with 
new material. Eric Zardo with a 
concert routine offered seriously 
scored an applause hit when show- 
ing fifth. Wayne and Warren held 
the gravy position, next to closing. 
Their small town slang and the 
dance finish took them away 
solidly. Bernard and Garry offered 
syncopated numbers and Impres- 
sions. They have powerful voices. 

The Creole Fashion Plate impres- 
sion was well done, but the Jolson 
imitation had nothing in common 
with the original. Little Billy, held 
over, repeated his previous week's 
succes.s and left them applauding 
without taking a single bow. The 
Florenis made a splendid impression 
with well executed posej^. lifts and 
balancing on a fountain shaped 
pedestal. The act opened the enter- 
tainment. Hanchil and Maples were 
out of the running order, being re- 
I)laced by DeWitt Burns jind Tor- 
rei\ce, who closed and Ireld 'em. 



Blackston©, magicion. at Pantages, 
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a first-run picture U^e manager of the Columbia thea- 
a musical 1 tre, Detroit, died Dec. 11 after eight 
months' illness. ■ 



Beginning this week the Strand 
ceases to be 
theatre and becomes 
comedy house. M. L. Markowitz. 
manager, has engaged a company 
which will produce tabloid versions 
of musical comedies under the di- 
rection of Charles Alphin. The 
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; DETROIT 

By JACOB SMITH 

NEW DETROIT— Second we.k ot" 
"Sally, • advance sale just as big as 
first week. Total receipts for both 
weeks should be around |75,000. 
Could easily have remained another 
week or two. Next, Otis Skinner in 
"Mister Antonio." .. 

OARRICK— George ArUss in 'The 
Green Goddess." Next, Mclntyr* 
and Heath. 

SHUBERT-DETROIT— "Plenty of 
Pep" unit. Jimmy Hussey added. 

GAYETY— James Cooper Bur- 
lesquers. 

MAJESTIC— Second week. "Get- 
ting Gertie's Garter." Last week 
local critics denounced it as one of 
most suggestive plays ever present- 
ed here. Kept on second week un- 
doubtedly to hold expenses down by 
nbt going to extra royalty cost and 
new production, 

ORPHEUM— "Down to Sea In 
Ships." For at least two weeks. 

PICTURES— Hungry Hearts,*^ 
Broadway; "All Night," Washing- 
ton; "Pride of Palomar." Madison; 
"Smudge," Adams; "Kick In,*» 
Capitol. 



Claude Cady is playing pictures 
and vaudeville in his Capitol. Lan- 
sing, and pictures at the Gladmer 
and Colonial. 



Kolb & Dill have opened their 
new show. "Now and Then," writ- 
ten for them by Aaron Hoffman. 
They are due hero at the Curran 
Dec. 24. 



Bert Levey has added Wilkes', 
Salt Lake, theatre to his chain and 
will open It Dec. 24 with a five-act 
vaudeville bill playing a full week. 



Gino Severl, orchestra leader at 
the California theatre, has left that 
house and has been succeeded by 
Ben Black and his Band. Severi 
expects to go to Los Angeles. 



J. J. Gottlob, whose lease on the 
present Columbia theatre expires 
In January, 1925, announced last 



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(Two to fill) 
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2d half 
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2d half 
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2d half 
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John Netr 
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Major Rhodes 
Phllbrick A DeVoe 
Ruth Budd 
Sherman Van A H 
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KEOINA, CAN. 

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Saskatoon 28-30) 
B A L Hart 
Storey A Clark 
Noodles Fagin 
Josie "Heather Co 
Palo A Palet 
Kate A Wiley 

TraTcl 

(Open week) 
RInaldo Bros 
Pierce A GofT 
L Burkhart Co 
KItner A Reaney 
(One to fill) 

SPOKANE 

Pantagee 
Bobby Lehman 
Ward A Dooley 
Barnes A Hamilton 
Norton A Melnotte 
Jack Goldie 
Seven Algerians 

SEATTLE 

Pantages 

The Gladiators 
Wileon A Addie 
Bl Cota 

MacFarland Sis 
Walter Broxver 
Choy Llnfr Foo 

VANCOUVER, B.C. 
Pantages 

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Dave Thursby 
Jan Rubini 
Wenton A Eline 
Bits A Pieces 

TACOMA. 

PftntAgee 
Peaman A Lillian 
Exposition Four 
H A J Chase 
Rowland A Meehan 
Cheyenne Days 

PORTLAND. OBB. 

Pantagea 

Arnold A Florence 
Ryan A Ryan 
.Tewell A Rita 
llaverman's Lions 
Miss Nobody 
Harry Tighe 

TraTcl 

(Open week) 
T.each Wallen Trio 
Kaufman A Lillian 
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Morgan A Gray 
C (Cunningham 
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Pantagea 

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Ridiculous Rlcco 
rntt Wood 
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Mills A Miller 
easier A Beasley 2 
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Pantagee 

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Goets A Duffy 
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Shadowland 
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Thomas Trio 

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Van A Bell 
Ford Dancers 
Rubin A Hall 
Norrls Baboona 

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Rulell A Dunlgan 
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FORDS— Next week, "The Torch- 
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LYCEUM— "No More Rlondes" 
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things along greatly, but with all of 
this It Is doubtful if the week went 
over $8,000. 



"Just Married," at the Auditorium, 
jalso had a mild week, de.spite it 
drew very good notices and was 
•given good word-by-mouth adver- 
) tising. It played at a $2 top, rfvith 
I $1 Wednesday matinee and $1.50 
Saturday matinee. Business wasn't 
groat and the theatre was n«ver 
t.ixcd beyond Its capacity. It prob- 
ably did about IS-.OOO on the week. 

At the Lyceum "Buddies." in its 
second week, didn't break any rec- 
ords, and seldom wa» the house 
more than half filled. With Fanny 
Brlce the Maryland had a good 
week 

On this week's bill at the Mary- 
land, which Includes Miss Juliet, 
the Wilton Sisters. Elizabeth Brice. 
Tom Smith and Frank Van Hoven. 
Eddie Kellers "Best Act" walked 
away with honors, if the critics of 
the city are to be trusted. Van 
Hdven hasn't w^orked in Baltimore 
for two or three years, and he got 
a whale of a reception on his en- 
trancing, and by the time he had 
finished hi«i, pointless comedy the 
show was his. If Fanny Brice. Elsie 
Janis and Paul Whitoman'.s Band 
had followed him they could not 
have worked an audience up to a 
srrcater pitch of enthusiasm titan 
he did. ^- — ^. . , ^ 



ly managed the Academy of Music 
when it had Its initfation into Shu- 
bert vaudeville last year and who 
despite the vaudeville, made him- 
self a very popular manager, la back 
in Baltimore. This time he is the 
company manager of the George 
Ma-shall Players at the now L#y- 
ueum. He was htre this year ahead 
of the Julian Eltinge show. "The 
Elusive Lady." 



Future bookings for the Baltimore 
houses Include "Irene,"_ "Anna 
Christie" and "The Dover Road" for 
the Auditorium, with the new Ham- 
mersteln show to come In at the end 
of the month, while Ford's haa "The 
Torchbearers," announced for 
Christmas we?k. with Laurette Tay- 
lor in "Humoresque" to follow and 
with "To the Ladles" booked to fol- 
low the Taylor show. 



into a wattiitg automobile and es- 
caped. The week before a man 
slipped hia arm through the wicket 
and, felling the cashier, Ray Olender. 
with a blunt instrument, robbed the 
bo;c offlce of the Gayety theatre, 
Winnipeg, of $80. 



"The Clinging Vine.** the new 
Henry W. Savage show, drew fine 
notices and had several good audi- 
ences, but business as a whole was 
only fair, due perhaps to the season 
more than to anything else. The 
production is excellent, noted for 
Ita singing and genuinely humorous 
book, the work of Zelda Sears. 
Harold Levey In his music also con- 
tributed much. Peggy Wood helped 



The Metropolitan, a new de luxe 
movie houso for Baltimore, with a 
1,500 seating capacity, grand organ 
and orchestra, opened last Saturday 
for business after a [vrivate enter- 
tainment had been given the night 
before, with Mayor William F. 
Broening doing the dedicatory 
honor.s. The new theatre is located 
in the heart of the northwestern 
district residential section, at Penn- 
sylvania Olid North av-niies. and is 
quite a hand.some structure. It will 
give the city another first-run 
house. 



The advance sale for "Abie'a Irish 
Rose," which reopens the Academy 
next week, has been good, with the 
window going up at 9 a. m. Monday 
and the first sale following a few 
minutes later; The management 
say they are encouraged by the 
prospect. They will try for a run 
which will break the eighl weeks' 
record piled up by "Getting Gertie's 
Garter" at the Lyceum recently. 
.\rthur Leslie Smith, interested In 
tlie "Abie"' show.' is a former part- 
ner of George Marshall, who la run- 
ning the Lyceum stock. . 



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The Baltimore "Follies" at T^ew's 
last week, was held over for another 
! week by the management. The cast 
j comprises about 40 natives of Bil- 
Itlmore. After a few rough per- 
formances the piece rounded into 
I excellent shape and proved a big 
j business booster. The holdover was 
legltimnte and really came as the 
! result of a demand. 



MONTREAL 

By JOHN GARDINER 

HIS MAJESTY'S— Second week of 

De Wolf Hopper in repertoire. 

PICTURES— Capitol. "The Man 

Who Played God"; Allen, "IIun'Try 
• Hearts"; Regent, "Timothy's 

Quest"; Strand, "When the Desert 

Calls"; System, "Back to . Yellow 
j -Jacket"; Midway, "The Young Ra- 
jah"; Maisonneuve. "What's Wrong 

With the Women?' Mount Royal. 

"The Proof of Innocence '; Papineau. 

"To Have and to Hold"; Belmont, 

"Kindred of the Dust'; Plaza. "The 
; Eternal Flame"; Crystal Palace. 

•Snow.slioe Trail"; New Grand, "Th«- 

Woman Who Came Back. " 



A varied program of modern dra- 
matic and comedy recitations as well 
as scenes and monologs promises to 
make Harcourt Farmer's eighth an- 
nual dramatic recital of much Inter- 
est. Scenes from "Othello" and 
"Hamlet" will also be presented. 
Among those who will assiat will be 
Ethel Frances Roberts, H. G. Wynn. 
Rupert Caplan. Charlea Robinson 
and Herbert Hargraves. The re- 
cital will be given in Victoria Hall, 
Weatmount, Jan. 17. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By L. B. 8KEFFINGT0N 

LYCEUM— "The Moreland Case," 
first half; last half dark. William 
Courtenay in "Her Temporary Hus- 
band," Christmas week; "Blossom 
Time," New Year's week. 

FAYS— Honeymoon Ship. Sammy 
Duncan, Glrard and Foley, Hoy 
Yong Troupe, Prince Chorzi. Dun- 
levy and Chesleigh; Zane Grey's 
"The Last Trail," film feature. 

CORINTHIAN.— Rochester Play- 
ers In "Clarence." 

EASTMAN. — "Kindred of the 
Dust.', film; Desha, dancer; East- 
man Symphony Orchestrq,. 



HO U DAY 
SUGGESTIONS 

Wo TO 50% 

Off Regular Pncet 

Ladies* and GenU* 

Toilet Sets 

Hand Baga, Umbrettaa, Drttainal 
8«ta, WalUta, Bill Foldt .„S 
Numaroua othar uaaful and laa*. 
iiHI.Qifta for tha Holidaya. 
Exceptional Value 




Fitted Case for a woman. Caael 
of Du Pont Fabrikoid in 22-inch 
alse: removable dresaing caae 
having 10 White. Amber or Shell 
atUnga. |22Jo| 

Others, $13.50 to |1 50.00 




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Ladies' Beaded Hand Bags] 
Specially Priced $6.95 

Value $12^ 




LADIES' AND GENTS' 
TOILET SETS 

Ebony Fittings for Man 
Whits Fittings for Ladiaa 

Specially Priced $6.50 

Value $12.50 
Othars from $6.50 to $75.00 

NatioDal Luggage Shopsl 

(Every where) 

1455 B'way (Bet. 41st A 42d 8ts.) 

Times Hqaare Brmnch 

tW M»nOrd<>ra Promptly Filled 



at the Lyceum aa during ita flrat 
engagement. Third time here ia a 
year and a half. 



This week the Rochester Players, 
playing at the Corinthian aa a sort 
of community theatre venture^ 
change from a half week to weekly 
shows. 



Helen Stuart will'Stipersede WinI* 
fred Taylor as leading woman with 
the Rochester I'layers Christmas 
night. 'She will make her local pre- 
miere in "Sweet Lavender." Miaa 
Taylors husband, Knowlea Entri- 
kin. is director. 



'The Bat" drew almost as good 



EDWARD CROPPER, Inc. 

THEATRICAL 
WARDROBE TRUNKS 

lltriKL NOItM ANI>II<. (liiDU.. 
H H- «*op astli A n'txny. (% V. 
rilU5il!;i Pl'IKKOIr »N4H 




Charles McCllntock, who former- 



ARE YOU GOING TO EUROPE? 

Stenmahlp ■ccommodntlons nrrnnacil on nil Unrs. «t Mnin omrr 

Prices. Ilonfn nre nolnit very fiilli nrrntiKe enrly Forelan Money 

boDKht nnd wold MAUrrty lloniia boniclil nnd void. 

t*SUL TA17SIG A SO.'V, 1 04 Kast 14th St., Net? York. 
- • rkonei StarT«««Dt 013a-OI37. 



Winnipeg theatres liave boen suf- 
fering from an epidemic of holdup 
men, according to reports received 
I here. Freda I'eter.son, ca.shicr of the 
I Cap itol, and an unknown man had a 
tUff-of-war with a ca.'th box cont.aln- 
ing $800 thr<»ugh tlie wlcltet of the 
l)ox olllce last week, .fiist as the 
girl was about oxhau.sted some peo- 
ple coming out of the theatre 
alarmed the thief, who di.sappeareil 



KENNARD'S 
SUPPORTERS 

240 \% snth St.. N. 1 
Phonf riti Ko7 03 It 

Senil for Catalottuc 




She has charmed thousands of audi- 
ences. Effective make-up always 
accentuates her beauty in the glare of 
stage lightings. 

To artists of the stage the right make- 
up is a fundamental. L/se Leic/i/ier's. 

Use just the cream, paint, or powder 
you require for your role — it's here in 
the Leichner line in a flne quality that 
finished artists should insist upon. 

- At your druggUt or supply house. 

H. LEICIHINElfl. 

TOIUnr PREPARATIONS 9ml THEATRICAL MAKEUP 

Sol« Ditirihutort: GEO. BOROFELOT ft CO., lOth St. and Inrlni PU New York 




iday, IHcember 28, 1928 



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J. J. MURDOCH, General Manager 



F, F. PROCTOR, Vice-President 



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NEWS OF THE DAILIES 



permisRion fronr the License 

LU can be obtained every the- 

In New York, subject to the 

lucingr Manager's Association, 

hold a performance on Sunday 

It, Dec. 31. The object is to 

25 per cent, of the gross re- 

go to the Actors' Fund. 



of a raid being made. The ex- 
treme measures the Federal and 
^police authorities are talcing to en- 
force prohibition during the holi- 
days is the cause. 



felson D. Basanko entered a plea 
fuilty before Judge Nott in (Jen- 
Sessions, New York, when 

;ed with having robbed Peggy 

:ins Joyce of $2,000. 



le Jewels and belongjngs of the 
Lillian Russell were sold at 
tion In it week for a total of |47,- 
Theatrical people made the 
|or purchases. 



roprletors of the smaller type 
[restaurants in New York are 
tig of keeping their places closed 
Year's Eve to avoid any chance 



^ow Appearing at 



The 
Side 
how 



Id St. and 7th Ave. 
NEW YORK 



BROADWAY JESTER 



AND HIS 



OADWAY DIVERSIONS 



MURIEL STRIKER 
I8ABELLE JASON 
DORA MAUGHN 
"THE SAXE SISTERS" 
VERSATILE SEXTETTE 



irry Xma» and Happy New Tear 
I to All 

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Mayor Hylan, of New York, re- 
fused to Mafry Florence Walton 
and Leo Leitrim when asked to per- 
form the ceremony. He stated he 
believed such a ceremony belonged 
in a church. The couple were mar- 
ried at the Municipal Building Dec. 
14. They will sail for Europe Dec. 
30. 



the cause, and accordipg to one 
doctor the actress wJl never be able 
to appear on the stage again. Mmo. 
Bernhardt had been failing in health 
since last summer and it is probable 
that her recent trip to Italy was 
her last tour. 



According to report, night the- 
atre service between London and 



They estimate that about |200,000 
worth was seized and destroyed, 
while 38 persons died of narcotic 
poisoning during the same period. 



The Yellow Taxi Corporation of 
New York, operating 500 cabs, has 
purchased 1,000 additional cabs. 



Alicia Witherburn, concert singer. 
Paris by aeroplane is planned to be j was robbed of |100,000 worth of 
put in operation next spring. Jewels Tuesday. Miss Witherburn is 

I the widow of William Turabridge, 

Wilmer & Vincent announce they former proprietor of the St. George 



are going into legit producing, start- 
ing with "The Black Mailers," open- 
ing at Easton, Pa., Jan. 8. 



Members of the United States 
Grand Opera Company, totaling 27 
in number, are stranded in Detroit, 
and all plans for the season have 
been abandoned. The company in- 
cludes Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. Cleve- 
land and Detroit. The Detroit unit 
was forced to attempt to raise $8,000 
in back salaries, hotel bills and rail- 
road fares in order to get the com- 
pany back to New York. 



The application for divorce by 
Mrs. Gladys Cook (Gladys Hanson, 
picture) from Charles Emerson 



hotel In Brooklyn. Some of the 
gems had once been the property of 
Mrs. Tom Thumb, wife of the fa- 
mous midget. 



The new death house at Sing 
Sing will make impossible the 
Cook, theatrical publicity agent, has .'showing of pictures the night tie 



been granted by Judge Morschauser , fore an execution. It was formerly 
at White Plaln.1, N. Y. No defense the custom to present a film on 



Mme. Harold McCormick has pur- 
chased the Theatre Champs Elysees, 
Pari-s. and has taken over with it a 
nine years' lease. Jacques Hebertot 
will continue to be the resident 
manager. The purchasing artist 
stated she would never appear In 
her own theatre until she had 
gained recognition based solely on 
her merit. 



was made by Cook. 



the last night for a man sentenced 
to the chair. The gells are too far 



Officials of the Canadian govern- apart in the new structure to make 
ment have announced that drugs | this presentation possible. The 
valued at $1,000,0U0 were smuggled only diversion possible will be a 
Into Canada during the past year. 1 phonograph concert. 



WITH THE MUSIC MEN 



turea, silver, bric-a-brac, etc., at his 
late home, 191 Commonwealth ave- 
nue. Boston, was valued at |9, 207.14 
and at his West Manchester home 
at $450. His pictures were valued * 
at $50,750; cattle and horses, $34,805. 
and his musical instruments and 
scores in use by the Boston Sym- 
phony Orchestra at $32,755. 

The Boston inventory also showed 
that his estate received shares of 
Ktocks and bonds valued at $1,713,- 
624, in settlement of his interest in 
the banking firm of Lee Higglnson 
& Company, and that he had an 
individual interest in th6 same firm, 
valued at $185,000. 

In his will he named Clift Rogers 
Clapp. of 60 "State street, Boston, 
and Charles Francis Adams, of Con- 
cord, Mass., as the executors, and 
directed them to pay all inheritance 
taxes out of the residuary estate. 



The E. B. Marks Music Company 
publicity purveyor heralds that in 
the ballroom scene of A. H. Woods' 
"The Masked Woman" four Marks 
publications are rendered. 



The invasion of England by Amer- 
ican dance orchestras has caused 
much dissatisfaction among the 
English musicians and has become 
serious enough to provoke a ques- 
tion on the floor of the House of 
Commons. The official protest, of- 
fered in the House of Commons, 
was made by C. Jesson, who objects 
to "the importation of alien bands- 
men ipto London hotels and music 
halls while many British players, 
equally good musicians, are unable 
to obtain enp:agements and are com 



Bklward B. Marks is appealing 
from Federal Judge Mack's decision 
denying a preliminary injunction 
against Leo Feist, Inc. The song 
"Swanee River Moon" figures In the 
litigation. Marks alleges Feist's 
song is a melody infringement of a 
Paul Llncke (composer of "Glow 
Worm") composition, "Wedding 
Dance." The court held otherwise, 
although such musical experts as 
Charles D. Isaacson and Sigmund 
Spaeth supported the plaintiff with 
affidavits. Edwin Franko Goldman, 



n/kii<^H ♦« -,i,.o=T *h^ ..»^.»»i>...»^.»f the bandmaster, filed an affidavit in 
peled to draw the unemployment , p^jg^,^ j^^^^,^ ^^ the effect "Swanee 



dole. 



Bruce McRae became a grand- 
father Dec. 11 when a son was born 
to Bruce, Jr., and his wife, Nell 
Brinkley, the artist, at their home 
in New Rochelle, N. Y. The new 
member will be named Bruce Mc- 
Rae, 3d. 



A taxi driver in Cincinnati has 
installed a radio receiver in his cab 
as a means of holding business while 
the -clock registers. 



An application for the settlement 
of the estate of Marshall P. Wilder 
has been filed in the Supreme Court 
and reveals that the humorist left 
$204,333. An early estimate placed 
the total at $77,325. He died In 
January, 1915. He is survived by a 
16-year-oId son and a daughter 17. 



Harry Poole, Jr., a student in the 
Princeton Preparatory School, mar- 
ried Mrs. Mary Claire Connover, 
actress, Dec. 1. Mrs. Connover gave 
her age as 24. The boy's father 
called him home. 



E. C. Mills was appointed receiver 
of the Harry Von Tllier Music Co. 
by Judge Mack this week under 
$1,000 bond. Mr. Mills, who is ex- 
ecutive secretary of the Music Pub- 
lishers' Protective Association, is 
acting In a similar capacity* as eo- 
recelver of the Broadwav Music 
Corp. The latter firm has Will Von 
Tilzcr, a brother of Harry, as presi- 
dent, although both companies aro 
Independent and unrelated. InvoN 

.. V. » *v A ♦ *^ V .»t ! "ntary petitions In bankruptcy 

throughout the cdVintry to handle were filed against both concerns 

music and Its appliances. Tom within a week's space 

Geraghty, supervising director of 

the Famous Players-Lasky Corp., Is 

vice-president of the corporation. 

Edward Wolf is general manager 

and Gilbert is president. ■ ■. 



River Moon" more nearly ap- 
proached the "Cora Waltz," a non- 
copyright, than the "Wedding 
Dance." Marks mentioned in his 
personal affidavit that he is irre- 
vocably opposed tt) the modern 
practise among popular songsmlths at the same time, 
of ragging classics and plagiarizing 
others' works. He stated that Feist, 
through Edgar F. Bitner, paid him 
$250 to settle an alleged infringe- 
ment of Marks' "You Didn't Want 
Me When You Had Me." The Feist 
song was "Ten Little Fingers." 
Bitner'a affidavit is that he did it 
more to dispose of the matter than 
engage in litigation. 



Berlin's "Homesick" and Water- 
son's "Tomorrow" have been in 
Juxtaposition a couple of times lately. 
Last week the Loow's State, New 
York, orchestra played both pieces 
simultaneously, half the band using 
"Homesick" and the other half "To- 
morrow." The Columbia record car- 
rying both numbers is said to have 
reached a sale of over 200,000, a rec- 
ord for any Columbia record of re- 
cent months. The similarity of the 
two numbers is readily recognized. 
It is said the State's orchestra hap-, 
pened upon the double melody 
through its leader asking the men 
to suggest an overture tune. Some 
of the band said one, and some the 
other, when the leader remarked it 
wouldn't be a bad idea to play both 



American 
Publishers 



The members of the 
Society of Composers, 
artd Authors on Wednesday divided 
their fourth quarterly royalty melon 
for 1922. Although not due until 
the first of the year the division 
was decided upon so as to have 
checks ready for the members be- 
fore Christmas. * Forty thousand 
dollars is this quarter's quota. 



The U. S. Patent Office has finally 
granted M. Witmark & Sons the 
right of registering as a trade-mark 
the "Black and White Scries." This 
was oppo.«!ed for some years by a 
chemical manufacturing concern 
and another business enterprise 
which claimed the trade-mark dis- 
tinction of the contrasting colors. 



Harry Houdini is working on a 
book through which he expects to 
expose the fraud methods of fake 
mediums. The illusionist and 
magician once posed as a medium 
in order to gain such data. 



Sarah Bernhardt collapsed while 
rehearsing in Paris this week. A 
heart attack was said to have been 



The Ben Bernle Band made its 
first test, last week, for Vocalion. 
and will turn out a couple of num- 
bers for it this week. 



The transfer State appraisal of 
the property left by Major Henry 
Lee Higglnson, founder of the Bos- 
ton Symphony Orchestra, who died 
at the Massachusetts General hos- 
pital, Boston. Nov. 14, 1919, which 
since .December, 1921, has been In 
the hands of one of j-he appraisers 
attached to the New York branch 
of the State Tax Commission, is 
completed and is likely to be made 
public within a very short time. 

Major Higginson was a resident 
of Boston, and. according to an in- 
ventory of his property filed there 
In the probate court in May. 1921, 
his estate was valued at $2,599,- 
694.65. This represented- $2,498,651.47 
in personalty and $101,043.18 in 
realty. His furniture, books, pic- 



// you eame herm yoa 
need go no further, for 
our valuee for Chriat- 
maa aurpaae anything 
in New Yorh, and at a 
eaving of over 30%. 



f/SpccUl Discount to 
' the VtoUuMian 



Piu/^ Repaired and 
>^ l^modeled 




The L. Wolfe Gilbert Music Cor- 
poration's plans under Its new Del- 
aware charter call for the establish- 
ment 0/ a number of chain stores 




——-V December 19, 1922. 
Dear Friend : ' ' 

My first Annual 15% off clearance sale is in progress. You 
may come in and take off 15% of the marked price. of any 
suit or overcoat hanging upon the racks. 

This is an exceptional opportunity because my store and 
stock are only a few months old, which fact assures you that 
the garments are in no way to be considered "back numbers," 
hut are* this season's (and tliis season's only) latest creations, 
from the foremost clothing houses of America. 

Wishing to convince you, I shall endeavor to personally ad- 
vise you in making a selection. 

Sincerely yours. * ' ;' 

BEN ROCK-E 



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1632 BaOADWAY 

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tb* Hon. Lola Sturt to play in "Ar- 
lequln" at the Empire. iShe is the 
•ister of Lord Alington and ap- 



peared with Ladj DufC-Oord^on 
(l4idy Diana Manners) tn the 
Stuart Black ton film, "The Olorloua 
Adventure.'* 



MLLE. TWINETTE 

A Gifted Artist of the Act. 





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AHMin Llmpus wMI shortlf pro- 
duce a new play by Edward Percy 
entitled "Trespass." 



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Following: the Cnrlstmaa revival 
of "Bulldog Drummond" at Wynd- 
hum's Sir Gerald dii Maurier will 
prvMluce a new play by Hubert Par- 
sens, brother-in-law to Viola Tree, 
lit is tentatively known as "The 
I Dancers" and du Mauriwr will play 
the leading part. 

J. B. Pagan's version of R. L. 
Stevenson's "Treasure Island" is 
due at the Strand Dec. 23. The 
cast includes Arthur Bourchier as 
S/lver, Charles Groves as Ben 
(Junn, Reginald Bach as Blind Pew, 
Frank Bertram as Captain Billy 
Bones, Halliwell* Hobbes as Dr. 
Liyesey, Frank Petley as George 
Merry, Harvey Adams as Captain 
Smollet. Beatrice Wilson as Mrs. 
Hawkins and. Frederick Peisley as 
young Jim Hawkins. 



MLLR. 



NICHOLAS 



TWINETTE and 60ILA 

With EDNA CHARLES 

la a spectacular dancing novelty as par 
•xc«ll<>nt. The acme of Kcace la displayed 
by. Mile. Twinette in the agile poses of 
her ■ensallonal Dagger Dance. Watch 
for our new offering. 

Address N. V. A. CLUB, New York 



bought tb«- property fpr £500,000, 
paying a deposit of £50.000. A 
condition of the sale was that the 
t)urchase ehotild be completed 
within one month. This has not 
been done, and the auctioneers an- 
nounce the property Is still in the 
market. It is thought the deposit 
wiU be forfeited. 



"Where th^ Rainbow Ends" will 
be revived at tha Hofborn Empire 
under the maiiagement of Italia 
Contl for a series of matinees open- 
ing Dec. 2C, Boxing Day. 



Following "Rockets,** another 
revue, "Spangles," will have a lim- 
ited run at the Palladium, then on 
Boxing Day, Dec. 26, the house re- 
verts to vaudeville. Charles Austin 
will be the first "top," appearing 
in a sketch, "Parker's Burglary." 
Another attraction promised by 
Charles .Gt»lUver is the return of 
many "old timers" who were big 
favorites before the present-day 
vaudeville palaces came into exist- 
ence. Thev will have a position In 
each program to themselves. 



London's great pleasure ground, 
the White City, has not been sold. 
Only a little while ago it was an- 
nounced that Eustace Gray, thie ' 
Gulliver rress representative, had 



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MAKE UP 

Est. Henry C. Miner, Inc. 




As a result of a mot6r accident, 
in which she ran Into a pigr while 
driving her brother's car, Ida 
Bransby Williams, daughter of the 
Dickensian impersonator, has Just 
been fined of £2,200 general 
damages and £700 special damages 
in a King's Bench Division suit. 
The action waTs brought against her 
by friends ^ho were In the car with 
her and who were all more or less 
seriously injured. 




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This bit-of-origination will meet your ultra 
good taste. Its cleverness of line is so dis- 
tinctive as to assure its iiiiniediate approval. 

The Juanita in kid of varied colors and 
suede with patent combinations otTers a 
^ pleasing choice of selection . 



ANDREW GELLER 

1656 Broadway at Slst Street 

We give special attention to custom and mail orders. 




"The Balance" at the Strand, 
which has been threatened with 
extinction more than once, has been 
agiin reprieved. The present riui 
will continue until Dec. 16. when It 
must come off to make way for 
Arthur Bourchier's production of 
"Treasure Island," but It is hoped 
to continue the run at another 
house. 



"Bonnie Prince Charlie." No de- 
tails of this production are as yet 
available but it is probable that Will 
Kellino. the produce of "Bob Roy," 
wl-U also direct the new picture. 



The present film record for a run 
here is held by the D. W. Griffith 
film "Way Down East," which re- 
mained at the Empire for 19 weeks. 
This is likely to be well beaten by 
"The Four Horsemen" at the Palace 
which has already run for 16 weeks 
and which is booked well ahead. 



With the recent Qeneral Election 
the cry for State '^^ensorshlp of 
Alms has again arisah and has been 
helped by the recent afficial banning 
of "Foolish Wives" by provincial 
authorities when it had b^en passed 
by the Trade's own censorship 
board. This board which is under 
the presidency of T. P. O'Connor, 
M. P., worlcs somewhat haphazardly 
and has a long list of things the 
producer must not do. 



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they've got to keep up the same 
fight, spirit and morale they dis- 
played last year if the teata is to 
r^paat this once more. As a matter 
9f -flaot, competition' has improved 
an through the league and Prince- 
ton will have to travel much faster 
this season than last." . 



LONDON FILM NOTES 

London, Dec. 8. 
Fred de Roy Granville, an Aus- 
tralian producer, trained in America, 
is shortly leaving for the United 
States to negotiate the placing of 
his last production "Shifting Sands." 
Hia stay in America will be a shor. 
one as he starts making his nex' 
British picture, "Hennessey Oi 
Morc'by," very soon. 



Percy D. Haughton of Boston, for- 
mer coach of the Harvard eleven 
and at one time manager of the Bos- 
ton Braves, who was mentioned for 
the coaching berth at Columbia next 
year, says he is through with foot- 
ball for all time. Haughton, who is 
now in the banking business at Bos- 
ton, denies that he has discussed 
with, members of the Columbia foot- 
ball committee the possibility of his 



^ Following the announcement o, 
the forthcoming marriage of Henrj 
Edwardcs and Chri.ssie White, joint 
Hepworth "stars" in many produc- 
tions, comes the news that Guy 
^lev^•all and Ivy Duke are also con- 
templating a matrimonial plunge 
This is by no means a surprise U 
their friends. Newall is the moving 
spirit in George Clarke films am- 
figures in moat of them as leading 
man and producer. Ivy Duke is in- 
variably his leading lady. 

"The Scientist," being completed 
under the direction ef C. C. Calven 
the Gaumont Studios are momen- 
tarily silent waiting for the worli 
to begin on the new super-feature 



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re -entrance Into the gridiron world 
by way of the New York fleld after' 
jan absence from the sport of seven 
years. "I am through with football 
for all time." says Haughton. 



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Albert J. ("Ad") Hermann of 
Milltown. N. ^ J., has been elected 
captain of the Colgate basketball 
team to succeed Morgan B. 0'Con« 
nor, forward on last year's team, 
who has been declared ineligible for 
the rest of the semester. O'Connor 
was chosen as successor to "Eppie** 
Barnes, elected captain last spring, 
but disqualified from participation 
in Intercollegiate athletics becaus* 
he played professional baseball dur* 
Ing the summer. Hermann Is also 
captain-elect of the Colgate base* 
ball nine. 



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To the list of former big leaguerfl 
who will manage Eastern Leagua 
clubs next season has been added 
the name* of Patsy Donovan, who 
will pilot the Springfield team* 
Identified with the national pastim* 
for more than thirty-five years as • 
player, manager and scout, thera 
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* In 1921 I signed a Shubert Vaudeville Contract after listening to the false promises, of friends and 
independent agents. I was besieged with this propaganda and told about what a greiit thing "opposi- 
tion" was going to be for the actor, etc. These conversations.wefe "staged" in restaurants and dinerciSr^- 
places where the talkers would drop in apparently by accident and extol the virtues of "opposition." 

Like many others I listened and signed a Shubert Advanced Vaudeville contract calling for 20 weeks* 
booking <o be played in 24. I went to California, intending to return when my Shubert season opened. A 
wire ordering me East immediately arrived from the Shubert office and I jumped to New York, where t 
was stalled and kept laying off for four weeks before opening in Washington. - • 

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records and had placed myself in a position where it was work for the Shuberts or play small time, 

I Stood this condition as long as possible, then demanded that the letter of my contract be lived up to 
or my release be given me, which was done after I refused to accept any further patch-work booking. 

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I returned to California in June, 1922, and have been on the coast continuously until this month in 

concert and playing the largest picture houses. ^ v ^ 

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Friday. December 22. 1922 




Important Notice to tHe Profession 

In order to centralize our business and place pur customers in close contact with MR. WM. A. DUTHERIDGE, our Art Director, 
giving an opportunity of viewing our work and our plant, we have closed our Downtown Office in Chicago and moved the Executive 
and Sales Department to our Studios, 416 SOUTH KEDZIE AVENUE. Take Van Buren Street Surface Car to Kedzie Avenue and 
you are at the door, or take the Garfield Park Elevator to Kedzie Avenue and walk two blocks north. 

Painted SCENERY Fabric THE FABRIC STUDIOS, Inc/ CHICAGO Mione Nevada 7194 

We have just closed a contract with JOSEPH E. HOWARD for his "NEW REVUE/' which opens in January. More about this later. 






SPORTS 



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hav« had more experience than 
Donovan. ' • ' 



The 'varsity players at Cornell 
have elected George R. Pfann of 
Harion. O., quarterback of this 
year's eleven, captain of next year's 
team. Pfann has played quarter on 
the Blue eleven for the past two 
seasons and was awarded the posi- 
tion on several all-American selec- 
tions. He is a member of the 1924 
class In the college of arts ami sci- 
ences. 



The Rochester club of the Inter- 
national League has sold Lew Ma- 
lone, former New Haven infiiclder, 
to Worcester of the Eastern League. 
The sale is the result of the player 
demanding an "exorbitant" salary, it 
is reported. Malone was one of the 
best second sackcrs in the O'Neil 
circuit last season. 



Billy Shade, Australian light 
heavyweight champion, received the 
judges' decision over Fay Kaiser, of 
Cumberland, Md., in the star 12- 
round bout at the Knickerbocker 
A. C. at Albany, N. Y., Tuesday 
night. Kaiser injured his right 




hand In the fourth round, but 
gamely stuck through the tight 
until the flnal bell, receiving a 
thunderous ovi&tion from the fans' 
on leaving the ring for his plucky 
effort. He used his right but little 
In the fifth, sixth and seventh 
rounds, and from that stage to the 
end of the bout virtually fought 
with one hand. 



Mickey Devine, the Newark 
catcher, has been signed to manage 
the Bears in next year's Interna- 
tional League pennant race. Devine 
joined the Newark team in the mid- 
dle of last season, following a dis- 
pute v.ith the Toronto club, for 
which he played several seasons. 



FRENCH FILM NOTES 

Paris, Dec. 1. 

W. D. Forte?, president of the 
International C o m m u n 1 1 >•, has 
passed through Paris, from London. 
He is going to Italy with H. 13. 
Coles, head of the same organiza- 
tion in France, for the first produc- 
tion of their corporation in that 
country. • . 



Al Kaufman, American picture 
producer in Germany, has closed his 
offices in Berlin and will return 
shortly to the United States. 



IVMLWlilTEMAN 
MUSIC 

Thru Paul Whiteman. 
Inc., llje services of 
•genuine Paul While- 
man Orchestras are 
now availahlc for con- 
tract work at Hotel, 
Caharct and Resort. 
The Service is com- 
plete, the artists, men 
who play for phoiio- 
«;raph records — and 
the cost is surprisingly 
low. 

Paul White in an Or- 
chestras are also avail- 
able for Vaudeville 
work in conjunction 
with headline acts. 

Hirite or imVc for detaili 

PAl LXMHTKMAN, Ine 

160 VtrM 45lh Street 

>«'W York tiity 

IVIrphunr Br>iin( HUTU 



Harry Smith, from London, and 
Jacques Kaminsky have been ap- 
pointed general agents In Europe 
for the Pacific Film Co. of New 
York. 



The German picture. "Anne de 
Boleyne," was presented to the local 
press by G. Petit at the Artistic 
Cinema, and met with a better re- 
ception than anticipated. An at- 
tache of the British embassy, with 
French authorities, inspected the 
film a few days previously and" de- 
clared there was no cause for alarm. 
Some of the young British journal- 
ists dubbed the attache as. weak- 
kneed, but as a matter of fact, now 
the picture has been exhibited to 
the trade, he was perfectly justified 
in not claiming the intervention of 
the French government to prohibit 
tills film in France. 



During the week ended Dec. 2 
there were 36,230 metres of films 
presented at the Parts trade, shows 
(compared with 35,030 m. the pre- 
vious week), released by Gaumont, 
4.550 metres; I»atho, 3,800; Phocea, 
2.700; General Film Office, 1.800; 
lloscnwaig, 2,350; Merle, 2.450; 
Agence Generale, 2,835; Grandes 
Productions Cinema, 3,825; Van 
Goltsenhoven, 1.876; Eclair, 200; 
Super Film, 2.200; Universal Mfg., 
2,250; Fox, 2,775; Paramount. 2.425. 
For the month of November (five 
weeks) the figures \vere 195,000 
metres of films shown at local trade 
shows, compared with 128.810 m. In 
October. (There were 157,730 me- 
tres in November, 1921.) 




Guy Croswell Smith, representing 
the United Artists in France, trade 
showed "Le Signal d'Amour," with 
Mary Pickford, and "L'Etrolt Mous- 
quetaire" ("Twenty Yeaxa Before") 
with Max Llnder. 



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SHIFTING SANDS 

London, Dec. 6. 

"Britain's supreme effort," vide 
the synopsis, is a little too exultant, 
but there can be no doubt this is 
one of the finest productions made 
by a British company. It is, in fact, 
of far greater interest tlian many 
so-called "sumts." The story is 
mediocre and the continuity none 
too good, but the production Is in 
every way exceptional, and the 
American director, Frod I..oroy 
Granville, is to be commended for 
his work. His stage-management 
of the crowds and the riding of the 
Arabs and Italian native cavalry 
leave the roughest "Wild West" 
picture cold. Everything is sub- 
servient to the Libyan and desert 
scenes, and these alone will imll the 
crowd. 

The somewhat complex story tells 
how the wife of a doctor, V.'il'.ard 
Lindsay, runs away with a half- 
caste adventurer, Pierre Moreau. 
She takes her little boy with her. 
By coincidence the previous boat 
has conveyed Barbara Thayer and 
her father to Tripoli. Lindsay fol- 
lows, having tracked the runaways. 
Moreau sees him Ind promptly con- 
veys Yvonne and her child to his 
home In the interior. Lindsay is as- 
saulted, but is rescued by Thayer 
and nursed by his daughter. He 
recovers, and the couple fall in love. 

Meanwhile Moreau has begun to 
show his real character, and Yvonne 
runs away from him, taking her 
child. She and Lindsay meet again, 
and she begs him not to divorce 
her for the child's sake. Sacrificing 
his love for Barbara, he consents. 
Moreau traces Yvonne, and in try- 
ing to escape from him she falls 
from a window and is killed. Lind- 
say has, however, disappeared. The 
Thayers take the child back to Eng- 
land and bring him up. 

Years later an explorer tells how 
he nearly lost his life In the Libyan 
desert, but was rescued by an Eng- 
lish doctor serving with the Italian 
army. Further evidence proves it to 
be Lindsay. The Thayers promptly 
set out to Jflnd him. Their caravan 
Is attacked *by Arab robbers under 
the command of one Hamcd Has.san, 
who is really Moreau. Thayer is 
badly wounded, and Barbara kid- 
napped. The boy, also wounded, 
manages to reach the Italian post 
and gives warning. 

Thayer is brought safely in, and 
the cavalry go after the marauders 
to the rescue of Barbara. In this 
they are entirely successful. Moreau 
is killed by Lindsay in a hand to 
hand fight, the whole plot is un- 
ravelled, and the long-suffering 
doctor sets off "on an unmarked 
path of love and happiness" with the 
faithful and devoted Barbara. 

The melodramatic story is not 
helped by somewhat crude sub- 
titling. It is not given to every 
man to be a prose poet, and the 
writer of many of these titles cer- 
tainly has not got the divine 
afflatus. 

Throughout the staging Is very 
good. The scenes taken In native 
towns are excellent, and the desert 
scenes are really fine. The acting 
deserves better njaterlal and is on 
a line with the production. 

Peggy Hyland. starred, Is natural 
and sweet as Barbara, and Vallia 
gives a good show as the erring 
wife. Neither player, however, i.s 
given mtich chance. The real acting 
honors go to Lewis Willoughby for 
a really strong, restrained and con- 
vincing study of Willard Lindsay. 
Richard Atwood gives a very good 
performance as Pierre Moreau. and 
all other parts are In capable hands. 
The real stars of the feature are the 
producer, Fred Leroy Granville, hi.s 
native cavalry, and the "shifting 
sands" of the Libyan desert. • 



O. Badger's direction. Mack will 
appear in it in the playwright part. 
Enid Bennett is in support. 



Whitman Bennett Is generally 
reorganizing his technical force at 
the Bennett Studios in Yonkers. 
Elsa Lopez will be art director; 
Jack Strieker, technical director; 
William Klein, scene painter. Mr. 
Ellis has been appointed studio 
manager, replacing W. O, Hurst, 
who resigned to go with Pyramid 
Pictures. In the last 12 months 
the studio has been idle only for 
three weeks, a record in these day.s 
of slack production. . ,• 



David R. Hochreich, ^ho was the 
sponsor of the welcome d nner tr».. 
Will H. Hays In co-operation with 
the M. P. D. A., Is promoting a din- 
ner dance for the Hotel Astor.'New 
York, for Jan. 11. The arfnir has 
been given (he rather hirh sound- 
ing title of "Wol-^rme Prosperity 
Dinner Dance of the Motion Pic- 
ture Industry.' 



George H. Dumond. former man- 
ager of Clune's Auditorium, Lu3 
Angeles, has been engaged as a 
special representative by Warner 
Bros. Dumond recently hmdled 
Wesley Barry in a cro^s- country- 
tour in vaudeville. 



William Fox i.i going to present 
a revival of "Over the Hill." at the 
44th Street theatre, for two weeks 
to fill in some of the vacant time 
that he has In the house. 



Equity M««ting in Chicago 
: ^^ Chicago, Dec. 20. 

Frank Gilmore, of Equity, reached 
Chicago Tuesday of last week and 
was present at a meeting held on 
the 17th floor of the Capitol building 
(formerly Masonic Temple) Wednes- 
day night. Frank Craven, Grant 
Mitchell and Grant Stewart, dire^- 
tors, were present. ^i'^^l 

It was arranged to have a New 
Year's eve ball out here, which, it is 
hoped, will rival the one to be held 
in New York. , .... ,, 



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HODGE MOVES TO STUDEBAKEE 

V Chicago, Dec. 20. 

William Hodge in "For All of Us," 
now at the La Salle, goes into the 
StudebaUer, operiing Dec. 24. 



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McNeil Peggy 
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Moore Scott 
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Murray Harry 
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Norman Mrs N 

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COLUMBIA CIRCUIT 

"American Girl" 25 P^mpire Brook- 
lyn 1 Miners Newark. 

"Beauty Revue" 25 Gayety Detroit 
1 Efmpire Toronto. 

-JiiK Jaml)oree" 25 Empire Toronto 
1 Gayety Buffalo. 

•"Bljr Wonder Show" 25 Casino 
Brooklyn 1 Casino I'hlladelphin. 

-Bon Tons" 25 Empire Toledo 1 
Lyric Dayton. 

-Broad .ty Brovitirs" 25 Casino 
■ toston 1 Coluniliia N'ow York. 

'Broadway Flappers" 25 Miner's 
'ewark 1 Orplieum Paterson. 

•Bubble Bubble" 25 (layety St 
.ouls 1 Gayety Kan."aa City. 

'OhueklcM of I'JJli" 25 Casino 
Vhlladelphia 1 }'ala«e Baltimore. 
4. Finney Fratik L'u Empresa Chicago 
'1 Oayety J)<troit. 

"Flashlights of 1023" 25 Columbia 
Chicago 1 Star \- f'lartrr Clii<a:.'«». 

"Follies of D.iy" 25 G.iyety Mon- 
treal 1 (Javety J'.nst* n. 

•Folly Town" 25 Grand Worcester 
1 Miners IJronx New Vf)rk. 

•GiKKbs" 25 Olyuipic Cincinnati 
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JEROME H.REMICK C-CO. 



NEW YORK 



CHICAGO 



DETROIT 



OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIRAl^ CITIES 
COPIES,mmONYARmNGMENTS AND ORCHESTRATIONS READY IN ALL KEYS 



"Lets Go" 25 Gayety Rochester 
1-ia Colonial Utiea. 

•Maids of America" 25 Empire 
rrovitlence 1 Casino lioston. 

Marion Dave 25 Columbia New 
York 1 Casino Brooklyn. 

"Mimic World" 25-27 Colonial 
Utiea 1 Gayety Montreal. 

"Uadiu Girl.s" 1-5 Ga>ety Kansa.s 
City 1 L U. 

Ketves A\ L\'» T'ark Indianapolis 1 
Gavety St. Eouis. 

••Roek«ts" 25 Oiiiheum PaferFon 1 
Majestic Jer.sey City. 

"Social Maids" 25 Palace Balti 
■wtaL X-liayely 



;nvetv Wa shineton. 
Eively Girls' 25 Gayety 



'Step 
I'.utTalo 1 <;a\» ty KoflK-ster. 

"Step On \l" 25 Siar & 
'hica^'O 1 KnU'i't'-"" Chiiaj:o. 

"Talk Of Town' 25-27 
.N'ewburKh 2S-3() Coh. ns 
keepsie 1 Empire Brooklyn. 

'•Temi)tations of Vri'l' 25 
.^- Seamon s X<'W York 1-3 
Newburgh 4-6 Cohen's 
keep8ic« 



Garter 

Cohen's 
I'uugh- 

Hni-f '« 
CoJkmi's 
I'oujjh- 



"Town Scandals" 25 G;iy. ty 
Washii)t,'ii»n 1 Gayety l'itt>bur>;h. 

Watsotj r.illy 25 Lyric Day tun 1 
Olympi'' Cincinnati. 

Watson Sliding? Billy 25 riayety 
rilthbur^;!! 1 Colonial Clevelan<l. 

Williams Moilic 25 Miner's iJronx 
Ntw York 1 i:mpirc i'roviden< e. 

"\S'iiie \Voman ur.d Sunt;" -S I* O 
1 CJayeiy Omaha. ; • , . .^ 

"^■. iifhfii! F.dlies" 25 Gay«-fy Min- 
nc.ip"^!'« 1 <;;iy( ty Miiwaiilcee. 

MUTUAL CmCUIT 

"Baby B<a!s' :"> Land Box Cleve- 



lUTWl 1 r' .an i iMi l.T.n. i l i ;. 

"IJand Bo.x !:• vu«j' 25 Dmiuesne 
I'iWsliiirrh 1 J'ef.plts Cinciiujji ti. 

"Broadway Belles" 25 Gayety 
Louisvill*! 1 BroKlw.iy ln«liaii;ip'*'i: • 

"Folliis and Scand.iJs' 2.'. Olym- 
pic -N» w York 1 Star Br<»oklyn, 

"G«oi-i!i.i p. aches ■ 25 GMtl'-n r.'.if 
fal(» 1 I'.irk rtica. 

"(;irls a I.I Carte' 25 Bijou Phila- 
delphia 1 rglly BalUuore. 



ileads rp" 25 Ilolyokc Ilolyokc 1 
Olympic New York. 

"Hello Jake GirKs" 25 Majestic 
Wilkts-B.irrc 1 Majestic Sciant<>n. 

"Jazz Babies" 25 I'ark Utiea 1 
Majestic Albany. 

"Jazz Times Bevue" 25 Gayety 
IbooUiyn 1 J-.yiic N(;wark. 

"K.iiidy Kids" 25 Empire Iloboken 
1 Gayety Brooklyn. 

•i.afMii Thru 1922" 25 Folly Balti- 
more 1 I^mpire Cleveland. 

'•Bi»l Lifters" 25 Majestic Scran- 
ton 1 Bijcja I'hiladelphia. 

•'London Gayety G.irla" 25 Star 
Brooklyn 1 I'anpiro Hoboken. 



"Mischief Makiis" 25 Lyric New- 
irk 1 Paik J'.ridgeport. 



".Monte Cirlo Girls' 



Park 



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lii id;,ei)ort 1 .Majonic \Vill.os-Bd:r« . 

■ P;<- •• .M.ilv'Ts' 25 Majesti*; Al- 
biiny 1 plaza ,S|)ritij.'Ji«'ld. 

'Pell M.ll" 25 Plaza SpiirifTOeld 
1 Mowartl Bft-lon. 

"l'epi>er l'o< " 25 Howard Boston 1 

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"Playmates" 25 Broadway Indlan- 
apolia 1 L>ceum Columbus. 

'Jcimaway Girls " 25 Empire Cleve- 
land 1 Duiiuesne Pittsburgh. 

'Smiles and Kisses' 25 Lyceum 
Columbus 1 Band Box Cleveland. 

White Pat 25 Peoples Cincinnati 
1 Gayety Loui.sville. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

By HARDIE MEAKIN 

Edil.e Cai.t'u- ko!. stalled Sunday 
night at Pull's to a spUndid house. 
Advance sale for the week Is con* 



sidered excellent, allowing for tho 
week. 

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National has a flr.-^^t . American 
^ho\vir)^' with ".'^ecr.'ts," with .Mar- 
garet L.i,wri'nce. Sam II. IIurr>s is 
the p»oduoer4 



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UBERT VAUDEVILLE 



ALL APPLICATIONS For ENGAGEMENTS AND TIME FOR SHU BERT VAUDEVILLE SHOULD BE MADE TO 

SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE 

ARTHUR KLEIN, General Manager * 233 West 45th Street, NEW YORK CITY 






CLEVELAND 

By C. L. WALTERS 

A quiet and imeventful woek, with 
the citlzc-nry more concerned with 
Chrlstm. H bliopping. "To the 
Ladies," Ohio, received enthusiastic 
review H, but (he boxofflco response 
Wiiii not in p'-oi>ortion. 



AMALBAMATED Marcus Loew's 



Leo DitriohRtein in "riuler False 
Pretenses" v:aa cordially welcomed 
by local reviewers, but — despite 
Ditrichstein has a large Cleveland 
following. the attendance was 
lighter than in previous visits. The 
company is bound New York -ward 
for the metropolitan i)remiere. 



The Dolly 
KeltJi'a Palace. 
Brice. 



Sisters headlined 
This week Fanny 



VAUDEVILLE 
AGENCY 

1441 Broadway, New York 



BOOKING AGENCY 

General Executive Offices 
LdEW BUILDING ANNEX 



"The Midnight Rounders" was 
the unit at Shnbert-State. Good en- 
tertainment r.nd plentifully fraught 
"With laughter. Nevertheless, at- 
tendance was light excepting open- 
ing Sunday and flnal Saturday. This 
week first straight Shubert vaude- 
ville bill at this house. 



Burlesque — Colorttal, "Beef Trust 
Beauties." v.eighty and bulky as 
ever; Bandbox. "Broadway Bellos"; 
Empire, Pat White's show; Star, 
■lock, "Hello Sweeties." 



PHONE BRYANT SffS 



BOUKING 12 WEEKS 



New 



York, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore 
and intermediate towns ^ 



"Knighthood" finished final week 
at Stillinan. Other films— Allen. "80 
Days"; X»«'wh Park and Mall. | 
•'Brawn of the North"; Loew'e 
Alhanibra and Liberty, 'Trifling 
Women. ' 



Strand, exclusively showing Fox j 
films for several mom lis, closed last j 
week. 



THE STANDARD INDEPENDENT 
VAUDEVILLE AGENCY 

FALLYMARKUS 



160 West 46th Street 
New York 



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J. H. LUBIN 



General Manager 



CHICAGO OFFICB 



KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. HUGHES 

SIR' BERT— Dark. 

GRAN r3— "Moonshine." 

GAYKTV-'Wine. Woman and 
Song." 

GARDEN- Bridge :\rusical Slock 
In "Jeiry'.s H»>neynioon." 
ORPHEl'M— Vaudeville. 

PANT Ar; EH VaudeviUo. 

MA1NSTRI:1-:T— Vaudevilh'. , 
GLOBK— Vitiid.vlUe. 

PHOTOPLAYS— "Outcast." New- 
tnan: "A T^auirhter of I.,uxury." Roy- 
al; "South of Suva." Mainsireet; "I 
Can Explain." Pantages; "One Won- 
derful Night." 



1547 Broadway 

NEW YORK 



Bryant 6060-6061 



Masonic Temple Building 

SIDNEY M. WEISMAN in Charge 



GAIETY THEATRE BLDG. 



BERT LEVEY CIRCUITS 
VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 

ALCAZAR THEATRE BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 

PAUL GOUORON 

RASTEHN RFPRESgNTATIVB WOODS TIIEA BLDO., CHICAOO 



* With the "Junior League Follies," 
i&t one end of the local amuse- 
ment district and the Hagenbeck- 
Wallace circu.s in Convention Hall, 
at the other end, the theatres In be- 
tween were up again.««t a hard prop- 
osition lu.«t week and busines.s was 
not BO pood. Tlu' Orjiheum, how- 
ever, held up in fine shape, Irene 
Castlc'K name at the top of the list 
proving a real draw and business 
built steadily after Monday's slump 




Emkrace tht 

lUghtit QualUUi. 

AWHrtnt 

Ltttint 

Saturtetltn 



Tbaatrkal and StrMt 
Wear Sllpaert 

Patent Celt- 
•kiR wltk 
tf ull k Itf 
trimming or 
•tiar »u;rfa 
with |[ • d 

trlMMlHf t* 

OthK iinJetJ in eraii ar •»alB itraf affetts 

In all la»:kar*. 
8lia« I t9 9, A la E£. 8a«< far Catalai V. 

290 Fifth Ave. Both bet. 30th 
511 Sixth Ave. and 31st St9. 




from a capacity Sunday opener. 
Doris Keano in "The Czarina" at 
the Shubert suffered from the so- 
ciety show opposition, and because 
she was a practically unknown star 
to the Kansas City theatregoers. 
The star and play were given ex- 
tremely favorable notices by the 
press, but the business was hardly 
fair. 



ACKERMAN & HARRIS 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 

THIRD FLOOR, PHELAN BLDG. 

MARKET, GRANT and O'FARRELL STREETS SAN FRANCISCO 

ELLA HERBERT WESTON, Booking Manager 

SEVEN TO TEN WEEK CONTKACTS NOW BEING ISSUED. 



The Shubert is dark this week, 
but gets "Kcmpy" next week, with 
John Drew and Mrs. l^eslie Carter in 
"The Circle" for New Year's week. 
Following in order the house has 
the following borikings: Fred Stone 
In "Tip Top." Harry Lauder for 
three davs and five performances. 
Al Jolson in "Iv.mbo." the "Green- 
wich Village FollieH." Walter White- 
side in "The Hindu." and Elsie Fer- 
guson in "The "Wheel of Life." 



"The Glorious Adventure." last 
half; next week, "East Is West." 

ROHBINS-ECKEL.— "Under Two 
Flags"; next week, "Pride of Palo- 
mar." 

EMPIRE.— "Singed Wing.s"; next 
week. "Heroes of the Street." 

CRESCENT.— "If You Uelieve It, 
It's So." 



reopened about the first of the year. 
The house was recently taken over 
by Harry Papayanako.s, of Water - 
town. It win have a lilm policy. 



The dramatic classes at the city's 
high schools are presenting some 
good ones this yoar. The students 
of Northeast High s<hool gave 
Augustus Thomas' "The Witching 
Hour" two nights, with a different 
oast each night, and those of the 
Junior College will present "Mrs. 
Temple's Telepriam" as their annual 
Christmas play, Dec. 22. 



Ferdinand Eggena, held in Albany 
on a worthless check charge, and 
defendant in an annulment action 
launched by his wife, Minna Qom- 
bell, actress, may find himself fac- 
ing further trouble here. Eggena. 
during his local career, was engaged 
in promoting a new corporation to 
"elevate the drama" and star Miss 
Oombell, to whom he later was 
secretly wedded In Atlanta, Ga. 
Persons who bought stock have 
been consulting local counsel. The 
corporation apparently died before 
it ever really started. Just where 
the money went Is somewhat of a 
mystery, it is claimed. Eggena. In 
jail at Albany, has designed a 
Christmas greeting card for Mis.s 
Gombell. It bears a plea for "one 
more chance." 



Frank A. Empsall, Watcrtown, 
muItl-milllonaire merchant and the- 
atrical man, will come from Florida 
to attend a public partition sale of 
half of the Taggart site at Water- 
town. Empsall and his associates 
want the property for a new the- 
atre. He owns half of the site now. 
The sale is slated for Jan. 4. 



ton and George E. Bralnard of Syra* 
cu.se. It Is charged that the theatre 
proprietors failed to print admlsaioa 
tickets and that government Inspec* 
tors were unable to determine the 
exact amount of tax due the gov- 
ernment. ■ 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 
WIETING.— Dark; next week. 
"Blossom Time." return. 

B. F. KEITH'S.— Vaudeville. 
TEMPLE. — A'audeville. 
BASTABliE.— Dark. ^ 
STRAND.— "Outcast." flrst half; 



Booking of 17 circus acts for the 
in<loor circus to be held under the 
auspices of Tigris Temple at the 
Jerfer.>jon St. State armory here dur- 
ing the week of Jan. 15 is announced. 
Fred Bradna is in charge. 



Stepping out after a life-time 
spent in "show business," Loren C. 
Dlmmlck has turned In his resigna- 
tion as advertising director for the 
Strand, Binghamton, N. Y. Dim- 
mick's long career covers everything 
from bill poster to actor, and from 
stage manager to advertising di- 
rector. Dlmmlck's first stage ap- 
pearance was made when he was 10 
years old. During his long career 
ho has been connected with nearly 
all of the local houses. 



If Meade Shanley. treasurer of 
Keith's here, ever gets married 
again, it's a cinch he won't visit 
the newspaper olllces beforehand 
and beg the scribes not to publiab 
the issuing of the marriage license. 
Shanley, planning a aecret marriage, 
made the rounds of the newspaper* 
and the boys swore they'd never tell 
the world that Shanley had secured 
a license to wed Btrtha Fikes, also 
a Kelfh house attache. But there 
was no pledge given anent news of 
the wedding, and the elopement 
that resulted was duly chronicled 
plus pictures of the couple. •. 



•■v.' ■ 



OLIVER WALLACE 

WORLD'S PREMIER MOTION PICTURE ORGANIST 

SECOND YEAR 

GRANADA THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO 



The Olympic, Watertown, will be 
closed the last half of the week to 
permit necessary changes attendant 
upon the shift to a vaudeville policy 
Christmas day. The orchestra Is 
being reorganized by Matthew Ray, 
leader. 

Erection of a new $150,000 theatre 
at Little Falls by Interests asso- 
ciated v^ith C. H. Moyer, of Her- 
kimer, Is assured. Ail but $12,000 of 
tho capital stock has been sub- 
.■jcribed. 



The Gralyn. CJouverneur, N. T.. 
>)yhlch hae been undergoing repairs 
for the past several weeks, will bt 



The Oneida county federal grand 
jury at ITtica returned indlotnient.s I 
against three up-state theatrical , 
men on evidence presented by the 
Syracuse Internal Revenue head- I 
quarters. They are F. B. Thompson | 
of Liverpool, R. Carl Rees of Clay- 

Weller'8 FRENCH 
FOOTWEAR 

S« Smartly Dlfftrant. 

Tha Na%*a*t Paris 

Vmiaai In Fall-Tlma 

Madala. 

HARRY WELLER 

793-8thAv. "V,,''" Open Evening. 




JAMES KADISON'S 

MONTHLY COMEDY SERVICE 
No. 10 will be ready December 25. 
and better than ever. I don't know 
any publication that sells as few 
pages for as much money, and 
yet my 8ERVICT] is gilt-edge for 
real comedians because every fag 
is brand-new and original. It 
contains my latest monologue 
material; also cross-fire routines, 

No. 10 COSTS $2 

or the first 10 numbers for $11. 
or any 4 for $5. A year's sub- 
scription (12 numbers) is $15 and 
may begin cither with current 
■ issue or No. 1. 



JAMES MADISON 
1493 Broadway New York 



Manager, Capable and E£Ficient 

with a proven record, able to produce novolties, suporvise oontests, etci 

WANTED FOR A CHAIN OF THEATRES 

Ssnd photograph, particulars of past record, rsfsrsnces and Mlar/. t^J 

Address Box 547, Variety, New York 



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Open a to 5 r. II. dally and Saturday. 

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The HOTEL that stood ly you 

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Out-of-town fodsral revenue 
Fagenta will be around New York 
fdurlng the holidays, it is said, much 
I they were called to the metropo- 
'lis last New Year's from Washing- 
!^on, Boston, Philadelphia and 
Pittsburgh. The publicity about 
•what may happen for the New 
Tear's wetness Is even stronger 
than at this time In 1921. but It 
^ptppears to only impress in certain 
f^uarters. .Some restaurant men be- 
lieve the cops or the revenue agents 
,are "after them" and will worry ac 
*cordingly. Others and not 



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Broadway have continued with their 
plan.s for the New Year celebration, 
selling reservations and contem- 
plating a big crowd. One of the 
best known of the Fifth avenue 
places Is charging $25 per couple 
New Year's Eve. with that amount 
to cover everything except water 
or soft drinks (for highballs). No 
restrictions were mentioned to any 
of those making reservations, leav- 
ing It to be Inferred they could take 
in what, and as much of what, they 
pleased. 



Rainbo Gardens, Fred Mann's new 
on million dollar cafe, Chicago, opened 




Wednesday night. December 13, 
with a success highly gratifying. 
It Is the finest cafe and dance hall 
on the North Side of Chicago. The 
place can seat between 2.500 and 
3,000. The decoratfona and appoint- 
ments are causing highly favorable 
comment on the part of visitors. 
Rainbo Gardens has a very pre- 
tentious revue, staged by Edward 
Beck of the Orpheum circuit pro- 
duction department, w^o accom- 
plished wonders in a short time. 
Mme. Rene provided the costumes, 
which are elaborate and tasty in the 
extreme. Frank Westphal has a 
flftcen-piece orchestra, in line with 
what was expected from him. Ruth 
Etting is the outstanding hit of the 
revue. Dolly Kay is starred. 




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of Broadway at 
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The Best Food sad IteterUlnment In New York. Maaie aad DaaclBK. 

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Not his floor show at $550 weekly 
salary, says Andre Sherri, who stat- 
ed in a letter a cabaret story in last 
week's Variety referred to him. It 
said a New York'calsiaret now has 
a floor show costing $650 weekly, 
gross, through the costuming firm 
producing it having had the cos- 
tumes on hand. The revue has 11 
people. Mr. Sherri says be'^ certain 
the story referred to his show, now 
playing at Murray's, and that the 
salary list of that revue is $800 
weekly. Sherri also added the cost 
of production was $6,000. He con- 
cluded by mentioning the reason for 
the information was he did not wish 
it to appear he was underbidding 
other cabaret producers. 



The motion of Joseph L. Bennett, 
Broadwaylte, to secure a reduction 
of his alimony obligations to Mrs. 
Sadie L. Bennett was denied by 
JuRtice Lehman last week. Bennett 
under a divorce decree handed down 
by Justice Platzek April 15, 1920, 
was ordered to pay $25 weekly to- 
wards his wife's maintenance and 
$15 for the support and education 
of their son, Arnold. Henry A. Gll- 
dersleeve, appointed referee in the 
motion to reduce the alimony, re- 
ported recommending a reduction in 
view of Bennett's procarious earn- 
ings as a gamblor, hi.<<i sole assured 
income being $50 weekly as man- 
ajfer of the Totem restaurant on 
West 44th St root, New York. 



A desi is reported on for the for- 
mir Sunken Gardens (Healy's) at 
Broadway and 95th street, New 
York, which may bring about a 
change in manaKcmcnt there, a.s t|ie 
present tenant is r«'porte(l occupy- 
ing the place on a w^-okly bnsl.s. Tho 
now deal involves a percentage of 
the gross arrangement, with llf-ily, 



Tliree Doora from JeflTeraon Theatre. 

One Block from Loew'o Theatre. 

One-Half Block from T.yrte Theatre. 

SPECIAL THRATRICAIi BATB8: 

SINGLE WITHOUT BATH— % 1.26 

SINGLE WITH BATH 2.00 

DOUBLE WITH BATH — 1.50 oach 



Douglas Hotel 

BIN DWORKTT. Maaaffsr 

ROOMS NBWLT RB.NOVATBD 

COMPORT AND CL,KANUNBM 

All Convealeaces Bsassnabis Rates 



207 VIA. 40th St. "^"o'f li^^l!'::' 

Phone i PENNSYLVANIA 1994-S 



according to the report, and others 
associated in the production of a 
revue with girls to be the -drawing 
attraction. John "Wagner may be 
one of the interested parties if the 
deal goes through. It's tho place 
first operated by Healy and later by 
George Rector. 



An ovont in Philadelphia cabaret 
circles came unexpectedly when 
the management of the Walton roof 
announced the engagement of Paul 
Whiteman to direct his band in per- 
son there last Friday and Saturday 
nights, a special concert Sunday 
evening, and Monday and Tuesday 
nights. It was given out that the 
engagement was made possiblo by 
the closing of the Palais Royal, New 
York, to undergo renovations. Big 
advertising splurges were tho result 
and business was reported very big. 



The Lsroy Smith Orchsstra (col- 
ored) has returned to its homo 
town, Detroit, to a bigger and 
better restaurant than it started in 
there, and to double the salary the 
Smiths were paid when leaving De- 
troit for New York. Percy Elkeles 
booked the band back homo. Mr. 
Elkeles is producing a floor revue 
with 14 people to open Dec. tl at 
the Beaux Arts, P'-iIladelphla. The 
restaurant is Joe Moss*, at Broad 
and Girard streets. 



The mayor of Philadelphia eslled 
tho restaurant men before him 
Tuesday, holding a plain talk with 
them. Tho mayor informed the 
food vendors ihey would have to 
stop "selling" under pain of going 
before the federal authorities when 
arrested. Much other matter wan 
elucidated by the executive, leaving 
no wrong impression with the 
restaurateurs and causing them no 
little concern. 



Reitcnwebsr's New York, started 
upon a dismantling process this 
week. It seems to spell finis for this 
long termed and nationally known 
cabaret. The end came throuKh 
"selling" — and getting caught at it. 

Vander Hoff and a sextet of pirln. 
.'»ssi8ted by Charlie AdWr, will open 
.'It the PalaiM lloyal. New York, 



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when that establishment finishes its 
redecorating. Miss Vander Uofl is 
the wife of Paul Whiteman. 



Midgis Millsr, late a feature sf 
"Spico of 1922," will be tho featuro 
of the midnight show New Year's 
Eve at Ike Bloom's, Chicago, whero 
she will appear in conjunction with 
Ike Bloom's ''Midnight Frolic." 



A bostlosd of good stuff reaT^hing 
New York last week, with the lot 
amounting to 900 cases, was offered 
delivered on board at $67.50 a caso. 



Heavy snow up-State of late has 
made the roads impassable for ma- 
chines, with but little liquor coming 
over the Canadian border within 
tlie la«t two weeks. 



Chsmpsgns, guaranteed vintage, 
is holding around $105-120 a caso 
without the holiday demand send- 
ing up the price. Hard liquor and 
light wines remain at the same 
quotations a.s last published. 



Phil Baker is scheduled to join 
tile fliior .•ihow at Monte Carlo, Now 
York. 



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NEW YORK THEATRES 



SAM H. HARRIS Attraction* 

MUSIC BOX THEATRE 

Went 45th St. Evs. 8:13. M«tii. Wed.-B«t. 
SAM H. HAnniS Prestnlt IRVING BERLIN'S 

lOSlC BOX REVUE' 

Sliced by HASSARl) SHORT. 
WITH A CillEAT CAST I 



MaxineElliolt'sI!;;V:.?."l..^.\^"r.; 

SAM H. HARRIS Presents 

JEANNE EAGELS 

in "RAIN" 

rounded on W. Somftraet Maugham'i 
Blory, "MiM Thompson.' 



REPUBLIC KVKNiNCIS al 8:ao 

Matt. Wednesday „and Saturday at 2. 30. 

ANNE NICHOLS' New Comedy 

"ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" 

With an All-Star Cast 



Bwty A 4f.th St. Em. 8 no. 
Mata, Wed. & Sat., 2:30 



GAIETY 

CHARLES DILLINGHAM Prcsenls 

LOYALTIES 

By JOHN GALSWORTHY 

"SEASON'S BEST PLAY."— Tribon* 



BELASCO We»t«<thSt. Eva. 1:30. 
ub>.M-»ww%^ Mala. Thurs. & Sat. 2:3«. 

OAVIO BELASCO Pr«t«aU 

LENORE ULRIC 

»s KIKI 

A Ntw Cbaractct 8tud> by ANDRK PICARD. 



New Amsterdam Theatre — MV. 4?d Street 

KvcHliis:^ 8:1.1. l*OI'i;i-.\lt MAT. \VEI>.\t;sDA Y. 
Iti::(>l LAK MATISKK SATl KI>AY. 

EXTRA MATINEE THURSDAY 

A National Institution 

Ziegfeld 



WILLIE ANo EUGENE HOWARD 



STARRING IN 



TASSING SHOW OF 1922 



f f 



Direction MESSRS. 8HUBERT 



MARIE 



HILLIAM 



HENRIETTA and WARRINER 

"AMERICA'S OWN SINGERS" 



AMERICA't FOREMOST THEATRES AND HITS. DIRECTION OP LEE ANO J. J. SHUBERT 



HUMAM 

VtST44tKjrt«J.ax 




EARL CAR ROLLat fiftieth street! 

Eves. 8:30. Matn. Thura. ft Sat.. 2:^0. 

SCHWAB ft KUSSELI^ Bring You 

The GINGHAM GIRL 

with EDDIE BIZ/KLL 

HELEN FORD BERTIE BEAUMONT 

LOUISE ALLEN RUSSELL MACK 

ALAN EDWARDS AMELIA SUMMERVILLE 

And the BEST CHORUS on BROADWAY 

(|ENRY MILLER'S T"S.*J/b'^ 

Evs. 8:20. Mats. Thura. ft Sat.. 2:20. 

INA CLAIRE 

AND CO., Includins BRUCE McRAE 'n 

ARTHUR RICHAIANS New Comedy. 

The Awful Truth 

p/^¥jrn The«tr«, W. 48th St. Evs 8:i:.. 

V^V/IVl MatlneoH Wed. and Sat., 2:15. 

MERTON 

OF THE MOVIES 

Harry I.eon WlInon'M Story I)mmatlre«] 

hy Geo. S. Kaufman ft Marc Connelly, 

— WITH— 

Glenn Hunter 1 Florence Nash 



BETTER TIMES 

AT THE 

HIPPODROME 

lIA.NAnEMKNT— TDARI ES Oil LlNr.HAM 

GREATEST SPECTACLE EVER 

STAGED AT THE HIPPODROME 

MAT. DAHY, 2:15; EVES., 8:15 



LIBERTY ^''^^^ -; 



l?d .St. 
& Sat. 

"Best American Musical Play 

in the Whole Wide World" 

GEORGE M. COHANS COMEDIANS 

In the N«>«r Soni: and Danre Show 

"LITTLE NELUE KELIY" 



GEO.PQIJ AM Thf«.. n«aj at 4M St 



.GREATEST MUSICAL HIT OF AGES- 

"BLOSSOM TIME" 

Second Triumphant Year 

CENTURY THEA. f;J..''iSXw%".1 

Even. 8:30. Mutlneea Wed. and Sat. 

— Popular Dally MatliieeH Xmaa Week — 



^0#A C# Thea., W. of Bway. Eva. S:SO. 
V^KfX jr. Mats. Wed. and Sat.. 2:30. 

— HEADLINER OF .MYSTERY PLAYS— 

WHISPERING 
WIRES 

—HAS THE TOWN TALKING— 

.Hatineea Xmaa Week: Wed.. FrI. ft Sat. 



SHUBERT 

Eves. 8:30. 



THEATRE. 44th Street, 
— West of nroadway — 

Mata. Wed. and Sat. 



Greenwich Village Follies 



Fourth AntiuaJ Production 



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Dl AVUnilOC 4>th, B. of B'y. Biyt SSSS. 
rUAinUUOC. MaUneo Wed. and Sat. 

"Deilshtfol muNlcal comedy, well aetod, 
daneed and aoiiK." — Eve. Post. 

UP SHE GOES 

"Better tfian 'Irene' — What more ceald 

you nak?"— Eve, Tflejram. 
Hperhal Ma tlneea Xmaa and New Year'a 

/^irMTDAI THEA., 47th A Bway. 
■ ^C«i^ 1 IVr^LiTwUe Dally. 2:15 and t:l5 

SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 

Week Betinninv MONDAY MAT., Dec. 26 

Gertrude Hoffmann 
in "Heflo, Everybody" 

AND ALL STAR SHOW 



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WOODSIDE 



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JACK and JESSIE 

GIBSON 

Ot^PHEUM CIRCUIT 

Direction JACK GARDNER 



M. 



.Mat.x. Wed.. Sat.. 2.30. 



THE LOVE CHILD 

By HENRY B.\TAILLK 

Adapted for the .Ameriean Hlace 

By MARTIN BROWN 

with a Notahle Company. Inrladinr 

SIDNEY HI.ACKMKK ^ 

JANET ilEKCllKR 

LEE BAKER 



AT THE GLOBE 

'The BUNCH 
and JUDY'' 

E-NTHCSIASTIC WELCOME FOR 

CHARLES DlLLINCaiA.M'M 

NEW .MCSICAL ENTERTAINMENT. 

"IT'S \ GREAT SHOW," — Kvf-: Po.^t. 



JOLSON'S 59th ST. L"?,?,'??; 

F:\pn. ^-.^0. Matinees Thurn. aiul Sat. 

SENSATION OF THE CENTURY 

THE WORLD 
WE LIVE IN 

(The Insect Play) 

By JOSEF ami KAREL CAPEK 

.«foven to 41tli St^ Theatre Monday, Jan 8 

r/Af£S SQUARE ^..';';r 

MATS. THURS. ft SAT. 2:30. 

^THE FOOL" 

CHANNING POLLOCK'S 
New Play Produced by the Selwyns 



AMBASSADOR Bw\y! EveninKaS:^^ 

Matineea Wednesday and Saturday. 

The Interaattonal Maslral Suore«s 

THE LADY IN ERMINE 

WITH 
WILDA BENNETT ft WALTER WOOLF 

and a Pre-eminent Cast 
Matinees Xmas Week: .Mon.. Wed. ft Sat. 



F. RAY COMSTOCK aai MORRIS CEST Prtseat 



ELEVENTH 
MONTH 



Balieff's 



THIRD 
EDITION 



Chauve Souiris 



FRANK 



NINA 



BACON and FONTAINE 

World't Greatest Dancing Skatert 

NOW FE.'iTlRED 

INGERSOLL PIER BALLROOM 
DETROIT, MICH. 



BAT THEATRE Freai MOSCOW— Direct Frem 
LONDON PARIS. NEW PROGRAM 

THEA.. «:d 
St ft C.P. w 
Evea. 8:30. Mats. Tuca. and Sat.. 2:30. 

Mate. Xniaa Wk.: Mon.-Taea.-Thara.-S»t. 



CENTURY ROOF 



f^AmNO ^^'•' * Broadway. Evea. 1:25. 
^^'^•■JAL'WJ Matinees Wed. and Sat. 

Musical Comedy Sensation 

SALLY, IRENE and MARY 

—WITH— * 

Eddie Dowling and a Great Cast 

.MatH. Xmna Week: Mon.. Wed. and Sat. 



John Keefe 

"SPITE CORNER" 

LITTLE TIIE.\TRE. NEW YORK CITT 

tMfONliMY 

p-i : AND 

HIS MAD WAGS 

BOOKED SOLID— ORPHECM < IB, 

Cirection: BURT CORTELYOU 



JOHN GOLDEN StC( ESSES 



Madge KENNEDY 
in SPITE CORNER 
By Frank CRAVEN 



LITTLE 

— Matineea Wednet 



WeMt 44th Street. 



HEAVEN 



BOOTH 



West 45tli Street. 



E\eninKA at S:30. OKJVJ I FI EveninicH at 8:30. I 

isday and Saturday — I —Matineea Wednenday and Saturday — I 



SMARK «-^ 

xranU 

Broadway ft 47th St. 

"A NATIO.NAL, IN.STITUTION" 
Direction JoHopli Plunkett 

HAROLD LLOYD 

in "DR. JACK" 

STRAND SY.MPHONY ORCIIESTR.\ 

CAKL EDOUARDB Conductor 



PITTSBURGH 

By COLEMAN HARRISON 

Picture."?: CIrand, "Conqiu^ring 



the Woman"; Liberty and Black- 
atone, "One Week of Love"; State 
and Regent, "Anna Ascends"; 
Olympic, "Outcast"; Cameo, "One 
Wonderful Night"; Cameraphone, 
"Piide of Palomar"; Alhambra. "If 
1 Were Queen"; Kenyon, "Man 
Who Played God." .. 



Both legit theatres, Nixon and 
the Alvin, dark this week. ISext 
week, Alvin with Tessa Kosta in 
"Virginia." and Nixon, "Orange 
Blos.soms." 



The Pitt has Eugene O'Brien In 
"Steve*' this week. This show is 



ARNAUT BROS. 

Still io England 

And You Never Can Tell 



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being billed heavier than any other 
at the Pitt this seasoiK Atlendanctt 
good Monday and Tuesday; $2 top. 
The underline is "Give and Take." 
HofTman's new comedy, with 
George Sidney featured. 

At the Nixon Billie Burke in 
"Ro.se Briar" scored a decided hit 
and attracted the better class of 
patrons. Pauline Fredericks in 
"The Guilty One" brought a good 
following to the IMtt. The San 
Carlo Grand Opera Co. at the Alvin 
brought out all of its old friends 
and many new ones. ,*..- 

In the production of "Thais" at 
the Metroi)oUtan. New York, last 
Thursday a Pittsburgh girl mads 
her debut. She is Mrs. Charlotts 
Griflflth Ryan, whose success is 
being heralded by local critics. 



Forms Close Tuesday (Dec. 26), Noon 






ST. LOUIS 

By JOHN ROSS 

AMERICA N— "The Czarina." 

ORPHECM— Vaudeville. 

EMPRESS— Weber and Fields. 

GARRICK— Wood wArd Players in 
"Nearlj- Married." 

GRAND— Vaudeville. 

RI ALTO— Vaudeville. 

COLl'MBIA— Vaudeville. ' 

G A YET Y— "Radio Girls 
bia). 

G R A N I) CENTRAL 
Madame" lllni. 

WK.ST EM) LYRIC AND CAP- 
ITOL- "In the Name of the Law." 

MISSOl'RI "Singed Winss." 

DELMONTE— "Hearts Haven." 

FOX-*Lim:KTV ANO RIVOLI^ 
"All Night." 



(Colura- 
"Enter 



Motit n pictures will he n pari of 

the re.Lfiilar Her\ ice on all pas- 

•'png«>r tiiiin.s operated by the 

v.. .Air A.. botw<>on St. Louis and 

Chicago. The pictures were shown 

^ucce.s.siully for first time on a niov- 

UK train by tli»' company la.st week. 

Jcori^ie Ch;ult«)n. pa.ssenger man- 

j;er, who Is the originator of the 

(Ira, wa.s in charRe of the initial 

rip. ft i.s said th.it the pictures 

u.Tc UMU.su.iliv «ICMr, ;inii the iisttal 

'• itiiM t inn «ir fiirkd oi' tlio picture 

was ab.sf.nf. The dining c:\v was 

ran.sformed into a s-liow house. 

'hair.s were j)hHed two abreast 

'nntf tarh .side of the car. after the 

ibles h.id been < le.ired out, and 

'cnrtaiii" Ininj^ .Ml one end of the 

•a<-. Ca|),irity ab<Mit 34 perKons. 

The Sluihert -.leffer.son an«I Amer- 
"an were tlarU Sunday night. Th*> 
oimer reinaiuH dark all week. The 
I.Vtnerican opened Monday night. 



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KICK IN 

c»ok dmma, deaisnated a George Fiti- 
rlce production under the auapiccH of 
Ipb Kukor (Paramount-Famoua Play- 
Adapted for the screen by Oulda 
ier« from the atace play of the same 
Te by Willard Mack. At the New York 
roll. Dec. 17. „ . ^ 

jlly Brandon Betty Compaon 

Hewei Bert L.> tell 

^rtle May AIcAvoy 

inle • Qaieth JlJKhc!* 

ju Frou" Kathleen •Mifford 

Brandon Maym Kcliio 

rict Attorney Brandon. .. .John Mlltern 

Mp Fogarty ,.... Walter Lon^ 

ry Brandon Robert Agnew 

jimy Monuhan Jed I'ruuty 

»■ Muiphy .....Carlton King 

tianey : Charles Ogle 

^ First class underworld melodrama 
^ith a multitude of kicka and a 
feavy cast including Betty Comp- 
§on, Bert Lytell, May McAvoy, 
l^eth Hughes and others. Th.s 
lBt>t means a lot to picture fans and 
fBS^t to draw them in. The screen 
flory will hold 'em and the play 
j^ould build up on long engage - 
■flints by word of mouth adverUs- 

; The screen version has lost some- 
^ng of the speed of the play, but 
It has strengthened the romantic 
Interest and comes to a more 
definite end in the marriage of the 
b«ro and heroine, all of wiiich war 
merely suggested in the stage ver- 
f'on. "Kick In" has the always in- 
teresting plot and counter plot of 
underworld characters and police 
!|nd by contrast the elegance of 
iety locale. By way of givinp, 
added "class" they introduce an 
laborate cabaret scene without 
ch no picture these days is corn- 
te. This one is splendidly 
ndled. It gets over its effect of 
ndor and hectic gaiety without 
ay detail; it is brief and in- 
ically dramatic, for nil the in- 
ents belong in the story and the 
jsage has not l>een dragged in as 
al to. make a director's oppor- 
nlty. 

For the scenes in the home of the 
h district attorhey they have used 
e exterior of the Charles M. 
hwab mansion on Rivfrside drive, 
he Interiors are on a similar scale 
splendor and extent. Mis.- 
mpj:on has rather a passive, 
lorless role w4th only one real 
ion scene, but the proceedings are 
ely ^nough with the others. Ttie 
)ry accumulates in intensity a" 
well balanced screen play shckuld, 
that the last two or three reels 
ve a high degree of suspense. The 
sage where the reformed crook 
compelled to hide stolen jewels 
ibd the body of his brother slain 
te the robbery from the pursuing 
detectives, is packed with thrills 
<ipd the swiftly moving incident of 
tting the dead man away is a 
icky bit of screen management for 
its melodramatic kick. 
The incidental comedy is neatly 
itroduced and is natural and not 
•r-done except in th% scene of 
ucky's" boudoir, where it l;i laid 
OB a little thick. The several 
episodes of the police "third degree' 
are handled Ijetler than this par- 
ticular standby of the stage and 
ecreen liave ever been done before. 
The picture takes the rather absurd 
attitude that all crooks are really* 
Well intentloned persons, but HiIh 
!• innate in the underworld story 
Mid here is no worse than the rule. 
^ a super-dime novel entertain- 
ment the picture scores. Rush. 



society man is the angel for the 
show. A kidnapping is planned to 
gain publicity for one of the girls 
of the show. It is about flfty-flfty, 
as the angel in reality is "The Shad- 
ow," and he plans to use the girl in 
a blackmailing scheme that he has 
framed. I'rops gets suspicious of 
the backer and on trailing him finds 
the girl. In a struggle there is a 
shcoting and one of "The Shadow's" 
men ace dentally kills him, after- 
wards disclosing the fact of the dead 
man's identity. 

Not a story to particularly rave 
over, but it is a picture that will 
lend Itself to frealc exploitation and 
should easily be worked as part of 
propvi^nnda far police benefit funds 
in every town that it plays first runs. 

Fred, 



BIBLE PICTURES 

Pre 'al arrangrment In 10 reels c.f the 
M.'r, cl production of Old Testament pas- 
fn..'s T'lOduced by Arm .do Vay by a sub- 
Pi<i. n r.^ri|.:r. lint wltii the It-il'an Ooverii- 
r-;-..!!. Tue whole work Is snid to have co^t 
I lit .••lUiV.Tlent of $.».(KK>,000. Direction is 
t-crltx'-l lo I'letro Antonio Garinzzo. and 
M;i- 1 hiiriii-ters are enacted by profesalon .1 
li.i lufi "uvilo pinycrs. The wJ'ole work la 
ofttKHl f,-r n Mi-thcntrlc.l purpo.'es by Na- 
»io!'.r,l .%•■ n-Theatrlcol Motion Pictures, Inc. 
(Hnrr> ?a;v:.). eith«^r in sl:gle reels, flve- 
r.'< I Rioiiii.^ss, or in ita entirety at $10 a 
r'«.l. ii Jm piu|>oaed to nnke thiee versions 
I If use of Catholic orginlzition.''. P.otest- 
•■iit hti(\ JiM/iah, th«» difference being that 
.!•<•!, riiis'ical committees of all three de- 
ii »n)ir:ir iiis shall approve the different 
t ;!ii.v; to accord with their several doc- 

'! In 10-reeI version comprising the high 
.^pots rf the entile nariat ve was shown 
pu! Iir..v tor the flrnt time in the Columbia 
I niv. rsl:y S hool of Journalism, New Yorlc, 
li.i- I.",. i.cCore a gath?ring of teachers, 
'.I'll n-idic'ses by severnl cle g men and by 
Lurr «Mv Intosh, representing the screen art. 



to a title, although it is here shown 
in actuality. It is difficult to see 
how they can discuss the Sodom 
and Gomorrah eplsQile with delicacy 
and the intrigue of Solomon's alien 
wife is sex stuff that could jscarcely 
pass muster under any other cir- 
cumstances. Kushs. 



HEROES OF STREET 

BHarrv Itapf pr.iluction. presented by the 
Tarner Uros., with Wesley Barry starred, 
dapted from the play of Lem Parker, di- 
eted by William Beaudino. Shown at the 
:rand. New York, week Dec. 17. 

Ickey Callahan Wesley Barry 

tty Benton Marie Prevost 

tward T^ane Jack Mulhall 

Tdon Trent Philo McCullough 

lllke Callsihan Will Walling 

Mrs. Callahan Appie Herring 

iirmes Wilfre«l Lucafl 

i^hur Graham Wedgewood Nowell 

The -Kid" Phil Ford 

"Peaches'* Callahan. ... "Peaches' Jackson 

Joe Callahan Master Joe Butterworth 

Baby Callahan "Bumps" Ik-audlne 

Dog '■<'amet/*" 



This melodrama that for years 
served to get money in the popular 

Kiced combination housen has been 
veloped into a picture that seem- 
ingly will have the same qualities. 
It is a melodramii pure and simple, 
a story of life in New York of the 
type that was sure to please the 
middle class of theatregoers that 

R^ere wont to cheer the hero and 
iss the villain. As a picture it 
seemingly will please to a certain 
extent in the better hou.ses, where 
It will draw because of the star. 
Wesley Barry, and when it plays 
the regular houses after the pre- 
release dates have been filled it will 
be a clean-up. 

Harry Hapf, the producer, selected 
a corking cast to support young 
Barry, placing Marie Prevost, Jack 
Mulhall, Wilfred I.ucas. Ph'.lo Mc- 
Cullough and Wedgewood Nowell in 
the company. Will Walling plays 
the copper and Aggie Herring oppo- 
site as an Irish mother scored. 

The script cannot be paid to have 
planted the mystery story about 
which the real yarn revolv«>H any too 
strong, but it does BufTlce to carry 
the tale nltmg fairly well. 

Wesley Barry is the eldest of four 
youngsters in the famly of a patrol- 
man of the New York police force, 
e wants to follow in father's foot- 
teps. This early .section is prin- 
Ipally given over to comedy louche.s 
p to the point to where the story 
caches Chri.stmaM Kvo, when the 
father is nhot and killed by a no- 
torious criminal known as "The 
Shadow." That pra-tically wrecks 
the little family, but the boy gets a 
Job as "prop.v" in a theatre whore a 



T'i • ni'unifude of this undertak- 
in.sr, i?s dignity and sincerity are 
mniiiie-t even in this abridged form. 
thnsi.inding is that here is a ."crious 
educat onal effort made in : rev- 
erent J'liirit, but at the same time 
r>t!it:r!T emi^hnc's upon the human 
interest of the Bible story. The en- 
tic. .or his l^oen dircc.ed to.vard 
bringing out the pictorial appeal and 
:• ) ns the theology take care of it- 
self. 

I'oi.ularired Bible stories perhaps 
is the apt description of the series, 
; 1 ;' '!:■- < reon'ng has leen done ex- 
pertly, obviously by v.orkmen who 
ivti'.w ilio camera art and mech.an- 
if-u- and th.e technique of the studio. 
Still the' popularizing has been done 
Huh a r. I c derate hand. The fact^ 
have been popnWrljed, but never 
vulgarized \t\ the process. The 
m.i'k of Fchoiar.slrp is evident. 

The picture is rich in pageantry 
a»fd siiectacie. It is i^ald 10.000 peo- 
p'e were used in Eome of tlie scenes, 
and the statement is credible after 
viewing some of the pa's^ages, such 
as the flight from Kf?ypt. the set- 
ting up of the Golden Calf, and like 
epi."-' (lea. In elahorate spectacle 
scores of scenes go far beyond the 
bisgest feats of the recent foreign 
productions, both as to number of 
people concerned and in massive- 
ness of background. The statemept 
thot the picture cost f 3 000 (\00 to 
make sounds moderate in viAv of 
settings .such as those for the Tower 
of Babel pas.sage, the destruction of 
Sodom and Gomorrah, and scores of 
other Inc'dents. 

In the form of 10 reels the screen- 
ing la unquestionably wearisome, 
principally because it is disconnect- 
ed and episodic. Individually all the 
incidents are immensely interest- 
ing, btit Just as one becomes ab- 
sorbed in the Tower of Babel epi- 
sode, fr>r instance, that chapter ends 
and one is required to shift atten- 
tion to an entirely different set of 
personages and interests. 

There is close upon two and a 
half hours of steady projection in 
the 10 reel.*', enough in itself to set 
a severe strain on attention and the 
shifting of interest is additionally 
exhau.'^ting. It is understood, how- 
ever that there is no intention to 
push the 10-reel version,, which Is 
merely for the purpose of introduc- 
ing the whole RuV)ject to educators. 
Put out in serial form at two to five 
reels in a group, the picture will be 
an ertremely valuable contribution. 
The film Is available In any group- 
in!' frori one reel to five. 

The picture has some of the tech- 
nical defects of most foreign out- 
put. Its photography is rather hard 
and sharp at times and lacking in 
tone delicacie? compared with the 
best work of the American photog- 
rai>hy, but it is at all times clear and 
shnrp. The sets are remarkably 
elaborate and ingenious, with great 
richness of detail. The chapter de- 
voted to the Tower of Babel show.«! 
a collection of building machinery 
such as crude rustic winch<^s and 
such barbarlJin bul'ding tackle with 
the picturesquely garbed workmen 
tolling at enormous blocks of stf^ne. 
\fodel.s of the tower are not partic- 
ularly convincing, but the smaMer 
.•scenes showing bits of minor action 
are powerful in literal suggestion. 

Most <^f the story is unvarnished 
narrative, but the last tw^b reels 
have a big punch In dramatic inter- 
e.s^ Tbe.se sect'ona begin with th^^ 
judgments of Solomon and carry 
through to the death of the Shula- 
mite, and tell a big tale of love and. 
intr'rno in the king's harem. It 
rn'rht be a sens.ntiona? costume pro- 
duct 'on for its lavish Oriental set- 
tiru's. costuming and specfjirlo. 

The sublc't stnrts with the first 
chapter of Genesis, with n-j.shes of 
an undraped Adam and Kvo that 
may give the censors a good deal of 
study. Indeed, the whole picture Is 
ft hard nut for the censors to crack, 
rnder the rules of Pennsylvania 
for instance, the historic Cain and 
Abel homicide would have to be cut 



ENTER MADAME 

Equity J roduoilon, starring Clara Kim- 
l«all Young, preafented by Harry Carson. 
A<la))t iiii.n of the play of the same title 
by Frank Bo.-osford. Directed by Wal'iKC 
WoiHley. Short acvcn reels, distributed by 
Metro. 

Lisa I>lta Robbla Clara Kimball Younir 

Cerald Fitzgerald Klllott Dext. r 

Mrs. Preston Uouise Drffl^r 

Archlrtiedo Lionel Belmor.; 

Doctor. . .* We«lgew'T«i.l Now«<li 

Bice liosita Marstin! 

MlSit Smith.., k Orra D.Mcrarx 

John Fitzgerald Arthur Rankin 

Aline Mgry Jane Saunderbon 

Enter Clara Kimball Young, ac- 
tress! In this picture Miss Young 
is giving a performance better than 
most (file has done in the past two 
or three years. The reason for it is 
l)retty much the tempo at which 
she V as forced along at, there being 
speed in.stead of the usual slow, 
draggv performances that she has 
been giving, and the result in sur- 
prising. 

Surrounding Ir. a capable cast and 
tho story Itself has been W'ell d • 
under the direction of V/aLace 
Worsley, with the result thrit ".I'^n- 
ter Madame" is a feature that will 
stand up with the best of the better 
program productions. There may 
be some question whether or not tho 
audiences in the small tiieatres will 
get the finer points of the picture, 
but they will be entertained whether 
they do or not. Tho auuienco on the 
American Roof (Loew's) In New- 
York got a lot of laughs out of the 
picture that a Broadway audience 
would not get and muffed a number 
that would be sure fire with a high- 
class audience. 

The feature is best described to 
the exhibitor as a society comedy. 
The plot deals with a gr.and opcr.a 
T)rimu donna who practically de^.erts 
her husband to follow her career, 
even though she loves her belter 
h.alf. While the pampered pet of a 
suite of servants and receiving the 
homage of operatic m.ad foreigners, 
she believes he is sitting at home in 
Boston irPTner.'^cd in his work. In- 
stead he has fallen for a designing 
widow and has about decided to di- 
vorce hi;i songbird wife. When the 
latter comes to a realization of th's 
she hurries bark to tho husband's 
native land and inunediately begins 
to exert lier emotional wiles to win 
him bat'k, but ho does not react a.s 
she expect.''. In the end, however, 
she emerges victoriouy. 

The story is well screened, and 
Miss Young takes the role of the 
f-mot'iinal nnd lemi)ermental i>rima 
donna to her h'-art an though she 
had been doing that sort of thing 
al' h'^r life. It is a distinct triunipli 
for her. Elliott Dexter i)lay.s I lie 
husband, and the third angle to the 
tri.'ingle is furni.slud by I^ouiije 
Dresser, whose blond'* Ijeauty proves 
an exccl'cnt foil for the brunet 
C. K. Y. 

The youthful love Intt rest In th"' 
hands of Arthur Rankin .and M.iry 
Jane Saunderson is capably handl< d 
and a bit of character work that is 
rendered by both Lionel Belmore 
and Rosita Marstini is perfect. 

In sets and atmosphere the pro- 
duction is all that could be asked 
for. and Wallace Worsley has turned 
out a picture in which the star is 
really handled as she should be. 

Fred, 



if the audible evidence was to be 
depended upon, between those who 
were genuinely amused and those 
who were sincerely thrilled. Laugh 
or thrill the picture delivers abun- 
dant emotional appeal and anything 
that gets out of tiie rut of screen 
dullness is a find. That seems to 
bo the length and breadth and thick- 
ness of "Bulldog Drummond." For 
the simple minde<l it has a ^Ick and 
for the sophisticated it has a more 
or less subtle laugh. So everybody's 
pleased. 

The picture is well done. All the 
emphasis is on quifek shook, quick 
surprise and «%'vift action. Auto- 
mobiles are ila^hing back and forth 
through all five or six reels. The 
hero is constantly getting himself 
Involved in seemingly inextricable 
situations, only to tu:n,the tables on 
his torturers in A surprise twist. He 
is such a jaunty, breezy, self- 
confident hero and tho arch crim- 
inals are such intensely wicked, 
craven, sinister demons, one can't 
help being drawn toward both sides. 
It Is so seldom we get heroiafn and 
villainy in such pure, unadulterated 
gobs, it's an engaging variation of 
indetin'.te pale characters that are 
bo'h g o<l and bad. Here aro vil- 
lains you can hiss with a v/hole 
heart and no such hero has walked 
the boards or slithered across the 
screen since the days of Charles K. 
Blaney. More power to them both. 

The production is an attractive 
background to the hilarious story. 
No Kcrious society drama ever had 
more painstaking production in 
settings and props and tho players 
carry out the dead serious illusion 
in a spirit of earnestness that is 
positively massive. You have to be 
mentally alert and agile to keep 
track of the conviction that it Is all 
being done in a spirit of sifblJmated 
travesty while playwright, director 
and players work their bag of tricks. 
The slaying of the diabolical doctor 
by one of his own engines of torture 
was a gem oC shrewd stage manage- 
ment. So much happens and it all 
h.appens so swiftly that one is torn 
between a desire to laugh and an 
impulse to enjoy tho naive thrill of 
It all. Rush. 



I AM THE LAW 

Rcle.'ipod thrf>URh Amiiaii-d Diplrilmlors. 
Inc.. and presontol by i'. < '. Burr. Edwin 
Cfirewe, director, with P.obct Kurrip, cam- 
era. 



BULLDOG DRUMMOND 

Screen version of the stage play of tho 
same name by Cyril McNelle ('"Sapper") 
played In America and still runninfr in 
Iv>ndon. Carlyle Blackwell starred in the 
role of Hugh Drummond, supported by 
P^vt'lyn Oreeley as Pbillls Benton. Directed 
by Oscar Apfel. Distributed in this 
country by W. W. Ilodkinson. Produced 
by the Bollandia Film Co., of Haarlem. 
Holland, and flrst released abroad. At 
Fox's Academy, New York, Dec. 17. 



The screen play is as much a 
mystery as the stage version. You 
can't tell whether the audiences 
take 'it seriously <fr enjoy it be- 
cau.se it hits them on the funny 
bone by Its hectic melodrama. You 
couUl argue either way from the be- 
havior of the crowd at the Academy. 

They applauded vociferously at 
the bland heroic passages and the 
flni.-^h of the delirious action brought 
a burst of applause, but for the rest 
of the evening (It was a double bill) 
that audience was out of hand. 
They l,-\uphed at the wrong places 
in the serious little picture that fol- 
lowed and generally were In a 
kidding frame of mind, presumably 
In excess of exuberance at the 
•Drummond" play. 

The film arrangement Is a f.illhful 
and adequate transcription of the 
stage play. It has all the extrav- 
agances of a dime novel In Its high- 
fiown and pompous episodes, but it 
certainly does move swiftly even if 
Implau.'sibly, This v.oik has hern the 
anta/. ment of two hemi-^phere^. 
How one can look at it se'ioiisly li- 
the marvel, but they do. On<e tli" 
hcio hnr, u<'con\\)\:y\w] the liberation 
of the millionaire I't tts. tlu-ro \r no 
reason in the worM why ho hhouldn't 
call up th*^ police, li.'ivc tho niast'>r 
crlmlnnl ptrrhrd ?tnd go hon^e for a 
rest. Instead of which he w.ilK i 
hack to the <\fn of thieves and g'fs 
himself Involved in all soit.s of p;iin- 
ful exT)e:-iences, Th»' whole .'iff.iir 
Is In the spirit of Ni'-k Carle;- or 
mc)re so. You wouldn't think It 
could get past an audience of schoo' 
children, but the ftd\ilt crowd at the 
Ac.ndemy were about evenly diviild, 



Snow stuff. Royal Northwest 
Mounted, gcod story, excellent di- 
rection, cU-.ar photogtaphy and a 
sweet c.'iat that registers nil the way. 
The picture Is not exceptionally 
new, having been showing for some 
weeks, but wlu'ther recent or not 
this lilm rates above plenty that 
have been lately screened in the 
Bro.ulway first run hou.es. 

The cast in«lude.^ Noah Beery, 
Kennoth Harlan, Ho.scmary Theby, 
Alice liake .'ind flaston Ci!.'jhh. Not a 
bad line-up, and their work reveals 
the class It contain.'^. Especially do 
the men predominate. A full hour 
and a half is consumed in the run- 
ning time, but it is not noticeable, 
due to the story which grips and 
continues to hold. 

It tells of two brothers, one older 
and Vfiy uiUth on the level, with 
the younger having a decided lean- 
ing towards liquor and women. Both 
members of the Mounted. The 
youngster is making a play for the 
w ife of the sergeant who is in charge 
of the post. "The woman is fed up 
v.ith the hewhiskered trappers, the 
life she Is lending, and her husband. 
So it's a setup. The booze thing 
gets him into a jam and he's ordered 
to report to his brother, a corporal, 
.'It another barracks of the force. 
En route he st )ps at a cabin where 
he finds the member of his family, 
Bob, by name, escorting a feminine 
school teacher to safety. Bob having 
rescued the girl from a Chink joint. 
The youngster takes one flash at 
the gal, registers the me-for-you 
babesie idea, and slips the corporal 
the transfer order. The nnn-com 
has to start on his jaunt, leaving the 
kid brother to see the girl to the 
post from which ho was ordered. 
The commanding sergeant personal- 
ly likes young Fitzgerald, so the re- 
turn Is easily squared, but It's a 
smooth working routine the boy 
starts using between the wife and 
the schoblmarm. Boh finally comes 
back, elated at the thought of see- 
ing the girl again, only to learn his 
brother has been, beating his time 
and the two are engaged. He bows 
out until he chances to overhear the 
youth swinging into action with the 
wife. An argument ensues with 
lioth "cheaters" tolling him to lay 
off. 
I The boys live In an adjoining hut 
to the sergeant, hence when the 
searg, starts off on a trip the red- 
coated Don Juan hops right across 
tho way to frolic with the spouse. 
The usual forgotten Incidental 
Idlings the husband back, where he 
discovers the carryings on taking 
place In his household. The boy 
gets him In the shape of a dog 
whip, during which he sneaks the 
j .-erf^eant's gun and sho.ot.s and kills 
' him. 

Boh hears the shot, rushes over, 
knows the situation anl realizes he 
must "get his man." It leads to an 
nll-night chase thiourrh the snow, 
concluding in the miir i. rf r flndin;; 
rcfti'^e In his fiancee ."^ .'Jli.ick, where 
he fells her slie must hide him. Bob 
flouniler^ In, seeking information 
and to grai) a warming beverage, 
during which he sees his brother 
hiding behind a trunk throu'^h a 
mirror. No Intimation f^t the dis- 
covery, so when young Flfzt^er.ild Is 
ul.iui to continue his rusaway he 



opens the door, looks at a gun with 
his relative behind it and hoarjj thu 
"I arrest you in tiie nam« of tiu> 
king for " 

It's a caHe of pneumonia for Rob- 
ert right tlien. When lie lapses into 
unconsciousness tho youth thinks 
his relative dead and himself free. 
His rejoicing reveals to the girl sho 
never loved lum, and the engage- 
ment is over. A mere detail to the 
kid, who thinks he has dodged the 
gallows and still has the widow, 
anyway. He exits and tlie girl findd • 
Bob still alive, which means a siege 
of nursing him back. 

Meanwhile the scamp of the Fit«- 
gerald family has reported to the 
new commanding ofllcer his brother 
had killed the late sergeant and was 
now hihiself dead. It clears up tho 
case, so far as tho department is 
concerned, until ft trapper rcluie.i 
he haa seen Corporal Fitzgerald 
alive. The youngster is sent for 
and ordered to arreat his brother 
on his own Information. Not to be 
daunted he goes througii with It, 
charging the other boy with the 
murder. 

Mean\Wine the school teacher and 
Bob are about lo be married, but 
the imprisonment calls off the cere- 
mony. The natives, previously in- 
censed at the cowardly way m j* 
which the sergeant was killed from 
behind, start out to lynch the'" 
alleged murderer. The jail has 
only young Fitzgerald in charge. 
It's a small matter for the mob to 
grab the corporal and start hiking 
to the near^t tree. The school 
teacher finds what is about to occur 
aijd rushes over to the widow to 
ask her to tell the Inside stuff on 
tho case, but she won't. A fight be- 
tween the tw6 women ends in tho 
widow being dragged through the 
snow to the scene, where she ar- 
rives in time to free Bob from the 
gang. Not to be thwarted, the real- '■, 
dents start back to get the guilty 
brother, only to discover he's beaten 
them to it by poison. 

Carewo has turned out a corking 
picture without overplaying the 
dramatics where it would have been 
so easy. Mr. Harlan as the older 
brother and Gaston Glass as the 
weakling hog the footage, both be- 
cause of their conspicuousness in 
the story and their work. And the 
Beerys aro the Beerys, though It'a - 
mostly the teamwork of the cast 
that is the outstanding feature. 

The picture is a splendid north- 
ener and will satisfy in any theatre. " 
• Sklg, 

FORSAKING OTHERS 

Universal comedy-drama, story by Ifarjr 
I..erner, direction by Emtle Chautard. In • 
tl'.e cast Colle.n Moore. Cuilen I^aindia. 
June lOlvldge, Ham Da (IroBse and David 
Torre nee. At the New York Doc. 8. 



Univerpnl misses on this subject, 
principally because it is not fitted 
to screen use. The argument of a 
mother who interferes with the 
mating of her favorite son and al- 
most spoils his life, might be made . 
into an InTeresting satirical short • 
story, or even a novel with delicate 
Itlay of humor, but it all makes ex- 
ceedingly dull screen material. 

The meaning doesn't get over in 
pantomine and the whole screen 
significance of the character rela- 
tions are principally revealed by 
means of titles. Its another case of ' 
the picture being an illustration of 
the reading matter instead of the 
dumb acting being the center of 
interest and the titles 'st'bordinate. 
The thing never gets into action. 

The actors and director have done . 
the best possible with the matter at 
their command. The trouble Is that 
the materials and story treatment 
don't lit. The story deals almost 
entirely with a conflict of motives 
which can be expressed only In 
words ;ind not in actions. When the 
mother pretends to fall ill and re- 
quires a change of scene, it takes 
a lot of titling to make it evident 
that she is merely scheming to 
separate her son and his sweetheart * 
for the selfish reason that she wants 
to keep her son with her» 

They go to a fashionable resort, . 
where the boy, driven by ennui, gets 
himself involved in- what threatens 
to become dangerous scrape with a 
married woman. Mamma changes 
front and appeals to the deserted 
sweetheart to help her out of the 
situation. Tho surprise twist that 
makes the unexpected climax is 
neatly turned, but it was not worth 
the footago of a dull flve-reele'r to 
get to it. 

The same subject matter might 
make a real picture if its meaning 
cotjld be expressed in action. Fox's 
"Silver Wings" dealt with material 
of somewhat simillar Import — that 
Is to say a mother and son Kituation 
— but there it was handled as a 
rather tragic, or at any rate dram- 
atic, 'problem, with the emjihasls on 
tho sombre aspect. And Ix'sldes the 
Fox picture discussed the situation 
In terms of action. The clash there 
was a physical and violent one. Here 
tho contest is masked behind an 
exterior of comedy and the whole 
treatment Is fogged up and lost. 
Nothing happens except In the titles. 
It Isn't a picture play at all. Its 
just llluslraled reading matter and 
you don't go to tho picture the- 
atre to read a book. Rush, 



Holmes Walden, manager of the 
export department of the American 
Beleasing Corporation, sailed for 
Kngland last week. He will remain 
ahroad several months supervising 
the distributing of the American . 
procluct in the Ujiited Kingdom. . < 









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Friday, December 22, 1922 



THE FRESHIE 

Kantian Films production prejiented by 
frederlrk Ilorbat, ■t*rrln» Ouinn (Hiij Hoy) 
Wllll*in« and Molly Malone. WrIttiMi and 
dlrecU>d by W. TluKhea Curran. Shown at 
Loew'a Circle, New York, on double fea- 
ture bill. 

Charlea Taylor. .Guinn (Bl» Boy) Wllllama 
Vlolat Blakley Molly Malone 

Thla Is a semi-western with a lot 
•f college atmosphere. The picture 
la a small time program feature that 
hasn't any particular punch but 
which will suffice on the double 
feature bills where there is a fairly 
strong attraction played with it. 
At Loew's Circle this one has the 
Ooldwyn production, "The Bin 
Flood." as its running mate. 

There were times when the Circle 
patrons Tuesday night started to 
raxm, so It wa» evident it was the 
Ooldwyn picture that drew them 
and th«y wore Just tolerating this 
on«. 

In this story there is very little 
beyond the pranks of a number of 
college youngsters in hazing a fresh- 
man, and in the main it makes for 
good slapstick fun. A cowpuncher 
mjikes the friendship of a college 
professor during" the latter s vaca- 
jtitfn and is embued with the idea 
that he wants a college education. 
so by dint of hard study and saving 
he starts out in the autumn to ac- 
quire book learning. He arrives at 
the small-town school and la im- 
mediately set upon by the sophs as 
their meat for hazing. During one 
of the stunts he manages to cap- 
ture a gentleman burglar and wins 
the belle of the college town by so 
doing. A slmpl* tale that is rather 
directly told without any pirticular 
frills. 

Guinn Williams plays the cow- 
boy student and nutnages to get 
away with it in fairly good shape, 
while Molly Malone, who is co- 
starred with him, is a pleasing 
enough ingenue lead. The direction. 
li fair. Fred. 

DANGER POINTS 

Dr«matle feature aponaored by the 
Amertcaa Dlatrtbutln* Corp., alx reels. 
Story by Victor Halpcrln; directed by 
Lloyd Insraham. 8ta.nins Carmel Myers, 
J. J. Dowlinr playlas an Incidental part. 
▲t Loew's Circle. New York. Dec. 1«. 



decision and she begs him to help 
her to the train with her luggage. 

He pretends to bid her good-bye 
at the car entrance, but instead 
Jumps on the car behind as it moves 
off. The dramatic high «pot of the 
picture comes later. Flashbacks of 
the flaming oil tank and the strug- 
gle of the flre-flghting husband ap- 
pear from time to time, while the 
action on the flying train proceeds. 
Ttie wife retires to a drawing room, 
and when the other pas.sengers 
have gone to their berths the 
sweetheart forces an entrance and 
makes violent love. The wife has 
!eft a note of farewell at home and 
her blind uncle and guardian, know- 
ing of the situation, is seen in 
prayer that the unhappy affair may 
end fortunately. 

The train is wrecked and the in- 
jured passengers brought back to 
the wife's town, where the waiting 
husband gradually learns from an 
examination of the victims that his 
wife and her former suitor were on 
the same train. The wife is un- 
injured, but the lover is mortally 
injured. In a dying statement he 
confesses his treachery and ab- 
solves the wife, paving the way for 
a happy ending. 

The direction is intelligent and 
the acting even and natural. Kxcel- 
lent program feature, particularly 
for the houses with a large per- 
centage of women fans in its clien- 
tele. Rush. 



BUTTERFLY RANCH 

WiMam S(^lner Productions. Neal Hart 
■ tarrMl. At Iamw's Circle. New York. Dec. 
11 (day only), one half of dnuble bill: 
other half. Carmel Meyers reiaaite with 
Valentino co-starred on new paper. 



Interesting dramatic story framed 
on the domestic triangle with sev- 
eral good points of modern middle 
class and at least two capital screen 
"punches." One of the latter is the 
burning of a big oil tank and the 
other a cut-in of a realistic train 
wreck, both of the stunts working 
Into the body of the story neatly. 

The picture would be none the 
worse for Judicial cutting, but as it 
stands it has a fair degree of dra- 
matic suspense and it develops 
naturally and convincingly to its 
forceful climax. The presence of 
J. J. Dowling of "Miracle Man" 
fame was capitalized in a religious 
twist that mu.st have been an after 
thought. Certainly it is extraneous. 
The business of planting the ante- 
cedent story is rather laborious, but 
the full development of the charac- 
ters pays later on when the story 
gathers speed, for it is in the ac- 
cumulation of details that the nar- 
rative has its main interest. 

Unless you can get interested In 
a sympathetic way with the people 
of the play the story is weak, and 
for this reason the elaboration of 
their characters and motives pays 
abundant returns. There is noth- 
ing particularly novel in the dra- 
matic material which Is made of 
age-old stuff, but It is a sincere 
and simple version of the neglected 
wife, the pre-occupled business man 
husband and the former sweetheart. 

The hu.shand'a absorption in his 
affairs piques and arouyes the wife, 
who is hard pressed bjr^the former* 
sweetheart, although she l^eeps him 
at as far a distance as she can with- 
out exposing: his attentions tn her 
husband. While she is battling 
with the suspicion that hor husband 
no longer loves her a lire breaks 
out in one of his oil tanks. The 
wife is just cabling him on the 
phone as the news of the Are 
reaches his office, a *a clerk re- 
plies to the woman: "He can't talk 
to you now." Not knowing the 
circumstances, the wife breaks 
down at this seeming affront and 
determines to leave her home. The 
former sweetheart happens to be 
calling on her when she makes this 

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Neal Hart looks like a nlcolct star. 
This picture of western I'fe, like 
his others, is of ancient type In 
story, and Hart appears to follow a 
formula for this kind of outdoor 
film work. Here, as in the last pic- 
ture seen in which he appeared, Hart 
Is injured through being shot in the 
head by bandits, and also here, as 
before,- he Jumped off a high rock 
onto the back of a moving horse, to 
do battle with Its rider. 

There must be a market for these 
kind of pictures, otherwise they 
could not be continuously produced, 
but in metropolitan sections any- 
where they are nil, so the nlcolet, 
otherwise the fives and tens, must 
have a call for them. 

Hart's support is no better than 
himself when acting: tiie direction, 
of course, is wretched, and^here is 
nothing whatsoever appealing in the 
picture unless it is Hart's horse. 
His leading lady, whoever she may 
be, will be better off if advising the 
cameraman to stop taking close ups 
of her. In trousers and at a dis- 
tance sho looks quite nice. That is 
the way it should be. 

The story is of easterners cross- 
ing the plains in the good old way. 
all alone, and reaching the Steve 
Saunders' range. Saunders (Hart) 
acts as their guide. A strain of 
gold is located on the range by the 
head of the eastern family, but 
meantime the younger easterner in 
love with the girl gets too gay 
around her. That's when Steve 
butted In. When the realous east- 
erner engaged the bandit chief to 
kidnap the girl Steve frustrated the 
plan, and very simply, too. even to 
the point of making a coupl^ of ban- 
dits keep on looking the other way 
while he made off with the gal. And 
then the eastern father and mother 
discovered the bandit chief wan their 
long-lost son, so they thanked Steve 
for uncovering that as well. 

This picture was on the wrong 
side of Columbus circle. On the op- 
posite side and In the Park theatre, 
where a weekly change of bur- 
lesque show is given, the Hart 
"photoplay." If adapted for bur- 
lesque, would have been a scream. 
However, in the picture house, it 
was only a flop. »s'imf. 



when one of the farmers attempts 
to Hhoot up Winsby and the man- 
ager of the offices (with the firm for 
50 years) tells the boss to blow 
until the situation quiets down. 

With the arrival of Winsby In 
New York, the picture actually 
starts Its purpose. The. abrupt de- 
parture has necessitated only one 
suit of clothes and a grip; hence the 
arrival at the Plaza and a demand 
for a suite of rooms is received 
skeptically by the boys behind the 
desk. Never having been in New 
York and unacquainted, the small 
town luminary spends a week-end 
alone in Atlantic City, revealed a 
single ''nhot" at the Boardwalk, 
where he gets a touch of ptbmalne 
poisoning and has bis wallet lifted 
by a couple of dips. The return to 
the 59th street hotel brings the bill 
for the week and no coin to meet it. 
The management won't guarantee 
the wire out home for cash and 
Winsby is escorted to the door by 
the house detective. 

A siesta In one of the downtown 
parks with the rest of the boys who 
are laying olY at the time, strikes 
up an acquaintance with a bum. 
The two stay together until they 
happen on Jobs as a dishwasher and 
waiter In the same establishment. 
The chef gets sore at the manager 
for hiring Winsby in place of the 
fired union waiter, frames the new 
tray carrier which leads to a fight. 

Meanwhile the California neigh- 
bors have come east, registered at 
the same e.stabiishment, made in- 
quiries and told of the identity of 
the man they bounced. It leads to 
the discovery of Winsby and his new 
found boy friend Just as they da.sh 
out of the restaurant, where the 
scrap has taken place. It ends with 
the whole party including the tramp 



and wife planning the return home. 
Winsby getting the o. k. from the 
girl on at last being "reg'ler" and he 
wiring to have his superintendent 
call off the bard hearted business 
routine. 

Holt gives a good performance 
and is an excellent "straight" dur- 
ing the rough element episodes. The 
only noticeable support comes from 
Frank Nelson, as the tramp, who 
made the role predominate. 

The camera work is standard and 
Henabery evidently did wonders to 
bring the picture back after such a 
mediocre start. That may have been 
his fault or of the scenario, but 
there was considerable redeeming 
to do. He did It, however, so what- 
ever credit is due must go his way. 
Other than that, this feature should 
be acceptable to the Holt fans and 
will amuse If they'll stay to see it 
through. SMg. 



A DANGEROUS GAME 

Universal coisedy-drama atarrinc Qladya 
WaltSH. Ktory by I^ouIh Dodge. Direction 
br Kiny BacKott. Half of doubla bill. Fox. 
Academy. New York, Dec. 17. 



Designed as a simple pastoral ro- 
mance of childhood, the picture de- 
velops Into a bare-faced theft of 
footage. There isn t enough material 
in the five reels to make a rea.'on- 
able two-reeler. In fact, there Isn't 
material enough in the story to 
make a picture of any kind. 

In a frensled effort to stretch it 
out into the regulation length they 
project close-up after close-up of 
the star, in which she does nothing 
but register concentrated thought 
and does it for minutes at a time. 
The story is chaotic. It starts out 
as an idyll of childhood and pres- 
ently it has an expose of spiritualist 



fakery. finishing up with a triflin- 
love angle. Its comedy is as indefl. 
nite as its drama. *naett. 

Gret'n Ann is a dreamy little virf 
In the country, seeing visions*©} 
fairies which are shadowed in ^ 
double photography. Her father dlS' 
and she is Uken in charge by a hard 
ard unsympathetic uncle and aun^ 
They mistreat her and she run. 
away, climbing on a freight train 
where she becomes acquainted w'th 
a kindly brakeman named Kellv ' 
Kelly takes her to his home where 
there are already ten little Kellva. 
and Gret'n Ann feaHng she win hi 
a burden upon Kelly, departs, walk* ^ 
ing into the household of a farmer a 
suddenly made rich by the discoT«i 
ery of an oil well, and annnuncln* 
that she wants a place to live and 
has chosen this one. , 

Pete, the fsrmer, is In the hands 
of spiritualistic fakers, who seek to 
swindle him. He takes Gret'n Ann 
to a seance and the child uninten- 
tionally exposes the fakers, savinr 
Pete from their clutches. She ittj 
sent away to school and returns 
three years la^er a fashionable y-ounsi 
woman. Pete has fallen in love wl^ 
the child, but, overhearing a lovers' 
conversation between Gret'n Ann 
ard the young son of the Ke!ly 
hoUv«ehold. resigns Ills courtship, 
leaving the fleld to the young mnrui 
This provides for the happv fad««v' 
out en a romantically sat isf actor* ji 
sittiatlon. 

Where the title "A Dongerou^ 
Game" applies does not appear on 
the surface, unless it benrs on th« 
perilous business of swindling farm^t 
ers by clairvoyants. Push. 

The Metro contemplates Aiming 
"The Bad Man" with the coloring 
process. 



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44 U ETAINS all the punch of the stage play. The audiences 
JtV. were held tense hy its power. Splendid cast." 

— Journal of Commerce 

"Full of thrills and excitement. Should please patrons every- 
where." ^N. Y. Telegraph 

"Intensely interesting all the way through." — N. Y. Tribune 



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MAKING A MAN 

Pro.sented by Jeaae L. Lasky, releaaed 
through Paramount and atarrins Jack 
Holt. An adaption by Albert Shelby LeVIno 
from the orlKinal story of IN ler H. Kyne. 
Joaopb Henab4>ry directed with Faxon Dean 
the i>)iutuKra()lier. Showing at the RIalto, 
Npw York. Doc. 17. 

Horace Winsby Jack Tlolt 

Jim Owens J. P. Lockney 

I'atncia Owens Eva Novak 

Honry Catlermola DtTt Woodruff 

Shorty Frank Nel.son 

lial!iy Hubert Dudley 

Extremely, backward In getting 
.started but from abtmt the third 
reel on It picks up to supply 
amu.semont. The comedy has II It 
mentally transformed from a snob 
to a regular fellow, but wa.stca 
far too much footage in "planting" 
that part of the narrative concerned 
with the characters self-satisfied 
attitude. The story takes the action 
from California to New York to 
Atlantic City and back to New York, 
where It concludes. The picture 
spon.sored various outbursts of 
laughter before a matinee audience 
that was more or less surprising 
after the handicap lmpo.«ied by the 
initial 20 minutes. It looked as if 
nothing could save it. 

Tlie tilm starts out along the lines 
of tlie usual hectic western.s, reveal- 
ing the star (Jack Holt) ns Horare 
Winsby, a sugar beet king and 
owner of the entire valley, extremely 
wealthy and hard hearted as re- 
gards fomclo.'^lng mortgages of 
tenants on his property. Eva 
Novak in the neighbor's daughter 
just returned from an eastern hcIiooI 
and In time to establish herself in 
the argument between the two men. 
• The scene switches to the east 



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New York's jazziest 
lights and secret 
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stars. 

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THE INNER MAN 

CUM Plctor* Corp. fcatur* nuid« for 

)«rs and r«lafta«d throush Pathe. 

_um Bt&Ddlnc aUrrMd. Shown at 

'■ Clrclo. Now Tork. on doublo f«at- 

^U. IMrocted by Hamilton Smith. 

irlow If. Barclay, Jr. .Wyndam SUndIng 

r«ar«t Barclay Kathryn Klncsl«y 

irlow M. Barclay, Sr. .J. Barney Sherry 
Ouatav TOO BcySarUU 



This Is a mixed society and moun- 
neer story, absolutely spoiled by 
ing and edifinsr. Seemingly, the 
ector shot some fairly good foot- 
e, but whoever had the assembling 
the picture afterwards ruined the 
ces of what would have been a 
pediocre program picture. As it 
{lands now. It is a haphazard sort of 
aftair that the audience cannot 
alee head or tail out of. 
The story has as its hero the 
imby pamby son of a wealthy 
fglne owner who would rather teach 
mthool than devote himself to the 
Slterests of his father; then, sud- 
•finly, for no reason at all, he de- 
'ildes to undertake a trip to father's 
mine. There he meets and falls in 
Swe with the untamed child of one 
^ the mountaineers and discovers 
$|iat there is a scheme on foot to 
fleece his father out of the mine. He 
lissts the schemers and wins the 
girl. 

All of this is told in some six 
thousand fe^-t of nJm that shoots off 
all angles in the telling of the 
ry. 

;. yndam Standing gives a fair 

^ormance, but the real star of the 

•ee Is the little mountain girl who 

ayed opposite him. She reminds 

e of ICdna Purviance some years 

has the same type of blonde 

uty and severe manner of dress- 
her hair, and with it all she 

s troupe. 

ther than that, there is mighty 
tie in the picturr that amounts to 
ything that would make playing 
In any but the cheaper admi.ss'on 

ced house worth while. On a 
ubie feature bill It was the weak 
ter of two bad pictures. Fred, 



production is not slaborats but It Is 
adequate. The scene In an East Side 
dance hall and one of the sales floor 
of the store are not entirely con- 
vincing, although they serve their 
purpose. High lights are a joyous 
rough and tumble In the dance hall, 
the Are Is a reasonable thrilling 
combination of a studio blaze and 
a real one, and the scene with cut- 
backs where Mame tells her brother 
Of her downfall. 

The casting Is good, but It Is a 
shock to see an actor with TuHy 
Marshall's reputation appear but for 
a flash. Miss Taylor does well as 
the erring shop girl. She works 
hard, is sincere, and is not unattrac- 
tive — in fact so good — one wonders 
why she Is not better. Mae Busch 
scores with a clean cut character- 
ization of Josie. William Scott leads 
for the men with a convincing sym- 
pathetic portrayal of Danny. Wat- 
kins was no doubf played as directed 
by Willard Louis, but girls must be 
willing to overlook a good deal to 
fall for this type of villain. But de- 
partment store seducers should have 
their trousers pressed. Josephine 
Adair walked away with a kid part 
as did Wallace Beery in a character 
bit. Austin. 



STREETS OF NEW TOBK 

Out and out melodrama produced by Bur- 
ton King for the Arrow and released by 
that orgranization. Adapted from the play 
of the same title by lA>eta Morgan. Shown 
at L.oew'8 Circle, New York, on double 
feature bill. 

Oldeon Bloodgood Anders Randolph 

Badger L<ealt« King 

Capt. Falrwaatber Arthur Donaldson 

Jennie Kate Biancke 

Paul Falrwciither Edward Karle 

I^ucy Bluudgood Barbara Castlcton 

Sally Ana DCrothy Mackalll 



>NLY A SHOP GIRL 

Newark, N. J., Deo. 16. 
lalodrama produced by C B. C Film 
lea Corporation. Rconarlo and direction 
Edward J. Le Saint. Seven reels. At 
Strand, Newark, N. J., Dec. 15. 

ime Mulvey BsteTlc Taylor 

any Mulvey William Hcott 

l« Jerome Mae Busch 

irlea Black t....Jamea Morrison 

le's Sister Josephine Adair 

sea Watklns Wlllard IajuIh 

Assistant Tully Marshall 

, Watklns , Cloire DuHrey 

les Brennan Wallace Beeiy 



iThe strand secured the world 
liere , c2 this picture which 
led out to be a good piece of 
>rk. It neither makes nor has any 
ilms to greatness. It will please 
average audience without arous- 
any wild plaudits. The exhibitor 
I't go far wrong with it as the 
le Itself ought to draw, 
he story, said to follow Blaney's 
slodrama closely, is simple. Mame 
tulvey, a clerk in a departmenf 
■•tore, is led astray by her wealthy 
Isbiployer, Watklns, who attracts her 
lore by his money than person, 
get rid of her brother (Danny) 
Catkins frames him and when he is 
Ueased, tries to do so again. Danny 
tpes and vows to get even. Wat- 
it tiring of Mame, discharges her 
Danny learns of his sister's 

rApparently to wreak vengeance on 
Tatkins, Danny goes to the depart - 
mt store at night. In Watkins' 
ice he sees the manager making 
ranees to Josie Jerome, Danny's 
reetheart. To the same place come 
ime and Mrs. Watkins, without 
knowledge of the other, and 
ley also watch the scene. Watkins 
resses his attentions upon Josie, 
^lo Is virtuous, and she struggles 
linst him. A few minutes later 
cins is found murdered. Mame 
id Danny have escaped. Mrs. Wat- 
is released and Josie ; rrestcd 
the crime. Danny casts suspicion 
m himself and is arrested and 
ifesses. Meanwhile Mame has 
m caught by a fire in the tene- 
int house in which she lives. She 
:ues Josic's little sister, but is 
lortally burned herself. On her 
ithbed she admits that she killed 
Tatkins. 

It is understood that for Newark 
>nsumption some cuts were made 
the picture. A gruelling third 
»gree used on Danny was entirely 
Iminated. 

The picture is frankly melodrama 
It aside from the exigencies of the 
>t It is In no way handled as such, 
director has treated It as 
raight realism. Even the titles are 
latter of fact and save for the final 
irning that ail shop girls should 
good, they read as though they 
rare impartially elucidating a stern 
ranscript of life. For this treat- 
lent the director deserves all credit 
It it is a debatable question 
rhether the story has intrinsically 
worth to stand up under such 
landling. 

Aside from several gorgeous 
fowns worn by Kstelle Taylor the 



One of the old standard roellers 
that play the pop-priced combina- 
tion houses for ye:irs transferred to 
the screen in a haphazard manner 
that Is far from making it a picture 
that anyone will rave about. In the 
cheaper r.eighborhoods it will suf- 
fice as fair entertainment and the 
out-of-town exhibitor can play it 
up as a rubberneck trip around New 
York, showing all the points of in- 
terest. But it is a cheap picture In- 
tended for the cheaper audiences. 

Burton King in the matter of di- 
rection has failed to a great extent 
to hit on anything that would make 
the picture show the slightest class. 

The early shots shown depict the 
streets of New York from the Bat- 
tery to Riverside Drive, with shots 
of Wall street, the lower east side, 
Fifth avenue and other busy thor- 
oughfares. They were news shots 
rather than connected with the story 
but they did create an atmosphere 
for the tale that was to follow. 

However. . looking at the picture 
was just like looking at one of the 
old melodramas that played the 
American theatre or the Grand 
opera house 25 years ago. There 
was no effort made to modernize It 
in any way and the story would 
have lent Itself to modernization 
beautifully. The result is Just a 
picture, that's all. 

Edward Earle plays the lead in 
the production and manages to reg- 
ister fa=rly well with what he had 
at hand to do, Barbara Castleton 
was the principal woman of the cast. 
Anders Randolph and Leslie King 
^•irnlshed the heavy work and Ar- 
thur Donaldson was the victim. 
Dorothy Mackalll furnished a slight 
comedy touch, and by a long shot 
was the most effective player of the 
cast. Fred, 



picture, but Ita chief defect la that 
it Isn't funny In any particular, and 
an unfunny comedy that runs up- 
ward of an hour is suicidal. 

This Tlvoll Is a neighborhood 
house on the fringe of a rooming 
house and tenement district Just oft 
Times square. It gets both neigh- 
borhood and drop-in trade, and be- 
sides playing Independent pictures 
like "Fools of Fortune" gets the 
best of the releases on second run. 
For example, it lists among its fea- 
tures for this week (Dec. 17) "To 
Have and to Hold" and "The Man 
Who Saw Tomorrow." It has played 
such pictures as "Way Down East" 
and "Blood and 8and." It Is reason- 
able to suppose that the house bids 
for an Intelligent clientele, and one 
wonders what effect a picture such 
as this will have on customers. 

The Tlvoll lately has been going 
in for "double feature" bills, and 
the one with "Fools of Fortune" on 
It Is a sample. The other half is 
an old Dolores Caslnnelli release 
called "The Challenge." almost as 
bad In Its way as the Chaudet pic- 
ture. Exhibitors of the Tivoll class 
seem to work on the theory that If 
they book one Inferior picture In a 
bill the situation Is saved by bol- 
stering it up with another Inferior 
film, whereas the result is the con- 
trary. What is the probable effect 
on a neighborhood following of a 
strikingly poor entertainment slip- 
ped In between bookings of the best 
the film market affords? Whatever 
the Tlvoll saved in rentals on this 
double booking must ultimately 
prove a pretty costly economy in 
Its effect on the house's good will, 

Ruth. 



was fotind and It left evorythlns to 
charity. 

About th« sama tlms the wife rs- 
turned to her husband, after he had 
had a fit and became sensible. He 
gave up the money for love, having 
decided he would have to give It up. 

For the fade-out the man and wife 
were out canoeing on a very pretty 
sheet of water in a very i>retty but 
large canoe. 

This picture In total might be 
good enough to take a chance to 
bill it as English-made, on the as- 
sumption that such pre-advert sing 
might excite curiosity to see how 
they made pictures abroad. Cer- 
tainly any exhibitor may bear down 
hard on the statement there will be 
characters in this film seldom pre- 
viously seen on the American screen. 

tiime. 



FOOLS OF FORTUNE 

Five- reel comedy presented by I^nla A. 
Chaudet Productions and handled by Amer- 
ican Distributing. In the oast. Tully Mar- 
shall. Marguerite De La Motte. Jack Dill. 
RusseH Slmpinn. At the Tlvoll. New Tork. 
Dec, 15. 



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The task of making a five-reel 
comedy is again demonstrated to be 
the toughest proposition In the 
whole production business. This 
time It Is less successful than usual. 
"Fools of Fortune" Is Impossible. It 
hasn't even sufllcient substance to 
make even a good two-reeler, and 
when its poverty of material Is 
spread out over more than twice 
that length It reaches supreme 
heights of dullness. 

They were not even resotu"ceful to 
devise enough slapstick hokum to 
make the distance, and triflng inci- 
dents are stretched out to unbe- 
lievable lengtlis. One of the Inci- 
dents has to do with four cowboys, 
one of them disgu'sed as an Indian, 
traveling from the ranch to New 
York. A reasonable amount of 
knockabout comedy was perhaps 
excusable for the situation of dis- 
posing of a bogus Indian in a Pull- 
man car, but without exaggeration 
they filled a whole reel of footage 
with clumsy buffoonery that hadn't 
a laugh in It. 

In order to piece out the picture 
Into the arbitrary feature length the 
producer has paddo I unmercifully 
with titles. There are stretches of 
film that amount to almost a mono- 
log. One scene had the cowboys 
jTottlng on the train. There were no 
less than ten titles Involved in this 
trifling action, representing what 
the cowboys said to the conductor 
;md What the conductor sa'd to the 
owboys. Mo.st of thom are crude 
';ag8 and puns, meant to have a 
liniKli in th< m. The trouble is the 
fomody Ls altsont. 

Anotiirr Inrldcnt hung on the ar- 
liv.'il of tlio cowboys in New Yorit 
nnd had them hiring a taxlcab. Thip 
episode was elaborated into several 
htindrcd foot with titles where all 
its purpo.scs rou'd have been accom- 
)>lished in a tenth of the space. 
There are a hundred faults In the 



THE MONEY MONSTER 

Peerless Plotures Corporation prp»?nti. 
Presumably English made. No blLlnc 
other than title on paper. First two B'.Mea 
carry technical Information. At Stanley, 

New York, Dec. 1» (day only). 

"Tho Money Monster" has the 
earmarks of an English -produced 
picture. It is mostly notable for its 
character types, all British. For a 
single day's run such as the Stan- 
ley, New York, employs, this pic- 
ture will do_as we'll as any other. 

Among It.s players three are out- 
standing. Foremost Is the woman 
playing the old caretaker of the 
riurley mansion. Another is old 
Burley himself, before he dies In an 
early reel, and the other is the Dr. 
Nicholson player. 

In screen acting, although taking 
this as a single example, the Eng- 
lish seem to be beyond the Ameri- 
can, because they are more natu- 
ral pantomimists. The p'ayer of Dr. 
James Calvert, the Juvenile, was an 
example. His pantomime in f ac al 
expression especially was most ef- 
fective. It wasn't "registering" as 
tlie untutored American screen ac- 
tor has been taught to do; it was 
acting. 

Yet on the reverse, the inferiori- 
ty of the direction could not fail to 
be observed. As, for instance, when 
the father of the doctor spoke to 
his wife he continually looked in 
another direction Instead of at the 
girl, without the camera showing 
anything else he could have looked 
at. It was as bad as the poor guess- 
work on a double exposure might 
have been. 

Otherwise In direction there -Is an 
economy here the director could 
complain of. The scenario was 
written or rewritteh to hold down 
the production expense. When it 
was not an exterior settl#g-, the In- 
teriors were all of one set, and once 
a small furnished room, built In the 
studio like they built them over 
here 15 years ago. 

But the types take the fllrir along. 
They are different to start with, 
and cover a gamut of English char- 
acters, some heard or read about. 
They gather when an advertisement 
appears In the papers calling for 
the legal heirs of John Calvert Bur- 
ley to appear at the office of the 
solicitor of the estate for a settle- 
ment of his estate of 12.000.000 
pounds. Whoever the author of the 
story was he made that e.<itate no 
piking one. All the Burleys of 
London and the provinces seemed 
to think they were legal heirs. They 
covered a multitude of Burleys and 
typos. 

The story started with promise, 
but petered out. as though the best 
of the tale having been complicated 
In four and one-half reels, why 
bother with the rest? 

"The Money Monster" as the 
theme was a streak in the Burley 
family; the more money they got 
the more they wanted. James, the 
grandfather, in getting his bank- 
roll, had been an out-and-out vil- 
lain, so much so that his son dis- 
owned his father and changed his 
name to James Calvert. His son, 
the grandson of the millionaire, 
wrote himself into the story through 
marrying a girl with good ideas but 
a poor actress. When marrying her, 
1 father-in-law told the young wom- 
an that If her husband ever found 
out who he wa.s and how much 
money \^e .«!tood to inherit, to steer 
him away from tiio coin. 

When the grandfather was In- 
forme<l his son was de i<| he men- 
tioned changing his will so the 
grandson would go wiont,'. under- 
.standing the frailly of fh" family; 
then granddad died himself, right 
on the spot. With no will found 
the grandson stepped in as his w fe 
stepped out when lie refiiso'l lo 
sidestep the coin. Just as tiie young 
fellow was growing accustomed to 
going insane over money the will 



THE GREEN CARAVAN 

London, Nov. 23. 

Starring Catharine Calvert, this 
feature is scarcely worthy the player 
or the publicity it has had. The 
story, adapted from a novel by 
Oliver Sandys, is very penny nov- 
elettish and improbable. The con- 
tinuity is good, but the watcl\-r Is 
apt to get somewhat mixed up by 
the love affairs which run through 
it. 

Lilias Vesey, a beautiful but in- 
tensely selfish girl, runs over a dog 
belonging to a traveling showgirl, 
Gipsy. Angered at her coldness 
Gipsy curses her. Lilias throws 
over her lover, Hugo Drummond, 
for his cousin, Lord Instow. In his 
despair Hugo leaves her and Joins 
the traveling show, very soon con- 
soling himself with his aew friends. 

On the eve of his wedding Instow 
Is killed and Hugo comes into the 
title and estates. Ho leaves the cir- 
cus and proceeds to London to take 
up his old social position again. 
Lilias promptly tries to win him 
back, but his heart Is with Gipsy. 
Gipsy decides to come to London. 
j She and Hugo meet again and be- 



come angagad. IdU&m affres* to 
chaperon Gipsy* and in ordsr to 
break off the engagement plota with 
a rascally artist, who has previously 
attempted to assault Gipsy, to ruin 
her character. 8he then tells Gipsy 
a tissue of lies which take the girl 
to the artist's house to obtain some 
letters he is supposed to be holding 
over Lilias' head. She Is caught by 
the artist, but Is rescued by Hugo. 

After seeing her to her car Hugo 
returns to the studio and Is told 
there is no need for him to marry 
his sweetheart. In proof of her 
frailty the artist exhibits a large 
nude portrait of Gipsy. Maddened, 
Hugo binds the rascal to a chair 
and then destroys the picture. 
Thinking her lover believes tho 
worst of her, Gipsy decides to earn 
her own living. She Is befriended 
by a chorus girl whom the late peer 
threw over to become engaged to 
Lilias. Having filled to win Hugo. 
Lilias marries a wealthy American, 
and the true woman In her comes 
Into being when a child Is l>orn. 
The child contracts diphtheria, but 
its life is saved by Gipsy, who pos- 
sesses the peculiar powers nittrith- 
uted to wandering nomads. In re- 
turn Lilias tells the truth and the 
lovers arj reunited. 

The whole thing is unconvincing; 
but the acting is good. Miss Cal- 
vert is excellent as Gipsy, and on 
her the success of the feature de- 
pends. Mile. Valla Is- capital as 
Lilias, and In the small part of the 
chorus girl Sunday WUshln betrays 
lack of experience. Gresorey Scott 
Is not well cast as Hugo. All the 
other roles are well played. 

"The Green Caravan" will be han- 
dled here by the House of Granger 
and will be one of the features In 
the British national program. 

Oore, . 



'I- t .^: 



Albert Grey, brother of B. W. 
Grimth, has bought the residence at 
' 817 West 100th street. New York, for 
' his home. •. 



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WHAT FIRST NATIONAL'S 

BigTimeAttractions 

ARE DOING c 

• THE BEST PICTURE 

The Waco, Texas, Herald says: 

"Not since 'Tolable David' has the Strand shown such a pic- 
ture as 'The Bond Boy,' presenting Richard Barthelmess. There 
is real pathos and real comedy; there are real people and real 
situations. As art, the film is a triumph ; as drama, it is consum- 
mate. A sample of the best." 

ITS A TRIUMPH :- 

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says: 

" 'The Eternal Flame* is a triumph for Norma Talmadgc* 
Her beauty is as apparent as always, but her dramatic acting 
seems deeper and more sincere. The picture is gorgeously 
appointed." .*.: 

' BREAKS ALL RECORDS 

George T. Fowler, Lux Theatre, Banff, Alia, wires: 

"Broke all summer and winter records with Strongheart in 
'Brawn of the North.' Patrons demanded return showing, which 
I am booking. Such a picture makes an exhibitor's life worth 
living. Believe you have the world beaten." 

SCORES BIG SUCCESS 

The New York American says: 

"Constance Talmadge scores in 'East Is West.' She does all 
sorts of dramatic things. I unhesitatingly say that it is the best 
picture she ever made. An excellent picture and amusing. Never 
a let-up." 

EXCITING AND HUMAN 

The Chicago Evening Post says: '~ ''■ '" ■" '■ "■■" " 

"A new plot — ^the theme of 'Skin Deep' is up to the minute. 
Good melodrama, exciting and well presented and spectacular. 
And there is real human interest." 

GREATEST DUAL ROLE ^ 

The Chicago Herald-Examiner says: ' * 

" 'The Masquerader' presents the greatest dual role -ever 
filmed. Chilcote is perfection. Loder is perfection. Both arc 
Guy Bates Post." 

"MINNIE" 

The New York Telegraph says: » 

"Marshall Neilan's 'Minnie' is so human and natural and so 
absurdly tragic that it is quite overpowering. No touch is left 
out to make it true to life, but the reality of tlie externals are sur- 
passed by the penetration of the heart." 

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Friday, December 22, 1922 



BROADWAY HOUSES IN SLUMP 
OF PRE-HOLIDAY BUSINESS 



Better Than Looked For, However — Grosses From 
$4)000 and Under Below Previous Weeks 
Although Strand Just Topped Last Week's Gross 



The business In the big pre-re- 
lease houses alongf Broadway took 
a further slump last week in line 
with the usual pre-hollday lot down. 
None of the houses with one excep- 
tion managed to hold up to the 
cross business that was done the 
previous week. Strange to say, 
however, this week leading rij^ht up 
to the Christmas holiday is allowing 
an improvement The exhibitors 
cannot account for this, as they ex- 
pected this week to be the worst 
of the month, with the big rusli of 
business to come along tomorrow. 

The Capitol, Rivoli and Rialto all 
felt the depression last week, while 
the Strand just about topped the 
business that it did the week pre- 
Tious. At the Capitol -JJroken 
Chains" dropped about 14.000 under 
what the week ahead had done, 
while the RivoU was off $3,000 and 
the Rialto dropped 13,500. The 
Rivoli held a Wallace Reld l>Icture 
and the Rialto had "Outcast." which 
was at the house further up the 
street the week previous. 

Both ttie ''Hoods" dropped off as 
their runs lengthened. With 
''Knighthood'* having 12 weeks to its 
credit the receipts dropped slightly 
below $9,000. while "Robin Hood" 
at the Lyric did around $12,000. 

Tha William Fox special still re- 
maining on*tbe street is "The Town 
That Forgot God" at the Astor, en- 
tering its final two weeks. It start- 
ed fairly well and commenced to 
pick up on its second and third 
weeks, but since has slumped off so 
that there is little stirHng at the 
box office, although the run is hav- 
ing its value in advertising. 

Next week Fox is coming to the 
44th St. for two weeks with a re- 
vival of "Over the Hill," which had 
a phenomenal run on Broadway two 
years ago. He is presenting the pic- 
ture to fill the open time at the 
house rather than In the hope that it 
will do any particular business. 

At the Cameo the American Re- 
leasing Is still holding forth under 
Its rental arrangement and pre-rc- 
Jeasing their product. Thoy have 
taken the house for an additional 
eight weeks and ^111 continue to 
present the greater part of their 
next 12 releases during that time. 

The Broadway theatre which 
plays a feature in conjunction with 
' the Keith vaudeville sprang a nov- 
elty this week with an all-comedy 
bill, showing a trio of comedies 
with Charles Chaplin, Bustor Kca- 
ton and Larry Semon, billing it as 
a "Komedy Karnlval." Seemingly 
it had some box office dratight. to- 
gether with the all-romedy vaude- 
ville bin given in conjunction. 
Estimates for last week: 
Aster. — "The Town That Forgot 
God" (Fox) (seats 1,131; scale: 
mats., |1 top; eves., $1.50> (7th 
week). Next week will be final one, 
followed by the F. B. O. feature. 
"The Third Alarm," house taken on 
straight rental from Shuberts. The 
Fox experience on Broadway this 
season in the matter of exploi.ta- 
tlon runs has been rather unsuc- 
cessful from the standpoint of box- 
offlce success, but has had tremen- 
dous advertising value. In succession 
"Silver Wings," "Nero." "Monte 
Crlsto." "The Village Blacksmith" 
and "The Town That Forp:ot God" 
have all been shown. This latter 
picture, however, has a great deal 
of the punch that made "Over the 
Hill" successful. It Is a tear com- 
peller. Last week gross under $.'.,000. 
Csmeo. — "As a Man Lives" (Amer- 
ican Releasing) (seats r)50; scale : 
60-75). Production otie of serio.s 
American Releasing has hr^cn pre- 
releaslng at this house. Not world- 
beater but fair picture. Got little 
better than $3,800. 

Capitol.— "P.roken Chains" (Gold- 
wyn) (seats G.300; scale: mat?., ?3- 
50-$l; eves., B5-85-$l). Played big- 
f:est house on Broadway during one 
of worst weeks theatre has had In 
long time. Gross on week went 
little over $33,000, considered weak 
for house with big capacity. This 
week business picked up during first 
three days and will undoubtedly top 
last week by several thousand 
dollara 

Criterion. — "Knighthood" (Cos- 
mopolitan-Paramount) (seats 8S6; 
scale: mats.. $1.50 top; eves., $2) 
(12th week). Nearing end of run. 
Just topped $8,800 last week. 
— Lyric— "Robin Hood" (United 
Artists) (seats 1,400; scale: mats, 
$1.50 top; eves., $2) (8th week) 
Doing very good business but not 
tumaway, but with two months on 
Broadway is naturaL Little ovei 
$12,000 last week. 

Rislto. — "Outcast" (Paramount ^ 
(seats 1,960; scale: 65-85-99). E]si< 
Ferguson.^ iSecond week on Broad 
way, moving down from Rivoli 
where it got over $2?,000 provlou; 
w«eJL . Ai ,B^to gt9m dropped on 



about $5,000, picture getting $17,400 
on week. 

Rivoli.— "Thirty Days" (Para- 
mount) (seats 2.200; scale: 55-85- 
99). Wallace Reld. Picture Just 
got und^r wire before Reid dope 
story broke. Got $19,100 on week; 
in line with general slump along the 
street. 

Strand. — "The Beautiful and 
Damned" (Warner Bros.) (seats 
2.900; scale: 30-50-85). First of 
Warner Bros, series of features to 
piny this house. Business far from 
beitiK unusual, although little better 
than house did preceding week. The 
second Warner Bros, picture Is in 
this week. "Heroes of the Street," 
after which there will be wait of 
several weeks before "The Little 
Church Around the Comer" and 
•Brass" are ready for showing. 
Later "Main Street" Is to be con- 
cluding piqture of series for Strand. 
Gross last week was $20,700. 



HOLDING OVER FILM TO 
KEEP DOWN EXPENSE 



Expedient by Chicaao Houses 

— Everythina Fell Down 

Last Week 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 
The picture situation for the week 
past In Chicago was a repetition of 
the legit business. It probably is 
just a forerunner of the business to 
be chalked up this week. The 
Roosevelt and the Randolph pro- 
tected themselves by continuing a 
second week of their same pictures, 
which will hold down expenses, al- 
though low records \*ere marked up 
for both pIrtnr«H nnd houses. 

Estimates for last week: 

"One Exciting Niflht*' (Griffith) 
(Illinois) (5th week) (seats 1,600; 
scale, $1, 75, 50). Touched new low 
gross with around $7,000. Must 
have lost money on week, as house 
alone stands $4,000 a week, ard with 
other running expenses can't pos- 
sibly show profit. Did less than 
$10,000. Goes out In two more 
weeks, when it is 'listed for neigh- 
borhood houses. 

"All Nioht" (Universal) (Ran- 
dolph) (scats 686; scale, mat., 35; 
nights, 50) (2d week). Rodolph Val- 
entino killed off with showing of 
many pictures. Even younger ele- 
ment don't care to see "Sheik." 
Around $4,500. 

"Lorna Doone" (Roosevelt) (seats 
1.275; scale, mat., 30; nights, 55) 
t4th week). Picture listed to stay 
another week, not on account of 
strength, but to keep down running 
expenses for natural bad week. Pic- 
ture said not to match up with book. 
Stopped at $12,000. 

"Triflinq Women'* (Metro) (Chl- 
t -go) (scats 4.200; mat., 50; nights, 
er.c). Probably hit one of lowest 
grosses this house has had since 
opening, although picture received 
complimentary notices. 

"Pride of Palomar" (Paramount) 
(McVicker's) (seats 2,500; scale, 
mat., 49; nights, 59. Adapted from 
"Saturday Evening Post" story. 
Drew attention, but hit lowest gross 
new picture palace has yet had. 



RAIN PLAYS HAVOC 
WITH FRISCO HOUSES 



Downtown Business Hurt But 
Neighborhood Theatres Profit 
— 'Trifling Women' Record 



San Francisco. Dec. 20. 

Rainy weather played havoc with 
the downtown picture houses last 
week, the Saturday openings draw- 
ing scarcely any patronage. The 
Sunday business, however , picked 
up with a bang and reached abnor- 
mal proportions. The rain lasted 
throughout the week and discour- 
aged theatregoers. Neighborhood 
houses gleaned additional busii\ess 
that usually goes to the first run 
theatres. 

The Sunday, business at the War- 
field, where "Trifling Women" was 
in Its second week, scored a tre- 
mendous box office record, smashing 
by a wide margin any business that 
this house has done since its open- 
ing. The Sherwoods, a musical or- 
ganization that got over well dur- 
ing the first and second week, fell 
down the third because the novelty 
of playing in the audience and pull- 
ing freak stunts had lost Its "kick." 

At the California "Ebb Tide." the 
picture based on Robert Louis Stev- 
eson's celebrated novel, proved but 
a mild dravvk Business was about 
normal. 

The Grenada showed "The Ken- 
tucky Derby," with Reginald Denny 
In the lead, and did a little better 
than Its average. Weather condi- 
tions prevented this house from 
scoring what otherwise probably 
would have been a big week. 

TY\e Imperial held over "To Have 
and to Hol<J" for a second week. 
The picture, featuring Bert Lytell 
and Betty Compson, is proving a 
better than the average drawing 
card. 

Anita Stewart In "Rose o' the Sea" 
was the Tlvoli attraction. Picture 
fans have rather tired of Miss Stew- 
art, apparently, for the picture, well 
conceived and produced, drew but a 
fair business. 

Dorothy Phillips In "The World's 
a Stage" was the offering at the 
Strand. It did well for th's house, 
which likes Its pictures on the melo- 
dramatic ord'»r. 

San Francisco picture attractions 
week Dec. 10, 1922: 

California— "Ebb Tide** (Para- 
mount). (Seats 2,700; scale. 50-75- 
90. > Llla liee and James Klrkwood 
featured. This Is farewell week for 
Glno Severl, who Is being succeed- 
ed by Ben Black and his orchestra. 
The picture created but mild Inter- j 
est and. with the weather also 
against attendance, got $12,000. 

Granada — "The Kentucky Derby" 
(Universal). (Seats 2.940; scale, 50- 
75-90). Business below usual, at- 
tributed to wet weather. The ex- 
cellent program offered here In con- 
Junction with the feature nlcture Is 
gaining In popularity. Paul Ash 
with his novelty concerts and Oli- 
ver Wallace at the organ are prov- 
ing their worth at the box office. 
"High Power," a mermaid comedy, 
had the house howling. Drew 
$14,000. 

Imperial— "To Have and to Hold" 
(Paramount). . (Seats 1.425; scale. 
35-75.) Bert Lytell and Betty 
Compson. Holding Its own this 
second week. Gross $8,000 

Strand— "The World's a Stage" 
(All Star). (Seats 1700; scale. 40- 
55.) Dorothv Phillips. Box office 
showed $4,800. 

Tivofi— "Rose o* the Sea" (First 
National). (Seats 1,800; scale. 40- 
55.) Anita Stewart. Drew $7 500. 

Loew** Warfield— "Trifling Wom- 
en" (Metro). (Seats 2,800; scale, 
35-75.) The second week held up 
big. First week being $16,000, sec- 
ond $13,000. 

Frolic — "Another Man's Shoes" 
(Universal). (Seats 1.000; scale. 10- 
30.) Just topped $2,200. 



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BUFFALO DIVES 

Grosses Fell Way Down Last Week 
Up -Stats 

Buffalo, Dec. 20. 

Business at local picture houses 
took a dive last week, general holi- 
day activity reacting unfavorably 
on show houses. All of downtown 
theatres offered excellent bills but 
failed to get anything beyond 
ordinary returns. Showmen unan- 
imously think the condition Is solely 
the result of holiday Interest on 
part of public and are hopeful for 
heavy grosses after the current 
week. 

Last week's estimates: 

Lafayette Square — "Moonshine 
Valley" and vaudeville. Capacity, 
3.400; scale, mats., 20c.-25c.; nights. 
30c.-50c. Did not have much to offer 
In novelty but 'although business 
was far from sensational, satis- 
factory reported for the week. The 
Farnums very much overplayed. A 
50c. top went long way toward push- 
ing this house to front during past 
seven days. Estimated at $11,000. 

Loew's State — "Forget-Me-Nof 
and vaudeville. Capacity, 3,100; 
scale, mats., 20c.; nights, 30c. -40c. 
Business fell away, although show 
appeared to be well rounded and 
good entertainment. House adopted 
new advertising stunt for week. In- 
stead of playing up the card its 
di.' nlay add merely road "Always 
a dood Show— Get in Early." This 
theatre- and Lafayette see-sawing, 
big nights at this house being slim 
across street and vice versa. Around 
$10,000. 

Hip— "Tailor Made Man" first 
half, "Domestic Relations" second 
half. Capacity, 2,400; scale, mats., 
15c.-25c.; nights, 25c.-50c. Ray fea- 
ture got away to splendid start 
Sunday, but dropped off toward 
middle of week. MacDonald film 
second half caught patrons' favor 
although seemingly devoid of any- 
thing extraordinary. Result Is that 
middle of week held up fairly weM 
with most emphasis coming at 
beginning and end. Last week con- 
siderably under satisfactory returns 
for this house. 

Olympic— "The Jilt" and Mary 
PIckford reissued. Capacity. 1,500; 
scale, mats.. 15c.-20c.: nights, 20c.- 
25c. Still limping along alth ugh 
considerable money being spent to 
put It In running. Has had one or 
two good weeks recently on special 
films, but gone cold for balance 
Probably did not get over $3,000. 



"MONEY BACK" OFFER 
DIDN'T HELP KUCH 



$100,000 FOR SHOWING 

Equipping the Sclwyn for Teleview 
Device Costly Exploitation 



CAPITOL HEL 



Ay\}P 



Gleichman, Detroit, Tried It — 

"Young Rajah" Terrific 

Flop 



The backers of the Teleview, the 
new stereoscopic^ screen device 
which goes Int^^^he Selwyn, are 
spending $100,000 for this public 
introduction of their apparatus 
without any expectation that the 
engagement will even be a profitable 
one. 

The whole theatre Is being 
equipped with a hand device re- 
sembling a fan on a projection ma- 
chine Hirough which tlTe spectator 
views the screen. A device is sup- 
vl f (1 for each seat- This equipment 
had to be provided for the Teleview, 
but not in such quantity as neces- 
sary for the theatre showing. 

The Invention is aimed only at 
scientific use and not for general 
exhibition purposes, for which It Is 
too elaborate and costly, and the 
Selwyn engagement Is only for pub- 
licity ends. Financiers connected 
with the Sheffleld Farms-Borden 
ATllk Company are said to be back- 
ng the enterprise. Robert Long Is 
handling the publicity and E. R. 
Greathouse is th6 manageTiJ,, 



Didn't Drop As Expected Last 
Week 



Washington. Dec. 20. 

The pre-holiday period hit Wa.sh- 
Ington as was to be expected, but 
not with the drop In receipts as 
expected. No big names featured. 
. Estimates for last week: 

Loew's Columbia — ''Trifling Wom- 
en" (Metro). Capacity, 1,200; scale, 
20c.-3!5c. mats.; 35c.-50c. nights. 
Looked to have reached the previous 
week's figure of $13,000, although 
this Is a little under the usual done 
by the house where all the specials 
are shown. 

Rialto — Lionel "Rarrymore In "The 
Face In the Fog." Capacity, 1,900; 
scale, mornings. 25c.; afternoons, 
35c.; evenings, 50c. This was ad- 
vertised as thriller and thrill it did. 
About $6,500. 

Loew's Palace — "A Fool There 
Was." About $7,000. Current week, 
house splits two features. 

Cranclairs Metropolitan — "liOra 
Doone." Capacity, 1,700; scale, 20c.- 
35c. mats.; i5c.-50c. nights. Usual 
business,' holding close to that of 
Palace, with $7,000. 



Detroit, Dec. 20. 

The lack of box oflice pictures, 
coupled with close proximity to 
the holidays, caused business at 
tho picture houses to take an awful 
slump last week. Everybody 
oponed big Sunday, but from then 
on "nothing doing." The be.«?t play 
was at the Madison and Capitol, 
these houses doing fairly well and 
showing a slight profit for the 
week. 

Estimates for last week: 

Adam*— "The Young Rajah," ter- 
rible "flop" second week, surprls ng 
to John H. Kunsky, who had an- 
ticipated profitable business after 
doing so well the first week. Doubt 
if this picture did as much as $5,500 
on the week. 

Washington — Tom Mix feature 
did around $4,500. Opened big Sat- 
urday and had a big Sunday, but 
nothing to brag about rest of week. 

Broadway-Strand — "Forget Me 
Not." Phil G-leichman. managing 
director of this house, for first time 
advertised to refund money to 
patrons not satisfied. It helped bus- 
iness some, but the total week's re- 
ceipts were disappointing. Around 
$4.r»00. 

Madison — "The Forgotten Law." 
Business not quite normal, but 
week was profitable. Around $9,000. 

Capitol — "Daughter of Luxury" 
and latest Buster Keaton comedy. 
What helps the Capitol Is Sunday, 
when business Is always good, 
otherwise week was weak. 

Orpheum — Last week of "Robin 
Hood." Business showed small 
profit. "Down to tho Sea in Phips" 
will remain at least two weeks. 



Edward Grossman, formerly ex- 
change manager for the Associated 
Producers In Denver, has joined 

Ithe AL Llchtman organization as 
s]>eclal representative. >• 



TWO **COPPERFIELDS" 

There are going to be two film 
productions of "David CopperfiekV 
ready for the exhibitors In a short 
time, both with noted kid screen 
stars. Sol Lesser Is making one 
version with Jackie Coogan, or pos- 
sibly some other youngster, as there 
have been several names submitted 
for the role of the English youth in 
the piece. The second production 
is to be made by the Warner 
Brothers with Wesley Barry play- 
ing tho role. 

The Lesser, organization Is driv- 
ing home the fact that Lesser was 
first In the field with the announce- 
ment that a production of the 
Dickens work was tc be made and 
early this month tho Warner Bros. 
announced theUr produotloiu i - 



TIRED SHOPPERS 
HELPED PHULY 



Matinee Attendance Increai 
—"East Is West," at Stan- 
ley, Did $22,000 



Philadelphia, Dec. 20. 

Generally good business all aloz 
the line was the report of the dowi 
town film houses last week. Mai 
showed drops In the evening crowd 
but reported an Influx of tired shp] 
pers at matinee performances. 

The best gross attracted hero bj 
a Constance Talmadge picture ii 
some time was turned In by "East 
Is West." at the Stanley last weel 
Although greeted by mixed notice 
In the dallies, this adaptation of tl 
stage success appeared little affects 
ed by the slump period, and approz^ 
imated the usual Stanley averaf. 
of business. The Aldine and Karl« 
ton had a good week, conslderli 
all things. 

Last week saw the end of the rui 
of "Down to tho Sea in Ships" ai 
the Metropolitan, although those oi 
the inside claimed a definite plck« 
up over the first week's business 
The backers had the house for foul 
weeks. "The Unloved Wife" qext 
week. It is not believed that mucli 
money was lost on "Down to th« 
Sea in Ships" at the Met. 

This week's pictures Include "Out* 
cast," at^he Stanley, where It is re^ 
celvlng assistance from Buster K.4^i 
ton's latest comedy, "The Electrl4 
House." and a solo organist, who U 
being highly touted and advertls^^ 
by the Stanley people. For 11 
Christmas week picture the 8tan< 
ley will have "Oliver Twist," whlcl 
the Stanley company has been sav- 
ing for the holidays. "Back Hom< 
and Broke" is the New Year weelc'i 
program, with a special showing a1 
midnight to usher the new year ii 
Seats will be reserved for this occa- 
sion. All the main houses of th4 
Stanley company will have this spe* 
clal performance. 

The other pictures this week an 
comparatively unimportant. 

Estimates for last week: 

Stanley— "East Is West" (Para* 
mount). Business good, better thai 
recent films of this star. House be^ 
lag removed from central dlstricl 
I'ffers some from pre-Christmai 
slump, but gross of $22,000 wiE 
turned in. (Capacity, 4,000; seal* 
35-50. mats.; 50-75, evenings.) 

Stanton— "Knighthood." This flh 
r">mance showed last five weeks 
Passed $17,000 mark. (Capacltj 
1.700; scale, 35-60, mats.; 60-^ 
evenings.) 

Aldine— "Forget-Me-Not" (Metro)! 
Faip-buslne.ss; feature won good no| 
tices and some knocks. Not up t^ 
recent standard of honse. "For^ 
gotten Law" this week. (Capacity 
1,500; scale, 50.) 

Karlton — "The Pride of Palomar"* 
(Paramount). Business picked u] 
after weak opening. Some exH 
pressed opinion picture needed moi 
exploitation than received. "Til 
We Meet Again" this week. $6.000| 
(Capacity, 1,100; scale, 50 straight. 

Arcadia — "Glorious Adventure.l 
This costume picture didn't shoi 
piuch drawing power. About $2,00( 

K. C. BAD 



Nothing Drew There Last W*ok- 
12th St. Did $1,000 



Kansas City, Dec. 20. 

With the merchants of the clt 
declaring the week Just past oi 
of the best financially in the histoi 
of the town, but little of the fl< 
of dollars reached the coffers 
the picture theatres. Busines wi 
bad, despite publicity stunts at 
the extra attractions. 

"Brothers Under the Skin" at tl 
Royal which the distributers at 
tempted to put over with a wild oi 
ganizatlon scheme flopped with i\\\ 
rest and received* but little publlcit] 
although the Newmans bolstered th^ 
bill up with several special featurei 

I^ast week's estimates: 

Newman — "To Have and to Ho] 
(Paramount). — Seats, 1.980; b< 
35c. matinees, 50c.-75c. nights. Betl 
Compson nnd Bert Lytell. Oth< 
Newman entertainment units, evei 
thing well received but failed 
draw. Around $9,000. 

Royal— "Brothers Under the SklnJ 
Seats, 890; scale, 35c.-50c. Oth< 
numbers on program. Featui 
failed to create talk and draw dli 
appointing, about $6,000. 

Liberty — "One Week of L»oveJ 
Seat.s, 1,000; scale. 35c.-50c. Elainl 
Tlammerstein, Offering added feal 
turcs. Picture suited Libertf 
natrons nnd should have gone ov« 
big but failed. Receipts about $5,20< 

Twelfth Street — "Good Men an| 
True." Seats, 1.100; scale. 10c.-26< 
Harry Carey. Business badly of 
about $1,000. 

Opposition features at the populi 
priced vaudeville shops — "Tl 
Sleepwalker." Mainstreet; "Soi 
Adrift, " Globe. — ., 



Paramount will send Clare Wei 
and Mrs. Florence Meehan aroui 
the world to gather dat^. for th^ 
forthcoming production of the 
Commandments. Miss West Is 
charge of costumes for the Famot 
Players, and Mrs. Meehan Is an ei 
pert on characterizations, 
women will start la opposite dire( 
tioas. . - -*/ 



Friday, December 22, 1988 



PICTURES 



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STUDIO SHORTAGE PREDICTED 
IN NEW YORK WITHIN 60 DAYS 



jPicture Houses Exhausting Shelf Supply Through 
Double Feature Policy — Metropolitan Studios 
Crowded by March 1 



^ studio managers In th« vicinity 
[ f>t New York are predicting a 
•'shortage of available fttudio space 
^irithin the next 60 days. The rea- 
^'•on is the shortage of available 
feature pictures of quality wiJl 
fmean production will have to be 
rushed on a number of companies 
to meet the demand and the studios 
both here and on the coast will 
undoubtedly be crowded from 
March ilrst on through the entire 
summer. 

One studio manager just returned 
from the coast states he feels the 
spring -and summer of the coming 
year will find production on a par 
wifh that of 1920, which was pre- 
«.ceding the slump which the indus- 
try has been- suffering from for 
two years. 

That the bigger part of the dis- 
tributing organizations have been 
clearing their shelves of produc- 
tions which they were holding up 
during the time that there was a 
rcgrular flow of new pictures from 
the manufacturing sources and 
now are without any reserve pro- 
ductions on hand he feels will 
speed up prpduction during the 
next few months. 

Double feature bills which the 
Biajority of picture houses first 
started playing once and then 
twice weekly have become a regu- 
lar daily program now, and the 
available film supply of features Is 
far from meeting the demand that 
would make a continuation of dou- 
ble bills a possibility. 
I Around New York the chain the- 
I fttres playing double feature hills 
F have during the last few weeks 
^ been compelled to exhibit a flock 
of very cheaply made independents 
to keep up the double feature pace. 
What they are going to do when 
I: the supply of these cheap inde- 
pendently made productions are 
utilized is a question. 



DR. JACK" AT $12,000 
RECORD FOR NEWARK 



Strand Gets Lloyd Feature 

Against "Tess" at the 

Newark 



irewark, N. J., Dec. JO. 

The length to which exhibitors 
are willing to go in the scramble 
for features here is Illustrated by 
the Strand's paying , $12,000 for 
Harold Lloyds "Dr. Jack." It is 
true that this figure holds for an 
Indefinite run, but even under such 
conditions so large a sum has in 
the past been thought prohibitive. 
"Grandma's Boy" hardly squeezed 
out three weeks here, and there is 
no reason to suppose that "Dr. 
Jack" will do better. 

The Strand has also booked 24 
Hew comedies featuring Monte 
Blue. Meanwhile the Newark has 
■ecu-eil "Tesfl of the Storm Coun- 
try," although the Strand people 
announced that they had it. "Tess" 
will open next week. There was a 
wild soramble for "Knighthood," 
during which it is said that the 
Strand offered $2,500 more than the 
Fabians for tho picture. But both 
groups were left holding the bag as 
Fox ran off with it. It is under- 
stood that ho included Newark with 
his metropolit<an theatres when he 
made this bid, and thus was able to 
outwit the Newark producers. 

The Newark, which, though 
owned by the Adams Brothers, is 
closely allied with the Fabian 
chain, has booked George Beban 
and his company (in person) with 
his "Sign of the Rose." 



FRANCHISE REVISION 
SOON IN 1ST NATIONAL 



Contracts Up for Notice of 

Mutual Cancellation First 

of Year 



The trade is wondering what the 
line-up of First National franchise 
holders will be after the first of the 
year. . Under the agreement, notice 
must be given of intention to close 
or renew before January 1 to take 
effect on the expiration of the 
agreements the following June. 

People in touch with the situa- 
tion predict that there will b« a 
number of franchise holders drop- 
ping out. while the understanding 
la that the First National will make 
no move to eliininate any of the 
present combination. The depart- 
ure of a franchise holder involves 
the return of deposits with the 
company based on a scale of rates. 

Franchise holders all have depos- 
its with the company representing 
$100 cash for each $10 on the rental 
rate, w^hich sums are returnable 
upon the termination of the con- 
tracts. It is possible an arrange- 
ment will be broached to discharge 
the money transaction by continu- 
ing the film service account until 
such time as rentals accrue to a 
total agreed upon to cover th« de- 
posit. 

First National's course In han- 
dling the last Chaplin picture is 
puzzling. The film as it was de- 
livered was four and a half reels 
In length and the first delay in get- 
ting it out was attributed to the 
work of building it up to five reels, 
put several months have elapsed 
and no word has come of the com- 
pany's purpose. Chaplin is said to 
have laid out the preliminary work 
on his next feature, but no in- 
formation has leaked of its nature. 



FILM MAN SUCCEEDS 



Frank X. Shay of Schenectady, 
Moving Up 



Buffalo Managers' Election 

Buffalo, Dec. 20. 

Tho Buffalo Theatre Managers' 
As.'ioci.ntion this week elected the 
followinK ofllcers for 1923: — Presi- 
dent, Al lJe<.'keritl», of Loow's; vioe- 
-pr(>8ident, Fred fcshafer. of the La- 
fayette, and secretary and tr<'a.s- 
urer, W. W. Jtradloy, of the Shu- 
bert company. 

The new directors are Henry 
Carr of Fhea's. John O'shel of tho 
Teck, JuloR Michael.'? of the Re- 
Kent, Dr. P. C. Cornel of the Ma- 
Je.^tio and A. Sknncr and Elmer 
\N'inot;ar of the Victoria ftnd JiJm- 
MOOd. . 



Schenectady. N. T., Dec. 20. 

As the result of Mayor George R. 
Lunn, elected Lieutenant-Governor 
on tho Democratic ticket In last 
month's election, having decided to 
resign his mayoralty post to devote 
his entire time to his new state 
duties at midnight Dec. 31, Frank 
X. Shay, manager of the Happy 
Hour theatre (pictures), will become 
president of the Schenectady Com- 
mon Council. Mr. Shay is now pres- 
ident pro-tempore of the Council 
and will become president of the 
aldermanic body when Clarence A. 
Whitmyre, present president, auto- 
matically becomes mayor on Jan. 1. 

The announcement by Mayor 
liUnn'was a complete surprise as 
it was thought by hia friends that 
he would hold both Jobs, there being 
no law to prevent him from receiv- 
ing salaries from the state and city. 
It was feared that if he "stepped 
out" drastic changes in appointive 
offices would be made by Mr. Whit- 
myre, a Republican, hut this matter 
was satisfactorily settled and it was 
announced by the mayor-to-be that 
ho would not disturb the present 
personnel of the city administra- 
tion. 



NEW MOLINE HOUSE 

St. Louis, Dec. 20. 

I^AClare theatre will open its 
doors to the show-going public of 
Moline, 111., for the lirst time Jan. 
1. Announcement was made by F. 
L. Cornwell, who i.s owner of DeN 
monte, in St. Louis. The I^Clare 
and a 16-rtoor hotel wa.s constructed 
at .something like $2,000,000. It 
seats about 2,100 on two floors. 

At this writing Mr. Cornwell is 
in St. Johns hospital, were he waw 
taken two weeks ago, suffering 
a nervous break down. He is 
.slowly improving, and It is hoped 
that ii(i'U be out, in time tO( attend 
tho opening. 



AMERICAN RELEASES 
NEW BLOCK OF FILMS 



Features "Bohemian Girl'' 

With Ivor Norvelio, Who 

Was in "Carnival" 



American Releasing Corporation 
announces the release dates of a 
block of specials for the holidays. 
In this block or second quarter's 
output of this independent, two 
special productions that have had 
pre-release engagements in certain 
cities, now become available for na- 
tional release. These are "The 
Marriage Chance," and "The Prince 
and the Pauper." Two other pro- 
ductions are "The Bohemian Girl^" 
with Ivor Norvello, Ellen Terry, 
Gladys Cooper, Constance Collier 
and C. Aubrey Smith. Norvello be- 
came widely known In America in 
the previous Harley Knoles produc- 
tion, "Carnival." 

Another big capture by American 
Releasing is the newest Nell Ship- 
man -Bert Van Tuyl production, 
"The Grub-Stake." Supporting Miss 
Shipman are Alfred Allen, George 
Berrell, Hugh Thompson, George 
Hernandez and B. K. Van Auker. 
This picture will have Its pre-re- 
lease engagement In New Xork, 
and certain eastern cities early in 
January, and the national release 
date has been sgt for Feb. 18. 

"The Danger Point," another of 
the pr« 'uctiOns announced, is made 
by Victor Hugo HaJperIn, and di- 
rected by Lloyd Ingraham. It fea- 
tures Carmel Myers, Joseph J. 
powling, Wm. P. Carleton. and . is 
being played for a pre-release 
presentation at the Cameo theatre, 
New York, the week before Christ- 
mas. 

An M. C. Mims production, "That 
Woman," starring Catherine Cal- 
vert and directed by Harry O. Hoyt, 
is announced as the release for 
December II. The release for 
Jan» 7 is "As a Man Lives," an 
Achievement Films' production, di- 
rected by J. Searle Dawley, with 
Robert* Frazer, Gladys HUlette and 
IiYank Losee. 

The January 21 release ia "The 
Web of the Law," a Gibson -Dyer 
production, directed by Tom Gib- 
son.^ On Jan. 28 announcement Is 
made of the release of "Milady," 
which is the famous Dumas story, 
"Twenty Years After." This is a 
Henri Diamant-Gerger production 
and at one time it was contem- 
plated that Diamant-Berger and 
Douglas Fairbanks should under- 
take tho production together. Mr. 
Fairbanks visited Paris In connec- 
tion with this negotiation. 

-A Son of the Desert" is the re- 
lease for Feb. 4. Ths is an F. W. 
Kraemer production featuring Ma- 
rin Sals, supported by William Mc- 
Cormick.' 

Feb. 11 will bring "One Million 
in Jewels," written and directed by 
J. P. McGowan, who plays the role 
of Burke of the Secret Service, sup- 
ported by Helen Holmes, Elinor 
Faire and Charles Craig. s. _- 

On Feb. 25 American will release 
"Vengeance of the Deep," an A. B. 
Barringer production. made in 
Honolulu and California. 



FBEDONU DABK SUNDAYS 

Buffalo, N. T., Dec. 20. 

Fredonia, near here, will be dark 
hereafter on ISunday by reason of 
an ordinance adopted by the Board 
of Trustees. 

The ordinance follows an antique 
state statute. The Fredonia picture 
men, believing the board was 
friendly to them, paid^ no attention 
and the ordinance was shoved 
through before they could appear 
against It. . 



"EXCITINO NIGHT" OUT 

"One Exciting Night" will be re- 
leased throughout the country Dec. 
24 by i:nited Artists. The New 
York date may be delayed owing to 
the fact that the Strand has first 
call on the pre-release use of the 
Griffith production and has not been 
able to arrange its bookings to play 
it Ijnmediately. 

It may go in week after next. 



INSffiE STUIT 



OH PICTURES 



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The Judgment of $80,000, recorded several weeks ago, against Frank Q. 
Hall, and in favor of Emanuel M. Lebowitz. Is the balance claimed by th« 
latter on the payment of notes dated June, 1920. The notes amounted in 
total to $120,000, the money being used in the exploitation of four feature 
pictures by the Hallmark Picture Corporation. The pictures were 
"Should a Wife Work," "For Love or Money:" "The Discarded Woman," 
and "Common Sin." Hall has been concerned with the building of the- 
atres in New Jersey for the past two years, and his legal residence Is in 
that state. He was served In New York, but did not defend the action. 
Leopold Friedman was attorney for the complainant. 



A million-dollar corporation Is in full operation, with oflflces On Broad- 
way, promoting on a large scale a series of lifelike dolls of movie stars. 
These are made from molds procured by actual plaster masks laid over 
the faces of the subjects. Straws are stuffed into the nostrils and the 
plaster laid on until it hardens and forms into amazing replicas, a process 
taking some three hours. The company has fourteen stars already. Each 
of these has gone through the casting and signed ezchislve contracts. ' 
calling for 20 per cent, royalty on the sales of the individual dolls, which 
are about 18 Inches high and are dressed in character representing each 
star's most famous part. The dolls will be merchandised through a na- 
tional advertising campaign, and will be sold all over the world at h.fh 
prices^ the standard model being designed to bring $5 retail. 
/■.i ■ ' ••. :i' ■ :■:■:. 

In Vltagraph's anti-trust suit against Famous -Players certain mem- 
bers of the picture trade pretend to see a move dirtcted against the Hays 
organization and an effort to revive the investigation of the Famous- :i 
Players business by the Federal Trade CommlsBlon. Vltagraph is prac- 
tically the only major producer and distributor In the field which Is not 
nilled with the Hays outfit. This does not consider Pathe and Hodkinson, 
both of which are distributors but both out of the producing business. If 
the Vltagraph suit ever comes to trial it would be logical to expect an 
Inquiry Into the big company's participation in the Hays outfit and it 
would not be surprisiing if some move was undertaken to get on the 
court record — questions as to the reasons for the unexplain«d pigeon- 
holing of the Federal investigation into Famous Players concerning which 
nothing has been heard for months. 

The release by United Artists of "The Birth of a Nation" for If sUtee 
comes promptly'upon the heels of the protest of the national association 
of colored people and, if the trade gossip is to be believed, the two oc- 
currences are related. The story goes that United Artists wanted to put 
the Griffith film out for general release at this time, but was afraid it 
would revive the old race feeling due to the public discussion of the Ku 
Klux K!an activities. The situation of the Griffith lease on the Apollo, 
New York, where "One Ex iting Night" was running and which was de- 
sired by the owners for a legitimate production, created an opportunity to 
chance houses and bring "The Birth of a Nation" out for a test before 
the censors. It was argued that If the.New York censors refused a license 
for the picture Its release would be abandoned at this time, Fhlle if the 
censors gave the picture a clean bill of health, that ruling' would sund 
as a precedent in other states. When the censors ruled io favor of the 
picture, its release was ordered proniptly. , , .,i ^ 



McVICKER'S PAYS CHORUS 

-ehirago. D e e. BOi 



Late run exhibitors are approaching revolt against the condition In 
which they find prints on delivery. Broken sprocket holes; bad patches 
and film so badly streaked It is an eyesore, are among their complaints. 
They declare that some exchanges have cut their film room payrolls down « 
so low that exhibitors who want prints in good condition have to tip ex- 
change employes who make more money from this annoying source than 
they do In salary, A film room man has to be a world beater for skill 
and energy to get more than $40 a week, while he has not half enough 
inspectors (usually girls at $20 a week) to give the stock proper attention. 
The showmen say small economies in the branch offices are driving peo- 
ple from the smaller houses, because in the rush to wring a picture dry 
of immediate profits in three month.M. distributors are peddling Junk to 
the late run theatres rather than spend money for fresh prints when the 
life of the original is up. The custom of rushing new films and then ne- 
glecting them goes to the extreme of cutting out the "safe copy" an extra 
print retained for emergency in the exchange office. . ^ 

Rodolph Valentino is persona non -grata with the New York exhibitors 
unle.ss he goes back to work and fulfills his contract with the Famous 
I'layers-Lasky Corp. That was decided at ajneeting of the T O C C 
last week when the Valentino question was discussed before the member- 
ship. If the New York exhibitors hold to their sentiments voiced at the 
meeting it will mean that about 14'^ per cent, of the entire territory of 
the United States will be closed to production in which Valentino ap- " 
pears for all time. The exhibitors In discussing the question took Into 
consideration the fact that there was an evident understanding between 
the members of the Will H. Hays organization not to employ the star 
v^hile his contract fight with Famous Players-Las-ky was on But they 
maintain that is nothing that would prevent Valentino from making an 
independent production financed by himself and then placed on the market 
by some releasing concern that possibly was not included In the Hays 
organization. However with 14'/^ per cent, of the gross exhibition value 
set on any picture that the star might make cut out of the revenue that 
?«5^» u ^*^V**^ ^y tj« picture it is hardly probable that anyone would 
undertake to finance the production. 



FILM ITEMS 



The first meeting of the Board of 
Directors of the lately formed 
Brooklyn M. P. T. O. elected Ru- 
dolph Sanders, president; George 
MacNamara, vice-president; Her- 
man Goldshine, tre<asurer, and Jo- 
seph Sieder, secretary. Harry 
Brandt, younger brother of William 
Brandt, is chairman Of the Board of 
Directors. The Organization at its 
first meeting went on record as be-« 
ing at all times ready to support 
any mca.sures that the T. O. C. C. 
might promulgate for the good of 
the exhibitors of Greater New York 
and lend its whole support to the 
older organization, i 



McVickors theatre paid off all 
chorus pirls engaged by Jack Mason, 
j,'iviii^' tlM'm one week's .salary. 

The ( l.uni was ad\anced to the 
pirl.s that the house had chaiiKott 
policy and had abandoned presenta- 
tioriH, but later It was decided to 
give tho.girJs a week's Balar.y-in lieu 
of cancellation. 



The Metro Pictures Corp. and 
Loews, Inc., have been granted per- 
mis.sion to open the default and 
interpose an answer in an a<'tion 
in s t i tute d by tho Fairmount Film 
Corp. over tho title "Hate." The 
plaintiff In 1917 produced a picture 
by that title and becau.se of its in- 
tentions to reissue It, brought in- 
junction ijroceedings agninst M»tro 
which had released ;»n Alice Lak<- 
subject by the same name. Metro 
acquiesced to a change of title to 
"Wom.in's Ilato" uiul assumed the 



action was dropped. Tho Fairmount 
company only abandoned the In- 
junction phase, but Is proceeding 
with the civil suit otherwise. Mean- 
time the defendant has been ordered 
to post a bond (amount to be de- 
cided later) for the purpose of pro- 
tecting the Fairmount Film Corpo- 
ration. 



Teddy Wilde Is now with the 
Roach Studios on the coast, en- 
gaged in writing, along with Sn/n 
Taylor and Tim Whelan, and pro- 
ducing the Harold Lloyd comedies. 



W. A. Curley, Jr., of I^s Angeles, 
is in New York with lyce Mnran, 
negotiating with Ring Laidner for 
the film rights to the "You Know 
Mo, Ai" srri* w, with a view to two- 
r< (I* rs for Moran. Early this week 
it appoared that the parties would 
come to torms. 



"Wife in Name Only," a screen 
\ci-^i(in of the famous Pc-tJia M. 
'lay m»'!o(lr.'ima, is to b<' made by 
Pyramid Pictures. The -plrtur* will 
he m.'Mle at the organization's stu- 
dibs .11 Avtrtrlii, Long Isllhil.' 



PICTURES 



Friday, December 22, 1922 



SHORT REEL PROGRAM BRINGS 
TALK OF POSSIBLE COME-BACK 



Revival of Former Picture House Policy Raised 
: by Exhibitors — Double Feature Bills and Long 
Supers 

4 



la the picture theatre that played 
a program entirely composed of 
Bhort subjects going to do a come- 
back? That question was raised 
this week by one of New York's 
moat prominent exhibitors, who 
stated that the prevalence of double 
feature bills and the unusual length 
of auper-specials was virtually driv- 
ing the one and two-reel picture out 
of the majority of picture houses. 

That the producers of short sub- 
jects are realizing that the market 
for their product is gradually be- 
coming narrower is rejected by the 
report from the coast that with the 
exception of the William Fox lot and 
the producer allied with Educational 
for distribution there is practically 
no short reel producing going on at 
the present time. Short reel pro- 
ducers have curtailed their produc- 
tion because of virtually no demand 
«t this time. 

If the short reel theatre should 
come back it would mean a rever- 
sion to type, for it was with short 
reel programs the exhibitor first bid 
for public patronage. It Is quite 
possible that even on Broadway in 
the heart of the theatre section a 
house devoted solely to the show- 
ing of short subjects as a drop-in 
theatre would have a vogue with 
the film fans. 

"^ In territories where the exhibitors 
are in opposition and fighting for 
patronage by bidding against each 
other for feature and boosting rental 
prices, a pooling arrangement might 
be entered Into, with one house 
playing the short subjects and the 
other the regular feature bills. 

In discussing the situation one ex- 
hibitor cited that "Knighthood" and 
"Robin Hood" were both 14 reels In 
length. "Nero" and "Monte Cristo" 
12 reels each and "The Prisoner of 
Zenda" 10 reels. None of the houses 
playing these productions at the 
rental prices asked for them could 
afford to show any short subjects 
other than a news weekly and get in 
the requisite number of shows to 
make the playing of the long fea- 
tures profltable. 

fiven in the case of the program 
specials, running anywhere from 
6,500 to 9.000 feet, the exhibitor that 
wants to get out on his rental 
price .has to play them close. 



M. P. T. 0. A. COMPLAINS 

OF MUSIC soam 



Society Claims It's Politics — 
Take Action When 
Notified i 



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HAYS LIFTS BAN ON 
. ARBUCKLE PICTURES 



Comedian to Be Permitted to 

Resume Screen Work After 

New Year's 



UCHTMAN-SCHULBERG PLANS 

Al Lichtman returned to New 
Tork on Saturday from Los An- 
geles and announced that B. P. 
Schulberg had placed Gaston Glass 
under contract for three years to 
play leads in Preferred Pictures. 
The future production* plans- of the 
organization were mapped out at a 
scries of conferences between 
Lichtman and Schulberg, 

At present Louis" Gasnicr is di- 
recting "Tiie Girl Who Came Back" 
and his next production will be 
"Mothers- In -Law." *Tom Forman"s 
next production will be "The 
Broken Wing." Following these 
three pictures the order of produc- 
tion will be "The Parasite." "Fri- 
volity," "The Aristocrat." "The 
Satin Woman," "My Lady s Lip.s" 
and "A Mansion of Aching Hearts." 
: J. G. Bachman, treasurer of the 
Al. Lichtman Corp.. started for the 
coast Tuesday and will remain in 
Los Angeles six weeks. 



Although prematurely heralded by 
the Motion Picture Theatre Owners 
of America that suits had been lllcd 
with Attorney General Daugherty 
and the Federal Trade Commission 

anert the alleged restraint of trade 
practices of the American Society 
of Composers, Authors and Publish- 
ers, formal complaint was only filed 
Monday. No Federal Trade Com- 
mission proceedings were instituted, 
but a complaint has been entered 
with the attorney general charging 
violation of the Sherman anti-trust 
law. It is alleged that the 
American Society is an illegal com- 
bination in restraint of trade and 
that it hampers and restricts the 
development of American musical 
culture. 

The defendant has taken no ac- 
tion and will not do so until notified 
by the attorney general, if the com- 
plaint is being seriously considered. 

J. C. Rosenthal, general manager 
of the A. S. C. A. P., opines that this 
issue, threshed out in the courts 
two years ago. Is being employed by 
Sydney S. Cohen and Frank Rem- 
bush, the Indiana exhibitor, as a 
political Issue. Rembush has been 
grabbing considerable space lately, 
accusing Cohen or not taking any 
action on the music tax question on 
the ground Cohen is remitting his 
fees periodically en the theatres he 
controls without murmur. The so- 
ciety records show that Rembush 
has done similarly for the dozen 
houses he o|»«rules until recently. 
As a result of the recent failure to 
pay the music tax. Federal Court 
proceedings are pending against 
him. 



LOEW GINGERS UP 
HIS COAST HOUSES 



Circuit Director Visit to West 

Starts Doings — State, 

Los Angeles, Opens 



ABRAMS' SUIT SETTLED 

The suit against Hiram Abrams. 
president of the I'nited Artists 
Corp., begun by Benjamin P. 
Schulberg two years ago for a 
share of the defendant's profits for 
services rendered in the organiza- 
tion of the "Big Four," has been 
settled out of court. 

Schulberg alleged he conceived 
the idea of getting Mary Pickford. 
Charles Chaplin. Douglas Falrb.inks 
and D. W. Griffith together imder 
one banner. Ccmmissions allego<l 
due for closing a contract with 
Morris Greenhill. a British distribu- 
tor, to handle l^. A. pictures abroad 
also figured in the allegations. 
Abrams counter-sued for $5,000. 



E. C. SMITH DIES 

V I-os Angeles, Doc. 20. 

« R. Cecil Smith, scenario writer, 
who came here from New York sev- 
eral months ago in search of health, 
" Sunday. H« leavet a widow. 



Los Angeles, Dec. 20. 

While Marcus Loew is probably 

back in his New York oifice at this 

time, the effects of his visit to the 

cojrst could be .«:een this week at 
Loew's State, the circuit's large pic- 
ture house here. 

A general gingering up of the cir- 
cuit's theatres' i)i'ograms and forces 
occurred while Mr. Locw remained 
on the coast, his instructions cover- 
ing as well Loew's Warfield in San 
Francisco. Th.'»t is also reported to 
liave evinced additional life within 
the past days. 

The local State started the week 
with a crush outside of its box office. 
Mr. Loew, while here, ordered a jazz 
orchestra into the State to supple- 
ment the Bessie Clayton dancing 
act, which, with another turn or so, 
were installed as extra attractions. 
The cost of the additions is said to 
have reached between $3,500 and 
$4,000 (in addition to the picture 
program's cost). Returns so far in- 
dicate it was .1 splendid investment. 

Following the cteparture of the 
jazzers. Max Fischer, who has a rep 
as a musical Icador, will be in charge 
of the State's musicians. 

Other drastic chanf,'«s in the di- 
rection of the two I^new theatres are 
reported to have been made by Mr. 
Loew and they will develop. 

The change in the anticipated 
quality of the music to be furni.shed 
the Loew patrons, gauged through 
the Fischer engagement, is looked 
upon as an importait move In tlu- 
a.tiempt to please the film pubic. 

Included in the alterations ordered 
is an increase of advertising appro - 
priationa. _l,,_^ _*. . . 



Los Angeles, Dec. 20. 

Will H. Hays has lifted the ban 
against the appearance of Roscoe 
("Fatty") Arbuckle in pictures be- 
fore starting for the east today. Ar- 
buckle will return to work for Jos. 
M. Schenck, who will start him in a 
production shortly after the first of 
the year. 

The exhibitors of the country 
withdrew the Arbuckle pictures im- 
mediately after "Fatty" was charged 
with causing the death of Virginia 
Rappe who died during a party in 
the St. Francis hotel, San Fran- 
cisco. The comedian was acquitted 
In .April and at the time Hays is- 
sued a statement that the l>an on 
the releasing of Arbuckle pictures 
would remain in force for the time 
being at least. > 

It was understood at the time 
Hays made the announcement with 
the sanction of Adolph Zukoi and 
Joseph M. Schenck for the ir.oral 
effect it would have on the public 
of the country and serv> to estab- 
lish 'Hays as the dictator of the 
motion picture industry. 



REAL FlUM PEOPLE ON COAST 
WOULD WELCOME WEEDING OUT 



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Committee Appointed hy Hays to Settle Studio 
Disputes — Hays and "Cleaning Up" — Denies He 
Will ^age War on Dope Ring v. t^ 



TURNER & DAHNKEN TO 
RETAIN FILM INTERESTS 



Change of Plan by Coast Con- 
cern — First Nationars 
Possible Reissues 



In the east several exhibitors of 
prominence stated they are for the 
return of Arbuckle to the screen, 
fte had been acquitted by a jury 
and that ended the question of hi»> 
guilt. They are willing to run his 
piotures, thus putting it up to 
the pubic whether or not they will 
accept them. 

Famous Players has two Arbuckle 
features in readiness for the mar- 
ket. One is "Gasoline Gus," which 
had played but a few pre-released 
dates when the scandal broke, and 
the other is "Freight Prepaid," 
which was made at the Chicago 
stockyards, and had been finii^ed 
but a short time before the San 
Francisco party. 

Zukor and Schenck, had tfie ban 
against Arbuckle been continued 
Indeflntely, stood to lose approxi- 
mately $1,500,000 on these two pro- 
ductions alone in gross business, 
not counting what Arbuckle would 
have been worth to them in future 
productions which he would have 
made under bis contract with 
Schenck. 



RELEASING ^OLERANCE" 

Griffith Film Spectacle to Be Offered 
to Trade 



"Intolerance," the second great 
spectacle which D. W. Grltflth di- 
rected, which was the production 
that followed his "Birth of a Na- 
tion," is finally to be offered for 
general release. The picture will 
be marketed through the United 
Artists with the release date tQ be 
announced shortly after the first of 
tho year. 

It was originally planned that the 
three different periods which were 
represented in the production of 
"Intolerance" would be extracted 
from the super-feature and released 
as three individual productions, but 
the final decision is to present the 
picture to the public in the regular 
motion picture houses in the same 
form that It was origrnally given at 
the Liberty theatre several years 
ago. 



SLIGHT DnTERENCE IN TITLE 

Detroit, Doc. 20. 

An attempt to capitalize the play- 
ing "Shadows" at a pre-release 
house in Detroit, for the benefit of 
a leech production entitled "The 
Shadows," was nipped by Jess 
Fishman, manager of the Standard 
Film Service Co., which is dis- 
tributing the production in Michi- 
gan. 

With the first run of "Shadows' 
In Detroit, exhibitors in the terri- 
tory received cards saying: " 'Shad- 
ows* is now playing the Broadway- 
Strand, Detroit. You can book 
The Shadows' at your own terms 
from us." This was signed by a 
local film distributing organization. 
Fibhman got in touch with thr- 
Michigan M. I'. T. ().. which pasy..,i 
I resolution condemning th? trick. 
The local F. I. L. M. club is to take 
xction on the matter. 



Lazarus Moves to Coast 

Chicago, Dec. 20. 
.1. Lazarus, publicity manager for 
I'^irst National Pictures in Chicago, 
i» to go to the Graumans, Los An- 
geles, and will handle Its publicity. 



Turner & Dahnken, who control 
about two dozen picture theatres in 
San Francisco and vicinity and are 
part owners of the New York and 
Northern New Jersey First National 
Exchange, have withdrawn their 
properties frontv the market. Several 
months ago the firm was quoted as 
being in readiness to dispose of all 
of it»-theatre holdings and interest 
in the exchange business, but since 
the change In the executive aflfalra 
of First National the concern de- 
cided to remain with the organiza- 
tion. 

Ralph Clark, who represents the 
firm in the New York exchange, re- 
turned from a trip to the coast last 
Friday. When asked regarding the 
withdrawal from the market of the 
Turner & Dahnken holdings, he 
stated his principals, as far as he 
knew, were perfectly satisfied with 
the future prospects of First Na- 
tional and had decided to hold tlieir 
present interests. 

There Is a chance the New York 
First National exchange will shortly 
offer 10 reissues of feature subjects 
to exhibitors in the New York and 
Northern New Jersey territory. 
These are pictures which are the 
property of the exchange, having 
come to It from First National in 
the days prior to the formation of 
the Associated. The pictures that 
may be possibly reissued are "Daddy 
Long-Legs," "Back to God's Coun- 
try," "Rivers End,' "Heart of the 
Hills." "Daughter of Two Worlds," 
"The Woman Gives," "Yes or No," 
"Three Weeks." "The Virtuous 
Vamp" and "The Temperamental 
Wife." 

With the craze for double feature 
bills and the shortage in the present 
market of features that will meet 
the demand of the double programs, 
the exhibitors will probably wel- 
come these pictures, the majority of 
which were strong box office attrac- 
tions when first released. New 
prints and thoroughly re-edited pro- 
ductions will be part of the reissue 
program. 



FIRE IN TWO THEATRES 
WITH NO CASUALTIES 



Republic and Garden, Annapo- 
lis, Burned During Perform- 
ances — Loss $50,000 



Annapolis, Md., Dec. 20. 

Between COO and 700 persons In 
two picture theatres were forced to 
run for safety last night, when fire 
destroyed the Republic and damaged 
the Garden theatres, on Main street, 
about 75 yards from the State Cap- 
itol. 

Mrs. Philip Miller, wife of the 
proprietor of the liepublic, and he- 
two small children were sleeping on 
the upper .floors of the burnin^r 
structure. Mrs. Miller on the second 
floor and the two children on the 
third. They were awakcnd and as- 
sisted to safety by Albert Parkinson, 
operator in the Republic, after he 
had helped In getting out the audi- 
ence. 

The Are startedl about 8.30 in the 
Republic. I'arkinson, while showing 
;i film «aw smoke near tho stace. 
He tiirnnl on the litjht.M. went to the 
auditorium and asked tho crowd to 
leave nuielly. 

An alarm of fii o wa^ .«^ounded. soon 
followed by a general alarm. The 
Are spread throuRh the Republic and 
ignited the Clarden. The spectator.'-! 
in this theatre had left the bui'din;;: 
when the Are was first discovered. 

The damage is estimated at $50,- 
000, largely covered by insurance. 



!Lo8 Angeles, Dec. 20. 

A committee of nine to settle all 
studio disputes arising between 
producers and players is one of the 
results of Will H. Hays' visit to 
the coast. The committee will have 
Thos. H. Patten, the western repre- 
sentative of the Hays organization, 
as its chairman and the members 
will include Thos. H. Ince, Irving 
Thalberg, Joe Engle, Louis B. 
Mayer, C. H. Christie, Abraham 
Lehr, Victor Clark, Hal Roach and 
W. J. Reynolds, secretaiy to the 
Produc?r.H' asscciation, a local or- 
ganization. 4 

Hays has stated that he wnnts to 
make Hollywood a n»Odel artistic 
and industrial center, with ideal 
living conditions. Whether or not 
that last phrase means that he Is 
going to clean up the private lives 
of a numbei} of the screen players 
is a question. The real people "^r 
the picture colony here would ap- 
preciate it and be only to willing 
to help. The riff-raff of the world 
has seeped into llollyv.'ocd for sev- 
eral years past because of the em- 
ployment obtainable in the picture 
studios. There has been no way o. 
wecding out the wheat from the 
chaff in handing out the vork, with 
the result the bad ones as well as 
the good ones have been fed alike. 

Any cleaning up process that 
Hays might have in mind would be 
welcomed, but it is dc .btful if he or 
any one else can evolve any plan 
whereby the private lives of those ^ 
working in pictures or out of them , ,;| 
in Los Angeles can be regulated. It ' 
is only when a scandal breaks tlMt 
the heads of the Industry become 
aware just who 'is who in the fast 
set, but It is possible that if a 
startling example were made of one 
or two of the stars who are ring- 
leaders in the loose living coterie, 
and the rod utilized prior to the 
time that they became involved in 
any sensational story publicly, Iheji 
those here would wake up to the 
fact that they would have to change 
their mode of life If they cared t«... 
continue In films. ■> 

Hays is leaving here for Sullivan, 
Ind., where he Is to spend Christ- 
mas, after which he will return to 
New York. He denies that he is 
going to wage any war from this 
end on the dope ring reported exist- 
ing among the playing fraternity of 
fllmdom, but ho will undoubtedly 
use his Influence with the federal 
authorities engaged in the war on 
the naroctic peddlers and addicts 
to spur them on toward weeding ths 
hop beads out of the business. 



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ACCOtJNTING ASKED 

Washington, Dec. 20. 

"Victims of the Knickerbocker the- 
atre disaster have asked the District 
Supreme court to set aside the 
transfer last June of the theatre 
properly to Harry M. Crandall and 
to comply an accounting by the 
company and Mr. Crandall, its for- 
mer president, of a loan of $150,000 
made on the property by the Na- 
tional Savings and Trust Co. of this 
cUy. ,- ■■•-•• -'.- 

Those entering Into the suit al- 
lege they were cheated by the sale 
of the company's property and that 
because of the manner In which the 
sale was handled there is no pos- 
sible chance for damages to be paid 
as the company was left with insuf- 
ficient aseets to cover any damage 
suits that m'ght be won against 
them, following the disaster. 



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BROOKLYN CONTROL 

Al. l-'riedlander and Harry Drardt 
took over the active management of 
tho West End and the Carden the- 
■itrrs in the Roronjih H;i]l section of 
Iti-.^ukl.vn. The West End will be"" 
elored for the time beinq: and |20,- 
000 si)ert in remodeling the house. 

P.y closing for the.e two houses 
it gives the i>air a virtual eontrol of 
the territory as far as the rental of 
pictures are concerned, with their 
.sole opposition the lU. rough Park 
theatre, which only shows lllms on 
one split, playing tho Shubcrt units 
the last half. . , 









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'Friday, December 22, 1928 



MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT— Pages 33 to 39 

PICTURES 



ISOR REPEAL CERTAIN, 
S SENATOR WALKER 



^ntinuous Celebration for Al. 
Smith's Inauguration 
as Governor ^ ^ 

.'■; ■ ' 'fc • 

Albany. X. Y.. Dec. 20. 
. The picture censorship law will 
\t repealed by the state legislature 
when It convenes here next month. 
This was the statement made to 
ar.ety's correspondent by S*^nator 
James J. Walker, democratic minor- 
ity leader in the lower house last 
year and who Is slated to be ma-, 
jority leader In the 1923 senate. 

Senator Walker came to Albai.y to 
Attend the testimonial dinner given 
to Attorney-General Charles D. 
Newton at Wolferi's Roost County 
Club. Mr. Newton will retire, from- 
public ofhce Jan. 1. 

Pointing out that the- film cen.sors 

"set themselves up to prescribe the 

information that jou and I shall 

: have." Senator Walker declared 

that If it is right to censor motion 

1 pictures it is equally so for news- 

I papers, magazines and all books. 

The New York lesfslator, who Is 

one of the most popular men in 

public life, said the police power 

• could be used to regulate showing 
Lof palpably improper films. 

\ "The offender ought to be taken 

I Into court," the senator asserted, 

^ "and tried there by legal methods 

whether he has offended against a 

Statute. Public opin'on Is the surest 

judge. A motion picture man will 

• not long continue In businefis who 
«■ offends the majority of the public." 
k W^hat will be the most elaborate 

Inauguration ever ptn:;ed at Wash- 

• Ington or at Albany has been 
planned for (»overnor-elect Alfred 
E. Smith, who defeated Governor 
Miller by the unprecedented piural- 
Ity of nearly 400,000 .votes in last 
Inonth's election. v 

The inauguration program, ac- 
cording to present plan.«». will ox- 
tCT»<»over a period of five days. Or- 

Idinarily the inauguration events 
cover two days. 
The tentative schedule for Gov- 
tmor Smith's inauguration follows: 
y Thursday, Dec, 28 — Reception by 
I citizens of Albany, to be followed 
liby a parade which will Include 
thousands of Tammany Hall men 
3» and Iljidii adniinlrtration offlcp- 
I holders. 

PViday, Dec. 29 — Public dinner by 

^^he Chaijiber of Commerce of Al- 

fbany at the Ten P'yck hotel or 

Estate armory. 

I Saturday, Dec. 30 — The gover- 

l»or-elect'3 birthday. Celebration to 

'last virtually all day, and in the 

•venlng the annual charity ball at 

the state armory. 

Sunday, Dec. 31 — New Year's eve, 
Binner at the Ten Eyck hotel, 
• Monday, Jan. 1 — Inauguration at 
the capitol. Parade and reception 
•at the executive mansion. 

The Tammany crowd will be In 
complete control of "the Ten Eyck 
hotel on New Year's eve and New 
Year's night, the Fourteenth street 
* bunch having engaged nearly every 
room \\\ the hotel. Assemblyman 
Peter A. Hamill, one of the most 
popular members of New York 
City's legislative delegation, has re- 
aer\'ed a big block of rooms for 
his constitutent.9, who are reported 
to be coming to Albany 200 .strong 
for the Inauguration. The Ten Eyck 
will be the Tammany hoadqiiarters 
for the inauguration, all tho Wig- 
ahi chiefs having re.iervcd rooms 
there. 

All other hotelfj in Albany are re- 
ported to have refused to "take any 
ore reservations, and many visi- 
ors will have to go to Troy and 
clienectady for aoccnimoda lions. 
Tne annual charity ball at the ftate 
•s «iory is expected to di-aw a rrowrl 
flO.OOO por.son5». This C'\-< at will 
rk the return of Govornor Smith 
Albany in an offii-ial sense, as he 
fSd MiH. Smith will Ira,! tlio 
nd marth. Governor and Mr.*?. 
!ler al:50 Vlll attend tho ball. 
'" Thirty -five thous.ind vi.-ltors arc 
fXjected in .\lhany frr tln» In- 
anjjuration. wiiich will be featured 
tojr a parade of state military or- 
ggnizatioim In tlm mnrninpf pror-ed- 
IJIP tho formal taking of tho oalh by 
Gevi luor Smith. The narade I.s a 
ifgiilar custom of t!v> ln;ai!;iiiMl 
•omonics. imt th s year's niarrii 
expect fd to surpass any previous 
|«\ It Is rcpnrtod that the "Fiu'lit- 
69th" of .New York will b- in 
Jine-uj) this year, as will aiso 
police band of ?\»nv York, th- 
\\i\\- s'« •i'>.1ron .A. Tr'x^'* T? ""' 
' ; i I .' . ■'.r.\ ' \ym\ 
..ipiiu. u..siiiJt ua.i 



PARAMOUNT CUTS SECOND-RUN 
PRICES: BID AGAINST A. B. C. 



Home Office ''Examines" Whole Question of Ex- 
hibitor in Opposition to First Run Circuits — 'To 
Have and to Hold" Case Cited 



It is declared thut Paramount is 
"granting concessions" In price on 
certain pictures for second run 
bookings, specifically on "To Have 

and to Hold," which brings the sec- 
ond run rate more in line with first 
run rentals set for the big circuits 
which book In blocks like the Loew 
chain and those bamlled from the 
Keith Exchange. ^ ' 
• From sources connected with the 
Associated Booking Company, the 
new practice is declared to be an 
effort to block the development of 
the movement for group bookings 
by keeping the second run exhibit- 
ors in line with attractive prices 
for important pictures. 

Before "To Have and to Hold" 
was definitely committed to Para- 
mount for distribution the A. B. C. 
board and Cosmopolitan were in 
negotiation. The exhibitors saw 
the picture and were prepared to 
make a bid for it for first run. 
Whether the Cosmopolitan offlcials 
would have done business was not 
disclosed, for the two parties never 
got down to a real basis of a deal. 

Paramount took the picture over 
and after its pre-release showing 
it went Into first run release with 
the Loew people. It was afterward 



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been the cu^jtom under s milar cir- 
cumstances. 

One of the principal complaints 
of the outside exhibitors has been 
that they were charged equal 
rentals, or in some cases more, for 
second runs of important Para- 
mount releases, than th*» big cir- 
cuits offering several hundred days 
paid for like territory and with 
hoUses of like standing. It is 
claimed that individuals paid as 
much aa 25 per cent, more for sec- 
ond runs than the big circuits paid 
for first runs, and commonly the 
rates were the same. 

At the same time Paramount 
quoted more moderate terms to in- 
dependent exhibitors it was inti- 
mated that the home ofUce was "ex- 
amining the whole subject of sec- 
ond run prices" in relation to the 
bulk bookings. The impression was 
given that the home ofilce ^ccu- 
tives put the responsibility for un- 
just exactions. If there had been 
any such thing, upon the exchange' 
managers, who were over anxious 
to make the best possible showing 
for their sales forces, in aggregate 
returns on each subject relcJIed. 

Meanwhile the A. B. C. faq^ion is 
making the most capital out ^f the 
better prices made on "To Have 



that the independent exhibitors j and to Hold," using It in an argy- 
were quoted lower figures than has » mcnt for membership. They say 



the reduction is an actual result of 
exhibitor organization and repre- 
sents the big distributors' first 
move to smooth out Individual ex- 
hibitors in order to discourage 
them from venturing into co-opera- 
tive bookings. 

The A. B. C. has no rule against 
an exhibitor signing for a feature 
of any kind for second run. The 
only restriction fa that members 
shall not open negotiations for a 
picture while tho board is dealing 
jyith the producer , for a blanket 
booking. After the negotiations 
have terminated unfavorably for 
the blanket arrangement, the Indi- 
vidual is free to make his own deal. 

The A. B. C. coterie expre.sa the 
opinion that the sudden move on 
the port of the Thea-tre Owners of 
America to erect their own dis- 
tributing machine Is a part of a 
campaign to beat the New York ex- 
hibitors to the ct)-operatIve booking 
thing. New Y'ork State is in a 
state of mild insurgency against 
the S!dnej« Cohen organization and 
Cohen is not identified with the 
A. B. C. The A. B. C. argument Is 
that Cohen hopes to get an ex- 
hibitor-distributor system in shape 
to 'start and then absorb the A. B. 
C, bringing the metropolitan ex- 
hibitors back Into active participa- 
tion in the national- assoclatloh. 

The A. B. C.'s first booking, Mary 
PIckford's "Tes.s," will be played 
next week and will act as a test of 
co-operative playing. In the mean- 
while the board is making no ef- 
fort to close new material for the 
immediate future. Its action will 
be based largely upon the Pickford 
experiment. 



REMBUSH ACCUSES 



Aiding Himself for Next President 
of M. P. T. O. A. 



Frank J. Rembush has seemingly 
organized a campaign committee 
publicity department wiiich is In- 
tent on not letting a week go by 
without regisiering a space grab for 
Frank J. 

RPmbush apparently Intends to 
wrest the leadership of the M. P. T. 
O. A. from Sydney S. Cohen at next 
spring'^ convention. 

Within the last two weeks he has 
come out with a broadside against 
the music tax and this has been fol- 
lowed with an open letter to Will H. 
Hays decrying high rentals of film. 
Rembush is accusing the sales divi- 
sion of the various members of the 
Hays organization of exchanging 
price Information and gouging the 
exhibitws. 



EXCHANGE SYSTEM FOR 
NON-THEATRICAL F?IMS 



Independent Exchanges Inade- 
quate — Levy Plans for 
Jan. 1 






NEW TITLES UNFAIB 

Washington, Dec. 20. 

The reissuance of films under new 
titles has been declared an unfair 
practice by the Federal Trade Com- 
mission in a complaint recently Is- 
sued against Signet Films, Inc., of 
New York City. Tho commission 
has taken particular exception to 
the fact that this company ha.s 
shown films previously exhibited 
under another title as new pictures 
and making no mention that the 
films in question were being re- 
issued. 

One particular picture has been 
taken as a basis of the complaint. 



LOTHARIO PINCHED 

Los Angolcs, Dec. 20. 

Jnck Crnne, picture actor and 
.somewhat of a Lothario with the 
queens of tho screen since his ar- 
rival here, was arrest':'d and Irttlgcd 
in Jail on tiic charge of having a 
stolon f^trinpj of diamonds in his 
P'..«!.srssion. Thoy boloni?ed to Dor- 
othy Wallace, a fornu-r swc -thcart 
<'f Crano, and .'<he rcfu.sed to jjro.sc- 
iMite. 

Crane said that he fiMind the jcw- 
tls in his hotel lobby. Crane lioa 
ju.^t been placed under contract by 
Je.'so L. I. a sky. 




Dwan's Through Allied Artists 
Allan Dv.an has siijncd wifli th 
Allied ArilRt??' -enrt>*^H<i**» ^or the 
if'lcapc through that fir;rani;'.Jit ion 
(.f a .series of four feature prriduc- 
t'ons to be made by him. 

Dwan i.s at present dlreetlng D:b«' 
D.'iniels In the production of 
"(;iimpfie.«i of the Moon." whirh 
r.ir-ir.T '"! I. :■;•;; Is '.....U";.-- ;.' \' •'.. 
r.fMia: iHir.nd «^.Md:o.«< v.lth a numl.e • 
of scones being .shot i i i'loridu. 

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The Harry Levy establishment 
will start Jan. 1 to acquire a chain 
of exchanges In the principal cities 
for the distribution of non -theatri- 
cal film.<?, according to an announce- 
ment made this week. The com- 
pany, operating under the name of 
National Non-Theatrical Pictures, 
Inc., has been working heretofore 
through various Independent state- 
right local oflfices, but it has been 
found that the handling of theatri- 
cal and non-theatrical films cannot 
be made to go hand In hand. 

The addition of the new Italian 
Bible pictures a subject In 62 
reel.s) and the necessity of a na- 
tional distribution system to handle 
them Is behind the exchange 
project. National Pictures will deal 
al.so In entertainment films, having 
a series of reissued World pictures 
specially edited for non-theatrical 
purposes. 

Churches, schools, clubs and sim- 
ilar organizations frequently call 
for entertainment subjects at the 
regular commercial exchanges, but 
these establishments generally de- 
cline to do business for the reason 
that the non-theatrical showing.*? 
are In confiict with an exhibitor 
with a picture house in the same 
neighborhood. Serving a non- 
theatrical entertainment In com- 
petition with a theatre would cause 
the boycott of the exchange and the 
non-theatrical inquiry for material 
i.s almost alwoya turned down. 

With this trade and additional 
bus. nos.s that could be secured by 
tho active solicitation of tho field. 1; 
i.s aigued a permanent fxchanse 
i ii.'^iiH'PM eould l:e Imilt uji. Dur'riir 
the v\ar the Community orpcaniza- 
tion handled a big non-th«'atrica L 
ft'm bn.'^inp.s.s. but with the end of 
tlio prov»inment'.s neees.sity thi.s or- 
can;:;ation was .^ciapped. 



VALENTINO COUNTERCLAIM 



Wants $350,000 from Famout 
leges Conspiracy 



-Al 



Rodolph Valentino has filed an 
amended answer to* the Famous 
Players-Lasky Corporation's suit 
against him which was instituted 
fn the New York Supremo Court. 
Tho screen star counterclaims for 
$350,000 damages for alleged con- 
spiracy and asks for an Injunction 
to restrain the plaintiff from circu- 
lating the report he Is under con- 
tract to them. Valentino also asks 
for the cancellation of the contract 
and an accounting of the profits his 
pictures have made. 

The conspiracy charge Involves 
Clifford Robertson, his personal 
representative, who Is alleged to 
have conspired with Adolph Zukor 
anjj Je.«5se L. Lasky to conceal the 
fact larger offers have been made 
him (Valentino). Robertson i.s 
charged with having been finan- 
cially reimbursed by F. P., and Val- 
entino also asks that Robertson ac- 
count to him for all that he has 
received because of this alleged ar- 
rangement with the F. P. execu- 
tives. 

F. P. meantime has been granted 
an injunctive order against the pic- 
ture actor, wijich was upheld by 
the Appellate Division early thi.s 
month, restraining Valentino from 
appearing profe.SHlonally for any 
other theatrical or^picture com- 
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EXHIBrrORS SAY K. K. K. 
FOSTERS "BIRTH" 



Distributor Gives Matter No 

Attention — Bookings in 

for Reissue 



Local exhibitors are aroused over 
the rumor the releaj^e of tho 'Birth 
of a Nation" was fostered by the 
Ku Klux Klan l.n an effort to swell 
Its membership through showing 
the K. K. K. in a favorable light 
as far as Its operations during the 
reconstruction period immediately 
after the Civil War. 

A group of New -York exhibitors 
Is sa!d to have waited on D. W. 
Grimth in regard to the K. K. K. 
activities and asked him If he 
would not withdraw the picture 
from general release. They were 
Informed by the director he would 
<liscu88 the question with his fel- 
low-asROCIates in the Epoch Cor- 
poration, which controls the pic- 
ture. Tuesday the exhibkors stated 
that although two weeks had 
passed they had not heard from the 
director regarding the picture. 

At the United Artists It was 
stated they were not paying any 
attention to the matter, remarkinflr 
also that in spite of the fact that 
rumors were being circulated re- 
garding the supposed K. K. K. ac- 
tivity In connection with the pic- 
ture, that bookings were coming In 
and exhibitors, regardless of race 
or creed, were signing for the pro- 
duction. 

The tremendous box office gross 
the "Birth of a Nation " haa scored 
to date would make It a box ofTIc* 
attraction with Its reissuance at 
this time. 



"AL" SERIES ^- 

Lee Moran Will Place Lardner'i 
Baseball Stories on Film 



Ring Lnrdner's "You Kno\H Me 
Al" is to reach the screen with Lee 
Moran, for years the Universal star 
comedian, as the hick basebxvU 
player. Moran, who has beert in 
New York for several weeks, closed 
Tuesday whereby he will have the 
exclusive screen rights to all of 
the Lardner "You Know Me Al" ma- 
terial, at pre.sent running in cartoon 
form in several hundred daily pa- 
pers across the country. 

Moran is planning 15 two-reel 
productions from the Lardner ma- 
terial, the first of which Is to be 
placed into production on the coast 
within the next three weeks, under 
the direction of ArvId Gilstrom. Ne- 
gotiations are now under way to 
secure Christy Mathewson, Mike 
Donlin, Nick Altrock and Al Schack 
for the series. Harry A. Sherman 
will have the buslnesn management 
of the organization and Is arrang- 
ing the releasing connection at this 
time. 



GRIFFITH'S "FOOL" 

Picture 



Rights Sold to 
Hit 



Pollock's 



COHEN AFTER STUDIOS ? 

T^r)fl Angclr-.'s, Doc. 20. 
J. nleriistjjy claiming to riprrsciit 
.Sydn. y S. Colu n and tho M. V. T. (). 
A., l8 making offers to various reilty 
pcoi)le for studio propc:iita. 

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•LEECH*' PICTURE REPORTED 

A "leoch" production of "Lorna 
DooTie" is being offered on the mar- 
ket for bookiriKH again.st the Mau- 
rice Tourneur d^ected Thomas H. 
Ince production, which Fir.st Na- 
tloral is Ijandliiig. The Jawitz Film 
Company is offoilng the picture, 
which Is a re -edited English pro- 
duction. . . 

Tho T. O. C r. hfls gone on 
record, as well as tho entire New 
York state body of exhibltorH. 
nyrainFt booking "leech" pictures of 
any typo as productions that are 
rei'siicd In the face of a' new pic- 
ture are termed. 



FIREMEN'S QUIET WORK 

Albany. N. V., Dre. liO, 
Firemen last nisht extlnguijlud 
a .«fniall blaze in the chimney in the 
rmr nf the hrrfff^nftH-of tho Colon la! 



theatre f plclur<»f»), facing Rradf(n»! 
slievf, without a .siTif;le person In an 
.jiidienco of several hundred know- 
ing there hid been a Mie. Even tho 
ticket atrent nnd th^ 'ii-^her'* \«*ej'r 

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the ihcatie. 



The picture rights for "Th<» Fool" 
have been secured by D. W. Griffith, 
the latter entering into an agree- 
ment with Channing Pollock, the 
author, and the producer."*. Sehvyns, 
ast week, at which time a warning 
was pu))li.shed that picture pntduc- 
ers would be prof:ecuted If pirating 
the play. 

The picturlzation will rot he 
made for a year, accordlni? ?o pres- 
ent plans. About six months will 
be coriHumed in the making ond the 
estimated cr.st will be half a milllDn 
dollars. Gritnth has had in mind 
the type of picture "The Fool" will 
supply, lint- when ponferrinpr with 
IN. Mock, stated it was not until tho 
show v.as produced he rocognizefi 
lh<; story needed. 

MISS MACDONALD TO WED 

Lis Angele^T, Deo. 20. 

K'atherlne MacDunald is «oon to 
>ved. according to unronfiini'd re- 
port lu-r'*. 

The bridegroom !« a we il;!,,- fhl- 
cagoan. hsmo beiti" ni.ilntaiied a 
.secret for the pre.-enf. 



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NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1922 



BRICE 20 CENTS 



WEALTH OF BROADWAY HITS 



I ntH I nL i n H u li-shubert act" ijack" 




SOGCESSES 



Artist Sent For, Following Ad- 
I vertisement in Variety — Ex- 
I . planations Made 



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J^ljr. Last Season Failures 
*" Ran From One to Three 
Weekly ^- Gross Business 
Also Bettered So Far This 
Season in New York — In- 
dications Point to Eren 
Brighter 23-24 — Strength 
of Dramatics — Shake- 
speare's Comeback 



WEEKLY AVERAGE 



The first third of the season is al- 
most a complete reversal of the same 
period last year, when failures came 

•o fast, not a week, but from one 
to three productions died in their 
tracks. 

Now, dating from early Novem- 
ber, a wealth of hits reached 
Broadway. Business picked up with 
their advent, proving the theory of 
howmen that successes stimulate 
terest generally at the box offices. 
The volume of business in New 
ork's legit houses this fall toppled 
the dope that the poor last half of 
[aat season provided. Grosse» liave 
«qualled the marks of last season 
and bettered them, while indica- 
tions point invitingly towards- a bet- 
ter season in 1923-24. 

,The strength of the dramatic di- 
vision is an outstanding feature of 
the Broadway season. Big money 
drawn by such attractions has been 
[invigorating to production of a much 
igher grade than h?is been true in 
ny seasons. Plays of foreign 
rlgln are among the elite of the 
Its, but the success of made- in - 
erica plays outpoints the im- 
rtatlons. as always. Dead 300 
years Shakespeare has come to life 
long Broadway. Never before wag 
the work of the Immortal Bard so 
alluring tO managers, and never 
have his playn been given such pro- 
ductions. Juliets, Shyl >cks a'nH 
Hamlet.«4 are beginninpr to stalk 
through the halls of nro.adway. 
There are three special pryiluctions 
of Shakespeare on the boards con- 

» currently aiul three times as many 
are promised before spring. The 
stars of the native drama are the 
I stars of the Shakespearean presen- 
r tfStns. nnd $3 nnrl ft is being 
1 '^iCoiitiinied on page 18) 



According to report. Defro. . the 
pWno-accordionIsC will be the first 
Shubert act to be taken back byi 

the Keith office. To date none of 
the acta that have played Shubert 
vaudeville or Shubert units • has 
b^n given bookings by the Keith 
circuit. ^' '; 

Deirp, following the publication 
last week of an advertisement In 
Variety, received a letter from one 
of the Keith executives requesting 
the musician to call at the Keith 
office in reference to bool^ingsr ac- 
cording to the artist. 

The Keith people have maintained 
that none of the acts going over to 
the Shubert circuit was missed 
from the Keith bills. New mate- 
rial has been developed to replace 
the absentees, with the result the 
Keith office, despite numerous "re- 
quests," claim they haven't open 
time for the majority of the former 
Keith acts that went over to the 
Oi>po8itlon circuit. 

The booking of Delro, according 
to all concerned, followed his state- 
ment of facts concerning his ap- 
pearances |br the Shul>erts in the 
advertisement after repeated failure 
on the part of the artist to get 
a hearing^ in the Keith office. Fol- 
lowing the publication of the adver- 
tisement the artist's representative 
was summoned and the facts were 
thrashed out. The restoration- of 
the turn to good standing in the 
Keith office followed. 



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BARRED BY "SYNDICATE HOUSES" 



Mrs. Couthoui's Xmas Present From Harris-Powers 
Muiagement — No Tickets From Colonial, Powers, 
Blackstone and Illinois — Result pf Local Daily 
Newspaper Campaign Taken From Viurirt^'s J"- 
side Stuff on Ticket Manipulations ^ ; 



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Everything Else — Brilliant 

Cast, Staging and Scenery. 

UnlikelV to Enjoy Favor 



• I«ondon. Dec. 26. 

"i^rlcquln." at the Kmpire, Dec. 
21, prodi^^ced.by Albert de Courville 
OS his London come-back, waa re- 
\ealed as a semi -poetic comedy 
fantasy from the French, with 
everything but entertainment in it. 

The cast is brilliant, the scenery 
gorgeous and the staging artistic, 
but the performance is monotonous 
and the entertainment doleful. 

The show seems unlikely to enjoy 
popular patronage. . ' * 



scalpers' warfare, conducted by the 
Loop theatre managers, was fired 
Clhristmas Eve, causing the first 
actual belief that the Couthoui 
agencies are going to have trouble 
if the successive shots do not back- 
fire.' -, ■.. .. ^-^ ^,.1 -^y 

The range of the first shot not 
only struck the Couthoui agencies, 
but penetrated the ranks of all the 
independent ticket brokers. 

Through the Harris -Powers head- 
quarters, the Couthoui agencies 
were notified for a Christmas pres- 
ent that they will no longer be con- 
sidered as branch offices of the 
Colonial, Powers, Illinois and Black- 
stone theatres. Harris-Powers did 
the issuing of the mandate, which 
carried with It emphatic instruc- 
tions the Couthoui agencies will not 
be called into private consultations 
for consideration of promising 
"boys" or any other arrangements 
that proved the theatres and 
Couthoui agencies are partners in 
ticket deals. 

Mrs. Couthoui was plainly in^ 
formed she need no longer send her 
assistants to any of the al>ove four 
mentioned theatres for tickets. In 
other words, there will be no tickets 
for attractions playing the Colonial. 
Powers. Illinois and Blnckstone at 
any of the Couthoui stands. 

It is alleged around the theatres 
that the Couthoui "diggers' will 
again be employed, as they were 
several seasons ago, ^hen the hotels 
were barred from co-operative work 
with the Powers houses. These re- 
ports came from the Couthoui yide 
of the warfare. 

After the Couthoui agencies were 
thuhly informed with the unex- 
pected stand of the Powers and 
Krlar.ger house, the Ir.dependent 
brokers were sent for and duly noti- 
fied that they were also barred from 
any trannactions with the theatres 
known as the "syndicate houses." 

At first when the stand was an- 
nounced against the Couthoui 



pendents would come into their own 
and have the inside track for the 
tickets for the mentioned theatres, 
but the Powers and Erlanger man- 
agements have made a clean sweep 
of the whole field, instructing the 
treasures of the move and arrang- 
ing to hkve special officers to keep 
the "diggers" away from in front of 
the theatres. 

This latest move results from a 
constant local newspaper campaign, 
devised from the inside facts Vari- 
ety has been carrying on for the 
past six months about agency ticket 
handling. It also means the situa- 
tion will be forHhe betterment of 
the local conditions, making hits go 
as "hits' and "flops" as "flops." It 
will also hold down tho price of 
tickets, giving the playgoers their 
first real chance in years. 

Inside reports are that Flo Zieg- 
feld had much to do with the turn of 
affairs. It is known he made a stern 
stand against tickets for "Sally'*^ 
being given the Couthoui agency. 
The failure of "Good Morning, 
Dearie." and the extensive howling 
over tickets for the "Music Box 
Revue," which were given to the 
Couthoui agencies for extended 
rates (causing the box office price 
to be placed at |4.2S), hurried the 
functioning of the latest move con- 
sidered the most important in the 
theatre in years in Chicago. 

With the powerful Powers and 
Erlanger houses backing up the in- 
dependent houses In the fight 
against the box office scalpers. It is 
foregone, in the estimation of show- 
men here, that the Couthoui offices 
are really up against/ It for the first 
time in their long and successful 
career for dictating the box office 
policies which have al most ruined 
local legit show business. 



''CLEAN" MEDKINESBOW 
MAY CLEA)) UP OTHEKS 

SI for Medicine at fiW Times- 
Can Play Return En- , 
gsTgements 

V Milwaukee. Wis., Dec. e<- 
The medicine show business Is 
starting to develop a reform withia 
Itself, according to Bobby Carroll, 
blackface comedian, who Is with 
the Duncan comedy company, lay- 
ing off here for a Christmas holiday. 
Carroll is with a "clean show," and 
says there is a strong movement 
within the medicine show business 
to work certain reforfhs along tho 
lines of the movies, carnivals, etc. 

"We charge $1 for our medicine 
the first night and all through the 
engagement." says Carroll. "There 
is no dumping a load of It on the 
people for a dollar at the blow off. 
The prl<5B remains the same 
throughout the engagement. Wo 
make the business legitimate and 
can return to any town." 



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Ptggy Hopkins .foyre is rehe;irK- 
Ing for the forthcoming Winter 
Garden show, . nd will be equally 
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WORLD'S GREATEST UNDERSTUDY 






licmarlablr career of Chnrlottr Lcarn-OarrHy. the pride of Chicago, 
Itrcuusr 3h<^ is nn tutrcss. tt tcifc and a mother — and the pride of the city 
she "'ill not IcaiC, 

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Chioapro's favorite player! 

Chicago's only dramatic star? 

Chicago's KTcatcst reception get- 
ter! 

And not only this, but 

An artisite who lia.s appeared in 
more plays in Chicajfo in the last 
two and a half years; an artiste who 
has received more newspaper no- 
tices in Chicago in the same period 
than any other known persort in Chi. 

It seems like a fairy tale. No one 
familiar with the "in.slde" of things 
theatrical in Chicago will credit the 
statements. 

liut enough of mystery! 

It is Charlotte Learn, whose name 
Is suggestive of htr work, for she 
is an undersiu«ly for all shows play- 
ing Chicago. 

Miss Learn Is Chicago's favorite 
player, because she is "beloved" and 
"regarded with favor," tl\p defini- 
tions of the teim in the diction- 
ary. 

Miss L«earn Is Chicago's only dra- 
matic star because she is the only 
dramatic star who does not venture 
outside of Chicago. 

Miss Le.'.rn is the greatest recep- 



newspaper notloes than any other 
star t>r player. 

Miss Learn's work la not stripped 
of its glitter by ttie mer©^ ^te- 
ment of facta. Xt still appeftfii to 
be a falry'8, drcaikd to say tjliitt^^ip 
player Is to enjoy tlie contact pos- 
sible in her position with welt know^n 
siar.s and famous players. . To think 
of r« placing a big star in a lead|nj? 
thcatra at any time and havfhg 
the opportunity of measuring on.e'a 
ability against that of some one 
of established fame is to" Ijave. a 
dream fulfilled which many 'people 
have dallied ^ith. .,«_, vk- 

Chariot te. 'iWrn played\ot)poslte 
DoujHas Fairbanks in "AaiYe Sqw" 
and 'The Man of the Hour" when 
she was 13 ye.ar8 of age. She played 
kid parts with 'E^ru »Kendf»ll in 
•Land of Dollars" and "Swell Rle- 
gant Jones." "While p'.ayir.g with 
Ezra Kendall she met J. J. (Jarrity, 
who was manager of the company. 
Mr, Carrity is now genej-al manager 
for the Shubei'ts in Chicago, 
• Now Charlotte Learn is Mrs. J. J. 
Carrity. 

N(>t content to fall out of theat- 




FRANK VAN 'HOVEN 

Look at this a;id then look at the 
front cover and try riot think of me. 

FRANK VAN HOVEN 

p. S.— Oh, I, forRot to wish all 
A Hai)py New Year 




"HULLO CANADA" AUCTION 

Properties of de C%urville's Revue 
;; ■y"''* Be Sold in Mtyitreal 

Montreal. Dec. 26. 

The i>ropprtres of Albert de Cour- 
Ville's "Hiillo Canada" revue will 
be sold here Doc. 30 at auction, as 
the final chapter of the attachment 
placed on the show by Harry Tate, 
its principal ^©median, for overdue 
salary when it appeared here some 
months ago at His Majesty's. 

T^je property to be disposed of 
comprises trunks of clothes, scenery 
and other , equipment. ■ '. • 



"Hullo Canada" as produced by 
Albert de Courville in London and 
New York as "Pins and Needles" 
was produced for Canada with an- 
other title. It played the Dominion 
and a portion of the XT. S. northwest, 
with Tate reported finally to have 
taken over the piece under his own 
direction for the remainder of the 
tour, which ended at Montreal. Tate 
attached under his proper name, 
Ronald MacDonald Watson. 



USUAL PANTO 

"Cinderella" Opens at London Hip- 
podrome '' ' 

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The usual" Cinderella** pantomime 
opened Dec. 21 at the Hippodrome. 
It is the customary holiday show of 
that character. " ■ ■ 

Stanley Lupino, Clarice Mayne. 
Daisy Wood and Bert Errol are the 
featured principals. 



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t!un getter because there is an im- 
portant ring of insiders who realize 
what splendid work she has done 
and are attracted by her sincerity 
and who reward her wherever she 
makcis appearance. 

When her recor<l of the last two 
and a half years is told there will 
be no q\iestion of the statement she 
has apjieared in more shows in Chi- 
cago than any one else in the s.tme 
l>i I iud. 

When lier re<«u'd for that period 
is taken into cojisderatitin it will 
le seen that she has receiveil more 



— NOW TOl'UINCJ Kl'ROI'E — 

ENOS 

FRAZERE 

Who Wns nn IndivlOii.il UU In tin- JEAN BEDINI 
"CHUCKLES OF 1922" at Columbia. New York. 

N«w In On« of Vodvll't Mo:t Surprito Actt. 

A.Ulr»-8S <«re of It.-l'. : ItEKVKS & l.A.MPoUT 
18 Clmrlnpr <rov« Roa«l, London 

THE TILLER SCHOOLS 
OF DANCING 

143 Charing Cross Road 
LONDON 

Director, JOHN TILLER 



rical life and realizir.g the need for 
understudies. Miss Learn developed 
a vocation all her own. The Ihst 
was understudy for Elliott,' Conii- 
stock & Gist's "The Five Millions," 
holding thie position four months 
without being called upon to make 
a siigle appearance. \,-. 

Then . Mifis L'earn utjde.Pstudied 
•Fay Wallace^'>nd Rila ^ahjey ' in 
"Kyes of Youth." and hVi(L^:jJt)pUt 
concluded she^was \o urder.studfy in 
va!n, when, oAe rUght at the the- 
atre, she was imstructed to "go on" 
in Fay Wallace's i)Lace. There were 
thirty sides to*, this part. Mi8# 
Learn's gladness, that At length she 
was to have a public appearance, 
was lessered by l^er uneasiness that 
she would adqult herself to advan- 
tage, but it t^ufned out all right 

Under.studying 
more in Cosmo 

(dramatic) led to her playing .th^ 
part of the. maid once,, liiji^t-.^hen 
the j)lay tf)ok to the read Mf;Prt^Le^l7^ 
was called upon to play Miaij-Lar- 
rimores role in Kansas, C'ity"'"and 
other points with such succj^iss that 
she was irrg«'d to accept an.' ofTef., to 
go to Alls' ralia to play regularly, 
but rofu.sed. •' ', « 

"While iier present cnp.icily is not 
just exactly to hor 1 kin^, she Would 
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KIJICU UUL till I l|^<il.. 

ing Francene; "JwSci- 
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RUSSIANS IN CABARET 

London, Dec. ;'6. 

The Balagantschik company of 
Russian Players opened Dec. 19 at 
Murray's Club (cabaret). The 
troupe is along the lines of "Chauv^- 
Souris," although not nearly as 
good. ^ / ". ■ i" ^ j' 

With vigorous vocalizing jirtd fast 
gypsy dancing they made ideal cab- 
aret entertainment. ' :.^-."..' '...? 



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take a childish delight in opening my packages 
I pleasure as I do. But next week I hope to t^ 



PHYIUS N. TERRY'S COMEDY 

London, Dec. 26. 
"A Roof and Four . WaU«," 
comedy by Temple Thurston, will be 
produced by Phyllis Neilson Terry, 
for the West End opening about 
Jan. 15. - ■ ■ ■ « ."^ • • •. 



' CHEVAHER'S OPERATION 

London, Dec. 26.. 
Albert Chevalier .^as undergone 
a seriou? abdominal operatidn, and 
is reported favorably progressing. 



New Cast for "Winter- Comes" 

London, Dec. 2C. 

Practically a new cast will, bo In 
support of Owen Xares In "When 
W4ritf r Comes" upon fts We.<?t End 
presentation earlyjin the new. year. 

Barbara Hoffe will s u-c'c e e d 
Nares* wife, in '.the /coni7fany,i^ ';;^ 

' "Peter Pan't" Matinees 

■■' • ■• ' ^on<lon, Dec. 26. 

"Peter Pan," for matinees only 
opened Dec. CI at the h?t. James, 
with I>yn H;<tiling playing Hoek. 
Ther«^ is a sellout for "eight weeks 
in advance. '' 



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Revival of "The Windmill" 

London. De^. 26. 
December 21 JJert Coote revived 
his last .•^(•asdu's fairy tale play. 
"Tln. ^ Win dmtH , ' nt th e Vioto i 'iMi foi* 
matinees only. 

Phyllis Dare Returns to Play 
I..ondon. Dec. 2(>. 
Phyllis Dare is returning this 
evening to "The Lady of the Hose" 
at Daly's. 



Friday before Christmas and Betty Juat eame. In ajid announce^ 
Variety goes to press earlier than usual this week, and she wants my 
copy. It will be Impossible for me to gl;^e a detailed account of my 
Christmas at this writing. But will say I have a lounge full of packages 
all marked "Do not open until Christmas." They ^had better contain 
something nice after testing my will power, to say nothing of having to 
appease the nurses, who 
and take almost as much 
you of my Christmas. 

From a chain of hotels in California comes this greeting: 

"Twenty years ago we remember — Eggs were 10 cents a dozen; milk 
was 6 cents a quart; the butcher gave away liver, the hired girl 
received a dollar a week and did the washin'. Women did not powder 
and paint (in public), play PiU a"»l Take or Shake the Shimmie, and •. 
they were taught to cook at the age of 10. Men wore whiskers and 
boots, chewed tobacco, spit on the sidewalks and cussed. Laborers 
worked ten hours a day and never went on strike. No tips were 
given to waiters and the hat check grafter was unknown. No onei ri 
was ever operated on for appendicitis, microbes were unheanl of i< v 
fcrlks lived to a good old age and every year walked miles to wi«|i»..| 
their friend?/ a Merry Xmas. s-u, 

"Today you know— Everybody rides in automobiles or (Fords^.u* 
straining their necks looking at aeroplanes; ])lay8 the piano with;, 
their feet; goes to sec the movies; liste.is to grand opera on Ji phono- -.; 
graph; has discarded woolen underwear; com!)lains about not hav- 
ing the liberty to put their foot on the rail any more; swears at their 
incometax; nmokes cigarettes; drinks hair tonic and cologne; blames 
tiro high cost of living on the politicians; never go to bed the sam»i .. 

day they get up and think they are having a h of a time. Thes^ ,' 

are the days of Suffragetting, l»rotitoering a^nd Prohibition and if you,.*' 
. think Life Is worth living, we wish you Happy New Year. \[ 

Yes, we also remember that twenty years ago we had oil lamps (somew>- 
times minus the oil), few bathrooms or towels in hotels, had to go .to ' 
the corner grocery to telephone. J'eople died with intestlaal obstructionji 
before they began operating ftr appendicitis. Eggs may have been on})ij 
10 cents a dozen then, but I had ttne of those very eggs for breakfast this, 
morning and they are dear at that. Women may not have powdered thqir 
noses in public, but they bleached their hair in private and wore It .ia, 
public. The Hooichie Kootchie da: ce could hardly be termed "TJae 
Minuet." It took us all day to go to Y'onkers. We don't have to w*4c 
miles now to find a friend; we have them i\eaitr. Ac'.orfl worked fqijifj j 
shows a day. did their own cooking, washing and sewing in /.heir roosa^ 
Their children slepi in trunks between the showy; they could"t affcgr^j 
sleepers. Country homes, automobiles, these may have been the "go^f^ 
old days," but I am glad they are i)ast. Life is worth living just as it^\^f^ 
This is a fine old world and our job is to mak^ ourselves fit to, liv^ in.^ii^ s 

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O. O. :McIntyre, who Is the New Y'ork representative for a newspaper 
in every city large enough to have a jjaper, shares my opinion that the 
tendency of human nature is to be kind, and prints the following in his 
chain of papers. It is 8elf-explanatt>ry. You will note that the young 
man was an actor. Also pleate note that he is willing to sacrifice J^ 
Christmas present to some one else whom he doesn't even know;. . i'^^ 
"From the cell of a State prison In the Far West there came, to r n^ 
recently a letter^ from a young man. He wrote: • . , 

In the offing, ploughing through the sea of life, a strange bark»,/ 
flying the flag of The Spoiler, I could not resist the privilege that, th^^ 
season affords to send you greetings. Every nij^ht a news^)aper w;i.t^.' 
your articles is pushed into my cell, etc. 

"It was an uncomplainii g letter, breathing the spirit of one. who ha.i 

borne the bludgeonings of ch tnce with the unconquerable soyij. A man 

who had made a mistake, regretted it and waS;ChejerXully paying. th(9 

penalty. I replied that 1 would like to .send him syme oigart^^^ and boql^ 

if it was permitted. The young man is lonely— Jie is far fv^^^^^P^^ 

And yet I quote in pajt from his reply: ^ . . ,/^ 

Y'our bonhomie in offering cigarets is hinderetl by an lns>itutjo.nal».^ 

keynote which urges us to roll our own. Regarding a book, 1,11 com* . 

promise. 

There is a lady, a. . sick lady, at St. Vincent's In New Y'opk. .Hetr * 
name is Nellie Kevell, a theatrical prt^ss agent. For th^-ee years 
she's been featured in a cast — not a typical Morosco; a plaster ot 
paris and an iron one. I don't know her^ — that's my loss. I have' 
read of the brave way she's playing the game. 

So, instead of sending me a book, if, it's all the same and. won'l 

offend you, you might" send it to her; or a flower. There's nothing 

sentimental about, my wish. I <lo not know her. A*nd you heed not 

mehtlon my name, for, as Rube Goldberg wpuld say, "^i doesn't 

. mean anything." 

Mr. Mclntyre add^, "Miss Revell, who Is an old friend of mine, has 
been cheered by his message. It will do much to make her C.hristma* 
brighter." So endeth a true Christmas tale.. 



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It. pleases me veU*y much to have people run In and tell ^yc good-bye 
before they leave. . In fact, as Trixie Friganza once remarked, my room 
resembles the tjnion railroad station, where people are either saying 
good-bye or hello. . Percy Williams came in to say good-bye before leav- 
ing for Palm Beaclv'for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Can^pb<;ll came 
in before thieir departure for their home in Florida. Nornria, Constance 
and Mrs. Talmadge, Buster Keaton and Joseph Schenck ran in to bid me 
good-bye just before leaving for California to be gone a long while. 
Eugene and Willie Ilowaid were among the ones who paid their respects 
before they started pn tpur. We had a good laugh about ap Incident 
that occurred etghtepa- years ago when we were all troupi;iQ tojgether. 
We were all playing.;lhe pee-Wifc time in a Western town. The housQ was 
an.upstairs barn wher6 theVurtain was operated by the actors themselves, 
and, a:? the brothers recalled, the piano was stationed just inside the 
front door to enable the player to double in brass as ticket-taker between 
tunes. '..•... 

One afternoon while Eugene was .«;inging a ballad on the stage, Willie, 

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^*-Put CLASS Into Your Act 

\Vh'Mh<r it lif VHU«l«vilftv .Mu"ifjil < '..iimiIv. Tab. SIiowh, <"inus i.r '"innlxal 
- I.ITTI.K..M»IIN'H WIMNKSTONKS vill ^iv.: y< ur A- t ..r Show ihi.l sj-.-irlJIng 
efTcrt )h;it Is kq ^'gjf*i>!iil lo i>rf.s<ni -<l;iy .sliuw t.u :Ih«'k.s, 

TIIK MTTI.IvIOIINS ri'TI.T ovnu .^ H.\!,K f»<)''.K.V f;< ot'.ki ir>4 k<k.vv:k 

r<->u nHoAnwAV%s Mf^.^r .sro'Ks.'-Ki'i. snows this skaso.v. 

IJliinoHtoiifs (^nil J«w-t'N-f«>r ♦•oxtutTus, li«'.i(h-co;irf«, h1;|h.< i« in,,] l, ,,!.,. p.-,ny 
Jiiid <lo({ harne}''^ nful.collar.M. 1 1« pluiiit rnvk iiirin:(l ti.u>t'i"iu ; JuifUN .s, j;!rdl<-H, 
1><»lir«'H. ImtoilK, cHao«, w.amis, m'<n<"Tr:itt)H, In Ikui < lub-*, ruriainw si < iktv, 
tie., I'to. 

Hvtul 9i.no for 100 Kliiii(>Ht(»iof«, wUh our nuteutod way of iiioiinMnv Hnnie 
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226 West 46th Street, Opposite N. V. A., New York City 



Friday; Dec 



29, 1922 



VARIETY 



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PREDICnON FOR ENGLAND 



By WALTER WANGER 



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, ' ' Ltondon, Dec. 12. 

^ ^o much has been written in the 
past regarding the condition of the 
British film industry that for my 
part I feel rather diffident of ex- 
pressing mj' views, but whatever 
adverse criticism has been launched 
against- the picture business in this 
country, it cannot be denied the 
past year has marked a detinite ad- 
vance in establishing the British 
film Industry on a solid basis'. Pro- 
duction, distribution and exhibition 
have all made great strides for- 
ward, and I feel confident that when 
proper economic conditions ojjain 
prevail the Britii-h section will no 
longer be regarded as of a second- 
ary consideration in the world mar- 
ket, but will make itself lelt in all 
directions. 

Frankly speaking the conditions 
over here a year and a half ago Jip- 
peared hopeless, and could only l»e 
remedied by drastic measures. Pre- 
vious to May, 1921, ICngland was 
temporarily enjoying the boom pe- ( 
rlod immediately following the war. 
Enormous tapit.il had been invented 
in the British film industry in 19i9 
and 1920. l>urlng these years tijc 
prosperiti' of the picture business 
was at its height — in short llicy 
were "ca3>- money" days for ihc ex- 
hibitor and consequent y the renter 
experienced no great difficulty in 
booking pictures far ahead, at iirioos 
which seemed nrore or less equi- 
tahle at the time of the rignin?; of 
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staying at the Savoy would have 
the privilege of going to any one 
of these five theatjres and seeing at 
all, identically the same feature pic- 
ture, and one probably which he had 
seen at the Strund or one of tho 
other Broadway houses two years 
previously. Moreover, he would 
have to pay a higher price for a 
seat than he does in America. 

By November. 1921, the pre-release j 
idea hud taken deflnite shape. "Tfie I 
Old Nest" had had a four weeks' / 
run at tht» Alhambra, "Way Down' 
East" was (K)inK excellent bu.slness 
at the Empire. "Over the Hill" had 
been given ;• ^^'est End prescntatiion 
and The Tliree Musktt^^rs" and 
other pictui;'es were shortly to be 
given an ex luHi\e showint; at the \ 
Ro: ul opera hon.^e, Covcnt CJarden. 
TIk» ixhibitor was cryin|c for good /^ 
picture."?, and th«:» pre-releaso sys- 
tem jja'.e him an opportunity lo QC- 
(lUire tliein. During ihis past year 
.«iuccC3f. ful prc-relenscs have been 
to > ir-inT^rou.s ii» detail lure. 'Or- 
phan.-, of the Storm" at the Scala. 
•TliO Four iror.'emen" at the Palace. 
' l'"o '\:sh V»'ives * at the New Oxford, , 
;;'! did bi,.; bu^ines.-^. Tb.e pre-re- 
lease iiad proved, a palliative for the . 
piik lilm l»UEine.^s. tmt like rrany ! ^ 
otlu-r curative me.isurcs it was over- 
('one. So->n practically every firm 
in Wardour street co:nmenced^to 
prc-rc'.ease their super nroductions 
and o.'fered th?m to exiiibitors at 
tromendcus prices. Which in mrtny 
rnso^ \\ ere out of all pro:)L.rtion to 

pi turo 



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"PAUL AND VIRGINIE" FAIR 



Guiraud-N«poty Version in 
Acts with Mu«io 



Four 



• . > : Paris, Dec. 26. 

The four-act version of "Paul and 
X'lrginle," adapted from the work 
»»f Bernardino de Saint -Pierre by 
Edmond Cluiraud and Lucien 
Nepoty, with a mus^eul acconspani- 
ment by Henry Rabaud, did lulrly 
when presented Dec. 23 at the The- 
atre Sarah Bernhardt, wlore It '■•up- 
planted tho brief revival of Guitry*« 
•I'asteur." 

I'rlnclpals are Puylargarde. Moa^ 
teux (replacing Deneubourg), De- 
cour. Augcreuu, H. Mairet. dregoire, 
CJermaine de Francs. Madeleine 
Guitty. Alice Tlssot, Kerlel, Made- 
lei no Thomas. 



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PATRICOLA 

EXTENDS ^ 

SEASON'S GREETINGS TO ALL 



"KNOCKOUT" DOES FAIRLY 

; Pari*. Dec. 26. 

A* sort of farcical ' comedy waa 
given at the Cigale Dec. 23 and did 
fairly well. It involves a champion 
puglll.st who elopes, a detective and 
reporter, with the story running to 
the third act, which becomes a riot, 
during which everyone on the stage 
is knocked out. 



Awaiting Mme. Bernhardt's Recovery 

Paris, Dec. 26. 
Awaiting Mme. Bernhardt's re- 
covery, the Theatre Edouard is con- 
tinuing Sacha Guitry's comedy, 
"Petite Main Que se Place" durlnip 
the holidays. 



le contract. People flocked i'.ij-the Jcatins: capacity ^f tho 
droves to cinemas and this phe- j houf^e in fjuestion. 
n<)menal prosperity placed the* in- i Tho exhibitor in hi.s de^tperatlon 
dustry on an artificial flnan-'ial j to .'reoure tlie bettor picture bid in 
basis. Popular taste is so evancs- , comp:^titio!\ with his opposition and 
cent and fugitive that any show- ! .^o tho prfee gaily soared up, with- 



man will admit it is well nigh Im 
possible to lay down any deflnite 
standards as to what the public 
really wanted in the matter of en- 
tertainment. Showmen in England 
naturally thought that this popu- 
larity of the pictures had come to 
stay and only those endbwed with 
almost uncanny perspicacity were 
able to. see the rocks ahead, 
■ Conditions in the film world be- 
gan to look ominous in the spring 
of 1921, and In th* following June 
the crash came. Box office receipts 
f began to fall off and exhibitors were 
' spon staggered by their negligible" 
takings, which were frequently 
lower than th^ price of their film 
hire alone. 

What causes contributed to this 

•lump? Upon investigation it was 

found that the public had become 

picture- wise, and were not attracted 

; by two-year-old features, that were 

being liberally released by American 

distributors, in order that they 

.. should realize a full quota on all 

. those pictures that were held up 

. on account of the war. In addition 

* to this picture houses throughout 
the country had been surfeited with 
productions of Inferior quality that 
■•vere being machine made by Brit- 
ish producers in order that the lat- 
ter might meet the obligations of 

• block-booking contracts, whereby 12 
or more pictures were booked on 
paper and produced long after the 
contracts had been signed. Then 
again unemployment, dear money 
and the generally bad economic 

; conditions that prevailed all ,con- 
'■' tributed their share in reducing the 
box ofBce receipts, and by the end 
If of last year the British film indus- 
- try found itself In the most critical 
. period of its history. 

It was apparent that an effective 

remedy must be found, and that 

right soon. Already certain renters 

had been pre-rcleasing big pictures 

• with beneficial results to the exhib- 

' ttor, and it was soon realized by the 

■ * thinking members of the trade that 

the^alvation of the Industry lay in 

the presentation of the newer and 

better picture. 

It is probably generally known by 
now that London boasts no' mam- 
moth picture hou.'^es in the West 
End (London's Broadway) like the 
. Rlvoll. Capitol. Rfalto, Criterion, 
State or Strand of Nev,- YorU. The 
prominent presentation of pictures 
is confined to live relatively bijou 
ho\^es. Jii the past the.'-e houses 
had been .^bowing pictures concm*- 
rentlv. l-'or inst.inee. an American 



out any consideration beinij given 
to the po.=;:-iible earning capacity of 
the pioture.''. In additicii to this 
extra burden, the exhibitor to honor 
fontr.ar t.'^ made perhaps a year bo- 
fore had to pa.v for 'a picture pro- 
gram he was scrapping in ordet^to 
make way for the newer and better 
.picture. The charges on his film 
hire became prodigious and It was 

t)ractlcally impossible for l.im to 
)rcak even, despite the fact that ' e 
^may have been j>laying to packed 
houses. 

This juncture In the |>roce8s of 
clarifying the di.-^tribution of pic- 
tures in this country may appear 
very inequitable for the exhibitors, 
but it is only temporary. It will 
not be long before this difficulty Is 
overcome. The live showman does 
not fill up his dates for more than 



four months ahead, so before long 
renters pre- re easing pictures should 
experience tiot the siighteM difii- 
culty In finding .i sufficient number 
of open dates. This is already 
jiroved by the fact that a certain 
American hou.'-e. whicii has recently 
opened its own branch offices In this 
rountr.v. has been able*<^j gel ampl.? 
dates for its early releases. 

I confidently predict that in a 
years time it will bo the general 
practice in thi^ country to release 
pictures concurrently \yitli Amei-ica. 
The block-boo. 'ing octopus, which 
had the Brlti.*;h industry completely 
throttled, will be dead and contli- 
tions on a sound economic founda- 
tion. *. .,._.. 



BROWN BROS. REJOIN SHOW 

Tom Brown and tlie Six Brown 

Brothers rejoin the Fred Stone "Tip 

Top" show en tour next week be-« 

caugc of the star's insistence to 

have the saxophonists back with 
him. The Browns have been with 
the "Bunch and Judy" at the Globe, 
NeV York. f<jr a number of weeks, 
brought in as strengtheners. They 
close with the show tomorrow 
(Saturday). 



BRITAIUrS FILM YEAR 



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^ • Ijontfon, Dec. 7. 

Tiie yt^ar has marked a slow but 
.steady improvement In British film 
j)roduction without developing txjny- 
thing likely to bring the country 
mucji nearer a world market. Sev- 
eral really good features have been 
made, many mediocre ones and a 
grfut number of really bad ones. 
The "world market" is the slogan on 
the* lips of the speakers at every 
trade function, capitalists and pro- 
ducers dilate on it at interviews, and 
there the matter seems to end. The 
more unreliable thy producing firm 
the shriller the cry. "^-.H/f 

The few firms whlcrh- really have 
an eye on the market of their ambi- 
ti on a re going quietly and working 
h4F3r to achieve success, and they 
can be relied upon not to talk until 
within a reascnabltt distance of their 
goal. • :■ n;' ? ^ '* ' '-• : • <' 

Up to now we certiainly have hot 
made, a "world beater," but there is 
every sign the American and foreign 
markets generally are being more 
carefully watched and taken Into 



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STUDIOS OF 

%VAl DAHCIM 

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Season's Greetings to you and yours-— 
V Everybody and everything 

MAY WIRTH 

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consiilei^ation than ever before, and 
if the present rate of progress, slow 
though it may be, continues, we 
shall take our share of the world 
trade l>efore many more years have 
passed. But before this time comes 
those at the head of British indus- 
try must throw aside insular preju- 
dice and learn to see with the eyes 
of other peoples. 

Of the producing firms the Stoll 
company has doubtless the record 
for the number of pictures actually 
made, but for the main part the out- 
put consists of mechanical produc- 
tion?", versions' of "best sellers," 
technically correct, well played and 
produced, but invariably lacking 
Just that touch of sincerity that 
might make them big. They are Just 
ordinary "program" features, ap- 
iring to be turnd put in a given 
time, at a »Iven cost for "block 
booking." Among the Stoll features 
of the year Maurice Elvey'a "Dick 
Turpln's Ride to York" stands out as 
an ambitious attempt to reach 
"super" class. It Is a big, expensive 
production, but In the execution falls 
short of the producer's ambition. 
The story is historical melodrama 
weaving a garment of romance 
around a person who even at his 
best was but an ordinary criminal 
and sneak thief, although for many 
years novelists and dramatists have 
striven to gloss over his misdeeds 
and. Invest him with an atmosphere 
of heroism. The film will doubtless 
be popular with kinema audiences 
and small boys will revel in it. 

The trade Is awaiting with Inter- 
est the next big Stoll pictur.*, a 
fllmizatlon of Sir Hall Caine's "The 
Prodigal Son," which is being made 
by A. E. Colby with a fine cast. It 
is announced that in future the firm 
will give up its "block booking" pol- 
icy and go in for making big "feat- 
ure" production* with an eye on the 
American market. Future plans in- 
clude another Sherlock Holmes 
series. 

Ideal has mado enormous strides 
and can Justly claim to be the head 
of the British producing industry. 
Us success is built upon an impreg- 
nable foundation of sound artistic 
work, coupled with fine stories and 
beautiful production. Among its 
pictures of the year the filmization 
of Clemence Dane's play, "A Bill ^^ f 
Divorcement," which was made by 
Denlson Clift, stands on a pedestal 
of Its own. Frank H. Crane has also 
done exceedingly fine work for the 
company, contributing some of thf» 
best of the output. Among his works 
are "A Pauper Millionaire," a re- 
markably interesting picture made 
from very flimsy material; "The 
Lonely Lndy of CJrosvenor Place" 
and "The Grass Orphan." Tom Ter- 
risn catne from America to make the 
film version^ oX his father's famous 
m'^-lodraran. ""'Harboi- T.it;hfs." uitU 
Tom Mdore as the ' dtar." When lie 
]i.iit completed this picture It is an- 
nounced he will Join the Stoll pro- 
.1m( ing HtalT. Ideal will bring over 
other American "stars" from time 
to time for their fulure program, 
whibh will be handled by Frank H. 

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VARIETY 



Friday, December 29, 1023,j^ - 



YEAR IN THE LEGITIMATE 



III July, what was tabbed as the jury was formed, having a panel of 

300 jurors liBtod. It has been ready 
to function since the opening of the 
season. The new productions, how 



•worst arason" ('21 -'22) In the Jegit- 
imatp Wiis over and the hopes of bet- 
ter business were pinned on '22 -'23. 
That the previous period was the 
"worst" for Broadway is a matter 
of compari.'^on. Actually the volume 
of busintss was in sharp deciiue 
from the preceding season, which, 
following the ending of the war, 
builded to the highest in the annals 
of theatricals. 

This •22-'23 season is nearijig the 
the hal/ way mark with the fall 
poing as good, if not a bit better 
than last y*^ar. That business gen- 
erally for '22-'23 will greatly exceed 
last season is doubted, but political 
economists in showdom anticipate 
a return to boom times in '23-'24. 

Prom the first of this year on to 
the summer it was more or leas in a 
turmoil. So many failures were 
chalked up all records for produc- 
ing went by the boards. There were 
191 production tn'a or about fifty 
more than in other seasons. During 
the spring houses on Broadway 
grasped anything that loolied lilce 
revenue making. Co-operative at- 
tractions appeared early and in- 
creased in number. Revivals had 
spent whatever force they had be- 
fore the winter set In and most of 
those were losers. 

Conditions were such that the Lit- 
tle theatre movement won atten- 
tion, but the predictions for theatre 
growth from that source have not 
held over into the new season. Sal- 
ary cutting became frequent from 
April on, attempts to cut operation 
costs going hand in hand wi:h the 
commonwealth attempts. 

The highlights of the legitimate 
year date from January 1. At that 
time . George M. Cohan joined the 
Producing Managers' Association. 



ever, liad not brought anythfVig 
which has been placed under fire up 
to the present holidays. 

The censorship jury Idea is rated 
as valuable in holding off legisla- 
tion, though there has been nothing 
for the Jury to censor, in light of 
the court decision in "The Demi- 
Virgin" case. A. H. Woods carried 
a legal battle to the high courts and 
won a drcialon denying the right of 
the Now York City license commis- 
sioner to recall a theatre license, the 
court ruling it was too great a 
powf-r to be vested in an Individual. 

The first plans for a legitimate 
booking and pooling combination 
became known In February. The 
Shuberts and A. L. ftrlanger entered 
Into an agreement placing the book- 
ing machines of the two big offices 
In synchronization. It was agreed 
that the two oflflces book In con- 
formity, with the major object of 
eliminating opposK'd bookings in and 
out of town stands. 

Erlanger and the Shuberts ad- 
vised the managers affiliated with 
them that there would not be enough 
first class attractions to go around. 
That was a direct reaction from 
the flop failure of last season, and 
In a measure the prediction has held 
good, and business on the road has 
been comparatively worse than on 
Broadway. The big offices deter- 
mined on having but one theatre in 
a dozen week-stand cities this sea- 
son and decided on closing the other 
house or houses to concentrate busi- 
ness on the one. 

On top of the booking plan Er- 
langM* and the Shuberts then 
started the formation of a pooling 
agreement, which was to be effect- 
ive for Chicago, Philadelphia. Bos- 
ton, Cleveland, Detroit and St. 




YEAR AT lUE BOX OFFICE 



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BLA< KPOOL GAZKTTE * HERALD 

ENGLAND. Sept. 26th. -l^ia 
By E. J. DROMQOOLB 

CHARLK8 ALTHOfT, a clever come- 
dian, who combines muaiclanly ability 
wllh eocentrlcity of treatment. raaH«d 
Boai* •eiHMktlon, when, after about twenty 
minutes of artistic merriment, he doffed 
his allver-f rey wl» and stood revealed as 
a raven-haired wa»» He affects the con- 
/Ittlon of an old man. anaemic and asth- 
matic, with fingers that are cramped, and 
Joints that are stiff. After about ten 
minuten of mirth, during which you may 
be ot a loBs whether to smile or pity Iho 
old fellow and hia violin, he slips on the 
muto when you are not looking and 
settles down Into playing a rare excerpt 
that seems as. If it Is coming right from 
the soul of a religious musician. He 
plays other things in livelier vein, and 
you begin to realise that you arc In the 
presence of an aecoiupliBhed srtlate 
blessed with a rich sctine of humor. 
CHARLE8 ALTHOFF will b« heartily 
wcleomcd when he CMnea affala. 



He had retired from the managerial j Louis, and in those towns where 
field in the summer in protest only a single theatre was supplied 



against Equity's movement to effect 
a closed shop. As an independent 
producer Cohan had the alternative 
of producing under the dictation of 
Equity or joining the P. M. A. He 
had made arrangements to estab- 
lish himself in London, producing 
in association with C. B. Cochran. 
The Actors' Fidelity League scored 
a victory by inducing Cohan to 
change his plans. Its executive 
beads asked Cohan to remain in 
America. He was invited to joffi 
the P. M. A. by Wlnthrop Ames. 
Cohan's election was cheered in the 
P. M. A., the event being a sensa- 
tion, almost equal to that of his an- 
nouncement to retire some months 
prior. 

The presentation of broad farces 
and plays of highly colored lan- 
guage started agitation for a cen- 
sorship of the stage, following the 
enactment of a film censorship in 
New York. Managpis, playwrights 
and actors combined in a successful 
effort to forestall any oflf\cial cen- 
sorship, and with various civic as- 
sociations a voluntary censorship 



legitimate attractions. The pools 
have not been completed to date. 
Chicago is the outstanding excep- 
tion. The new houses placed in the 
loop within the past three years are 
of individual ownership (not Er- 
langer or Shuberts) and considered 
among the most valuable properties 
there, though the Shuberts hold an^ 
interest in one or two. Their man- 
agements have been ready to sub- 
scribe to the pool, but have been 
holding off waiting an explanation 
of the details. Principally under 
question is the matter of plitting 
the annual profits. The pool is 
understood to split the season's 
earnings equally among the theatres 
concerned. If there are 12 houses, 
each house to receive one-twelfth. 
The individual managers believe 
they are entitled to a greater share 
than the smaller capacity houses 
and that appears to have placed the 
pool in suspension. 

Tho booking and pooling deals 
gave basis to talk of the formation 
of a new legitimate booking circuit. 
The idea gained circulation because 




of some dissatisfaction l^y producers 
aflnilated with either of the big offi- 
ces. A provision of the booking 
agreement between the major offices 
was the issuing of a uniform con- 
tract, which became effective for all 
attractions booked out of town this 
season. The number of stage hands 
supplied and the matter of musi- 
cians favors the houses, and pro- 
ducers claim the net result is a re- 
duction of t^e attractions' share of 
about 5 per cent. The big offices 
made claim to losses last season by 
houses and the necessity of chang- 
ing conditions that would give them 
a chance to turn a profit. 

Back of the booking combination 
and pooling schemes Is believed to 
be a plan that would place the 
legitimate theatre under corpora to 
control, with Wall Street Investing 
a large capitalization, has been, 
mentioned. Levi Mayer, the Chi- 
cago attorney, is understood to have 
had the Incorporation plan well ad- 
vanced and his recent death is 
understood to have set the comple- 
tion back. The pooNng plan calls 
for a 10-year agreement. That in 
itself would present on paper con- 
trol of the major theatre ownership 
and producing machinery. The in- 
corporation Joal was dated for 
realization in December of this year, 
though no consummation is now 
likely for some time. 

In the summer and when produc- 
tion activity for the new season was 
reaching its crest, the leading pro- 
ducers decided to select an execu- 
tive director, with Augustus Thomas 
appointed to that post by the Pro- 
tluclng Managers' Association, tak- 
ing his place with Will Hays and 
Judge Landis, the two previously 
appointed "czars" of the amusement 
field (Hays for pictures and Landis 
for baseball). It is an open secret 
that Thomas is deemed a valuable 
addition to th^ legittimate the- j 
atrical officialdom because of the | 
situation between the managers and 
actors. The strike settlement agree- 
ment between the P. M. A. and 
Equity signed in 1919 expires in 
1924, and it is expected Thomas will 
steer the managerial course clear of 
another conflict between actors and 
managers. Thomas seeks a re- 
newal of the agreement, as frankly 
stated in public by him at a dinner 
to the "three czars" by the Fralrs 
in November. Equity, however, is 
insistent on the closed shop, and 
continues its flash of confidence, 
which is more blatant on the out- 
side than the inside of Equity's 
headquarters. ', ' . 



Broadway theatres from a box 
oflUce angle may undergo a complete 
revolution In ticket selling mctiiods 
in the history of American theat- 
ricals before the season of 1922-23 
swings into the final phase. 

That is predicated on the almost 
unanimous vote of the members of 
the Producing Managers' Associa- 
tion, who, on Dec. 13, signified their 
, desire for a central ticket office. If 
1 the plans, which are left to the 
J executive committee, are formulated 
I so that the big agency can be put 
Irvto operation, it may mean the 
virtual closing of the box offices 
in all the more than half hundred 
legitimate theatres In New York un- 
til theatre time each evening and 
matinee time in the afternoons or 
a duplicating service along wider 
lines than that given through the 
22 advance price ticket agencies. 

The proposal of centralization In 
the sale and distribution of the- 
atre tickets is based on a theory 
that is alluring to the producers and 
managers who have regarded the 
methods of some of the ticket 
agencies as being a handicap to the- 
atre patronage. But it must be re- 
garded as a vast experiment until 
proven practical. 

There are a number of visible 
problems to be surmounted before a 
central ticket agency could be at- 
tempted. One Is that of housing. 
A place the equivalent of Madison 
Square Garden is believed neces- 
sary for the main office, unless sev- 
eral branojies could be established. 
It , is argued that such branches 
within the city and In outlying 
points would relieve the burden on 
Times squai^, but such branchen 
might complicate matters. 

At present most of the tickets are 
sold in the theatre zone, either by 
the brokers or directly by the box 
oflftces. The reason why a large 
place or places would be required 
is that as many patrons purchase 
in advance, it will be required to 
keep four weeks' tickets or more 
at the central office or offices. An- 
other reason is the number of per- 
sons that would have to be accom- 
mbdated. Broadway's theatres have 
a total capacity of nearly 60.000 per- 
sons. It Is rarely If ever true that 
absolute capacity is attained by all 
houses at the same time, but it Is 
perhaps correct there are many per- 
formances that draw in excess of 
40.000. t ' V 

The central ticket plan received 
Its impetus from the government's 
consolidated railroad ticket -offices, 
which were established during the 
war. The oflflces established were 
along the Hnes of economy and effi- 
ciency, but the Individual railroad 
continued its staffs of business-get- 
ters and special offices wore con- 
tinued and are yet. The procedure 
of ticket selling In the railroad of- 
fices Is quite different from that 
which concerns the theatres. Tickets 
on sale In the railroad offices' are 
good until used, but theatre ticketp 
are good for one date and require 
some technical knowled|^ on the 
part of the ticket seller or pur- 
chaser. It Is uncommon to find the 
consolidated railroad offices jammed 






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with potential passengers ready to 
take a ride for the pleasure of rid* 
ing. Transportation, including traf- 
fic for pleasure, does not come under 
the head of amusement. 

The consolidated railroad offices 
was not a really radical move as is 
the contemplated ceoixal theatrv 
ticket office. When the government -iji 
took over the roads it fused the 
special offices which were used 
principally for the sale of long trip 
tickets. The railroad scheme prob- 
ably does make it easier for secur- 
ing such tickets, but there isn't th« 
competition between the railroads as ,^ir^ 
between theatres. Had the station 
ticket wlndow.s been closed it would 
have made traveling a tough Job. 

The theory of a central ticket 
office for the theatres is to make 
the purchase of tickets easier. That 
is expected to be accomplished by 
cutting out some ticket agencies, 
those charged with charging excess 
premiums and scaring away regular 
patrons. Tt is a question whether 
congestion probable In the proposed 
central office would not chase away 
more people than It Is believed ar«^>*<fij 
discouraged from theatre-going by ',^ 
the present methods. .^^ 

The P. M. A. Is concerned In a/^f- 
series of executive committee ses- 
sions designed to arrive at a plan 
which looks practical. Discussions 
between committeemen pointed to 
a compromise late in December, the 
trend of developments being that 
such agencies as conformed to a 
strict 50-cent premium are to be 
considered a service and would not 
be frozen" out, 'ex'en if the central 
office becomes a reality. The num- 
ber of theatre patrons using such 
agencies and carrying charge ac- 
counts with them is considered too 
Important to be risked to arbitrary 
methods wh'ch would compel ticket 
purchasing at the central office or 
direct at the box office. 

Broadway prices are much the 
same as last season, though there 
was a tendency toward downward 
revision In September. Most of the 
dramas are charging $2.50 top. Sev- 
eral, Including Shakespearean pro- 
ductions, are $3 top. Two are -|4 
top ("Merchant of Venice" and 
•Hamlet"). There are two |5 top 
musical attractions. "Chaiive- 
Sourls" (breaking all records for 
such a sale, tfce attraction having 
accomplished close to a year's run, 
the end of whloh Is not in sight) 
and "The Music Box Revue." 
"Follies" Is $4, which also applies 
to the "Greenwich, Village Follies." 
The fall season started off with 
seven musicals using scales of |4 
and $5. Several were forced -to 
drop prices and three left the list. 
Musicals at $2.50 top featured the 
early going. Two stood out and ars 
still on the Broadway going. 



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DEATHS ABROAD 

Paris, Dec. 10. , 
Edouard Otmont, French journal*, .ly 

ist, aged 48. j 

Jean Carol, French comedian, of .» 

Paris cabaret fame. v,^ 

Andre Janstent de Warebeks, : 

known as Dldier de Roulx, Belg an 

novelist and poet. 

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TWO ORPHEUMS STOP 
WITH NEW YEAR 



Chicago, Dec. 20. 

The Oi pheum Cii<Miit h.-i-i doi'li to 
end 1(1^ time vaudeville in two of its 
hou.scs now on that ciiain. 

Tho Orphoum, Lincoln, Nclv, will 
stop by Fob 20. an«l the Orphcum, 
S;ilt I^ikr. is slated to end its .season 
Jan. 24. 

The Lincoln house may pl.iy road 
attractions or stock. Salt L.akc's Or- 
phcum may take on jmp vau<levil]c 
))ool;cd thro'igh the ast;ociatlon. 






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ULLIAN ST. LEON 



"AMERICA'S PREMIERE EQUESTRIENNE" 

and her Champion "Husky ' .TKUUY 
Lillian is now fcitvircd in IJOSTOCK S IllDINC SCIIOO 
Will soon be sharing honors witii her. 



r... .'intl J'-rrjl* 



Friday, December 29, 1927 



VARIETY 



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YEAR IN VAUDEVILLE 



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The year ending has ushered In 

my changes in the vaudeville 

rorld. The big three were "opposl- 

Ition," bands and salary cutting. The 

Irst came when the Shuberts, re- 

riewing the legliiniato production 

fund traveling attraction situation 

ind their vaudeville of last season. 

leclded they wouid turn a number of 



Keith people to protect themselves 
against future "opposition." The 
Keith office reasoned that it "made" 
an act when featuring it and was 
entitled to the protection a long- 
term contract would give them. 

The band craze hit vaudeville this 
season, displacing the 'shimmy" and 
"jazz dance" flare In vogue for sev- 
eral seasons. Henry Santrey s'arted 
things in New York when he canit* 



Audoville houses over to tho unit i east with a floe k of jazz musicians. 

Santrey led the band and did spe- 



>lan. The new venture was also 

>oked upon as ''opposition" to the 

leith and Orpheum circuits, their 

mly t,^p-a-day competitors. Many 

icts were induced to ca.st their lot 

^wlth the Shubort Advanced Vaude- 

iVille Circuit, as it was ca!lo<l, most 

asking iind r«'cei\ins more halury 

bijf time iiad vvt^r paid 



cialties to their accompaniment. 

Like all new Ideas in vaudeville 

it was copiod immediately. Paul 

Whiieman and Band opened at the 

Palace, New York, playiiij? the 

hou.se for several weeks. It became 

' the poliry of the Palace to play 

I bands foi- "runs." The aRonts were 

j scurrying in all directions to "dig 



than Itu- 

them. . ■■- 

I The Shubcrt circuit finlj^hed last 
iseason and inserted several units, or 
pondcn^sod nuisical comedies, toward 
he enil t»f it. The ' unlt.s" 
ftore pati-onage thaii tlu' 

vaudeville and were hailed as n rev- 

ilut Ionizing novelty for vaudeville, j 

\o much .so t'nat 1. H. lierk. then 

Ve-<l<Jfnt ijf the American l>urle.sciue ■ 

isoctation. became interested In the I 

nit" idea and approached the Shu- I 

rts \»iih a pro])osition to form tiiej 

itlliated K<»oking ChtHJit for this j 
ason. It was agreed to, the Shu- 
rts (dTei-ing to pool their iioiiHes ] 
f f\i\ Herk guaranteeing to line up Ihft 
. furlei^<|ue producers to pi'oduce the r 
Jniis to play the Afiiliatod Circuit. ! 
tfi. weekiv booking fee was <*harged 



up" new musical combinations to 

follow AVhitemans lead. Pretty 

soon tht^ neighborhooil houses and 

small time were Hooded with bands 

of all descriptions. Single women 

j who felt their vchh-les were becum- 

attracted | ing frayed stepped in fioni of a 

«traighl j bund and were rejuvenated. IJands. 

I ands. hands, and .still they came. 

Ben Hernie rode in on the tail end 



ural atlmuluB of business, due to 
national psychology and big wages. 
The same acta didn't "draw" when 
the post-war depression set in. The 
Judgment of the booking man wan 
further vindicated when many so- 
called "draws" went over to the 
Shubert circuit and failed to in- 
crease its business. The "cutting" 
has been confined to this type of 
acts and aimed at the high salaried 
artist who was not delivering at the 
box offlce. The moderately priced 
turn wasn't affected materially. 

Business throughout the country 
In tlie vaudeville houses uf all clr- 
cuil8 has been decidedly off. This 
condition isn't so : noticeable in 
fJreater New York— the last place 
to feel the industrial reactions 
t h e a t r I c a 1 1 y— as it is outside. 
Changes of policy In many houses 
that formerly played combination 
vaudeville and pictures, to straight 
pictures or pictures and otie feature 
act. was the barometer which indl- 
c.itcs the outside showman has 
been panicky and is retrenching. 

Th" Orpheum circuit'.** entrance 
into the four-a-day or State-Lake 
ijoHcy. converting several of its 
form* r big time stands into the 
four-daily houses, at reduced prices, 
was another indication. Large ca- 
pacity, popular i)riceH and several 
.«hows daily seem to be the vaude- 
ville trend for next season. 

The reduction of the Loew Clr- 



BIG AND SMALL TIME 



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The 5 per 

the artists' 
llie fcihuberi 



iirach unit and theatre, 
ijcent. commis.-ion fr(»m 
ila i»'s was lo go lo 
lUtleville agon«'y. | 

The producers, many rocruiled ' 

"oni llerlv's poisonal fol'.owlng in ' 

{olumliia and American burles(|ue , 
rcles." immediately went on a I 

^>endrng jag and "hooked up ' for [ 
)out jn.OOO wei'kly in salaries and j 
'erhead. in addition to their iniiial j 

production cost, which averaged j 

rom 115.000 to Ji'O.OOO. 

Acts were engaged for the vaude- 
'ille first parts of the units and to 
ouble into the revues at salaries j 
hat marked the high-water mark j 

r the artist. "In many cases the 
Cts were paid from $1100 t j $uOO 

ore than their pievlo\i» highs, the ! 

ord having gone around that if 1 

ihey wanted you for the units you 

'(Ou!d get a bonus. This was espe- 1 

r ?ially true of what weie known as ■ 

[■ Keith act.s." ' t 

In the face of all these prepara- ' 
lions the Keith people adhered to a 
letermination to cut salaries of ar- 
Ists. The Keith offlce believed that i 
he war-time inflations 'would have, 
o come down to meet general busi- 
lesa conditions in the vaudeville 
louses. Act after act was given a 




ULLIAN LEITZEL 

Extends Season^s Greetings to All 
Direction HARRY WEBER 



ake It or leave it" offe?-. with the i . ^ ^, • ^ . 

f signing with the new ^^ ^^'^ band thing and topped 



Iternulive cf signing 
rcult if not satisfied. Many acts 
ent over to the opposition thusly. 

The new circuit wasn't many 
eeks old before all the show busi- 
ess knew that the producers 
couldnt make a cent on account of 
th»ir oveihead and the showthg 
terms. At tract lon.s grossing $9,000 
and $10,000 weekly were lucky to 
break even, A clause in the pro- 
ducers* contracts allowing the Shu- 
berts to add an act up to $1,000 
weekly was taken advantage of in 
several cases, addirtg to the pio- 
ducers' bmden and failing to in- 
crea.«<e the gross to oPfstand tlie 
added expense. 

m I'nits begat* dropping by t'ae way- 
side, with the produceis unable to 
^ay salaries, although the houses 
^were making money. The producers, 
after appealing to the heads of the 
clr»'Uil. were forced to close their 
•iattiMctioiis. Tlio numl>er of units 
■ ehrartk from :!'. lo liO, with straight 
vaud<\iile hills recruited mostly 
-from the un.t material a\ail iltie. re- 
j<|d«cin,'-v I lie fe-aos made by the retir- 
ing nnls. That is the .«altu;»tion at 
I prcsciii. will) I he lieliif p.j'valeiit 
that .ifiiM (in- (ii.'t of the \eii- the 
ran!;s of iln- units will 1»" fiiiiher 
depleied. 

The In. I'll Ciicui was not afl'e.ti-d 
1)y tile "o|>;»()sil ion" o.* the l.iss *»f tin* 
acts th.it went o\fr. 'Flu- policy of 
sala'.s- cir, lini; remained :ui'l acts 
Were nicoiir.meil to hoo!< t'irecl wilh 
eiljiM ;'ii.| I'o !i»n,.r leinns. Speci.tl 
eXplniiiit ion TTy til" 

• I'ldf d indiicemcnis 
>!' lii'iiuj (l«\e'opfd. 



everyone. At this writing the bands 



cult to about 18 weeks by the pull- 
ing away of the Ackerman & Har.- 



)uM;i ii .mil 
\<ii li otfi f u t !•• 

Ol ;|i-| s c I ]Ui l>i'- 

A .^•n,'t=.:| c..uit:ici di-t»art m«nt wa* 

..'I f,l ill ;.\.iat hi»;iHe.< tllllied 

\ . r J* I- I.- » ;|>Ii».t.il on and devel- 

*>»»fr ,•;! >>.' IP v.* maieij.il. 'rill' long- 

tiidi • •, ii' (li-i'vin'i a gi'idualfd 

/•al.' ,. • ' I ^. '.\'Iih .nn inc .•!•:.• euh 

jf*'."!! i-ji. V. .M ii'.'mpurn'ti d l>y the 



are still going strong, being mostly ris coast string and the converslou 
of the jazz variety, although the] of several eastern Loew houso# to 
concert field has yet to be heard 
from and will no doubt be called 
upon to contribute Its mite to the 
music-mad public or the music-mad 
bookers. Prior to the bands a two- 
man vaudeville team, Clallagher and 
Shean, set big time vaudeville by 
the enr.s through the medium of a 
song compo.«ed of limericks ending 
with a tag line which mentrioned the 
names of the artists, "Mr. Gallaghe;- 
and Mr. Shean." Imitators of Clalla- 
gher and Shean became so numer- 
ous the Keith otTlce issued orders to 
limit the imitations to one on a bill. 
This i)ast year a^o saw the de- 
velopment of many new faces for 
the vaudeville houses. 

More field work and ncouiing Is 
being done by the big circuits than 
ever before. The former sl'p-shod 
policy of waltinr until an act has 
heen a "riot" In some big time 
neighhtnhood house and th-^n hav- 
ing the act ask ftir .ill the traflic 
will bear is l)eing ^lone nwa.v witli 
ill favor of th<' discovery of the a'M 
wlille still a sm.'ill tiin r and hiivin'.; 

jit at liie .small time .salar\. Thi.s 

I sy.^tem enables the Looking i»fTi»e to 

I <liscoiiiit the ability of its scouts 
and tr, lined men without waiting 
for an act lo appear in a big lime 
lioii.se before being discovered.. 

The determin.it ion to cut M.il.irles 
in the ca.«!e.s of man\' aet.s tii.il havf 
been drawing war-time stipends 



was arrived .it b.v the Keith pfoplc 
at the conclusion <»f last season, 'fhe 
• oflh-f" hoc-ime convliiceil tliat in 
mo.<i cases the so-called "draws" 
Were not fiitii f ioiilnt;. The drawinu 
ability of miny aii.s wm.s hein'.; 
iit^ured on war-fime i)ilrOna;;e. wlien 
the roiinlry was .imiis.'nvnl hinmr.v 
ind crowding the ihe.iires. .Net. 
were' r**<*elvl-ng credit for tlris nfM 



straight jiictures was necessary on 
account of business conditions. The 
country outside of New York city 
has become over-theatred. This Is 
especially true of the small time 
houses which sprang up like mush- 
rooms during the war. 

The Orpheum, Junior circuit, with 
houses from Chicago to the coast, 
and independently owned houses 
playing their policy are reported as 
seriously affecting the Pantages cir- 
cuit, which had for years enjoyed a 
small time monopoly In the west. 
Pantages is further east than ever 
before, through his booking of the 
Miles houses in Detroit, Cleveland 
and oiher eastern cities, and is re- 
ported as constantly dickering with 
eaMtciii independent houses to ex- 
pand h;s eastern holdings. 

The )>lans for the Junior Oi - 
tdieiims for the ne.xt two years call 
for the construct i«ni of new liouses 
ol larue capacity in many citie-- 
where Parituge.s now holds forth, 
'fhe I'aniagcs system seems to ln' 
tin- aci|uiiiii,g of houses to hook 
lather than any i-onstract ion ambi- 
l ions. • ■■':: '■ :'■ 

Tiie New York ofllce of the 
r.i iit.i.nes cir«'uit has been snappiim 
lip availalilc acts with "name-," 
offering Ml weeks to oftsei the Oi-- 
l'h»'iim iiid .lunior (>rph«'iim hilN 
v\li!i h .ijipMar stronger iiinl of hett'T 
< alii er I li.m ever. Th e present se.t- 
son h IS de\cl(»lied into :i hooUiir; 

(iu«'I betwi-eti Pan and ih" Orpheiim. 
I'a 111,1 ::i's is getting a ■■l»r«'ak" al 
pii'seii: throu;;h having in.iiiy for- 
mer Kejih .lets ,i\ailahle on ;tcioiint 
ol l!ie clo.-ing of the Slinbert vaild"- 
\ ill<- iiniis. 'fhe.se .n :s <an not o!i 
:.iiii Keilli iiooUiiiUs .iiul an- fori I'd 
;o pl.i>' indepcjTilent. vaudeville and 
small 1 im«». f'hn. 



To the theatrical man or the man- 
ager of a theatre big time vaudevilh? 
means two shows daily iilaying a 
full week. To the actor it means 
nothing except better playing con- 
ditions and a few lesd iierformaiices 
on the week. . : 

The war was responsible for 
breaking down all booking prece- 
dents until the mythical lines divid- 
ing the small time and big time had 
disappeared, and the acts that ap- 
peared in a big tinu- house one week 
thought nothing of iilaying three or 
four shows daily the following week, 
in many cases for more money than 
the big time engagement called for. 

The Keith Circuit, with Its Or- 
pheum ally, includes nearly all of 
the big time vaudeville in the coun- 
tr>-. I.«ist season the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit made radicj'l changes of policy 
by switching from big time to small 
time in several houses, introducing 
the "State-Lake i>olicy" (four 
shows daily.) in those Innises in ad- 
dition to their Junior Orpheum the- 
atres. 

Several .of the Keith houses In the 
middle west added an extra show to 
their entertainment. This occurred 
In cities where new Keith theatres 
of large capacity toolc over the two- 
a-day shows, as i\f^ new Palace. 
Cleveland. The Hi|)podrome there 
continues the Keith bills, playing 
three shows daily instead ot two, 
prior to the opening of the Palace. 

The Pantages Cinuit (small time) 
went tlirough the season with fewer 
weeks tlian ever before. At preKcnt 
the I'antages Ciiiiiit cotuiirises 
about 18 weeks, ^lost of whiih ida.\ 
more than two shows daily. 

The withdrawal of the Ackerman 
& Harris houses on the Pacific 
Coast reduced the Loew Circuit to 
about 18 weeks in the east, south 
and middle west. The A. & M. 
houses were located In Seattle, Port- 
land, Sacramento. Stockton, San 
Jose, Fresno. Oakland, San P'ran- 
cisco. Long Beach and Salt Lake. 

Many former ind(<pcndent small 
lime houses, following the slump In' 
business of last .se;i.son, installed a 
straight piclurc policy or cut down 
the number of acts used on tlfe bills 
in an effort to reduce expenses. 

This lyjie of hoiiMe appears to be 
slowly going back to its former 
vaudi'Ville appropriation. I.,alely the 
practice of pla>'ing "names"' In con- 
junction with feature pictures has 
aeteil as a business stimulator and 
encouraged the large picture house 
to a<ld more and more to Its picture 
programs. These acts are mostly r««- 
cruited from v:iudoville :??;d tend to 
replace .vome of the gaps left In the 
small time \au(leville . fiild b.\ the 
dropping out of others. 

The Loew Circuit recently signed 
a l»ig vaudeville turn for Its coast 
picture houses and is reported as 
angling for others to follow. This 
may mark the return of these 
houses, sooner or later, to a combi- 
nation vaudeville and picture policy. 

In (Greater New York the Keith 
people have retained their big time 
weeks with no changes. The Keith 
organization, however, has been 
adding houses of large capacity, 
playing a small time policy. In and 
around New York, such as the Cap- 
itol, Trenton. N. J.; Ritz, Jersey 
City; State, New Brunswick; Lynn, 
White Plains; Main Street. Asbury 
Park, and others. Most of these 
houses were booked by Independent 
vaudeville agencies until entering 
the Keith oftlce. 

The entrance of the Shuberts Into 
vaudeville last season didn't mate- 
rially affect the vaudeville situation 



as far as the aclor was concernetl. 
The Shuberts had about 1(> week* 
of vaudeville. Their bills were re- 
cruited from the acts that play 
around on the independent circuits, 
augmented by Keith acts with 
grievances and padded out here and 
there with turns holding Shubert 
production contracts. 

The independent bookers reported 
a sln)rtage of comedy turns, hut 
claimed it was a prev.ilent condi- 
tion. The acts playing the Shubert 
l^ircnit have since been absorbed by 
the Independent circuits or signed 
wilh the "units" which succeeded 
the straight vaudeville bills in the 
Shubert hoiwes. 

The Pantages Circuit had Ics.t 
trouble securing material this sea- 
son than ever before on account of 
the number of acts that hail pla.\ ed 
themselves out in the east on the in- 
dependent circuits. Acts playing 
the Shubert Circuit were not want- 
ed by Keith's. Most of these a< ts 
were demi^iding^ the same salaries 
from the Locnv jind other independ- 
ents that the Shuberts paid them. 
Pantages snapped up dozens of 
these acts and is still actively dick- 
ering with others. Others are stilt 
playing the eastern independent 
houses, filling in wilh cabaret en- 
gagements, etc. * 

The Orpheum small time material 
has been mostly booked out of Chi- 
cago, padded out from the New 
Vork office. Last season the Or- 
pheum Junior bills, playing fewer 
acts and more shows dally than tho 
seniors, were playing big time acts. 
This was figured as hurting the two-l 
a-day Orpheum houses and destroy^ 
in^f big time. This season the 
scheme was to book small time 
caliber ac<s for the Juniors, depend- 
ing upon reduced admissions and 
the* feature picture to attj-act pat- 
ronage, keeping the Orpheum's big 
time bills distinctive. 

The Orpheum Circuit has been 
building Junior Orpheums i>arallel- 
ing the Pantages Circuit in the 
west, with the latter circuit seem- 
ingly after a type of act that would 
bring I'an into direct conflict ioii 
wilh the older Orpheum houses. The 
caliber of the Pantages bills haa 
somewhat altered the Junior Or- 
pheum booking plans. The Junlom,- 
where they were In opposition to the 
Pan houses, have been strengthen- 
ing their bills. Two former Shubert 
vaudeville headllners wcHse recently 
booked by the Orpheum Circuit, 
which augurs the er^ of the Pan 
monopoly in this direction. 

St)mc expert? d^ei-tro thwt in an- 
other yeai' — unless motion pictures 
imjjrove — all of the former vaude- 
ville houses will be back in the fcjid. 
This estimate Is leased uiwn the 
belief that pictures and not vaudi*- 
ville are to blame for shrinking pal* 
ronage. The combination vaudc 
vllle and picture policy seems to 
be the hleal one for the neighbor* ^ 
hood oi- small time popular-priced 
houses. 

)n flreater New York the so-ealletl 
small-time houses pfay bills whicb 
invariably c-onlain two or three big 
time acts. This type of entertain - 
'ment, in addition to the feature pic- 
tures and the popular prices, keeps 
business normal. Competition 

among the bookers of these houses 
is unusually keen, and the shows 
are constantly stronger as a result. 

The argument that, these neigh- 
borhood houses by using up the sui)- 
ply of big time a«cts will eventually 
ruin the big time stands Is not given 
much credence by the vaudeville 

(Continued on page 18) 




A-. WOLF HEAD 

in 'The O'Brien Girl* 



A9 MAROLO VVESTCOTT 
Jn "Little Ne^Mc Kelly" 



. JOE NIEMEYER V , 

M!inr--:-fnI CJ.O h\ COHAN 



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VARIETY '*' Friday, Dcdimbtr 19. 1922 



UN PRODUCING ABROAD 



By FRANK H. CRANE 



3c=r: 



•London, Dec. 5. 
Broakliifr '*>ew ground Js always a 
dubious mailer and never worse 
than when the man who is doing 
the breakiMR has to do it In a fcr- 
eigii, i)0»<?.lbly liostlJc, coiintiy where 
he may find everything mallcloualy 
arranged to hinder his work and 
imi)ede Ills progress. "When I left 
New York to i)roduce pictures in 
Great Krltain I was nervous of my 
reception. I hnd heard a lot i.bout 
Hrlti-sh antagonism to the so-called 
"American invasion," and I very 
naturally nsked myself: "How are 
the Kngli.shmcn in the film t)usiness 
going to treat me?" After two 
years my only answer to that Jiues- 
tion can be summed up in the one 
word: "Creat." 

Great strides in picture produc- 
ing liave been made over here in 
the past year. British jproducing 
companies are buying up high- 
grade plays and books and spend- 
ing ten times what they have pre- 
viously spent. They are also be- 
ginning to understand the value of 
originah stories. 

If the kinema is the Cinderella of 
the J?ritish show world, she has 
heard the striking of the hour and 
thj prince has come right along 
with the Jeweled slipper and she is 
waiting for him with open arms. 
T'ntll recently Britain looked 
upon America as a place where 
rough stur cowtK)y dramas and 
bathing girl comedies came from. 
Now she has discovered America 
also has klnemas, thousands of 
them, and that her audientes are 
just as keen on learning about the 
rest of the world as^ Britain is. She 
is also beginning to be suspicious 
that a lot of the wonderful pictures 
coming from America are only very 
little noises over there and are 
principally made for British and 
Continental consumption. Having 
discovered these things, she is out 
after the American market. Not 
with "Junk," but with the best she 
caiv give. Many of her producers 
are American and she casts her pic- 
tures nowadays with American 
stars and the pick of British and 
international artists. She is out 
for a place in the sun and means 
to have it. If fighting will bring 
the bacon jiome. They now know 
that financial success depends upon 
their having the American market, 
and the fllmn they have made in 
the past could not compete v^ith 
American features. 

They are getting into their stride 
and in a very short while British 
features will be in demand through- 
out the world. 

Great Britain Is full of beautiful 
locations that give scenery entirely 
different from ours. It Is dls^tlnc- 
tlve of the country and will interest 
everyone. Quaint villages with 
their Old World atmosphere, greens 
with duckpends, old lych gate.«, 
stocks and whipping posts, and 
with a distinct difference In each 
and every county. Wonderful 



some In ruins, others in a perfect 
stiite of preservation, old cathedrals 
and churchPt of every period. Farm 
buildings with thatched roofs and 
flower-coverod porches, old inns, 
and a lhou::and relics of the feudal 
days when might was right and the 
Knglishman's home was his castle. 
Kvery one of them lioldlng romance, 
in itself a story full of "heart" in- 
terest. Wind-swept moors, rush- 
bordered mountain "tarn.'?" and 
thundering cataracts, to say noth- 
ing of the se.a beating up against 
the white cliffs of the island, the 
country which could almo.'^t be lost 
in an American State. The coun- 
try tecm« with "shots" new to 
American eyes. Only recently have 
British producers begun to know 
Ihelr own country — perhaps it was 
a case of familiarity breeding con- 
tempt. Why go to the South of 
France when you have Torquay, 
why worry about the sun-burned 
sands of Egypt when you have 
those beyond the seaside town of 
Lancashire? Kvery inch of the 
countryside, every mountain pass, 
every ocean -.'<wept cove is being 
taken advantage'tjf, and if the Con- 
tinent is' really necessary it's the 
eaty thing to pack ^a grip and slip 
over. Venice is just beyond the 
garden, ko -is Monte Carlo — the 
British have n9 need to build sets 
for these upon the lot. Sets Which, 
however beautifully painted and 
built, never look the real thing. 
They have the whol^ thing at their 
right band. It is mer-'l> tk matter 
of getting pisfjports and raising the 
traveling fares. 

Wc all knov,' what a great num- 
ber of English players are working 
in picture.s at home and when it 
come.^ to acting they are "there," 
but up to now British film men 
have been backward in developing 
native talent. Only a few years ago 
pictures only used up the lowest 
ranks of the theatrical profession; 
no encouragement was given ,the 
better « people to work for the 
"movies." Many managers were 
furious at the thought of their 
artists demeaning themselves by 
playing for a thing which would 
only beoome a "penny show" at- 
traction. But that is all altered 
now. Everybody is in it. The 
penurious aristocracy and the 
moneyed lover of advertisement have 
forsaken the stage for the scre'^n. 
Most features now being made 
boast a West End and a Broidway 
cast. 

The main trouble at the moment 
is lack of capital. The financier 
here has been .so badly stung by 
the crook and the fool that it is 
hard to capitalize a new producing 
concern. But the very few British 
tirms that matter are solid and 
confidence is growing daily. 

You can't change the spots on a 
leopard and you can't get the Brit- 
isher away from his age-old habits. 
He'll raise almighty hell If you try 
tc get him to work after noon on 



Roman, Norman and Tudor castles, Saturday, and a suggestion of it on 




- JEANETTE i 

of SEYMOUR and JEANETTE 

V'/rDEA'lTXE'S CN*LY COLOnron M.\i.E IMI'EKSONATOk 



a Stinday yt\\\ sorely brlnir about p. 
declaration of war. He must have 
his goi/, his football, hla cricket, 
and hi« — tea. 

I shall never fofget the first day I 
started to work in a studio here. 
Promptly iX four o'clock a dear old 
white-whiskcred doorkeeper whom 
the men called "George" and the 
ladTes "George dear,** and who 
looked upon me as a foreigner who 
might get lost or into trouble unless 
properly looked after, came to the 
studio door and blew a police 
whistle. On the instant everybody, 
electricians, properly men, actors, 
everybody not actually working in 
the scene bei/ig "shot," ceased 
whatever they were doing and van- 
ished. It was teatime. They kept 
up the celebration for 15 minutes, 
the whistle went again and they 
trooped back. I finished my scene 
and those engaged stopped and 
drank tea for 15 minutes. 

I spent my 15 minutes wondering 
whether the country was mad or 
whether it was my illness, but 
now — well, I'm like a cokehead — 
if I don't gret my tea punctually at 
four o'clock my afternoon is spoiled. 
But I still chew gum and wear a 
belt instead of braces. >. . . 



THE LONE EXHIBITOR 









Organized exhibitors for booking 
purposes are the newest thing In 
the film lndustr>-. -The movement Is 
so new it h&s no record except the 
actual booking of one feature, "Tess 
of the Storm Country," and even this 
flrst move is so recent its effect 
cannot now be recorded. 

The business done by the Pickford 
film by the New York clique of in- 
dependents as a whole will be a sort 
of preliminary test of group booking, 
but the system will by no means 
stand or fall on the single issue. 
There are enormou.-* possibilities 
ahead of the A. B. C enterprise, 
which may prove the first step to- 
ward the emancipation of the lone 
showman from producer and exhib- 
itor, or it may be only a new en- 
tanglement to thrust him deeper 
into his difllculties. But the out- 
come of the plunge is the most 
interesting item of speculation at 
present before the trade. 
Ever .since big companies organ - 



run bookings In New York, can pro* 
cure terms from a distributer for 
the whole group that would work 
out at. say, $300 for three days at 
a leading Bronx theatre, Or at the 
rate of |100 a day for the whole 165 
days. A solitary exhibitor within 
walking distance of the Loew first 
run hou.se in the Bronx, with only 
thVco days at his disposal cannot 
get the big feature for first run at 
any price if the big circuit wants 
it, and declares with a good deal of 
heat that if he books the picture to 
follow the Loew date, he pays In 
most cases more than the Loew 
house, at a rough estimate $400 for 
three days, or |125 a day. this is 
the .situation that has Inspired the 
pooling of independent first run time 
around New York into a booking 
combine said to total 300 days al- 
ready. 

These exhibitors propose tO enter 
into negotiations with independent 
producers for first run bookings fon 



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IRENE FRANKLIN 

VAUDEVILLE'S BELOVED "REDHEAD" 



OUSTED UNIT QUITS; 

$30,000 LOSER 

Butler Estate Withdraws 
"Echoes of B'way" Follow- 
ing Switching of Date 



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)ViHhe.s H^-.Many Fwcn{l.«y A lli.ppy .\e 



w Year 



Booked Solid to, June, 



"Echoes of Broadway," the Duller 
Estate unit, scheduled to play the 
Shubert Belasco, Washington, this 
week instead of the Central, New 
York, where it was supplanted l>y 
the switch in bookings, which gave 
Arthur Klein's "Hello, Everybody" 
the date, refused to accept ths 
"Washington engagement. 

The unit is reporied as elos'ng, 
fcllowing the mix-up over the Dec 



lied to product and sell multiple- 
reel pictures the p'aint of the ex- 
hibitor has centered in rentals and 
competition. How could he get the 
best material ahead of his compet- 
itor and get it at a price that left 
him a profit? All other considera- 
tions were subordinate. If a fea- 
ture was good enough to do excep- 
tional business (which usually meant 
that it had a star with a big fan 
following and a story that aroused 
intere.st) everybody wanted it badly. 
In consequence the producer could 
run the price up to the extent that 
there was no margin of J>rofit for 
the exhibitor even on increased 
business. If the picture was infe- ; 
rior and nobody wanted it. the i)i';ce j 
was low, but the exhibitor couldn't I 
get enough people in to make it pay. 1 
Coming aiid going, so the exii bilo.' ' 
torn plained, he stood to lose. \ 

That was his everasting lU-k. ' 
emains, but now with a dif- \ 
fuen. e and a new agi,'ravaliun. ' 
I'nder iiresent conditions, he urges 



the block, making "firm" prices fori 
the whole and cutting up the coatl 
on a system of pro rata assessment*] 
The plan has the defect that th< 
organization is loose and unwieldy^ 
bec<BU8e of its scattered interests. 
It has been in operation more than 
a month, and the exhibitors have 
closed only one feature. The usso' 
ciation has cap.ab]'e leaders. 

Percy L. Waters, its managing di- 
rector, was general manager of the! 
General Film Co. until it disbandedj 
(Continued on page 20) 



25 week at the Central, which went | ^^^^ ' . 
to the Klein attraction. A Shubert 
str.'jight vaudcvllb" b 11 was hurried ' 

to Washington to fill the vacancy. i ..,,,. i i, , <. , . 

TT.!,, X' , . » ..I' 1 #' ^^'^'^ considerable .^^how oT inilh, he 

E<ldie Nelson, star of ]-.,<hoe;? of i^ „...,, .. , . .' . 

for the' ^ Kiipply of attractions: 

' freely at any price in a fair field of 
competition for the reason that bi.i; 
cir.'uit.'!, especially in the u'.etroixilis, ' 
$.^,.000, with the los.ee«,for the .-a- ; [''Y/'.^'^ ;n«i<>^ /rack on lir.; t run ; 
son .^o far esti.nated as $;JU.OOO. I '";l'^'^-^!= ^*^^ independent exnibitor 

Members of the cast c!aim back 
salaries are due over a p'^riod of 
several weeks and that the show 



Broadway," was engaged 
unit at .a reported salary of $800 
weekly. The weekly overhead of 
the unit is said to have been about 



was depending on the Dec 

at the Central to partially pull him 

out of the hole. 



WALLY REID'S LONG VACATION 

Ix)S Angeles, Dec. :C. 
Wally Reld Is slowly recovering 
from his Illness, but the physician* 
say it will be a l^ng while befoie 



iVs'a— Direction 81 MOM AGE NCV -y*^»^<a*li/^» '.roJeriv^ piotwe -work. 



tannoi secure impoitant fiist slunv 
ingH at any price nt all, and i.s com- ' 
pwlled to pay more f(tv second run 
materiul thiin liw b;« cirvuit-s ii.. , 
for first runs. The complafnr is i 
lod,<,'ed. as far as New York is eon- i 
cerne(l, again^'t the Loew circuit 
and th»' allies of the Keith Bnoiving,^ 
Exciiange, which practically divide 
the first run fleid in X««w York, .isid* 
from the so-called "pre-release runs" 
at the Broadway hous*-??. 

It is Alleged the Loew peojile. hav- 
ing Romeihing like 165 days of first 




FRANK CLARK 

Wfr-lern iManngr.* Watfr.<*op. V*. 

Knyd?" 



Wishes ll.s Many 
A iia)«py . ew 



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Friday, December 29, 1922 



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THEV.M.P.A. 



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By FAT CASE7 



The year just closing has 
-marked the afflliation or consoli- 
datlon of many hitherto separate 
and often conflicting elements in 
the various branches of the 
amusement businees, and it is a 
matter of congrratulatlon rather 
than a boast to be abl o^to ca ll at- 
tention to the fact that so many 
observant men in other depart- 
ments of the theatrical business 
are, in a manner of speaking; 
"taking a leaf out of the book" for 
some lime in good use by the 
Vaudeville Managers' Protective 
Association. If any New Year's 
resolution should be passed at tnis 
time by the V. M. P. A., I think it 
would go into the minutes of our 
as'soclatlon in the form of a unani- 
mous vote to continue the broad- 
gauge and equitable relationship 
now existing and growing between 
the vaudeville managers of the 
United States, the vaudeville 
artists and the vaudeville public. 

These relations and co-operative 
methods of management as 
planned and practiced now by 'i\}e 
V. M. P. A. are the inevitable con- 
sequences of the manager mem- 
bers of this organization to enter- 
tain the beet public in the world 
with the finest entertainment 
available; to protect the artists of 
vaudeville against the injustices 
and hardships which.; in the past, 
have been practiced by irrespon- 
sible and trouble-making artists 
as much as by unfair or selfish 
managers. Our New Year's reso- 
lution, then, would be to go fur- 
ther and faster in the direction in 
which we have started; which is 
in the direction of definite pro- 
tection of our best interests, and 
that means the protection of 
everybody connected with vaude- 
ville, whether it be £.8 artist, em- 
ploye, patron or manager. 

The peace and prosperity which 
now prevail in the entire world 
of vaudeville is due to the theory 
and practice of mutuality, fair 
play and consideration for others 
as shown by the activities-of tha 
Vaudeville Managers' Protective 
Association. The happy revolu- 
tion which has brought about this 
splendid condition would have 
been impossible if the vast army 
of artists employed^ in vaudeville 
had not also awakened to the 
same ideas of mutual respect, co- 
operatiou and fair play which 
gave bases and reasons for the 
organization of the National 
Vaudeville Artist.s, Inc. In their 



line of endeavor and through this 
powerful, although democratic or- 
ganization, the artists are ac- 
complishing for themselves the 
same stability of affairs, the same 
security, the same professional 
satiijfaction which the managers 
have realized and will continue to 
. realize by maintaining and ad- 
vancing the standards of Justice 
and cfflciency which are the ultl- 
iT^ate objects of the Vaudeville 
Managers' Protective Association. 

Harmony and Justice Prevail 

The present high estate at 
which vaudeville - In the United 
States has arrived would have 
been impossible without the 
friendly ,and foresighted consid- 
eration and co-operation now 
maintained by the owners and 
managers of this most popular 
form of entertainment. The vast 
sums of money Invested, the Ions 
year^ of experiment, always optl- 
mi.stlc. alwaj's courageous, always 
toward better things, all of^these 
experiences and outlays on the 
part of managers, would have 
availed little without a pooling of 
ideas, with a deep aense of mu- 
tual justice to one another, to the 
artist and to the public. And 
these desirable an' even vital 
conditions could not, in turn, have 
been accomplished without a 
definite and-^ell organized asso- 
ciation of vaudeville managers to 
devise and perpetuate plans and 
policies. 

The vaudeville business of the 
United States is today one of the 
largest industries in the country. 
Furthermore, it is one of the most 
lovingly cherished institutions of 
the American people. To every 
forward and upward effort of the 
Vaudeville Managers' Protective 
Association, there has been im- 
mediate response and encourage- 
ment from the National Vaude- 
ville Artists and from the entire 
vaudeville public In every city and 
state where the' circuits extend. 
These established facts explain 
the reason for the existence of 
the V. M. P. A., and Ihe lasting 
inventive to go forward during 
1923 and the years to come along 
the same lines which now ener- 
gize our organization. 

In conclusion the most cheerful 
greetings are extended to all 
branches of our -industry; our 
best efforts and heartiest co- 
operation are pledged the artiPts, 
and we wi.sh all a happy and 
prosperous New Year. 



KYLE IN SKETCH 

A sketch with three people will 
shift Howard Kyle into vaudeville 
under the direction of Alf T. Wil- 
ton. 

Kyle is the secretary of the 
Actors' Fidelity League, the Equity's 
opposition. 



Woods' "Inspector General" 

A. H. "Woods has acquired the 
American stage rights to "The In- 
spector Cleneral." It was originally 
produced in Yiddish X>y Maurice 
Swartz at his Art theatre. New 
York. 

The piece Is being translated for 
immediate production. - 







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JEAN BARRIOS 

SEASON'S GREETINGS 

. « To All My Friends for 
A Happy, Healthful and 
Prospcrcus New Year 

Playing pRPHEUM ClKCriT 

Direction : 
HALPERIN-SHAPIRO Agency 



"SQUAWK" ON "SPICE'7 
MAYBE rrS A KICK 



By JACK LAIT 




The Pint Size Author-Comedian 

JOE LAURIE, JR. 

who is presenting 

"FAMILYOLOGY" 

on the Keith Circuit 

WISHES everyone' WHAT 

THEY NEED MOST 

"SISTER ANNIE" Ser, "ME TOO' 



LEHRMAN DISPUTES WIFE 

Los Anarch's. Dec. ::•». 
A disputo between Henry Lohr- 
ni.in ar.d his wife o\cr a ncv.- auto- 
mobile l)!(.iif,'ht in tlie Hollywood 
police to s-ettlf the involved point. 
TlHoi:gJi tlie wmeial Intervention 
I.ohrmnn \\:\h asnid thrown irto 
the iM'V.: iMpers. scniotijiivt ho prov.- 
nrrn?ftnmrrt t o i n t hi ' v -t" l .v day. ' , o f 
the ArbufUIe publicity, yinoe then 
lie married. 



Somelimes one doesn't, know 
whether to feel like a chump or a 
hero — and, what is worse, doesn't 
know like which to act. 

This observation Is inspired by re- 
flections on "Spice of 1922," Which 
'was beyond argument the most- 
talked -about production of the year. 
As the author and part owner of 
this gigantic undertaking, I am the 
one who Is in doubt, now that it has 
closed, whether to strut myself like 
a champ or h'.de myself like a 

chump. 

The obvious snap Judgment Is 
that the venture was cross-eyed and 
Ill-advised because it didn't finish 
out the iseason and because there 
was something akin' to a scandal 
surrour.ding its blowoff. But a little 
inside stuff about "Spice" may b^^ of 
Interest to those in the profession, 
who will agree that- it was In many' 
respects a unique venture and that 
it accomplished some miracles. 

"Spice " was floated on |330, which 
I advanced. That was the sum total 
of moneys Invested at any time. I 
am informed that the corporation is 
indebted to the Shuberts in sums 
varying from $36,000 to $60,000—1 do 
not know how much or if any. But 
If the Shuberts really advanced any 
such moneys, they did it entirely 
of their own volition, without my 
authority and even over my frank 
advice against it— I might say over 
my protest. 

I myself invested the $330. That 
paid for the black pillows 4n "Lilies 
of the Field" and the wooden fence 
for "Little Red Book," the latter 
only for lumber, as it was built by 
our crew and painted in one color 
right on the stage. The three car- 
loads of scenery belonged to H. Rob- 
ert Law, who lent them and got a 
25 per cent. Interest for their use, 
with provision that his scenery be 
returned to him In toto whenever 
the show should close for ary cause, 
which was done. There was only 
one piece of scenery in "Spice" when 
it opened in Atlantic City that was 
new. Some of the costumes were, 
and some had been seen at the Win- 
ter Garden before "Spice" wore 
them there. 

♦ AH the electrical properties were 
borrowed from the Shuberts, and a 
weekly rental was charged. Props 
to valile of about $2,000 were bor- 
rowed from the Shuberts and paid 
for in installments in full. Allan 
K. Foster was »lent to us and his 
salary for five weeks was later col- 
lected from the receipts and re- 
turned to the ShUberts. We paid 
no songwriters. Louis Bernstein of 
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., later gave 
us $750 toward the expense of stag- 
ing ard mounting one of the num- 
bers he published, "Two Little 
Wooded Shoes"; that number was 
built and cost $1,550 — that was the 
one new set. The $750 deposit se- 
cured it and the balance was settled 
in notes, later paid. 

The costumes cost about $14,000 
before ^opening. Against that sum 
we paid the "Vanity Fair"' company 
about $5,000. This was borrowed 
from Lee Shubert ($3,000) and Ed 
Davldow ($2,000), and interests in 
the venture given for the loan — not 
the Investment — of these sums. It 
was even provided that the $5,000 
was to be first money and I signed 
my royalty and all other claims 
away, and so did Law and Arman 
Kallz, until thoy should be paid. 
This clau!«c eventually wrecked the 
show, as win be explained. 

I helped organize the company. 
It was by far the biggest cast that 
had ever rehearsed on Broadway, no 
show in lilstory barred. We pro- 
jected the percentage plan, with 
various perrentage.s ranging from % 
of 1 per cent, to 6 per cent, of the 
gross. This we had to nullify later 
because when we played the Winter 
(".arden we got orly 50 per cent, of 
the gross, and our cast nrranpre- 
ments called for 34 per cent., other 
albtments 15 per cent. CncludinK 
Kaliz and La^w and myself. In lieu 
of any salar ea), we had u chorus 
that cost $1,'100 .1 woek and other 
.^-.et exr)etisos amounting to about 
$4 000 weekly. 

In tlie cast when the curtain ro.-e 
Were V.ilex!;a Sur.iit. Aible How- 



MGFELD'S RECORD HITS 



Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., not only 
establishes records in the the- 
atrical business but smashes them 
with subsequent successea that 
eclipse the standard he had set. 

The sixteen years of the con- 
tinuous and steadily increasing 
popularity of the Ziegfeld "Fol- 
lies," whose peak of success has 
been reached In the amazingly 
beautiful production still drawing 
capacity audiences in its 30th 
week at the New Amsterdam the- 
atre (where in that time it has 
played to the largest receipts ever 
scored by a musical revue In all 
of the world) form fTmost notable 
achievement In Itself, with which 
any producer m'lght reasonably 
rest content. Notwithstanding the 
precedent he has established for his 
national institution, the Ziegfeld 
"Follies," Mr. Ziegfeld has pre- 
sented the English-speaking pub- 
lic with the most remarkable 
musical comedy known to stage 
annals in "Sally." that Irresistibly 
charming creation of Bolton and 
Kern, with Marilyn Miller and 
Leon Errol as co-stars. After 70 
weeks at the New Amsterdam 
theatre, where it shattered all box 
ofllce records of musical comedy 
ever presented in New York, it is 
now sweeping the country In what 
Is termed a dispiriting season to 
receipts unthinkably astounding to 
all producers, even to Mr. Ziegfeld 
himself. 

Billie Burke's Triumph 

Now Ziegfeld steps out of the 
musical productions that have 
made him world-famous, and 
sponsors America's leading come- 
dienne, Billie Burke, in the de- 
lightful new Booth Tarklngton 
comedy, "Rose Briar," which had 
Its premiere at the Empire the- 
atre Christmas night abd is now 
proving one of the Joys of this 
festive season. In this new play 
Miss Burke has achieved the 
crowning triumph of her brilliant 
career, not alone by her dainty 
artistry and appealing femininity, 
but by an added touch not hereto- 
fore expected by* her large follow- 
ing. In her prevous successes 
Miss Burke has never divulged 
she is the possessor of a sweet, 
sympathetic singing voice which 
she now Introduces In "Rose Briar" 



In a most magnetic manner. In 
this exquisite production of "Rosf 
Briar" the deft, masterly hand, the 
irreproachable taste and the love 
of the beautiful in stage environ- 
ment, as shown in all Mr. Zleg- 
feld's famous musical productions, 
are again strikingly manifested. 

Ziegf eld's New Star ^ ^ 

But the indefatigable Mr. Zieg- 
feld, still Insatiable for fresh 
triumphs, will shortly present a 
new star, Fanny Brice, in a new 
musical comedy which will be of 
the typical Ziegfeld class, or, in 
other words, a production in Its 
embellishment to favorably com- 
pare with any of his previous 
triumphs. Thero Is sentiment as 
well as business In this important 
undertaking, as Mr. Ziegfeld gave 
Misa Brice her first opportunity to 
appear before the Broadway pub- 
lic in his Ziegfeld "Follies" when 
she was 16 years old. 

Success breeds Imitation more 
quickly, perhaps, in the theatrical 
business than In any other. The 
Ziegfeld "J^'ollles" has been mora 
widely imitated than any other 
known entertainment. Not only 
has the name "Follies" been at- 
tached to other so-called revues, 
but Mr. Ziegfeld's ideas and inno- 
vations have been boldly appro- 
priated by others in the .vain effort 
to achieve a similar auccess. But 
a discerning public cannot be 
fooled more than once, and is 
quickly made to realise that there 
is opny one simon-pure, bumt-lnt 
the -cork "Follies." and that is the 
"Ziegfeld Follies," the revue pre« 
eminent of the world. 

Zieofetd'e Wueardry 

The name of Florens Ziegfeld. 
Jr.. has a wizardry throughout 
this country seldom attained by 
any American manager. It ap- 
peals to all classes of amusement 
patrons as a hall-mark of beauty, 
artistry, extravagant expenditure 
in the right direction, and enter- 
tainers of the highest standard 
obtainable in productions which 
have made him famous. 

The first performance of a Zles- 
feld production la always a dis- 
tinguished event at which society 
vies with the proletariat in the de- 
sire to be "among those present." 

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An cpsratic trcupe called ilie "II 
Trovatoro" ( oni|);iriy and s:ild t.) 
have .«;t:irtca from To; ton, cl >v".l 
la.^t week at Freeport. 111. The 
chtirus claimed salary due, XtUie 
(Jardlni was featured , ' 



land. Jimmy Hussey, George Price, 
Will Oakland, Rath Brothers, Sam 
Hearn, Evan Burrowes Fontaine, 
James C Watts, MIdgle Miller. Gat- 
tlson Jones. Jack Tralnor, Hasouti^a, 
D" Andrea and Walters, Helen O'Shea, 
Kallz, Flavla Arcaro, Florence 
Browne, James C. Morton, Lucille 
Ballantyne, a jazz band, 86 girls. 12 
boys, a countless crew, three stage 
managers, a few advance agents, 
managers and treasurers, etc. There 
were 79 people on the stage, and the 
company traveled 101 people. 

We opened -tor the most spon- 
toneous sensation I have ever wit- 
nessed at a theatre. Lee S^Jubert, 



who Is not effusive, said it was th« 
best show ho hod ever seen — so did 
many others. Wo stood them up in 
Atlantic City despite rain and heat, 
and when we went to Philadelphia 
we reopened the Walnut Street the- 
atre, off the main highway, in mid- 
summer, for one week, and pJayed 
to $22,000^and lost $4,000. 

Mr. Shubert thought we needed 
a flash finale, and he authorized 
the expenditure of $6,000 for a 
"strut" number, dressed in siatlet, 
the second new set. He assumed the 
llablUty- It was later paid in full. 
And we opened at the \\'mter Oar- 
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In < rnisl.int ThiU-ifi' cf ii'id fyovlnrt 

FRANCES TRUMBULL 

MAZIE TRUMBULL 
(MILS. JoK w. Hr(:.\n.si 



^ GREETINGS FROM ' 

ESTELLE DAVIS 

with BAILEY and COWAN 
BOOKEI), SOLID KEITH-ORPHEUM CIRCUITS 






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AWAY OFF LAST WEEK 



MODERN THEATRES: ALERT CmES 



1922! 

The year of scandals, reforms, re- 
verses and a Motion I'icture Czar! 

I>ast January everyone connected 
With the Industry, after a slump in 
the business that had endured over 
a period of 14 or 15 months, pre- 
dicted 1922 would be the biggest 
and best ever. 

Instead it has been the worst year 
the industry has witnessed, from the 
standpoint of the producer, dis- 
tributor and exhibitor. 

But the industry can be cheerful. 
There is one thing that U did get, 
and that is Will H. Hays. Hays and 
his organization, the Motion Picture 
Producers' and Distributors' Asso- 
ciation of America, Inc., came Into 
the picture fletd some eight or nine 
months ago, and from the view- 
point of the public at large, It is 
the biggest thing that has happened 
In the screen world since the close- 
up was llrst evolved. 

Inside the industry there is an- 
other story. The year Just about to 
die brought naught but woo and 
worry, with the exception of two 
possible bright spots. They are the 
defeat of censorship by referendum 
in Massachusetts and the election 
of Al Smith as Governor of New 
York, with the possibility that his 
entrance into office may bring about 
the revocation of the legislative 
measure which created a board of ' 
censors in the Elmpire state. . 

There have been other happenings j 
of large proportion within the In- 
dustry, but they have mainly to do 
wfth the various companies and In- 
dividuals connected with one or an- 
othet of the producing or distribut- 
ing organizations. These happen- 
ings, perhaps, loom large to those 
personally affected, but they were 
rot industry-wide in a revolution- 
ary sense. 

Right now at the brink of the 
advent of 1923 the outlook in gen- 
eral is no brighter than it was at 
the beginning of 1922; if anything it 
is worse, btit within the next few 
weeks all of the "leaders" will flood 
the trade press with optimistic 
reams of copy, predicting the same 
old bunk about prosperity and 
plenty. And as the mills of time go 
round clicking off the minutes and 
hours that will mark the passing of 
1923 it will be the same old story of 
battle and clash between the pro- 
ducer, distributor and exhibitor, so 
that when 1924 rolls around one 
will bo able to go right back to the 
beginning of Uiis little yarn and 
read It all over again. 

The one bright spot at this time 
Is the possibility of a little more 
work for the directorial and acting 
branches of the business, for there 
Is facing the exhibitors a seeming 
shortage of feature productions and 
production will have to be forced 
within the next four or five months 
so that supply will meet the demand 
from the theatres. 

But the golden dollar days In 
order up to two years ago have gone 
forever from the film business. The 
^battle now is the survival of the 
fittest. Those weathering the re- 
construction are going to be the 
leaders. Reconstruction there will 
have to be, for the industry cannot 
continue to go along in the manner 
in which it has been for the last two 
years and expect to survive as the 
third largest of the nation. '. 

This isn't going to hai)pen next 
year or the one after that, but in 
five years perhaps, and maybe long- 
er. Meantime those in the game 
can prepare to struggle to get along 
and if they still be on deck when 
the new era in the business arrives, 
they are going to find that they are 
playing at business in an Industry 
that will have some sort of a staple 
basis of operation. The others will 
be sitting In the corner talking of 
"the good old days," but the business 
will be better off without them. 

It was Immediately after 1922 
started, the Intimation came that 
Will H. Hays was to be asked to 
head pictures. Hays, after a brief 
time, admitted he was resigning 
from the Cabinet to accept the 
berth. In March he came to the 
Industry and with his advent the 
formation of the M. P. Producers 
and Distributors of America, Inc. 

Will H. Hays was brought Into 
the picture Industry to straighten 
^ut Its affairs with the public. Late 
In the preceding year there had been 
the Arbuckle scandal a«id the entire 
Industry was going to be on trial In 
the eyes of the public when that 
comedian came before the bar of 
Justice. Hays, It was thought by 
many, had been brought into the 
Industry to offset and combat any 
ill effect that this trial might bring. 
Tht-n early In February, before Hays 
iMd left Washington and entered on 



his new duties, another scandal 
broke In the Los Angeles picture 
colony with the murder of William 
D. Taylor 

As far as both of those affairs are 
concerned the year washed them out 
pretty well. The comedian was ac- 
quitted, but his pictures were kept 
r.-om the screen by order of the 
new Czar, ana the Tiiior murder 
became one of the world's great un- 
solved mysteries. 

During the year Hays haS been 
active In gathering up loose ends 
of information regarding the indus- 
try. He made one trip to the coast 
during, the summer that was a 
grand hurrah, and but a few weeks 
I ago he made his second trip that 
was to be for the good of the in- 



Other Attractions Held Up 

Despite Condition — Several 

New Plays in City 



Philadelphia, Dec. 26. 
With two legitimate houses closed, 
business held up here surprisingly 
last week. The only one of the five 



By J. J. MUEDOCn^ 

{Ocneral Manager B. F. Keith Circuit) 



It is worthy of comment and con- 
gratulation at this holiday season to 
And that In all of the cities, towns 
and neighborhoods already In pos- 
session of tt modern vaudeville the- 
atre, most of the celebrations. Yule 



houses away off was the Broad, 

where Robert Mantell began a three |*tlde entertainments and community 



weeks' engagement. Heavy paper 
ing was resorted to here to flU the 
gaps. - ' ' 

Estimates for last week: 

Mantell (Broad, 2d week). First 
week poorest this Shakespearean 
star has done here in a long time, i 
but advance sale looks encouragln? 
for following weeks. Then "Sher- 
lock Holmes." with Gillette. 

^'Passing Show of 1922** (Shubert 



enterprises that bring Joy to child- 
hood and Christmas cheer and com- 
fort to the poor and the aged, center 
in the vaudeville theatre. Perhaps 
the outstanding feature of the non- 



catlon, charity and patriotism. 
Teachers, preachers, merchants, 
bankers, real estate men, manufac- 
turers and other progmatlsts now 
have come to look upon the com- 
munity uses of our Keith theatres 
as materially helpful to "our town." 
They realize that these playhouses. 
In the broadened neighborhood uses 
to which we are putting them, make 
for good citizenship, social and 
artistic progress, virile public spirit 



dustry and perhaps bring about a j^t ^^^,^^ p^^^ advance sale fore- 
somewhat different mode of living casts good business in three-week 



stay. 

White's "Scandals" (Forrest. 1st 
week). Announced for two weeks ; 
only. "Good Morning Dearie" did 
about 120,000 last week, unusually 
good for fifth week under circum- 
stances. 

•*To the Ladies'* (Garrick, Is: 
wet^k). In for two weeks only. 
"Molly Darling" dropped to about 
112,000 last week, looked on as good 
by all concerned. 

"Anna Christie" (Walnut, 4th 
week). Final week for clrania. ! 
which has b^n creeping vjp s'nce 
start and turned in fine gross of lit- 
tle less than $11,000 last week. ' 
"Monster" Jan. 1. i 

"Blossom . .Time'* (Lyric. 10th 
week), Schubert operetta did not 
drop any more last week and 
claimed ftross of 112 000. Will stay , 
couple of weeks more at least. I 

*'The Guilty One" (AdelphI, 1st 
week). With some fine advance pub- , 
licity on star this one figures to ' 
make gooS money In four weeks, I 



among those that are prominent in 
the sciyen world. Right while he 
was in the midst of his second trip 
another long predicted scandal 
broke, the Wally Reid revelations 
about drugs becoming public. 

But Hays was also active in other 
ways during the year. It was his 
organization that led and won the 
light that brought about defeat of 
censorship in Massachusetts. He 
made efforts for a better under- 
standing among producers, dis- 
tributors and exhibitors and started 
the development of a uniform con- 
tract for all film rentals. That con- 
tract is still under discussion and 
it is a question when it will be 
brought into such shape as to be 
placed into use. 

Other developments were the res- 
ignation of R. A. Rowland from 
Metro pictures and after a period 
during which he was believed to be 
organizing another company finally 
Joined the exetutive staff of the As- 
sociated First National, lately to be- 

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Hams, who retired from that po.<^ition 
in the company which he had 
founded and headed since its incep- 
tion. With the advent of Rowland 
as general manager of First Na- 
tional came the news that the ex- 
hibitor organization was no longer 
going to confine Itself to the field 
of distribution solely but was ready 
to embark on the producing sea. 

In speaking of distributing organ- 
izations some new ones have come 
into the field during the last year 
and others have passed out. The 
biggest explosion occured with the 
blow-up of the Wid Gunning ex- 
change system, which Is now hav- 
iry? Its aftermath in the courts on 
the Pacific Coast, where Lois Weber 
is suing Wid for considerable 
money which he sunk in the 
venture. The Associated Producers 
also passed after having first given 
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TOLEDO HOUSE MAT CLOSE 

Toledo's one and only legitimate 



the year, as a result of the an- 
nouncement of Herman Saxon, 
managing director of the Saxon Au- 
ditorium, that he will give up his 
lease and retire from the theatrical 
business. Saxon is severing his 
connections with the theatrical world 
to go to Russia In the Interests of a 
number of big Toledo industries. 

The theatre Is cNrned by the To- 
ledo Newsboys' Asscsilation, and 
representatives are going to New 
York to determine the future po>^ 
of the house. 



THE SIE TAHAR TROUPE 

Seven people; three ladles and four uc iiil< men. , 

World's greatest Algerian pastime, intrt'tim ing Marim Sie Tahar, the 
only Algerian girl whirlwind wonder. Just liuished season with Kingling 
Bros., and Barnum & Bailey Show. Now touring I'antages Circuit, carry- 
Inj? special stage set of scenery. , - • . 

Wishinf; all Managers and Agents a Happy New Year. 

Direction; PAT CASEY, New York City. 

THE SIMON AGENCY, Chicago SIE TAHAR, Manager 



1923 FDLM EXPO. INDORSED 

Ivos Angeles, Dec. 26. 
The proposed film exposition for 
this city during 1923 has been In- 
dorsed in a statement Issued by Will 
H. Hays. 



professional transformation in the 
relations of the vaudeville circuits 
with its public is contained in this 
new civic, or community, esteem in 
which our playhouses are now held 
by the educational, artistic, pro- 
fessional and business elements of 
the public. 

Towns and neighborhoods which 
already have a Keith theatre or one 
representing the Keith Allies have 
come to look upon it as an Art 
Lyoeum and as a Public Forum for 



The exposition will be the first of _ _ 

l*" *^'"^ f,"^ ***■ ***•" ipoken of the planning and promotion of all 

I good public enterprises In art, edu 



for some time. 




ADELE 



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The Famous Milliner to the Profession Extends the Season's 
^ ' 'Greetings to Her Many PaU 



and commercial progress. Our man- 
agers have never shown a more 
active attitude of cooperation than 
now and the circuit has never re- 
laxed its expansive and constructive 
policy. And It has been enabled 
and more than encouraged to con- 
tinue this constructive and progres- 
sive policy by the successful, fore- 
sighted and practical philanthropic 
organisations and business men of 
every community who know and 
desire the material advantages 
which come to, and stay with, those 
towns and neighborhoods In which 
there are Keith and aflflllated 
vaudeville theatres. 

Recently In Dayton, Ohio, we 
opened and dedicated a new and 
perfectly appointed Keith theatre 
and during my stay in that beautiful 
city I was again Impressed with 
the attitude of cordial encourage- 
ment and public enthusiasm with 
which the foremost men and women* 
as well as the entire public, of 
Daxton met us. They looked upon 
the acquisition of this lovely new 
playhouse as a tangible and en- 
during evidence of the material as 
well as the intellectual prominence 
of t^is city. They celebrated and 
continue to celebrate, the posses- 
sion of this added civic asset as 
another milestone In the swift and 
sturdy forward strides of Dayton 
as a metropolis. 

Speaking to a number of prom- 
inent business and professional men, 
former Governor James M. Cox 
said: 

"The time seems to have ar- 
rived when the city or town which 
remains without a Keith theatre 
of even modest pro]>ortlons must 
realize that It has failed to achieve 
the importance that Is necessary 
to a progressive modern American 
city. All over Ohio and In many 
of the more densely populated 
states, there Is a competitive 
clamor for comfortable and hand- 
some vaudeville theatres In which 
the old and young, parents and 
children, may see the best, the 
cleanest and the most artistic en- 
tertainment. Tho enterprising 
small city or large town which 
Is fortunate enough to attract Ihe 
attention and win the Interest of 
President Albee and his associates 
of the B. F. Keith Circuit in- 
evitably shows a Justifiable pride, 
as well as a civic Interest, in the 
ncquiBitlon of a new Keith the- 
atre. But when, as hc^e in Day- 

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<^ Broadway's biggeflt problem next 
to the always paramount Job of pro- 
ducing a hit is the correction of the 
present vogue of theatre ticket sell- 
ing and distribution. Recognition 
that the system of "buy-outs" by 
theatre ficket agencies is antiquated 
is becoming more and more plain to 
the managers. Built on a fallacy, 
buys have done more to disgust and 
discourage thcatrego ng than any 
single factor in theatricals. That 
buys will shortly be dispensed with 
altogether ia predicted and that 
move will doubtless come through 
action in concert of the members of 
the Producing Managers' Associa- 
tion. If the buys outlast the present 
season, then It may be siaid the man- 
agers are not ,on the l«*vcl in tholr 
expressed ambition to clean up the 
ticket situation. * » ,, 

There is Jupowerful and perfectly 
logical^relLson why the bu>:; Hhould 
go and an equally pun<- and eco- 
nomic rcas4n why bii.sin«-i^H irt the 
legitimate theatres woul<l Ix- greatly 
bettered thereby. The s«cc«isscs for 
which buys are arran^roil are not 
getting an even break tvtn in view 
of the apparent profit thoy are sup- 
posed to gain. That has l;ocn proven 
with attractions which hrivo gone 
through for lonrr runs without buys 
and in fact refusing to entertain 
byys. 

Laymen, and perliapn a majority 
of persons in the show business, 
know little about a buy apart from 
the fact that brokers agree to handle 
a block of the best locations for at- 
tractions that are supposed to be 
hits. The measure of the nuccess 
can sometimes be gau.qod by the 
amount of premium asked for in the 
agencies. Even shows which are 
just a bit above the mediocre some- 
times bring fancy prices on special 
occasions, such as holidays and the 
evenings before. 

When a manager opens w^at he 
thinks is a. hit the brokers are in- 
vited to call and an allotment of 
tickets is made to each, the num- 
ber given for each night's perform- 
ance and in some instances mat- 
;^ Inees dependent on the size of the 
Agency or its ability to sell. When 
the dozen or so agencies "set" the 
allotment or the house treasurer and 
manager speciflea the number of 
tickets for each, there are few lower 
floor locations remaining in the box 
office, which fact is one of the most 
damaging evils of the entire sys- 
tem. The buy often takes in the 
front rows of the balcony, that also 
to the detriment of direct box office 
sale. The only seats left at the dis- 
posal of the house are generally a 
fAw seats ordered held out for sale 
at the direction of the producer, the 
latter In that way able to take care 
of special requests from friends. 

There ia what are known as "out- 
right buys," wherein the tickets 
bought by the agencies arc not re- 
turnable in any amount, but such 
deals are rare, as are ".smash" suc- 
cesses. The usual buy provides for 
a percentage of return, ordinarily 
25 per cent of the allotment, th» 
brokers permitted to make the re- 
, turns by seven o'clock on the even- 
ing of a performance. Some deals 
call for a return privilege of one- 
third. 

The return privilege is devised to 
be an "out" for agencies when the 
demand falls off. Actually it proves 
•^ the case against buys and opens up 
the way to dishonesty in the box of- 
fices, particularly when in charge of 
inexperienced and low salaried 
_^ treasurers. When the broker is un- 
able to get rid of his aMotment up to 
. the margin of return there are two 
methods of disposing of the tickets 
on hand. He can either "dump" (un- 
load) them into cut rates or pass 
. (slip) them back to the box office 
along with the returns legitimately 
^ permitted. It is a bipfrer .saving to 
"do business" with the box office 
than to cut rate at half the price of 
the tickets. 

Where a speculator, generally of 
the gyp class, holds tickets "for a 
price" and is unable to sell, he is 
often forced to resort to cut rates 
at the la.«it minute. lUit when rea- 
sonably sure he cannot sell at any 
premium at all, the ticlwt.s are shot 
back to the box ofTlt e. With the 
trea^nrer fretting "(»il< -1," the latter 
Will 1 4in selling .mteh tickets first, 
leavini,' the tlcket.s l-.«Ritiinately per- 
mitted to bo returr.cd to remain in 
the rack or be sold after the others 
are Runr 



system and always will as long as 
it laaU. 

Under the buys system the box 
office is under the control of the 
ticket agencies and the gyps. Where 
there is no buy and there is no limit 
to returns the box office is always 
under control of the treasurer and 
the house management. The fallacy 
of buys is plain of understanding. 
An arrangement may be made call- 
ing for eight weeks. Sometimes the 
tickets for the entire eight weoKs 
are turned over to the broker and 
his check as given. Or if two or four 
weeks' tickets are given out the 
tickets are paid for. The house may 
thereby receive, say, |1 5,01)0 In tash 
in advance for, a four-week ar- 
ranpoment. 

It has been repeatedly shown ' 
that with the box office turning 
away customers because ihe tickets 
arc in the agencies instead of the 
rack the house will lose during the 
period of the buy un to $10,000 in 
sales at the box office. Th^n when 
one-third of the tickets "bought" by 
the brokers are turned Into the box 
oltlce at 7 o'clock it is too late to 
dispose of them. The treasurer does 
not know what tickets are to be sent 
back and can hardly sell without the 
actual pasteboards. 

The. more logical method, there- 
fore, is for the house to plaC4 tlckr*:; 
on sale at th6 agencies, that being 
known Mn the trade as "regulars." 
The agency is not required to sell a 
certain number of tickets and the - 
fore will sell as n.any as posisible. 
All left over are returned and can- 
not in any way roach cut rates. The 
box office is always in control of 
tickets, increasing or decreasing the 
number given each broker accord- 
ing to the latter's ability to soil, 
but always able to keep enough 
tickets on hand in the box office to 
supply the window trade' that may 
come during the day and evening. 

There should be no trade turned 
away from the boxoffice with 'Yeg- 
ulars" used instead of a buy. The 
treasurer can easily call back tick- 
ets from any agency if required, and 
if a broker has not been allotted 
enough tickets he can sell by phcne 
order. Where there is a sell-out 
success the control of the tickets by 
the treasurer Is 'more easy when 
tickets are on sale than with a buy. 
The box office man of experience 
knows whether any particular 
agency Is getting more than it can 
dispose of. When a greater number 
is allotted it is plain that agency is 
doing business with another agency 
and charging the second agency a 
"price" (extra premium). WUh the 
tickets on sale it is easy to see how 
the treasurer can make his allot- 
ments elastic, increasing here and 
decreasing there. 

A year ago last summer, when the 
"Fdllles" was at the Olobe and the 
(Continued on page I9y 




KEEP FROM ABROAD ON '^SPEG," 
SAYS MOSS EMPIRES' DMaOR 



By R. H. GILLESPIE 



(Mr, Gillespie is wanaginp ilircetor of Moss Kmpiifs, the largest vavde- 
vlllc circuit in Knfjland. Ulncc his nssximption of this post as nianaginff 
director Mr, Oillesplc has hcen responsible for bringing to Kngland a great 
many American acts. He has visited the United States ticiee tcHthin two 
years to look over the theatrical field.) . , 



^ » IVIIO'H WHO IN CIIK'AGO 

BILLY DIAMOND ~ 

Chicago Booking Manager for Gus 
Sun'Oircuit of Theatres, 

6illy Diam<fnd Circuit of Theatres 

and Webster Vaudeville Circuit. 

Main Offices: Delaware Bldg.. 

Chicago. 

S EASON'S GREETINGS 

BIG TIME DAMAGE s. 

New Libel 'Action Against "News'* 
Through Cartoon 



The Appellate Division has nf 
firmed the lower court's decision' 
dismii^sing the (200,000 libel suit in- 
stituted by Arthur I'orkoff and Ethel 
Graves I'erkoff (Page and Gray, 
vaudeville) against the News Syn- 
dicate Co., publishers of th« New 
York "Dally News." The action re- 
sulted from a cartoon criticism (f 
the Page and Gray act while play- 
ing the Jcffer-son. New York, las 
season. In which the cartoonist. V.C 
Randall (who li^ named co-defend- 
ant, although no longer connectcc 
with the "News") penned an ad- 
verse comment underneath a cari- 
cature of the team, according them 
a negligible percentage rating oi. 
merit. 

Page and Gray have instructc:. 
their attorn<}ys, Kcndler & Gold- 
otein, to bring a new suit for dam- 
ages against the daily, clalminr 
specific damages and abandoning 
the claim of libel per se. Th: 
courts proposed that plaintiffs sc'. 
forth how they were damaged am 
to what extent. The act's plea wll 
be that Its standing has been aT- 
fectod to the extent it has not oinc: 
played the big time. 

The first suit was di.«mis3ed cr 
the ground the complaint did n ' 
set forth a cause for action and that 
the criticism is privileged. 



Fields* Own Franchise Next Season 
Harry Fields, with "Hello Jake 
Girls" this season on the Mutual 
wheel, will be awarded an individual 
franchise for a show he will head on 
the Mutual circuit ijext season. 



London, Dec. 10. 

British vaudeville, like every other 
form of entertainment in this coun- 
try, has been adversely affected by 
the general trade conditions and 
heavy l:i;;atirn, but so far as I can, 
see. the variety end of the industry 
has suffered no worse than the 
other.- ;■.- .; , , ■■,.,',_■ ,. • ;■,:.. > 

The practice In this country was 
to engage artists and place them 
under contract fbr so many years, 
with the result that many acts had 
well-filled date books, generally on 
rising salaries. .During the boom 
period every place of entertainment 
prospered. Many of the acts be- 
came very slack in providing new 
material and novelties, armed, as 
they were, with contracts. In some 
caires for years ahead. . 

Vaudeville to bo successful re- 
quires novelty and variety, and al- 
most automatically this means it 
becomes international. In my opin- 
ion there are just as good perform- 
ers in England as anywhere, but 
there uie not enough introducing 
freshness to their acts to make the 
bills sufficiently attractive to the 
public without the introduction of 
acts from other countries. 

In pre-war days the vaudeville 
manager could search the world for 
his attractions, but for vfCrious rea- 
. ons the opportunities are now much 
more limited. All artists from 
enemy countries are now barred In 
Great Britain, and. owing to the 
rate of exchange, the salaries of 
.American acta appear excessive. In 
addition, the artists coming from 
America lose certain time in trav- 
eling and. as the books ' are still 
pretty full through old contracts, it 
in not always, easy to get a route 
of satisfactory dimensions. This 
position is being improved, however. 
na contracts are being worked off 
and new bookings are being made 
for a limited period only, but it will 
be a good twelve months before the 
market becomes free. •'■■:■ * 

With the supply of novelties from 
the Continent of Europe^o limited, 
the British manager has had to look 
to America for new faces and at- 
tractions to give the necessary va- 
riety to his bills. With very few 
exceptions the American acts which 
have played over here since the war 
have made good. British audiences 



are very appreciative of talent, but 
their tastes do not alwa^ coincide 
with those of our friends on the 
other side. Just as there are many 
first-class British acts which m^se 
in the States, the reverse ia also the 
case. 

A well-known Am^r^can manager 
recently criticized our variety show^ 
and stated that they, appeared slow 
to him. Curiously enough, that was 
exactly my first impression of Amer- 
ican vaudeville. Over two years ago 
I wrote a diary of my first trip to 
America, and I find the following la 






WHO'S WHO IN. CHICAGO 

DR. MAX THOREK 

Surge8n-in*Chief of the AmerieaA 
Theatrical Hospital 

CHICAGO 



Any box offiee man r^io ks on the 
level (:ind that means the trea.«»urer 
who is "right"), being content with 
the gratuities duo tlio box office 
(which no regular m.inaKcr will in- 
terlTere with), will admit that the 
pr.xftice of returns i.s thu.s abused. 
The treasurer is not to be blamed. 
l» A-, .. «wU thai neromnanies the 




my notes: "Almost without excep- 
tion they (vaudeville shows) seemed 
to lack the speed and variety of our 
shows. It Is not that there are waits 
or Iiitervals, but the artists get down 
to their real stunts quicker with us, 
and wc do not have sa much pad- 
ding in our acts." ^; , j«^ 

It is all a matter of national tem- 
perament and taste. There have 
been one or two cases recently of 
acts which have missed In their first 
opening when playing their regular 
show, but have sensed the different 
atmosphere, and adapted themselves 
to It. 

Generally speaking, however, it 
does not appear tb me that the time 
U favorable for American acts to 
come over on the off chance of get- 
ting work in England; it roust al- 
ways be somewhat of a gamble, but 
particularly so under vrenent con- 
ditions. There are signs of in}- 
provement in trade all over the 
country, and with a return to nor- 
mal conditions variet]^ will get Ita 
full share. 

My advice to foreign acts is to 
wait a bit unless Hiey hav# con- 
tracts fixed before they sail. 



ANN PENNINGTON 

EXTENDS SEASON'S GREETINGS TO ALL 



MORRIS, JR., FLATWHIGHT 

William Morris, Jf., son of the in- 
ternational nranager. Is about , to . 
launch forth as a professional {tfajt* J 
Wright. Willie has written several * 
skits and one entire show for hie « 
father's famous Saranac benefits. 

A.Broadway author, who read the 
book of a revue written by the younff 
man for one of these, is now col- 
laborating, with him on a character 
comedy for a legitimate ehowing. 
entitled "The Bohemian." 



JOHN PERRY, "SHOW DOCTOR" 

John Perry has been appointed a 
member of the Mutual Burle.sque 
Association's Censorship Committee, 
In addition to his dutic;} as Censor 
Perry will act in the cai»aclty of 
"show doctor" for any Mutual shows 
needing tlielr books strengthened. 

I*erry is a veteran of burleaque. 
having been connected with the field 
as author and producer for some 30 
years and over. 



LESSER AFTER DIVORCE 

I^^; Angeles. Dec. 16. 

Irving Les»er, brother oi Sol 
T*es.ser, is suing hl.H wife f«r % 
divorce 

T/esrcr i-Ay.'; 'lin wife slag* ' la 

vvdd parties" .iv.sl that th . § 

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If one of tliosc funny little charts, 
like the ones used by efllclen^y ex- 
perts to tell what uila the whrnt 
crop or why prohibition hasn't 
clicked, or the reason married men 
live longer than single ones, should 
be drawn \w to illustrate the hap- 
penings In burlesque during the past 
12 months, it would probably re- 
semble the map of a maniac's brain 
executed by a guy with delirium 
tremens — for burlesque Is windin 
up the most frenzied year of it 
history. 

And speaking of <»fllcIenoy esfperts 
' — that's about the only plague bur- 
lesque escaped, ^t has been tKoubled 
with almost every other drawback 
conceivable — bad w o a t h e r, bad 
shows, bad hou^eH. bafl business — 
and someho^.'tiuin;iped to stajk'Rer 
along. 

Trouble stepped in directly after 
the beginning of ISlil. when the in- 
ternal warfare that ultimately elim- 
inated the American wheel got going 
at top 8pee<l. The American fin- 
ished the season, but it was tough 
going, only eix or seven of the 34 
American shows getting by with a 
profit, the rest dragging their way 
wearily through to the finish with 
lOMes thai wiped out several, and 
crippled most of the others. 

And things weren't so good fOr the 
Columbia circuit either, but 10 of 
the 38 Columbia shows making any 
mo«^>y, .and those 10 finishing with 
important profits being readily 
checked oft on the llJigers of one 
hand. First there was the slump 
that started In January and con- 
tinued without a respite throughout 
the rest of the winter and into the 
spring, with Columbia shows play- 
ing to grosses that were the lowest 
in 10 years — 13,000 weeks being pain- 
fully frequent along in FebJ*\iary 
and March, with the result that the 
Columbia closed its official season 
on April 15. the earliest closing in 
Its 20 years of existence. 

FaUurs of '*Thr««- in-One" 

The failure of the "three-in-one" 
Jdea — the giving ot a continuous 
entertainment in the Columbia cir- 
cuit houses, with pictures and 
vaudeville added to the burlesque 
shows, was another wallop. That 
pictures and vau'dcvlMe experiment 
cost the Columbia people a lot of 
money.. To cap the climax of the 
Columbia's break, the "Chuckles" 
show, which went into the Columbia, 
New Y^rk, for a summer run, lasted 
there but thfee weeks, the shortest 
Columbia summer ensagement on 
record, the house remaining dark 
throughout July and August. The 
Boston Gayety, however, had a much 
longer summer season, with "Follies 
of tho Day" playing there eight 
weeks. The "Follies" had originally 
been slated for the Columbia. New f 



SIdmun show was revised-^and rr 
titled "Step Lively GlrlsT" and re 



Tork, but through Barney Gerard 
jumping over to the Shubert unit 
circuit then form.ing. the "Follies" 
Columbia, New York, summer run 
was scratched by the Columbia ex- 
ecutive*. 

Which brings the burlesque situ- 
ation up to the boginnlng of the 

-current sra.scm, with the longest lay- 

^4»ft summer Intervening between 
closing and reopening in 15 years 
or more. 

Prior to flarting Labor Day the. 
Columbia executives had announced 
there was to he real cen.sor.'hip this 
season. Most of the producers 
thought it was the same old apj^'e- 
sauce handed out as in the past, but 
the ColiHBbia heads were not Kid- 
ding. What looked like po.ssiblo op- 
position was just around the corner 
and ready to get into action in the 
form of the .Shubert unit ciruit, 
with several ex-Columbia wheel 
producers listed among the show 
operators — I. IL Herk, Max SpJcgcl. 
Arthur Pearson, Jack Singer and 
Barney Gerard— and the Columbia 
issued a final ultimatum a week 
before opening to the effect th.'it the 
Columbia shows would have to be 
tip to the standard from the jump- 
off, or they'd be ruled off the wh'>el. 
Subsequent cvent.s proved the 
Columbia executives meant it. 

r They Were Ruled Off 

The first to feel the weight of the 
censor's hand was Al Jleeve.«. \vl»o.se 
show was ordered off to be remade 
after the fir.^t week of i)laying. 
After the necessary repairs the 
Reeves show returned to its route 
and continued- around the circuit. 

"Joe Maxwcirg show. '«V«ri*»«i#.« of 
1922," which replaced the Uet \ • s 
show for a week in Newark, came 
oft for good, following the single 
week's engagement. The .Sam Sid- 
man show was the next to fall, stop- 
ping after a single week also. The 
M^well show production. was later 
utilised to stage 'Hippity Hop," no\v 
playing under the managfmcrrrof 
Georsa Peck and Matt Kolb. The 



opened with a new cast headed by 
►George P. Murphy. 'Rockets. ' with 
the White's 'Scandal.**' (1921) equip- 
ment, and staged by Jean Uodini 
and Rube Remsteln, was another 
Columbia ^-how that r.nly lasted a 
coup'e of weeks, the Columbia cen- 
sors ordering it off. Hurtlg & Sea- 
mon later restaged 'Rockets," re- 
opening it recently. The Sam Howe 
show completes the list of shows 
ordered off the wheel this season, 
the Howe show going off altogether, 
Howe's franchise having beep can- 
celled, the show stopping Dec. 1 or 
tht'reabouts. ^ 

Besides the shows mentioned 
drastic repairs were ordered in 
James E. Cooper's ':Big Jamboree," 
•'Hello Good Times," one of the 
Jacobs & Jermon shows, and Hurtig 
& Seamon took off the "Social 
-Maids" after playing for eight 
weeks, disbanding the company and 
reorganizing a new one. The "Big 
Wonder Show" was also practicaTly 
renlJhde by Hurtig & Seamon, the 
firm, for <he second time since it 
dropped the old "Bowery Bur- 
lesquers' title, reviving it, by re- 
placing the "Big Wonder Show" with 
the "Bowerys." Minor improve- 
ments were .tlso ordered iu "Wine, 
Woman and Song." Gerard's "Fol- 
lies." "Youthful Follies," "American 
Girls." "Town Scandals." and "Town 
Talk.". Tbe Mollie Williams Show- 
was ordered to be remade through- 
out, and Billy <Beeftrust) W^atson's 
show called upon to make a number 
of changes. 

That long-standing curse of all 
burlesque — similarity of bits and 
staging of numbers almost identical 
in shows following each other — has 
recently come in for serious atten- 
tion by the Colupibia burlesque peo- 
ple. And it needs serious attention, 
for the' similarity in ^comedy bits 
appears to be more prevalent this 
season than ever. 

At the start of the season an ef- 
fort was made by the Columbia 
heads to have the shows secure orig- 
inal scores. It was a mandatory 
order du^ to the repetition of the 
same pop songs week in week out 
through the preceding season. Most 
of the producers muot have forgotten 
'that order, though, as the general 
run of shows that have reached the 
Columbia this season have the same 
old pop songs, usually the ones that 
were popular last summer or be- 
fore. In general Columbia shows 
are decidedly lax in the replace- 
ment of fffeir songs; once a song 
goes ift the show evidently it is 
there to stay at least for the season. 
If not longer. 

Bar«> Legged Choristers 
This is what burlesque men call 
a hogum season — the shows liked 




Fnday, December 29, 192^ .^^^, 



BURLESQUE AGENT 

''BEATS" piioNE cb/:^ 






Sam Clark in Kansas City 

"Got" New York for 35 

Cents— Is Arrested 






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two OF THk ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF CARLE CARL^t6n'8 

"TANGERINE'' 

'7;' ." /^v JUUA SANDERSON 

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NOW IN ITS'SECOND SEASON PT.AYTXG CHICAGO, B0ft1r6M^ AND 

PHILADELPHIA 
Mr. Puck is the author of many well-known songs and, a.side from be 
ing a headliner over the Keith Circuit with his "sisi^^r Eva find. a "slag^e," 
he has been featured in Joe Weber's "Little blue 13ovil" ar^ a3as;stagett 
several acta now playing ofver the Keith and Qu'iiUeUnl Circuits., / .- T 



For all future offers see CHAMBERLAIN BROWN. 



PRODUCERS OF THE COAST 



Kansas City, De.\ 26. , -4^, 
.Sam Cl.'Mk. agent for Sim WiU .^.„v 
i;Ams' -KadJo Girls," this weeks at- 1 

ft^raction at the Gayety, was arrested 
here Friday and accused of defraud- 
ing the telephone company out of 
long di.stance charges. The arres»t was 
made at a telephone booth in the 
Hotel Edward, where Clark was 
stopping. City detectives claim •> 

Clark had deposited 35 cents in the 
phone box for a New York call, but -^^t^'*^ 
by an ingenius method, tapped the C-^^< 
coin box wjth a silvtr dollar, de-'* f**^ 
coivlng the'op^rator. The officers ' ^'**^.1 
had been assigned to the case at the 
request <^ the telephone company ' 
officials, who had been advised by 
officials fpom other cities that Clark 
had discovered a way to beat the 
toll charges. AH the money h^d 
been removed from the hotel tel- 
ephone box, and when'Clark put In' 
a call to talk with a young woman 
In New York ,lhe detectives were 
waiting for him. At the conclusion 
of the conversi^tlon, it is claimed, 
they found but 35 cents In the box -^ '"'''' 
and tiie arrest was niade. '"'' 

H. , W. , Ritterhoff, commercial '- - 
agent for the telephone coin'pany, -' *^'* 
stated that a long distance operator*. '•*' 
in, Sti Louis was discharged last . ^ , ; 
week becau.''e it was believed nho had ^ 

interxtionally permitted Clark to talk -S 

t?o>;,Xew York at a cut rate. . ,;* 

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MUTUAL AND HERK 
"TALKING BUSINESS 



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the l^est by the burlesque regulars 
bein^ those having plenty of low 
comedy. This has tended to create 
a roughness of method by the Co- 
lumbia wheel comics that marks a 
departure for the Columbia. Some 
of the comics have the right idea 
and know how to keep the low com- 
(Contlnued on page 20) 



San Francisco, Dec. 20. 

The year closing has not been as 
successful for the legitimate the- 
atres as expected, chiefly because 
conditions theatrically, as well as 
commercially, have been anything 
but good. Add to this that very few 
I'eally worth while productions suc- 
ceeded in reaching the Pacific Coast 
and it is easy to explain why the 
managers of the legitimate theatres 
feel the twelve months have left 
them with little if any profits. 

The few attractions, for the most 
part, have been productions spon- 
sored and created on this coast with 
such talent as was available. The 
scheme to make a producing center 
of this section has not been a happy 
experience' for those who tried it. 
This may be ascribed to the fact 
that players of the caliber neces.sary 
to put over these attractions have 
been wanting. In addition to this 
detriment, the big first run picture 
houses have gradually, yet consist- 
ently, weaned away a great portion 
of the Tjublic that has heretofore 
adhered strictly to the legitimate 
ileuses. ~ ' 

Perhaps the most Important event 
j from the standpoint of the theatre 












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SEASON'S GREETINGS 

CLAUDIA COLEMAN 

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 



DIRECTION MAX HAYES 



in this field was the advent with a 
blaze of publicity made by Oliver 
Morosco. Wliat started out to be 
a most auspicious opening wedge 
for this producer eventuated in a 
dire flop. Morosco came to town 
and got the attention of the press 
with announcements he was nego- 
tiating for the acquisition of a big 
downtown theatre in which to make 
first productions. A .sort of a try- 
out house along the lines of his Los 
Angeles stock theatre. He finally 
consummated a deal with Ackerman 
& Harris whereby he acquired an 
interest In the old Curran, at the 
time known as the Century. It was 
renamed the Morosco Centurj'. The 
opening attraction was "Abie's Irish 
Rose," which caught on quickly and 
for four weeks attracted bi£ re- 
ceipts. '•: ■^••-'^ , •,; ■• .-■■•- ■^-■'. 

Then Morosco closed a second ileal 
and took over the Casino, likewise 
renanrring it the Morosco-Casino. In 
this house he installed a musical 
comedy production company opening 
with a revival of "So Long Letty." 
After a few week«%e let this house 
go, for the Venture did not turn out 
as happy financially as expected. 
Meantime he had obtained a foot- 
ho'd in the Century, Oakland, but 
nothing came of it. 

Things went from bad to worse 
for Morosco and eventually he lost 
his stand, the Morosco Century, 
which afte;* a few weeks of darkness 
was remodele'd and opened as a pic- 
ture house under the management of 
Ackerman & Harris. 

About the time that Morosco was 
dropping out of the legitiniate race 
Homer Curran began preparations 
for the opening of his big theatre, 
adjoining the Columbia. The open- 
ing was an auspicious one, but the 
attraction, Leo Carrlllo in "Mike 
Angelo^ was weak. .Succeeding of- 
' ferlngs were more or less of a like 
character and the first few months 
of Curran's career with his new 
hotiso rather discouraging. 

The Columbia has been kpp: busy 
with attractions chiefly of the Pa- 
cific Coast tirlgln and sponsored by 
Thomas Wilkes. The one outstand- 
ing sucfejjs of the many wag "The 
Fool,' which, acc^llng to reports 
coming back here from the East, 
has scored a substantial success in 
New York. It did a fair business 
during its premier at the Colum- 
bia. The reason for this perhaps, 
was that it waj^ miscast. 

Another premiere. "Jl'he Rear Car," 
lonkrtl promisin g at the ^»ftrt, for 
it was nio.st »in\isual. but it limped 
along to but fair busine.ss. 

Wilkes has been making a noble 
attempt to establish himself as a 
Pa<'ific Coast produf^er and deserves 
no little credit. But like all other 
producers out here, ho has been 
h:imprr*-d by a paucity of .n.vailable 
(a'cnt fo;- his ; how.-- 



Shubert Vaudeville Man Con- 
fers With Mutual Burlesque 
-Officer 



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I. H. Herk has-been in Chicago o*" |' 
conferring with Billy yall of the*-w.I 
Mannheim-Vail interests regarding. '* ^ 
the 'Mutual burlesque wheel. While ^ ''-t 
nothing definite has been given out, ;j 
It is understood some present 
past Shubert units figure. 

It calls for the possible addition 
of the units to the Mutual circuit; 
also some houses Herk might swlnir 
over. 



casts of the new productions in* 
eluded the names of ftocjc actors 
well known in -San Francisco, where 
they have been seen time and tlma . 
again at popular prices. When they 
discovered that the new produc* 
tions, for which |2 and $2.50 prices 
were charged, included these sam« 
players, the public felt, apparently, 
they were being "bunked." The 
past year also has seen the creation 
of the San Francisco Stage Guild 
and Its installation in the old Savoy, 
renamed the Plaza. The first two 
or three productions of this organ* 
ization were exceedingly worth 
while. They opened with "Lulu 
Bett." followed it with "The Truth 
About Blayds," then "Enter "Ma- 
dame" and finally flopped decidedly 
with "S.^. Tenacity." a play that 
apparently has no place In a Stage 
Guild or a commercial theatre 
either. Several other promising 
things are on the program for this 
theatre. 

One thiifg the Stage Guild has 
done, it took the old Savoy, an un- 
savory and unattractive house, gave 
it a new cqat of paint, redecorated 
the interior and metamorphosed it 
into a cozy and lovely temple of en- 
tertainment. 

Several of the Little Theatre.^ 
have sprung up during the past 
year, among them that of Ruth 
Brenner, who has been staging her 
productions in a club hall with en- 
tirely amateur casts. She has given 
such tilings as Dunsany's "(flitter- 
ing. Gate" and bits by .Shaw and 
Galsworthy and presented them to 
win ex.ceptlonal encomiums from 
the critics on the dailies. The Plac- 
ers* Club, which really belongs la 
the Little Theatre class, likewise 
has staged some noteworthy pro- 
ductions during the ])n.st year. 

At the Cn.«ino Will King main- 
tained his remarkable box ofllce rec- 
^>r^ throughout the yem»r~«s^i«^t for 
the few 'w<»eks that the house was 
under the direction of Oliver Mo- 
rosco. At this time King moved his 
company to Los Angeles. .Since his 
return to San Francl.sco and to the 
HipiK)drf mo Theatre he has re- 
sumed Ww <.1.1 "standing room only" 
r*»crird tluU .s'fms to ^tii k to this 
Many of the { cr.nT^'ii.-ii^i. jt.s'phH. 






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SUBSCRIPTION: 

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•■VOL, LXIX. 



No. 



'Through an oversight a memorial 

ordered published in V^ariety of 

Deo. 8 bj' Fagg and White for the 

'^late Georgia Westbrook. who died 

^fl>ecember 6, 1921, was not published 

^' until tiie following week. December 

l15. As memorials are usually in- 

•jfserted t»n the anniversary weelc of a 

I death. Fagg and White felt quite 

i;' badly over Variety's carelessness. 

^•nd have a:)ked tl.At this note of 

."explanation be made.. ,j.. .. 
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VARIETY 



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ANOTHER YEAR GONE 

Happy N*w Y«arl ^^ 

1923 should be the center oC theatrical conversation nowadays; there 
isn't much to say of 1122. ItSt started Just about as it has finished. 
1923, should do better, as it can't be much worse. 

During this year now ending oaly the best !n every division of the 
theatre did business. The average entertainment of any description did 
but the average at the box office. That's the customary summing up for 
any theatrical season, but the war revealed . that under circumstances of 
extraordinary prosperity anything ln^jM)d show line can do business, with 
most of it those days doing abnormal grosses for the cbaractcl* of the 
entertainment submitted a buying public. . • 



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1^" Tde Ciweag* compary cf "The 
i^XjOsi Warning.' opening at the 
yBlackKtotu} Feb. r>. will have Hurry 
j^^^nhrm. Vluby Blackburn and l^or- 
, ©thy Manners. /., \> 



-ft .,, 



William H. O'Oay is m-jnaging 
Proctor's. Elizabeth. K. .1. He for- 
merly v%aa with the Bu mum -Bui Icy 
circus. 



The Community playhouse. Met- 
Idon. Conn., started spUt-v/ccl: 
vaudevi'lo Monday booked by Fall: 
Mcrkus. The house formerly playc 
vaudeville three days a week. 



Nothing aiMiroaehing prosperity of any kind has come out since' the 
war ended. Th« various statements of one year, two or three years to 
"readjust" have lived their day and now the adjustment is due. but with- 
out date. As it Is over four years since the war ended. It may be pos- 
sible the adjustment has been sidetracked, or maybe it's a new kind of 
wlrelers, in the air but we don't know how to trap it. 



Ths theatre long since marked dowar its n^tes to meet "prevailing 
conditions." In doing so the theatre^ merely marked down its grosa 
Reduced admission did not increase volume of trade suAclei^Uy to com- 
mence to reach the previous grosses at a higher scale. But prices had 
to po down, They may go lower. The legit shows playing this season at 
$2 are less in number than your fingers. There jare more at %tM, but 
the majority is stlU at threes,. Vaudeville has had a bad s'ap so far this 
sehLon. The big time has been somewhat affected, mo^ so in the West 
than the Gast^ The Orpheum circuit has not made the box oiRce showing 
west of Chicago that the Keith circuit baa east of that city, and ytt the 
Keith houses are not bragging. Shubert vaudeville never got into it 
The email tlme^ vaudeville has beefi crying for help, although an estab- 
lished circuit like Loew's compares favorably with previous seasons siiice 
the war. though Loew's depends as much upon the picture end of its pop 
combination as it does upon vnudevilld. Another established circuit of 
th? t m.'ill time, Pantages, in the West, is reported to have been doing 
unea.tIe'actorily since the season started. Other and many of them 
vle.tjiched smttll time vaudeville houses in ^e middle West and East have 
changed policy to playing vaudeville but one of the two halves when 
jiot aIto3;ethef discontinuing. ; Phi^urer have been acting like legit plays 
• )r the box office, only real draws getting any real money, although with 
lie picture exhibitor every time he got a real draw he had to. pay so 






RUNNING iODDS 



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Speculative tali; iriUrycd in by New York logit i-riHlucers over long or short runs of Broadway plays, 
with the odds laid. The piay.s and odrta were me.ttioned in this way: 

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"Abie's Irish Roac" .....Even money it Intts out scaiicn at Republic and 3/1 it doesn't run beyond 

June. 33U v.'eek now. 



'Better Times" No^ odds, as no question ^ut will play out sea.son. 



"Blossom Tims' 



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.4/1 it doesn't run two months longer. Now in 6lst week In New York at 
Century. 



"Bunch and Judy" liOcked utmn as SO/1 against lustlns when opening; betting out for length 

(if run. 



"Chauve-Souris" 1/2 lai:ts until May. making .'-econd season ii) New York at |5 top. 



"Fashions for Men*'..... Molnar play wjth bad tit'e. 2/S remains at new houre (Belmont) until 

Eatiter. 8/1 dcesn't last out season. 



'Follies" 



Even money it reaches March 1. ^.'l it docsrt't last out season at Amster- 
dam. Ziegfeld'u class winner; running great and making Broadway distance 
for first time. " * ••*• /* . '^ •. > ' ">« • 



"Greenwich Village Follies". . 2/1 it mo_veH before other "Follies" at Amsterdam. 



"Gringo"* 5/1 isn't at Ci-medy by Feb. 15. 



"Hamlet" 



, Od^s on John liarrymore's- continuance with piece— even money if run ends 
in TMew York before season closes. Barrymore will cause it, !£• Barrymure 
sticks, 7/1 "Hamlet" runs out season at Harris. ';Vi.j .^ ..**' .►.. 



"It Is^he Law' 



8/5 show stays in until March 1 at Ritz; €/l doesn't last out season there. 



"Johannes Kreisler" New this week, but on novelty and at $4.40 top. 11/7 rurts out season at 

Apollo. 1/5 make^ summer run (through translertts). 



"Kiki" .., 1/5 Belasfrfo's two-stason hit runs until spring — 6/1 it doesn't play through 

summer (would be third) at Belasco. ' 



'Lady in Ermine' 



.No odds through show too expensive to, be h^id at An^'^^i^^ssador for profit. 
tLough doing business. .«».■/;. j,.?'. **- . **, . i > *.-.v" 



'Lsst Warning" Even money runs out reason at Klaw 



"Listening In" Game backers may send this one through. Now In fourth week. Even 

money it goes eight weeks at BIJou; 2/1 against 12 weeks; 4/1 longer. 



"Little Nellie Kelly". 1/2 finishes season at Liberty: even money It doesn't drop below |20,000 

during run for two consecutive weeks. 



"Liza" 



.Dark horse at 63d St. WYite your own ticket. 



"Loyalties" 1/3 runs through season at Gaiety; evens it goes through summer. 



"Merchant of Venice" Xo odds. Certain season's ruli with Belasco-Warfleld names at Lyceum. 



"Merton of Movies"... 



.Even money it runs through season at CprL ^ 



"Music Box Ravue" No odds for run's season length — 2/1 it doesn't run through summer (as first 

one did) ; 1/2 scale drops to 14 top before March 1. 

"Rain" Odds only for run through summer; 7/5 it does. 



"Sally, Irene and Mary" Odd? only on road grosses. 



"Seventh Heaven" 2/3 runs through season at Booth. 



"Six Characters" Even money it goes to April 1 at I'rincess. 



"So This Is London!" 1/3 runs through season at Hudson; 8/5 doesn't pro through summer there. 



"Spite Corner"- ,., 11/5 out hy March 15. 



"The Awful Truth" .8/5 doesn't tun to March I. Now in loth week at Miller. 



"The Fool" 2/1 lusts out season at Times Square-. 



"The Gingham Girl". 



Even money runs out season at Carroll; 3 1 no summer run. (Now in 18th 
week.) 



"Love Child" 



2/1 isn't at Cohan by March l.'i. (.Now in 7th week.) 



"The Old Soak" 3/1 not at Plymouth by April 1. Now in lJ>th week. One of season's earliest 

and strongest comedy hits. 



"Th^ World We Live In", ... Novelty play; nvoves to 44th St. next week — even money remains there until 

March 1: 1/2 it doesn't run beyond. 

"Up She Goes" Another Brady production and musical, now In 8th week; 8/1 remains at 

Playhouse until April 1. 

"Whispering Wires" 2/1 out by March 1. (Now in 21st week ) * " T ^T 



much for it that the difference In the Increased receipts oftsa did not 
equal what the increase in I'ental amounted to. This condition la pictures 
has led to many exhibitors using independent films through their cheape.* 
prices, regardless of what the gross will be, and pursuing a policy ( f 
taking. care of themselves on. the overhead without wanting to make a 
lot of noise at a loss. In fact, some exhibitors look upon "The Birth of 
a Nation" as a revived special film of iong reputation at the picture 
house regular prices and the lower terms the "Birth" picture can bo 
secured for. In preference to paying a ruinous figure for other specJais 
like "Knighthood" or "Robin Hood," for which they must increase their 
scale, with the re.>^ultant effects, besides not knowing what will come In 
during the week. They figure there is a break possible with "Birth," but 
a possible loss and dissatisfaction over the scale Increase with the others. 
As a rule all an exhibitor will book a high-priced feature for is to keep 
II away from his oppoi«ltion, other than In those picture places of very 
large capacities. Burlesque haa been better than last season, but on y 
because last season <n burlesciue waa the poorest it had had In many 
years. Otherwise burlesque (Columbia) is not better off thaa-any other 
branch. 



This issue rAarks tho end of the 17th year Variety has been publish'.n;:. 
If the theatrical trade is at an ebb, it usually reflects In Variety weekly, 
in news and advertising. Varietur being a general theatrical weekiy, 
covering everything and specialising in nothing excepting theatricals as 
a whole, seems to run with the trade it represents, which maybe is as It 
should be. • 



The remsinder of the theatrical publications no doubt And themselves 
4n the s;ime situation. The strictly picture trade papers may have an 
ndvanta^, through the film people having trained themselves to exten- 
sively advertise in their own trade press, but in allowing that education 
to deveiop the picture trade press built up a custom of allowing an 
advertiser about a page of free publicity for each page of advertising. 
until now a picture paper la mostly, in Its news, a vtota of press stuff that 
no one wi:i wade through.' This has dearly cost the picture trade papers 
in circulation, but as they appear to care only for the advertising end. 
they must be more than satisfied. 



8o winds up 1t22, another year In the most^ tempestuous business ever 
placed on the map — theatricals — a nerve-Wfacklng, nerre-eatlng, sjrstem-. 
wrecking, temperamental, unstable, mind-rulnlnc pursuit that wears doi^n 
and keeps down the average aimn of life for atiaost any man or woman 
engaged in it. There's no remedy— It's the bashiess—ths show business. 



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AGAINST THE DAIUES 



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New York, December tl. 

EdI or Variety: ' 

This letter Is Just a kick and a compliment. 

I know that you have never claimed anything other than that 
>^ur paper is the punkest. worst-written, know-nothing sheet In 
the world, but that doesn't excuse your rotten make-up, particularly 
your habit of printing a few lines of an Important story on your 
front pa^e, with a parenthetical "continued on page umpty-ump" at 
the bottom. That s \mm1 enough, but when, as on the occasion of 
this week's issue, you print "Cpntinued on Page 7" and the continu- 
ally. n is not as indlcateil, every one of us who pays his good 20 
ccnta weekly has good cause to belfeve that every day In every way 
Variety Is getting worse and worse. 

Having got that off my chest, corsider the«compliment: 

As one former newspaper man who deserted Park Row prlW- 
ci pally because I could never stomach asking grief -stricken victims 
such questions as "Why did yoiir mother commit suicide r* let me 
corgrntulate you on your editorial "The Dread of the Dailies." 

I don't believe in censorship In any form, but If ever I am con- 
verted to such feellrgs, it will be through the newspapers them- 
relvcs, Thpir ego is Intolerable, and their inconsistencies are amas- 
inj,-. Outside of scandal stories, read any theatrical story fhat finds 
itself leKitimately in the news columns and learn the colossal igno- 
rance of the c#ly depactmcnts. : * ' '»• ! :- >' - .< 

I "hold i.o brief fur Fatty Arl>ockTe. San Francisco or Los Angeles, 
but anybody who knows the ground geographically has more than a 
sneaking suspicion that Arl>uckIo was not placed on trial ^or murder- 
ing the Rnppc girl, but rather to satisfy publicity seekers of San 
Francisco who were envious of the growth of Los Angeles. And 
finally a dozen citizers of San Francisco were found honest enough 
to vindicate Arbuckle. • ' . '* 

Personally I did not see one newspaper take up this aspect ot 
the case. Rather, they filled their columns with the nauseating 
details that they claim the public wants. I deny that the public 
as a whole wants such' stories. 1 admit that certain proportions of 
the public have been educated by the newspapers themselves to read 
salacious details. • Such newspapers* have ceased to function as 
-American institutions. The "good story" of today la the one which 
permits of a scare head that will increase circulation. If this is 
what the public wants.'*disreputable theatre managers have Just 
as much claim to respect when they do business with dirty shows. 

The newspaper that you quote In your editorial as the greatest 
dally of them all is many miles from being perfect. Concurrently 
with your Issue, that newspaper printed a front page story .which 
ran for considerably over a column, headed "Women In Protest 
Against Arbuckle Return to Movies" and in seven -lines of an edi- 
torial in the same Issue said that it was of no great importance to 
anybody whether Arbuckle returns op- not. If the World's opinion 
is that it doesn't matter, why go out Into the highways and by- 
ways to get the opinions of a lot of old women of both sexes? 
Naturally, the$ig people whose business it Is to graft publicity and 
money (chiefly through rellgloUs channels) will knock Arbuckle 
as they will everything else of a theatrical nature. 

Your editorial title is right. There Is a fear of the dallies. There 
Is mighty little respect for them. Occasionally libel actions are 
taken against newspapers. The Ford case was the only one 1 
recollect off-hand that got Into the dallies as "news," although 
there is an occasional paragraph when a newspaper wins a libel case, 
nothing if It loses, except It be compelled by law. Besldeff,- It takes 
courage and money, lots of money, to fight a newspaper. Even 
some lawyers "are afraid to take such cases, fearing the enmity of 
the newspaper. • 

I have fear. too. Today I am a press agent. I think you'll admit 
th.1t 1 am fairly successful as such, for you know me. It will be 
•quite obvious to you that I must remain anonymous It you print this 
letter, although you can make It quite clear that I am not. never 
have been and never expect to be press agent for Fatty Arbuckle, 
wliufe case I have merely cited as it is of news Interest. 

The press agent is the butt of numerous newspaper men who 
alTect to despise him. For what? Is It because the pre.ss agent does 
rot dig into sewers to .earn his living, bbt, rather, brings a little 
joy and praise Into the world? /However, that's beside the point. I 
w6uld rather make my appeal trt the better nature of newspaf^er men 
in K»*neral «*nd asH them to r<»memb«r that a correction covering a 
stick of copy Is darn poor compensation to the man or woiijan Who 
has been besmirched Jjy several columns of undeserved sticky, 
smelly mud. Also. I would like to ask them why It Is necessary to 
^Imlnate all reference to theatrical affiliations (unless it is a scandal 
story) and to gir^ the full title of some forty-fifth vice-president 
of the Society for the Suppression of All laughter, Grins and 

04ggies. 

And just because a newspaper can have the last word In an ar- 
gtiment arbitrarily Is not sufficient reason for the newspaper man to 
consider 'that his newspaper is right. ' ; Yours truly, 

I •'• V . . .>. . .-. Old Timer. 



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'YE OLD HOKUM BUCKET 



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Some "rtlcases* compiled by Sam Tlshman of Chicago from various 
vaudeville bills seen by Mr. Tishmun within the past three years. Below 
are Kome of the "gag«" and "wheexes" as heard generally in use in vaude- 
ville, mostly small time and sometimes big time, or out of use In both. 

They are excerpts from 2,000 or more of similar "releases" gathered by 
Mr. Tishman in hts reviewing periods, partially out of curiosity and more 
fco through a desire to be known as "The Released Historian of Vaude- 
vile's Past. • 

Mr. Tishman may favor Variety wiih more of his discoveries from time 
to time. It's through his lonp afsociation with •Tiw Association" of 
Chicago that Sammy was doomed to hear aiy^ record a long list, of which 
the following is but an awful sample: - - .* * ?^-r' - -— * -: * 

Yc Old Hokum Bucket ^ — 

garbage man i.s out 



Mother, the 
there. 

Tell him we don't want any 



Lies 



rhrvre an actor with a soul so 
dead 
"Who never unto himself hath said; 
"This is my own, my original gag'*? 



-\ Do you have to be a soldier to die 
fiith military honors'/ 
_ No, you have to be dead. 



We just 
the jump. 



took this date to break 



Loan me two doilarn. 
What? ; 

Loan me five dollars. 
1 heard 3 uu the ftrst liwe. 



I sang in a choir. '*'" 

How long? ^ 

'Till they found out what was the 
matter wkh the choir. 



Hello, Central; give me the wrong 
number. 

What number do you want? 
What ni<niber have you got? 




Friday. Decsmbar 49 1 1922 



VAUDEmLE COMSiHAN 
TOLD TO DROP "GAGS" 



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Curtain speech: 

"I was not born In your benutiful 
city, but if It ever happens again 
I'll see that it takes pla^e here." 



Manager to aotor, "Have you any 
cuts?'* 

Actor, "Tes, Syracuse. Rochester, 
Buffalo, Newark and the Palace." 



Xly father knew the exact day he 
was going to die. 

How's that? . ", 

The judge told him. '/ 



Bong dedicated to all milk men: 
"Shall we gather at the river?** 



With the assistance of the boys 
In the trenches I will now render: 

"Tou can't driva « nail with a 
sponge, no matter how hard you 
soak it." 



Do you understand English? 
Yes; do you speak it? 



What kind of hat do you want, 
Fedora ? . 

No; for Ikey. 



I'm in tough luck. 
What's (he matter? 
My wife Juft lost her 



Song entitled: "She 
and i Let Her Lay." 



Job. 
Fell for 



M^ 



Before wc were 
I was an angel. 

Well, why don't you 
clothes? 

Angels don't wear 



married you said 
buy me some 



any 



n the alphabet? 
many let- 



How many letters 

Twenty-six. 

You're so smart. How 
ters in the post office? 

%,./ .;;> ," ..,: .■■^..•■: 

Where T come from the pumpkins 
are so large they weigh 500 pounds. 

That's nothing. Where I come 
from It's a common sight to see 
three policemen i^leeping on one 
beat. 



Never slap your baby in the face; 
nature has provided a better place. 



Tou don't 
miser Is. 
Sure I do*, 



even know what a 
\ man who eats' jnlce. 



Song entitled: 
"I'd rather have 
one at 32." • 



two at 16 than 



Where were 
Austral in. 
What part? 
AH of me. 



you bornT 



I move<l from where I was stop- 
ping- 

Why? ^ 

The lady across the street never 
pulls down the blind when «he goes 
to bed. 

Well, why mo^e? 

I must .«leep some time. ' 



SEASON'S GREETINGS TO EVERYBODY FROM 

^JW: (SCOTTY) 

FLORENCE BAIRD ? :. 



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' > (of BrfiNSEK and DAIRD) 
In a New Edition of * Songiflage," by CLAUDE 



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BOSToCK 



TONY PASTOR'S 



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New York of the present -day the- lions 
ati^ically has no counterpart of Tony 
Pastors old variety houec on Four- 
teenth street (now the Olympic 
playing burlesque). There wa.s 
something about Pastor's, call it aL- 
mosphere or what you will, that sm- 
ply made it different from the other 
variety houses of the period extend- 
ing from 1896 to 1006 or thereabouts. 
Whatever title the elusive quality or 



hUrnnrd put Ini.* t'-.e-r K'.ijip'y 
arransHvl and us.iully un'iiusit.'a! 
p.'ano scores, more than one "sup- 
per ncL* contending Kernard was 
j "crabbing " their turn by p nyin.i .'•o 



Song entitled: 
Dog a C\Jppidor 
Spitz." 



"He Bought His 
E>e<ause He was a 



Aly si.«ter bus ^uch 
nose that every time 
she blows off her hat. 



a turned-up 
f<he sneezes 



Advert l.«ement for furniture p\ore: 
"We stai d behind every bed we 
sell." 



Let me see the prettiest thing in 
shirtwaisis. 
Can't"; she Just went out to lunch. 



What have 
vt banunas? 
Cucumbers. 



you got In the shape 



Are you ticklish? 
No; Viddish. 



Have you 
Not yet. 



lived here all your life? 



Why aren't there any UcbreAV ball 
players? • ^^ .''.*' ;• 

Brrnu>«e they can't stop on a 
mend. 



'. f ' 
dla 



What kind o'f car have you' 

A Ford. 

That's a rattling good car. 



^Viilie. give mo a .sentence with 
the word delight In it. 

Willie: I openejl the window 
the wind Mew out d<' lirbt. 



and 



Song entiiied: "He Hocked His 
Mothers Teeth to Buy a Liberty 
Bond." 



Thej^ toucbf^d my father on the 
head with a sword ;nul made him a 
knight. 

That's nothing. Someone touched 
my old man on the head with a 
shovel iind mad;? him an angel. 



combination of elements that 1 tteJ 
Pastor's out of the general run 
houses playing specialty tuvri?* 
should be catalogued under is unim- 
portant; the fact remains Pastor's 
had a special distinction that few 
theatres had then or since. 

The late Tony Pastor contributed 
In no small degree to lending the 
distinction mentioned to his house. 
No better liked theatrical manager 
ever lived then or now than Tony. 
During all the 40 years of bis man- 
agerial career Mr. Pastor never 



well attention was drawn from the 
act to the pianist. As a matter of 
fact Bernard's exiempo piano siufT 
saved many a weak act, the com- 
plaints usual'.y arriving after tiie 
Monday show and simmering out by 
Wednesday, by which time the <tct 
wa.'^ usually ''kidd'ng with Mil;e, 
c.oss-flrlng from the pit to t ic gen- 



Agenfa wire to actor: ' IMuy Old 
Soldiers' Home' Thursday; salary 
fifteen dollars." 

Actor's wire tongrnt: "Okeh Hol- 
ders' Home; ft^ pooihousc to lol- 
low." ^ ; • 



My* wife is everj thing — 
K\ery thing I can think of. 



ffong enlined: "Aflerihe Rail N 
Over," by Bube Huth. 



Don't >ou think the a^'ou.";'*^ 
this theatie aw bad? 
1 dun I hfncll anyibiny. 



IM 



Do you lil;e jnuslc' 

Vc.«!. 

l..isi<-u til (|i< band 



:iroiin<i my hat. 



Who was the father (T our 
country? ..,■ v ^ 

Georgft. Washington, 
Correct. Who was the mother? 



"Wm. Jennings Bryan. 



RonK entitled: "Where There 
-Kttisiite, Ti>^r« Is Ho|m».!! 



Are 



Wallace Munro, the publicity 
apent, has l)een adjudged a bank- 
rupt on his voluntary petition, 
which sets forth $2,081.87 liabilities 
and no a8.'»ets. Carroll McComns 
was the principal creditor for 
$1,836.87. whl«''h represent.* a Cliy 
Court ludcment. 



Im a s( If -made m.m. 
Don't l>r."»ir about it. 



FILM BUSINESS LAST WEEK 

Kstimated report.s of box of- 
fice groi^.ses ij. the picture 
houses throuKbout the e<Mintry 
r..i list w eW are omitted in tli'- 
rurreni is.suo fjf \'arlety. 

A.s last week (week before 
Christmas) is looked upon as 
the poorest business week of the 
tbeatriiitl y«rn-, estimates for 
that )>eriod wcui.? be <'f no value 
through not being a reliable 
t^uide. 



closed" an actor. And it must be 
remembered that was long before 
the day of play-or-pay contracts or 
actors' associations. If a very bad 
act knew enough to quit, he always 
paid the act in full. 

Periodically Tony used to do a 
singing comedy turn himself, always 
with a fresh budget of comic songs. 
That was prior to 1900. after which 
Tony's appearances were few and 
far between. 

No story about Pastor's wou'ld be 
complete without mention of th*e 
Pastor 'orchestras," the same bel rig 
a line of pianists that started with 
Mike Bernard, the late Burt (ireen 
(Irene Franklin and Burt (Jreen) an;l 
Tom Kelly holding the post suc- 
cessively. Each was part of the 
show and an attraction (luile as im- 
portant as the vaudeville acts ap- 
pearing on the stage. Throughout 
each of the three regimes Mr, B i.dy 
was relief pianist playing for the 
supper show. 

Mike Bernard, the possessor of- a 
style of manii>ulaiin.:^ the iv rle< 
that made the averi.^e p.op son*? 
soutui like a grand oper.i. l^ept in- 
tere.st in t)»e show at r.;ir from the 
moment he .seated biinhe.lf .ii t.io 
instrument In the pit to the fl.ial • xit 
march. A master of ex.emptu-it'.in t. 
Hernard c^)uld cmbenish any < idi- 
nary-*)ielody with a weal'.li of niu- 
.•'ical tricks that brought f.)«.li a 
tchnic and under.-itanding of ^^ :- 
pression that was limitless, 

Bei'uard ahva:.s received a r.' 
crption" such a"? that ac(M i-dc I f.j - 
vorites^ in the j)res< nt-d.-.y \.n:iif- 
ville hoiJsea when h»' w;»lU«tl cbuvn 
the aisle at 2:1"i and Kil.'i ti.ji y. ll;ig- 
tinie was then coming into its own. 
and Bernard was its forcnos. e.\- 
ponent. with a flfu-k of rnel;il.« v. on 
at <'on'<-sts in TaUimany II. ill. iid- 
joiMiiii; I'.istoi's^ lo i> f(n«' it. .M:.n.' 
a jazz orchestra of tod.iy is us n*; 
the fiflf-samn harmonics and syin- 
phi)nic tricks in its nuisir.U ;i, f.ng,-- 
ments that B'rijaid usf.l a^ v.:i-.i- 
tions on j)op songs on il;i' ,1» sior 
piano. 

Some of the acts, esprcial y ihoSr 
making their initial hav I 1 .Vi-.v 
York, were not kee.i for I'l*- \aria- 



. ! cral aftvan'age o^ the turn, 
j Another fixture lonjc a.»-Ro ia'ed 
with Pastors was ChauJio Ludwig, 
the "one-man stock" company. Lud- 
wig was property man, but that was 
before the days of big Falaries, and 
every sketch that came to the house 
that called for a .small part Im- 
pressed Ludwig as an actor. He 
probably played more butlers and 
messenger.s than any actor before or 
since during Hie many years he was 
Pastor's lone stock company. 

AVhen Bernar«l left Pastor's Green 
succeeded, and quickly became a 
prime favorite, like Bernard, "play- 
ing" the show alone as few orches- 
tras could and extemporizing oper- 
atic variations on the pop themes of 
the period. Mr. CSreen's trick of 
playing a medley* overture and 
ehanging the key and tempo fre- 
quently for comedy while the house 
M-aa whistling originated with him 
while he was* the Pawtor orchestra. 
Mr. Green later used the "same trick 



Al Herman Instructed by Keith 
.Office Upon Complaint of 
Picture People * ■ 

Al Herman, the b!aokface come- 
dian who appeared at the Colonial, 
New York, last week, was taken to 
task Friday night througn referring" 
to a disclosure in the picture pro 
fession and making i-cference to. 
two stars. Wallace Reld and Pnu* 
lire Frederick. ' 

Lcvcral cf tho.'? In the audience 
heard Herman tay, 'doing ^Wal- 
lace Btid and tftklng a slelgli ride," 
and staling that eve.\ p|clui*e he 

••.saw Paul ne Frederick she" was 
lightng f<jr her bcnor." They ara 
raid to have called •he attention of 
the Kellh booking c:i *har.!?e exicu- 
t'vcs to tl-t>"gags" an'l| tl;e office 
In'structrd Herrnnn hv would bavt. 

Ito, e"m'nat* t'lem. 
ljav:-y Buxbauni.M iio New Vork 
.'•tale ( l.ief cf saks ftr the Famous] 

; PUi; e ."-La^ky, hpd bis attention! 

I called to Ih* He'd retnavkj Ileimai 
tvii<« mali'nii rnU he : 'so t'>ol; th^ 

^r.'.'itter i i> wltii tin ICp'th ofnc:al| 
;.:,d wa3 In'rr.r'^d t" e t'cmecllal 
V. o.id be injut uVted to <lni]naM 
them. ,. \:,-t,/ •■ . I: y'_A>^' ■ ;\:, • 

Heriraff' g*t^ h's blgtreft Uiughl 
by what be Infa.ms t* e audl'pce il 
'dish.ng the dirt." in which h} 
mentions all of the noinbles of tl 
f tage and screen wl?o may, be Hgur 
!ng In the public prints ut t'ne t' 

j Whi e be delivers In u more or I4si 

! hi'mcrcus vein, •tievtri.he'essi the! 

i are ruch In their Intent tital thet 
ciirry an arrowed barl>. / 

in ihe Franklin and Grce » vaude^ 
vi'j turn for \ears. • - • 

Tommy Kely, who et.me aftei 
Green, was al.so a thor»u:jh musi- 
(•lati with The same kimcl; ol emj 
bellishing pop tiienjcs ;;s his pjede* 
"cet-soi s did. 

The acts who got tiielr start al 
Pastors and the others who playe^ 
there regularly three or four times 
.•■-eason, would take as big a pape| 
a» this to list them all. most 01 thei 
long since stars of the fir.st magnl 
tudc, with many a 8upi>er .siow a< 
Included among those who gr.;duj 
ated into stardom. ■ . 

Hammersteln's (VIctoila) vaudel 
ville house of New York had som« 
what the same Atmosphere as Pas 
tor's, but Hammersteln's was mu< 
larger and the Intimate atmospher^ 
of Pastor's was missing. 

Of all the many present-daj 
vaudeville houses the one that comej 
nearer to Pastor's than the othen 
would seem to be Proctor'a Flftl 
Avenue, although the similarity is 
not general, suggestive only in on^ 
or two respects, such as the attitud^ 
of the audience toward the act an<l 
the style of show played. Bell. 



The Frankfort, Philadelphia, dis* 
continued vaudeville Saturday aftei 
two weeks. 




FRANK FAY 



^ VriE LITTLE LADY FROM DiXlL 

Kit ml in,': Chris. m.-s Week jit the Londoi Coliseum, fri.m \. li 
eiiM «..e. linjj.'i lu j.H their ,\nierican frirnd.s. : 



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ember 29, 1922 



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^i^l^feti^poUta^ Theatre Directory 

r ^ n>ftow to rMch th« foriowing vaudcvilU th*atrM In Qr*at«r N«w Ytfrk, 
. t«Kfng Broadway and 42d strwat at tha atarting point.] 



T Now 



York City: 



B. F. KEITH CIRCUIT 
(Palaca TH««tra Buiiding. N*w York City) 



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^ Kaith's Palaca (Booked by George Gottlieb; Manager, Elmer Rogers).— 
^^'our blocks north on Broadway. 

t Kaith'a Rivaraida (Booked Ijy E. V. Darling; Manager/N. W. Derr).— 
fWeat lijde subway express or Broadway car to 96th street. ' 

I Kaith'a Royal (Booked by Pat Woods; Manager. Al Darling).— We-st 
inside Bronx I'ark subway express to 149lh street. One block north on 
t Th4.:rd avenue. . -^ v ' ;' . o 

^ Kaith'a Colonial (Booked by /. J. Collins; Managef , m! J! De Wald).— 
^Weat side subway local to 66th strict station; three b'o^ks south, or 
Broadway surface car to door, j , - ^ "*/:*■* "^ .;ij''. * 

• Kaith'a Alhambra (Booked by T. It Samuels; Manager, 'ft. Phillips). — 
L^Vesf rU^e Bronx E*ark nubway express -to 125th street; one block west. 

■!» Moss' Broadway (Booked by D. Simmons; Manager, G. H^Uoway);-^ 
ft One block .south on Broadway. 

„•' Mots' Colisaum (Booked by D. Simmons; Manager K. H. Groth)'. — West 
side Broadway subway express to ISlst street; two blocks west. 

•^ Keith's Fordham (Booked by D. Simmons; Majiager. Chris l<^an).— 
:'^ Subway sliuttle to Grand Central, then Jerome avenue line of the Bast 
^Bid« .suhv\ay to Fordham road; four blocks eaat. 
i^ Moss* Franklin (Booked by D. Simmons; Manager, .T. Fotherin^ham). — 

• W'c.-t »?ide subway express to Prospect avenue ;ojie block north. 

' , Keith's Hamilton (Booked by P. Simmons; Manager^D. Bifrna). — West 
Hide; Bro^idway s^ubway cxpres.s to 145th .street; anf^'ocH north, 

Kefth's Jsfrarson (Booked by D. Simmons; MannKVc! i^ •^^'^^^^lvan).— 
;,.B.* Ft. T. .subwii) ti> 14tii street; two and a half blockti <?ast.^ ", - - >. 

Mot:*' Regent (Booked liy V. Simmons; Manager. H. A, Fedwman). — 
>yt. I r>lo<* Bronx Park rubw. y oxprevft fj 116th street; oije blck^k West.' 

. Keith's 8l£t St. (Hooked l.y C. p.- Sto<-.khouse: Manager, E, Lewis).— 
MVest tide subway local to 79th street; two hlockj* nor<^h; Broadway car 
if* to dcor. 

'* l^rocior'a 125th St. (Pookod by J. J. Colling Maa<*jG?^r. 4lolMa8ort;».-*r^ 
ll.tSt «idf .'Uhway to i25th ftreet; onc-haLf block wesl.,.\: ►"^^t-'' 

' Proctor's Mth St. ( Book( «1 by Lawrence Goldlc ; Mnnuger. .John Buck). 

■'■ — ^tlruadway car to gUth street; trancCer ca^t to Third* avenu9; one block 

' soiiih. .'r',v- ■•■- vr.*".?^";r»^?':'*jv^'. : -■ V-r^ . .:..^..^.... 

P.octor's Fifth Ave. ^Booked by Lnv/rence Goldic; Manager. Wllfiam 
Qu«'d».— M. R. T. subiv.iy to 28th Htr^ot or Broadway car to xV^pr. " 

Proctor's 2Sd St. (,^ioo^cd by J. J. Collins; Manager, M^ J, Duffyy.^' 

•• AV>..t i>*dc subway Io.*t>' to L'Sd street; one-liulf bldfik cast. 

; Broo'^Iyn: . ' . 

%. Keith's Dushwjck UJookcd by P. t Woodp; Manatjer. FJ. Blatt).-7B. 'R. T.: 

f M'.bway «o Canal stiert/chfngc for Broadvv»y line to tJatea avenue; half 

VMnck rortb. / 

> Kcith'a Orpheum (Cooked by K, V. Darling; Manager. W. Kerrigan).— 
^ WffJ^i ride subway c.xprocs to Nevln;* street; around corner. ' 

£ Mcsj' F!at|ju«h (Bool<ed hhr D. Simmons; Mapager. E. Ueilly).— B. R..T. 
fcr.ub'.va.\. Brighton Beach lino, to Church avenue; bus to door. 

I.- Keith's Grscnpoint (Booked by Lawrene Golcke; Man.nger. J. Mead). — 
^Subway .*-hultIe to Grand Central; thence Qtieensboro subway to Jackson 
I avenue; car lo theatre. 

t Kcith'a proepact (Booked by Lawi^ence Goldie; Manager. L. Kelmer). — 
K. T. fubwtty to Pacific rtreet; change for local to Xinth street; two 




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~~ PARIS CASINO REOPENS 
WITH VOLTERRE REVUE 



Painted Girls and Picturesque 

Scenery — Show Looks 

Like Success 






DtM. 26. 






MADEUNE COLLINS 



CPitOm t)ohna of the Royal Opera. Covent Garden, London, England) 

Headlining B. F. Keith Circuit ■.* ~ 

Extends Cordial Good Wishes to All for the Festive Season 
Vaudeville Direction H. B. MARIN ELLI 









POPULAR MUSIC 



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Th6 popular music field the past on it. alrez^dy canned by a vocalist 



B. 



■f \fl^c\\s east. 

lUoss' Riviera (Booked by^D. Simmons; Manager. If. Whitman). 



txprer.s to Kingston avenue; two 



I. R. T. 
blocks east to St. 



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Brooklyn feu b way 
John's place. 

.'' : .i LOEW CIRCUIT . , 
(Loew's Annex i'iiilding, 160 West 46th St., New York City) 
New York City: 

r State (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager. Joe Vogc-l).— Three blocks 
north on Broadway. • ~ ., » • 

American (Booked by J. K! Lubin; Manager, dene Mey*rs). — One block, 
■west to Eighth avenue. 

Victoria (Booked by J. II. Lubin; Manager. William Stanley).— West 
side subway express to 126th HBtreet; one block and a halt west. 

Lincoln Square (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager. Charles Ferguson). — 

I^Weat side subway local to «6th street. r- / -^ ? '- 

Greeley Square (Booked by J. H. Lubin: Manager, Charles Potsdam).— 

Broadway car to 31st street; one block weet, * 

Delancey St, (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager, B. Mills).— B. R. T. 

subway to Canal street: change for liroadway line to Essex street; one 

; block and a half east. 

National (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager. Henry Loew).— West side 
Bronx Park express to 149th street; one block east and one north. 

Orpheum (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager. Sol Meycraon). — Subway 
? ahuttle to Grand Central, then express to 86th street; one block east and 
L'one north. 

!» Boulevard (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager, A. Bernstein). — West side 
• Bronx Park subway express to Simpson street; one block east and half a 
block south. 

Avenue B (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager. H. Dolinsky). — I. R. T. 
subway express or car to 14th street, crosstown car east to Avenue A 
: and Fifth street. One block east. . ; , 

Brooklyn: 

Metropolitan (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager, George Schenck).— 
West side subway express to Borough Hall; two blocks north. 

Fulton (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager, A. Sichel). — Subway shuttle 
to Grand Central; express to Brooklyn bridge, then Fulton street "L** to 
Nostrand avenue station; ' " - 

Gates (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager. William Sheehy).— B. R. T. 
-: subway to Canal street. Change for Broadway lino to Gates avenae. 

Palace (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager, Sig. Strauss). — West side 
Subway express to Atlantic avenue; Bergen street car to Douglass street. 

Warwick (Booked by J. H. Lubin; Manager, R. C. Bosch). — B. R. T. 
subway to Canal street; change for Broadway line to Kosciusko street. 

- FOX CIRCUIT .- i.L:^ ^ V 
New York City: 

Audubon.— West feide Broadway subway express to 168th street; one 
block south. ' .,"' 

City. — B. R. T. subway to 14th street: one-half block east. 

Crotona. — West side Bronx Park subway express to 149th street (Third 
'avenue **L" station); transfer to Third avenue "L" train to Tremont 
avenue: two and a half blocks west. 

Brooklyn: 

Bay RidflS.— B. R. T. subway Sea Beach line to 59th street station; 
change for Fourth avenue line to Bay Ridge st^ion; one block east to 
Third avenue, then two blocks north to theatres- . 

Bedford.— West side subway express to Atlantic avenue, then Bergen 
street car to theatre. ., V ,r 

Folly.— B. R. T. subway to Canal street; then Broadway line to Graham 
avenuo. 

Ridgewood. — Subway shuttle to Grand Central; take southbound train 
to r.rooklyn' bridge; Myrtle avenue "L" to Wyckoff avenue. 

Star. — Shuttle to Grand Central station; LexinKton avenue subway 
north to 107th street. 

Jamaica, L. I.Jy.'j'. ,.• ?» .• ; ' 

Fox's Jamaica.— Long Island tK. R- at Penn «»tatIo»v, , 33d street, to 
.famuicH flallon. 

>> - r COLUMBIA BURLESQUE 

New York City: f 

— Columbia. — l*'iv*» bUHik*-iiortk on Broadway. . '' '"• __1___ 

Hui^ig & Seamen's. -Wesit sidt' \\innx Park expre:-s to 12rith .*«lreet; 

Uwo bloclis wt'Hi. • 

Miner's Bronx.— West side Bronx Paik suliway o.xpross to HOtii siieol; 
one Wlo ic north c»n Mehohe avenue. ' 

Brooi^iyn: :':,,■ '''■•■■.; 

Casino. — Wo.«<( Hidf ^ul^\vuv to Allniitio avontie. 

Empire. — H. It. T. sulMvay to Can;»l street, then Broadw.ty line (o II.»!- 

Hv\ strei-t .station. 



year underwent a rather trying pe- 
riod, although those firms that pros- 
pered did better than ever befor*. 
It resolved itself merely into the 
continuotis production of song hits. 
These alone kept a hou?e going 
along on a better than even-break 
gait. The exploitation merely of a 
meritorious catalog, minus any out- 
standing song sensation, did not get 
any firm anywhere. And those that 
did chalk up a credit total were 
very few. 

The muolc man, obsessed with the 
id<ia that their revenue cohid be 
only derived from "mechanicul" 
royalties (phonograph records and 
music rolls)- accordirgly accepted 
every song with the idea of an or- 
chestra "plug" to makt^ It suitable 
for canning. This overproduction of 
"melody" songs soon became more 
or less of a dfug on the market. 
Many a time a layman expressed 
the opinion that all these melody 
songs sounded alike more or less. 

The songemiths were intent on 
turning out ditties with tricks and 
breaks in them to suit the orchestra 
and .its expert musicians. It was 
little wonder that sheet music did 
not sell. The average pianist who 
rags the home upright in the parloi 
evenings could make little headway 
with the "tricky" tunes. Yet, 
strangely enough, such difficult se- 
lections like "Kitten on the Keys," 
"Hot Lips," "Stumbling." etc., did 
^njoy quite a vogue, even on the 
sheet music end, despite their in- 
tricate construction. * 

Which proves how paradoxical the 
popular music industry is. puring 
the late winter and early spring, 
with new songs being turned out 
proliflcally, many a good tune could 
not find a groove for itself in the 
catalogs of the foremost disk and 
roll companies. In the summer, with 
many of the publishers minimizing 
their production until the fall, many 
a mediocre tune got a good mechan- 
ical break because of this lack of 
competition. 

The price question, as always, 
came in for its share of discussion. 
The chain store people's veteran 
argument that the retail price is to 
blame for their and the publisher's 
reduced turnover, had it.s inning for 
a while. The Kre.«!s stores eliminated 
their sheet music department be- 
cause the publishers would not sell 
them at a reduced wholesale rate. 
The Grant and McCrory syndicate.^ 
have been agitating of lati* for a 
9-cent wholesale price and 15 cents 
retail. ^Tbe publislier remains 
adamant in his contentior^ that the 
public will p.'iy iir> to 35 rents for 
real hits, but refuse to tulce any- 
thing but very popular numbers. 

An analysis of the Hltuation .spt 
forth by a m.-m di rectly ro rinocteU 
with fiip music industry potris oui 
that the reason the lnyman refuscM 
to i>ur<ha.so ono rof>y (f sboet miisir 
tor 25 or 30 c^'nts Ik best illustrated 
l)y tlif fact that thrr»» are some 
doiidlr -farr-.l ir-n-itKli »lisk records 
that sell for from l'f> to 50 rents 
ea(li. I'lacli r«»rord has two songs 



or dance combination and performed 
much better than the average pian- 
ist could. The music men are a^re 
of this and preparations for peti- 
tioning Congress aro under way for 
the vesting of the full control of a 
copyright with the owner. Nowa- 
days, once one company has filed a 
"notice of user" every other disk or 
roll company has permission to 
record it mechanically. 

As a result, dozens of new disk 
record firms have sprui g up lit- 
erally over night. Their mediocre, 
cheap record cuts* in on the sales 
of the established company, both be- 
cause of price and prior recording, 
and ejther do not reimburse the 
publisiier for liia royalty or go out 
of business altogether. The publish" 
ers for a time sought to control 
this by fixing a release date on each 
new song which the better grade 
companies are complying with, al- 
though technically the copyright 
owner again has no redress. 

The radio question figured promi- 
nently the past year, resulting 
finally in the American Society of 
Composers, Authors and Publishers 
notifying th^ radio stations that any 
further broadcasting of their cata- 
log would be prosecuted as an un- 
authorised public performance fqr 
profit. The society purchased its 
own broadcasting station as a stra- 
tegic movt, but ths other commer- 



" t, : ' Paris. 

The Casino de Paris reooened Dec. 
-J witli a revue by I..eon VoKerre, 
after the tire which closed the fa- 
mous huuse for several months. 

Success seems assured for the re- 
vue. Its pVincipal seems are Jap- 
anese bridges and a middle -age pil- 
lory for unfaithful wives, whioh a.s 
a novelty production bit, there are 
painted girls (billed as • Heri»ert 
Ward's Painted Girls') with Joan 
Caroll introducing tbeni. The pe*"- 
formance ends with a swimming 
net in a crystal tank on the stage. 
Japanese decoration.s are througti- 
out the auditorium. 

The principals »r^ led by Mile. 
Mistinguett. Earl Leaiie stagod he 
dances. There is considerable jasr. 
music on the stage, with Fred Mele 
conduotlig the pit orchestra, but 
Louis Hillier, former hardUr oC 
the baton, is missed. 

Marion Fordo was app!nuded for 
the jazzing matter. Mistinguett and 
py Ra scored In the pilloried wives' 
scene. Others in the cast are Dor- 
ville and St. GranicK 

The ; opening Is a revue, "Ku 
Douce." by A. Wilemets an^ Jac- 
ques Charles, produced by the latr 
ter, with music arranged by Mauric? 
Yvain, who has taken the Salal»«rt 
repertoire as a base. 

Reconstruction of -the burned 
Casino required a longer ttme th^n 
planned, but the rtsult is i very fiiin 
theatre with a sta^^e few houses in 
Paris can vie with. 

The Bataclan revue was pn>- 
duced Dec. 33 end did very nicely, 
with Yvonne Vallee, LIna Tyber 
and Hegoburu. 



cial radio firms have responde4 with 
requests for licenses from the A. H. 
C. A. P. A fee rang ing from 1500 
to |5,000 a year per statl»« has 
been decided upon, the clutrirs to be 
estimated on ths sise and service 
of each individual station, A mil- 
lion-dollar annual Incoale from 
radio is aimed for. 

T'^rly this month the members of 
the Producing Managers' Associa- 
tion started agitating to bt declared 
in on part of this rev<>nu«. The 
musir men are opposing their pro- 
posal. 

The mus'c men and songwriters 
the last year have divided an aver- 
age of H'OO.OOO among themselves, 
representing dividen(M on reesipts 
from picture exhibitors, dance |Milt 
and cabarets for nMislc license fee**. 

Two popular music firms went 
into bankruptcy this .year, the 
Broadway Muslr Corp. (Will von 
Tilzer, president) and the Harry 
von Tilzer Music Cd. (the latter 
headed by a consistent popular hi< 
producer of over |t wen ty years!. 

AbcL 




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A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL 

13 THE SINCERE WISH OF 

BOB ANDERSON 

OF BOB ANDERSON «nd PONY 



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THE BAND CRAZE 



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■What ;»!<; tJu thances of seeing a 
yautltvllle show minus a dance n- 
cheslra on the bill for 1923? "I'hc 
past year has scon the "band" craze 
reach a height which would seem 
ingly indicate the ceiling had bren 
touched. But has it? 

During the past 12 monthe the two 
and three times daily theatres have 
approximately witnessed about 40 
musical combinations, either con- 
fronted by a "name" or alone, come 
and go. A majority have already 
gone, some aro on their way and 
others remain. There are quite a 
few left. Their value as an act is 
questionable, at this dale, to the 
running order of a show. 
., The tremendous output by all the 
phonograph record companfes of 
dance musi? and the bands playing 
an identical type of melodies in the 
restaurants, with the former n*ethod 
reaching a vastly greater patronage 
than a theatre may hope to com- 
pete with, has undoubtedly taken 
the edge off the orchestras for stage whiteman. a few other 



reach a top figure, at the present 
lime, that the future is not likely 
to surmount. One restaurant mu- 
sical combine has Its lowest indi- 
vidual pay envelope containing $175 
weekly, with an additional $50 com- 
ing in for every phonograph record 
they make. That specifies only one 
side of the disc as well. 

The gcner:.! opinion of the direc- 
tors gives credit to Paul Whiteman 
for the present scale of salaries. 
His success has carried the entire ! 
contingent right along with him. In '' 
this instance it may be interesting 
to note that shortly after White- 
man opened in New York he became 
discouraged with the outlook for 
his orchestra and had transporta- 
tion, for himself and band, bought 
to return to the Coast. If it hadn't 
been for a theatrical representative, 
who persuaded him to "stick." 
Whiteman, in all likelihood, would 
be playing in the west now, and 
someone else wouid have g6ne to 
the crest through getting the early 
start Whiteman did. 

While on the direct subject of 

sidelights 




''"'"IWday. December 29. 1922 




By LOUIS NETHEBSOLE 



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presentation. The Whiteman sys- 
tem of "crooning" an orchestration 
has become so general among the 
musicians that it is now an isolated 
case where the boys simply step on 
It and make just plenty of noise. 
The bands are few where you can 
recognize who is playing by simply 
listening. And it would seem^ as If 
similarity Is the rock upon which 
vaudeville's and the restaurant's 
present combined Instrumentalists 
will break. 

Another angle for the afflrmative 
as to the band craze being on tbe 
decline for vaudeville Is that oftjie 
orchestra leaders themselves. From 
their viewpoint a vaudeville engage^ 
ment Is null and void as regards it 
being a money-making proposition. 
To substantiate that opinion they 
point to the expense of getting the 
a^t together, which includes, if at- 
tempting to gain the big time, spe- 
cial scenery, effects and the enor- 
mous amount of time given over to 
^rehearsals. The latter is an Item 
that becomes gigantic where the or- 
chestra Is "held over.'* Besides 
which, when they finally do get 
"set" for an engagement they work 
for a cut salary, which leads to 
Vaudeville's only value to them be- 
ing in the publicity derived from 
the billing or advertising. A lea<}er 
who has his band named after him 
declared that It cost over $8,000 be- 
fore he opened at Keith's Palace, 
New York. Then. too. if the musi- 
cians are not empowered with that 
type of mentality known as mem- 
ory, it Is almost impossible for them 
to play one house more than a week, 
as they cannot varlate the routine in 
that time. The complicated orches- 
trations are responsible for this. 

Salaries for the individual musi- 
r'.ans on a" vaudeville engagement 
generally average around $40 or $50. 
with a top price of $75. The union 
has no JuriKdiction here becau.se of 
the short "hours."' where a band 
may Iflay from 20 to 30 minutes. 

With so many orchef^tras around 
It may seem strange where the vast 
number of musicians come from, 
but It's 7»o mystery to the directors. 
They claim if a member of a 'com- 
bination" Is forced out through Ill- 
ness or any other reason, an extra 
man may be picked up from an 
agency, the union or the independ- 
ent pack who prefer to run alone, 
and f^ll In when called upon. One 
reason for the latter is that those 
particular bqjs are not inc!in«'d fa- 
vorably toward the idea of having 
to play nightly nor do they care to 
bind themselves to a contra jt. 

The )njmber of excellent musi- 
cians with this morale Is large. 
Sometimes a man may be "lifted" 
from another orchestra for an even- 
ing. The leaders arejoath to rely 
on the union as a base, because such 
an enrollment usually constitutes a 
mechanical player unable to follow 
the "trick" stuff, and the substitute 
Is often lacking in appearance. It 
Is an asset only second to the actual 
instrumental ability. 

The type currently popular r< - 
▼olves around the college >o\it}is 
who have performed with their lo al 
orchestras but for one reason or 
another have left their alma matrr 
to seek jobs in the city. 

So much for the restaurant ^d 
private dance end of it. If a player 
falls out during a twice daily en- 
~gagement It ofttlmes means a man 
from the hou.se orchestra must l»e 
inserted. In this instance the 
flller-In naturally means nothing 
other than to get himself into a 
dinner coat and fake the melodlo-. 
Mcst times he Is not even s'.rlkin:; 

a note. 

Salaries for dance orche*trn« and 
Individual musicians iipi tar to 



are that musical men attribute his 
popularity to the soft tone dance 
music he introduced when New 
York was swamped by jazz bands, 
mostly containing brasses that 
blared. It was great for anyone 
outside of a couple of drinks, but 
the prohibition thing made the- 
"crooning" dance melody more con- 
ducive to the ear and Whiteman 
connected at "the crucial moment." 
It is admitted, beyond doubt, that 
the Palais Royal leader has the pick 
of the musicians of all the orches- 
tras in New York, if not the coun- 
try.' Unattached men would un- 
questionably rather secure a posl 
tion in a 

because of the money and the 
chance of advancement where they 
might possibly be placed at the 
head of an orchestra and sent out 
under supervision. 

One leader stated, in reference to 
the Royal orchestra, "And don't 
think those boys aren't earning 
their dough. They're rehearsing 
three and four hoQrs daily, and 
if you've got an idea that's soft 
work, try It. How are you going 
to compete with *XVhiteman? He's 
got a quartet of arrangers that can, 
singly, put any orchestra in the 
country across. Just give mp any 
one of those lads and I'll make, my- 
self plenty of coin." i , 

Then in reply to a question of. 
"What about Hickman?" (Art), the 
same leader went on to say. "Htck- 
man had a great chance. He showed 
as great a group of saxophone play- 
ers as has ever been around, and 
astounded all of 'em with that 
soprano sax. The records had a lot 
to do with queering that boy. Too 
bad. but what does he care? He's 
still on the Coas 



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Exclusively Photographer to the 
Profession. 

THE BLOOM STUDIOS 

The best and largest equipped 

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SEASON'S GREETINGS TO ALL 



butes a dance orchestra must have. 
With so m^ny numbers always pop- 
ular and In vogue for dancing this is 
recognized as no small part. Espe- 
cially when requests from patrons 
are always coming up for melodies 
that were in their glory 12 months 
past and sometimes two and three 
years previously. A band that makes 
good on a' vaudeville engagement 
and Is assigned to be 'held over" is 
practically helpless if they can't 
memorize. It means they must re- 
peat their previous week's routine or 
rely on numbers that have oft been 
heard. On the other hand, an or- 
chestra is known to have played an 
act calling for complicated arrange- 
Whiteman combination, ] ments behind a singer afiei- four and 

a half hours of rehearsing. 

The orchestras of today are main- 
ly concerned with the attempting to 
outdo each other in the matter of 
the arrangement or the orchestra- 
tion for a number. It's sHdom a 
melody is played exactly alike by 



London, Dec. 10. 

I wonder if it is quite fair to ask 
me to make comparisons after seven 
years' absence from the field of nay 
early efforta in handing out "dope" 
concerning entertainments In the 
United States. 

Conditions change so quickly in 
that land of enlightenment that I 
should quite reasonably be ac- 
counted old-fashioned and a back 
number by the fraternity of press 
agents who now flourish there If I 
though that the methods followed in 
my time We those of today. 

Fundamentally) however, the prin- 
ciple (oc want of it perhaps) must 
certainly continue to prevail be- 
cause it is, the root of the matter. 
The object must ever be to concen- 
trate the limelight of publicity upon 
the particular attraction that one is 
serving. 

I learned the exquisite art of a 
press agent ip America. My first 
lesson was strenuously to seek as 
much spac^ as^pofslble in news-' 
papers free, gratis and for nothing. I 
was always taught to remember that 
whatever might haiTpen had hap- 
pened in case the exigencies of my 
attraction demanded it. I must say 
that most of n?y old-time C9lleagues 
and erstwh\le rivals in their dissem- 
inations invariably tried to a^roid, so 
far as they could, unreasonable 
exaggeration, but enthusiasm for 
truth did not always deter us from 
an occasional trespass Jnto the 
real nisi of romance. • . * 

I will not say that we were oi'di- 
nary story-tellers in the nursei^* ac- 
ceptance of fhe term. No, I think 
we were merely tellers of yarns. 
Anyhow, we were always careful not 
to spoil a good story for lack of a 
little* garnishing. And if we could 



the general thing for the establish- 
ment where the orchestra was in- 
stalled. "Money men" who fre- 
quently visited the place were the 
donaters. Such an amount, received 
under similar conditions. Is unheard 
two bands, though the prlncip'.e may of at the present thne. The musi- 



be, and generally is. the same in 
both cases. A certain cotnpany. 
which is seriously threatening for 
first position on the sale of dance 
records, has a man who does nothing 
but make arrangements for the 
dance melodies to be recorded. He 
even does this for a vocal record 
that carries a 'name" musical com- 
bination for the accompaniment. 
This important luminary recently 
made a flying trip west to rehearse 
«n orehpstra on a melody*, remained 
there Sunday while they made the 
"master" records and jumped back 
to New York in time to take up his 
duties Monday. 

Te refer back to the money ques- 
tion in connection with restaurant 
orchestras, previous to prohibition 



t and manager of ', there was always thp chance of '*ide 

a hotel." j money • being picked up. Over a 

In reference to the stupendous I certain stretch of time one band. 

scale upon which Whiteman ope- i consisting of five or six pieces, was 

rates, it may be said that a few ' in the habit of securing around $150 



years ^go, previous to the war, a 
leader who then had a band play- 
ing in Rector's (New York) had the 
same ideas Whiteman is now car- 
rying out. He approached a phono- 
graph company with the suggestion 
of turning out a certain scale of 
recofds, had the thought of placing 
orchestras in a chain of restaurants 
which were to be supervised by 
him, began to tone down the wild 
playing of the brass instruments 
and, to carry out his program, 
opened as magnificent an office as 
Broadway has ever seen. And, Hr- 
uratively, died with it. because he 
thought too far ahead. 

A consensus of opinion narrates 
the most difficult thing for a dance 
orchestra to do is to hold an even 
tempo. The easiest is to just make 
plenty of noise and let it go at that. 
The tempo situation has more angles 
than one. Witness the defining of 
the suhjert of "time" by a leader 
that has !)laycd to gatherings at 
dances for years, and who says: "An 
even rhythm is invaluable to an or- 
chestra playing for patrons on a 
dance floor. Once your br.\ s have 
acquired it the rest is a matter of 
I online. denfraUy I play according 
to the crowd that Is in for the even- 
ing. It necessitates about three dia- 
tinct tempos. If It is an elderly gath- 
♦'ring we slow up considerably; if 
the Broadway bunch, with their 
short quick-steppin?, we pick it up 
a liule, and wlifcn tlM lieg e element 



for ^ach member per week from this 
source of revertue (tips from pa- 
trons). This was not unusual, but 



Clans claim it's seldom anything 
above a five-spot floats their way, 
and very few of those. 

Vaudeville will probably see many 
new orchestras mak^ ihvir premiere 
presentation during tire current sea- 
son, though it looks to be doubtful 
as to how long they will stick. Tire 
musical organizations with a promi- 
nent hotel name behind them may 
prove something of a draw at the 
box oflflce, but it never becomes 
easier for a band to frame an act 
with so many orchestras already 
having gone before. 

When the popularity of the pres- 
ent-day dance combinations passes 
from vaudeville and perhaps also 
from the restaurants, it is the opin- 



manage to land on the front page of 
even a minor evening newspaper wo 
had decidedly earned our i>ay for tho 
week lifl^cause the advance aale at 
the box office would probably get 
something of a boost. 

I am sure that many dramatic 
editors and even more city editors 
up and down the country looked 
upon some of us warily, even sus- 
piciously. Woe to him of us who 
transgressed too baldly in trying to 
pull the wool over their eyes. Once 
detected in a deliberate fake, no 
matter how clever, the culprit ' 
Usually found his occupation pre- 
carious and his usefulness to man- 
agers a thing of the past. "^ 

If It were worth while I could rfe- ' 
count instances where * brilliant 
young enthusiasts dashed off fabu- 
lous news stories without a vestige 
of truth for their foundation, panned 
them off on unsuspecting eOItors 
who, printing them Ii^ good faith, 
afterwards found them to be untrue, 
to the everlasting damnation in a 
press agent sense of their inventors. 
To their honor, be It said, New 
York theatre managers in my day 
always fnrowned uY>on tricks of that 
kind to .secure space and strictly 
prohibited such nefarious methods. 
I dare.say they do now. We old 
stagers knew our business too well 
ever to transgress this unwritten 
larw, although perhaps some of us 
found the temptation pretty strong. 
[ I know I did. But the fear of crit;- 
i cism and perhaps the sack from the 
home oflSce usually helped to put 
Satan behind us. 

While I was picking up the Job in 
America the days of lost jewels, ro- 
mantic marriages, fabulous Inheri- 
tances and other crude sensations 
were rapidly passing into the dis- 
card of limbo. 

Favorite up-to-date^ methods em- 
ployed to boost a star were to in- 
vest the subject with solemn mys- 
terj', to expatiate upon his or her 
stupendous learning, profound read- 
ing and wide interest in things far 
removed from such trivialities as 
the theatre and acting. If it hap- 
pened to be a male star one might 
consistently enthuse over his ath- 
letic prowess and the wonderful 
things he did on his home farm in 
the good old summer time. A press 
agent of my acquaintance once gut 
a famous actor, long since dead* 
permission to preach in a popular 
church out west; and, if my memory 
is not at fault, my friend helped 
write the sermon which you may be 
sure referred in a casual way to a 
certain forthcoming appearance at 
the local theatre. 

Since I returned to my nativsT 
land I have followed my profession 
(if one may call it such without 
offen.se to other learned callings) in 
England, where at least I have 



ion of the men involved that orches- 
tras will revert to combinations of 1 found opportunity for observing how 
not more than seven pieces and con- press agents' methods differ in thes« 



taining mostly string instruments. 

Joe Smith, who has been playing 
in the grill room of the Plaza Hotel, 
New York, for years, and still draws 
them down there is now doing it. 



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are the subjects we h:i It up pi'etty 
fast. That crowd eats si>eed. though 
thry never srem to pay much atten- 
tion to the time, and a ba*e drum 
means nothing." 

After the difTiPnlty in .securing i\ 
b;i)anoMl i* :«t»^' Is -the m» nfal; requi- 
Hite (f nu.mo;-)Zing an ovrhesti ati<.«n. 
as one tf Ih'j nr «', ir.tiort tnl .?t:rl 




SEASON*S GREETINGS 

BABCOCK and DOLLY 

ON THE BOULEVARD OF PARIS" 



two English-speaking countries. 

In England one must be very care- 
ful about facts. Also news space is 
obviously scarcer, so stories must bo 
shorter. English newspaper read- 
ers are not .so interested in theatre*,^ 
and actors and actresses as Ameri* 
cans are, so the tax upon an Eng- 
lish press agent's time and energy 
is not quite so great. But to say 
that there is no use for the efforts 
of a press agent In England is far 
from true. Twenty years ago that 
might have been so. but not at pres- 
ent. Every public man and woman 
in England employs a hard-worklnir 
secretary who Is simply a camou- 
flaged press agent whose duty for 
Ihe most part consists of gettinir 
puffs and pars in the papers about 
what his principal did yesterday and 
what he is going to do tomorrow. 

The main difference between press 
agents in America and press agents 
in England, so far as I with a 
knowledge of both countries have' 
been able to gather, Is that not quite 
so much fertility of Invention is 
looked for here and originality is not 
usually encouraged. 

The English daily picture papers 
that have become so numerous in 
late years have done much to en- 
I hance the value of a good and re- 
liable press agent's services. To 
I remain good, however, he must 
! never forget to remember that truth 
Isas always to be spelled with a 
capital '/T." 

If one knows the proper approach 
to an English newspaper office he 
• will hrfve Just as flme and friendly 
" I welcome extended to him as he !•" 
.| sure to get in America, but any 
I abuse of confidence' Is punished 
j much more severely here. 
I English dramatic editors welcome 
I legitimate news quite as freely as 
American editors do. but if tricks 



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-^Friday, December 29, 1922' 



VARIETY 



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Picture making methods change 

t/o gradually and progress goes on 

.BO imperceptibly it attracts small 

..i^eaeral attention. It is o^jly when 

V the studio practices of today are 

examined alongside the systems of, 

/.say, 10 years ago that revolutionary 

*> changes stand put in startling con* 

» trast. Here are a few observations 

. Qf present day practices scaled 

against those of another epoch in 

•the industry, touching only a few 

'.h|gh spots and merely suggesting 

^ the revolution that has been going 

oi?. These few sketchy facts all 

point to the one corjclusion — that 

* jpiicture making has become and will 

continue in incrensiirg degree a 

.business of specialists. 

?(, rTime was when nn, outsider ae- 

,.<>ured*a story as the basis of a illm 

I, Hf»n terprji.se and built from that up to 

i>4».000 feet of ceUul'*id. Production q{ 

H j^he four-retlor was- prnctlcally a 

riguaranXee of a succossful. venture. 

..j.When the feature was printed h 

(. profit ;W.as .all but assured. It is 

V otherwise now. An outride pro- 

wducer'tvlroubles are rec-lly>beginning 

(^/wJieniie has the film romploted and 

r.*aroes against the probltun of murket- 

\ins it- 

^b.:i»; Outdoor Stagas Vanish .. 
"■ Air the old studios had outdoor 
1itage.«? and wcathbr *was of para- 



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'"hioufit importance. Ideal light was 

"that of about 4 o'cloek on a fine 

*'*feUmmer itfternoon. Bad weather 

* nfieant delays and idleness. Even 
*'lhterior8 were taken Irt the natural 

light on the al fresco stages. When 

artificial illumination was desirable 
'for a few shots the mechanics were 

of the simplest. One electrician was 
. sufflcient to place the reflectors to 
*'klll off troublesome shadows. If an 

electrician wasn't handy a property 

man would servo for his small 

duties. 

There probably isn't -an outdoor 

stage left in an American studio and 

^^diret'tors and carteramen are almost 

^thtlrely independent of sunshine. A 

''^w long shots aYid pifhorahlas hs a 

I'bcenic backgroiind for play action 

'kre taken in the course 'Of a feature, 
'blit nobbdy worries abbut light, for 
■'yil iht drdmatic acti6n is taken un- 

* der ^Artificial light by tirefererice. 
For 'delicate photo^aphic' effect' 
sunlight ' i& cruJe cohipared \Vith 

' controlled illumination. 

But' mttnagerhent of light demands 

■ fen ^abOrate technical personnel. A 
scene'ot any dimension will require 
from three to five always and some- 

■ times eight banks of Kliegs, each 
bank Ih charge of a qualified elec- 
triclah. Besides liiere uie Innumer- 
able spots and sunlight arcs. Tl\£ 
big arcs require a man apiece. Each 

; light has 128 adjustments and deft 
handling is called for. The electri- 
cal staff may run anyvuhere from five 
to ten men. 

Sets have Increased in elaborate- 
ness in like degree. A decade ago a 
director required an interior for a 
bit of action. He told the carpenter 
about it and the next day a lo'by 8 
fragment of a room corner was in 
place at a cost of. say, $75. repre- 
'■entlng hire for scraps of furniture, 
lumber and a couple of rolls of wall 
paper. Nowadays the same thing 
.' would call for a design by an art 
director, advice of a technical ex- 
pert and a complete three-sided 
room furnished in modern style with 
textures of materials and tints of 
everything considered to the last 
detail. It might require two weeks 
• of planning and execution. 
A Twelve-hour Job 
Wheti Clritfith was makiiii; "Inlol- 
erance" in 1915 he needed the cor- 
ridor of cells in a prison. Ttie scen- 
ery men were instructed to provide 
. it. the order going in at 4 o'clock 
one afternoon. They used the set 
the ntxt morninp. b«'ginning at 9 
o'clotk. That job would tako a fort- 
night now and ti»o se»t would repre- 
sent .v'om»*tViing near $1,000. 

^^'hen tht'> plinnnl co.-tumo ef- 
feot.« they went t#» a CMHttinur ;ind 
ront«»d what they wanted. Almost 
any plcturcscjuf Kirl) tot^othcr witii 
wigs an«l l)ear<l;s rould be made to 
serve for the desired period, pieced 
out with the rasual acininuilMtlon of 
stuff kept ^i^• the or.; lai/.i'd produ- 
cers like \'i(;iKriiMli. Sflig. the K. H. 
l>eop!e uhd I'niver.a!. v.lii' ij re.illy 
then monopolized the busiiifss. I'*r(»rh ♦- 
that siniph" »)rrporuli(>!) ha.*< ^rown 
th«» most elaborai'' t'^chniijue of oos- 
tuminj? a pictur<v Tli" l»f;; roncerns 
how lia\e •stalilishmoiits where res- \ 

"^ tupv s i.y tht' in (Wi?J.'imi . ' lit' ki ' in. but j 

thet:e aro merriv ;i royorve. Fof a i 
' pi<'ture like "Ivobin Hood" ? •«••.' r •i1 j 



of hairdresslng are subjected to 
analysis for historical correctness. 
They formerly made directors 
overnight. In the earlier phases of 
producing nobody around the lot 
wanted to be a director. It was al- 
most impossible to get a well hi' 
formed, experienced act »r to handle 
the megaphone. They considered it 
a clerical job and lacking in dignity. 
Almost any adaptable person about 
the lot might be chosen to direct. 
The director ordinarily got around 
$100 a week. When Grifllth was pro- 
ducing for otiier companies his sal- 
ary of $600 a week was regarded r-.s 
fabulous. They got their script first 
and then turned it over to the "near- 
est available man to do. It would 
have been regarded as wild then to 
study a script with a view to figur- 
ing out which of the recot?n;Ked di- 
rectors could handle it best. As, for 
example, the selection of Capollaql 
to handle a subject calling for spe- 
cial treatment of light and -s-iiade 
composition: Tourneur, for impart- 
ing big effects of spectacular punch'; 
Neilan for novel managenien* oi odd. 
dramatic effect or' twi-?t ol humor. 
i'ears aso it was just a matte:- of 
getting the handiest pian around the 
works who would take the job on, . 

Over- Night Fame 
It is related that R. A. Walsh en- 
tered the ranka of directors by a 
queer turn. He was doing a part 
in a Mutual-fleliance production, 
directed by George Nichols. Nich- 
ols suddenly threw up his job and 
the company cast about for his 
successor. As it happened, all the 
scenes in which Walsh figured had 
been taken' and he was for the time 
being at libert.v. l«'or this reasoc 
they wished the Job on him. He 
took the work up where Nichols 
had dropped it and , finished the 
picture. Walsh's salarj^ for parts 
had been around $50 a week and he 
drew no great bonus as accidental 
director. The picture was shown 
and the fans liked it. 

As it happeiVed Henry Walthall 
had 'been signed by the William Fox 
organization and Fox was looking 
for a director for his forthcoming 
picture. Walsh's film attracted 
Fox's attention and Walsh was 
forthwith engag'^d at $400 a^week 
•for two year;". 

That was an~extra«lordInarj' case 
of swift rise td fame. Commonly 
the directors were picked from 
among the directors' assistants or 
"leg men." If an assistant showed 
aptitude — and sometimes if he 
didn't — he sooner or later would be 
rall^ vpon In nn em^rgpncy to di- 
rect a script. '^ ' . *' , 

Enter the Casting' Director 
For the most jiart the players 
were in companies and oasting a 
piece was merely a matter of fitting 




THE CABARETS OF NOW 



In the current "Theatre Maga- 
zine," tlTere appears an article by 
Bland J^haae.soh on the '! Virtues 
and Villainies of V^audeville." In the 
group of worth while acts he has 
selected from the entire fit Id of 
vaudeville, Itockwell and Fox are 
included. 

In conelu^on, Mr. Johaneson says. 
"The method.s of these performers 
are intenuely individual and equally 
successful. One need see but a 
single bfll without them to appre- 
trlate their contributions to the plea- 
sures of the two-a-day." 

ALWAYS; NOT . OCCASIONALLY 

the group of actors and actresses 
into the parts that seemed most ap- 
propriate. There was no such thing 
as a casting director, a functionary 
who has grown In stature and Im- 
portance to a remarkable eminence 
In the Industry. The big companies 
have enormously complicated sta- 
tistical establishments where de- 
tailed data of\ ten thousands of 
players are fiVd together with 
photograi>hs ancK biogrstphlcal in- 
formation. A modern producer 
would swoon at the hapazard rast- 
ing of pictures. Mostly the ranting 
specialist can pick his types from 
memor.v, for hv is one of the most 
speciM of speeiali.vts in the enor- 
mous amount of exact kr.owledfjc 
of screen type>: and the people who 
best realize them before the camtra. 
Rival companies bid for siu'cessful 
casting directors and they enjoy 
trade reputations tlyit me.an money. 
Casting directors prosper and ac- 
cumulate wealth, together • ith 
others of the specialist ho.st behind 
the scenes. * 

Succes.^ful titlf writers are an- 
other gioup of highly specialized 
workers. A tit!e writer with a 
popular stlTTfe and fresh touch, like 
Katherine Hilliker or Ralph Spence. 
gets into the Rolls Royce class and 
I pays an appropriate income tax. 

Laboratory Waste 

Developing and printing films has 
gotten to be a business by itself. 
Each prodiffer no longer has his 
(Continued on page 20} 



Tlie cabarets of now are operating 

according to conditions. Nearly all 

have changed from the olden or first 

days of the cabaret, excepting in 
their price list or greed for coin. 
The menu card and liquor prices re- 
main as high as ever, or hiRher, and 
patrons are "taken" with the same 
vim as of yore. 

Cabaret entertainment has some- 
what changed, with opinion divided 
among restaurant men as to the 
style of show that is the better 
draw. Always granting that a res- 
taurant man never will know any- 
thing about running a show, a dif- 
ference of opinion has arisen among 
them. Its about divided. One set 
won't have anything to do with glrly 
floor sh<»ws and the other half be- 
lieves there can be no better draw to 
a restaurant than a flash looking 
flip chorus of comely young women. 

The difference of opinion has led 
to a choice of personalities with lo- 
cal popularity as the inducement for 
guests to pay $1, $1.50 or $2 couver 
When personalities have been un- 
successful "names" liave been tried. 
The recent fltilure of the Dolly Sis- 
ters at $2,000 weekly to draw at 
Monte Carlo, New York, is a matter 
of "name." They were followed In 
the »omc place by Savoy' and Bren- 
nian at $1,250 weekly, with that 
team's cabaret fate still hanging in 
the balance. And yet in another 
Broadway cabaret where the limit of 
cost for the show was set at $1,250 
for the week and five acts demanded, 
the place looks likely to do business 
with $1 couver. through the personal 
popularity of one of the five acts. 

Bands have grown to be a cabaret 
fe:iturc. The outstanding instance, 
of course, Is Whltetnan's ut the 
Palais Royal, New York. After hav- 
ing gone so far as to spend $30,000 
there for a floor production, with a 
salary list of $4,500 weekly, the 
Piilais found it could do just Aa 
much business witl| no show at all 
on the strength of tho Whlteman 
orchestra draw. Besides which, the 
I'ahiis has a good sized dance floor 
that equally coUnts. The la.st enter- 
tainer of ati.v account at the Palais 
was lOvans Buf|-ows Fontaine, who 
* darued nearly nude While tho peopl? 
.Ivcpt on eating or dt inking, not 
knowing she was there and not car- 
ing. AVhcn Miss Fontaine received 
alt br the notoriety in the papers 
because o{ her suit against young 
"Sonny" Whitney tt* recover dam- 
ages on the allegation he was the 
father of her child, the Palais, with 
an uncompleted 13 weeks' contract 
with Miss Burrows, did not think 
ermugli of It or the Fontaine value 
to ;isk her to fulfill the agreement 
at tho Palais, 

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GREETINGS 



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classes by the restaurant men — the 
"popular price" and "exclusive." 
Tho "popular price" places are those 
charging a couver under $2 and the 
cxcluslves are those charging $2 or 
more, all of the time with an inti- 
mation to guests evening dress is 
required for adnilttance. While the 
evening dress is the bunk fexcept 
wiion big business is on. all caba- 
rets would try to work that racket, 
as It brings more desirable people. 

Few orchestras have erected a suf- 
ficiently large rcjiutatlon to make 
themselves in universal demand or 
become the largest draw in a dance 
place. Through that condition 
Whiteman's name was capable of 
being commercialized for a "White- 
man orchestra" to be sent any- 
where, the combinations being made 
up by a Whlteman formed corpora- 
tion established for that purpose. 
C?hlcago as a matter of record holds 
more orchestras that are assets to 
the places they play in than New 
York does. '• ■*; :i 

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The size of the dancing space has ' 
always been important but not often * : 
recognized, through the proprietor's 
greed for money. A place of 400 
capacity will often have no more 
da^iplng space than a place accom- 
qioduting but 160. Tiie 400-seat -ij 
place when business Is rushing com- 
mences to pile tables on the dance i{ 
floor to take care of the overflow. % 
This reduces the actual dancipg 
space to a minimum, causes the 
dancers discomfort through jostling vj 
each other, and the overcrowded <§ 
place loses its business, blaming it 
on the waning holding power of the 
entertainment, which la as often 
wrong as it is right. 

Along Broadway there are but « 
two exclusive cabarets, with one 
that is neither "pop price" nor ex- 
clusive, and another that could b<«> 
called exclusive, but doesn't care -i 
enough about it to ask for the dis- 
tinction. 

The Fifth Avenue lot has its -^ 
graded places in the hotels, and the I 
inost exclusive of all in a rej^ular 
cabaret on a side street neur It, 
where tRe coveur is $3 p. p. during '^ 
the week and $5 Saturday night. It's 
a process to reserve a table In it if 
not known,* and the capacity is ftot 
large enough to cause the manage- 
ment a/iy worry during -the social 
season. There is no etntertainment 
In this restaurant other than music ^ 
and dancing. 

The Broadway places are running 
more to spice. That has become pos- 
sible through the. dancing being 
shut off by the police at 1 a. m., 
when whatever entertainment i« 
there, starts, with a second show 
usually given between 2 and 3. To 
hold the crowd any expedient will /J 
be resorted to. If the crowd doesn't '^: 
know what Is going to happen in the 
second performance, In lyric or ac- 
tion, the patrons are apt to 'remain • 
to find out. 

• The rough cabaret entertainer is 
passing out, whether man or wom- 
an. Vhe same roughness is being 
put over by more gifted performers 
in quieter manne^-. Punch-line 
songs still remain, -but they mu.'-t 
be in capable hands, and there is* 
coninuMicing to be special lyrics ' 
willten for the cabaret singly en- 
tertainers who can work Into a ^ 
greater degree of Intimacy witii the 
guests through them. It's the quick- ^ 
witted entertainer In the New York .; 
cabarets this season who seems to ;- 
have the call; ' a 

The girl)^ show prospers out of * 
town, but the out-of-town cabaret "^ 
business has been extremejj' llnxlted ^ 
of late, mostly through the dry 
lAwH, A)>out one in the averaerc- 
slzed town is Enough Some .cities 1 
of tho medium class have not been 
able to support a cabaret for the 
full week, owing to the expense of 
a proper orchestra for dance mu«l«'. 
, lipoze continues to* he the big 
thing in the restaurants. The selling 
goe.s on. in devious ways. Water 
and soft drink bottles may be seen 
In profusion around the tables, but 
no one but the drinkers and those , 
who served know what is In them. 
That ha|)pens cvori if a policeman 
is detailed in the restaurant. Hard- 
ly anyone will believ«« the cop i« 
ignorant.* but it's a great "out" for 
him if the "house" has a flexible 
piiyroll. T<» sa.v that u policeman 
.may l»c watchluK tahh-s. see tll« ^«i»- 
p|t> scat tlicnmclvcs at th«^m and 
see them grow intoxicated while 
there, must be crediting his dls- 

cerhhwiu aM ' quite dull i t im aopun't ^ 

Kmi'ivv th.it liquor did it, 

lliyih nuMiu cards ffave reduced 

! the big check thing < without Uquor 

i cliarge.-^i in jcstaurants until often 

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VARIETY 



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THE FUTURE FOR M CARNIVAL 



By B. II. NYE 



The carnival of the future? That 
must be the paramount question 
bow. Of the past and present 
much has been written, much has 
been said, but little or nothing has 
been done to remedy the obviouf 
•vils of the business. 

A number of years as contracting 
agent ahead of different carnivals 
has given mo an insight into the 
workings of the carnival "racket," 
and I speak from actual experience 
and observance. 

The attitude of the carnival man- 
ager i« stubborn. He refuses to 
look the situation squarely in the 
face, makes no effort whatever to 
eliminate the defects which are dep- 
reciating his assets, and seems to 
determine to go hU future way as 
lie has gone In the past. '■^'■■'' 

Many things must be remedied; 
eome should be eliminated; the 
business must have a thorough 
overhauling. Unless the big out- 
door amusement interests drive out 
the objectionables, there will be no 
decided changes. 

What is the main objection^g^o 
carnivals — what is it that we shall 
cut out? Naming only a few of the 
features that have brought down 
the wrath of people and communi- 
ties, I will say: Get rid of the low- 
down concession operators and 
agents; get rid of the loud-i.iouthed 
men and women; cut out the girl 
shows; prohibit the unlawful co- 
habitation that you well know may 
exist with your show; pay your 
bills In money and not in promises; 
meet your obligations as a business 
man; try to realize |hat the public 
brings you money; get away from 
tiiat idea that everyone is a chump 
and simp except yourself. 

Why not look at the matter from 
a purely business standpoint? Did 
yoiu ever see a grafter who had 
enough at the end of the season to 
carry him through the winter? 
Would a business man continue in 
a propo.sition that did not, pay, or 
would he get his brain into work- 
ing order and try to And out what 
was the trouble and (jorrect it? 
WUh the outlit mortgaged up to 
tlie hilt, knowing \well that under 
the hammer it would not bring 25 
per cent, of what you owe, why not 
get wise and try real showmanship 
and real business methods once? 

I think I may safely say that 
all the shows on one carnival lot 
are not worth the price of admis- 
sion charged by any circus, and 
yet It would take two or three 
times that admission to visit all 
the carnival attractions with one 
outfit. Is it any wonder that the 
public does not patronize the shows 
.and that the carnival manager 
mu.st net his revenue elsewher*'? 
Very recently I heard the argument 
. that groat crowds visit carnival^ 
and therefore they are a desirablo 
amusement and should bo aljowod 
to exist. By this same line of rea- 
soning, we should have our saloons 
and tenderloin districts back again, 



for wo all know that both these 
institutions did big business. But 
the fact is that the receipts per 
capita from carnival crowds are 
less than in any other form of out- 
door amusement, therefore there 
must be something radically wrong 
with the racket, and while the 
crowd may be there they do not 
want it enough to pay for it. So 
much for that argument. Give the 
public worth-while shows at proper 
prices and see if your receipts 
would not be enough greater to 
warrant the try. 

Personally 1 cannot predict the 
future. Carnival managers are a 
peculiar lot. 

A word of the statement that car- 
nival managers are compelled to pay 
graft money to local officials 
whether they want to work or not. 
This may happen in rare cases, but 
my i>erHonal experience, and I have 
covered a lot of territory, ft that 
this is far from being a fact. I have 
found local officials for the most 
part to be good fellows, who want 
to do the right thing by the other 
fellow, but nearly always any priv- 
ileges are badly abused by the car- 
nival manager and his force. At any 
rate, it would be hard to find a K^ptn- 
pany that was not well equipped to 
put on the strong Joints when the 
opportunity offered, and so the cry 
to protect the poor carnival man- 
ager from the grafting local oITlcials 
is foolish and absurd. 

Those managers who want to con- 
tinue the carnival business and con- 
duct it in a clean business manner 
rhould welcome laws to clip the 
wings of the dirty outfits; in fact, 
they should boost such laws. Cer- 
tainly, no man who has any respect 
for himself will stand behind the 
managers who profit from wrongful 
vays; and of such there are many. 

Much written above is a rehash of 
what has been often written before. 
What is needed Ihost is the remedy 
and the answer ta "What of the 
carnival of the future?" Clean 
shows, clean concessions, clean at- 
taches, weeding out of the unde- 
sirables, a fair value to the public 
for money expended, a determined 
eflfort to }ye right in the pulilic eye: 
that is what is necessary. But no 
half-way methods will sufTlce. Look 
around, se<» who is most .succes.sful; 
you will find that success has come 
pt-oporiionately to tho.se who have 
conducted the cleanest outtits; they 
are welcomed season after season 
in those spots that moan money. 

Why do local billposters and 
hotels demand payment in advance. 
why do newspapers refuse adver- 
tising, why have many lodges* re- 
fu.sed to further sponsor carnivals? 
You know the answer as well ^s I. 
And do not try to pass tlio buck to 
the otlier fellow. Do not lilame the 
fail* .secretary, do jiot blame the 
l«)eal nineials; give yourself the once 
over and see where you have failed. 

Did you ever stop to consider the 

established fact that a certain num- 

j her of people out for a good time 

I will spcjid just about so much 




- BROWN and WHITAKER 

^ Season't Greetings to All the Troupers 

Going along, making good. Kookcl solid B. F. Keith and Orpheum 
* Circuit* season 1922-23 -■■■_ '^ i'i 

DIrsctlon CHARLES ALLEN, M. 8. BENTHAM OFFICE 




\%ho'« Wb* la ChWmtc 

ABE COHEN 

Owner and Manager of the MID- 
WAY HIPPpDROMB THEATRE. 
63d Street and Cottage Grove Ave- 
nue, Chicago. 

Happy New Year to Billy Dia- 
mond, my booking manager, and to 
all my friends In and out of the pro- 
fession. 



money? Would it no^ be fair to 
assume that the shows and rides 
and legitimate concessions would 
get this money that usually goes to 
your thieves? Your gross receipts 
will be about the same, and you will 
have, nothing to pay out for fixing 
and trouble. 

At one time I joined one of the 
largest and best carnivals in the 
country, to put on a show. I had a 
contract that stated that no cooch 
or girl shows were to be carried by 
the company, but when we opened 
up I found that two shows for men 
only were on the lot. I made an 
objection tQ the manager and he 
sidestepped the issue, saying that 
they wouW not hurt my business as 
I was catering to wumen and chil- 
dren. To satisfy myself I stobd at 
the entrance close to one of the 
objectionable shows and clocked 
over 460 women who came that far, 
took one look and left the grounds. 
Those people that left, added to 
others who stay«ed away, would. In 
my estimation, have spent more 
money than the two girl shows took 
in during the engagement. 

From what I can learn, most of 
the carnival' managers do not con- 
template any change in their meth- 
ods, they expect to 'bull'i-it through, 
digging up new spot.*?, but the end 
of Jhe dirty outfit i.s in sight. I 
know that there will be a nation- 
wide campaign against the carnival, 
backed by money and determina- 
tion, and if the man who is right 
lets the outlaw drag him down t6 
defeat and financial dRaster. it is 
his own fault. I want to see clean 
carnivals and would be glad to be 
connected with a clean organiza- 
tion; nothing that I .say or have 
said will make much difference in 
the outcome. T have merely made 
a statement of the conditions as I 
find thiem. < 

. When Variety first started its 
campaign against the dirty carnival, 
one manager said to me: "You are 
the only outdoor showman that 
rea4« that damned rag." My reply 
was that it might be well for all of 
them to read it and see just Where 
they were headed. I was right. 

I-.et me appeal to the outdoor 
showmen of brains to work individ- 
ually and collectively to save the 
business; I know that you are In the 
minority, but law and decency are 
on your side and even the majority 
can not win unless right. 



Friday, December 29, 1922 

FLOPS OF 1922 

> 

It Is the custom at the end of the year to summarize on the general 
trade conditions in connectipn with merchandise for the previous 12 
months. 4 •., * ' 

At this time there seems to be something akin to Interest In the 
selection of the 10 best pictures of the year through a polling of 
exhibitor opinion. In the selection of the 10 best there is no indi- 
cation as to the sense In which "best" is used* I^ it to be the 10 
best from on artistic standpoint or the box office return? 

However, nearly a dozen biggest box office flops were arrived at 
after a tremendous expense In polling exhibitor opinion in the 
Eastern territory. The opinions expressed, which don't appear to be 
in doubt, are herewith presented, with the name of the distributor 
indicated: 

"Mistress of ths World" Paramount 

"Foolish Wives" Universal 

"Crossroads of New York" First National 

"Nero" , Fox 

"Red Hot Romance" Metro 

"Remembrance" Goldwyn 

".Under Two Flags" .Universal 

"Silver Wings" Fox 

"Theodora" Goldwyn 

"DofTs House" (Nazimova) f ...'... .United Artists 

"Forget Me Not ' Metro 

Three Winners at Program Prices r« ' 

Each year some pictures crop up which through advance selling 
are- often given to the exhibitor at^prices of an ordinary program 
production^ ^ut whicli develop into box ofllce specials in draws. 

The three for the current year seemingly are: :./"'"' 

"Moran of the Lady Letty". ,vi..'» .Paramount 

"Nanook of the North".. Pathe ^^ 

"The Face in the Fog" Cosmopolitan 



but patronage soon began to drop 
away. 

Wltri the return of the theatres to 
Ackerman & Harris, L.oew retained 
the two beautiful new theatres, 
Warfleld in San Francisco, and State 
in Los Angeles, which were con- 
structed during the year. These 
houses continue under the Loew 
banner with a straiglU picture 
policy. ,.:.■■.■; ■■ ; .; 

The name of Loew disappeared as 
(luickly as it had appeared on he 
other houses, J Ackerman & Harris 
resorting to* their previous policy 
and 3oon resuming their old gait 
wflli business about as usual. 

Loew's must have dropped a pile 
of m<iney by this venture an ^ un- 
doubtedly is cured of a desire ,Tor 
Pacific Coast dominance in the 
vaudeville world. It is said the coast 
venture cost Loew's $1,700,000. 

Ackerman & Harris, evidently 
seeing the handwrietng on the wall 
with fhe advent of the Junior Or- 
pheum houses, immediately adopted 
a policy of cheaper prices and in this 
way met ttie competition that they 
could not have met in any other.' 

The Golden Gate, San FranclscoV: 
Junior Orpheum, has been a success 
from it.s opening. The exceptional 
value offered the public for the*acale 
resulted in practically capacity au- 
diences and with the huge capacity 
the receipts have been very big. At 
first the .Golden Gate cut into the 
Orpheum pretty heavily, chiefly for 
the reason that there was not a 
great deal of difference In the qual- 
ity of the shows offered at both the- 
atres. This has adjusted itself grad- 
ually, however, and business at the 
old Orpheum (big time) is now al- 
most back to its normal volume. 
• Perhaps the worst sufferer from 



the advent of the Orpheum Jumor 
was Pantages,*" especially in San 
Francisco. For a lime business ^..9 
away off. Pantages, to meet the 
competition, proceeded to improve 
the quality of Its acts and in this 
way won back much patronage. The 
general quality of the acts at Pan- 
tages held up good, but the small 
seating capacity with an Increased 
cost of bills must have cut down the 
net revenue to an extent. 

The advent of the Golden Gate 
served also to bnng to light that 
there^ is much available' vaudeville 
material to be gathered on the coast. 
Harry Singer, who came out from 
tho east to supervise the openings 
of the new qjrphaini houscf?, has 
been largely responsible for "dig- 
ging" most of the talent. He was 
forced by necessity to provide as 
possibly be obtained, and he has 
much talent from the Coast' as could 
more than made good at it. ; 

Most of the offerings secured by 
Singer have been feature acts that 
have played the big houses as wel! 
as the Jupiors. Among these were 
Theodore Roberts and company, 
Henry Walthall and company. I>or* 
othy Davenport ^Mrs. Wallace Reid), 
Wesley Barry in a big act, Fanchon 
and Marco in a big act, Bryant 
Washburn and company, Hobart 
Bosworth and company and numer- 
SMS others. 

Bert Levey and his far west 
vaudeville circuit have been making; 
big strides with over 100 theatres 
served by hijA at tho close of the 
year. / % 

Many of the big picture theatres 
have adopted a policy of using 
vaudeville to augment picture pro- 
ductions, and have thus provided • 
new field out here for acts of a spec- 
tacular nature. Josephs, 



COAST VAUDEVILLE 

San Francisco, Dec. 20. 

The year closing has been an Im- 
portant one in vaudeville out here. 
Tl:^ outstanding event of the year 
was the relinquishing of the Loew 
chain of theatres to Aekerman & 
Harris. It was Loew's second at- 
tempt to gain a foothold on the Pa- 
cific Coast, but, lilie his first, was 
not a success. 

At any othPr lime the venture 
might have been Ji success, l)ut with 
the Orpheum Circuit also breaking 
into the field with their Junior Or- 
pheums and providing vaudeville 
superior to the Loew article and 
with Pantages vieing to maintain 
the foothold he has held for some 
years, I^oew didn't have an even 
road to travel. 

The quality of the Loew vaude- 
ville was not up to what the public 
expected with the fanXare of i)ubiic- 
ity that heralded the coming of the 
eastern vaudeville magnate. The 
first few weeks started auspiciously, 




Now 



ELLA BRADNAT 

AND COMPANY 

in "THE CIRCUS BEAUTIFUL" 

Playing B. P. Keith Cirr-uit Kxeluwiv.ly. Than: 
MH. EDW. \. DAHLI.M; ^ 
Season's flnrtju^s to All Our Ti iends 




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LTTTLE THEATRE MOVEMEIfr 



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- The profr»M 6f the Little The- 
atre movement ia the country can 
best be exemplifled by the statement 
there are over 300 such organized 
(roups flourishing at the present 
time. Over 20 are centred around 
Wew York. 

What these amateur and quasi- 
)>rofe88ional organiziUions may or 
may not mean to the professional 
theatre is open to discussion. 
Where one may argue that they 
only exist for selflsh purposes — to 
satiHfy somebody or anofher's van- 
ity, as witness "The Torchboarers' 
burlesque on such movements — the 
enthus'ast will -^rovo roncret©ly 
that SuLan Clasped and Bugcne 
O'Neill were found for the profes- 
Blonal theatre in the Provncetown 
Players; that Clion Throckmorton 
and Lee Simonson. two rcpreTjonta- 
tive Ktage artists, also hud their be- 
ginnings in this little theatre; tint 
Warren Dahler. who desgned the 
**Czar1na" sets for Doris Keane. was 
"discovered" among the Neighbor- 
hood Players, and that Helen paha- 
Sen and Sidney Blackmer, the latter 
via an Atlanta group, were given 
professional opi)ort unity through 
the medium of the Little Theatre. 
'These and other instances are c'.ted 
by the ardent supporter of thl.s 
new faddist playhouse. 

Yet. they contend, the Little The- 
atre does not aim primarily to srhotil 
and groom actors, or artists, or 
playwrights for the' professional 
field. . That is but an incidental de- 
.pendent on the individual. 
. The Little Theatre exemplifies fx 
"^epreBeutative group which pro- 
duces plnys and playlets of the sort 
the professional entrepeneur would 
not dare put on. Particularly does 
It concern the one-act play. Amer- 
ica has yet to boast of a permanent 
one-acter playhouse. It is a need 
which is attracting considerable at- 
tention of late and its realisation is 
looked forward to in the near fu- 
.ture. The nearest is the vaudeville 
•ketch. 

Such theatre, however, being a 
commercial, professional playhouse 
would automatically remove it from 
the amateur "Little Theatre- Idea 
But while It Is lacking, these or- 
ganizations have been the means ofx 



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world. Those producers awe now 
aligned ^Ith the Actors* Equity As- 
sociation in an agreement specify- 
ing certain conditions betwoen the 
two bodies, managers and actors, 
until June 1, 1924. 

The Equity, through Its mouth- 
piece, and a very voluble mouth- 
piece, has repeatedly said it would 
insist upon a closed shop for actors 
in the legitimate theatre after its P. 
M. A. agreement expired. Mr. 
Thomas was the mediator through 
which that strike agreement was 
reached between the managers and 
actors in 1919. " He knows it». he 
knows the actor, and he knows the 
niannger. 

Mr. Thomas' statement, consid- 
ered as emanating from the P. M. A. 
he represents, broached the subject 
of a National Theatre. Superficially 
;i National Theatre by commercial 
managers is an altruistic idea. But 
was it so with Mv. Thomas? WhQ 
knows? 

Variety, in its annual special edi- 
tion known as the Anniversary 
Number, tries to lo.T^ the intimacy 
of its weekly Is.^ucs for at least one 
edition. The special articles of the 
Anniversary Number are presumed 
to be readable and understandable 
by such lay readers as Variety has 
the honor to command. Often, 
though, there is so much inside mat- 
ter pertaining to theatricals that 
even those not actutely acquainted 
with theatrical conditions, though in 




HERMAN 



BUTH 



ERGOni and HERMAN 

A NOVELTY SURPRISE 

(Formerly EIICSOTTI'8 ULIJFUT1AK8) 



INDOOR CIRCUS TRY 



HagenbeckT-Wallacs Did Fair Busi- 
ness at Kansas City 



Kansas City, Dec. 26. 
The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus 
concluded its engagement in Con- 
vention « Hall here last week, with 
business for their stay only fair. 
At the start it looked as though it 



woulit be a bloomer for fair, but the 
theatricals, might not appreciate it. j attendance picked up materially 
This may be an instance. It calls after the first two days. The mats 
for general understanding, this ex- . were light during the engagement, 
position of what might have prompt- \ but the nights .were considered good, 
ed Mr. Thomas' p!an tqv a National The management claim an attend- 
Theatre. It could be chanced and ance of 40,000 for the engagement. 



SPIEGEL'S UNITS CLOSE, 
ONESTRANDS IN BUFFALO 



^'Success'' People Quit Thurs- 
day With Salaries Due for . 
Three Weeks 



SPIEGEL'S iNSANrnr 

STOPPING INDTCTMEKr 



■V. 



bringing aew plays, new blood and 

new ideas to theatregoers' attention. 

The Little Theatre ik>e« not pro- 
fess to imitate the commercial stage. 
William O. Bates, of the Little The- 
atre of Indiana, sums it up concise- 
ly in these words: 

"Every theatre that has achieved 
distinction, from the Theatre Fran- 
cais down through the Abbey to the 
Washington Square Players, has 
done so by reason of producing 
original plays of its own selection. 
Wherefore, then, ihe blood and 
sand? The whole trouble resides In 
the presumption that the Little 
Theatre is In competition with the 
commercial stage In trjing to pro- 
vide Its audiences with entertain- 
ment of the conventional kind in- 
stead of the specialized sort pro- 
vided for by Its charter. Such a 
presumption is unjust to the com- 
mercial stage, and I do not blame 
the gentlemen In charge of the local 
ends of the New York dramatic en- 
terprises for the mild disfavor with 
which they regard our undertaking. 
Considering the financial, artistic 
and professional resources of the 
commercial stage, rivalry on its own 
ground Is absurd; it is as vain as it 
Is presumptuous." 

For the main these organizations 
exist primarily for social purposes. 
A new Idea of interchanging ideas 
is b^ing attempted locally the pa.st 
few weeks. This consists of one or- 
ganization performing a playlet on 
another group's program. The in- 
vitation Is subsequently recipro- 
cated. Thus, new improvements and 
new perfections are accomplished by 
means of this friendly rivalry. 

The reason the Little Theatre sel- 
dom attempts to produce new long 
plays and igoemirtgly specializes In 
the one-acters is accounted for by 
the fact that there are few new 
sflrlpiv I'.roadway maiiagers do not 
hear of first, either through some 
pl-iy broker or foreign agent. The 
one-act play is solely virgin terri- 
tory ;o the Little Then* re. 

And yet. however, there Is an- 
other angle. It is cautiou-^ly ap- 
proa-^hed. perhaps not approached 
at all, and the I^ittle Theatre peo- 
ple thempelve.^ are unaware of It. 

F'»me vn»>ks ago, witli tlie chanre 
It haa ( <'aped memory. ATtp:ustu8 
Thrnias. the presiding Kenin.i or 
or.-.ole of the Producing MMtiac;ers' 
■ Apw i >c a ti on oi' New I'ork and Amer- 
• lea. i.^.^ued .) Pl.itement. Its import 
m.'\v" h'\'e })f^u ohHCure beyond the 
lunl r. f.'-nd: i-s. Fir.st. it is" re- 
CMi iT'l In ]'v tnaili- known Mr. 
Thoi'li ;m t'n^ lie.Mdlijilit of the P. 
^f. A. ; ?••' c-r^'iis tlr* I'-iilin? erm- 
m'-.c .i! wltjMivral n. Diiiicers of ih«- 



said that not even 60 per cent, of 
the P. M. A. members properly 
gauged his utterances on the sub- 
ject, and this Article Itself could be 
In error concerning It. 

But the fact remains, under the 
surrounding conditions, that were 
Equity to enforce its ultimatum for 
a closed shop in the theatre in 1924, 
and meanwhile the P. M. A., its 
antagonist, by subterfuge or openly, 
concentrated upon the proposed Na- 
tional Theatre of Mr. Thomas', that 
National Theatre must perforce en- 
compass the players now i^ the 
neight>orhoods where Little Theatres 
are the vogue. Their members are 
amateurs, and as amateurs not 
EiQuity members, and possibly with 
no thought of professionalism. Still, 
a large percentage of them might 
welcome the professional stage. 
They entered into the Little Theatre 
with an ambifion and a spirit. Their 
efforts were appreciated locally; 
they were elevated in the estima- 
tion of their friends, and their own 
opinion of their ability might have 
been heightened by^ the little per- 
formances they participated in be- 
fore a native and friendly audience. 

A National Theatre would have to 
locate local talent, and a National 
Theatre could only be operated un- 
der the direction of skilled commer- 
cial theatrical executives. Were the 
nucleus of a National Theatre found 
in the Little Theatre movement, 
wherever it might be located, and 
Elqulty declared for a closed shop in 
1924, the Thomas Idea, assiduously 
and previously assimilated via 
propaganda prior to the date of 
Equity's declaration, might provide 
an army of amateur recruits to the 
legitimate professional stage, if 
there should be a walk out by pro- 
fessional actors at the behest o(^ 
Equity. • • 

That possibility Ihight likewise in- 
cite more Interest in the Little The- 
atre movement throughout the U. 
S., were it made manifest that such 
a contingency could arise. 

On the Other hand. Equity itself 
might foipent bppositlon against 
such a sweeping uprising of ama- 
teurs, on those very grounds, or, on 
the other hand, might encourage it, 
unknowing of the P. M. A.-obJect, 
and Flquity placing its faith In se- 
curing more members and dues by 
creating a profeswional adjunct to 
its army of members from h field of 
amateurs. In the latter case the 
pseudo-amateurs might only sup- 
plant professionals. 

However, and disregarding the 
argument, purely technical, the Lit- 
tle. Theatre movement, as any move- 
nunt wliicii gains strength through 
number?, may yet reckon on the 
theatriral map. It can never re- 
move the gra.sp of the thratre from 
the commercial manager, for the 
ihoitre must have its commercial 
asp'^ct. but the Little Tlicutro may 
In .\':t\v to malvo its mark, just liow 
nnil when is problematical The 
theatiiea? world is much blRgor thai. 
in;»y be indicated by the little col- 
ony who profesMionally live In it, us 
• ompared to tho whole of these great 
L niicil S:ates Al''L 



Friday night was the banner per- 
formance, the attendance going to 
7,400. The show left the last of 
the week for St. Paul for a week's 
run, and then will work east, if the 
original plans are carried out. 

Although this season's experiment 
of giving the show indoors is a 
sort of a pioneering expedition, the 
management Is confident it will 
work* out satlsfactorlUf, and expect 
to put the show in the halls and 
auditoriums again next year as soon 
as the tented season is over. 



The two Shubert vaudeville units, 
"Success" and •*Plenty of Pep, " op- 
erated by Max Spiegel, closed last 
week, "Success" at the Criterion. 
Buffalo, Thursday, IWc.v21; 'rienty 
of Pep," Saturday, Dec. 23, at the 
Detroit opera house. 

•The "Success" unit closed sud- 
denly when the company* demanded 
back salary due, following reports 
the show's owner. Max Spiegel, was 
in financial straits in New York 
City. 

Appeals to the Afflllated Circuit 
headquarters and the Shuberts in 
New York proved unavailing. 
Nonette and Abe Reynolds, featured 
members, left their hotels at Buffalo 
and left for New York Wednesday 
night after the performance. 

According to members pf the com- 
pany of "Success." its S4 members 
had three weeks' salary due and 
found themselves stranded in Buf- 
falo without funds. 

Eight of th^ chorus girls totaled 
their assets as about |5. Some ap- 
pealed to the Chamber of Commerce 
and the Mayor. One girl was minus 
the 15 cents necessary for a "report 
charge" after a long distance phone 
to her parents In New England. 

The Criterion is leased to I. H. 
Herk and Spiegel. At the Shubert 
office in New York it was said that 
"Oh What a Girl " would play there 
this week (Dec. 26). 

The sudden closing of the two 
units will require a rearrangement 
of the Affiliated routes. "Plenty of 
Pep" was booked for the Princess, 
Toronto, this week. 



BUYING OF NEWABK DENIEO 

Newark, N. J.. Dec. 26. 

A story emanating from New 
York sources has reached here to 
the effect that the Adams Brothers 
will abandon the Newark theatre 
next month and that Frank A. Kee- 
ney has arranged with Dr. Tdnlson 
to take it over. 

The Adams Brothers deny they 
have any intention of giving up the 
theatre. 

Keeney offered a tempting figure 
for the house some time ago, but it 
was rejected. 



The Miles, Scranton. Pa., recently 
purchased by M. J. Comerford from 
C. H. Miles, has been renamed the 
CapitoL 



BUYS NORRIS & ROWE'S 

Harry C- Psyne Makas Purchase— 
C. it Nerris Is Associated 



San Diego. Cat., Dec. 26 

The Norris & Rowe circus has 
been purchased by Harry C. Pajme, 
manager of the Spreckels theatre in 
this city. C. I. Norris, one of the 
founders of the show, will be asso- 
ciated with Payne in the manage- 
ment. :* ' 

It's one of the smaller circuses, 
and as a rule makes the Pacific 
coast stands annually. The circus 
will quarter durit\g the winter, here- 
after. In San Diego. 



Bankrupt Theatrical Manager 

Twice Visited by the 

Committee 



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Max Spiegel's commitment to 
the. fftanj/ord. Conn., sanitarium 
mentions "suicidal mania" in 'thus 
commitment papers. A committee 
has been up to visit the patient, on 
t|ie instance of a banking institution, 
which is creditor to the extent of 
about 1100,000, for the purpose of 
ascertaining the actual mental con- 
dition of the theatrical man. whoso 
tangled financial and promotion af- 
fairs precipitated an involuntary pe* 
tition in bankruptcy last week. 

The committee wag due to mako 
another trip to Stamford to inter- 
view Spiegel the middle of this week. 
This has been decided upon follow- 
ing a visit to the I^strict Attorney's 
office for the purpose of securing 
criminal indictment. This was re- 
fused on the same theory Judge 
Mayer In the U. S. District Court re- 
fused to adjudge Spiegel a bank- 
rupt when a peti^on was presented 
to him two weeks ago Thursday, 
namely, that he was under author- 
ities' charge, being irresponsible 
and, therefore, Immuue. 

Following the Harry K. Thaw caso 
the law was amended that after m- 
person recovers his faculties, after 
being insaqe, to the extent he is 
sane enough to distinguish between 
what is right and what. Is wrpng. 
he becomes liable to ipdlctment and 
after trial, confinement if found 
guilty. 

Showmen, who know Spiegel and 
havo been associated with him are 
of the opinion that had he not boaa 
given stock of doubtful value as col- 
lateral for loans his affairs would 
be in as good shape as ever. 



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PL UW AMENDMENT 



Finos for. VieUtion by Pictura Msn 
Ineludsd 



FROM FICTIT&ES TO DAHCINa 

Newark, N. J., Dec. 26. 

The Paramount will close soon 
and reopen as a dance hall. The 
house was a failure last year and a 
complete flop this season. 

This reduces the Fabians* string 
of local fllm houses to three. 




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Harrlsburg, Pa.. Dec. 2i. 

The Commission for the Roor- 
ganixation of the State Government 
is preparing a sununary of & ysaifo 
work for members of the 1923 Legis- 
lature, which will convene hers 
Jan. 2. and among the tf bills which 
it will sponsor is pne amending ttm^ 
picture law of 1915, relating to flnos 
for violation. It has decided not 
to change the censorship law In any 
way, excejpt that part which deals 
with violatioDsr 

The part of the report dealing 
with this proposed change reads: 

"An amendment is submitted to 
the motion picture act of May K, 
1910, P. L. 534, to provide for. ad- 
ditional penalties in cases of second 
and subsequent offenses. Under the 
present law the penalty for a first 
offense against the act is not less 
than $25 and not more than |50. The 
amendment proposes a fine for a 
second offense of not less th.in $50 
and not more than |109 and for a 
third and subsequent offense a f.tie 
of not less than $100 and not more 
than 1200." 



SOMERSET TESTIMONY 



Washington Returns Records in Da< 
portatjon Proessdings 



WALTER SAYTON 



AND PARTNER 

"EQUILIBRISTS SUPREMI^' \ 

Wish c'lr ir.pr./ fiiciitls hero and abrond he.irtletrt S;'.T!on'fl G.cciiht! 
This Week (D'^e. L'5). H. V. Keitli'.s Oii.h.uin, T. ook'yiv 
(Our OKICIXAT. ;t( t Is fully protected.* 



Commissior.er Tod at Ellis Island 
has been advised by Washington 
authorities tlie records of testimony 
taken In the deportation proceedings 
against Pat Somerset, the ^nglffeh 
aotor, are inperfect. The paper* 
have been returned to Sonlerset't 
counsel for examination and more 
testimony is to be obtained, to 
decide whether or rot an order <»f 
deportation should be Issuei'. 
Charges of "(Doral turpitude" as 
concerns Rdlth Day, wljfe of Carl/* 
Carlton, legit producer,* were pre- 
ferred by Miss Day's husband, and 
later amended with a sympathetic 
corollary in Somerset's behalf. 

Miss Day and 8<Mneraet r^ently 
co-starred in "Orango Blossom**" 
at the Fulton, New York, but Isft 
ths show when It went on tho road. 
She has been signexl for an Arthur 
HnmmersteIn musical comedy. Bom- 
eraet's- connection with the piece, 
tentatively titled "Wildflower." has 
not Iwen arnounced. 

The deportation case was closed 
five' weeks ago. and the testimony 
siihmittpd In W&flhlngtoi 



cision. 



rr^d Wilfard ha.", resigni^ as »ajt- 
■V. ' f il; • i-.ir.'igon, BPicon, N. Y, 
,'UMsoei,' t^d with a mer- 
•fn. 



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VARIETY 



Friday, December 29, 1922 



BROADWAY HITS . 

i^"fU. .. (Continued from page 1) 

charged for top ndmission. "Hum- 
let" has been ^''ttlng over 1 1 9,000 
with John Hairymore. His wister 
£thel ought to be a big draw in 
"Romeo and Juliet." and David 
"Warlleld, as "ShylocJ^," looks as- 
sured of as good if not bettet busi- 
ness than that of "Hamlet." 

Th« non-musical Ijits in addition, 
as detailed bolow, are "Rain," "So 
This Is London!" "Morton of the 
Movies," "The Fool," "Seventh 
Heaven." "Loyaliies," "Kiki* (sec- 
ond yoai), "Tht- Last AVarning." 
••The Old Soak," "The Awful Truth" 
and "Abie's Irish Rose." 

Zlegfeld's "Follies" has outstripped 
•11 previous editions of the serie.s, 
and has already remained twice as 
long as any before it. It leads 
Broadway in weekly and total gross. 
The new "Music Rox Revue" is 
running second, with "Little Nellie 
Kelly" now taking the "place" in 
money pace, but really equal in de- 
cnand of any musical. Tlie "Green- 
wich Village Follies" Is also strong 
and to date has beaten records of 
the three earlier editions. 

"Chauve-Souris" is the Russian 
novelty show directed by Morris 
Gest, now close to a year's run. It 
has maintained a %b top admission 
from the start, and has made the 
Century Roof a live place. Nothing 
else on Rroadway has tried the $5 
thing this season save the "Music 
Box." 

"Sally, Irene and Mary" started 
©ff In the van of the |2.f>0 musicals, 
fmt leadership is now contended for 
by "The Gingham Girl." 

There are several managerial 
•"multiple winners." Sam H. Harris 
liAi "Rain" and "Music Box Revue," 
while in two of his houses are "Mer- 
lon of the Movies" and "Hamlet," 
with the new "Secrets," also his pro- 
duction, touted sure fire. George M- 
Cohan has two in "London" and 
•Kelly,*' The Selwyns have "The 
Fool" and the new "Johannes Kreis- 
ler," which looks like a cinch suc- 
cess. Arthur Hopkins landed with 
"Hamlet" and "The Old Soak," and 
ought to repeat with "Romeo and 
Juliet." David Belasco continues 
with the moneyed "Kiki" and fig- 
ures to achieve further fame, if not 
profit, with "The Merchant of 
Venice." Comstock & Gest came 
back with 'Chauve-Sourls," and 
dope has their presentation of the 
Moscow Art Theatre "In" (due 
Jan. 8). Ziegfc'ld, with "Follies" 
here, and "Sally" on tour, lia.s the 
twp biggest musical draws. W. A. 
Brady has a good chance with 




TOTO 

AND COMPANY 
Including TOOTS 



NOW PLAYING KEITH THEATRES IN A NEW EXHIBITION OF THE 

ART OF CLOWNING 



The World We Live In," and his 
"Up She Goes" figures to turn out 
% musical winner. 

Last week and this brought In 13 
new attractions. Last week's trio, 
"Johannes Krehsler," "Merchant of 
Venice" and "The Masked Woman/' 
all look like successes. Of the 
Christmas week flock 'Secrets," 
•Glory," "Romeo and Juliet" and 
•'Rose Briar" commanded tho bulk 
of advance interest. 

The business of the Broadway at- 
tractions, not considering the tak- 
ings of tlie two weeks prior to 1 
Christmas, but averaged up to then, 
is estimated: 

"Abie's Irish Rose," Ropubli- (32 
wetk). A comedy that fooled 
Broadway; figured for summer 
Btay, but still Is going big and 
profit maker; expected to last out 
season. Average through fall 
went to more than $10,000 week- 
ly. 

**Better Tinrtes,** Hippodrome (17th 
week). Lust season Hip was on 
basis of $1.50 top, with center 
Boctlons higher. This season it 
returned to spectacle style of 
show at $2.50. Business fair to 
date, with big takings sure at 
holidays. Capacity around 5,000; 
averages $60,000 weekly. 

••Blossom Time,** Century (61st 
week). Longe»t running attrac- 
tion on Broadway and life-saver 
for Century, where until pre-hol- 
iday weeks it regularly beat $16,- 
000. Is number 2 company, but 
rated as good as No. 1, which Is 
on tour. Third company opened 
Monday on road. 

"Bunch ^nd Judy/* Globe (5th 
week). Figures to do big trade. 

• Draw disappointing during lull 
prior to Chri.^tmas. Got bad 
break because of coming in be- 
tween holidays. Show expertly 
smoothened after i)remiere and is 
high-class performance. 

"Chauve-Souris," Century Roof 
(48th week). Broadway woMd<r. 
Opened last February for sup- 
posed limited stay, priced $5 top. 
and still going with same scale. 
Fourth program duo next week 
and Russian novelty should stick 
until Piaster and may complete 
second season. 

-<^ashion« for Men," Nationa l (4th 
week). Highly legiudol Molnar 
comedy well j)tesent«(l. but un- 
fortunate in coming in at wrong 
time. Moves to Belmont and 

.< .qhould land. "Will Shakespeare, ' 
AVinthrop Ames Product on of 
Clemcnco D.'tne play, listed for 
New Year's Day. 

•Follies," Nov.' .kni:'tordP.m (30ih 



week). Greatest of Ziegfeld "Fol- 
lies" which until recetitly aver- 
aged $35,000 weekly and Broad- 
way money leader. Should re- 
main until Washington's Birth- 
day and only few stands then 
played. "Sally" playing "Follies ' 
time on road. 
"Glory," Vanderbilt (1st week). 
New musica! production spotted 
In same house holding "Irene" 
and under same direction. Debut 
last week in Brooklyn, opened on 
^ Broadway Monday. 

"'Greenwich Village Folliee," Shu- 
bert (16th week). New box office 
record for house made during fall, 
this being highest scaled "Vil- 
lage Follies." Takings up to 
Thanksgiving n^'eraged over $25,- 
000 weekly. 

"Gringo," Comedy (3d week) 
Opened lull between holidays, 
with no chance of drawing big 
money. Pace to date around 
$6,000 weekly. Better line on 
show after New Year's. 

t 

"Hamlet," Sam Harris (7th week). 
With John Barrymore was ini- 
ti:U Shakespearean special pro- 
duction of season. Average until 
last week over $19,300 weekly. 

"It Is the Law," Ritz (5th week). 
Mystery play by Elmer Rice, au- 
thor of "On Trial" and produced 
by Sam Wallach. Won favorable 
notices, but ha.s not had chance to 
reach stride. Takings during dull 
period were nearly $7,500 weekly. 

"Johannes Krei»ler," Apollo (2d 
week). Selwyns production of for- 
eign novelty drama. Aroused un- 
usual interest overseas and much 
Is expected here. Opened Satur- 
day; scale $4 top. 

"Kiki," Belasco (57th week). Run 
leader of dramas now expected to 
complete second season or remain 
until Easter at earliest. Aver- 
age of $15,000 weekly maintained 
throughout, ohly drop under that 
figure being last few weeks. 

"Lady in Ermine." Ambassador 
(13th week). Rated operett.a suc- 
cess ard has drawn smartly on 
lower floor. Balcony off since 
start, \^ich may shorten run. 
Business very good, average be- 
tween $14,000 and $13,000 until last 
couple of weeks. 

"Last Warning," Klaw (10th week). 
Mystery play, figures to outlast 
most of others current on Broad- 
way. Business average over $12.- 
500 until last two weeks. Big 
profit maker to date. Chicago 
company readying. 

"Listening In," Bijou (4th week). 
Newest mystery thriller, won fa- 
vorable comment but has not been 
able to dniw business. Around 
$5,000. with takings under that 
last two we^ks. I'aco after thi.s 
week will determine nm. is guar- 
anteeiriK house. 

"Little Nellie Kelly," T.lb.Mtv (Tili 
wt I k) . (^airif in fiom' !'■ ' n with 
great r«'cord, l«)rced to leave lh<.Te 
after four months' run. Could 
have reinaind there all season. 
Busine.-:? here averaging $_'2.0ot» 
also and among best calls on 
Mroadwav. A Cohan .«how. 
"Liza," Daly'nr 6.3d St. (5th woek>. 
Only colored troupe that hiis bid 



for downtown jiatronage this fall. 
Excellent notices, which help to 
good business start. Fair draw 
with cut ^;ates counting. 

"Loyalties," Gaiety (14th week). 
Best regarded English drama in 
years and quickest to catch on. 
Business aroxuid $14,000 weekly, 
all house can hold. 

"Merchant of Venice," Lyceum (2d 
week). David Belasco disclosed 
finest production ever accorded 
Shakespearean play. Opened 
Thursday last week with David 
Warfield as Shylock. $4 top house 
can get $24,000 If capacity Is 
drawn. 

"Merton of the Movies," Cort (7th 
week). One of non-musical lead- 
ers; came in with "second pro- 
duction night" along with "Rain" 
and climbed to well over $15,000 
weekly gross. Ought to run a 
year. 

"Music Box Revue," Music Box 
(IQth week). In production sec- 
ond Music Box revue more bril- 
liant than original. Only musical 
charging $5 top. Agency call not 
par with last season, yet show 
doing wonderful business and, 
excepting two weeks prior Christ- 
mas, capacity at over $29,500. 

"Our Nell," Bayes (4th week). Be- 
longs with group of attractions 
which arrived just after Thanks- 
giving and, like others, box-oflfice 
value Is yet in doubt. Musical 



rural satlr« got $5,000 and under 
.up to this week. 

"Rain,** Majrtn» JSlMott.(8th week). 
Season's dramatic smash; leading 
field In agency dematnd and going 
to standing room all perform- 
ances. I'aco $15,000 weekly, $1,000 
over capacity. 

"Romeo and Juliet," Longarre (Ist 
week). Third special production 
accorded Shakespeare works this 
fall and second by Arthur Hop- 
kins, who has "Hamlet" running 
with Jphn Barrymore. Ethel 
Barrymore Is Juliet. Premiere 
Wednesday. 

"Rose Briar,** Empire (Ist week). 
One of eight Christmas presenta- 
tions. Special performance to es- 
cape flood Sunday night. Stars 
Billie Burke, authored by Booth 
Tarkington and produced by 
Ziegfeld. 

"Sally, Irene and Mary," Casino 
(17th week). Started out as big 
money draw at $2.50 top and tak- 
ings around $19,000 first two 
months. Slid down to $10,000 re- 
cently but at holidays proved 
strong magnet for visitors. .Big 
business sure this week, but 
length of stay not certain. 

"Secrets," Fulton (1st week). Per- 
haps most interesting of Christ- 
mas fiock. English drama ex- 
pected certain score. Margaret 
Lawrence starred. Sam H. Harris 
producing. Opened Monday. 

"Seventh Heaven," Booth (9th 
week). -Another eight-cyllndered 
dramatic which started moderately 
and climbed to capacity of house, 
around $13,000 at $2.50 top. Re- 
garded in for season. Work of 
Helen Menken the feature. 

"Six Characters in Search of an 
oAuthor," Princess (9th week).. 
Dramatic novelty quartered In 
229-seater. Business between $4,- 
500 and $5,000, said to show small 
profit. House can get about $6,200. 

"So This Is Londonl" Hudson (18th 
week). George M. Cohan's com- 
edy hit and earliest presentation. 
Quickly climbed to $16,500 and 
over for normal wpeks and has 
been off slightly oniy during two 
weeks before Christmas. Big 
moneymaker, regarded fixed for 
season. 

"The Awful Truth," Henry Miller 
(15th week). Smart comedy with 
smart draw, mostly on lower floor. 
Even then it averaged' better than 
$12,500 first three months. Dipped 
under $9,000 last two weeks, but 
run should be attained. 

"The Clingino Vine," Knicker- 
bocker (Ist week). One of two 
musicals among Christmas night 
fiock of new ones, lis first pro- 
duction this season of H. W. Sav- 
age. Private showing Si^iday 
afternoon to ease up holiday 
crush of premieres. 

"The FopI," Times Square (10th 
week). The Selwyns' dramatic 
wonder; before production lightly 
regarded by other hianagers, but 
proved strength from second week 
only and climbed Into elite $15,000 
weekly draw class. Looks anchored 
for balance of season. Authored 
» by Channing Pollock. 

"The Gingham Girl,* Earl Carroll 
(18th week). Refreshing musical 
comedy priced at '$2.50 which fig- 
ures to ride until spring. Con- 
sistent money inakel-; average 
$14,000 to $15,000 weekly. 

"The Lady Cristilinda," Broadhurst 
(1st week). This qhristmag ar- 
rival has Fay Bainler starred by 
William Harris. Comedy has been 
out for gome weeks and was off 
several weeks for fixing. 

"The Egotist," 39th Street (Ist 
week). Leo Ditrlchstein starring 
in another Morulay debut. Play 
originally produced at. coast last 
summer and presented in Chicago 
under title of "False Preten.ses." 

"The Old Soak," Plymouth (19th 
week). Early arriving comedy 



\hAt linAeOr ThiJCh s^roiilrer 't'^an 
l)roducer hoped for. If Its \nati* 
nees had stood up* wpuld b4v« 
remained with leaders. Substan« 
tlal money maker; averaged over 
$14,000 first three months. Good 
for season, though ofC lately. 

"Tha Leva Child," Cohan (7th week). 
BatalUe adaptation produced -Jby 
A. H. Woods. Moderate pace first 
weeks, but climbed to $12,000 
Thanksgiving. Recent draw 

around $9,000, and considered goo<l 
until February or" longer. 

"The Masked Woman," Eltlnge (2a 
week). Most recent Woods pro- 
duction. 0|»ened Friday last after 

' playing one week out of town. 
Other time cancelled and show 
called In when '"East of Suez" 
suddenly ordered off. 

"The Red -Poppy," Greenwich Vil- 
lage (2d week). Sudden entrant 
Wednesday last week, with Estello 
Winwood starred. French adap- 
tation. House small and narrow 
profit possible only if capacity 
drawn. Doubtful if It can stick 
unless getting Broadway house. 

"The y/or\d We Live In^ Jolson's 
59th St. (9th week). W. A." Brady 
won considerable credit by pro- 
duction of this foreign novelty 
drama. In out of way house fared 
fairly, well, getting nearly $10,0»0 
last few weeks. Moves to 44th St. 
Jan. 8 and ought to Jump in tak- 
ings. ■ • 

"Thin Ice," Belmont (13th week). 
Originally opened at Comedy and 
moved here about month ago. 
Business around $5,000 and under 
that after Thanksgiving. Goes to 
road Saturday. "Fashions for 
Men," highly regarded foreign 
adaptation, moves over from Na- 
tional Monday next. 

"Up She Goes," Playhouse (8th 
week). Musical version of "Too 
Many Cooks," brightly produced 
and interest developed ' lately 
makes outlook bright for contln- 
• nation until spring. Around $9,- 
000 and better sure after first of 
year. 

"Whispering Wires," 49th St.-t21st 
week). First of season's mystery 
plays to arrive. Quartered In 
house of moderate size. Business 
has been profitable until lately. 
Average pace first four months 
between $8,000 and $9,000. Run 
dependent on draw after New 
Year's. 

"Why Men Leave Home," Morosco 
(16th week). Farce comedy a 
good entertainment but never 
mounted to Important gross, prob- 
ably because of weakness in bal- 
cony. Average first three months 
between $8,000 and $9,000. Man- 
agement announced continuance 
until Easter, but "Mike Angelo" 
has been listed here early in Jan«* 
uary. 






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ivingi^usant dayti. roiikiii]^ tUe^bab 
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BIG AND SMALL TIME ~ 
(Continued from page B) 
people, who argue that a certain 
pei-centage of any population will 
patronize a big time house. The big 
timers are spotted according to this 
percentage. : '•'• v 

Despite this, several big ' tima 
stands In New York city were re- . 
ported this season as about to 
change to the three-a-day split 
week policy. Herculean efforts along 
the lines of business stimulators 
and the concentrated atientioj;)^ of a 
great organization have apparently 
saved the situation, but the normal 
development of the future vaude- 
ville house seems to be something 
other than the two-a-day at tho 
current price scale In those houses. 

Con. 



GREATEST UNDERSTUDY 

(Continued from page 2) 
not think of leaving Chicago, as sha 
Is In full charge of her own seven - 
room apartment and the mother of 
two children. Jack Garrity, Jr., age 
12, who attends Culver, and Millie 
Bijou Garrity, age 10. 

In "Happy Go Lucky" Mis8*Learn 
understudied four parts and ap- 
peared In two different characters at 
different times. Then she lender- 
studied Fay Bainter in "East Is 
West" at the Garriek and played the 
part for seven days; and while sub- 
stituting for Miss Bainter, under- 
studied Hazel Dawn in' "Gertie's 
Garter" at the Woods next door. 

Miss Learn had .i •)>ocUliar ex- 
perience in connection with her un- 
derstudy work at , this time in Jier 
career. She understudied two stars 
playing in tlr atres adjoiring each 
other and substituted for each when 
ill; f( rtunatcly, the two were never 
ill on the same night or this under- 
stiwiy earner of hers might not have 
proce< (led with su^h success, for 
then' i^5 nothng that fs.ils to suc- 
ceed like si-niethiiig which makes 
Hucees.s imvos.sible. 

Later iMiss Learn understudied 
four parts, in "Tht r.nt." which re- 
mained in Chicag.) for ftf.y-three 
we eks, and in all thiLJiaaa^aMle, 



she diil. not have cue oj.jKntvinity 
<if using her study t<» jjiaetlcal nd- 



vaHtaRe. One of tn s 
sixty-year-old e!i;i!;i' i-. 
a 20-year-ol(l £,iii. ih 

aid the fourth :\ eii; : 

When und i. i, 



li ir;>' was a 
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:^'lcht Cap*V she was called upon to 
play the lead with half an hour's re- 
jbearsal and the part h£^d seventy - 
Ave sides. She played "Marie" in 
*Xlliom" for three weeks at one 
time and at the same time was yn- 
derstudy of Eva Le Oallienne in an- 
other role in that play. 

Miss Learn was relieved from her 
Iwork In "LUlom" on a' Saturday 
J^ight and opened Sunday, follow- 
Irtg in "Lilies of the Field' at Pow- 
•rs', taking Elsie Pllcer's plaoe and 
appearing on the opening night of 
the show's run in Chicago. There 
was no need of "taking into con- 
sideration" or making anything like 
ap apolog^y in t^onnection with this 
appearance in a play new to Chi- 

g cago. for Miss Learn received mar- 
I'elous notices and was generally 
credited with one of the most suc- 

' cessful portrayals of that sp'erdid. 
production, artistically one of th? 
most delightful seen In Chicago in 

•Recent years. 

She undersudied Helen Hayes in 
"To the Ladies" nt Cohan's (Jrund 
Oiul at the : ame time understudied 
four parts ir "Th? Cat and tho Ca- 

tiriry" ar the Princess'. , .. •;• 

To sirm UM. Phe ha:< appeared in 
;eleven , '.I'ays in a jieriod cf tv.o 
und a half yecrs an«l has under- 
studied over llfcy roles. . .r 

Miss Learn's uork haf? b*»'^n ap- 
prctinted to the extent that she has 
'been offered many propcsitiona to 
go on the road, amont; tBem: 

1. An ofiVr t» *fO'low Pc^jgy 
O'Xeil in "Pej o' .Aly Heart." 

2. .An offei" tj grj to Aus'ralia in 
''Scandal. • 

• 3. An cff«'r ot tho icr.d In "Tho 
■ Morpter," which. Is no'.v running In 

New York. ♦ . 

^_ The firnrclM roinurerjition ha:; 

'Vpricd v/,th tl^c ur;Jinsemont she has 

^had with TO? company jnarag?ri:-. 
'Scm<? have paid ^r Certain suifts 

:^and provided^ur wiHr costumes. 

\whl'e other.s h.i\o paid her lump 

sums for r.nderstudylnsr parts and 

the thoatr^ have agr'eed to provide 

costumes., 

• Miss Learn has urdersiudied all 
kinds of parts, ranging from emo- 

'^tional leads to "Mammy ' characters, 
jiier biggest v.'ork at one time was 
to have six parts mastered with 175 
sdes in all. Her favorite play has 
beeen "Peg o' My Heart." and her 
favorite role that of "Marie" in 
"Lilloip.* ; vv V. V ::.' 

Miss Learn would have seemed to 
attain about all that there is in real 
charces in the theatre, but she la 
not "Satisfied. After talking to her 
•'note was sent as part of a "story' 
about her for Variety's Anniversary, 
and she answered: ,- 

Dear Varietj': 

When we wsre talking that day 
about my work you asked me 
what part I would like to play. I 
don't want to play any established 
part. I don't want to be a star 

' on Broadway. But I would love 
to create a part here In Chicago — 
something I could do well — so 
that the peojile would like me. 
I have always followed some one 

^ and In most cases I have gone Into 
the show after Its run had prac- 
tically ended. I would love to do 
something In a new play ard have 
a part that no one had ever es- 
sayed, before and have a chance 
to create that part and play it 
here In Chicago. 

Charlotte Learn Garrity. 
By way of meeting a thought, cer- 
•^ tain to arise with readers who will 
envy Miss Learn (Mrs. Garrity) it 
should be stated that having a hus- 
band who Is general manager out 

.here for the Shuberts is a hindrance, 
rather than assistance to her. That 
her husband Is in authority and that 
his interests lie in seeing attrac- 
tions i>laylng Shubert theatres in 
Chicago run to the best advantage 
make him look to his employer's 

, Interests rather than to an under- 
study whose chances come when 
things go wrong, to the extent of 
annoyirg her husband. 

Miss Learn plays parts at critical 
times in the run of plays when the 
'applause would be confined almost 
exclusively to ihose "in » the know" 
and Mr. GatYity. instead of en- 
•^thusirg as he ^should, wouid be con- 
gratiilat ng himself that hi.'' firm 
had "ffotten out of a liole." When 
this was dollcately approached to 
Mi.«s Lo.irn lu-r e'vnrive reply was* 
that rlK' felt tiiiU th»^re were fifty 
men prominent Hi theatni''al life In 
Chicago \r1jo jyonld j;o furtlv-*r for 
her \n a sa;^* way thuii her hus- 
band. 

An.i vet to th e in lie i) terviev.er 
fitr \'arieiy. who obtained tho al)0\'e 
fa«ts. he CDuld not o'.'orlcok thit in 
this Kr«rU unb rstudy. pr bably 
unicjue in theafrien! annaln. there 
stood before him a niiK'h Kr»'ater 
thi-alriral character. ii.>' niak«' be- 
lieve, but real, and th*» most lovable 
.In all of the world— a great mother. 
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f <<SPIC£ STUFP** 

: . '(Continued from page 7) 
den on July 6 with a crash, to 15,900 
the opening: night, $17,000 the flrst 
half week. The next week we got 
$31,000— the next I2S.000. For the 
time of year and the general condi- 
tions it was phenomenal buelneae. 

We had^some troubles with our 
players — one always does with u 
success. There was a general scram- 
ble for billing. The flrst under- 
standing was that no one was to be ' 
featured. Within a week hal' ^ 
dozen had demanded It — and when 
we had to put them on salary (in- 
cluding Kallz) after they had be- 
gun counting their percentage^ on 
their fingers, predicated on the Win- 
ter Garden cross, It was everyone 
for himself and the blood flowed 
fr<?ely. But we survived our dilflcul- 
ties. kept the company pretty much 
intact, paid off thousands and thou- 
ciands of dollars of our Indebted- 
ness, and played all summer. 

I, personally, never receiveif one 
dlme^from "Spice." nor wa.s I con- 
3ult«ni in the management or book- 
ings after I turned the company 
over to Stanley Shari)e. nominal 
partiv^r (holding the Shubert share), 
and appointed by Lee Shubert a^ 
manager - treasurer. He handlea 
finances a.s he saw fit, never render- 
ing any accounting to me at aiy 
time, and never giving me even a 
hex ofllce statement unle?s I asked 
for It. The bills kept piling in. It 
i^eemed impc8rlf>!e to get from i:i\- 
dcr, no matte.- hov.* much we took 
in. So 1 put the whol? thing dov.ii 
tj i)roftt and loss — though I had 
worked for months on It exclusively, 
had put irto it my most desirable 
\audevllle material and royalty pny- 
cr3, "my own money f3r_ expense?, 
etc. — and thereafter I confined my- 
telf to giving advice only v/hen it 
v.as asked of me. ^ , 

My attorneys Informed me that I 
could have^stoppcd the show at a.iy 
time because I had moneys due be- 
ginning witli th? flrst perfcrmunce. 
This 1 wa.s loath to attempt, since 
I win ted to see it go along and 
everyone — Lee Shubert. Ed Davidow. 
the costumers and the others who 
had trusted tho company, get their 
money. However, When all or most* 
of these had been paid. I learned 
that no moneys had beon paid Shu- 
bert or Davidow, and that any claim 
I might make for royalties would be 
resisted on that ground, since I had 
waived until they were paid. Of 
course, the same agt^ement stip- 
ulated that they were to get first 
money. Since they hadn't, mine was 
palpably due as soon as moneys 
equal to the sum of theirs had been 
paid out, as I had waived only until 
15,000 had been paid back — and we 
paid l^ack In all many ^imes that 
aptount. 

When the show went on the road 
-I refused to sign contracts for the 
B<^8ton opera house, Boston; for 
theatres in Buffalo and Newark — In 
all of which It was at, foregone cer- 
taintjr that we could not break even. 
These dates were played without 
contracts. Sharpe had no authority 
to sign any. buChe assumed the au- 
thority of playing without any. All 
those dates were sorry losses. So 
was Cleveland, for no reason that I 
know of except that by then the per- 
formance had deteriorated miser- 
ably. I am Informed. St. Louis was 




Photo by Fieldinss, London. Enf. 

FRED DUPREZ 

Season'a Greetings to All 

Doing Pretty Good in Englaitd. 



I>oor* because of the approaching 
holidays plus the run-down condi- 
tions. In tne meantime num»'ro'.is 
princii)uls l.ac^ been replaced an J 
"Substitutes cent or from the Snu- 
bert oiflce, which had no more au- 
thority to engage people for "Siiko" 
than a stranger. The entire j«how 
was Juggled about until its own 
father didn't know It when he read 
the out-of-to\yn notices. And thus 
it staggered into Chicago, my town. 
It Be?m3 pretty well established, 
and I am not afraid of being called 
a braggart when I say that the Chi- 
cago r.e'vspapcrs. thinking I was 
heavily interested, gave "Spice" ex- 
traordinary publicity in advance 
and charitable notices. Business 
r.'a« brisk. Some salaries were be- 
hind, a.s the troupe had weathered 
three uit-aslrous weeks. But the 
holiday.s loomed ahead and the sale 
was splendid. 

When "Spice" shut down snddftn- 
ly. returning the box office receipts 
to a teated Audience (a foolhardy 
and always unjustifiable action by 
people who depend on the theatre 
for a livelihood) there was no more 
reason for closing than exists in 
two-tliirds of the companies on tour 
at this moment, and In the face of 
better 'prospects than nine-tenths 
of them can hope to see. At the 
remote Studebaker* the show was 
doing business second only to Jol- 
son and the 'Music Box" In the 
town. 

The company had agreed to be 
patient. But Sharpe left town with- 
out a word and the panic spread. 
Ea Bloom came on and had things 
rather smooth and promising. 
Then Sharpe came back, and when 
some principals asiced for money to 
afford Christmas shopping he called 
the company together and made a 
speech, saying the Arman Produc- 
ing Co. was bankrupt. It was not 
bankrupt. If It Is true that the 
Shul/erts advanced as much money 
as I am told they did, it was en- 
tirely, absolutely and unequivocally 
of the Shuberts' own volition and 
for their own purposes and reasons 






— what those may be, I do not know. 
No formal demand had been made 
for any part of It; in fact, nothing 
formal was ever done on the show — 
it had become a confidential matter 
between Sharpe and Shubert. Kaliz 
was Induced to sign some attach- 
ments. I am told, or dome notes — 
but whatever he may have signed 
is not binding, since the original 
by-laws pf the corporation, of which 
Shar|)e Is a director and officer, 
specify 4 hat no obligation can be 
binding unless Kallz and I both 
sign. 

With inestimable potential asset-s, 
a title established and worth a greitt 
deal, an advance sale of thousands 
and a running business, how could 
"Spice" hav% been bankrupt? A 
bankrupt is one who has been kg 
declared by a federal court — no in- 
dividual may adjudicate another a 
bankrui)t. Sharpe's statement, if 
he made it. was slanderous and un- 
true. "Spice of 1922" may owe a 
great deal — how much I have never 
been informed, though I am an offi- 
cer and as large an owner as any- 
one—but it is far from bankrupt. 

It, may amaze those who know the 
J*»«^incs.< to learn that this show, 
floated on a total investment of less 
than t'iiSO. played In 25 weeks to 
grosj receipts of beyond $400,000, 
and iiald out tO performers (In 
cash!) more than $200,000. If any 
salaries fire owing, they cannot total 
$3,000. and that Is leqs than the 
cost of the "Jump" Sharpe arranged 
from Detroit to St. Louis to Qhl- 
cago..' 

"Spice" owes me between $18,000 
and $20,000. I never made a demand 
for a dollar of this. Surely the 
principals, not one of whom was 
gcttiixn less than the biggest sal- 
ary he ( r she had ever known any- 
where, who had been employed 
through an entire Kummer — the 
wor;t In fhow history — and some of 
wliom were getting two and three 
times \that they had .ever drawn 
before, lesidcs billing and other ad- 
v«niages — surely tliey had no need 
to close the show on a Friday night 
and raise a lot of sensationcTl talk, 
when by playing two days more 
they would have shared in receipts 
of not less' than $7,000 more and 
could have left In an orderly and 
respectable manner. 

"Spice" owes H. Hcbert Law ex- 
actly the same as it owes me — yet 
he never murmured or raised one 
hand against It. We talked It over 
many times and decided not to be 
dogs in the manger — some 100 peo- 
I»le were going along and existln&J 
off it. and we hadn't the heart to 
stop It. as we could have at any 
time, through pique or because we 
had "rlght.«i." But there was no 
such consideration shown us and 
our interests. / ^ 

.When I first movetl to New York 
I wrote a Christmas story in Vari- 
ety, a facetious one, stating that I 
was in training to become a hard- 
boiled Simon Legree in order to ac- 
climate myself to Broadway. I wish 
I had meant It. 



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BUYS" 



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(Continued from page 9) 

admission scale was $7.70, the 
brokers agreed to handle the lower 
floor and part of >the balcony for 
eight weeks. Shortly after the pre- 
miere, "Folliejl" tickets were found 
being sold after eight o'clock In the 
cut rates. The scale was considered 
too heavy for the show, which was 
under the standard. But the man- 
agement claimed the brokers were 
holding the tickets for a price, and 
being unable to gyp, were force 



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to take a loss by dumping. II wn«* 
said at the time the agencies t^rer^ 
privileged to return 10 per c^'t. ot 
the allotments. Within a feir ^yfli 
orders were sent out to the asren^iaii 
stating that all tickets unsold iti*>^ 
be turned back to the box otH^f: 
In other words, there was no liml*. 
to the returns, and the bu^' actVP^If 
became '"regulars." That meat*? W*- 
tie difference than if the tlcl'.^l*. 
were merely placed on sale. 

The buy system In cramping bust' 
ness at the theatre by havln,igr th»5 
tickets in the agencies and nf^ 
available for the box office sain c»» 
haiulicap the bulk of trade fof an^ 
particular attraction In a big ca\ia<k' 
ity agency. That sounds llk^ aA 
inversion, but may be explained; II 
one of the moderate capacity hAUset 
there is a current attraction o' fair 
success. One of the big ageficie^ 
when the attraction allotted tii*ketf 
on sale, eold as high as 240 ieat* 
a night for it, or about half the 
lower floor, the agency being i 6^ 
cent premium office. The manlge^ 
ment recently forced a buy and th« 
agency in question was allottel ' 
about 60 scats, which It is seDlnf. 
The buy has made no dirferencd ig 
the weekly gfoss of the show: IS 
fact, the takings are a bit less t1&a« 
formerly. The big agency must 
limit Its sales to tho allotment, 
since the box office cannot suppi? 
the nmount of tickets the agency 
can dispone of— the tickets helnfi in 
tlv? hands of other agencies. Natur- 
ally the amount of returns Is u^ to 
the limit. 

It Isn't all the brokers' fault, this 
buy matter. Managers with sevtral. 
attractions force the agencies to buy 
for all, though one or two only rtt«y 
be successes. There Is no question 
of the theatregoing public's abfllty 
to pick the good shows. Forcing 
agency trade to take the less prefei;- 
able;)>attractlons Is a tough task. 
But the broker with "dead ones" is 
going to push such tickets In prtf- 
erenoe to tickets placed with blm 
on saie. That Is the- disadvantage 
of "regulars" from the nAnagers' 
standpoint, and until buys are done 
away with, attractions placing tick- 
ets on regular sale will always be at 
a disadvantage. 

Forcing the brokers to buy for a 
show doesn't "make" the show, and 
never will unless the show is there. 
Thero can be no mdre pointed 
example than that of the recently 
presented "It's a Boy," for whioh 
the agencies were required to hity 
for 16 weeks. That buy was couplM 
with the new "Music Box RevleWt'* 
Brokers unwilling to take ''It's •, 
Boy " didn't get "Music Box.'* Nat- 
urally all acceeded but almost from 
the Jump tickets for "It's a Boy" 
were- dumped Into cut rates. The 
management sent for the brok(.rs 
and voluntarily cut <lhe buy for "It'« 
a Boy" In' half, stating it did not 
desire the tickets to be placed In cut 
rates. Even that didn't help, and 
the show was sent out of New York 
after four or five weeks, closing a 
couple of weeks after that in Boston. 

A Broadway success will develop 
regardless of all ticket manipulation 
attendant to the buy system. That 
a show wanted can turn the trick 
was Illustrated by "Ir««e," which 
remained for 83 weeks at the Vpn- 
derbllt — and never had a buy. Its 
tickets were on sale in the agencies 
but its box office had a chance to 
function properly, and that must 
have aided In putting over one of 
the biggest musical hits In a decade. 
Perhaps "Irene" was a turning point 
in tho ticket question, which now 
seems t» demand elimination of the 
buys system. Ibee. 



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(Continued from ps^ge 2) 
according to program, began to harmonize In the wings, off the entrance. 
He had let out several notes when suddenly a heavy hand clamped over 
his mouth. "You blamed Idlptl" It was the stage manager's excited 
voice. "They can hear you out in front!" 



CLYDE DOERR 

AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

At t h*' <^'ont;r«'v^ Ilo»ol. ('Iii(rip;i> 

EXTEND THE SEASON'S GREETINGS 



Before Charles Kenmore Ulrlch was a successful novelist he was a 
newspaper man. He row has charge of the press books of the Famous 
Piayers-Lasky. Tears ago, out west, he drew a handsome salary Cor 
throwing my copy On the floor when he was the city editor and I was 
the reporter. We had a chance to become reminiscent over those good 
old limes the other day when he came down to present me with a copy 
of his latest novel, "The Wolf of Purple Canyon." This book, by the 
way, is in its 'steenth edition in America and is being published tn ftre 
countries. 

All of the dramas have not b^en written. 

Away out "whqre the west begins," and pretty nearly ends, there's 
a good slice from tho Joint of life going on behind prison bars. 

A Pri.son Welfare Association not so lot g ago received from the in- 
mates of one of the State Institutions a request for nursery stories and 
Mother Goose rhymoH. This being somewhat a deviation from the kind 
of literature usually asked for. It aroused curiosity among members 
of the :i5soclation. and they started inquiries'. 

Th(\ leajneU one of tlie paying gutbts tliere (meaning that he la 
paying for having Inspired too mivch conlldendt? In i tt^$mmwrru^y has 
a wife and b.-iby outside. Every day he writer jind receives a letter 
fiom I in in. Th(\ child thinks her daijdy is Jn a hospital. Every letter 
froiii him Includes a fairy f^iory for her. 

.Vficr a while the father ran out ©f stories, and now e%'ery fellow 
paH^*eni4' r on l»oard that train to "Straightvtlle." who has any imagina- 
tion M can weave a >aij» is busy rewriiinjc "Ptitg in Boots." "Cinder- 
ell.i." 'Hed llidlng-Hocd," "Jack ntid the I'.-m .si.dk," "Little M^M 
MuffvL and all the other cutiea fur "Three Uarii 5Sam#" littl* girl. 



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;V^ YEAE INPICTUBES 

/^^ (Continued from page 8) 
' ever their distribution to First Na- 
tional for a time, and with their 
patising A). Lichtman started his 
own distributing system, ^hlch to 
(late has been functioning rather 
well. Another organization that 
made its debut during the year was 
the American Releasing Corp., with 
"Walter E. Greene and Fred Warren 
at its head, which has made rather 
Kurprising progress during its brief 
time So far. 

Changes in producing and dts- 
Iributlng organization have as their 
biggest item of interest the passing 
of Samuel Goldwyn from the com- 
pany that bears his name. Up to 
this lime Goldwyn has not again 
become active in the industry, but 
it is understood he is now evolving 
a plan which will mean his return 
to picture producing at least. 

In the exhibiting field the event 
of the year was the Washington 
Convention of the M. P. T. O. A. at 
which Sydney S. Cohen was re- 
. elected to head the organization 
which brought about an open rup- 
ture with the New York State or- 
ganisation which was endeavoring 
to have New York State Senator 
James J. Walker installed at the 
head of the exhibitor body of the 
country in a position somewhat 
similar to that which Hays holds 
with the producers and distributors. 
Because they were unsuccessful 
in putting over their project and 
more largely because Cohen made 
severe accusations against the ex- 
ecutives of the New York State or- 
• ganization which were disproved 
just prior to the National Conven- 
tion, the New York delegation 
bolted the convention and on their 
return to their native heath decided 
to withdraw from the national or- 
(^anization. It was the state or- 
g<cini2;ath>n of exhibitors In ' New 
York that played an extremely im- 
j;>ortant role on the victory of Gov- 
ernor-elect Al. Smith and it is gen- 
eral belief that the Governor will 
not disregard their part in the cam- 
paign after he takes oath within 
the next few days. 

With the closing hours of the year 
came the news of the formation of 
an exhibitors' distributing organi- 
sation sponsored by the present ex- 
ecutives of the M. P. T. O. A, with 
a capitalization of $5,000,000 which 
the exhibitors of the country were 
asked to subscribe. Just how far 
that is going to go is something of 
a question. 

Generally the belief is that the 
national officers noting the apparent 
success that waa attending the 
working of the Associated Booking 
Corp., an exhibitor organization in 
Greater New York which holds as 
its principal sponsors members of 
the M. P. T. O. C. C, which, as a 
body and Individually opposed to 
Cohen and his associates in Wash- 
ington and the nation wide interest 
that it was creating among exhibi- 
tor;? and their organizations, thought 
it timely to step in and create a 
Alistributing system of their own. 
How far they can go and how suc- 
cessful they will be in floating their 
promotion is problematical at this 
time. 

With the closing of 1922. the fear 
of any foreign invasion has been 
wiped out for all time. There will 
be the occasional " foreign picture 
brought over that may hit with the 
exhibitors and the public, but any 
such thought as that there is a pos- 
sible chance pictures produced in 
Kngland, France. Germanji^ or any 
other part of Europe will ever make 
a dent in the American market is 
poppycock. 



ducted Keith theatre not only gives 
happy and orderly attractiveness to 
its neighborhood, but brings or adds 
to the business activities of all the 
stores, offices and shops in its 
vicinity. 

Real estate in proximity to a 
Keith theatre is always at a 
premium, and the advent of a new 
one Invariably stimulates and sus- 
tains realty values in the locality, 
bettering the cost and class of ad- 
jacent Improvements and adding to 
the tone and activities of the entire 
neighborhood. 

Artists Get In Good Work 

The thousands of vaudeville 
artists who visit every Keith the- 
atre on the far-flung circuit are the 
natural and irrepressible "advance 
agents" and publicity volunteers of 
every neighborhood, town and city 
which they visit and in which they 
live during the always brief period 
of each engagement. Wherever 
they go. they spread the good word 
about every town on the circuit. Us 
people.' its points of interest, its 
fine hotels, its golf courses, its 
modern stores, its leading indus- 
tries, its newspapers, its famous 
men. In their enthusiastic, intelli- 
gent and generous way they become 
the heralds of fame and prominence 
for every Keith city and town which 
they have known. In a large and 
ceaseless manner they help to put 
and keep "Keith towns" on the 
map, and every one of them at this 
time of the yean remembers nad 
can tell about "the good town" 
where he or she spent a happy 
Christmas or New Year's Day last 
year and in other years. 

To these itinerant artists of 
vaudeville and to an' even larger 
army of always traveling, keenly 
observant and highly intelligent 
commercial salesmen the city or 
town without a modern vaudeville 
theatre is regarded as slow, behind 
the times or merely "a place In 
which there is no place to go." 
These wayfarers of commerce and 
the theatre like to visit, and, if 
possible, "to Sunday" or week-end 
in cities or towns that are on the 
Keith circuit. They meet and make 
more friends there, they return at 
every opportunity and many a 
hustling traveling salesman has 
told me that he can sell more goods 
in "the live towns that have a 
Keith theatre." 



MOBEBN THEATRES 

(Continued from page S) 
ton. one of the world's most per- 
fectly appointed and most beauti- 
ful theatres Is built and opened, 
the feeling is unanimous that the 
luoky city so favored is in reality 
a metropolis, that it has been 
placed on the map in big, red 
letters. That is the way Dayton 
and our people here feel about the 
new Keith theatre. It completes 
and celebrates our pride in Day-- 
ton as a metropolis." 
In this estimate of the material, 
as well as the psychological values 
of the new Dayton theatre, Gover- 
nor Cox gives expression to what 
has been thought and said by other 
thoughtful and practical men and 
women of affairs at the opening 
ceremonies of others of our thea- 
tres in other towns and neighbor- 
hoods. Every time a new Keith 
house Is opened it is received and 
acclaime<) by business men of the 
vicinity as another real and certain 
asset of the community. As the 
energetic and picturesque evan- 
gelist Mr. Billy Sunday sings: 
"Brighten thre Corner Where You 
Are." The presence of a new, mod- 
trnly con8ti;ucted. intelligently con- | 



LONE EXHIBITOR 

(Continued from page C) 
and it was he who was chosen to 
salvage the Triangle wreck when 
it was $2,500,000 in debt and totter- 
ing on the brink of bankruptcy. 

The reputation of a flim is 40 per 
cent, bunk advertising anyway. One 
knock in the preliminary campaign 
of selling a picture needs a score of 
boosts later on to overcome. A State 
right buyer would be in a tough po- 
sition trying to peddle to his terri- 
torial exhibitors a picture that their 
own board had declined. All the 
distributors would take a similar at- 
titude and the sale of the picture 
would be greatly handicapped. 

This is the explanation of the 
backwardness of producers in en- 
tering into negotiations with the 
exhibitor group„ He has too much 
to lose and his reasonable prospect 
of a successful deal, is too uncer- 
tain. 

The exhibitors deny the validity of 
most of these arguments, but ad- 
mit the truth of some. They have 
entered the State right market as 
a means of meeting the .objection of 
tying up the whole country on the 
strength of merely the metropolitan 
fleld. for it stands to reason that 
a producer is barred from dealings 
with a national distributor if he 
allies himself with the New York 
pool. They say they are prepared 
to back meritorious producers in 
their effort to finance their work, 
pledging enough time for a com- 
pleted picture to Insure the producer 
a return upon which he could se- 
cure capital. ' '' . • ^ " •C' 

Hush. 



XAKINO PICTURES 

(Continued from page 15) 

own laboratory. That method was 
discarded because it was wasteful. 
The individual laboratory was 
rushed night and day for a while 
and then was idle for weeks while 
nothing but the payroll functioned. 
So the commercial plant came into 
being, like the Rothakcr establish- 
ment In Chicago, which has earned 
a fortune. 

Some years ago one of the lead- 
ing coast producers decided to move 
his whole establishment east. The 
entire staff came along, except a 
young technical laboratory man who 
wouldn't leave his family in Cali- 
fornia. He made a deal with the 
producer to take over the labora- 
tory which had been operated an 
an incident of the whole producing 



unit. He had been drawing around 
$5,000 as laboratory manager. 
Thereafter he conducted the techni- 
cal department as a commercial 
enterprise, taking in the work of 
other producers for developing and 
printing. He waa amon^ the first 
to handle work this way and the 
producers were quick to see the ad- 
vantage of the scheme. The young 
laboratory man netted $96,000 his 
first year as an Independent busi- 
ness man. 

Financing Moviea 
In ten years the ramifications of 
picture financing has become dizzily 
complicated. A decade ago it is 
said there was scarcely a dollar of 
Los Angeles money in the industry 
which was financed exclusively by 
eastern money. Now in Los Angeles 
there are whole financial institu- 
tions that get most of their income 
from operations in the film busi- 
ness, such as Hellman Bros, and 
the Los Angeles Trust A Savings 
Co. At this time financial opera- 
tions are almost the basis of suc- 
cessful picture making. In the Cali- 
fornia group of independents 
Thomas H. Ince probably owes his 
commanding position as much to 



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the strength of his banking affllia- 

tlons and his resources in capital ^^^ *"^ Mutual wheel shows, cater 



as to the quality of his screen 
output. 

Between 1912 and 1914 average 
productions were acaled l)etween 
$5,000 and $20.0<r0. Now they start 
at $75,000, considered extremely low, 
and go as high as you like. 



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CABARETS ROW '^^: 
(Continued from page 15) 
soft stuff purchased for the high- 
balls that the patrons brought In 
whisky with them to make. The 
size of the check depends, though, 
on the place and class of trade. 
Hotels have taken a great many of 
the young people away from the 
regular cabarets. They can dance 
at the hotels to a moderate charge, 
and often at a 50 cent couver. Oth- 
ers, who might have become cab- 
aret frequenters, go to the straight 
dance places. The straight dance 
place in New York is expanding, as 
It has In Chicago. 

A cabaret must sell booze. If it 
doesn't it gets no crowd and no 
money. Such a thing as "food" now- 
adays In a New York night cabaret 
is merely an Incidental. They have 
kitchens and have chefs, but it's the 
liquor cache that pays the best, un- 
less the capacity is large, the couver 
high and the business big. 

Restaurateur^, howpver, are not 
gloating over business. Its too 
fluctuating, the overhead Is distress- 
ing, and there are too many items 
amongr the "overhead" to make their 
path a rosy one- under any circum- 
stances. 



bia since the current aaason started, 
bad shows — more than in any season 
in years, an important reason for 
that belnff that the Colombia raised 
its standard hiffaer than In former 
years and has maintalasd m, more 
rigid Inspection system— iMtd bouses 
that no amount of boosting could 
make into good houses, bad weather 
that couldn't be overoome and bad 
business for possibly two-thirds of 
the shows. 

Ths MutusI Circuit 

The Mutual Burlesque Association 
replaced the American wheel at the 
beginning of the current season, 
forming the minor league of bur- 
lesque. Throughout the country 
several cities have stock burlesque 
organizations. The MInskys' ex- 
periment of taking over the Park. 
New York, for a permanent bur- 
lesque stock gave Broadway the first 
stock company of its kind since the 
fly-by-nights used to flit into Daly's 
on lower Broadway a few years 
back. The MInskys are variously 
reported at the Park, with business 
said to be dropping of late. '^'' 

The small stock houses in Phila- 
delphia, Boston and other cities 
rank about the same as the A'merl- 



ing to a type of audience that likes 
its burlesque rough and ready. One 
thing in favor of stock burlesque is 
that it offers real training to a 
comic or principal woman through 
the weekly change of bill. 

The Mutual experiment has been 
more or less of a surprise. Starting 
with its producers guaranteed $200 
weekly, win or lose, the shows have 
gone ahead with the producers a|^ 
parently satisfled, as they receive 
what they agreed to. The shows also 
have been doing satisfactory busi- 
ness, in some spots much more than 
anticioated. 

The Mutual appeared to find a so- 
lution in giving what was wanted 
at the price, finding a clientele al- 
ways believed to have existed for 
certain burlesque, and. it fills an 
open field. Whether it. can hold Its 
patronage for a second season or 
longer remains to be proven, as past 
experience, such as the Western 
wheel, went through, brought out 
that the clientele for this kind of a 
show dwindles, with no recruits for 
the box office. 
Co. Brit. 



BURLESaUE TEAR 

(Continued from page 10) 
edy within bounds, but others ap- 
pear to mistake liberty for license 
to remove the lid completely. Bare- 
legged choristers made their first 
appearahce in the Columbia wheel 
shows this season, the Columbia 
heretofore calling for tights, with 
the bare legs prohibited, f 

When permission was finally 
granted to the producers this sea- 
son to have their choruses bare 
legged, the Columbia made it plain 
to the show operators that the let- 
ting down of the bars in regard Ip 
costuming didn't mean the pro- 
ducers could go the limit and make 
their shows as "strong" as they 
wanted to. In order to see that the 
restrictions placed on costuming, 
dialog and business were obeyed 
the Columbia recently established 
a progressive «heck-up system, with 
each manager forwarding the cuts 
made in a show to the house ahead, 
in that way each house manager be- 
ing posted as to what the previous 
one had taken out of a show. 

Productions generally on the Co- 
lumbia wheel for the last six or 
seven years have maintained a high 
average as regards scenery and 
costumes, wi»^ each succeeding year 
showing a tendency to Improve over 
the previous season. "~ 
Americane Successful Columbians 

One of the outstanding things of 
burlesque thi8 season has been the 
success of the former American 
wheel producers, Jimmy Cooper. 
Rube Bernstein, Lew Talbot, Sim 
Williams and Ed Daley, all of whom 
easily made the Columbia grade 
with shows that called for no crit- 
icism from the censorp. Cooper in- 
cidentally has led the Columbia for 
gross receipts almost from the start 
of the current season. 

Business on the Columbia Ijas 
ranged from 10 to 20 per cent, bet- 
ter than last season, but last season 
was very, very bad and that 10 to XO 
per cent, increase i.sn't as important 
as it sounds. 

And so it's been wi^h the Colum- 



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BRITAIN S FILM TEAR 

(Continued from page 3) 
Crane, Denison Clift and Thomas 
Bent ley. 

One of the most noteworthy pro- 
ductions of the year has been that 
of the late Fred Emney's sketch, "A 
Sister to Assist 'Er." This was made 
for Baron Films by George Dew- 
hurst. It is* by far the best comedy 
ever produced here. John L. Baron 
does not confine his activities to 
Great Britain, but has made a pic- 
ture with white players in Central 
Africa. The picture was made un- 
der armed guard, owing to troubles 
between neighboring tribes, and it Is 
a noteworthy example of how the 
British trade is helped by British 
officials that, although the picture 
has been in England for something 
like nine months. Baron is still fill- 
ing up forms and signing affidavits 
declaring himself and the leading 
members of his company to be Brit- 
ish born, and domiciled in Britain. 
This helpful procedure may go on 
for some months longer before he 
succeeds in getting his property 
through the customs. His future 
plans call for five productions in 
France and America. 

British and Colonial, one of the 
oldest of our firms, has been mod- 
erately quiet during the past year. 
but Is now engaged in making a 
series of "shorts," "The Romance 
of History," for Incorporated British 
Renters, a young concern with a 
big future. These little pictures 
purpose to tell all the world's his- 
tory as it really was and not as 
conceived by the fertile brain of the 
novelist, dramatist, or scenario 
writer. The players are all chosen 
from the leading people, and the at- 
tention to detail is excellent. The 
principal producer is George Rldg- 
well. 

Famous -Lasky (British) has add- 
ed nothing to its record here, and 
its much boomed Islington studios 
are In the hands of Graham Wilcox 
productions. Hardy Films started 
off well with a finely produced and 
acted story by Raphael Sabitlni. en- 
titled "Bluff, " but nothing has been 
heard of the firm recently. 

"Mushroom" companies have been 
as many as of yore, but most of 
them have >lved but the life of the 
fungi they resemble. Still they keep 
growing, and each new one at least 
provides much needed work for the 
actor. ,The attitude of the mush- 
room producer has changed and he 
no longer talks glibly of having 
£60,000 or more in the bank "only 



waitlnir another signature to tha 
contract, boy!" 

From the producing point of view ' 
there has been a boom In "shorts.** 
Most of them will be of little usa 
eacept to pad a program, but the 
work of Georva Cooper 9f Quality 
Films stands out for its thorough 
excellence. 

Richard Percy Burton was prob* 
ably the first British showman to 
screen a picture for an Indefinite 
run In a legitimate theatre, al- 
though such halls as the Philhar- « 
monic had done It. Burton's waa 
••With Allenby in Palestine." which 
had a long run at Covent Garden 
three years ago. Later picture sea- 
sons of "The Fruitful Vine" and 
"The Bigamist" were tried at the* 
Alhambra without any great suc- 
cess, although the London run might 
be taken into consideration as a 
good publicity stunt. Then America 
brought ^'Way Down East" to the 
Empire and surprised everybody 
with the business and the length of 
the run. following, as it did, the ex- 
pensive, but abortive, attempt to 
turn the Palace into a kinema. Then 
Stuart Blackton presented "The 
Glorious Adventure" at Coveirt 
Garden, the appearance of Lady 
Diana Manners being its chief as- I 
set. i 

Later. Walter Wa'nger arrived i 
and bejgan a succes£ful picture sea- .; 
son which only ended when the 
house was required for opera. Wan- ' 
ger since then has done little else 
but turn "dud** kinemas into super 
palaces and paying concerns. The 
long run ball had started rolling and 
the pk>neer8 had stood the risk and 
proved it a feasible proposition, so 
other showmen followed suit. 

At the moment we have "The Four 
Horsemen of the Apocalypse" doing 
good business at the I^Iace, "Fool- 
ish Wived" has also been doing well 
at the New Osftord. but comes oft 
to make way for the new Graham* - 
Wilcox picture, "Flames of Pas- 
sion," "When Knighthood Was In 
Flower" was shown at the Scala, 
London's recognised house for bad 
buelness, no matter who handles 
the place or what goes in. but has 
now given place to a revival of 
"Orphans of the Storm." Smaller 
cinemas are following in the foot-* 
steps of the converted theatres, the 
most notable feature shown being 
the Eskimo picture. "Nanook," at 
the New Gallery. This was followed 
by Hepworth's "Through Three 
Reigns," which soon gave way to 
the Ideal's "A Bill of Divorcement." ' 
The "feature run" is spreading and 
will certainly go to the big pro- 
vincial towns and cities, where le- 
gitimate houses are already being 
taken for such pictures as the First 
National "Smilln* Through." 

Despite the number of ex-enemy 
films known to be in the country, 
very few, if any, have been shown to 
the trade or press and if they have 
they have been carefully camou- 
fiaged by the smallest renters. None 
have yet been seen publicly, but it 
Is said that a start will soon be 
made with "DuBarry" ("Pa.sslon") 
at the Scala. When some showman 
does show the pick of the ex-enemy^ 
output the public will receive them 
as quietly as it has received ex- 
enemy opera and musical comedy, 
against the production of which 
there was such an outcry some two 
years ago. The money-paying pub- 
lic will always go to see a good 
thing, no matter what the country 
of its origin, Britain is officially 
open to (Germans from December 28. 

At the moment of writing the 
trade Is more concerned with politics 
than films and is working hard to 
make certffin the election of men 
who will help alleviate the" hard- 
ships caused by the entertainment 
tax. Blo-colOr, a big cinema cir- 
cuit. Is said to be paying £100.000 
a year, while many of the smaller 
houses have been brought to the 
verge of ruin by the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer's greed of gold. 

' ■ ■ . ^- Gore. 



GREETINGS BT WIRELESS 

Charles B. Cochran of London 
sent Christmas greetings by wire- 
less to friends in New York, the 
messages arriving on the holiday. 

To Insure as prompt delivery as 
possible through the general clos- 
ing, the Radio Co. of America, upon 
receipt of the mcssaRcs, phoned 
them to the office or home address 
of the recipient. •• 



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Violet Ray Burning Costs Volct_ 

Wilda Bennett was out of the 
"Lady in Ermine" Saturday because 
of loss of voice. Nancy Gibbs sub- 
stituted. The loss of voice was 
caused by violet ray burning. 

Helen Shipman has also left the 
"Ermine" cast to Join "Virginia," 
the new Shubert production. 



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All«n Viola 
AlthafT Sisters 
Amemlt John 
Arniin Walter 

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Heck FtoA W 
Heeson Herbert 
B*ll Arthur" 
Bernett Sonny 
Booth * Nina 
Brady & Mahoney 
Browing B»-sfiie 
Brunnell Hnrry 
Budrf>an John 
Burk>> & Burke 
BuBpy Babetta 
Byron A I.aughron 

rallahan J 
f'hunr James 
Clayton Pauline 
i'leary Virginia 
('olinn Edw 
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Cook t Hamilton 
Cumminga It 

Dee KlnjT A H 
Dole Arthur 
r>ore Monroe 
Duflfy A 
Dunne John 

Emeraon & I.yle 
Rnslln Miaa U 
Krforda Oddities 
Evans Eddie 
Kvans Erneat 

Farrert Pfggy 
Perrarri Martin 
Fielding Pauline 
Frawley & West 
Ford Alhre 
Ford Margaret 
Ford Mi.<ttt 
Forrjii A «'hiir«-h 

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Oarrett Jack 
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Oranslaff K«il 
Crirroii Pet>»r 



Harrison O 
Haskell Jack 
Henry Gladys 
Hi9on Hal 
iiollis Hrrry ' 
Hopkina Edwin 
Hoppe Mr 
Houston Edna 
HufTord Julia 
Hyde Johnny 

Jarkaon Phlllis 
Jackson Thomas 
Jarvis Willlard 
Julia Millie . 

Kelly r,ew 
Kennedy Frances 
Kenney Jack 
Klinko Walter 

Twaddle Walter 
l.ahone & Du Pree 
La Mont Jim 
Lee Jane 
Leroy C'hartea 
Lloyd Edna 

Moran Clalra 
Mantell Dot 
Marcus Shov/ 
Marshall Saul 
Mason Billy 
Merrill Bessie 
May Olive 

Riberg Tnes 
Riley Jo.» 
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Rose Jack 
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^amsted Edwin 
8amwick Betty 
Scott Eva 
Scolt Sydney 
Shean Thomas - 
Sotomnn Sol 
Stanley A- Lee 
Stonley Miss 
Stcftcy Billy 
Stenly Norman 
Stewart Francis 
Storey Rex 
Sykcs Harry 



AnderKon Luciie 
Adair Jack 

BurK-e William 
BlouR:h Chud 
Baker Kdylhe 
Borgo John , . ■ 
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Cain Vera 
Crops George 
Chadderton Lillian 
Crafts Charlie 
Coburn Sydney 
Cross Alex 

Deming Bob 
Deniing Mra. Bub 
Day George ; ^ 

Folsom Bobby 
Fowler Dolly 
Fair Polly 
Farnum Donald 
Firman Maida 

Gordon's June Co 
Gibson Florence 
Guilfoyl Jim A- Q 
Gilbert Mrs Ben 
Georgales Trio 
Gibson Hardy 
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Hanley Mark 
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Marks Albert 
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Noon Paisley 

Palmer Paul E J 
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COLUMBIA CIRCUIT 

"American Ciii" 1 Miner's New- 
ark 8 Orpheum Patorson 

"Beauty Hevne" 1 Empire Toronto 
8 Gayety Buffalo 

'Big Jamboree" 1 Gayety Buffalo 
8 Gayety Kochester 

"BifiT Wonder Show" 1 Casino 
Philadelphia 8 Palace Baltimore 

"Bon Tons" 1 I.yric Dayton 8 
Olympic Ciniinnati 

"Broadway Brcvitios" 1 Columbl* 
Xcw York 8 F3mpir«> Btooklyn. 

"FJroadway I'lappers' I Orpheum 
Patcrson 8 Majestic Jersey City. 



"Bubble Bubble" 1 Gayety Kansas 
City 8 L O. 

"ChuckloH of 11)22" I Palace Balti- 
more 8 Gayety Washington. 

, Kinney Frank 1 Gayety Detroit 8 
Kmpiro Toronto. 

"Flashlights of 1923" T Star & 
(Jarter Chicago 8 Empress Chicago. 

"FoUioH of Day" I Gayety Boston 
8 Columbia New York. 

"Folly Town" 1 Miner's Bronx 
Now York 8-10 Cohen's Newburgh 
11-13 Cohen's Poughkeepsle. 

"(Jiggles" 1 Park Indianapolis 8 
Gayety Louisville. 

"(Jreenwich Village Revue" I Gay- 
ety Minneapolis 8 Gayety Milwau- 
kee. • 

'Hello Good Times" 1 Gra#d 
Worcester 8 Hurtig & Seamon's New 
York. 

"Hippity Hop" 1 Columbia Chi- 
cago 8 Star & Garter Chicago. 

"Keep Smiling" 1 Empire Toledo 
S Lyric Dayton. 

"Knick Knacks" 1 Hurtig & Sea- 
mon's New York 8 Empire Provi- 
dence. 

"Let's Go" 1-3 Colonial Utica 8 
Gayety Montreal. 

"Maids of America 1 Casino Bos- 
to 8 Grand Worcester. 

Marion Dave 1 Casino Brooklyn 8 
Miner's Newark. 

"Mimic World" 1 Gayety Montreal 
8 Casino Boston. 

"Radio Girls" 1 L O 8 Gayety 
Omaha. 

Reeves Al 1 Gayety St. Louis 8 
Gayety Kansas City. 

"Social Maids ' 1 Gayety Wash- 
ington 8 Gayety Pfttsburgh. 

"Step Lively Girls" 1 Gayety 
Rochester 8-10 Colonial Utica. 

"Step on It" 1 Empress Chicago 
8 Gayety Detroit. 

"Talk of Town" 1 Empire Brook- 
lyn 8 Casino Philadelphia. 

"Temptations of 1922* 1-S Cohen's 
Newburgh 4-6 Cohen's Poughkeep- 
sle 8 Casino Brooklyn. 

"Town Scandal.s ' 1 Gayety Pitts- 
burgh 8 Colonial Cleveland, 

Watson Billy 1 Olympic Cincin- 
nati 8 Park Indianapolis. 

Watson Sliding Billy 1 Colonial 
Cleveland 8 Empire Toledo. 

Williams Mollie 1 Empire Provi- 
dence 8 (Jayety Boston. 

"Wine Woman and Song" I Gay- 
ety Omnha 8 (Jayety Minneapolis. 

"Youlliful Follies" 1 Gayety Mil- 
w.Tukee 8 Columbia Chicago. 



MUTUAL CIRCUIT 

"Baby Hears" 1 Garden Buffalo. 

"Band Box Revue' 1 E*eoples Cin- 
cinnati. _ 

"Broad\^ff%' BclleM" 1 Broadway 
IndianapollN. 

"Follies and Scindals" 1 Star 
Brooklyn. 

"Georgia Peaches' 1 Park ITtlca. 

'Girls a la Carte' I Folly Balti- 
ntore. 

'Heads Up" 1 Olympic New York. 

"Hello Jack" Giils 1 Majestic 
Scranton. 

"Jazz Babies" 1 Majestic Albany. 

"Jazz Time Revuo" i Lyric Newark. 

"Kandy Kid.s ' 1 Gayety Brooklyn. 

"Lainn Thru 1922" 1 Empire 
ClevMianf'. 

"Lid Lifters" 1 Bijou Philadelphia. 

"London Gayety (Jirls* 1 Empire 
Hoboken. 

"Mi.schief Makers" 1 Park Bridge- 
port. 

"Monte Carlo Giils" 1 Majestic 
Wilkes-Barrc. 

"Pace Makcr.s" I Plaza S|)ring- 
field. 

"Pell Mell' 1 Howard Boston. 

"Pepper Pot" 1 L O. 

"Playmates" 1 Lyceum Columbtis. 

"Runaway Girls" 1 Duquesne 
Pittsburgh. 

"Smiles and Kisses" 1 Band Box 
Cleveland. , 

White Pat 1 Gayety lA>ui8ville. 



DIRECT BUYS~YES OR NO 
BY MRS. COUTHOUI 



Chicago, Dec, 2*. 

Mrs. Florence Couthoul, ex-qucen 
of the Chicago scalpers, has declared 
against those Chicago theatres 
which Insist upon a direct buy, and 
is reported to tako the position she 
will never again take a direct buy 
without Return privilegrei*. 

Mrs. Couthoul s cxrcrience w'th 
direct buys and no return priv.Iegea 
has co.«t her 12.000 a day rince Sep- 
tember, according to those who 
should be authority on auch a sub- 



ject. Mrs. Couthoul wae certain 
that with her fame as a seller of 
ticketH and 16 stands to serve the 
Chicago and visiting public she could 
get rid of 3,0Q0 tickets a day. With 
bud business at the theatres and 
tremendous prices usked tor seati^ 
her figuring has developed to he 
"»iii wronjf." 

Mrs. Couthoui's new year resolve 
Ik tv^ buy what she caa from theutros 
that will do business with her on 
her own terms which include return 
privileges up to 7.30 p. m. The 
Powers-Erlanger theatres are be- 
lieved to be agreeable to this prop- 
osition, but the Shubert houses and 
theatres owned by lndepende.it 
managers will not hear to it. 

The situation is unusual, itiasmut h 
as the independently-owned hoiiMCs 
have ne\er beon so strong as nt 
this lime. }f:iving the whip h.iml 
they exert Influetjce. 

The theatres whith are fightinar 
shy of Mrs. Couthoul say the only 
way a broker can deal with them Is" 
to make a direct buy of every at- 
traction that comes In. 

Th« first two shows that will be 
handled under a full return privilege; 
accordfng to report, will be A. H. 
Woods' "Demi - Virgin," which 
opened at the La fJallfe Dec. 24, urd 
Eddie Cantor, who opens at th« 
Apollo Jan. 7. 

The Powers - Erlanger theatre.** 
are maklrg capital out of the change 
of method of dcal/ffg with agencies, 
and a statement has been issued to 
the effect that the Colonial, Illinois. 
BlacUstone and Powers have taken 
steps toward abandoning the "au- 
thorized" sale of tickets by agencies. 
"Heretofore large blocks of the best 
seats nave been allotted by tii»» 
management to the various Couthoul 
agencies, and have been sold by the 
latter at box office prices. The new 
plan, by which no brokers are recog- 
nized, and by which scalpers may 
obtain seats only jit the'r own risk, 
goes into effect first at Powor-*." 



SEASON'S GREETINGS 



SAM 



MILDRED 



lllREEN 



AND 



MYRA 




THIS WEEK (DEC. 25), KEITH'S 81st ST.,NE STREET 

Direction MORRIS &• FEIL ;: 



WANTED-GOOD ACTS 

WRITE OR WIRE ; 

MINER'S in the Bronx 
EMPIRE, Brooklyn 
CASINO, Brooklyn | 

BL ANEY'S GOTHAM, Brooklyn- 



SAM BERNSTEIN 



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KEITH CIRCUIT 



VEW YORK CITY 
KeKIk'a PiUAce 

Beg&l ft Carroll 
Polly Slater* Co 
Harry J Conlfy Co 
3iab«I Ford CO 
Patrlcoia 
Motile Fuller Co 
Jack Wilaon Co 
Ijoyal'i AnTmala 
(One to All) 
Kclth'a BlTcralde 

Vincent I^opez Co 
^uth Roye 
Jonea & Jonea 
I^ettzel 

Deagon A Mbfk 
B C HlUlam ^ 
*A'he Duttona 

Kaith'a Koyal 
Al Herman 
Bddie Foy Co 
'Willie Schenck 
McCartone A M 
Mary Hayneji 
Kellam A O'Dare 
Jack Joyce 
to Miles Broadway 
(On« to mi) 

' Kaith'a Colonlid 
Vera Gordon Co 
Paul Specht Co 
Tom Smith 
Wben Ix>ve In T'ng 
Dixie Hamilton 
Baggcrt A ^Shel(1on 
Toney A Norman 
Booth A Nina 
Unnaway Four 

. Kc4th*a AHwmbra 

Rooney A Bent 
«Rr«aklyn Ardell 
'^an Graneao 

Chkif Caupollcan 
, Davia A PeM« ■ 
,, F4fer Broa A «ta 
' Henry A Muore 
^ Franknn A Hall 
r (One to fill) 
&-' Moaa* Broadway 
Mforao A Mack 
ff^lan A Dexter 

(Others to tt!l) 

Moaa* CoUaanai 

*■ Foor Mortona 

Th« BriAnta 
- <€Mh«ni to AUt^ 



za half 
Night In Bpain 
BeiT^ck A Hart 
Mlgnon 

Marguerite A Alv'a 
(Two to flJI) 

Prootor'i 5tli Ave. 

2d half (28-31) 
Bobby Mcly«'an Co 
Donovan A L<ee 
Mabel Burke Co 
Deagon A Mack 
Marino A Martin 
Stars of Future 
Mamaux A Rule 
Willie Solar 

1st half (1-S) 
Ben Welch 
Howard A Badlar 
Toung America 
Walsh A Bills 
Marguerite A AlVs 
•Borden A Dwyer 
(Others to flH) 

2d half (4-7) 
Bern'd QranTllle (>> 
Harry Burns Co 
T A B Healey 
Robert ReiUy 
I>lboDatl 

Murray A Maddox 
Joo Darcey 
(Others to nil) 

Proetor's 2Sd 8t. 

James Thornton 
Harmony LAnd 
•Dottla Claire Co 
Markell A Fay 
famUla'a Birds 
(One to All) 

2d half 
•Dell A Qrlm 
•Richarda A C 
•TTella Co 
(Others to All) 

FAB BOCKAWAY 

fTolombia 

2d half 
Demareat A C'llette 
Craig Campbell 
Pll«er A Douglas 
(OtlMra to nil) 

BBOOiCLYN 

Kolih'a Bashwlek 

Van A Schenck 
Jane Connolly 
i DnFor Boys 



ALTOONA. FA. 
Orpheuok 

Six Nosses 
HAS Skarrock 
Three Whirlwinds 
(Two to flU) « 

Sd half 
Harold Kennedy 
Danny Dugan Co 
mothers to fill) 

ATLANTA 

I^rrlO 

(Birmingham split) 

Ist half 
Wells A Burt 
Paradoa 



CINCINNATI 

B. F. Keith's 

Tan Arakl Japs 
Autumn Trio* 
Moody A Duncau 
l>oii)»lg 
Bmlly L.ea Co 

CLEVELAND 

105th 8t. 

Bedford A W'ch'fr 
Florence Brady 
Oliver A Opp 
Wayne^M'rshall & C 

Pnlace 

Osborne Trio 



Booking Exclusively 

WITH 

Orphenm, B. P. Keith (Weit- 
ern) W. V. M. A. -^ 

•nd AffiliaUd Circuit* 

ERNIE 
YOUNG 

ACENCY 

WILLIE BEROER, Book'g Mgr. 

Suit* 1313, Masonic Tampio Bldg. 

Chicago 



Kape A Dutton 
Fred Lewis 
Connors Danceland 

AVOrSTA, GA. 

Lyrio ^ 

Sd half 
Faster lA Peggy 
Daughlln & West 
Syoor A Parsons 

(Two to fill) 

BALTIMOBB 



HUGH HERBERT 

tU I.KFFKBT8 ATKIfUK. 
KBW OABDBNB. L. I. 



Sybil Vi 

Dixie Four 

Jf>e Cook 

Alex A John Smith 

(Others to fill) 

BATON BOrCiE 



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2d half . 

•Riltmore Band | 

Rockwell A Fox i 
(Othera to All) 

KoltliM Wmr€lkmm 

Oeoryo LeMntrc Co 
Rockwell A Pox 
Bias Juliet 
lloore A Freed • 
(Two to nil) 

M halt 
Eddie Nelaon 
Four Morton* 
The Brianta 
MoUio Fnllor ۥ 
(Two to fill) 

Moos' IVaaklla 

•BHtmore Bknd 
Jimmy Lncas Co « 
Fblly Moran 
(Others to fill) 

2d halt 
Cy Coropton Co 
Howard A Clark 
Edwards A Beaaley 
(Othera to fill) 

KeMi's BaaaUton 

Mollie Foller GO 
Edwards A Boaalcy 
*Fear Stars 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
Mabel Barke Co 
Oeorgo LeMalre Co 
Cooper A Rlcordo 
Moore A Freed 
(Two to All) 

KeHk** J o gt Twa 

Donovan A Lee 
Cy Compton Co 
Pilcer A Douglas 
Cooper A RIcardo 
(Others to fill) 

24 halt 
6na Munson Co 
California Rambl'ni 
preoaler A Ktalsa 
•FO«r Stars 
(Others to fill) 

Moaa' Recrnt 

Mabel Borke Co 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
Bert Levey 

Polly Moran 
•Bavt Side W Side 
(Others to nil) 

Kolth'o Slat 84. 

Jack Norworth Co 
William EbbH 
•OAR perry 
<^ina Blue Plate 
"Bostock's School 
(One to nil) 
Proctor's 125th Si. 
Jules Black Co 
Holland Travers Co 
•Polly ^ou Dee Co 



Welllngtoa Cross C^ 
Rao B BaU 
Four Cajnerons 
Baytons 
ITwo to til) 

KolOi** Orplieasa 

Aont Jemima 
Johnny Burke 
Wllaoa Sisters 
Mabel McCane 
Howard's Ponies 
Pierce A Ryan 
Canova 
(Two to fill) 

Moss* Flathnsh 

Mamkux A Rale 
Herbert Clifton 
Will Mahoney 
(Others to flU) 

KoMi's Greeayalai 

2d half (21-31) 
Jadson Cole 
Mignon 

Old Vaadevilliana 
Camllla'a Biada 
(Others to ail) 

1st holf (l.|) 
M'L'ghUn A Brans 
"Soe Darcey 
Kennedy A Kramer 
Gordon A Rica 
(Others to All) 

2d half (4.7) 
^1 Wohlman 
Speeders 
Bayeo A Fields 
Peak's Blockheads 
(Others to nil) 

Keith's Prospect 
2d half f2t-Sl) 
OcUr 'Weston Co 
Eddie Burden Co 
Smythe A James 
Night in Spain 
Vacation Days 
(One to nil) 

1st half (1-3) 
Bnb Ia Sal»e 
(»rtnBbe^ A Remig 
Harry Barns Co 
Peak's Blockheads 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (4-T) 
Mono A Fryo 
Walnh A Ellis 
•Kelly A Stone 
Herbert'n Dogs 
(Two to nil) 

Moss' Riviera 

rrcRsh-r k Klains 
•Eant Side West S 
F'lsano & Landaaer 
I»emaroRt A Collelte 
(Two to nil) 
2d half 
•Armand Veca*'y Co 
Donavan A Leo 
Mli>9 Juliot 



(Shreveport split) 
let half 
Fred A MATglo Dale 
Maxaon A Brown 
Rice A Werner 
Olcott A Mary Ann 
Foar Boadinga 

BlBMIIfGBAM 
I^rie 

(Atlanta split) 
1st half 
Robbie Oordone 
Pol let te Fearl A W 



Boyle A Bennett 
(Maude A Marlon 
Billy Arlington Ck 
Olsen A Johnson 

2U half 
COLLMBIA 

Duponta 
Flake A Fallon 
Rellly A Rogers 
Nixon A Sana 
(Ono to nil) 

COLUMBt'S 
B. F. Kc4th 

Harvard W A B 
Crafts A Haley 
Barrett % Cunneeh 
Bedford A'Wch'fr 

BKTBOIT 

Templo 
Yost A' Clady 
Korac A Qoldner 
»mlth A Itarker 
Janet of France 
Joseph K Watson 
Bva Shirley C3o 
Margarot SeTorn 
Plato A Boyle 
Ton* YcUeroaa 

BASTON, FA. 

Ablo O. H. 

Rosa A Fooa 
Paul Hill Co 
McOrath A Deeds 



(Two to nil) 

2d half 
FAT Hayd'>« 
Rose of Harem 
H A B SharrocK 
Klla Bradna Co 
(Oao to nil) 

IMDIANAPOUS 

B. F. Keith's 

Gautler's Pony 
Four Aces 
I!<.*»ly A Cross 
Itorlmond A Wf Us 
Huston Ray 
ntraaraont 81 stars 
Oreen A Parker 

JACK RON VILLE 

Arrado 

(Savannah split) 
1st halt 
Ford A Price 
Fields A Fink 
Brown A Barrows 
Ocne Oreene 
C> )saler A I.Uitby 

KWOXFILLK 

Ljrric 

1st half 
Dillon A Mlltoh 
Jack Hughes Duo 
Herron A Oaylord 
Ueorgo A Mooro 

LOIISTILLB 

Lyrlo 

(Nashville split) 
Ist half 
Clown Seal 
CofTman A CTarrolI 
}1«\vers Walters A C 
Kckert A ITarrlson 
Four Madcaps 

LOWELL 

B. F. Keith's 
Flashes Songland 
R & W Robertk 
J A E James 
Cook A Oatman 
Lewis A Dody 
Lamey A Pearson 
Alice Hamilton 

MOBILE 

Lyiie 
(New Orleans split) 

1st half 
Jordan Glrl*,^' 
Crane. May A Crane 
Kelso A D«>monde 
Barrett A Farrtum 
Gordon A Germalne 



Right or Wrong 
Jim McWllliams 
Ray Raynaood Co 
Belle Baker 
B O A Q P 

KBW OBLEANS 



(Mobile split) 

1st half 

Roberts A Demont 
Will J Ward 
Fiaher A Hurst 
Martha Pryor Co 
Morton Jewell Co 

NORFOLK 

Araderoy 

(Richmond Hptit) 
1st halt 

The Marios 
Frank Devoe Co 
Ned Norworth Co 
(Two to fill) 

PHILAUEI^UIA 

B. F. KeHh's 

Shaw A Lee 
BAB Wheeler 
Marion Harris 
lieavltt & L'ckwood 
W A a Ahearn 
Dotson 

W A J Mandfll 
Owen McOlveney 

FITTSBl'RGH 

Davis 

Wilson Aubroy Trio 
Jessie Busley Co 
Chic Sale 
A A F Stedman 
Barcjay A Chain 
Madeline Collins 

PORTLAND, ME. 

B. F. Keith's 

Bersaxlan A White 
Whalen A McShane 
Hartley A Paterson 
Schichtl's Manikins 
Gilfoyle A Lange 
Joe Roberts 

PROVIDBN(K 

B< F. Albee 

Fridkin A Rhoda 
Bill Genevieve A W 
Araand the Corner 
Frc^A A Anthony 
Creations 

Bryant A Stewart 
Rita Gould 



Vm. JACOB J. KI.AB 

CHIROPRACTOR 

''^o'the Prof^asloa 



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' : Bliaa" • 
(Jacksonvni(< ' split) 

1st hctf - 
Sawyer A f ddiy 
Flaherty jtSfeAlng 

Olad Moftatt . < 
Dan Fit<$Ai|^n4r«Is 

8YB^ctJgi^|^j>. 

Temphj,.- 
Gene MorfsTa 
Land of mptim- 
Land of Liace^. 
Sweeney A "Lyons 

TAMPA, FL.4. 
Victory 

(!-» 

(Same bill . plays 

St. Petersburg 



Seven Honey Boya 
Stonoy A Hayes 
(Two to nil) 

2d half 
Stlllman A Fraser 
Casting Campbells 
(Others to All) 

WASHINGTON 

B. F. Kelth'« 
Murray A Oakland 
Duncan Sisters 
Duel de KereJartI 
Rae A Emma Dean 
Hymack ' 

HartweIN 
Carlton A Berlent 
Tarmar^ 

WT'RTOWN, N. If. 

Olympic 
M^lman 4^ Fraser 



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Anna Mae Co 

Frisco 

Bmna A Wilsoa 

Lara Bennett Co 

W'K'SkB'BRB, FA. 

VMl'* 

Wyomln* TrI* 
Jean Middletoit 
Bobby Jarvls Co 
Van A Vernon 
Frank Van Hoven 



WOBCESTi:^' 

FoU 

Frank Wilsoa ' 
Mellnda A Dado 
Money Is Money 
WeIcA Mealy A M 
White Black A U 

2d halt 
Mela A Bruin 
Arthur Whitelaw 
Seven o' Hearts 
M'C'm'k A Wlnrhlll 
Revue La Petite 



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BuddyWalker 

AMEBICA'8 FOBBMOfrr CHARACTEB 
MONO »IN«£K 

Direction: ARTHUR HORWITZ 



BOSTON KEITH CIRCUIT 



NOW 



;. JAMES 

THORNTON 

PLAYING A BIG TIMI^ 

B. F. Keith's Syracase 

XMAS WEEK 

■.«'■" DIRECTION 

ALF. T. WILTON 






CHAS. J. FREEMAN 

OFFICKS 

BOOKING WITH ALL 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

SUITE 307. ROMAX BLDG. 

245 West 47th Street 
NEW YORK 

BBTANT »n 



MONTBEAL 



(8«»day openlMff) 
Harry Hayden Co 
Lee A Oraostoa 
Georce Morton 
Bkerwio Keily 
Mohr A Kldrldfo 
Wrifht A DeitricA 

PHnoeao 

CSo^iar opening) 
Max^to vereica 



QCBBKO 

A««lt«riaM 

Paul Nolaa 
Roae A Moon 
Bnroness de.Hollob 
(Others to flU) 

BEADING. PA. 

Baiah 

Bernard tTTWta 

PAT ITOrden 
Nathaae A Sully 
B A J Crel«hton 



3-4. Orlando- 6-6) 
WIHie Hale « Bro 
Millard 7!k. Martin 
Re<ed A Haitian 
Charlea Althoft: 
Thoma# itoat^t: 

toijW^, 

B. I^^KeiUffl 

n Shorwopd A Uro 
Cahfll ARomafne 
Marlon MoiTay Co 
V^ugbn -Comfort 
Brown A W>U|taker 

TOBONTO 

Khoa'ii.. . 
Boy A Boyer ; 
lae (juoti Taf ! 
GrcLce Valeritltif 
Fower^^A Wtijlace 
Meyers* A Hanaford 
Maggie CllfV>n 
Margo Wjildron 
TriJiie Prlfaufta 

LtfCA. lit Y. . 
Chiletj 
Tott^s A Wlieeler 



Oacar tA>rralne 
(Others to flii) 

2d half 
Seven Honey Boys 
(Others to (111) 

YONKER.<i. N. y. 

Proetor** 

Max's CJrcui<^ ]:y.-f.'- 
Llbonatl 
Bares A Fields 
TAB Healey 
2d half 
Kennedy A Kramer 
Young America 
^PLaughlin * Ev'ns 
Marino A Martin 

VOBK. FA. 

Harold Keanody 

The Movie Masque 
Blla Bradna Co 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Bernar'l A B*»ta 
Walm«'«T A Kent'r 
Bob AlbrtfM C» 
Six NoBsca 



BOSTON 

Boston 

The Diamonds 
Ad»ms A Oriflflth 
Henodeo Troupe 
(Two to All) 

Gordo n'«i Olympin 

(Srollay Sq.) 
Spider's W»;b 
Stanley A Bums 
Holland A Od?n 
(Two to Jill) 

(jordon's Olympia 

(Washington St.) 
Shriner A Fits 
J Marshall Rev 
(Thrfo to nil) 

BANGOB. ME. 
nijoa 

2d half . 

Musical Rowellys 
Threp Odd Chaps 
Kenny A Hollis 
(Three to fill) 

BROCRrN, MASS. 

Strand 

Powell A Brown 
Ernie & Ernie 
York A MayVllo 
Hello Wife 

2d halir 
Pantzer A Sllva 
Manning * Hiill 
Walt« A Hawley 
(One to fill) 

CAMBRIDGE 

Central S<|. 
Pantacr A Silva 
(Four to nil) 



L'WB'NCB, MASS. 

Empire 

Wonder Seal > 

Oary A Baldl 
Mr A Mrj W nil! 
Chung wha Four 
O >& H Be Beers 

2d half 
Frsnk Work Co 
Ruymond Bond Co 
Brooks A Mornan 
Splendid A Partner 
(One to nil) 

LEWISTON. ME. 

Mu!»lc Mail 

1st half 
Musical Rowpllya 
Three Odd Chaps 
Kenny A Hollis 
(Two to nil) 

LYNN, MASS. 

Olympia 

1st half 
Raymond Bond O 
Walts A Hnwiey 
J R Jnh.'vsop 
(One to ni!) 

MANCHESTER 

Palaee 

Frar\k Work Co :• 

Borco 

Manning A Hall 

Brodks ^^ Mnrtf nt> 

.Splendid 'ft. Pi\rtn?r 

24 hai: 
Wond-^r STonl 
Onry f, Balrtt 
Mr A Mm W Hill 
Chung Wha Four 
O A II D« Beera 



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BBIDOJEF^BT 

P/oU 

lA>venberJt Sis A N 
Anna Mae Co 
Kmnsett A Liad 



Beth Tato 
Fern A Maree 
Vincent Lopes Co 

SCRANTON, PA. 
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many friends in the profession, we are unable to send per- 
sonal greeting cards, therefore %v,e take this means to wish 
you all a Happy New Year. ^ ^v *; ^ "-^ 

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rTora Jare A Karl 
Moore A Ooodwin 
tflm City Four 
(Two to nil) 

F*L RIVEB. MASS. 
^„„^ Empire 

a'irllk A DanCies 
l8on\Citjr Four 

Homelown Follies 
(Two to MU) 

2d half 
Tabor A Oreen 
Ernie A Ernie 
H >metown Follies 
(Two to nil) 

FTTCBBCBO 

Cam mines 

Johnny Reynolds 
Yule A Richards 
(Three to nil) 
Sd half 
3irlie A Dandles 
(Four to Oil) 



NE%V BEBFOHD 

Olymi»la 

2d halt 
J R Johnaon 
Haynes A lieck 
(Three to All) 

NEWPOBT 



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Nora Jaoo A -Karl 
Carson A Willard 
The Rl!lD -- -*. 
(Two ta^ll>>> 
Vhair 
Tule A RichnrSs 
Bison City F<^r 
(Three to nii) 

WALTHAIC 

Waldorf 
Haynes A Beck 
Kim CMty Poor 
(Two to nil) 

Id half 
Powell A Brown • 
Camon A Willard 
Hello Wife 



CHICAOO XEITH CIBCUIT 



CINCINNATI 



Melnotte Duo 
Paul Jlaha Co 
Homo Towa FoUiea 
Awkward Afe 
' Buddy Walton 

CLETBLAKD 



NEW YORK 



Telepiione: BRYANT 1543 



MARGUERITE DeVON 

"SUppIn' Around** Co. 

EXCMmiVE niRICTlON OK 
WEBER A rniCPLAWOEII 



Mignon 

•Martin A fVourtney 

Lone A Freeman 

2d half 
•Dottle Claire Co 
.lATncs Thornton 
•Dayton A Palmer 
•Monroe A Mae 
Camilla's Birds 
(Ono to nil) 
Froetor's Mth St. 
Emma Raymond Co 
Marino A Murtin 



ALLKNTOWN, PA. 

Orptievm 

Dorothy Ramer 
Polly of th»' Folli«"« 
O'Ncll A IMuokitt 
Bi Ba Bo 
(One to nil) 



2d half 

Rami a Foss 
MGruth A Derds 
Kdiili ClHHt»er Co 
^m .Hill Co 



Millerahlp A Gerard 
Denno Sis T A C 
B«'ll K. Caron 

BOSTON 

B. F. Keith's 

Four Phlllipa 
Van A Tyson 
UUM Fowler 
Raym'nd Hitchcock 
Ruby Norton 
Lynn A Howland 
Oeorge Moore Co 
Hnrry J^Vail A Sin 

, BIYFAIX) 

Shea's 

RafTsyet^e's I>oc(« 
Bendfr A Annstr'c 
Hograua SiB & R 
Z^Uian KKnw 
Clark A Hfrjjnian 
Reed A Austin 
(.'ovenc Troupe 



CBATTANOOCA 

Rlalta 

2d half 

Marot»ll A Went 
Dunhnm A O'MnUejr 
Ll»t><n L^stor 
SiflltrB Arnette * 

;.'iil^' iw»Vii« i^i^i-y .n-- w" 



(One to nil) 

2d half 
IVrothy Kanior 
O'Neill *r Plunkutt 
Bi Ba Bo 
(Two to fill) 

ERIE, PA. 

Colonial 

niax klonkeyn 
Meohan A Nnwmatt 
Sall*^« A Robles* 

GRAND RAPIDS 

Empress 

l.a I'flHricla Trio 
Jackie A Billie 
Burns A Lynn 
Roxy La Rocca 
^FJight Blue Demons 

HAMILTO N, CAN. 

I.yf«4> 

Aileen Htanely 
Merle's Cockatoos 
Uordon A Ford 
Potter A Cainblc 
Collins A Hart 

HABRISIIl'RG 

Majestic 

Danny DuRan Co 
Bob AlhrlKht Co 
Deto Rvttvr 



Dooley A Storey 
f!arriso« A Dalcin 
Oeorves Dafraane 
Holmes A Laveto 
CunnlnRham A B Co 
T«m Patricola 
lUrnt A Partner 

MT. VERXON, N.Y. 

Proetor's 

Herbert's Dogs 
Murray A Maddox 
Robert Rellly Co 

Tho Speevlcra 

2d half 
LAP Murdork Co 
Hutler A Parker 
Nicht in Spain 
Bordeli A Dwyer 

NASHVILLE 

Prineeno 

(Loulavllle spill) 
1st half 
Valentine A Bell 
O'Brlea A J's'phiae 
Hal JoJiaooa Co 
Ilibbitt A Malle 
Little Jim 

NEWARK 

Prorfor'S 

Lytell A. Famt 
v-ii' /i )-»er. I 



Rose of Harem 

2d half 
The Movie Maoque 
Deao Retter 
((Jthera to nil) 

RICHMOND 

Lyric 

(Norfolk split) 
\nX half 
Turner Bros 
Eastman A Monro ' 
Reyn'lda i- Dont'gan 
(Two to nil) 

BOANOKK. VA. 

Ist half 
Vandtrbilts 
WriRht A D Sis 
Frank Farron 
(Two fo mil 

ROCHESTER 

Temple 

Hnrry Moore 
Kane A Grant 
Charles Ahearn Co 
Ham Qnuki ^ 
Crawford A BrOO'k 
Biny Hharpn Rfv^o. 
Hawthorne A •''nok 
Rupert IngelHsc Co 



F^n A Maroo 
Vincent iKopex'Co 
2d halt , 

Aihoros A Obey 
H»>ift Brosx- , 
Little Dnft*:ood 
Johnaon A Hayes* 
Mildred AniTrO' Co 

HARTFORD 

Capitol ' 

M(la A Bruin 

Ann (Jrey 

Burns A Wilson 

Frisco 

Beth Tate 

Lura Bennett Co 

2d t^aif 
Shaw's Circus 
Bddie CoHHHdy 
Lew .*l«ytnour Co 
Nettle V Nichols 

NEW HAVEN 

-IVklaeo 

Miidr^^yindre CV> 
Kddte c*a«aady 

Neilio V TSffhol^ 
Revhe -L* Petite 

Daweon Tt'lHfc'h A C 
Travera Douglas Co 



(Wilkea-B'rs split) 

1st half 
Barbette 

Baaley A Porter 
Rome A Oaut ^ 
Slatko's Rev 
(One to ltl> 

SPRINGFIELD 

Pttlaee 

Dawaon I/nig'n A C 
Arthur Whitelaw 
M'C'm'k & Wlnehill 
Seven o* Hearts 

2d half 

Frank W I loon 
Ann Orey 
Mellnda A Dade 
Welch Mealy A M 
White Bla<-k A U 

WATERBI'BT 

Palace 

Ainoros A Obey 
Helfr Bros 
Little Driftwood 
Johnson A Hayes 
Shaw's Circus 

Si iMUf 

Emmett A Llnd 

I r<VVJ; .iuiita ■ 



Koban Japa 
Burns A Ix>rralne 
Sullivan A Myero 
Larry Comer 
Mme Doroo's Co 

CLINTON. IND. 

Capitol 

Kelly A Pollock 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
The Humphreys 
Marston A Manley 
Sinclair A Gray 
(One to All) 

DATTON 
B. F. Kolth'o 

Bender A Armstr'v 
Br d way to Bowery 
Flan'g'n A Morrioon 
(Two to All) 
2d half 
Sandy 

Miller A Bradford 
Fenton A Fields 
Qua Edwards Rev 

DETROIT 

I.aSalle Gardens 

Lew Cantor Show 

2d half 
Four^Nlghtons 
KerrV Knaign 
Stone's Novelty Co 



FT. WATMB. IND. 



Julia Sdward% 
"Foor of Us" 
(Two to nil) 

2d half ^ 

Whitneld A XrelaaA 
Cleveland A Dowry 
Skelly Belt Rev 
(One to nil) 

B'NI'OTON, IND, 

HaaMactoa 

Humberto Broa 
Jesslo Hortburt 

INDIANAFOUS 
PkUaee 

Two Bdwarda ~ 

O'Neil Twins A B^ 
Listen Lester " 

Charlea Wilson 
Tony Gray Co 
Seven Brown Girls 

K'L'M'ZOO, MICH. 
Boffont 

B Sweeney Co * 

Daniels A Waltera 
Seamon Conrad Co 
Grace Ayers Co 

2d half 
Sealo 

Kelly A Pollock 
Revue Resplendent 
(Two to nil) 

KOKOMO, IND. 

SCraad 

Valall A Zermalno 
Fries A Wialon 
F A K Hall 
'Cleveland A Dowry 
Camilie Trio 



LEE MASON 

With STAN SCOTT 

A Merry Xmaa t« AM 



(Two to nil) 
EV'NSVILLE. IND. 

Victory 

The Humphreys 
FTImroae Four 
Van A Avery 
Dave Manley 
A' Moore's Band 

2d half 

Five Petrowas 
■ rrrls A Block 
Al Tester Co 
Al Moore's Band 



2d half 

Black Hawk Co 
DeWitt A Robinson 
Lillian Oonne Co 
Roy La Pearl 
Buzzlns Band 

LATifiilNO, MICH. 

Recent 

Mowatt A Mull.»n 
Edmunds A LaVi'lle 
Bobby Jaxon Co 
Ifsger A Goodwin 
Stone's Novelty t'o 



i Friday, December 29, l ^^\.,,.^:'^^^^^:^'-^ ''-'^J^^AJ^^-V' ''^'■•\'''4'r'\ VARIETY -.r:'!- -.■■-■••■. 

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td half 
*. Z«ller 
■Block * Danlap 
'J Broderlek Co 
Oftlloway * OarotU 
<One to flU> 

UUUNOTOir. KT. 

Bmi AU 

X.ri« * virrinta 
• lilller & Bradford 

Wnx Edmunda Co 
, .Feiiton it Fielda 

(One to flll)^ - 

Id half ^ 
% Harv^r Kan»y A O 
f Br'dway to Bowery 
, Dave Roth 
' (Twd to flU) 

r LUM, a 

. Paorot O. H. 

£d half 
Oirl In Moon 
L.et'a Qo 
,' Al Tucker 
Smllea 

M'SKEC.ON. MICH. 

t Bevent 
Grant & Wallace 
. Marston Sz Munley 
' Jack Broderlek Oo 
2d half 
Mowatt A Mullen 



Hater A Ooo4ir)B 
Bobby JazOB C* 

BICUMOND, INp. 

Black Hawk Co 
Lillian Oonne Co 
Roy La Pearl 
Buzzlngton'a Buiid 
Sd half •, X. 
CamlUe Trio 
Reynold* A White 
FAB Hall 
^imroae Four 

SAGINAW, MICH. 



•AI.T I.AKK 
Orpkmtm 

(Sunday o|>enInK) 
Henry SantiMr Co 
D D HT 
Uttle Billy 
McRae A Cleyg 
BUI Roblnaon 
U A A Seymour 
M'Deritt Kelly A Q 



I^aagrd a Frodrke 

MAP MUlor j 

Herborti 

CalU Br9« ^ ,' t 

VlaMT C» ii 

MOVX CITT, 1A. 



Belle ICooti 
BUly 01aw>ii 



Ward A Zeller 
Block A Dwnlap 
Revue Reeplendent 

(One to fill) 

2d half 
B Sweeney Co 
Thelma 
(2 Seamon Co 
Qraco Ayers Co 

T'RE HAl'Tli. IND. 
Liberty 

I^e Vara 

M'Dermott A Vlnc't 
Qolden Bird 
Farreli Taylor Co 



RICH HAYES 



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THE LAZV^LOWN 

PLATING KBrmjnUBATBES 

Dlroetloa: U. m lUMHNSLLI 






MAX RICHARD 

SAYS: "You will have a Prosperous New 
Year — If you will let me book you over 
the \r. V. M. A. and B. F. Keith (West)." 

1«1S ('Npltol BIdK. (Mnsonle Temple) 
C'WirAOO Phone Central QUg 



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ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 

CHICAGO 



Pal»«« 

(J^nday opening) 
> Blossom T??i?l<»y Co 
Kdith Taliaferro Co 
DeMarco A Band 
BankolT Co 
Walters & Walters 
Faber A McGowan 
Nayyfys 

State IjOio 

(Sunday o penin g) 
Williams ATiylor 
Senator Murphy 
Jack George Duo 
Zuhn A Drels 
Bekefl Dancen 
Koroll Bros 

DENVBR 

~ Orphevm 

(Sunday opening) 



MRurnis 

Orphenm '' 

Henry Walthall 
Bryan & Brodrrlck 
Mme Hermann 
Keno Keyes A M 

MILWACKBE 

Polaeo 

Kerr A Weston 
Al K Hall 
Browq Sisters 
Lticas A Ines 
Sully A Houghton 
Marry Me 

MINNEAPOLIS 

* HeMiepin 

(Sunday opening) 
Creole Fashion PI 
Flashes 
Smith & Strong 



SAN FRANCISCO 

Golden Gate 

(Sunday. opening) 
Signor Friscoe 
Burke & Durklu 
Mallla Bart 
Dugan & Raymond 
Vardell Bros 

Orpkrom 

fSanday opening) 
Eddie I^onard 
IJilly Dale Co 
Hallen A Russell 
Tuav'uivo Bros 
Profiteering 
Quizy Four 
Walter C Kelly 

SEATTLE 

Orpiicam 

(Sunday opening) 
Lou Tellcsren Co 
Spencer & V.'llllamk 



Lorett's C'Ctratloh 
Bryan A Flint 
(Two to'flll)'*'. 

2d half 
LeRocn & DuPreece 
Doaegan A Stegar 
Oordon A Day 
(Others to fill) 

▼ANCOt'VEB> B.C. 

Orphram 

Stan Stanley 

Pletro 

Flying Henrys 

0'l>«nnell A Blair 

Circumstantial Uv 

WINNIPEG 

Orpheam 

Mnrc M'Dermott Co 
Bthel Parker Co 
Jack La Vier 
Bersac's Clrcvs 
I Stars of Teaterday 



Walnwrlghtu ■; 
Faber A Klag 
Love A Wllbar 

td half 
Leo Barrel! Cm 
Irving A Blwood 
Tom Martin Co 
Permalno A Shelly 
Prloarose Mlnstrais 

BOSTON 

Orpheaaa 

Three Martell* 
Hope Vernon 
Alton A Allen 
Homer LInd Co 
Clark A O'Neill 
Caveman Love 

BUFFALO 

Stat* 
Reo A Helmar » 
RAH WalMT 
Haxel Haslam Co . 
Fox A Brltt 
At the Party 



Ralab'w A Mohawk 
Oroy A Byron 
Orant Gardner 
Both well Brown Co 

MOMTBBAL, ^AM. 



La Flear A Pprtia 
Armstrong A Tyson 
Fred Weber Co 
Hawkins A Mack 
Dance Evolutions 

NEWARK 

Stato 

Marian's Dogs 
Ifaouel Romain* Co 
4 Queens A a Joker 
Matthews A Ayera 
Arnaut Trio 

NEW* ORLEANS 
Crescent 

Charles Wllea 
Holly A Lee 
Morning Glories 



OSNH¥A« N. Y, 

ToaspU 

Willie Lang 
Bobbin Brewater Co 
(One to fill) 

GL'NS PALLS. N.T. 
Kasplro 

Nina Davia 
Owen A Clark 



Seven Happy Otrla 
(One to fill) 

ROCnBSTSH, V.J. 
Vlctorto 

Walsh A Bentley 
Ma) me Oehrue Co 

ad half 
J F CoilToy A Sbi 
Renard A West 



B(SBBY'^l(E*nmNSHAW 

And ENCORE 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL 

ORPHKUM CIRCUIT 

Direction; BILL JACOBS 



(Cm to SID 

Sd lialf 
Moslcal Hunter* 
Olive A Maok 
Four Roeders 

OMAHA. NEB. 



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LOEW cncuiT 



OfllHsa Ooattot t« til* II V A. 

DR. JUUAN SIEGEL 

a4SS B'way 4P«tmaM Bid*. I Fl. T 



Morton A Glass 
Leo Beers 
Glenn A Jenkins 
Williams & Wolfus 
Rose Ellis A R 
Royal Gascoynes 
Andrleft Trio" 

;> DES MOINES 

^j.;y; OrpUrnaa '' 

fSunday , opening) 
Harry LangJon 
Seattle Harm'ny Co 
Vincent O'Donnell 
Johnson A Baker 
Weaver A Weaver 
Babcork A Dolly 
. Chandpn Trio 

, <DCLCTH 

Orphenm 

fSunday opening) 
Harry Hol'man Co 
Milt Colllna 
Doree Co 
Farnell A Plnreneo 
Perez A Marguerite 
Zelaya 
Dancing Kennedys 



Fisher A Ollmoro 
Terk A King 
Herbert & Dare 
Carl Bmmy's Pets 

NEW oW!lEAN8 

Orphenm 

(Sunday opening) 
Van A Corbett 
Paul Decker Co 
Flo Lewis 
Lydell A Gibson 
Jack Osterman 
J A J Gibson 
Marmeln Sisters 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

Orphonm 

(Sundav opening) 
Prank Ward 
Flirtation 
Blly 

Mlddleton A S 
Scanlon Deno A S 
GAP Magley 

OMAHA, NEB. 

Orphenm 

(Sunday opening) 
Tlctor Moore Co 



NEW YORK ClXy 

.'state 
Br'kaway Barlowes 
Morton & Brown 
Benny Harrison Co 
J K Emmet t Co 
Phil Baker Co 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Three Phillips 
Fiske & Lloyd 
PhM Daker Co 
Varieties Supreme 
(Two to nil) 

Amerienn 

Hoffman & Jeaale 
Evans A Wilson 
Bits of Dance Hits 
Marion Gibnoy 
Wellington's S'prlse 
Jones Ik Sylvester 
Witt A Winters 
(Two to nil) 

;d half 
BAM Williams 
Johnny ClarU Co 
Harrison Moss 
Syncopated M'm'nts 
Franklyn A Vlnc't 
Rempel A Clayton 
Lew Cooper 
(One to flllX 

Vieterte 

Aronty Bros 
Leo Greenwood Co 
Eddie Nelson 
Mabel Blondell Rev 
(One to fill) 



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Varieties Supreme 

-^^ ad half 
Bennington A Scott 
J K Bmmett Co 
Grace Cameron Ce 
Brford's Oddities 
(One tw-mi)/ 

*" Aven«e B 

Low 81 1 ford 

Woraley A Hlllyer 

Creole Revne 

(One to fill) 
Xd half 

HeM A Campus 
, ' BAAto Foyer 
^ (Two to fill) 

Ihsooklyn 

MetropoHtan 

Throo Phillips 
Downing A Buddy 
Low Cooi>er 
CMnton A Rooney 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Vineeht Bros 
M'lntyre A H'lc'mb 
Leo Greenwood Co 
Kddle Nelson 

FnRon 
Bellls Dno 
Telaak A Dean 
Roberts A Boyne 
Roeber A Gold 
St Clair Twins Co 

td half 
Aronty Bros 
Jimmy Flynn Co 



TO EACH 

and every nyember of the pro- 
fession, my best wishes for the 
Holiday Season — wishes that 
you and yours will hi^ye a 
most Prosperous, Healthful, 
Happy New Year. 

IXON B. BEREZNIAK 

Lawynr to th« Profnssion 
••vnn Wnst Madison 8tr«tt 
TtUphoifs 8Ut« MOO ^ ;^ 

CHICAGO 



Canton Five N 
(Two to fill) 

td half 
E\'mns Nero A B 
Wells A Montgom'y 
Bddle Cook Ce 
(TWO to fill) 

NIAGARA FALLS 

Catarart 
CAM Butters 
J F Conroy ft Bis 
Willie Lang 
Katoushka 

2d half 
Ford & O'Neill 
Norman & Landee 



SP*GnEU>, MASS. 

Regent 
Bert Earle A Girls 

WT'RTOWN/ N. Y. 

Avon 

Bobble Brewater Co 
McNeill A Ford 
Jackson's Maids 
Renard A West 
Jeanette A N Bros 

td half 
Manohan Co 
Payten Meyers Co 
Jack Lewis 
Maymo Gehrue Co 
* (One to fill) 



WESTERN VAUDEVILLE 



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THE LANGWELL 

Its W. 44tk St.. Mow York 

The Best tl.OO Dinner In Town. 

Ask HOPE THHNON 
• TOM HARRISOIC. Mummftr 



COUNT TRIX 

PERRONE and OLIVER 
in a "Song Symphony" 

ORPHEUM CIRCIJIT 



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KANSAS CITT 

Main Street 

(Sunday opening) 
tV & M Rogers 
Adolphus Co , 
Ernest Hiatt 
Douglas A Leary 
Althea Lucas 
Jonia's Hawalians 

Orphenm 

(Sunday opening) 
Harry Watson Co 
Kdwin George 
Belle Montrose 
Fred HuRhes 
Claudia Coleman 
Morgan Dancers 
Galctto & Kokin 



Bobby Henshaw 
Foley A Lature 
Leo Donnelly Co 
Lawton 

Oretta Ardine Co 
Novelty Clintons 

PORTLAND, ORE. 
Orphenm 

(Sunday opening) 
Roflcoe Ails Co 
Wilfred Clark 
Eddid Miller 
El Rey Sisters 
Jack Hanley \ 
Bert Fltzglbbons 
Hegedus Sisters 



"^" 



ARTHUR SILBER 

BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH 

PANTAGES CIRCUIT 

60« FITZGERALD BLDC. NEW YORK 
Phones BRYANT 7»70 — I8t» 



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Aerlah Valentines 

LINCOLN, NEB. 

Orphenm 
Hyams & Mclntyre 
Jack Norton Co 
V ft E Stanton 
Bailey & Cowan 
McCarthy Sisters 
^Meehan's Animnls 
Royal Gascoynes 
Grace Doro 

LOS ANGELES 

Mill Street 

(Sunday opening) 
Letter Writer 
Pearson N'wp't A P 

-Love Sisters 
Thurbcr A Madison 
Hughes A De Brow 

Orpheum 
(Sunday opening) 
Dooley A Sales 
Adele Rowland 
Oorham's Revue 
I'erone A Oliver 
Juggleland 

■Alma No*lson Co 
C A F Usher 
Lvs Gellls 



SACRAMENTO 

Orphenm 

(1-3) 
(Same bill plays 

Fresno 4-6) 
Wayne & Warren 
Eric Zardo 
J B Hymer Co 
Bernard & Garry 
DeWitt Burns A T 
Florenis 
Folsom Denny Co 

ST. IX>1 IS 

Orpheam 

Family Ford 
Mo Mo & Ju Ju 
Davis & Darnell 

ST. PAUL 

Orphenm 

(Sunday opening) 
Rae Samuels 
Frawlcy A Louise 
Senator Ford 
Bessie Clifford 
Franklyn Charles 
Grace Huff 
Valand Uamblo- 
Zelda Bros 



Sd half 
^faud Bllett Co 
Telaak A Dean 
Roberts & Boyne 
Strickland A Boys 

Uneoln Sq. 
Plckard's Seals 
I^e Morse 
Rempel & Clayton 
Harrison Moss 
Sparks of Broadw'y 

2d half 
Lowe A Stella 
Cupid's Closeups 
Bobby Van Horn 
Royal Pekln Troupe 

Greeley Bq. 

Barton & Sparling 
Nancy Boyer Co 
Lew Wilson 
Royal Pekln Troupe 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Witt A Winters 
Lee Morse 
Bvans & Wilnon 
George Rosener 
Sparka of Broadw'y 

Delancey St. 
Franklyn & Vlnc't 
M'lntyrn A H'lc'mb 
Dolly'b Dream 
Eddie Foyer 
Gibson & Price 
(One to All) 

2a half 
La Beige Duo 
Downing & Buddy 
LAM Hart 
Adler & Dunbar 
Baraban Grohs & H 

National 

Bobby Van Horn 
Archer & Bclford 
Adler A Dunbar 
Baraban Grohs A H 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Br'kaway Barlowes 
Dodd A Nelson 
Mr fit Mrs N Phillips 
Lew Wilson 
M Blondell Revue 

Orpheum 

Lowe & Stella 
L A M Hart 
Grace Cameron Co 
Royal Midgets 
2d half 
Hoffman & Jessie 
Harry Bcwley Co 
Royal Midi^t'ts 

Boulevard 

Calettl'a &lonkeys 
Jim & Betty Page 
Ncvins A Gordon 
Jarrow 



Nevins A (3ordon 
Jarrow 
Dolly's Dream 

antes 

Mand Bllett Co 
Bennington A Scott 
BAB Adair 
George Rosener 
Strickland A Boys 

Sd half 
Oaletti's Monkeys 
Benny Harrison C^ 
Nancy Boyer Co 
CUaton A Rooney 
(One to fill) 

Pateeo 

Tnmer A Jocelyn 
(Four to fill) 
td halt 
Art Smith 
Fox A Kelly 
Worsley A Hlllyer 
St Clair Twins 

Warwick 

Randow Trio 
Dancing Shoes 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Murphy A Lang 
Lew Sllford 
Weiss Troupe 

ASTORIA, L. I. 

Astorin 

td halt 
Bellls Duo 
Morton A Brown 
Bardwell Mayo A R 
Archer A Bclford 
Barton A Sparling 
Bits o: Dance Hits 

ATLA^CTA 

Cran4l 

Leo Zarrell Co 
Irving A Blwood 
Tom MartU) Co 
Permalne A Shelly 
Primrose Minstrels 

td half 
Jess A Dell 
Shoppard A Ott 
MATtin A Courtney 
Wells A Anger 
Oorgalis Trio 

BALTIMORE 

HiMMdrome 

Bd Olngras Co 
Wheeler A Potter 
Helens Davis Co 
Charles F Seamon 
Boys pf Long Ago 

DIRMINOIIAM 

Uljon 

De Alma 

Fred dt Elsie Burke 



CHICAGO 

Kinno 

La Toy Bros 
Birdie Kraemer 
A A D Morley 
(Two to fill) 

DAYTON 

Dnytoa 
^Peres A La Flor 
William Dick 
Stateroonct If 
Klass^A Brilliant 
Wyatt's Lads A L 

HOBOKEN. N. S. 

LyHo 

Held A Campus 
Shaw A Clark 
Jack Walsh Co 
X ^armon Co 
Six Harleqvins 

td half 
Bias 81s A Powell 
Jocelyn A Turner 
Newport St irk & P 
Dancing Shoes 
(One to fill) 

LONPON, CAN. 

Loew 

Ling A Long 



Elliott A West 
Pattersons 

2d halt 
Australian Delsos 
Nat Burns 
Eckhoff A Gordon 
Adrian 
Mme Du Barry Co 

OTTAWA. CAN. 

Loew 

BrgottI A Herman 
Warman A Mack 
Frey & Rogers 
Keating & Ross 
Steppiag Around 

PBOltlDENCB, RJ. 



CHICAGO 

Amerlraa 

Clark &. Manning 
Charles Rogers Co 
J C Lewis Jr 
I.ambert A Fish 
Norris' Slrnlana 
(Ono to .fll^ 
2d haTf 
Dunlay & Merrill 
(Five to fill) 

Kedsle 
Moore A Shy 
Marsd A Williams 
Milton Pollock Co 
Jarvis A Harrison 
Three Weber Girls 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Parker Bros 
Briscoe & Austin 
(Four to fill) 

Lincoln 

Ssalo 

Beymore A Jeanette 
Dave Ferguson Co 
Duval A Symonds 
Bernlvlcl Bros 
Flying Nelsons 

td half 
Charles Rogers Co 
Brady A Mahoney 
(Four to fill) 

Majeotio 

Gabby Bros 
Villanl A VlllanI 
Venetian Revue 
Snow A Sigsworth 
Charles Ward Co 
Kllkenney Trio ' 
Rainbo's End 
Eddie Hill 

ABERDEEN. S. D. 

Orphenm 

td half 
Orindell A Eitner 



La Hoen A Duproo 
Vernon 

Bennert A Loo 
Songs A Scenes 
(One to fill) 

Sd halt 
Nlpl^n Duo 
Nad A Edwards 
Werner Amoros t 
(One to fill) 

PEORIA. ILL. 

Orphenm 
Larimer A Hudson 
Valentine Vox 
Blllia Gerber Rev 
Boganny's C'm'd'ns 
(Two to fill) 

td half 
J Singer A Dolls 
I^o Haley 
Six Hassans 
(Three to fill) \ 

OriNCT. ILL. 

Orphenm 

Grace Ayre A Bro 



HolIlM maUtn 
Bayos A Marios 
KoUr A Koajr 
Pl«« Is Pigs 
Carnival of Toalo« 
Haghio Clark 
Ankor Trio 
(One to fill) 



Bolt A Bva 
1 A O Gallfoyto 
Tango Shoes 
Chapman's H'l'der* 
(Two to fill) 

Sd halt 

The Volunteers 
Simpson A DoAa 
Patsy Shelly Co 
(Three to fill) 

SIOUX F*LLS, 8.1V 

Orpihenm 

Nippon Duo 
Percival Noel Co 
Harry Van Fossen 
Werner Amoros t 

td half 
Joe Melvin 
Barnard A Brma 
George Lovett Cw 
(One to fill) 

SPB'GFIELD. nX. 

Majestlo 

Billy Diss 



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Neitor A Vincent 
Jerome A France 
Frank StalTord Co 
W O'Clara A. Girls 
(Two to fill) 

Sd halt 

Whiting A Denn 
Gordon Ar Healy 
Mardo A Rome 
C'sm'p'Ut'n DxQcers 
SP'GFIELD, MASS. 
Broadway 



2d half 
Olanvllle A Sanders 
MurrtTy KIssen Co 
(One to fill) 

FABGO. N. D. 

Grand 

Orindell A Esther 
Bltie Bird Revue 
(Three to fill) 
td halt 
Ja Da Trio 
(Foafr to fill) 

GALESBURO, II4t. 
Orphenm 

Hammell Bisters 
Moore A Kendall 
Ishlkawa Rros 

td halt 
Orace Ayre A Bro 
Johnson Bros A J 
Pantheon Singers 

GO) ISLAND. NKB. 

Mni««ti« 
Roth * Slater 
Firman A Oldsmlth 
Daley A Borca 

Sd half 
Marctis A Lee 
Orange Blossonts 
Vernon 

GREEN BAT, Wn.' 

Orphonm 

1st halt 
Glencoo Sisters 
Margort A Morr«ll 
Coradinl's Animals 

JOUST, nx. 

Orphenm 

Selbini A Grovlltl 
Harry Jolson 
TInU A Toneg 
Sd halt 
La Mont Trio 



DBNTI8T 

Prices within reasos to the profoaolon. 
Dr. M. Q. Cf ARY 

N. W. Cor. State and' Randolph Sta. 

Seoond floor over Drag Store 

■atranco C W. Randolph St., CHICAOO 



Johnson Bros A J 
Pantheon Singers 

2d half 
Three Hamel Sis 
Moore A Kendall 
Ishlkawa Bros 

BACINR. WIS. 

BkUto 

Mascot 

O'Malley A M'xflsld 
(Throe to fill) 
Sd halt 
Maxfleld A Ctolsoa 
John Alden Co 
Jarvis A Harrison 
Three Weber Olrls 
(One to fill) 

BOCKFOBD. nx. 



(Madison split) 
1st half. 
Royal Sidneys 
Morgan Wooley Co 
Jessie Reed 



Davb Harris Co 
Simpson A T>eaa 
K Sinclair Co 
(One to fil)) 

Sd hall 
Valentine Vox Co 
Boganny's C'm'd'ns 
Billle Oerber's RsT 
(Tkroe to fill) ^ 

8P*B0nBLO. MO. 



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cmadwlek A Taytae.^ 
(Ono to fill) ^ 

Sd half ^ 

Davis A Bradnor 
HInkte A Mao 

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Yokohama Boyi^ 
Mrs Bva Far 
Whitfield A Irelaat 
(Two to fill) 
Sd half 
SolMnI A GrorlttI 



CHESTER FREDERICKS 

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JESSE FREEMAN AGENCY 

CHARLES YATB8, Maasgor 
1418 MSM«I« Tssiple CsnUal Ota CMICAQO 

BooklDt ttccluslTely nlth T^^^«;,*;«iiJ^'' 
(Western) Eachanss. Orpheum and Affluauoas. 



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Ingham "Storm" Co. Offers 
MAX FACTOR'S 

Supreme PreparaOons 

Lis Resie— It Hsali. Wliiteslsff~.it ttayt On. 

Pewtfer^Ne Lsatf. Resiever— CessUxIm FeeS. 

SOLD IN NKW TOEK BT 

Harlow h Luther. DruggUts, B'way * Uth St 

Csotral Drug Co.. Tth Are. A Uth St. V 

if"JP\i.*"' ■*• ^™« S^*"- •*•» A»e. A 44th 8t.^ 
C. O. Blgelow, Inc.. eth Are. A »th St. 
_ ^ , SOLD IN CHICAOO BT 
Buck A Raraw's. and Public Drug. Co. 

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Ogden tSNlfrs 
Evans A Pearl 

VL halt 
Lamplnis 
Dave Bernle Co 
Clayton A Lennle 

MEMPHIS 

* State 

Australian Delsos 
Nat Burns 



Mardo A Rome 
Oordon A Healy 
C'sm'p'Ut'n Dancers 

td half 
Nestor A Vincent 
Jerome A France 
Frank Stafford Co 

TORONTO 

Yonge St. 

Frear Baggott A F 



Season's Greetings 
To All My Friends 

BEN 
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KETCH ""WILMA 



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Eckheff A Gordon 

Adrian 

Mnjk DuTlarry Co. 

2d half 
Da Alma 
FAR Hurko 
Wain Wrights 
Faber & King 
I^ve A ^Vilbur 

JIII.WAl'KPE 

Miller 
Dalley Bros 



Connors A Boyne 
Wm A Weston Co 
Olive Hayes 
Olga & .Nicholas 

WASHINGTON 

Strand * 

Three Walters 
SImms & Wynne 
When We Grow Up 
Wilson & McAvoy 
Will Stanton Co 



Vocal Yi^Hety" 

FRED KETCH it the otvly man 
ACTUALLY singing in two voices 
at one time. A VOCAL accomplish. I oSjay* ^'nayton 
ment, NOT A TRICK. I Zelgler Sisters 



GITS SUN CIKCTJIT 



BVPFALO 
Lafajrette 



Jack Merlin ' 
i C Mack Co 

ERIE. PA. 
C-otumfela 

Seven Happy Girls 



Blue Bird Revue 
BL'M'NCT'N, fix. 
Majestle 

Johnny Singer Co 
Leo Haley 
Six Hassans 

2d half 
Crystal Bennett Co 
Coscia A Verdi 
Dave Ferguson Co 

C'D'B BAPID8,IA. 

Majestlo 
Parker Bros 
J A C Nathan 
Murray Klasen Oo 
Ramsdell A Deyo 
(One to All) 

2d halt 
I-Arimer A Hudson 
O Handsworth Co 
Tints A Tones 
(Two to fill) 

CENTRALIA, ILL. 

• Grand 

LToyd A Ooodo 
(Two-to nil) 

2d half 
Fenwick Girls 
HlbbTt A Nugent 
Smith's Circus 

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. 

Orphenm 

J Roshle & Muffs 
Favorites of Past 
Seymoro A Jeanette 
Duval A Symonds 
Bernivtcl Bros 
K Sinclair Co 

CB'KSTON, MINN. 

Grand 

Iflt half 
Orindell A leather 
Blue Bird Revne 
(One to nil) 

DA^'ENPORT, lA. 

Colombia 

Wllle Bros 
Drlscoll Long A H 
Tyler A .Crollus 
Dave Harris Co 
Carl Rosini Co 
(One to nil) . 

DtBiqlK, lA. 

Majestle 
Wllle Bros 
Drlscoll Lbng A H 
O Handsworth Co 
Tyler A Crolius 
Carl Roslnl Co 

EM'IN, ILL. 

RIalfo 

David Qutxano Co 
Kkelly A Heit Rev 
(One to nil) 



Lambert A Flsll 

Mrs FJva^.Fay' ' 

JOPUN, MO. 
Eleetrle 

Davis A Bradner 
Hlakle A Mao 
2d halt 
Chadwick A Taylor 
(One to All) 

BLAN. CITY, MO. 
Olobo 

Fenwick Girls 
Itobert H Hodge Co 
Mills A Duncan 
Five Ballots 

2d halt 
Will Morris . . * 
(Two to All) 
Barry A Layton 

L'V'NW'TH, KAN. 

Orphenm 

Ist half 
Will Morris 
Barry A Laytoa 

LINCOLN. NEB. 

IJberty 

Marcus & Leo 
Harpland 
Mantell Co 

2d halt 
Roth A Slater 
Songs A Scenes 
Daley A Burch 

'k.lDISON. WIS. 

Orpheum 

(Rockford split) 
1st halt 
Luster Bros 
Draper A Hendrle 
Earl A Bial Revue 
Silver Duval A K 



MILWKEB. WIS. 

Majestlo'^ 

Hector 
Burnum 



(One to All) 

ST. JOB. MO. 
Bloctrlo 
Corvo A Moro 
ShadowlaPd 
(Two to All) 

td half 

B aW Payne 
JAW H^nniogS 
Mills A Duncan 
Mantell Co 

ST. LOUIS 

Colombia 

Briscoe A Austin 
Maxnetd * uotsoa 
Braxlllan Heiress 
John Neft ^ 

Smith Circv« ' 

. 2d half 

Otto Bardell A O 
Smith Bros 
Lloyd A Goo4e 
(Two to All)-- r 

Oraa« 
Hardy Bros 



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Boll A Bva 
BAH Skatello 
Pavorltoo ot Past' 
Bar^y A Maheaof' 
Btrtt Caharol 
(Oas to All) 

Sd half 
Marsh A Williams 
Murphy A LochmaP 
(Four to All) 

TOPBKA. XAM; J 

Kwrsltp 

Will Morris. 
Barry A Laytoa 
(Two to All) 

Sd halt 
Corro A More 
Boll A Bva - ^ 

IPifnan A Oldsmltk- 
Shadowland 
Drisco A Earl 



INTERSTATE CIBCUIC 



PALLAS, TEX. 

ff. Majestlo 

Bins A Grill 
Elklns Fay A B 
M'C'm'k A Wallace 
Vadle A Gygi 
Miller A M^tck 
Shlreea 

FT. SMITH, ARK. 

Majestle 

Thonas^Trlo 
Flanders A Butler 
Maley A Singer 
Harry Breen 
Sankus A Sylvore 

2d half 

Lloyd Nevada Ca 
Jack Leo 
Carlisle A Laroat 
Walters. A Goold 
Five Ballots 

FT. WORTH, TEX. 
MaJesUo 

NIoho 

Stanley Chapman 



The Storm 

2d half 
Al Stryker 
Flanders A Butler 
Anderson A Burt 
Hgrry Breep 
Sankus A Sylvers 

OKLAHOMA ClTt 



(Tulsa split) 

1st halt 
The Halklns 
Stanley Hope A % 
Princess Wahletka 
Bert Howard 
Haekett Deltnar Ov 

•AN ANTONIO 

Majestle 

Danolse Sisters 
Worth A Willing 
Brown Gardner A V 
Bob Murphy 
Wylle A Hartmaa 
Stemad's Midgets 

TULSA. OKLA. 

Majestle 



INCOME TAX RETURNS 

If. ELY GOLDSMITH 

Walter Fishier Co | Csrtlfled Public Accousteot. Tax Expert ^ 

IIS Wert 4Mii St. N. V. Phase fsss. tmf*" 

I ran prepare and flls your returns eren wh«n ys* 
are not In New Tork. Write me about your cit»^, 
cuniMtanres sad I vrlil ask you (^ soeh drtalls 
at I need. 



Andy Oump 
Evelyn Phillips Co 
Barry Gilbert 
Creadon A Davis 
McDonald Trio 



MINNEAPOLIS 

Seventh Street 

JAN Olms 
Jason A Harrlgan 
Kingston A Bbner 
Stranded 

Chester A Bennett 
Four Brettos 
(One to nil) 

NORFOLK, NEB. 

New Orand 

Gould A lj9r»y 
Firman A Oldnmltn 



. DARL MacBOYLE 

Bxcluslve Material ot Brery Description 

ON HAND OR TO ORDER. 
lit W. 4»th St.. M. T. City: Bryaat S««4| 



Van A Bell 
Ford Dancers 
Rubin A Hail 
Norris Baboons 

HOUSTON, TEX. 

Majestlo 

Clifr Jordan 
Three White Kuhas 
So well Slaters 
Marguorlte Padula 
Kane A Herman 
Lime Trio 

LITTLE BOCK 

Majestlo 

Walters A Goold 
Carlisle A I.amal 
Harriet Rempel 
Bllda Morris 



(Okla. City split) 

1st half 
Braro Mich A t 
Arthur Lloyd 
Mildred Harris 
Rodell A Dunlgaa 
Minstrel Monarch* 

WICHITA. KAM; 



Bell A Bra 
The Benaingg 

Sheila Terry, 
Clara Howard 

(One to All) 

Sd half 

Fagg A White 
R H Hodge Co 
BdltA ClifTord 
(Two to Sll) 



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Again it is the privilege an? the pleasure to extend to the motion picture and theatrical 
world our felicitations and. good will as another New Year approaches. With unrest in Europe 
affecting the conditions in America and retarding the speedy return of Prosperity, there are 
some people who are disposed to look out upon affairs. in the United States through "blue" 
glasses. And yet those who poissess clearness of vision are able to detect. unequivocal signs that 
the clouds of uncertainty in business are lifting — ^that Prosperity is returning — that the business 
of purveying to public amusement — even as all other lines of Enterprise — is lifting up its head — 
that the dark days will be over — that the spirit of Optimism prevails. . 












There are unmistakable signs in the air which lead one to believe that ultimately Prosperity 
wtll eventually regain its health. Better pictures are coming. We have had many illustrations 
;of t)iat fact in the yedr coming to an end. More are still in sight. Vaudeville acts are being 
constcucted to give the keenest pleasure to lovers of this form of amusement and theatricals in 
general ar6' becoming more satisfactory^ 



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This has made necessary Wew buildings and the extensive programs of the Stanley Company 
may be Qited as concrete evidence of faith in the better times to come, for it has started this 
year, to becompleted next year, new theatre operations which include both motion picture and 
vaudeville houses at a cost of Ten Million dollars. And such a program is also a boost for Pros- 
perity, for it gives employment to rtiany whose Christmas otherwise would have been sorrowful 
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Have confidence in the- good things to come in 1923, work unceasingly to make it the best, 
biggest and njpst remunerative in the history of the amusement industry. 

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ADOLPH ZUKOR 
ALEXANDER R. BOYD 
WALTER VINCENT 
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS >> 

A. SABLOSKY, Chairman 
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■ JOHN J. McGUIRK 

JOHN J. McCarthy 

- FRANK W. BUHLER 



FRED G. NIXON-NIRDLINGER 
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deep gratitude to those who have been so kindly considerate in 
her misfortune "by action, word, deed and message. , 

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The sale of seats to a theatre-going^public is a highly special- 
ized form of merchandising, so specialized there is none other 
that in an off hand manner can be compared to it. It is selling 
the most perishable merchandise ill the world, for there is noth- 
ing that is more invaluable than an unsold theatre ticket. Noth- 
ing m the world is deader than **deadwood/* as unsold theitre 
tickets are termed. t . 

The Producing Managers' Association is trying to evolve a 
plan whereby the sale of theatre tickets will be wrested from 
the hands of a number of *'gyps/* who have been fattening 
themselves by the sale of tickets at exorbitant advanced prices. 
This plan, they hope, will restore the confidence of the amuse- 
ment seeking public in the theatre and the theatre^ managers, 
and thus revive a patronage that has been steadily drooping 
for several years. 

This time is the most propitious to bring to the mind of the 
Board of Directors of P. M. A. that theatre ticket selling is a 
specialized business, best handled by those men who have spent 
their whole life selling tickets, y V 

Public Without Faith * A ^ 

The public has lost faith in the box office and even should 
the managers come to a mutual understanding that no seats 
should be sold through any other channel than their box offices 
the public wouldn't believe them. 

Therefore, in coming to a realization that there should be 
some radical change made in the method of sale of tickets to 
the public and the decision th4t a centralized or consolidated 
theatre ticket office was to be the solution of their problem, the 
membership of the P. M. A. have taken the first real step in a 
reconstruction work that might possibly bring the public back 
to the theatre. But they do not. want to overlook that^whatever 
sort of a combination theatre ticket office they decide to operate, 
they must have real ticket men to handle it for them. 

Real ticket men are mighty few and far between. That goes 
for the men operating agencies as well as the treasurers. In the 
ranks of the former the majority are **gyps** who have come 
into the ticket business within the last decade. . 

Three Capable Men - > 

Among the entire list of ticket men there are but three men 
standing out as possessed of the necessary quahfications to 
command the innovation which the managers propose to create. 
One is a man who has vTsion and yet is practical; the other is 
a born ticket man, his father having been one before him, and 
the third, a ticket man in the fullest sense of the word, who at 
one time was the head of a theatre ticket central office system 
for the use of a group of agencies. 

The first developed an innovation in merchandising theatre 
tickets at a time when the managers had unsuccessfully tried 
to do the same thing; fill the balconies and galleries of their 
theatres in those slump days for five years or so before the 
war. At that time the managers got out half price coupons 
and distributed them through the People's Institute, Wage 
Earners' Theatre League and ot|ier distribution methods, but the 
desired result wasn't obtained. At that point a ticket man came 
along. The managers didn't particularly like his idea, but he dem- 
onstrated in a short time he was able to accomplish for them 
the things that they were trying to do unsuccessfully — that of 
getting the public to patronize the upper floors of their theatres. 

True, the seats were sold to the public at half price, but 
the managers were trying to do the selfsame thing with their 
half rate coupons, but the public would not come. It was this 
man's merchandising sense that brought the public to his bar- 



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gers couldn^t give them* for nothing. He has sinci developed 
the business of selling to the public and developing new theatre- 
goers to a point where it really is a fine art, and it is his vision 
that evolved the plan which is now under consideration by the 
managers. Whether or not he will have the assignment to place 
it in execution is another matter, but it seems that anyone else 
appointed would without doubt try to change the plan soUhat 
it might be impractical in its workings, thus discrediting the one 
who originally worked it out. 

The born ticket man also went before the managers with a 
proposal for the selling of seats. This ^orn ticket man to a 
certain extent has been tremendously successful in merchan- 
dising tickets, but his clientele has rather been the class element 
among the theatregoers and he has not had the mass experience 
of the othefr, who sells to thousands where this ope sells to 
hundreds. ;> ^ -> 

Speaking of the third, he has had a tremendous amount of 
experience merchandising, both in and out of the ticket busi- 
ness, but always essentially a ticket man. He too has vision 
and i3 a capable organizer and would be a valuable asset to such' 
an institution which the managers propose to inaugurate. 

All three of these or a combination of two of them would 
be the ideal solution for the executive heads of the Centralized 
^^Theatre Ticket Office. 

Know Value of Service 

They all know the value of service to the prospective jpiatron 
and they would undoubtedly immediately wipe out the many 
little acts of discourtesy that have tended to drive the entertain- 
ment seeker away from the theatre. 

Incidentally, they will also understand the necessity of real 
ticket men behind their counters when the Centralized Ticket 
Office becomes a reality. This is going to be the alUmportant 
contact point between the public and the sponsors of the innova- 
tion. Here is the point where the actual battle must be fought 
and it is going to take real ticket men to win the public back. 
Not the abrupt *'all sold out" or *'Naw, we ain't got nothing 
better" type of ticket seller. He isn't the one to make the 
-proposition a success, nor is the wiping out of the entire sales 
force of the theatre of today going to bring victory, but the 
retention of those who in a sale of tickets realize that they are 
just as much the servant of the buying public as the man behind 
the counter in any department store. Those men realizing the 
public is entitled to courteous treatment when they are spend- 
ing their money are the ones that should be divisional heads 
in the sales organization, responsible to the executives for the 
.conduct of their subordinates and for the tickets that they 
handle. * ■■\^'^%- ''■■■■ ^.^ . ^--^ ■;■■:■.-".:- ^ / 

^ ^ Broadway Treasurers Qualify 

There are many treasurers of Broadway theatres who' are 
capable and who really qualify as salesmen of the first rank. 
There are some who .are arrogant and abrupt and without the 
slightest sense of obligation that they should have toward their 
employer or public. They are not ticket men and they are not 
wanted. Sales people fi'om other walks in business under the 
direction and training of those that are capable should be re- 
' cruited and thus the counter work of the Centralized Agency 
would become a real service to the public. 

Atop of all there must be a realization in the minds of all 
of those connected with the innovation that their attitude toward 
the public must have as its slogan, "Courtesy, Efficiency, 
"Courtesy." 



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FROM A four-hour walk. 

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THROUGH THE grand parkways. THEY'VE JUST begnn.i* J 

ANO OPEN places. 4"*^!^? a TO BUILD the base. IV [^ 

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WE'D SELECT somebody. 

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LIKE CHARLIE CHAPLIN. 

• • • 

AND INSCRIBE on It. 

• • • 

''TO PRESIDENTS. 

• • • 

AND EAST Side kids. . . 

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AND I'D pick some doctor. 

• • • •■ 

WHO HAD found a way. 

* • • 

TO STOP the spread. 

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.£, AND ACROSS frc^ it. ^* if 

., 6fN THE big front rtepi. . 
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OF THE, Treasury Building 



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IfOR what h©:d found. 

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AND IT makes me glad. 

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THAT THERE was somebody. 

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WITH VISUDN enough. 

• • • 

TO LAY things out. 

• • • 

THE WAY they are. 

• « • 

BUT NEVERTHELESS. > 

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I DON'T understand. 

• • • 

WHEN ALL of us. ,' ,: .' 

ARE FULLY agreed. 
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THAT WE must have peace. 

• • • 

AND WAR te heU. .^ r A - 

• • • 

WHY NEARLY all." 

OF THE monuments. 

• * * 

THAT I ran across. 

• • • 

HAVE TO do with war. ' 

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AND HEROES of war. 

• • • 

AND NOTHING else. 

• • • 

AND RIGHT this minute. 

• • • - 

I CAN look across. 



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FOR A monument. 

• • • 

OF MR. Hamilton. 

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WHO ONCE on a' time 

• • • 

WAS TREASURER. 

• • • 

AND HAS^been dead. 
FOR YEARS an4 yefirt. 
AND IF ithdld happened. * V • 
HE'D BEEN a soldier. 
HE'D 'A' bteen out th«rt. 



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"HE BROUGHT his art. < 

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AND MADE Jthem laugh.'* 

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AND I'D hav« BABE RUTH. AND SO I'd go. 

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PUT UP in bronze. 4; iL ALL DOWN the line. >^ 

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RIGHT ON the edge. ^ V- 

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OF THE big playneld.' 

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PLAYING ONE old cat.«- ^ 

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THE VERY day. 

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i- THAT I write this. *» ^*:H*» ? ^ AND WHEN some boy asked. 

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•WHAT DID that guy do?" 



IN PUBLIC parks. 

• • • 

FROM SEA to sea. 

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AND I'D take the children. 

* • • 

TO LOOK at them. 

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AND I'D get RING LARDNER. 

HADE INTO bronze. . k^ '^l * I <iOULD tell him theft. ' 

THAT HE was «, hero, 

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AND I'D put him up.""^! ? r> * 



FREEZING IN Winter^ -t/j. 

AND SOOftCHING in Summer. 

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18 TO'chA^e thinfi arotitrd. 

SO WHEN it happened. 

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THAT SOMEBODY felt. 

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IS THE funniest guy. 

I EVER saw. . , . 

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AND I'D have him there, -v 

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AND WHEN t was through. 

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WITH A bunch like thla. 

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VD PICK some men. 

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WHO DO such things.' ; ;^ 

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AS SPEND their money. 

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IN BUYING milk. ~ 

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IN TIME of peace. 

' AND THAT peace "■ time. hero«s, 

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.WERE VERY much greater. 

>, . • • • 

"THAN HEROES of war. 

* !* * 

' FOR LOTS of men. > 

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; IN TIMES of war. ' ^ f 

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WERE APPOINTED heroes. 

BY PRESIDENTS. 

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' AND IN time of peace. 

• • • 

. THEY HAD to work. ^ 

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AND EARN the name., : . - >i 

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Listen, my children, 

And you SHALL HEAR 

Of two young men 

Quite far from here 

Who, tirfd of traveling, 

Decided to STOP. 

So they went to San Pranciso 

And opened a SHOP. 

Kow the people for milei around 

Call it 

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Don't forget to call, 

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CHICAGO 



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'Midst the Yuletide of this season. 

Wish a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year 

To friends and enemies both, far and near. 



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The act is now booked solid till 1924 — 
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for four weeks, to take care of his many patients 

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Wish You All a Happy, 
Prosperous New Year 

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COLISEUM BUILDINGS, CHARING CROSS, LONDON, W. C. 

COLISEUM 8TNDICATK. Ltd.. THB OPERA HOUSE BTNDICATB, Ltd.. HACKNET AND SHEPHERD'S DU6H EMPIRE PALACES. Ltd.. WOOD GREEN EMPIRE THEATRE OF VARIETIES. 
Ltd., MANCHESTER HIPrODROMB AND ARDWICK EMPIRB. Ltd., LBICB8TBR PALACE THBATRB, L.td., CHI8W1CK BMPIRB THEATRB OF VARIETIES. Ltd., CHATHAM BMPIRB 
THEATRE OF VAUIBTIES. Ltd.. ST. AUGUSTINES PARADB HIPPODHOM*, BRISTOL. Ltd. 



Chairman and Managing Director. OSWALD STOLL 

Secretary and Chief Accountant, W. S. GORDON MICHIE 

ARTISTES' DEPARTMENT— Nesotiation*— A. D. DAVIS; DATES— LLEWELLYN JOHNS 

Addreaa all communieationa to tha Managinc Director 



LONDON COLISEUM 

GHARING CR088, FACING TRAFALGAR SQUARE 

Two FerformancM Dally. «:S0 a»d 7:45 . 
1l«hc«rMilN Monday. 10 \. M. 
ProprlciM«, COMSKlTkl HYNDICATE. lAd. 



MANCHESTER HIPPODROME 

OXFORD KTREET 

Two Performance!! NlRhtly. Matineea Monday and Tuewlay. 
ltehf>ariala Monday. 10 A. M. 

Proprietors. THB MANCHESTER HIPPODROME AND ARD- 
■WICK BMPir.B. Ltd. 



SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE 

SmCPinERD'S BrHH ORKBN. LONDON. W. 

Two Performances NiRhtly. Rehofirsal* Mondny. 12 noon. 
PropHetom. HACKNEY AND SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE 
PALACES. Ltd. 



HACKNEY EMPIRE , 

MARE 8TRFET. LONDON, N. E. ' 

Two Performances NiRhtly. Rchpar«al.<» Monday. 12 noon. 
Proprletorir. HACKNEY AND SHBrHERDS BUSH E.MPIRE 
PALACES, Ltd. 

LEICESTER PALACE 

IlELGRAVE GATE ' 

Two Performance* NiRhtlv. Rehcarsnla Monday. U noon. 
Proprietom, THE LEICESTER PALACE THEATRE. Ltd. 



THE ALHAMBRA 

* g LEICESTER SQUARE 

VARIKTIR8 

Three Performances Dally. 1:S0, •-.Id. 8:46. 
Proprietors THB ALHAMBRA CO.. Ltd. 

BRISTOL HIPPODROME 

TRAMWAYS CENTRE. ST. AUGUSTINE'S PARADK 

Two.Performancea Nlirhtly. Rehearsals Monday. lt:.10 P. M. 
Proprietors, ST. AUGUSTINE'S PARADB HIPPODROMB. 
BRISTOL, Ltd. 



CHISWICK EMPIRE 



Ltd. 



CHISWICK BIOH ROAD. W. 

Two Performances NiKhtly. Rehearsals Monday. 12 noon. 
Proprietors. CHISWICK BMPIRB THBATRB OF VARIETIES, 



WOOD GREEN EMPIRE , 

HIGH ROAD. WOOD GRERN, l^ONDON. IT. 

Two Performances Nightly. Rehearsals Monday. 12 noon. 
Proprietors, WOOD GREEN BMPIRB THBATRB OP VARI- 
ETIES. Ltd. 



CHATHAM EMPIRE 

HIGH STREET 

Two Pertormances Nirhtly. Rehearsals Monday. 2:S0 P. M. 
Proprietors. CHATHAM EMPIRE THEATRB OP VARIETIES. 
Ltd. Joint Manairing Director. H. E. DAVIBS, C. C. 



THE STOLL PICTURE THEATRE 

(THE LONDON OPERA HOUSE), KING8WAY 
DiUly from 1:45 P. M.; Sandaya fram • P. M. 
_ PICTURES AND VOCAL CONCERT 

Proprietors. THB OPERA HOUBB SYNDICATE, Ltd. 



ARDWICK EMPIRE 



^ ARDWICK ORMBN 

Two Performancea NIshtly. Rehearsals Monday. 12:20 P. M. 
Proprietors, MANCHESTER HIPPODROMB AND ARDWICK 
BMPIRB, Ltd. 



STOLL PICTURE THEATRE, BEDMINSTER 

PICTURES AND TARIETIES 

Proprietors, ST. AUUUSTINB'S PARADB* HIPPODROME. 
BRISTOL. Ltd. 



FLORAL HALL, LEICESTER 

ADJOINING LJE1CR8TKR PAUiCK 

PICTURES • 
Proprietors, THB LEICESTER PALACE THEATRB, Ltd. 



PICTURE HOUSE, CHATHAM 

PICTURES 

Proprietors, CHATHAM EMPIRB THEATRE OF VARI- 
ETIES, Ltd. Joint Managing Director. H. E. DAVIES. C. C. 



STOLL PICTURE THEATRE. NEWCASTLE 



PICTURFS AND VARIRTT 

Lessee. SIR OSWALD STOLL. 



NOTK— All sketrbet played «t t^c ibore the«tre« murt be llrfTi»ed by the 
Lord rhamherlaln, and a ropy rf «hp ll'^n";*. U^grih^r with srrlpt as 'irwjsert, 
iniwt be iwnt to the Stoll Ofr\re* at least 21 dsya before date of perfonnance. 

RAND PART? REUTMItFrif— 14 dlfTcrpnt pnrtB for all Uieairea except Ihs 
I^onrfon Coliseum, which re<nilrea at lea^l 20, Inr'U'llnf 4 First Violin, 9 Sssond 
Vinlin. separate Cello and Bass, full W<H>a. Wind and Brass. Conductor. Harp 
and Organ tf rMjulrsd. 



RTAOK DEPARTMKNT --l|nncs proposed to be sung shnuM be sabmltted. 
una spertal stage mquirementa state<1. Id letters marked "Stage Department." 
by artl.^tes tnree weeks befor* opening. 

ADVERTISIVO MATTKR.— r.ills. Bloclin, Photngr»phe and Specimens of 
Pictorials reKlly reprvsentlng the act should be forrrarded three weeks before 
opening. If rctuni of pbotugmpba regulrxt, pleaw say so. 



COARSFNESB, VT'T-OARITT. etc.. ts not allowwt. The Licensing Authori- 
ties forbid this, and the mnjortty of the public resent it This intimation Is 
only rendered necessary by a Teir few artistes. 

ARTIRTEa* SCENFRT AND PROPKHTHM must he fireproof ed or they 
cannot be brought Into the theatre. Ttda Is by order of the Llcenslnf 
AutttoriUes. 



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WM. and JOE MANDEL 



BERT and BETTY WHEEI-ER 



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COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON 



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SEATTLE 
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SEASON'S GREETINGS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS 



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BILLY WAYNE 



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Season 1922-23 — Orpheum Circuit 
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comedy is of the finest. As a hard shoe dancer he can be classed as the world's finest. 
This Robinson boy will soon be a national figure, and it is safe to say that when he 
arrives back to New York after finishing the Orpheum Circuit, he will be kept there 
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* "Beyond description. It may be regarded as E. F. Albe^'s master work and the crown- 
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. ^ ^ — ALrAN DALE, N. Y. AMERICAN. 

"Blend of color! Flow of splendor! Majesty of proportion! Quiet elegance — You think 
I rave?*— CLLLEX CAIN, PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEDGER 



"The most costly and most perfectly appointed theatre in the world." 

—ROBERT GILBERT WELSH, N. Y. TELEGRAM. 

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f-: house.'"— JOHN H. RAFTERY. MORNING TELEGtlAPH. 

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"Y»u will travel the entire theatrical world and find nothing to compare with the new 
B. F. Keith Palace Theatre. It is palatial in the accurate sense of the word." 

—WILLIAM McDERMOTT, PLAIN DEALER. 

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"Not only the most beautiful theiitrc on earth; It is the world's most colossal and 
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future. —A^tCHIE BELL, CLEVELAND LEADER-NEWS. 

"MR. ALBEE HAS SET NEW STANDARDS FOR PATRONS— AND PLAYERS. 
THE ARTIST HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH EVERY CONCEIVABLE COMFORT. 
THE AlIDITORIUM IS A PAI^ACE OF WONDERS AND THE BACK-STAGi; A 
.VERITABLE FAIRYLAND."--1'H1LADELPHIA LEFKJER 

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Coliseum. Frank is the only juggler in the world juggling 7 Hindu pictures in his 
new act. The Juggler of Mecca played 38 week^ in London last year — a record of 
any juggling act. Frank is booked in Europe for several years. Thanks to Mr. Earl 
Saunders for Orpheum tour opening at the Palace Theatre, New York City. Owing to 
present bookings we were unable to accept oflfer. ' 



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York Herald's new boy gave way to a little honorable moisture — 
in fact, he wept." — Alexander WooUcoti in the Herald. 

**A powerful play. One tense situation follows another. A 
melodrama of the highest type. More human and natural than 
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SEASON'S GREETINGS 



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Workina Until We Return to Our Farm in May, 1923 



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GROVINI 

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the gentle art of all arts that is | stunning mold, and lives up to ad- I * *i, » • j *i, t> i »h ir 

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taete and sympathetic interpreta* 
tlon. Gifted with both personaUtjr 
and a lovely voice, she merits her 
position on the boartls. 



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^ook, Lyrics and Music by CHARLES GEORGE 

The Scenery, Costumes and Effects for Both Productions Designed by 
CHARLES GEORGE and STAGED UNDER HIS 
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The MOSCOW 

ART THEATRE 

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Constantin Stanislavsky, Director 
THE WORLD'S FOREMOST THEATRE 



Engagement Limited to Eight Weeks in New York Only 

OPENING MONDAY, JANUARY 8^ 
at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre 

The Greatest Realistic Acting Company in Existence Today 

COMING DIRECT FROM MOSCOW by way of the Less- 
ing Theatre, Berlin ; the National Theatre, Prague, and the 
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris. - » 

The entire first line of this world-famous organization will 
appear in the most celebrated plays in its repertory. 

. V 'TSAR FYODOR IVANOVITCH," 
By Count Alexei Tolstoy 

: 'THE LOWER DEPTHS," ^ 

^ By Maxim Gorky 

THE CHERRY ORCHARD," 
^ By Anton Tchekhoff 

•THE THREE SISTERS," 

By Anton Tchekhoff 

And Two Group Programs consisting of one act plays and 
single acts from longer plays by Pushkin, Dostoievsky 
and Turgenieff. , 

No applause permitted until the end of the performance. 
No seats sold at the box office on the day of performance. 
The theatre that has never had a vacant seat in a quarter 
of a century! The right to buy seats pbtained only by 
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THE WORLD'S FOREMOST NOVFm THEATRE .' 

Which has captured 

MOSCOW, PETROGRAD, PARIS, LONDON 

AND NEW YORK , 

CENTURY ROOF THEATRE 

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Tiie Most Astonishing Success of a Generation ^, 
Originality, Humor, Fantasy, Color, Melody 

One-third of a million people have seen it and loved it 

"Katinka." 'The Wooden Soldiers," 'The Gypsies," are 
the idols of the American public from Maine to California. 

HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE STYLES OF A NATION 

FOURTH AND FINAL PROGRAM 

IN PREPARATION 
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Four Hundredth performance in New York, as gala 
% welcome to 

THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE 

The only production that has ever run a year in New York 

at $5 prices 



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The name and all the numbers of BALIEFF'S CHAUVE^ 
SOURIS are copyrighted. The company will remain in 
New York the entire season and will then return to Paris. 



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i4 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL 




SEASON'S GREETINGS 



HARRY BURNS 



Assisted by CHARLES SENNA and CARLENA DIAMOND 



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BROADWAYS YOUTHFUL STARS IN ORIGINAL DANCES 



Jan. I— Keith's Alhambra, New York 
Jan. S— -Keith's Royalt New York 
Jan. lS-»Keith*s Lowell 
Jan. 22-— Keith's^ Portland 
Jan. 29 — Keith% Boston 



Feb. S— Albee, Providence 
Feb. 12 — Keith's RiTerside, New York 
Feb. 19 — Keith's Orpheum, Brooklyn 
Feb. 26 — Keith's Bushwick, Brooklyn 
March 5— Keith's Palace, New York 



March 12 — Keith's* Washington 
March 19 — Maryland, Bkltimore 
March 26— Keith's, Philadelphia 
Home for a much-needed rest 



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THIS WEEK (DEC. 25), KEITirS COLONIAL, NEW YORK 



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SEASON'S GREETINGS 



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Ringling Bros. & Barnum 

& Bailey's Shows United 

have just completed the most successful season in the history of this World-Wide 
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The tour extended from ocean to ocean and from the Gulf of Mexico to the 
north-most limit of civ ilization on the Continent, in all about sixteen thousand 
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& Bailey's Shows United 

will open the season of 1923 at Madison Square Garden, New York City, early in ; 
March with the Greatest Circus and Menagerie Ever Seen in This or Any Other 

Age, and will make a complete tour of North America. * 

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Added important Innovations and superb, new features will mark the Big 

Show for the season of 1923, as the CLIMAX - CAPPING AMUSEMENTi 
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IRVING BERLIN'S New 

"MUSIC BOX REVUE" 

of 1923 * 

staged by H ASSARD SHORT. 

Orac* LArue, Charlotte Greenwood. John St«Mjl. Clark * McCuUouRh, 
WlllJam Oaxton. Robinson Newbold. Falrbank* Twins, WillJam Sea- 
bury. 8(owltta, Rath Bros.. Huth Page, Belen Rich, McCarthy Sister* 
and Muaic Uoz Girls. 

AT MllCir RAY THEATRE. West 4(th St. Evenings 8:15. 
THE >"UlJl\/ DUA Matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:16. 



SEASON'S SUPREME SENSATIONMI 



"Audiences Swept Beyond Control by the Wizardry of 
Miss Kagels* Acting."— Mail. ... , 

JEANNE EAGELS 
in. "RAIN" 

Founded on W. Somera«t Maugham's "MISS THOMPSON," 
by John qplton and Clemence Randolph. ^ .. 

Staged by John D. Williams. 

AT M A YIMr n I IHTT'C TlM«tre. SOth St . K. of B'wur. Kfet. S 15. 
THE "*AAIlll4 LLLlUt 1 O KaUmc* Wedneaday 4 Saturiisy. S;1S. 



FIRST EDITION 

IRVING BERLIN'S 

"MUSIC BOX REVUE" 

of 1922. Staged by Hastard Short. 
Ju»t As It Broke All Records in New York for One Year, loith 

William Collier. Florence Moore, Jos«ph Santley, Ivy Sawyer, Solly 
Ward. Rente Riano. Hugh Cameron, Kthelind Terry. Paul Frawley. 
Marguerite & Gill, Rose Rolando and THE MUSIC UUX (ilHL.S. 



ON T O U R \ AFTER ONE YEAR IN NEW YORK 



WALLACE 



MARY 



EOOINGER NASH 

in "CAPTAIN APPLEJACK" 

WALTER HACKETT'S MBRRT COMEDT 
Staged by the Author and Bam Forrest 



William Anthonyi McGuire'a Comedy Triumph 

'^SIX CYLINDER LOVE" 

• With ERNEST TRUEX 

WHICH PLAYED ONK KN^IRE TEAPw AT THE 
SAM H. HARRIS THEATRE (New York) 



"He Who Gets Slapped" 

WITH 

RICHARD BENNETT 

And ComplaU Thaatra Guild Production - 



FULTON THEATRE, DEC. 25 

MARGARET LAWRENCE 

in THE LONDON TRIUMPH 

''SECRETS'' 

By* RUDOLF BESIER and 
MAT EDGINTON 



NEW PRODUCTIONS 



FRANCINE 
LARRDVIORE 

IN ANEW PLAY 



By arrangement with Lewis & Gordon 
CAP'T BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER'S 

"OLD BILL, M. P." 

A Saqual to tha 
"Old Biir of tha "Batter 'Ola** 



IN PREPARATION 



DUNCAN SISTERS in a NEW MUSICAL PLAY 



THEATRES 



SAM H. HARRIS THEATRE 

• NEW YORK 



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SAM H. HARRIS THEATRE 

CHICAGO 

MUSIC BOX THEATRE 

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JACK and JESSIE 

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ORPHEUM CIRCUIT • 

^ ' Direction JACK GARDNER 



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"THE GIRL I LOVED" 



courtship 

Miles standish" 

Now in production: a magnificent historical drama based upon 
the thrilling experiences of the Pilgrim Fathers and the beautiful 
love story of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. 



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scope and quality of super-specials that ability, time and money combine to assure. 



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LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



EDITH TALIAFERRO 



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''Under the Same Old MaQn** 

by — ' 

Kenneth and Roy Webb 



WILFRED CLARKE 

Assisted by Grace Menken 
"Now What" 

by Mis Clark* 



LILLIAN HERNE 
"IrUh'"BIue" _ 

a Bit o'Btarney 
By Homer Miles 



THE BIGGEST 

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VAUDEVILLE 

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ALICE BRADY 

(by arrangement with Wm. A. Qr*dy) 

in '-■ 

"Cassie Cook of the Yellow Sea" 

By John Colton and Daisy Andrews 

"EAST SIDE- WEST SIDE" 

(In Association with John Cromwell) 
a Comedy of New York Life 

Direct from the Nora Bayes Theatra 

JOSEPH HART 

ENTERPRISES 

The Playhouse 
, 137-45 West 48th Street 

Bryant 0431 Studio 4 

CARRIE DE MAR, FRED E. HAND 



BESSIE BARRISCALE 

Aasisted by Howard Hickman 
in 

"Picking Peaches" 

By Mr. Hickman 



GRACE VALENTINE 

Assisted by Carlo De Angeio 

"Fourfluth" 

By Hal Crana * 



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HOMER MILES 
"On a Side Street" 

By Mr. Miles ' 



B. F. KEITH 
ORPHEUM 

and AFFILIATED CIRCUITS ONLY 



ALICE 



BEST WISHES TO ALL 



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FRANK EVANS 



WUhea Everybody thm Same 

HappineMM She ie Enjoying 

Now, New Year's and Ail 

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INTERNATIONAL 
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In "TIP TOP" COMPANY' 



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Ninth Happy New Year under the Management of CHARLES B. DILLINGHAM 
P. S. — When in New York, visit Tom BroWn's Saxophone School, 117 West 46ih Street, New York. Meet Tom Brown Personally^ 



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GOOD WISHES 



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NEXT REL 






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^499 Broadway, New York 



Cable: Will Mor/is 



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WILLIAM MORRIS, Jr., General Manoger 

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CHARLES FRANK 



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In "SHOPPING"* 

Written and Staged by HOWARD LANGFORD 
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Nov. 6 — Orpbeam Kan«ai City, Mo. 

Hoy. 12 — Palace Milwaukee, Wit. 

■■■^- Hot. 19 — State Li^e Chicago, 111. 

KoT. 26 — Orpheam Dei Moines, la. 

Dec. 3 — OrplLeum. ... Minneapolis Minn. 

Dec. 10 — Orpheum Dolnth, Minn. 

Dec. 17 — Orphenm Winnipeg, Can. 

'^^ Deo. 81 — Orpheum Yiincoaverj B. C. 



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1923 

Ian. 7 — ^Moore .Seattle, Wash. 

Tan. 14 — ^Heilig Portland, Ore. 

Jan. 21>^rplieam . . .San Francisco, Cal. 

Jan. 28 — Orpheum... Oakland, Cal. 

Feb. 4 — Clunie Sacramento, Cal. 

Feb. 7--White Fresno, CaL 

Feb. 11 — Orpheum. . . . .Los Angeles, Cal. 

Feb. 18 — Orpheum Los Angeles, Cal.:. 



Feb. 25--0rpheum. .Salt Lake City, Utah 

Kai*,- 4^-Orpheum.. . .• Denver, Colo. 

Mar. 11 — Orpheum .Lincoln, Neb. 

Mar. 18 — Orpheum. Omaha, Neb. 

Mar. 2&— Main Street.. .Kansas City, Mo. 
Apr. 1— Orpheum. . .^ti. .Sioux City, la. 
Apr. S—Orpheum. .... . .St. Paul, Minn. 

^ Apr. 15— Palace.. . .;^^*». . .Chicago, Dl. 









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Direction CHAS. ALIJEN, MS. BENTHAM Office 



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MANHEIM 



The ORIGINAL Watch and Gock Man 



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CIRCUIT OF 

THEATRES 



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ATTRACTIONS TOURING THE 

MUTUAL CIRCUIT 



BERT H, TODDf Secretary and General Manager 



BAND BOX THEATRE 

'CLEVELAND, OHIO. C. W. HARPER, Mgr. 

PLAYING MUTrAL BL'RLKSQCK 



LYCEUM Theatre 

COLUMBUS, O.. E. F. EMERICH, Mgr. 
PLAYING MUTUAL BURLKSQUK 

LIBERTY THEATRE 

GENEVA, O., WILL MARSHALL, Mgr. 

IllCill CLASS PHOTO PLAYS 



OPERA HOUSE, LORAIN, OHIO 

PHOTO PLAYS and ROAD ATTRACTIONS 



OUR ROAD SHOWS 



PAT WHITE and His Irish Daisies 



LAFFIN' THRU 



JAZZ TIME REVUE 



BAND BOX REVUE 



WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE 

MUTUAL BURLESQUE ASSN. 

WILL BOOK OR LEASE fHEATRES IN 
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MUTUAL ATTRACTIONS 



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PLAYING MUTUAL BUBLftSQUC 



UTOPIA THEATRE 

PAINE8VILLE, O., F. H. CLARY, Mgr. 
TaodoTllle. Photo Play* and B«rd AttractloBa 




THE WATCH KING 



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the New Y<tar to All 

KEITH'S PALACE, NEW YORK 

5: THIS WEEK (DEC. 25) 



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GREETINGS FROM 



McKINLEY THEATRE 

CANTON, O., CHAND0S8 LAUBE, Mgr. 

HIGH CLASS PHOTO PLAYS 



OUR ROAD MANAGERS 



GEO. YOUNG 
BUD. ABBOTT 



DAVE HAMILLI 
HARRY NEWMAN 



Wishing Everybody in the Theairi-l 

cal Profession a Happy and 

Prosperous New Year 



Address All Communications to 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES 

i 719 National City Bldg. 
CLEVELAND, OHIO 



Harold Alberto 

THE GAY DECHVER". 

V IN MAGICAL NONSENSE 

Just Arrived from Australia and Immediately 
V .Opened on the Orpheum Circuit 

Direction BELLY JACKSON 






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Office: 220 West 48th Street, N. Y. City ^ . .. - 



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1. H. LUBIN, General Manager 






CHICAGO OFFICE 



S. M. WEISMAN in Charge 
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Nixon Nirdlinger Vaudeville Agency 

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SEASON'S GREETINGS 



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Season's Greetings from Across the Briny. 

JULIAN ROSE 

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"LEVINSKrS LEMONSINE" 

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SUUY & HOUGHTON 

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"CALFLOVE" 

Early to bed, early to rise, gets you to 
the theatre first to rehearse a 
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HARRY WHITE 

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"THE MATRl-MANIAC" 

One good turn deserves another in a 
four-a-day house 



IRVING EDWARDS 

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"LONG PANTS' — — ^ 

If at first ycu don't succeed, try out, 
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Lay on Macduff" in Macbeth — "Lay 
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JAS. E. 



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SULLIVAN & RICE 

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"WHO'S RIGHT— " 

CAPITAL OR LABOR?'^ 

An apple sauce joke a day, keeps the 
doctor away — and everybody el e 



BILLY 



EDDIE 



HIBBIT & MALLE 

"TWO LADIES' MEN** 



Many an honest heart beats beneath a 
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CHARACTER SONGS AND STUDIES 



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GEORGE MAYO 

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Year. "Denk You" 



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Richard Powers, Prof. Mgr. 

MINI^EAPOLIS 

Arcade Song Shop 

Ronald JoKnson, Mgr. 



SAN FRANCISCO 
Pantagcs Theatre Building 
^Carl Lamont, Prof. Mgr. 

SEATTLE 

Sherman Clay & Co. BIdg. 

Clyde Freeman, Mgr. 



CHICAGO 

Planters Hotel 
Ford Rush, Mgr. 

LOS ANGELES 

Superba Theatre Building 

Leonard Van Berg, Mgr. 



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OFFICES, NEW SHUBERT-CURRAN THEATRE 

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SEASON'S GREETINGS 

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Managing Director Wigwam Theatr* 

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 

Vaudeville and Mueic.l Comedy Sine. 190« and Still Going Strong 







HOLIDAY GREETINGS 

SIBYL BETHEL Presents* 




wilh AL ALLEN 



'»rcaion IKE KAUFMAN 



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in "BITS OF PERSONALITY" v 

EDDIE LOFTUS at piano 

Western Representative, BILLY JACKSON 



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friends in the profession. 

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Madame Kahn calls particular attention to 
' the sale of Gowns and Wraps at her estab- 
lishment. The reason for this clearance is 
to make room for the shipment which will 
shortly arrive from her branch in Paris. 



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THE HIT OF TWO CONTINENTS 



ARNAUT 

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WORKING 
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COLISEUM, 

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AND HER YOUNGER BROTHERS 

Al'UCNTION;— Pirates, Here b Something to C<>py 



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In the profession, among the exhibitors and in 

the vast army of motion picture lovers, I extend 

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' HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR^ 



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Broke;* b^ George Ade, aJhThe Neer Do Well:* b}f Rex 
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GLADYS GREENE 

Vaudeville's Daintiest Dancer 

Frank Harcourt 

FEATURED COMEDIAN 

' PAST TWELVE YEARS WITH 

HURTIG and SEAMON - 

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BarlMqnl. Mule«l Comedj. LecltlamU. Taiid«vlll«, Mlnitr*!, Tab, Bt««k (nay klad) 
or the Sw-— n. H»Te had ■• onerc, so can't make op mj mind. HaT* a vmt elaver 
wife also. libbU Hart. If 70a mo "Bowery BarieMQnora" blllod, eomo In and look 
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LENA DALEY 

with ED. E. DALEY« ^^^^^^^^ 

"BROADWAY BREVITIES" 



AT THE COLUMBIA, NEW YORK, NEW YEAR'S WEEK 



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GOLDREYER 

AND THE CAST OF 

"THE LAST WARNING" 

HTSW YOU 

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 




GOOD CHEER ALL THE YEAR WITH 



Ghristie 




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MARY PICKFORD • CMAIiLIC CMAPUN • OOUOLAT FAIttOANKjT .. 0-W. GWFriTMj 



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*' Otie Exciting fiight/* 

The first genuinely up=l:o-date mystery picture ever filmed: 
Brimful of love, laughter and thrills. A frantic search for a 
missing half million dollars. Stealthy figures and peering eyes; 
Sliding panels and secret doors. The funniest black-fece come- 
; V ^ ;^r diaii possible. And a tremendous storm scene as a. gorgeous, 
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"^Orphans of the Storm/Ow 

^ A Griffith incturizatioii of the famous "The Two Orphans** as the 
^ ^ 1 ? basis tor a historicaUy- accurate presentation of the titanic 

upheavals of the Frendi revolution. The sweetejst love story 
of all history. Scenes of pa^m splendor among the aristocrats 
as the rabble riots for bread. The **great4ride" as a Griffith climax. ^ ■ ] 

^Way Down East/r :mt' :-mmmw 

Foremost anibng the most popular pictures D. W. Griffith ever 
^ made. Melodrama and romance; comed^ and adventure; box- 
office certainty evenrwhere every time. A cast beyond criti- 
cism or comparison. A picture for the small town theatre as 
^ well as the big city. And there*s the Griffith thriller in the 
' "^^ form of A smashing ice scene. r * 

^ream Street, ''' : ' . ; '^^'^ : ,: -; ^''%MM . :: I ::^'^i^ 

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^ A truly Griffith feature in every sense of the word, picturing 
the famous Limehouse district of London. A tenderly beauti- 
ful love story for the romantically inclined, plus mystery and 
^ melodrama as only Griffith himself transfers td tiie screen. 
The great director is at his best in this picture of beauty in 
the midst of squalor..: ^ - 

^The Love Flower, '' 

^ A D. W. Griffith triumph from all phases of picture-making.\ 
A wonderful story that runs the gamut of all the human emo- 
tions — love, hate, revenge, forgiveness. Superb settings on a 
-.J-:c^ tropical isle, with marvellous photography showing a battle to 
the death deep, deep, in the water at the foot of a towering 
: ^-^^ cliff. A real thriller. zii^_ 

^Broken Blossoms, '' '-^^~~W^' 

; The most artistically beautiful picture this master producer 
ever filmed, with real entertainment for all classes. Not a 
**high-brow" picture, but a tremendous n\elodrama of the 
London Limehouse district, with a love story so tenderly told 
as to bring tears — tears that wash away sadness and make 
beauty seem more beautiful. 

^he White Rose, '' 

— — ; ...;.;,,' Now in course of production. 



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motion pictures that every exhibitor is always seeking for his 
audiences; that the theatre patron in every city is always seek- 
ing for amusement and entertainment. .-• > 



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Is the unanimous verdict of public, critics and trade press. 
"Absolutely different," said the Boston Traveler. "Stunning 
realism," said the Globe. "First of its kind ever seen," the 
!^^^ of the Morning Telegraph. "Superior to anything of 

<' the sort the screen has known/' New York Sun, with others 

following in similar terms. 

An Emotional Hurricane ^ 



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**The most exciting picture jBver witnessed, with a breath-taking 
climax," N. Y, .Times. " *One Exciting Night' it is with 7328 
thrills in two hours and the storm still raging," Morning Tele- 
graph. **If you don't die of fright, youll laugh yourself to death. 
Tense moments when one thinks one's heart just cannot last an- 
other yard," N. Y. Sun. 



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**Onslaughts of comedy that congest the theatre," N. Y. Sun. 
**The negro Romeo's comedy is broad and busy, BUT he's 
funny," N. Y. Times. . "Griffith has added the funniest type of 
negro comedian," N. Y. Journal^ **A great many enormously 
funny bits were uproariously received," N. Y. Globe. **Surging 
sea of laughter and mystery," N. Y. Telegram. 



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"Don't forget the storm; a streaming, screaming climax that 
brings the picture to a whirling, whirring end," N. Y. Times. 
"Even remembering what Griffith has done in *Way Down 
East' his present storm surpasses all," N. Y. Journal. "The 
storm scene shows the directorial genius at his best," N. Y. Globe. 
"The most realistic storm scene ever produced," N. Y. Tele- 
gram. "A thrilling, melodramatic climax. Compares with 
other storms as a terrific cyclone to a zephyr," N. Y. Mail. 
"The tornado is indescribably dramatic," N. Y. American. 

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MAftY PICKrOR.D • CMARI-IC CWAPLIN • DOUGLAJ" rAlttOANKJ* • D. W. GfiirrtTM 

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GEORGE 8. KAUFMAN 



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MARC CONNELLY 



ON TOUR: 






"The Birth of a Nation/' 

"Pig o' My Heart." V -# ' 

"Patty at College" (two companies). 

"Macbeth." 

"Seven Little Peppers and How They Grew** 

(five companies). 

"The First Year" (three companies). 

A Musical Version of "Aida." v ; ."^ 



IN NEW YORK: 



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AND HIS 



The Minsky Brothers ^ ^~"^ ' ""■ ^ 
Kaufman and Connelly's "Music Box Revue. 

IN PREPARATION: 

"Yvctte." " V;■:::v■^^■^.•^:;'-^::■^■\-^^•■■ 

"The Red Dawn."* 

"The London Follies." ^ 

"The Survival of the Fittest." . 

"First Is Last.".^,, ,,., ..,.,,,....- ::;i:-V-^'j^ /\::/ 

"The Forty-niners.** V ' ^^ ^ ^ 

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"Loyalties." .,■ /•■\'^':--'-^.;-^':-i:'/>''-'^^^^ 
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"Decameron Nights." 

IN AUSTRALIA: 

"Ladies Night." 
"Bcn-Hur." 



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Beginning a New Year | 
in a Big Way 

AMERICAN RELEASING CORPORATION starts the 1923 season by an- 
noiincing collectively to the exhibitors of the nation the productions for its 
second quarter of the releasing year that began September 1, 1922 — pictures 
of fine calibre; of great exploitation value; of fine star and player values; of 
sustained technical' and production standards. 

• * •' ' • Title of Production • ; -.^ Producer 

THE MARRIAGE CHANCE . . Hampton Del Ruth 4 
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER Mark Twain Co. 



,■ ,\ ;■> Release of the 




Season 




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31 


y 19th Jan. 


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THE DANGER POINT 
THAT WOMAN . , ♦ 
AS A MAN UVES . . 
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL . 
THE WEB OF THE LAW . 
MILADY .... 
A SON OF THE DESERT . 
A MILLION IN JEWELS . 
THE GRUBSTAKE . 
VENGEANCE OF THE DEEP 



Halperin Productions 

F. C. Mims ProductiooB 

Gilbert E. Gable 

Harley Knoles 

Tom Gibson ^ 

Diament-Berger 

F. W. Kraemer \ 

J. P. McGowan 

Nell Shipman-BcrtVanTuylo 

A. B. Barringer 



Every production in the above group is completed. Seven have been 
delivered to our branches and' the remaining productions in the group will 
be in the branches by January 15th. ■-:...■ .*v 

Our first quarterns productions included these splendid attractions now 
showing in the nation's best theatres: 



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2nd 


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THE SIGN OF THE ROSE . 
QUEEN OF THE MOUUN ROUGE 
TIMOTHY'S QUEST . . 
FOOLS OF FORTUNE 
THE WOMAN HE LOVED . 
WHEN THE DESERT CALLS . 
THE PILLAGERS (in work). 
SOLOMON IN SOCIETY (ready) . 
WHAT FOOLS MEN ARE . 
THE OTHER SIDE (m work) 
THE DEERSLAYER (in work) . 
THE SUPER-SEX 
AT THE CROSSROADS 



George Beban 
Pyramid Pictures 
Dirigo Films 
Sunsc|Ti|ms • 
J. L. Frothingham 
Pyramid Pictures 
A. B. Davis 
Cardinal Pictures 
Pyramid Pictures 
Hugh K Dierker 
Pyramid Pictures 
P. H. Burke 
In Work 



*The four productions in work will be ready for exhibitors early in the new year. 

Arrange for screenings in any of our twenty-six branch offices in the United States or 
the offices of Canadian Releafiing Corporation in the Dominion of Canada. 



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PAE SPECHT 

and his Orchestra 

FEATURED AT THE 

CAFE 
MONTE 
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NRW YORK'S MOST KXCLl'SIVE 
BENDKZVOVS 



HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM THE v 

PAUL SPECHT ORCHESTRA 



OFFICES— 1591 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 



TKLEPHONK: 
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PLAYING 



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Rhythmic, Symphonic, Syncopation, All Over the World for 

Keith Vaudeville^ ' ' 

In the Finest Hotels, Cafes, Clubs and Ball Rooms — ; 

For Columbia Records in America and England — 

IVith Buescher Instruments 



QUAUTY-^ERVICEr-GENTLEMEN 



HOLIDAY GREETINGS 

FROM 



CHRIS MANN 



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HIS ORCHESTRA 

PALAIS ROYAL, SAN FRANCISCO 



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KEITH-QRPHEUM CIRCUIT 



Direction LEO FITZGERALD 



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SEASON'S GREETINGS 



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A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL 

I lot Five 



PLAYING ORPHEUM, Jr. and W. V. M. A. 



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5top complaining and help spread cheer and optimism — 

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. :^ HAPPY, HAPPY 1925. / 

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Now Playing "SUNSET CAFE," Chicago, lU. 
. WUhei All Happy New Year, 1922-23 > 

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL 

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New Year Pictures 



"THE DANGEROUS AGE" 

A John M. Stahl production presented by Louis 
B. Mayer. An up-to-date romance and drama 
of married life. - •■ - 

"A MAN OF ACTION" 

A Thomas H. Ince production with the Tnce 
punch. With Douglaa MacLean. An original 
story by Bradley King and directed by James 
W. Home. 

RICHARD BARTHELMESS 
\ in "Fury" 

With Dorothy Gish. A thrilling story o^ the 
sea by Edmund Gouldlng and directed by Henry 
King. Presented by Inspiration Pictures, Inc., 
Charles H. Duell, president. 

KATHERINE MACDONALD 
in "Money, Money, Money" 

AdapltnS by Hope Ix»rlng from the story by 
Larry Evans. Directed by Tom P^Orman and 
presented by B. P. Schulber^. 

NORMA TALMADGE 
in ''The Voice From the Minaret" 

From the famous rtovel and stage success by 
Robert Hichens. Adapted by Frances Marion 
and directed by Frank Lloyd. Presented by 
Joseph M. Schenck. ^, 

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heart-winning pictures. Presented by Sol 
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"WHAT A WIFE LEARNED" 

A Tiiomas H. liue special written by Bradley 
King and directed by John Grilflth VVray. 

AN EDWIN CAREWE 
Production 

A symphony of life in the high and low places 
and one of the year's very best. Title to be 
announced later. 

"BELL BOY 13" 

A Thomas II. Ince production with Douglas 
MacLean. Directed by William Seiter. _: 



JACKIE COOGAN 
in "Toby Tyler" 

A Jackie Coogan production presented by Sol 
Lesser. 



"SCARS OF JEALOUSY" 

A Thomas H. Ince production taken from the 
thrilling story by Anthony H. Rudd an^ directed 
by Lambert Hillyer. ,^ *> ./ • 

"THE WHITE FRONTIER" 

An Allen Holubar special presenting the charm- 
ing Dorothy Phillips. 

KATHERINE MACDONALD 
in "The Lonely Road" 

Adapted by Lola Zellner from the famous story 
by Charles Lof?^e. Directed by Victor L. 
Schertzinger rfnd presented by B. P. Schulberg. 

RICHARD* BARTHELMESS 
in "The Bright Shawl" 

Joseph Hergeshelmei^s famous story and one of 
the year's best sellers. Directed by John Rob- 
ertson and produced by Inspiration Pictures, 
Inc., Charles H. Duell, president. 

"THE SUNSHINE TRAIL" 

A Thomas H. Ince production with Douglas 
MacLean. Directed by James W. Home. 

*^ , 'NORMA TALMADGE 
in "Within the Law" 

The famous Al Woods production which played 
to millions with Jane Cowl starring. 

"THE GIRL FROM THE 
^^ GOLDEN WEST" 

An Edwin Carewe production taken from the 
famous Relasco play, 

"MONEY. LOVE AND THE 
WOMAN" 

A John M. Stahl production presented by Louis 
B. Bayer. 

"THE ISLE OF DEAD SHIPS" 

A Maurice Tourneur production taken from 
Capt. Marriott's famous sea story. Presented 
by M. C. Levee. 

KATHERINE MACDONALD 
in "The Scarlet Lily" , " 

Presented by B. P. Schulberg. • 

'"TRILBY" ' 

A Richard Walton TuUy production taken from 
the famous novel by George du Maurler^ 

A JAMES YOUNG 

Production 

Title to be announced later. 



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BILLY TANNER 



ECCENTRIC DUTCH 



OSCAR LLOYD 

SINGING AND DANCING 
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JESSIE RECE 



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SEASON'S GREETINGS 



Fitzpatrick and 
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SEASON'S GREETINGS 





BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH 

WESTERN VAUDEVILLE 
KEITH and ORPHEUM CIRCUITS 



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CHICAGO 



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B. F. KEITH'S VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE 



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(Palace Theatre Buildings New York) 

Founders , 

B. F. KEITH, EDWARD 1\ ALBEE, A. PAUL KEITH, F. F. PROCTOR 
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129 We*t 4Sth Street NEW YORK CITl 



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Novelty Musical and Dancing: in A NIGHT IN MARDI GRAS 



Western RepresenUtive SIMON AGENCY 



Eastern Jlepresentative HARRY WEBE 



SALUTATIONS OF THE SEASON 



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TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PLEASURE IN LETTING THEIR MANY FRIENDS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE RETIRED FROM SHOW BUSINESS AND 

~^"^ CORDIALLY INVITE Their Many Professional Friends to VUit Them ^ t "'■"'/ ' ' ''^ 

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ONE SIXTY ONE WEST rOWY FOUR.TH 51 
NEW YQHK OTY - ^ * ^ * - * 
OPPOSITE THE CLAWDGE HOTEL • 

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iest Yuletide greetings ^to the amusement world 
which so splendidly supported her shop stand- 
ards for the past number of years. > ; v 
Her spacious quarters at her uptown building, 
No. 24 Fast 54ih Street, affords professionals a- 
wonderful opportunity in sdecting the finest 
modes obtainable, due to Scphie Rosenberg's 
semi-annual trips to Paris. 



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THE ASSASSIN OF GRIEF AND REMORSE 
KEITH AND ORPHEUM CIRCUITS Direction ROSE & CURTIS 



BILLS NEXT WEEK 



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PANTAGES CIRCUIT 



MINNEAFOIJS 

Pantav*** 

fSunday opening"* 
1.ar)ora & Ueckmaii 
U.& E Parker 
Oklahoma Four 
Ben Walton 
Eva Tanguay 

ST. PAUL 

Pantases 

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Ford A Truly 
•rhr«*e'« a Crowd 
etephena & HIUhit 



Var<lon 4- Perry 
Bellerlair Bros 

WINMPKO 

Puntages 

Santigo Trio 
Whit- & Barry 
Maud^ J-eone Co 
Harry Ilinca 
Iliinnaford Family 

KK<iINA. CAN. 

PanlaRCH 

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(Saino bill pl,«ys 

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The Lumara 
Major Rhoads 
PhilbrifU & DeVoe 
Kuih Budd Co 
Sherman Van & 11 
Vallecita'a Leoprds 

Travel 

(Open week) 

Belfy I.ou Ifarl 
Clark &. Story 
Noodles Fagan 
•losie Heather Co 
Pato & Palet 
Kale & Wiley 

8POKANK 

Pantaces 

Rinaldo Hroa 
I'i rc^ &■ Hon 
l.iiliiin Rurkhart 
KiUHM' & Rt»nev 
'rhfiN^ro's Ciri.'U8 



SEATTLE 

Pantace* 

Bobby Lehman 
Ward & Dooley 
Barnes & Hamilton 
Norton & Melnolie 
Jack Goldie 
Seven Algerians 

VAXCOIVER. B.C. 

PsntareR 

The Gladiators 
Wilson &. Addi? • 
Kl Cota 
Walter Brower 
("hoy I.ing Foo Co 

TACOMA 

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NelHon'a Animals 
l>ave Thumby 
Jau Rubini 



Wekton A Bline 
Bits & Pieces 

PORTLAND. OKE. 

Pantagea 

Penman & F,lir:an 
lixposition Four 
Rowland St Meehan 
Cheyenne Days 
Cilirk & yri^ht 
McFarland Si8t?rs 

^ TraTel 

(Open week> 
Arnold ^ Florence 
Jewell &. Rita 
yisfi Nobody 
Harry Tighe . 
Ilaveman's Anim'ls 
Margaret .Strain 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Pant ages 

(Sunday opening) 



T.each Wallin Trio 
Kaufman & l.iliian 
Chernyoff 
Morgan ft Gray 
Cecil & Cunningh'm 
Byron Bros Band 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

Pantages 

(Sunday opening) 
Alex Bros & Eve 
Ridiculous R cro 
Maude Earl 
Fashion Plate M ns 
Brilt Wood 
Blakea Mules 

LOS ANGKLKS 

Pant ages 

WelU«inas 
Buddy Walker 
t'hi.sholm & Green 
Bronson *■ Renee 



Great Blackstone 

SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

Pantages 

Tollman Revue 
Bensee ft Batrd 
Charbot ft TorlonI 
Little- Piplfax 

L'G BEACH. CAL. 

Pantages 

Three Avalloiis 
r^e Grohs 
De Michelle Bros 
Four Orlons 
Lillian's Animals 
Great Maurice 

SALT LAKE 

Pantages 

(4-6) 

Tuck ft Claire 
Joe Bernard Co 



Farrell ft Hatch 
Rigoletto Bros 

OGDEN. ITAn 

Pantages 

Mills & Miller 

Youth 

SoBsman ft Sloan 

Prosper ft Merriit 

DENVER 

Rrierre ft King 

Kluting's Animals 

Sidney S Styne 

Kaiiy^ma 

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Caslar ft Beaslcy 2 

COLO. SPRINGS 
Pantagea 

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Burt Shepherd 
Fargo ft Richards 
Hanson ft B Sis 
Harry Seymour Co 
Officer Vokes * Don 
Daly Mac ft Daly 

OMAHA. NRB. 

Pantagea 

Abbott ft While 
Welderson Sisters 
Billy Kelly To 
Five Lameys 
.Selma Brnaiic 



KANSAS CITY 

Pantagea 

Rerk ft Stbne 

Fate 

Karl Fuller Co 

Rives ft Arnold 

Kitamura Japs 

MKMPHin 

Pantages 

Carson ft Kane 
Goetz ft Duffy 
Robinson ft Pierea 
Larry Harkins r« 
Pardo ft Archer 
Golden Bird 



The Orph«um, Yonkers*. X. V.. re- 
turned to pictures this week, dls» 
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WERNER AMOROr TRIO- 

ALL THE VERSATILE INGREDIENTS TO MAKE IT 100"^ PROOF 

Thanks to Eagle & Goldsmith for our 21st consecutive week this season 



The 3 Original Regals 

VaudeviHizing Longfellow's Poem 

THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITT 

Direction FRANK EVANS-JAMES B. McKOWEN 



HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO ALL 

WILLARD JARVIS 



AND 



ROE REAVES 



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SEASON'S GREETINGS 

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(WeMtem) and Orpheum CircuiU 

Suite 308, Woods Theatre Bldg. ^ ^ 

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CHICAGO 





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You never saw her make-up— bat -it 
was there all the time I Artists of the 
stage use make-up of quality^the 
kind of quality that is Leichner's. 
Hera are creams, powders, paints, 
and liquids for all roles— each one 
made for artists who want the be^t of 
make-ops. It's there— all the time ! 
Use Leichner's— and be sure. 

At your draggUt or tupply houam. . 

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THEODORE 

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In "BALLET DIVFRTISSEMENT" 



KEITH-ORPHEUM CIRCUITS 



Direction LEE STUART 



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nating a critic as the 
woman o£ the stage. It is 
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,inent that I. Miller is so 
widely patronized by stage 
folk. Since the begin- 
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I. Miller skill in creation 
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THIS should be the season of 
greatest rejoicing for our 
art-industry. For it is the climax 
of a year of substantial progress 
— a year* of constructive develop- 
ment toward stabilized conditions 
and higher idealsi , * * 

Better showmanship in our thea- 
tres and better pictures from our 
studios have been the two great 
contributing factors to this prog- 
ress. Realization on thci part of 
the producer of the demand for 
more sincere creative effort and 
for real entertainment, ; coupled 
with splendid presentation and 
constructive eJcploitation, has re- 
established public confidence in 
motion pictures with consequent 
reaction at the box office*: , 

This season has brought the 
greatest array of big pictures in 
the industry's history — ^^and the 
producing schedule for 1923 in- 
dicates that the high standards of 
1922 will be excelled.^ > > r 

I offer as my contribution to the 
continued prosperity of the thea- 
tres "The Hoftentot," now in 
release through Associated First 
National Pictures^ Inp., with 
every assurance that it will prove 
the greatest comedy-drariia of the 
season, with *'Bellboy 13" and 
''What a Wife Learned !^' for re- 
, lease in January and February, 
and "Sc .rs of Jealousy/' *'A Man 
of Action" and 'The Sunshine 
Trail" to follpw in the si 



COMPUMENTS OE THE SEASON 

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EXTENDS GREETINGS TO ALL 



HOLIDAY GREETINGS 

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REGINALD BARKER'S PRODUCTION 
"HEARTS AFLAME'' 

Presented by Louis B. Mayer Adapted by J. G. 
Hawks and L. G. Rigby from the novd "Timber," 
by Harold Tilu«. Directed l>y Reginald Barker. 
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•THE TOLL OF THE SEA" 

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Chester M. Franklin. Photo^aphlc director, J. A. 
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AVERY HOPWOOD'S GREAT LAUGH HIT 



Hotel Florence 

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Everything New 

Remodeled and' Refurnfehed 

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One lllock from l.oew'it Theatre. 
One-Hulf Klock from I..Tr> Theatre, 

SPKCIAI. THKATRICAI. RATKM: 

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ANNCUNCEMENT 
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PiETROLEUM 
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AnnooncrN a 30 Per Cent. CA8II IUv;«l«n«l 

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COLLETTA RYAN 

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.IRENE ELANEY ami MABEL WHITE^ 

Two Snappy Girls in a Classy Sinking and Dancing Surprise - /'MV^l r^hHr^i Direction BILL JACOBS 



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STAGE AND SCREEN ^ 
ATTRACTIONS 

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■■ ■^ '^^■- ''■"■'"■••'■• ■•■ Operating 

MOROSCO Theatre, New York City :'^ ■ 

Playing legitimate attractions 

MOROSCO Theatre, Los Angeles, Cal. '1 ' 

Home of the famous Morosco Stock Co. 
Now playing ''Blood and Sand" 

LITTLE THEATRE, Los Angeles, Cal. 

MASON OPERA HOUSE, Los Angeles, Cal. 
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LEO CARRILLO and Company in Edward Locke's new 
play, "Mike Angelo" ^ 

Now playing MOROSCO Theatre, New York City 

EMILY STEVENS and Company in Thompson Buch- 
anan's new play, "The Sporting Thing to Do" 

(Opening on January ISih) 

"THE LITTLE RANGAROO," a new musical comedy, 
staged by Ned Waybum, with a company of sev- 
enty, including Marjorie Gateson, Maude Ebume, 
Allan Kcams, George Trabert, Florenz Ames, 
Frank Dobson and Mabel Wilhee 
Book and Lyrics by Clifford Grey from a play by 
Mark Swan 
Music by Werner Janssen 

(Opening NeU/ Year'* Day at Buffalo, N, Y.) 

MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTIONS 

7*. Jfrleaaed by 

ASSOCIATED FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE INC. 

(Released in January) 

"SLIPPY McGEE'^ 

With COLEEN MOORE and WHEELER OAKMAN 

Taken from Marie Conway Oemler's book, read by 



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FIRST NATIONAL 




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MOROSCO HOLDING CO.,lnc. 

i^xecutive Offices, Morosco Theatre, New York City 



A HAPPY NEW YEAR 



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FEATURED IN ' FURTATION" 



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Tills Wet!t (Dec. 25)— Mcsg' BroaJv/a: , New York 
Ne::t Week (Jan. 1)— Palace, Ncwiirls N. J. 
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V/eiL Jan. 15— Keith's Alhambra, New York 
We.k .^cn 22— Regent and HemJton, New Y- ! 
Week Jan. 29— Keilh^s Royal, New York 

Dircclion BERNARD BURKE 



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By DON MARQUIS 
PLYMOUTH THEATRE 

4«tfi STREET, Wot* of Broarfw^ 
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JOHN BARRYMORE 

in"Hamlee' 

HARRIS THEATRE 

42nd STREET, W«^ of Broadway 
Rtm. 8:10 •hmtp. Thiur*. aftd Bat. Mato.. S:l« akaro. 

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PAUUNELORD 

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Senator Ford 

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MONTHLY COMKDV SHRVICK 
No. 10 will l;e ready December 25. 
aiul hr ttcr thfin cvei-. I don't know 
siny publication that Kell.s as few 
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may hegln either with current 
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JAMES MADISON 
1493 Broadway . Now Yprk 



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thru PaulWhiteman. 
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man Orchestras are 
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tract work at Hotel, 
Cabaret anJ Report. ^ 
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New Year 



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SEASON'S GREETINGS 

"SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" 

Louis Moteff Floral Co. 

34 W. Randolph St. Phone Cent. Si 

CHICAGO 



SEASON'S CREETiNCS TO ALL PERFORMERS 



Important Notice to tlxe I^rofession 



In order to centralize our business and place our customers in close contact with MR. WM. A. DUTHERIDGE, our Art Director, 
giving an opportunity of viewing our work and our plant, we have closed our Downtown Office in Chicago and moved the Executive 
and Sales Department to our Studios, 416 SOUTH KEDZIE AVENUE. Take Van Buren Street Surface Car to Kedzie Avenue and 
you are at the door, or take the Garfield Park Elevator to Kedzie Avenue and walk two blocks north. i > ri - 

Painted SCENERY Fabric. THE FABRIC STUDIOS, InC. CHICAGO Phone Nevada 7194 

We have just closed a contract with JOSEPH E. HOWARD for his "NEW REVUE," which opens in January. More about this later. 



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SEASON'S GREETINGS r< 

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GORDON 
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QUALITY 

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CARLTON 
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JACK 
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JOHN 
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FRED DELMAR and His FIGHTING LIONS 



WISHING ALL 



SEASON'S GREETINGS 




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Trimming: Combinations. 



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WESTERN ENTERPRISES 

MAJESTIC THEATRE, Lew Angdes 
WILKES ALCAZAR THEATRE, San Francisco 
DENHAM THEATRE, Denver ■^'■''^^^^^ 
WILKES THEATRE, Salt Lake Qty 



BERT LAHR 

Mercedes la Faye 

"KEEP ON. SMILING" CO. 
SEASON'S GREETINGS 



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COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON 



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WMtern RcpresenUtive, SIMON AGENCY; Eaaleni Rep- 
retentaHve, LESTER WALTER, PAT CASEY OFFICE 



SeaMon*9 Greetingg to All My Friends 

Ralph E. Bushman 

in ^'WHEN LOVE IS YOUNG" 

B. F. KEITH CIRCUIT DirecUon LEWIS & GORDON 




ARE YOU GOING TOJIIRQPE? 



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l»rl«'c« llonta are uolnn very fnlli arrana« early Foreign Moaey 

bonirlK and «old Mberly Bond* boasbt and aold. 

PAUL TAUSIG A SO.**. I«4 Kaat 14tli it.. New ir«rk. 

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SCENERY 

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CHICAGO 



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NOW READY— NEW CATALOG 

HE. «cM. PROFESSIONAl TRUNKS 

PRICES REDUCED— QUALITY IMPROVED 

SOLD BY THE FOLLOWING AUTHORIZED AGENTS 



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NEW YORK CITY 



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BOOKING DEPARTMENT 

Palace Theatre Building 

NEW YORK 



EXECUTIVE OFFICES 

State-Lake Building 

CHICAGO 



Clyde J. Bates 



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with Rube Bernstein's 



"BROADWAY FLAPPERS" 

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL 



ICoats Remodeled in One Week 

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20t StaU-Lakt Bld|.. CHICAGO 

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HENRIETTA and WARRINER 

"AMERICA'S OV/N SINGERS" > 



R. R. TICKETS 



^' MAKE YOURSELF A CHRISTMAS PRESENT 

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re«4tore« the pletittinK. 
youtlirul foiilour. 




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AROl NO Hie F.YKS. PKO- 
IK'CINCi N A T I R A I.. 
YOlTIIFl'l. EXPRKS^ION 



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tioned e«n be removed by immediate, i»rlentlflc method. 



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40 West 34th St., New York 
riieiM* 00':.5 rennN>1vanl« 



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(Of th« Batter Kind—Within Means of Economical Folt.t) 

Cnder the dirert RopervUlon of the owners. Looated !■ the heart of the city, jaat 
•ir Broadway, /lone to all booking offlcea. principal theatre*, departmeat etorea. 
tnu'tion linen. "I." road and aobway. ' 

We are the lariceit maintalnere of heanekeeplng famished apartmeats •peetalis- 
Inc to theatrical folks. We are oa the grouad dally. This aloae lasaree proiapft 
service and rleanllness. 

ALL BUII.DIMiS EQUIPPED WITH STEAM HEAT AND KI.ECTBIC LIGHTS 

HILDONA COURT 



Stl to S«7 West 45tb St. 

Phoae Lonvacre 85<M 

Finest type elevator, fireproof build- 
Inr. One, two and three rooms: boilt- 
la baths with showers. Tiled kitchen- 
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kitchen. 

tlR.OO up Weekly. $62.00 op Monthly. 

THE DUPLEX 

~~ nZO West 4.Sd street ' -' ^ 

Plion« I.oncaere Tl^^ 

Modernized baildinK. conluintnc 
tliree and four room<« widi hnth. 
Apartments will aci-onimodate three 
ur more adult<«. 

$l'*.00 un weekly. 



Y A N O I S C O U R T • 

Ul-Ul WEST 4td STREET 
BRYANT Tit 

MRS. BLACK, formerly of Henri Conrt. 
Is Now in Charge of Yandis ^onrt. 

Oae, three and fear room apartments 
with kitchenettes, private hatha aad tele- 
phone. Directly off Times Sqaare. Va- 
osaal farnishlags. ro'om arrangeaieat af- 
fords every privacy. 

Rates. 116.90 up weekly. 



Address All Communi.Mt ions ro M. CI..AMA.\, 

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Ai»arr inrnTo fan V.f Seen KvpnUiKsi Oltlce m Kacn building. 



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ItoiiichI iiiid Sold. 
DAVIU LYONS 

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Telephone ILirrinon 80;H 
III S. fl.A-KK ST. < IIICAt.O 



MOORE "ND ARNOLD 

in "Song Impressions^^ 



Direction EI) BECK 



. ■ V TWO KIDS NOW fUT WATCH rSi;H(»V\' 

Wv luit otily wi.sli ((Uf fiii-ml.'*. but wr wi.sh niirst Ives .-ill Un* luck l.i 
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SUPPORTERS 

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^i EXECUTIVE OFFICES: | > . 

THIRD FLOOR> PHELAN BLDG. ^ 

MARKET, GRANT and OTARRELL* STREETS SAN FRANCISCO 

ELLA HERBERT WESTON, Booking Manager 

rilOVKN TU IKS WKI^:iC (.'♦.iN I'lLXC" r.> .Now I'.KINU IfijilfciL*, , 



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With VERA GORDON 



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By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 



Classics of the Screen 

1922-23 



^BRASS'^ ^MAIN STREET' 

By CHAS. NORRIS By SINCLAIR LEWIS 

"RAGS TO RICHES'' "HEROES OF THE STREET' 

^ With WESLEY BARRY 

"THE UTTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER" 

from the noted play and book — all-star cast 

"A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE" 

with GRACE DARMOND 













Classics of the Scteen 

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to you a sincere wish for happiness 
and prosperity this New Year, we 
knovf that it is only by performance 
that they can be reaHzed. 

Our productions for the coming 
year in addition to the TWELVE CHAPLIN 
CLASSICS are an assurance, we feel, of the Hap- 
piness and Prosperity we are all seeking. -^ 

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SEASON'S GREETINGS 



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TERRACE GARDENS 

CHICAGO 

HOTEL MORRISON 




LESTER STEVENS 

f - AND THE 

STRAND THEATRE ORCHESTRA 
7 SAN FRANCISCO 
EXTEND GREETINGS 




"ME TOO" 



SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE THEATRICAL PROFESSION 
TONIGHT / NEW FALL REVVE, "BETTER TIMES." 



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NETANORA 



ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO WILL JOIN IN AND MAKE IT A REGULAR NIGHT 1 

"BIG BROADWAY HIT," Produced by MR. ARTHUR HUNTER 

110-112 WEST 39TH STREET (NEAR BROADWAY) LUNCHEON $1 ; DINNER $2 



UE CAM<OT SERVE AIX TIIK FOOI» IN NKW YORK— HIT UK HKUVK THE HKST 

SUPPERS— A LA CARTE AT ALL HOURS 

tt'lSINE rRANC'AISE. < i»linr^t During I)iiHi«>r Till V\onf. ItANCINfi from Noon On. 

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FROM 






Halperin-Shapiro Agency 

Booking Exclusively witli 
W. V. M. A., ORPHEUM, JR., B. F. KEITH WESTERN 

and affiliated circuits . , ' ^vv 

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^ presents 

GENE and MIGNON 

, In "MAYTIME IDYL1U5" 

VAUDEVILLE'S MOST EXCLUSIVE OFFERING 

HARRY SIGMAN at piano 

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MAURICE GREENWALD 



presents 



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FRANKIEKELCY 

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The Brazilian^ Heiress 



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GRAND RAPIDS, THE 
WORLD'i B&ST FURNITURE 

fan Now Jie Ih,nj)jt at ThU New York 
Itrjiicl) \V«roliouKp. 
Xc>T T.tU"* Ur^st and ni(*:t lompletf ds- 
play tf up-tJ-tlatc <i\iii|ity Kiirniture under 
« lie ruof. I'Ufnltiire In all erudev-woods— 
aiui flnl?li?<«. Slil|;mruts are conitng rogular- 
Jy fioni our Western K«ct< rles. 

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TKUI ECT-KVKKYTH1.\G Ul' AIUNTKKD 
Oofti g to .', r. »l. iiaiiy and Satunlav. 
Kaslif leuclieU by n\\ and loth Arcnue 

car^, C:>th street cn.'stona tan and U.R.T. 

MiUway $\ 05tli Street. 

Monthly li'.illitiii No. 4 on request. 
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MLLE. TWINETTE 

A Gifted Arli»i of th» Act. 



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EDDIE HUi 



THE DAPPER COMIC ^ 

Playing the Orpheum, Jr., Theatres 

MAJESTIC, CHICAGO, THIS WEEK 



MAURICE GREENWALD 

presents 

PBY JACKSON 

V in "ECCENTRICITIES" .. 

with DON FRAZIER, LOLA LA MONT 
and MAUREEN HUNT ' 



BAL LLOYD and JACK GOODE 

•TWO GENTLEMEN FROM DIXIE" 



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ORPHEUM THEATRE, KANSAS CITY, 
* CHRISTMAS WEEK 



JACK LEVY and THE 4 CROWELL 

Vaudeville's Classy Musicians 
presenting 

"A STUDY IN MELODY" 

Elaborate Scenery; Gorgeous Costumes 




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NICHOLAS 



fWlNLlTE and BOHA 

With EDNA CHARLES 

In a fpactacular dancinr novelty as par 
excellent. Tbe acme of grace is^taplayed 
br Mile. Twinette in the affile posei of 
her aenBatlonal Davrer Dani-e. Watch 
for our new offerins- 

Addr«st N. V. A. CLUB, N«w York 



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